Chapter Twenty-Three: The White Ape Ice Snake
Zhan Wuxian and his wife bid farewell to the villagers and walked to the southwest, climbing mountains and wading through the water, drinking and sleeping in the open. On this day, I came to the edge of a great river, and it was already Jinwusiyin. I saw that the white waves on the river were surging, surging, and on the other side of the river was the vast snow-capped mountains, which were snow-capped and endless. The golden line of the sunset is sprinkled, and the top of the snow-capped mountain reflects a piece of gold, like a golden mountain, illuminating the floating clouds on the mountainside, the first half is like fire and the second half is like ice.
Zhan Wuxian opened the wooden machine flying beast, and the two sat on their backs, spreading their wings and flying across the river and through the snow-capped mountains. As he was flying, he suddenly saw two white snowballs tumbling and leaping on the ridge, as fast as a swift wind and as fast as a star. Zhan Wuxian looked at it fixedly, and it turned out to be two white apes, running on the top of the snowy mountain. In the past few days, Mo Wuya's injury has been stable, Zhan Wuxian is in a good mood, and when he saw the white ape like flying, on a whim, he said to Mo Wuya: "Li'er, look at those two white apes, running like flying, fast like lightning, they must not be ordinary things." I saw that they were running in such a hurry, maybe they were in some danger, and I went over to see if I could help them. ”
Mo Wuya said angrily: "Hmph! It's all nonsense. Look at how fast people run, you are itchy, and you want to test your foot strength with those two white apes. ”
Zhan Wuxian smiled and said, "My wife Bingxue is smart, and nothing can be done to you." ”
Mo Wuya said: "Flim tongue, you can go if you want." ”
Zhan Wuxian agreed, jumped off the wooden machine flying beast, and landed on a ridge. Looking at another ridge dozens of miles away, two white apes were still running on it. Zhan Wuxian smiled at the corner of his mouth, then let out a long whistle, and also pulled up his feet, stepping on the snow without a trace, like a bolt of lightning, sliding along the ridge.
Mo Wuya was on the back of the wooden machine flying beast, but when he saw this continuous snow-capped mountain, thousands of mountains lined up with halberds, and ten thousand people opened the screen. Two high ridges jut out of the peaks, converging on a much larger peak a hundred miles away.
I saw Zhan Wushirt running like a clear shadow in the fog, smart like a fairy; And the two white apes are like white waves rolling, and the clouds follow the wind. When Zhan Wuxian started running, he was still a few miles behind the white ape, but it was too long for the white ape to run side by side, and after a while, Zhan Wuxian had already surpassed the white ape. Gradually, Zhan Wuxian was about to reach the big mountain, and he was getting closer and closer to the two white apes. When Zhan Wuxian saw it clearly, he was shocked that one of the two white apes was running with the other on his back. Zhan Wuxian said: I am running lightly, only faster than the distance of the white ape, if the white ape is also running lightly, who is fast and who is slow is another matter.
Zhan Wuxian was just thinking about it, when suddenly the white ape fell to the ground, splashing a large amount of snow foam. The white ape that had been running before immediately got up, dragged the other white ape, and walked step by step towards a cave in the middle of the peak not far away. Although the white ape is a beast, it is the most spiritual. I saw that the white ape that had run earlier had a painful expression and let out a wail from time to time, while the other white ape lay motionless on the snow, allowing it to be dragged along.
Zhan Wuxian was already near the Xuefeng Cave at this time, hiding behind a snow stone, and said in his heart: Unfortunately, I said that these two white apes must have encountered some danger, and the white ape lying on the ground may have been seriously injured. The two of them may be friends, or they may be husband and wife, one is injured, and the other is trying his best to find a way to be his partner. How similar is this to me and Li'er, isn't my wife also in pain at this time? Like these two white apes, aren't we all the same people at the end of the world.
Seeing this scene, Zhan's compassion and pity arose, and he approached the entrance of the cave step by step, wanting to find out the truth about the white ape, which turned out to be two white apes, a male and a female, a male sitting and a female lying on the ground. When the male white ape saw someone approaching, he opened his fangs and roared loudly, his claws wanted to fight forward, but he couldn't bear to leave the female ape, so he only kept roaring and demonstrating. Zhan Wuxian lowered his hands to show that he had no malice, and said: "Brother Ape, I see that we have both fallen to the end of the world, I have no malice, I want to help you." After a few times, the male white ape seemed to understand what Zhan Wuxian said, and slowly calmed down.
