The Secret Realm of the River Chapter 17 The Sacred Mountain
Our team has grown again, sixty water Jiao'er opened the way in front, and the beasts avoided everywhere they passed, which made me feel like the emperor was traveling, since entering the bronze gate, we have always walked cautiously, when can we be so rampant.
The holy mountain is far away from Shuishen Village, and it takes us about three or four days to walk on our feet, and we stop and go along the way, and our mood is extremely relaxed, and the food we eat is caught by Shui Jiao'er. When camping, the water Jiao'er surrounded a circle. If you bring a neat little yellow hat, we are a tour group, talking and laughing along the way, watching the beautiful scenery.
I also secretly gave some to the water Jiao'er who grilled fish for him last time when I barbecued food every time I barbecued food, after these days of contact, I can already recognize him from the water Jiao'er who almost looks the same, I call him Xiao Hei, he can also know that this is calling him, we communicate in our respective languages, although we don't understand what the other person is talking about, but we have become friends.
Why did it be secretive, because after Hebo gave the cooked food to Shui Jiao'er several times, he said something to them, and from then on, these Shui Jiao'er did not dare to take the food we sent over, and avoided us from afar.
I know that these water Jiao'er are most likely the sons of Hebo, but except for the old face and strong physique, Hebo is a normal human being, and there is no doubt that as a father, why should he treat his children like slaves.
After a four-day trek, we came to the foot of a towering mountain. The mountain rocks are harder than King Kong, the peak is snow-capped, and at this time it is emitting dazzling light, and the top of the holy mountain is equivalent to the sun of the water hell world.
Nangong Xinyue took out the compass, the compass pointed to the holy mountain, and he said excitedly, that's right, the magnetic source has been found, it is this mountain. If the passage crack is opened by gravity, it must be here.
Ling Youyang used the Prospective Qi Technique, and after observing for a while, he said: This mountain demon is full of energy, and there seems to be a big demon hiding in it, we have to be extremely careful.
I thought to myself, we have sixty mermaids, we should be considered monsters, why don't you see it, and you can still see that the mountains are full of demons? The others probably thought the same thing as me, and no one responded to him.
Ling Youyang noticed that everyone's expressions were wrong, and explained, You can also understand that this mountain is full of violent energy. The peaceful spiritual power will make nature comfortable, beautiful, green mountains and green waters, and butterflies flying. But the furious energy will make the animals and plants inside strange and bloodthirsty.
This is quite acceptable to everyone, because when we approached the holy mountain, there was an inexplicable sense of panic in our hearts.
He Bo came over and said, we are going up the mountain from the south, the danger is much less, there are two dangerous places on that road, the Golden Toad Valley and the Snake Peak.
The Golden Toad Valley is full of pink poisonous mist, these poisonous fog is emitted from the mountain, the thickest at noon, the lightest at night, we can only pass through the Golden Toad Valley at the time, otherwise those poisonous fogs can kill everyone. But the time of the child is also the time when the three-legged golden toad is most active, and these three-legged golden toads are the first obstacle for us to enter the holy mountain.
Xiong Dali said: This is a treasure, the golden toad represents the fortune and treasure, isn't there a three-legged golden toad in the store? If you can catch one or two back, you will definitely be able to sell it for a big price.
He Bodao: When you look at them, you won't say so, the smallest three-legged golden toad is more than six feet tall, and there is a golden toad king inside, more than one zhang high.
Xiong Dali turned around and whispered to me, crazy, buddy is not very good at math, how tall is this zhang?
I was also frightened by Hebo's words, and whispered: One foot is more than 30 centimeters, and one zhang is more than 3 meters, and a big toad of more than 3 meters can swallow me in one bite.
Xiong Dali also swallowed his saliva in fright, such a big toad!
Their main attack is the tongue and the poison sac on their back, and the tongue spines can fly three times the distance of their body, stab their prey, and then roll into their mouths and devour them. And the poison sac stores that pink poisonous mist, which will spew out when in danger, which is their means of defense, poisoning and paralyzing the opponent, and blocking the view, so that they can take the opportunity to escape.
So what do we have to do about it? And ask the old-timers for advice.
Just follow me, if there is danger, Shui Jiao'er will save you. Little girl, you follow me.
I glanced at Nangong Xinyue, and from his voice, I felt that I didn't care about the life and death of our people, but I specifically mentioned that Nangong Xinyue should follow him, is it that only Nangong Xinyue is useful to him in our group, and Nangong Xinyue is the only woman in our group, which means that he needs a woman to complete a certain ritual, and we are just matching. At this moment, I Conan possessed my body, and I instantly made a deduction in my mind.
On the snake mountain is a group of blue-ringed silver snakes, the night is extremely cold and freezing, touching it into ice, impassable, only at noon when the yang energy is the most vigorous can pass, but the blue-ringed silver snake will come out at this time to bask in the sun, the small blue-ringed silver snake can not stand the damage caused by the freezing gas, and needs to absorb yang qi to neutralize the extreme yin qi in the body.
