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From the time they left the Xuanbing Palace until now, they had not taken the initiative to kill a large beast like the snow leopard, because they felt that they could not eat it and hunted them for no reason.
This snow leopard who committed suicide, except for their breakfast tomorrow, I am afraid that it will be used as a delicacy for Bingge and Binghua, and the rest will not be left to what beasts and birds of prey will divide up.
Xue Yue'er smiled bitterly and put the knife into the sheath, turned around and went back to sleep with the three of them.
They didn't have a sense of joy in hunting this snow leopard, but more of a disturbed sleep by it.
The snow peak is cold to the bone, the light and snow on the summit are always so pale and white, a little dazzling, plus people in such a high snow peak, breathing is a little difficult, sleep is already so insufficient, it is so disturbed, the loss is great.
After tossing and turning for nearly half a pillar of incense, the three of them fell asleep one after another to replenish the lost physical strength.
However, since the snow leopard, no beast has attacked and disturbed their sleep that night.
On the second day, the golden sunlight shone on the blankets covering the heads and faces of the three people, and the reflection of the ice cubes pierced into their eyes, and the three of them woke up leisurely.
Originally, crossing the Simour Canyon, the physical strength of the three of them was close to overdrafting, and they were awakened by the snow leopard in the middle of the night, and the excitement of slaughtering the snow leopard made it difficult for them to sleep, and they were naturally very sleepy.
In fact, Cui Han, who was used to living on the snow peak, woke up, but he couldn't bear to wake up Li Hao and the others, who were sleeping soundly, and let them make up for their sleep, but they didn't realize that they were asleep again, but they woke up instead.
The three of them got up to wash their faces and rinse their mouths with ice, and under the mountain peaks in the distance, where the snow leopard was slaughtered yesterday, Bingge and Binghua were pecking at the fresh meat of the snow leopard. There was also a sealed leather package on the side, which was their dry food for the day.
There were very few wild beasts here, and there were no woods for the fire to feed, so the normal diet of the three of them naturally depended on the Snow Eagle brought from the Xuanbing Palace.
After breakfast, Li Hao commanded Bing Ge to grab the medicinal herbs collected in the canyon yesterday and send them back to the Xuanbing Palace, and the three of them continued to climb to the top of the ice peak to continue the unfinished journey.
With the experience of Ayer Snow Peak, Li Hao came prepared this time, with a full set of ice and snow climbing tools such as steel barbed ice boots and crampons.
Cui Han has lived in the Ice Peak for a long time, and these things will not be missing, and these tools are usually used by the Xuanbing Palace to collect medicinal materials on the dangerous wall. Light work can only take care of a few zhang high, they are not immortals, and they can't do it freely on the slippery ice wall.
At this time, the three of them were like three ants, using ice hooks to chisel on the steep ice peaks, climbing with steel boots equipped with sharp barbs, and slowly climbing towards the highest peak step by step.
Climb this steep ice wall in a near-straight line, smooth as a mirror, yet hard as iron, and extremely crumbling when chiseled. They climbed this dangerous ice peak, not only to take into account the sudden cracking and sliding down of the ice peak, but also to take into account the whistling ice wind around them.
The three of them are extremely experienced, and whenever they climb such a steep ice wall, their leather robes are tightly wrapped, so that it will not hinder their climbing movement in the slightest, nor will it be blown more by the wind.
There is always a head to the peak, the dangerous ice road will always end, the three of them are connected together with their bodies when climbing, at this time they support each other and reach the summit of the ice again, which is close to the top of the ice peak in the clouds, is it the highest peak I don't know, but the white clouds under the feet block the eyes, and when I can't look down at the peak, the ice wind is raging, and I want to roll the three people who hug each other down the cliff.
"Standing on the top of the ice peak again!"
Li Hao and Xue Yue'er hugged each other, resisting the fierce cold wind together, looking at the white clouds under their feet, the bottomless abyss, and making such a feeling inarticulately.
Xue Yue'er nodded and said, "Yes, it's really not easy." ”
Cui Han also nodded.
yes, it's really not easy! Even if they are very powerful masters in the martial arts, even if they are invincible top masters in the world, as long as they are not immortals, on this dangerous and unpredictable snow peak, they may also suffer from extinction at any time.
The power of heaven is unpredictable, and natural disasters are blocked, so Li Hao doesn't want to practice martial arts, he just wants to practice immortal arts, in order to get rid of this powerful natural disaster, live freely in this world, live forever, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world, and be leisurely.
All this is not something that can be done with money.
Originally, Li Hao didn't believe that there was such a thing, but he just saw an immortal stepping on a flying sword, and it wasn't once. Legend has it that the immortal's mana is boundless and can live forever, so he moved his heart and pursued it desperately.
The three of them supported each other, and continued to move towards the highest point of the peak not far ahead.
"Look, are those stars?"
Cui Han suddenly happily pointed to a little shining light above her head and shouted, an innocent little girl-like exclamation, without a little calm temperament.
The stars in the sky usually hang in the sky twinkling, they are never visible and touchable, they are far away, and they have never been so far away from themselves.
