Chapter 8: The Hidden Treasure

Night in the mountains always comes faster, a layer of mist rises, and the light of the cave quickly dims. If the mountains and forests are calm during the day, then at night, it is the time for all kinds of cow ghosts - snake gods to appear. Most of the beasts in the mountains like to come out at night to feed, and from time to time there is a short but fierce fighting sound in the darkness, and with the death wail of the prey, or the cold in the air seems to be heavier.

Mo Yu's eyes slowly opened, and in the dark cave, he looked calm, reached out and accurately touched the package on his right hand, easily opened it in the direction he remembered, took out the dried meat and water, and began to eat again. The loss of physical strength and the repair of the damaged forbidden fascia need to absorb more nutrients, and the food eaten is the only source of nutrients. As for the elixir, it was a treasure that only the high-ranking adults of the various sects were qualified to use.

The night in the autumn mountains is extremely cold, and the air is like an invisible knife, cutting the skin on the surface and sending out fine pain. But even with the flint, Mo Yu had no idea of raising the fire. The flames of the night can bring light and heat, but they will also be targeted by countless dangers, and then stay in the mountains and forests forever. Therefore, at this time, the animal skin under his body that is isolated from the cold stone is extremely important, at least it allows Mo Yu to barely resist this cold with the help of the blood circulating in his body.

Chewing and drinking, everything is done quietly, and even the sound of swallowing is deliberately suppressed to the extreme. The thin thread he was holding in his left hand was still intact, so no matter what sound came from outside, Mo Yu's expression would not change at all. He finished his second meal in the dark, cleaned up everything in silence, and then continued to close his eyes, feeling the slight tingling in his flesh.

When the sun rises, the dense fog makes the trees look like ghosts quickly fade, and the noisy jungle slowly returns to calm at this moment. The Nightkin returned to their lair, and the Daywalker had not yet come out. So now, it's the best time to rush.

Mo Yu quickly got up, quickly checked his body, and suddenly showed a look of satisfaction on his face. The physical strength that was lost yesterday has been fully recovered, and the stinging pain in his left leg has been reduced a lot, as long as he pays attention, it will not affect his fight. In the process, he was physically flexible, and he did not have the stiffness of sitting all night. Mo Yu picked up the package, bent down and walked out of the cave with a dagger, carefully wrapped the black thread into the package, and then gently jumped down from the stone that was more than a foot high, slightly identified the direction, and the figure ran and quickly disappeared into the mist that had not completely dispersed.

Two days later, Mo Yu stood on a thick tree branch and looked into the distance, the huge mountain range in his line of sight undulated and spreading, but it was abruptly uprooted not far away, at first the mountain still had a slope to speak of, but when it reached more than 100 meters, it began to become steep and rugged, and further up, there were clouds and mist that did not disperse all year round, blocking the observation of the line of sight. Just through the flow of clouds and mist, you can vaguely see the huge black shadow of the mountain, and you can't see its peak at all. And now, this majestic solitary peak has been directly cut off to form a huge canyon, and the huge sound generated by the impact of the rumbling water can be heard even here. This kind of miraculous scene can only be attributed to the creation of heaven and earth, because it is difficult to imagine what kind of terrifying force is needed to cut off the entire towering mountain peak!

Mo Yu checked the map in his mind, determined that this was the part of the Cirrus River that had submerged into the branch of the Barbarian Mountain, and looked at the half of the mountain near him, and his gaze suddenly became hot. If the map is correct, then this is the place where the treasure is hidden! He fell nimbly from the tree and began the final leg of the trek with a solid step. His steps were still steady, but his face was slightly pale, and there were obvious signs of bandaging on his shoulders, and a little bit of blood oozed thick gauze, indicating that his injuries were not light.

This was a memento left to him by the two predators, and in return, the dagger in Mo Yu's hand severed their necks. As he went deeper into the Barbarian Mountain Branch, the types of brute beasts that appeared began to gradually increase, and their strength was also increasing, if it weren't for his enough luck and caution, I am afraid that he would have fallen on the road.

Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, coupled with the undulating and treacherous mountain, the last section of the road was not easy to walk, Mo Yu spent half a day, after killing four mountain wolves and a mountain boar, he walked to the foot of the mountain. His face turned paler, his lips lost all blood, and the barely healed wound on his shoulder cracked again, staining the gauze all red.

Supporting his tired body, Mo Yu found a strong enough tree not far away, and his eyes cautiously swept over the tree to ensure that there was no hidden danger on the tree, so he climbed the tree with his hands and feet, paused slightly, and carefully applied the orange powder he took out to the tree, until he was three or four feet high, and then sat down on a sturdy tree branch, and gasped for breath. He endured the discomfort of his body, carefully treated the wound on his shoulder, took out the food in the package and used it briefly, and began to close his eyes and rest.

The treasure is close at hand, and although Mo Yu wants to climb the mountain to search for it immediately, his weak body can no longer support it. He slowly suppressed the restlessness in his heart, forced himself to regain his composure, and his breathing gradually became longer. According to the treasure map, the treasure is on the top of the mountain, but with such a steep and treacherous mountain, Mo Yu did not dare to be careless when it was intact, and now he naturally has to be more cautious. During the climbing, the slightest mistake may make him fall to his death. He came all the way here, and naturally he didn't want to fall short in the end!

