Chapter 15: The First Frost
The sky was gray and bright, and the fog in the forest had not yet dissipated.
At this moment, the turtle came out of the river, wet all over his body, and his hands and mouth were either catching or holding a few fish.
Last night, the turtle master was not less busy, first went to the forest to find herbs to dress his wounds, and half an hour ago went down to the river to catch fish.
When the turtle master came over, Meng Yun was holding his upper body, standing on the shore and staring at the waterfall in a daze.
The turtle master glanced up at his bloody back, casually threw the fish he caught to the ground, grabbed the fish in his mouth again, and took a bite, "Why are you up?"
"It's just a small injury, I'm not that delicate," Meng Yun said with a smile as he turned his head.
"Haha, you are not delicate, but you have an unlucky look, whoever follows you is unlucky," the turtle master laughed loudly.
"Oh, why are you still here?" said Meng Yun and walked over.
"Hehe, that's because I'm more unlucky than you," said Master Turtle.
On the ground, the fish were still jumping around, and it was too late to make a fire, and both of them were eating raw.
No matter what kind of meat, raw is definitely not as delicious as cooked, some people think that fish fillet sashimi is delicious, but many of these people are pretended, in fact, sashimi does not meet the taste of the vast majority of people, not to mention the fishy smell of freshwater fish, but he has eaten more unpalatable insects than this before, compared to the two, raw fish tastes absolutely good.
After the two of them have eaten, they are not idle, and the road ahead is cut off, what should they do after that? Should they leave or stay? These questions need to be considered and discussed.
Anyway, what Meng Yun cares about most is Wizard Qi, this person not only saved him once, but also related to whether he can go home smoothly in the future, "Are you sure Wizard Qi will come to us?"
"How many times have you asked? With this spiritual guide, Old Man Qi will definitely be able to find us, don't worry," the turtle master raised his wrist at him.
Before the wizard separated from the two, he had left a mark on the wrist of the turtle master, a small piece of wooden vine with green leaves, which was the spirit guide in the turtle master's mouth.
The function of this thing is similar to that of a positioning device, but it is slightly different from a positioning device in that only the person who left the spirit guide can find the mark left behind by casting spells.
"I was talking about three days, but now it's been a few days?" Meng Yun slowed down slightly after speaking, "I have a bad premonition that Wizard Qi may not come back." ”
At this moment, the turtle master also had no idea, "If Old Man Qi doesn't show up, what should we do?"
Meng Yun lowered his head and thought about it before saying, "What is the chance that we will get out alive?"
"No more than twenty percent," the turtle master said here, looking at the wizard again, "If you still take her with you, you won't have a chance." ”
"Is it true that her cultivation is no less than that of the Wizard Qi?" Meng Yun said, pointing at the Wizard and Turtle Master.
The two of them were trapped in the deep mountains and old forests, with monsters and beasts eyeing them in front of them, and ice palace wizards chasing them behind.
According to what the turtle master said, coupled with what he had seen and heard before, the two of them were in this environment, even if they could escape the pursuit, they would not be able to get out of the mountains within two months.
"You want to hit her idea?" said Kame's eyes widened.
"That's so ugly, what if something happens to Wizard Qi?" only she can help us right now," Meng Yun rolled his eyes helplessly, as if he had other intentions.
During his mission, members of the team left the team without permission, and even if they would not be recorded as deserters, they would be listed as missing persons, neither of which he wanted to see.
In any case, the clue to go back must be found as soon as possible, and this clue is only known to the wizard, which is his biggest headache.
"That's a good idea, do you think she'll listen to you?"
"Let's save her, so let's ask her to help find someone to at least take us out of here, right?" Meng Yun was suspected of asking for compensation by doing so, but this may be the most effective way.
"What if she's not a good person and wakes up and wants to kill us?" said Master Turtle with some concern.
"Haha to kill you, I didn't want to kill her," Meng Yun said with a smile.
"What now?" said Master Turtle rolled his eyes.
One sentence sent him back to the starting point, and Meng Yun gradually put away his smile, and turned his brows into thought.
The witch was still unconscious, and she couldn't quench her thirst if she was far away, but after thinking about it, there seemed to be no other way than to help the witch wake up as soon as possible, so as to use the witch's power, "What is this place?"
"There is a faint smell of the sea in the south wind, and it is estimated that we are almost at the beach," the turtle master thought about it and said.
"Why did you run so far by the sea?" Meng Yun remembered that the turtle master had said before that the seaside was nearly a thousand miles away, and if you just drifted on a raft, you could move nearly a thousand miles in eight days, which was almost impossible.
But then again, that's not a bad thing, quite the opposite, the farther you escape, the safer you are.
"Last time I said to the east, but this river is to the south, and the south is much closer to the sea, about seven hundred miles, not to mention that we are rushing day and night, it is not too surprising," the turtle master seemed to guess his thoughts.