I once remembered that the last time I ventured up, I didn't see such a star, so how could I see a star this time?
"It's really a star, it's so beautiful, are we already standing at the zenith?"
Xue Yue'er couldn't help but look up in amazement, but her hands didn't dare to leave Li Hao a little.
Li Hao looked at the flashing point of light in surprise, about a foot above his head, and muttered, "It's really a star?" We've reached the sky, but where are the gods? ”
Hearing Li Hao's words, the three of them kept turning their heads to look to the side, looking for possible immortals.
But except for the white clouds that are far away from the sky, and the howling cold wind, where is the existence of a fairy shadow.
Shaking his head in disappointment, Cui Han stared at the "star" above his head again and said, "If it weren't for the wind at the top of the ice peak being so fierce, the ice peak being so slippery and so dangerous, I would have liked to take this star off and take a look." ”
The light flickered and flickered, and it was impossible to see what it was, and the candle flame was general, which was a little brighter than the light on the firefly.
The fierce wind kept blowing, and the three of them had to resist with their luck, and their physical strength kept slowly disappearing, and they couldn't last. Standing on the top of the dangerous peak for nearly half a pillar of incense, Li Hao, who was the weakest in his body, was already close to a state of detachment, if it weren't for Cui Han and Xue Yue'er to support him, he would have been swept down the abyss by the wind.
The body shivered, not the swaying of the wind. The wind didn't stop, the warmth gradually faded, and gradually the cold was like frost, Cui Han felt Li Hao's strange state, and said: "Go down the mountain, if you don't go down the mountain, my sister's life will be sent here with you." ”
The three of them reluctantly glanced at the "stars" above their heads for the last time, and embarked on the return journey back to the Xuanbing Palace.
The ice peak is steep, it is very difficult to come up, slow as a snail, and the next peak is still not necessarily safe, saving effort but not worrying.
The steel barbed ice boots under the feet of the three people are no longer suitable, but this is difficult for the three people who are strong in martial arts, and it is enough to have an ice hook to block the momentum when they go down the mountain. I saw that the three people slid down like birds, extremely fast, sliding down to dozens of zhang, the three of them hooked lightly with their backhands, chiseled into the ice wall, brought up an ice mark, ice splashes, and so the speed instantly converged a lot, put away the ice hook in their hands and then ran down.
There are even more naturally raised ice rocks in the cliffs, and with just a slight click, the rapid fall will slow down, and you can run down relaxed.
Without stopping for a moment, the ice hook was retracted dozens of times, and it only took less than half a column of incense to make the three of them jump off the steep wall nearly a thousand feet high and run safely to the bottom of the peak.
And immediately breathe, look up, no longer the "stars" flickering, sighing, with a little joy, a little melancholy, set off back to the Xuanbing Palace.
To climb to the top, you not only have to climb the mountain, but you also have to go down the mountain and up the mountain in the middle; The only difference is that the lower peak is more when you go down the mountain and less when you go up the mountain, and the time spent in the end is only a little less.
However, cumulatively, this period of time is not small, so it took Li Hao and them nearly half a month to climb to the peak, and it took less than ten days to return to the Ice Palace.
Originally, Li Hao didn't want to go back to the Xuanbing Palace so early, Cui Handao was that the three of them were inconvenient to eat and drink on the way, thirsty for glacial water, and shivered all over their hearts, eating mostly frozen dried food and barbecue meat, none of which was cooked food, and they were about to become wild men who drank blood.
In this way, Li Hao had no choice but to agree, he didn't want to be a sinner who didn't know how to be warm.
In fact, Cui Han has a deeper meaning, which is to let Li Hao go back to meet the sixth princess, and the two have not seen each other for more than a month.
Climbing is difficult and dangerous to go to the Ice Palace, it is useless for her to grit her teeth, and when she passes out on the way, she is in the majority, and the fourth princess complains about Li Hao, a guy who has no conscience, he doesn't care, Cui Han always has to supervise and check it.
The three of them returned to the Xuanbing Palace, except for the seniors who were meditating and retreating outside the Xuanbing Palace, the people of the Xuanbing Palace were greeted by the palace master in front of the peak, and almost all of them came, giving the three of them a great sense of honor.
Although the Xuanbing Palace is sparsely populated, it is also a first-class sect that is well-known, and the sect master of this faction is not something that anyone can see casually, let alone be fortunate enough to be personally greeted by the palace master.
Of course, this doesn't matter, what matters is the joy and happiness of the three of them returning to the Xuanbing Palace safely.
Xuanbing Palace advocates self-cultivation and pays attention to nature, and does not blindly suppress the feelings of joy, anger and sorrow in the heart, only by intentionally slightly adjusting their emotional fluctuations and increasing perseverance, can they not go crazy when they are lucky.
The mystical and incomprehensible thing of the Secret Exercises is inherently incomprehensible, even the people who created the exercises may not be able to understand it thoroughly, let alone those who practiced it later.
"Senior sister, Xiao Li, it's great that you finally came back safely."