Night soon fell, and although the wounds were treated, the faint smell of blood still attracted the brute beasts in the mountains and forests that were extremely sensitive to the smell of blood. The two mountain wolves were the first to spot their prey hiding in the trees, and they roared and threatened their hidden rivals, walking back and forth under the trees and refusing to leave. At midnight, Mo Yu opened his eyes on time, and then began to eat at night. After resting for half a day, most of his physical strength has recovered, and the wound on his shoulder is no longer bleeding, and now there are bursts of slight numbness, like ants crawling on the wound, Mo Yu knows that this is the wound is recovering rapidly.

There were more than a dozen mountain wolves gathered under the trees, and they looked at the delicious prey on the trees, and from time to time people stood up or jumped up on all fours, opening their mouths to show two rows of sharp fangs, which became more and more pale in the moonlight falling between the branches and leaves. A pair of green eyes are like ghost fires jumping in the dark, making people's hearts suddenly chill. But Mo Yu's expression was still calm, he took two sips of water, silently packed everything up, and closed his eyes again. All the while, he didn't even glance at the mountain wolves that gathered under the trees.

As time passed, the wolves became irritable, and two tigers arrived, but they only stood still at a distance, and soon turned away at the threatening roar of the wolves. In the second half of the night, the wolves retreated in twos and threes in search of other prey.

The night passed peacefully.

The next day, Mo Yu was still in the tree, and he rested except for food so that the shoulder wound could heal as soon as possible. According to the consumption rate of dry food in his hand, he will start climbing the mountain for one more day at most.

Night fell again, and another pack of wolves arrived, only this time they paused for a short time before leaving, apparently realizing that they were not capable of catching the delicious prey of the trees. It was just when the sky was about to dawn that a fat mountain bear came to the bottom of the tree, and it stood up and slapped its broad forehand on the tree, and suddenly the bark was shattered and the debris flew, and the whole tree was shaking violently, which was enough to know its amazing strength. The overlord of the mountain wandered around unwillingly for a while before turning around and shaking his body and disappearing from sight. It wasn't until he was sure that it had left that Mo Yu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to rest.

On the third day, everything was calm, and the surrounding brute beasts seemed to know that they couldn't help Mo Yu, and gradually stopped paying attention to his existence. It's just that before dawn in the middle of the night, a colorful poisonous snake quietly crawled up the tree, its body was five or six feet long, and the letter spit out from time to time, the snake's eyes were cold and gloomy looking at the prey above, and its long body hovered upward, and the scales rubbed against the bark, but it didn't make any sound.

With this unique skill of hiding life, it does not know how many difficult prey it has hunted, and the person in the tree will soon become the prey under its fangs, and it will have five or six days' rations, and it can rest comfortably for a few days. But when it was still more than a foot away from Mo Yu, its body suddenly shook, and there was obvious dizziness in the cold snake's eyes, and its body fell to the ground with a soft "snap", and it barely recovered after a few tosses, and fled directly in a panic. The realgar powder smeared on the tree finally played its due role.

When the sky is about to be clear, the surrounding area gradually returns to quiet, this is the safest time of the day in the mountains and forests, Mo Yu stood on the branch and moved his arm, the wound has barely healed, although there is still some impact, but as long as you don't overexert yourself, you should be fine. He climbed down from the tree with his body nimbly, landed under his feet without pause, and ran straight to the majestic peak that suddenly rose from the ground in front of him. The dry food was exhausted, and the tight time did not allow him to wait any longer, and today he had to climb the mountain to search for treasure!

Mo Yu's muscles are tense all over his body, and with the help of the bumps or cracks in the rocks, his body is like a nimble ape constantly climbing upward. The first 200 meters of the mountain were still steep, but after crossing it, it became extremely steep, and even the exposed part of the mountain began to decrease. Mo Yu raised his head upward, his eyes were keenly looking for a place to climb, and he quickly calculated in his mind to choose the most effortless way. His speed was inevitably affected, but he was still much faster than ordinary people, and he couldn't get through the place, so he stabbed the mountain rock with the dagger in his hand and continued to go up with his strength.

The mountain is extremely high from afar, but only when you actually climb to the top can you really understand how high it is. Mo Yu had been climbing for two hours in a row, deep into the clouds and mist, but when he looked up, he saw that the mountain rocks had been extended into the clouds and mist, and he didn't know where the end was. Although his breathing was still gentle, it was much deeper than at the beginning, and the fine beads of sweat on the tip of his nose quickly evaporated in the whistling mountain wind, but the strange thing was that the clouds and mist that lingered around the mountain were not affected by the mountain wind at all, and were not blown away at all.

#####

[Thank you for the rewards of friends such as Mengmeng, Weidao, Shuishui Huohu, Chulai, Nana, etc., now the fourth place on the new book list, not much different from the front, I hope everyone will help Jiuyang go further! There is still a chapter at 11 o'clock in the evening. 】