Zhan Wuxian approached the female ape and found that her lower abdomen was slightly bulging, but her breath was like a gossamer.
Although Zhan Wuxian's technique is good, he really doesn't know the medical skills at all, but these days he has also learned a little bit of diagnosis and treatment by taking care of Mo Wuya. I saw him put his finger on the female ape's pulse, frowning, and thinking about the cause, the male ape stared closely at every movement of Zhan Wuxian, and there were three points of expectation, three points of worry, and four points of vigilance in his eyes. As long as Zhan Wuxian makes any rash moves, it will immediately attack Zhan Wuxian to protect the female ape, and even die with Zhan Wuxian.
Suddenly, the male roared, waved his palms, pushed his shirtless, and glared angrily at the entrance of the cave, revealing his sharp fangs. It turned out that Mo Wuya was coming to the edge of the cave at this time. Zhan Wuxian hurriedly shouted to Mo Wuya in a low voice: "Don't move, don't move...... He slowly stood up, blocking between the male ape and Mo Wuya, and said to the male ape: "This is my wife, he has no malicious intent." Zhan Wuxian pointed his finger at the female ape, and then pointed at Mo Wuya: "My wife, my wife." She knows how to heal, and she can take care of her illness. Then he pointed to the female ape.
The male seemed to understand again, and his emotions gradually eased. Zhan Wuxian said: "This female ape seems to be seriously ill, I can't find out the cause, you go over and take a look." Mo Wuya nodded, and at the same time looked at the male ape. The male ape took a step back, his tense body softening, and motioned for Mo Wuya to pass. Mo Wuya slowly moved to the female ape's side, first checked the female ape's pulse, and gently stroked the female ape's slightly bulging lower abdomen. After a while, Mo Wuya said: "It must have eaten something like a poisonous fruit, and at the same time, it was just pregnant and had fetal gas, so it was so uncomfortable." ”
"Is there any cure?"
"You!" Mo Wuya squinted at Zhan Wuxian and took out a small clay bottle from his bag, which was the Baicao Qiong Jelly Pill given to them by Gongzi Xiong Jian. Mo Wuya said: "Along the way, whenever I felt uncomfortable in my stomach, I took a sip of Baicao Qiong Pill, and I immediately felt refreshed and unobstructed. I think it's just as uncomfortable as when I'm in pain, and this Baicao Elixir should work. After speaking, Mo Wuya took the clay vase, looked at the male ape, and signaled that he wanted to give it to the female ape. After obtaining the consent of the male ape, Mo Wuya fed the female ape a pill.
At this time, the moon outside the cave is bright and the stars are sparse, and the wind rises suddenly, mixed with ice and snow whistling by. It's strange to say, such a bone-chilling wind, but there is no trace of coolness blowing into the hole. After a short while, the female ape slowly opened her eyes and looked at the male with affection. When the male ape saw this, he beat his chest and drank, jumping and jumping on the spot, obviously excited. When the female ape saw that there were two more living people in the cave, she was very frightened, and kept leaning into the arms of the male ape. The male ape whispered to the female ape, as if to say, "Don't be afraid, these two saved you." The female ape gradually calmed down.
Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya looked at each other and smiled, relieved. The male ape walked into the depths of the cave, and after a while, the male ape came out with two crystal-like ice balls in his hands, and the red line in the balls floated as if they were hidden inside. The male ape handed the puck to Zhan Wuxian and motioned for him to accept it. As soon as Zhan Wuxian took it, he felt a slight coolness spread throughout his body in the palm of his hand, and the whole body heat when he ran suddenly disappeared. However, although on the top of this snow-capped mountain, the cold wind is cold, but it is not cold, but there is a sense of coolness, indescribably comfortable and enjoyable. Zhan Wuxian handed the crystal ice ball to Mo Wuya to see, and Wuya looked at it and said in surprise: "At this time, the ice snake egg!" I heard my father say that the ice snake is one of the nine most violent poisons in ancient times, but his eggs are a rare medicine in the world. If you put one in the house, even in the middle of summer, it will be cool and comfortable like a fresh breeze. It's a pity that ......" Mo Wuya didn't say any more, but tears fluttered down his clothes.