Because they live in the extremely cold and frozen air, the blue ring on their body is transformed by the frozen gas gathered in their body, the more blue rings the more powerful, the snake king of the blue ring silver snake has all turned blue, and the creatures within ten meters of the surrounding area will be frozen into ice sculptures.
Did the Serpent King come out to bask in the sun, too?" I asked.
The king of the blue krait does not need to bask in the sun, even the larger blue krait only haunts at night, and only the small snakes that are not in the climate need to bask in the sun during the day.
Oh, it's just some little snakes, huh?" said the bear with a sigh of relief.
But he forgot the size of the three-legged golden toad just now, even if it is a small snake, it must not be as small as we thought.
He Bo continued, they are very lazy when basking in the sun, as long as we don't disturb them, they generally won't take the initiative to attack, but it's a bit too much, they may not be able to get around, they can only break through, when the time comes, everyone be careful, don't touch the blue ring on their body, it's fine.
After the explanation, we drove up and climbed up the mountain under the leadership of Hebo.
This mountain is really not ordinarily steep, Xiong Dali's body is fat, and it didn't take long for him to be out of breath, madman, if only there was a mountaineering pickaxe, such a steep mountain, it was too hard to climb.
I also stopped to catch my breath, it's useless to give you a pickaxe, look at the hardness of this stone, where do you put a pickaxe?
We looked up and saw Shui Jiao'er and Hebo climbing like apes, which reminded me of the story of Hebo and the seven mermaids that night.
gasped for breath, and said vigorously to the bear, don't rest, hurry up and climb, all go up. Although Miaoqing is thin, she has a long internal strength and follows us easily.
Nangong Xinyue, this girl, is faster than us, stop and wait for us. When we climbed to her, she told us that when we arrived at the Golden Toad Valley, if we were in danger, we must be still, toads and frogs are dynamic vision, they can only catch moving food, if they stand still, they will not be able to find us.
I also learned this knowledge in biology class, but I didn't think about it so carefully as Nangong Xinyue, thank you for reminding me.
I saw Nangong Xinyue's face flushed and said, What are you polite, let's go, you three big men have been pulled down so far, it's not a shame.
The four of us quickly crawled forward, catching up with the large group ahead.
Climbing the last rock, we came to a wide platform, not far away is a valley shrouded in pink mist, which should be the Golden Toad Valley that Hebo said, but there are shadows of some trees looming in it, and I don't know how these trees survive.
By the time we arrived, Zhou Tianzuo and the others had already set up camp in front of the valley and sat around to rest.
Come over and eat something first, Zhou Tianzuo took out some cooked food and handed it to us, I was indeed tired and hungry, took the food and ate it in a big gulp, and asked while eating, what do those water Jiao'er eat? I see that they haven't eaten for a day, they are so big, our food is definitely not enough for them to eat, and I didn't see them carrying backpacks or anything like that.
Hebo said that he didn't care about them, and Zhou Tianzuo replied.
I saw that the group of water Jiao'er was sitting or lying on the side, very pitiful, I took advantage of Hebo's inattention, secretly threw a large piece of meat to Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei quickly threw it into his mouth, and then quickly turned his head and squatted down, afraid of being seen by Hebo, but from time to time glanced at me in his eyes as if to express gratitude.
After eating, we all lay down to rest and build up our strength for the midnight moves.
When the hands of the watch came to eleven o'clock, we saw that the fog in the valley had largely subsided, and the trees glowed beautifully with a lilac glow under the red light.
Now, let's go, Hebo shouted. Then he led the water Jiao'er to rush into the valley first.
We had already been prepared, and when we heard Hebo's order, we all rushed forward quickly.
The valley was uneven, we ran so fast that we almost tripped over the rocks several times, and we shouted anxiously as we watched them run faster and faster, waiting for us. But there was no response at all.
Seeing their distant backs, Xiong vigorously said, we won't be calculated by Hebo.
Don't think about it so much, run, I can already hear a cooing sound coming from all around, it should be the three-legged golden toad coming out to move.
Zhou Tianzuo, who was running in front, suddenly stopped, and I didn't stop and hit him directly.
Why did you stop suddenly, I held Zhou Tianzuo and asked.
You can see for yourself, Zhou Tianzuo pointed ahead, and a huge toad more than two meters tall appeared in front of us, with golden skin, white belly, and three giant feet the size of a millstone, jumping towards us one by one.
We shouldn't have been noticed, so everyone slowly retreated to the side and didn't move. It's a dynamic vision, and if you run away, you'll be swept into your mouth by its tongue. I reminded in a low voice.
Everyone slowly stepped back, making way for the golden toad to move forward, and we were relieved to see it jump farther and farther.