Chapter One Hundred and Eight: The Far North
With her own strength, Mulan injured the one-eyed demon twice and fled in embarrassment. In horror and surprise, Xiaozi took in the whole process of the fierce battle between humans and demons.
"Team, captain, I didn't expect you to be able to repel a vicious demon clan alone, just now I thought we wouldn't be able to escape." Xiao Zi's tone trembled, and it was obvious that he had not yet recovered his composure from Fang Cai's fear.
"Let's go, let's join up with the others, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and it's impossible to say that the demon will move to the rescue." Mulan gasped for breath, obviously the two heavy sword swings had cost her a lot of energy.
"Captain, don't you need me to help you." Xiaozi saw the captain panting roughly, looking tired, and asked with concern.
"It's okay, I'll just take it easy." Mulan responded.
Not long after, the two returned to everyone, and Mulan explained to everyone what they had seen when they had just entered the cave and the process of fighting with the one-eyed demon.
"Captain, fortunately, the demons by the bonfire are full of food and drink and fall asleep, otherwise, hearing the sound of fighting here, heh..."Hua Qilin was so frightened that he didn't dare to continue to think about it, "Captain, have you seen other demon caves, is there a demon who is always awake in each cave to take care of it?" Hua Qilin asked.
"You're funny, this one is so difficult to deal with, if as you said, there is a demon guarding every cave, and we all provoke it again, can we come back alive at this moment?!" Xiao Zi glanced at Hua Qilin and said angrily.
Hua Qilin consciously asked a mistake, lowered his head and smiled awkwardly.
"Based on my intuition, the demon who chased me just now should be the leader in that demon cave. His resting place was in the innermost part of the cave, and there was a passage specially set aside for him to walk in the middle, and his status was obviously very transcendent. If he was a guard, he wouldn't have waited that long for me to go in and not notice. "Mulan Road.
"Captain, it seems that the demon clan should have been awakened by you, his hearing is much stronger than that of other demons, and he is not the leader of the cave, and he is not too far behind." Liu Chunfeng said.
"If this is the case, then we can't take it lightly if we act at night." Hua Qilin Road.
"Finally a human word." Xiaozi Road.
Hua Qilin grinned at Xiao Zi with a brighter smile.
"That's right, every move we make next, we can't take it lightly." Hua Mulan said, "By the way, Liu Chunfeng, have you painted the locations of these magic caves?" Mulan then asked.
"It's already been painted, you see." Liu Chunfeng said as he took out the hand-drawn map from his body and unfolded it for Mulan to see. Mulan took it and nodded with satisfaction.
With the blue glow of the night pearl, Mulan saw the snow falling around her and didn't know when it suddenly rose. A cold wind blew, and everyone shuddered.
"Captain, where are we going next, the snow is getting heavier and heavier." Xiao Zi asked, reaching out to catch the falling snow.
"Let's go east first, bypass these caves, and then go north, and then find a place to take shelter from the snow and rest." Mulan looked around and said.
The group began to march eastward, and after three miles, turned north, finding nothing along the way, except for a few snow-covered stones. In this way, after walking about ten miles north, I finally found a small dirt slope, and the edges and corners of the dirt slope were protruding, just enough to shelter the howling north wind.
"Okay, let's set up camp here." After Mulan gave the order, everyone took off the tent in their backpacks and began to set it up, and it didn't take long for a rectangular tent that could accommodate eleven people to be erected.
The next day, when the snow had stopped and the morning dawn was shining, everyone came out of their tents, and everywhere they looked, there was a white and dust-free scene, like an elegant blank space on a picture scroll.
"Oh my God! This snow is knee-high, how will I walk later! Hua Qilin rubbed his hands and said in his ears.
"Of course, I walked with my legs, but I can't use my hands." Xiao Zi said disdainfully.
"Why are you so grudgeful, I was brainless last night, you haven't finished it..."Hua Qilin still rolled his eyes.
"Snow thickness is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe the demons won't come out to wander around and forage for food." Liu Chunfeng joked, "By the way, captain, shall we continue to lie dormant here today, or will we continue to investigate in depth after packing our bags?" Liu Chunfeng turned to Mulan and asked.
"If it still snows during the night, we still won't be able to go in and explore, so we'll pack up and head north, remember, no loud noises." Hua Mulan told everyone, and everyone promised.
The group walked to the north at night, and for three days there was no trace, not even the paw prints of a hare, and they did not see a single one. In the middle of the night, the snow still falls in the sky, and although it is not as strong as it was at the beginning, the snow melts slowly, and everyone struggles to move forward.
"Captain, although our dry food is enough to eat for half a month, if we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the base camp of the demon clan, and we will have to turn back halfway because of lack of food." Liu Chunfeng's face was full of worry, and the cold wind blew the tip of his nose and cheeks red.
"Yes, Captain, the snow here is so thick that it's almost drowning your thighs, you have to find a way to solve it." Xiaozi echoed.
"We were in a hurry, it would have been nice to bring a sled. As we move on, we may find something to use. "Mulan Road.
"It's snowing this day, and the demons are too lazy to come out for a walk, which is also good." Hua Qilin didn't care about such a speed of travel, as well as the snowy and bleak environment between the heavens and the earth, maybe for him, the safety of life is the most important thing, after all, he is the only seedling left in the family who has lost his parents.
It was probably noon, when the sun came out shyly from behind the dark clouds, and everyone felt a trace of warmth. After lunch and a short rest, everyone continued to walk on the snow.
"You see, there seems to be bushes on the hillside over there, and there will be no hares hiding there." He Guozhong suddenly stretched out his hand excitedly and pointed not far ahead.
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and there really seemed to be a large bush under the snow. With a snap of his fingers, He Guozhong and Hua Qilin went straight over. The two of them searched through the bushes, but all they found were a few dry wild fruits.
"Why are there only a few wild fruits, and there is not a single rabbit hair?" He Guozhong said disappointedly.
Hua Qilin rubbed the wild fruit on his body, and couldn't wait to gnaw it, "Hey, don't say it, it really tastes like beef, why don't I give you one...", Hua Qilin stretched out his hand to hand the fruit to He Guozhong, He Guozhong reached out and took it, and learned from Hua Qilin to touch it, and his face unconsciously flashed with a touch of relief.
"It's a bit like beef, hehe..."He Guozhong said.
"Liu Chunfeng, hand them the machete." Hua Mulan suddenly commanded, Liu Chunfeng agreed, and threw a machete to Hua Qilin and He Guozhong, who were standing in the bushes.