Wu Xie patted off the snow drops on his eyes, and he didn't know where he was for a while, he only felt that there was a stone tip on his back, and Ye Cheng was below him, shouting there.

Wu Xie froze down, subconsciously looked at what Ye Cheng was afraid of, took a closer look, and found that they were now leaning on a steep rocky slope, five or six meters away from the bottom of the slope, the rope in his waist was hanging on a rock corner, so he didn't roll down directly, the bottom of the slope was full of snow and stones that had just slid down with them, and several black slender claws were exposed in the snowdrift.

Looking along the claws, the snowdrift loomed in a black, bucket-sized thing, with scales all over the link-like body, some hidden in the snow, some exposed in the snow, at first glance it was thought to be a hibernating snake, but on closer inspection, it looked like a centipede.

The thing was clinging to the stone, not moving, not knowing whether it was dead or alive, not seeing the head and tail, and not knowing how long it was.

Wu Xie wondered in his heart, this is above the snow line, there are very few living creatures, what kind of creature is this, looking at those centipede-like claws and its size, his heart instinctively became uncomfortable.

Pan Zi insisted on going down, Ye Cheng kept screaming, and the fat man also saw what was below, and smashed a ball of snow on the back of Ye Cheng's head, and scolded softly: "You fucking give me a soft sound, you want to wake him up?!" ”

Wu Xie looked around, this should be a small closed valley, filled with avalanches, but because the stones here are too messy, a large number of bubbles were generated, the fat man walked to it, and suddenly stepped on the fragile snow layer, which caused a chain reaction at once, and the snow layer collapsed at once, and as a result, they all brought him down.

The snow on it is still collapsing, and many times after such a landslide, the snow around it will gather like quicksand and re-bury the collapsed place, this process is extremely fast, and many alpine expedition teams are attrition in such a situation, and the whole team disappears in a few seconds.

Fortunately, the snow on the side was quite strong this time, probably because they were tied together by ropes and pulled down one by one, and the snow around them rolled them flat, and there was no relationship between the whole piece collapsing.

It's leeward, and it's noticeably lighter, not as cold as it was just now.

Wu Xie took a few breaths of relief, sat up cautiously, and moved down a few steps, although it is very steep here, but the surface of the slope is full of gravel, some are as big as the head of the liberation truck, and some are only the size of a table tennis ball, it is very convenient to climb, and it is not difficult to go up and down.

Panzi had already untied the rope, because it was not far from the bottom, he jumped down with the snow, and after landing on the ground, he rolled with cushioning force and rolled to the bottom of the slope.

The little brother half-hugged Mengli, looked at her somewhat sloppy eyes, patted her face, and said in a deep voice: "Mengli, don't sleep!" Hold on a little longer. ”

Mengli held the little brother's hand, smiled weakly at him, and joked with a strong spirit: "Little brother, when you slap your face in the future, be light, okay?" It hurts. ”

The fat man who was watching the two of them "show affection" next to him lit up, and said in his heart: "This little brother and sister are sure to succeed!" But he didn't dare to say it, and he wasn't sure what the consequences would be.

Seeing that Mengli could still joke, the little brother breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "Hold on a little longer." ”

"I know," Mengli nodded, looking at Panzi below, "Let's go down too!" Panzi can't do it alone. ”

"Hmm." The little brother jumped down half-hugged Mengli and landed safely.

Seeing that the little brother and Mengli came down, Pan Zixiang found the backbone of the heart, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, nodded to them, and touched the black thing one after the other, and the people above suddenly raised their hearts to their throats.

After walking a few steps, the little brother, Mengli and Pan Zi all straightened up and obviously relaxed, Panzi looked at the little brother and Mengli, shrugged his shoulders, and made a gesture for Wu Xie and them to come down.

The fat man untied the rope and rolled down, the little brother had swept away the snow on the stone carving, it turned out that it was a stone lying on the stone and the cliff stone dragon, carved with black stone, the cliff stone carving is very expressive, if it is hidden in the snow, it really can't be seen.

Wu Xie and they came down one after another, Chen Pi Ah Si saw the stone carving, the person's face changed obviously, he stood unsteadily, beckoned Monk Hua to help him, went straight to the front of the cliff stone carving, and touched it.

This dragon is different from other dragons, under its body, there are countless centipede-like feet carved, obviously not the carving of the Central Plains, it should be the dragon alienated by the nearby nomads.

The fat man asked: "Why is this dragon so ugly, like a worm, it looks evil, much uglier than the dragon wall in the Forbidden City, shouldn't it be broken?" ”

Monk Hua glanced at him with disdain, and said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, this is a hundred-legged dragon, not a dragon, and the dragon carvings in the early days of the Eastern Xia Kingdom are all like this." In the early days of China, it is not surprising that ancient Chinese dragons had very different forms, and some dragons had pig noses. ”

The evolution of the Chinese dragon is very long, at the beginning of the dragon is crawling, just find a beast head and put it on the snake is the dragon, at that time each tribe has its own dragon totem, each tribe evolved separately, and in the end the form of the dragon is also different. Later, the Han culture spread, the Yixia culture was integrated, and the image of the Han dragon began to mix with the dragons of various ethnic minority tribes, and finally the dragon gradually unified into the current Panlong.