Zhan Wuxian comforted: "Are you thinking about your master again?" ”
Mo Wuya nodded.
Zhan Wuxian said: "For an ice snake egg, Master once traveled all over the world's famous mountains and rivers, hoping to find it and treat Shi's mother's injuries, but who knows that after looking for ten years, he has never found it." After knowing that the two of us got married, my mother left us. Later, Master said that in fact, he had known that the Ice Snake had been hunted and extinct by the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, and the reason why Master continued to search was that he always had a glimmer of hope, hoping that a miracle would appear until the tenth year......"
Mo Wuya heard Zhan Wuxian and remembered his mother, his heart was sour, and he sobbed: "Until my mother died in the tenth year, I still couldn't find the ice snake, it's really providential, and now the ice snake egg is in my hand, but it's a pity that my mother is gone." Why did her mother refuse to tell who hurt her when she was dying? ”
Zhan Wuxian comforted: "People can't be resurrected after death, you don't have to be too sad, Ya'er, we will definitely be able to find out who the murderer of my wife is and avenge my wife." ”
"Hmm." Mo Wuya agreed: "Xi, I want to bring this ice snake egg back to the Sword Lake Pool for my father." Since his mother's death, he has never left the Sword Lake Pond again, and has never guarded his mother's grave. ”
"You can bring it with you if you want, but it's a pity that you are pregnant and can't eat the ice snake eggs, otherwise this can cure your poisonous wounds." Zhan Wuxian said, "I'll ask the white ape if these two ice snake eggs can be given to us." Zhan Wuxian turned around and asked the male ape, "Brother Ape, do you want to give me these two ice snake eggs?" ”
The male ape howled twice, signaling that he would be happy to send it off. The male ape turned around and went into the hole, and after a while he took out two more and gave it to Zhan Wuxi. Zhan Wuxian was very happy, waved his hand and said, "Thank you, Brother Ape, two pieces are enough, you might as well keep them for yourself." After speaking, he said in his heart: I don't know how many ice snake eggs there are in this cave, no wonder this white ape runs like flying, and he must eat it often. Another thought: No, a pregnant person can't eat this ice snake egg, and this female ape is also pregnant, so she can't eat it. So he said to the male ape: "Brother ape, although the ice snake eggs are good, if there is a baby in the belly, you must not eat them, otherwise you will be poisoned and you will die." The male ape was obviously very annoyed when he heard this, and kept hammering his head with two big hands, and after a while he knelt down beside the female ape, and smashed the big stone under his feet in half with only a few blows.
Mo Wuya asked, "Why are there ice snake eggs here, is there still a living ice snake in this world?" ”
The male white ape nodded, and gestured with his two hands, as if to say that there was an ice snake on this snowy mountain. The serpent only crawls out of the burrow during the year when it forages for food in the spring, and only spends three days outside the burrow, returning to the burrow when it finds enough food, and then sealing the hole with snow and ice. People who don't live in the snowy mountains all year round will never be able to find the ice snake. So these legends about the ice snake have never been seen before.
Mo Wuqian said in his heart, it is spring now, and it is the season for the ice snake to come out of the hole to feed, is this cave ....... Thinking of this, Mo Wuqian asked, "Brother White Ape, is this cave the cave of the Ice Snake?" ”
After this question, the male white ape began to twist and pinch, and did not speak. The female white ape on the side glared at the male white ape, as if to say: People have cured my disease, you should tell the truth to others.
The male white ape nodded, this was the cave of the ice snake.
Mo Wuya said: "Shirt, you can eat one of these two snake eggs, and keep the other one, and give it to Daddy when you return to Wanjian Peak." ”
Zhan Wuxian said: "One is left for Master, and one is left for you, I don't need it." ”
"You take me every day now, it's the hardest, it's when you need it, if you don't eat me, I'll be angry."
Zhan Wuxian couldn't resist his wife, so he had to agree, ate one, and put the other in his pocket.
