The mountain god is not what you want to see, you can see it if you want to see it.

This is the most intuitive impression that Huang Xue had after listening to Shanqiang's story.

It's no wonder, don't look at the land of the mountain gods in the later Journey to the West, they all come and go as soon as they are called, that is when they meet the great sage grandfather. People are in charge of a mountain range, and millions of living beings, how can ordinary people be so easy to talk to?

Anyway, in her last life, even if you want to meet the CEO of a leather bag company, you have to make an appointment, don't you?

Sacrificial tribute is a very particular thing, just like asking someone to do things when giving gifts, you have to do what they like, send it well, get twice the result with half the effort, if you don't give it well, people will definitely bring gifts to you.

For example, to sacrifice to the gods, you have to prepare melons and fruits snacks, sacrifice to the dragon king, you have to prepare fat chickens and pig heads, and this Beishan mountain god is quite tasteful, and the tribute that needs to be prepared is beautiful jade.

Beautiful jade, whether in ancient or modern times, is a very expensive thing, and ordinary people can't afford to buy a piece for half a lifetime.

Huang Xue's background is not low, and her status in Dashang is higher, so it stands to reason that there is no shortage of this thing, but unfortunately, it was all put in the cannon brand, and it was lost on the coast of the East China Sea, and I don't know if I can get it back. At this time, if she wants to take a piece of beautiful jade out, it is purely embarrassing.

Besides, a piece of jade may not be enough, jade is such a thing, but also pay attention to the type and quality, no one knows, this mountain god likes the jade, whether it is mutton fat white jade or glass jade, if you send the wrong thing, let the mountain god disdain, it is more than worth the loss.

Helpless, Huang Xue had to ask Shan Qiang for help again to see if they could help provide some beautiful jade, or clues about nearby beautiful jade.

Shan Qiang said that Meiyu and their Shanhui clan really don't have it, but there is really a clue about Meiyu nearby. Just a hundred miles north of them, there is a Gouwu River, and on the north side of the river, there is a Gouwu Mountain, and there is a jade cave on the mountainside, and there is a legend that there are countless beautiful jades in the cave.

But these are all rumors, the Gouwu River is more than ten miles wide, the water is turbulent, and Shanhui has been said since ancient times that there are monsters living in the north of the river, and they have never had a clansman go there.

When Huang Xue heard this, she immediately felt a little mixed.

The good thing is that Meiyu has fallen, and the location is not bad, the mountain god of Beishan is two hundred miles northwest, and Gouwu Mountain is one hundred miles north, the three are exactly a triangle, according to the mathematical knowledge that she has long forgotten, it is not a lot of detours.

The worry is that there are monsters in Gouwu Mountain, and a nephew has spent countless energy and physical strength, and I don't know if the monster in Gouwu Mountain will be more powerful than the nephew, but as long as there is half of the strength of the nephew clan, she and the dragon beard tiger are basically no different from sending them to death in the past. But Shan Hui is timid, and even she herself was regarded as a monster before, maybe the monster is weaker than her.

In any case, since there is such a clue, I still have to take a look, in the worst case, there is the Gouwu River, and she and the dragon beard tiger always have the ability to jump into the water to escape. Seeing that the monster hadn't reached the south side of the river for so many years, she estimated that it was not very likely that the monster was watery.

Shan Qiang also reminded her of one thing, there is a black finless porpoise in the Gouwu River, the size is 100 catties, but it is highly poisonous and must not be eaten. Huang Xue knew in his heart, this was not for her, but for the dragon beard tiger, if he didn't say it, he was afraid that the dragon beard tiger would be regarded as a delicious strange fish, eat it first.

That's all Shan Qiang knew, Huang Xue couldn't find anything to inquire about, so he said goodbye to the Shanhui clan and headed north early the next morning.