"That's not surprising," Meng Yun nodded and said, "Just now you said that wizards can find people through spiritual guidance, is there any other way besides this method?"
"Are you afraid that the Ice Palace wizard will chase after you?" asked the turtle master.
"Hmm," Meng Yun nodded in acknowledgement.
"As far as I know, the Great Witch Tempering Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi Fighting Technique can be perceived even if it is a hundred miles away," the Turtle Master lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "Not all wizards can use the Spirit Channel, but only the Great Witch can cultivate, but other than that, I have never heard of a similar spell." ”
"We're sure we won't cause any aura fluctuations, as for her...... She is still asleep," Meng Yun said, glancing sideways at the wizard, "The area of half a province, even if the Ice Palace wizard is looking for her, it is basically equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack......"
"What are you muttering?" said to himself.
Meng Yun raised his head again and said, "We should be safe for the time being, do you have a way to make her wake up as soon as possible?"
"I told you before that she wasn't in a coma because of her injuries, if she was what you thought, she would have woken up a long time ago," the turtle master said helplessly.
"Well, let's find a place to settle down, your task is to find a way to wake her up, and as for me, I'll be responsible for giving you a hand," Meng Yun said and paused slightly, "Anyway, wake her up and understand the situation, let's talk about it, we are like headless flies now, we have been running for a long time with our heads in our hands, but we don't know anything." ”
"Well, you have a point, but there is no way forward, where else can we go?"
"Have you ever seen what these mist is all about?" Meng Yun didn't answer directly, but instead pointed to the water vapor above the waterfall.
"How can I have the time to look at this, what's wrong with the water mist?"
"If I'm not mistaken, there should be a hot spring down there," Meng Yun said with a smug smile.
"If you want to go down, you have to go around this cliff," Kameji looked at the waterfall in front of him.
"The east side slope seems to be very steep, but there are a lot of buffer ledges, I can make ropes to let you go down," Meng Yun had already observed the nearby terrain, and naturally had already thought of a solution.
"When are you leaving?" asked the turtle master again.
"It will take two days to make the rope and then arrange it," Meng Yun thought about it and said.
Collecting vine fibers, weaving ropes, and arranging them securely is a process that would take up to two days, considering that there are no tools at hand.
"Okay, you can do it quickly, I happen to know where there are strong vines," Master Turtle patted him on the shoulder and got up, "Follow me ......"
Over the course of three days, the vines were collected, ropes were made, and the arrangements were completed.
It took longer than expected because he had the idea to dismantle part of the raft and make a hanging basket in a safer way.
It wasn't until noon on the fourth day that all three of them went down to the bottom smoothly.
The waterfall is more than 30 meters high, and it flows down from the top of the cliff, spanning nearly 100 meters.
The eastern half of the water is very large and the current is the most rapid, and the roar is loud in the ears, and the hot spring pool is just below this waterfall.
In the western half of the waterfall, the water flows slowly, a bit like a curtain of water, flowing smoothly.
Two miles down the waterfall, there were dense woods, and if he had followed his thoughts, he should have finally set up camp there, until later, when Kameji found a cave behind the waterfall.
A veritable water curtain cave, the cave is empty, and there is basically nothing.
There is some water at the entrance to the cave, but other than that, the interior is quite dry.
The main thing is to make a fire in the hole, which is not easy to find outside, and the only drawback is the sound of falling water.
The cave is relatively high, so there is not much movement during the day, and it is difficult to say in the dead of night at night.
After settling in, most of the day, the turtle master would go out to collect medicine, and then come back to make medicine for the witch to heal his injuries.
Meng Yun either went to hunt in the woods downstream, or caught fish and shrimp in the river, most of the prey was eaten by him, and the turtle master would occasionally eat a raw fish, but most of the time he didn't eat.
The sorceress's cultivation is strong, even if he is not unconscious and does not eat for a short time, he will not be fine, but he is more unlucky.
Most of the prey that goes into the mountains to hunt is mainly small animals such as squirrels and pheasants, and even if this is the case, it is not harvested every day.
If you can't catch the prey, you come back to catch the fish, and if it's too late, the fish may not be able to catch it either.
For several nights, I was so hungry that I couldn't sleep, and as the weather got colder, the situation got worse.
Every day that passed during the period, Meng Yun would habitually carve a short line at the entrance of the cave, and the treatment process of the turtle master was much longer than he expected, ten days and half a month......
Twenty-seven days later, Meng Yun had completely lost his patience, and after such a long time, he might have been included in the list of permanent missing persons.
It was the first time he had seen frost and fog in the early morning, and the frost and fog on the ground was so thick that when he went out, he almost thought it was snowing.
After going up the mountain, Meng Yun turned around the nearby mountain fence twice, and didn't even see a single mouse droppings, perhaps because of the frost and fog this morning.
It was getting late, so I grabbed two bunches of mushrooms and hurried back.
The moment he entered the cave, Meng Yun was stunned almost instantly......