At this moment, I heard a rapid roaring sound from the east, from far to near, the sound became more and more directional. When the two white apes heard this, they immediately became agitated. Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuqian also immediately understood that it was not the Ice Snake that had returned. Zhan Wuxian and the male white ape came to the entrance of the cave at the same time and looked out, only to see that the distant hillside was like a snowstorm, and the snow foam was more than ten feet high, as if an avalanche had occurred. In the snow foam, you can vaguely see the body of an ice snake speeding rapidly, it seems to be more than five feet long, and the scales all over the body are shining, especially the pair of copper bell-like eyes, which are extremely bright.
Zhan Wuxin said, looking at the speed of the ice snake, it will not take a moment to reach the entrance of the cave, Li'er is injured, and it is difficult to move, but it is dangerous. Thinking of this, Zhan Wuxian turned around sharply and ran back to the cave, followed by the male white ape. The man and the ape didn't have any communication, they picked up Mo Wuya and the female white ape and jumped out of the hole, and hid behind a hillside not far away.
The two apes watched the ice snake enter the cave, and after a while a loud noise came from the cave, and the entrance of the cave suddenly exploded, and the ice snake jumped out violently, and turned around the cave several times, a red letter kept swallowing, and the huge snake's head rose and fell, looking for who stole its eggs.
The male white ape crouched behind the hillside, his eyes fixed on the ice snake, and a giant palm pressed downward, signaling the others not to speak. As long as the ice snake can't find the "thief" who steals the eggs, it will calm down after a while and burrow back into the hole, and it seems that the male white ape has a knack for stealing snake eggs.
However, the situation today was very different, and the ice snake was quite manic, and circled the hole for half an hour. Suddenly, the ice snake was lying on the snow, its head stopped in the direction of the hillside where Zhan Wuxian and the others were hiding, and Nobuko spat out, as if it had noticed something wrong. After a while, the ice snake began to crawl slowly towards the hillside, getting closer and closer. Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya looked at the ice snake, becoming more and more frightened, but their heartbeats were heard very clearly in the huge snow-capped mountains.
Did the Ice Serpent find us? So how did it find out? Our hiding place was three miles away from the snake cave, and we had brought it with a male white ape. It is said that the white ape couple often steal snake eggs and have never been found, so why did they ...... this time Is it the smell, the smell of us humans? Zhan Wuxian was thinking about it, when suddenly the male white ape jumped up, and at the same time, the ice snake also jumped with its head held high, and an ape and a snake instantly entangled together in mid-air.
I saw the male white ape hugging the head of the ice snake, and with a punch, he shot out towards the eyes of the ice snake. The ice snake shook the snake's head vigorously while dodging, trying to throw the male white ape out, but after throwing it a few times, the male white ape was still tightly attached to the snake's head. The ice snake raised its head again, and saw a huge mountain rock suddenly emerge not far away, and the ice snake took advantage of the situation and crashed towards it. The male white ape was fighting with the snake's head, and when he didn't see it, he suddenly felt a heavy blow to his back. With a loud bang, the mountain rock cracked, and the male white ape was in pain, let go of his hands, and lay on the ground panting. The ice snake also shook its head, and saw the male white ape rushing towards him again. The male white ape turned around and glared angrily, saw the ice snake approaching, and jumped up again, running towards the snake's head. Suddenly, the male white ape was hit hard and flew out in the slanted thorn. It turned out that the head of the ice snake was just a feint, and the snake tail came from behind and hit the male white ape.
The male white ape fell heavily on the snow again, and was just about to get up, but was swept out by the snake's tail, hit the cliff, and fell. The ice snake followed closely, opened its bloody mouth, and bit the male white ape in one bite.
Zhan Wuxian, Mo Wuya and the female white ape were startled at the same time, and then looked at the head of the ice snake, and slowly left the mountain. I saw the male white ape grasping the teeth of the ice snake with both hands, propping his feet on the mountain, and pushing the snake's head away. An ape and a snake exert force on each other, slowly sliding down the cliff, and the male white ape grabbed a stone with one foot, broke it down with force, and smashed the snake's mouth. The ice snake highlighted the letter, entangled the male white ape, and dragged it into the snake's mouth, seeing that the male white ape was about to lose his physical strength, Zhan Wuxian fell sharply on the head of the ice snake snake, and Long Yuan's sword stabbed down.