Before leaving, she still took advantage of some autumn wind, Shanhui has now returned to the mainland to live, there is no need to run on both sides to hunt for food, those blankets with wind spells are useless, Huang Xue asked for two from Shanqiang, she and Long Xuhu each brought one, now there is no cannon brand as a storage tool, tie this blanket to the body, and can hold things and light, but it is also convenient.

There are a lot of things in the blanket, mainly for food, and I don't know if the animals and plants will be more strange on the road ahead, so it is naturally best to bring more edible food. Of course, she also brought some things with strange effects like Shatang, and she had a long way to go, so it might come in handy.

When the two set off, hundreds of mountains and mountains came together, smiling, casting spells together, hunting in the strong wind, and seeing them off. Huang Xue liked this feeling very much, and it was a good sign that she had a smooth journey.

All the way to the north, at noon on the third day, the two arrived at the Gougo River.

The Gouwu River is really wide and abnormal, and now it is the dry season in winter, but it is also seven or eight miles wide, and the river is turbid and turbulent.

The two of them have come over with strong winds and waves, so they naturally will not be afraid of this river, and the dragon beard and tiger will perform the water escape technique, and crossing the river is just a cup of tea. Sure enough, the river saw the kind of black finless porpoise that Shan Qiang said, which looked unusually fat, but after Shan Qiang's warning, the two naturally did not have any interest in it.

After crossing the river and walking for only a few miles, a mountain peak appeared in front of them, and it was the Gouwu Mountain. Gouwu Mountain is not high, it looks like it is only two or three hundred meters high, it is not so much a mountain as a small hill, and it is only more than ten miles away from the two of them.

When Huang Xue saw the target, she became more vigilant in her heart, saying that there were monsters in the north of the river, but when they walked down for a few miles, what they saw were just some strange beasts.

Let the dragon beard tiger let go of her sense of smell, and she also used the spirit sealing spell to improve her ears and eyes, and the two of them cautiously continued to walk forward.

After walking less than ten miles, Huang Xue's eyes suddenly lit up, and not far ahead, she actually saw a village. Yes, it's a village, and it's a standard human village.

The houses in the village are all grass houses made of clay embryos, with wooden doors and windows, which are basically the same as the style of the big merchants.

Huang Xue's heart moved, could it be that the monster in the mouth of Shanhui's ancestors turned out to be humans? If this is the case, then it is very good, to be able to see normal humans in this distant place, it is simply no different from relatives.

She and the Dragonbeard Tiger looked around the village, but found no humans. It's just past Shenshi, and it's winter, but there's no one in the village, which is a bit strange.

The two slowly approached the village, until they reached the entrance of the village, and found no trace of human activity. The dragon bearded tiger sniffed around with his nose and told Huang Xue that there was no special smell within a radius of one mile. Huang Xue's heart suddenly cooled, could it be that the humans in this village have all migrated?

She didn't hesitate any longer, and hurriedly walked into a house in three or two steps, and sure enough, a thick layer of dust had fallen on the furniture in the house, and no one had lived in it for a long time. She hurriedly checked three or four more houses, and they were all the same, abandoned for a long time.

Huang Xue suddenly felt a little lost in her heart, so to speak, the village where she thought she could find humans turned out to be a deserted village, and the monster in Shanqiang's mouth was no longer here.

She carefully inspected the furniture in several houses, and found that there were still many daily necessities in the houses, food that had long been rotted, and worn-out clothes, which were valuable to ordinary villagers, but they were not taken away.

But fortunately, with these houses here, she can sleep peacefully tonight, speaking of which, she has not rested in a human house for a long time, but it also makes her miss a little.

So, she chose a larger house, and cleaned it up with the dragon and the tiger, and the things in the house were quite complete, although the beds and bedding were already in tatters, but it was much better than sleeping in the wilderness.

The pots and pans and kitchen utensils in the house were not taken away, and Huang Xue asked the dragon beard tiger to fetch some water from the well in the village, wash it, and start to take care of dinner.

Although the seasonings needed at this time were a little scarce, she still made a sumptuous dinner with her heart, so that the dragon and tiger could eat deliciously.