This hundred-legged dragon is a mixture of a dragon and a centipede, but I don't know why, seeing so many arthropod feet under an ordinary dragon not only can't give people a sense of might, but makes people feel very uncomfortable, making people feel a little weird.

The fat man listened to Monk Hua's introduction and said with a smile: "Brother Scar, I can't see that you are quite literary, so this stone should be something from the Eastern Xia Kingdom?" ”

Monk Hua looked at the stone carving, looked up at the top of the hillside, and wondered: "That's right, it's just that where did this stone for carving the dragon come from?" ”

At this time, it was already dark, Mengli and the others turned on their flashlights, and while sweeping all the snow off the stone with their hands, they found that this stone was almost a huge flat plate five meters high and three meters wide, leaning on the side of the rocky slope, the stone was extremely smooth, and it was black, which was obviously different from other stones here.

Wu Xie looked at the traces of the fracture of the stone and said, "It may have collapsed from above, the fourth grandfather is right, the place we are going to is still on it." You see the asymmetry of the shape of this dragon, this is a double dragon playing with pearls, such a stone carving should have one side, generally carved on the stone door, one on each side. ”

Chen Pi Ah Si coughed, and said weakly: "Fart, I don't know much about it, I pout, what is the stone gate, this is the sealing stone in the tomb." ”

Saying that, he pointed to the dragon's mouth, Monk Hua immediately went over, put his hand into the dragon's mouth, and pulled out a black wrist-thick iron chain for him, the fat man looked at it and said, "Oh, it's over, the dragon's intestines have been pulled out for you." ”

Chen Pia said: "This is the horse chain used to pull the sealing stone when the tomb is sealed, and this side is the inward side." ”

Wu Xie blushed when he said it, and looked left and right: "Ah, sure enough, I was wrong, but how could Feng Shi appear here?" ”

Monk Hua tugged on the iron chain hard, the stone did not move at all, and a trace of doubt flashed on Chen Pi'a Si's face, shook his head, and looked up at it.

Wu Xie sighed in his heart, knowing what he was worried about, if this sealing stone also collapsed from above, it means that the tomb above is very badly damaged, even if they find it, can they still go in?

The wind and snow were raging overhead, and it was already dark and basically night, Wu Xie looked at his watch, not knowing when this blizzard was going to blow.

The discovery of this stone carving increased the confidence of several people to find the Heavenly Palace, but Wu Xie didn't know whether to be happy or depressed, Monk Hua took a picture of the stone carving, Chen Pi A Si recovered his spirit, and let the rest of the people take care of their things first, and take a rest.

Several people sorted out the equipment, and Monk Hua went to take care of the wounded soldier, and the little brother still maintained the posture of half-holding Mengli, because he knew that if he let go of his hand, Mengli would most likely fall to the ground.

Seeing Mengli's almost unconscious state, the little brother frowned and patted Mengli's face again, but this time the action was very light.

"How are you?" The little brother asked in a low voice.

Mengli half leaned on the little brother, and her voice was weak: "Probably tired, let me lean on for a while." ”

Suddenly, Monk Hua ran over and told Wu Xie that it was a bit troublesome, and Junzi was basically unresponsive.

Wu Xie put Shunzi down and shook his head, he could only make a dull sigh, his consciousness was confused, and he knew that it was hypothermia at a glance.

"We've got to make a fire, or he won't be able to survive for long." Panzi came over and said. "I can't wake up when I go to sleep."

Wu Xie looked around, there was no firewood at all, and he was going to start a fire, I'm afraid he would burn the plow. However, a lot of equipment is required to go up the snowy mountain, and without a plow, I am afraid that the road below will not be able to go down.

Monk Hua looked at Chen Pi Ah Si, obviously not daring to make his own decisions, the latter's face was very gloomy, he didn't know if it was frozen or what, he frowned and said, "Don't let him die for the time being, I still have something to ask him." ”

Wu Xie breathed a sigh of relief, Monk Hua unloaded the things on the plow, and was ready to pull out the wooden strips as firewood, but now the plow was also soaked with snow, and he didn't know if he could light it up, and when he was worried, Wu Xie suddenly smelled a smell of sulfur.

I don't know where this smell came from, Wu Xie asked Monk Hua not to move first, and stood up and smelled it carefully.

The others also smelled it at the same time, and they all stopped what they were doing, and the fat man took a sharp breath and said, "Comrades, it seems to smell of hot springs!" ”

Chen Pi Ah Si gave Ye Cheng and Lang Feng a look, and asked them to go out to find it, the fat man picked up his backpack and said that he was going, but all three of them were stopped by Pan Zi, the fat man asked what he was doing, Pan Zi pointed at the little brother and Mengli with his chin, and said: "What are you panicking, don't forget that we have a master." ”

At this time, the little brother had already leaned down and touched the stones one by one with his two long fingers, and suddenly frowned, "En? "Yes.

Mengli stood beside the little brother, patted him on the back, and then pointed to the hundred-legged dragon sealing stone on the side under the little brother's puzzled eyes.

A few people came to the Panlong Stone, there was no smell here just now, and the smell of sulfur was already obvious now.

The little brother touched the dragon's head, looked at the back of the stone, put his hand on the dragon's head, pressed it, and said, "Strange, the back of the dragon's head is empty." ”