"Oh, why did you, a medicine picker, take such a little medicinal herb back to the Ice Palace, regardless of food and accommodation!"
Before the three of them approached, Kalian rushed to the front first, snatched the leather package containing the medicinal materials behind the three of them, took out three or two medicinal materials and muttered, daring to love This girl really regarded Li Hao as a coolie herb picker, and checked the harvest of medicinal materials first as soon as she came.
"Hee-hee, haha......"
The palace master and the other older generation were so happy that the corners of their mouths curled slightly, and their faces were full of kind smiles; Some of the younger generation laughed extremely presumptuously, and the long-lost laughter sounded in the white snow peak, drifting in the wind on the banks of the entire peak.
The joy and intoxicating beauty on Li Hao's face disappeared in an instant, and he stood there embarrassed, embarrassingly scratching his head with a plush glove and a fur hat that was also used to cover his head. I don't know if I scratched the itch, but it calmed down a little for Li Hao's mood.
Xue Yue'er stood in the middle of the peak with her chest crossed, pursing her lips and smiling like them, looking like she had nothing to do with herself. The leather robe of the same color as the snow on his body is displayed in the wind, and although the ordinary appearance of the man on his face is not handsome, there is still a bit of chic chivalrous demeanor.
Karen wrapped up the medicinal herbs, patted the bag and smiled: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, look at your embarrassment, like a little bear." ”
The palace master shook his head and said, "Look at what you girl said, let others think that our Ice Palace is a demon cave that strips people, don't ruin the reputation of our Ice Palace." ”
"How so!" Karen smiled: "This is counted as a crime for Senior Sister Ling!" That's it, it's cheaper for him, I heard that the reward is not only a hundred taels of gold, but also an official position, where is this little bit of medicinal materials. ”
"Hee-hee, haha......"
The women laughed again, and some of them were already hunched over and couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, let's atone for our sins according to the price, and continue to catch the coolies of this little devil according to the bounty list, and if he doesn't complete enough weight, he is not allowed to go down the mountain." The palace master couldn't help but coax along, and said with a light smile.
Karen said excitedly: "Yes, yes, yes, you have to hold him like this to finish this coolie!" ”
A group of people returned to the Ice Palace laughing, only Li Hao's expression was bitter and embarrassed.
Xuefeng is a cold and snowy place, not only the cold is heavy, but even the yin is heavy, the yin is prosperous and the yang is declining, Li Hao is a child, not even a man, thin and small, the lonely yang is invincible, naturally he is not the opponent of this large group of women, and he is blocked so that his words have become unfavorable, and he obediently follows behind the women like a little servant.
In the midst of laughter, everyone carefully asked everyone about the process of climbing to the top, as well as Li Hao's full-fed breakthrough into the Simoke Canyon.
That night, Li Hao and the two stayed overnight in the Xuanbing Palace, of course, sleeping was not much different from camping in the ice cave outside.
On the second day, at Cuihan's request, there was also a message from the Snow Eagle of the Six Princesses, and Li Hao and the two took a short rest, then set off to go down the mountain and join the Six Princesses.
The speed at which the six princesses climbed the peak was extremely slow, and Kalian was quite happy at first to listen to the wonderful stories told by the six princesses all the way, but then she became impatient to wait, and learned the news that Li Hao and the three of them returned to the Xuanbing Palace, and returned to the city with a topic. At this time, the three of them went down the mountain, and she quarreled and followed Cui Han and the three of them down the mountain to pick up the sixth princess, and by the way, she listened to the stories that she never got tired of listening to.
In a few days, several snow eagles in the sky slowly gathered closer and closer, and the two groups of people slowly got closer and closer, the sixth princess was pale, supported by the fourth princess Song Ling, insisted on standing outside the tent, looking up at the snow eagle in the world, but her heart flew to the side of the snow peak with the snow eagle.
"Yao'er, it's windy outside, let's go in and rest. Your body has not been well recuperated, tell don't be strong, you always don't listen, why do you say you are doing this? ”
Song Ling looked at the snow eagle above her head, looked at the delicate and stubborn cousin in front of her, and couldn't help but persuade again.
"Well, Sister Ling, I'll take a look."
The sixth princess nodded obediently, looked at the snow eagle above her head reluctantly, and asked, "Sister Ling, when do you think they can come over?" You see, the snow eagles have gathered, why are we still a little far apart? ”
The fourth princess smiled: "Are you in a hurry? Look at you in a hurry, you are in a hurry, you can fly to the sky like an eagle, and you will reach the opposite hill with a little flap of your wings. ”
The sixth princess shook her head and said angrily: "Sister Ling, I want to grow wings, but I don't want to grow them, sister, just laugh at me." ”
The fourth princess put the sixth princess into the small tent, and said: "How dare I laugh at you, Sister Yao, you are now bolder than your sister, much braver, dare to think and act, it's too late for my sister to envy you." ”
After entering the tent, the fourth princess carefully fastened the curtain to protect from the wind, and the two sat side by side on the fur blanket, and the sixth princess suddenly asked, "Sister Ling, do you say that Li Hao and they can come over before dark?" ”