The weather has been getting colder and colder in the past few days, and the two of them have been on the road for a few days, and they are also a little tired, and after dinner, they went to rest.

This night, it was really a little too cold, the cold wind outside the house kept pouring in from the crack in the door and the edge of the bed, even the shark silk on Huang Xue's body could not be completely resisted, she found a lot of shabby bedding, didn't care about the dirty, covered some for the dragon beard tiger, and wrapped herself tightly, so that she slept peacefully all night.

Early the next morning, the dragon bearded tiger got up, opened the door and looked, but it was a bright sight, the whole world was already white, and the goose feather-like snow flakes fell flutteringly.

He was originally a child's heart, and when he saw the snow, he immediately exclaimed in surprise and was about to tell Huang Xue. But when she arrived at Huang Xue's bed, she saw that she wrapped herself tightly with a futon, shivering constantly, and her cheeks were red and hot.

The dragon bearded tiger was startled and hurriedly woke Huang Xue up. As soon as Huang Xue woke up, she felt dizzy, chills, and couldn't lift up any strength. After a year of traveling, I have accumulated a lot of fatigue, and now I am attracted by this weather, and I have a lot of brains.

In such a cold and freezing situation, a cold is not a minor illness, and if you are not careful, you will take your life. She didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly ate a pill of Bishui Dan, and asked Long Xuhu to go out to find some dry firewood, and raised a pot of fire.

The room gradually warmed up, and she also felt that her body was hot, but Bishui Dan was obviously not right for the treatment of colds, although she recovered a little spirit, but her body was still generally weak.

As soon as her heart moved, she reluctantly used the mana of cultivation to expel the cold qi in her body, which was effective, but very slowly. When the dragon bearded tiger saw that she had begun to exercise, he obediently added more dry wood to the pot fire, and then turned around and went out to look for food.

Huang Xue's sudden cold took ten days to slowly improve. When her body recovered, she suddenly found that in the constant confrontation with the disease, her mana had obviously entered the realm, which could be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

When I went out, I saw that the snow outside had stopped falling and falling in the past ten days, and had accumulated a thick layer, reaching the waist of Huang Xue. She looked at Gougo Mountain behind her and sighed helplessly. Now that the snow is so heavy, it is too difficult to find a jade cave in the mountains, so it is better to wait in this village with peace of mind and find a way when the weather is clear.

Long Xuhu is a child after all, and he took care of Huang Xue, who was sick a few days ago, and he was not in the mood to play. Now that Huang Xue is in good health, he plunged into the snow one by one and started playing.

Huang Xue was so happy to see him, knowing that he had been worried about his body these days, and he had suppressed a lot of depression in his heart and needed to vent, so he didn't want to ruin his fun, so he frolicked in the snow with him, building snowmen, having snowball fights, and playing all the games he could play in the snow as a child.

Huang Xue didn't expect that she would wait for another month and a half.

The place where they are is in the far north, the biggest feature of winter here is that the snow will not melt at all, and after a few heavy snowfalls, it has already passed the top of her head, and it is even more difficult to enter the mountain.

These days, Huang Xue picked wood to make two pairs of skis, and once he tried this, the water escape technique of the dragon beard tiger could also be performed on the snow. In this way, it is convenient for the two of them to go to the Gouwu River and the woods to collect some food, which can be regarded as solving the problem of eating.

It's freezing outside, light a pot of firewood in the house to keep warm, and then tell a story to the dragon and tiger while roasting the fire, and the life is also happy.

Long Xuhu also learned two songs from Huang Xue, which were specially taught to him by Huang Xue "Two Tigers" and "Descendants of the Dragon", he felt that these two songs were catchy and endless, and he sang them non-stop every day.

Although Huang Xue has long had no concept of the date since she entered the sea, she knew in her heart that the New Year's Day of the eleventh year of Emperor Xin of the Great Shang had passed quietly on an unknown day in these two months.

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