Zhan Wuxian felt that the Long Yuan Sword bounced back as if it had stabbed a steel plate, and then looked at the scales on the snake's head, only a white mark appeared. Zhan Wuxian was secretly shocked, what kind of monster is this ice snake, the scales are so hard. The male white ape is being dragged into the mouth of the snake little by little, and he can't delay any longer. Zhan Wuxian flew up from the snake's head, instantly came to the side of the snake's eyes, and swung his sword out. At the same time, the ice snake also saw Zhan Wuxian, the snake's head quickly went down, and the sword light grazed the snake's eyes, hitting the corners of the eyes. The ice snake was in pain, and hit its head on the mountain, and the male white ape in the mouth of the ice snake was also shocked by gravity, although it was a little dizzy, but it also broke free. Zhan Wuxian hurriedly came to the male white ape, and then the snake's tail swept over. Zhan Wuxian couldn't touch it hard, and quickly dodged with the male white ape, and the snake's tail hit the hillside, hitting countless gravels. At this time, the ice snake suddenly turned around and headed towards the hiding place of Mo Wuya and the female white ape. Zhan Wuxian and the male white ape were shocked, Zhan Wuxian immediately performed the escape technique, and instantly came to Mo Wuya and the female white ape, and then conjured up several phantom warriors, and helped the female white ape and Mo Wuya to dodge, but at this time the ice snake had arrived.
It was very easy for Zhan Wuxian to rescue Mo Wuya, but it was very difficult to rescue the female white ape at the same time. The female white ape has a huge body, is pregnant, and has difficulty moving, and it is difficult for the five phantom warriors to hold up, but the male white ape does not know where it is. The more dangerous the moment, the more you can't leave your friends behind.
At this critical moment, I saw the male white ape leaping high above the ice snake, holding a huge mountain rock in his hand, and slammed into the top of the ice snake's head. The head of the ice snake fell instantly, fell on the snow, and hit countless snow foam, and then the male white ape crossed the top of the ice snake's head, came to the female white ape and carried it on her back, and left quickly with Zhan Wuxian.
They didn't have long to run before the ice snake chased after them from behind, and there was no way to escape from a cliff in front of them. Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhan Wuxian suddenly performed Xuan Gong, conjured up more than a dozen phantom warriors, flew in front of the ice snake, and lured the ice snake to the side. Zhan Wuxian was mixed in with the phantom warriors, waiting for an opportunity to attack the ice snake. I saw that the ice snake saw the phantom warrior, and the snake hyacinth spit it out, wrapped up the phantom warrior and sent it to his mouth. Zhan Wuxian saw the opportunity, and stabbed a sword into the ice snake's left eye, and blood was sprayed immediately. At this time, the male white ape had also arrived, flew to the jaw of the ice snake, and struck with both feet, the force was so great that the snake's head was about to roll over.
Seeing the cliff ahead, if you don't leave, you will be in danger of falling into it at the same time as the ice snake. Zhan Wuxian said loudly: "Brother Ape, go away." Then he performed the escape technique and left in an instant. The male white ape also realized the danger, and with the strength of his feet, he also flew out. When it was rejoicing, the snake's tail swept over and struck the male white ape, leading it into the abyss.
Zhan Wuxian was shocked and ran to the edge of the cliff, only to see that the bottom was bottomless, white fog, and empty. "Brother Ape died like this?" Zhan Wuxin said, he didn't believe it, although he only came into contact with the male white ape for one day, but he was psychic and enlightened, no worse than the human who called himself a hero. The cold wind stung his face, and it became colder and colder, and Zhan Wuxian felt that something was sliding under his feet, and if he looked closely, it was actually a dragon tendon slash. "Could it be that she ......?" Zhan Wuxian didn't dare to think about it anymore, turned around suddenly, and saw the female white ape and Mo Wuya not far away pulling the dragon tendon slash upward. Zhan Wuxian suddenly woke up, and also grabbed the dragon tendon and pulled it up. After a while, a white velvet hair appeared on the edge of the cliff, and the male white ape grabbed the dragon tendon and slashed it up.