Chapter 70: Shaken
After everything was packed up, our group set out on the journey again.
Kunlun Mountain is not just a mountain, but a mountain range of mountains, although I have looked up a lot of information on the Internet before I came, but now I don't know where I am located.
The initial joy of entering the mountain has already been diluted by the white of the eyes, and I want to see a little green leaf vegetation now, but I have no choice but to look horizontally, vertically, left and right, and look at it is a white expanse.
At this moment, we have changed into special cold protection equipment, plus the things on our backs, and we feel that our steps are extremely heavy.
After walking for a while, we finally climbed halfway up the mountain, and now the sun peeked out of the thick clouds, but this little bit of sunlight did not bring us any temperature.
It may have entered the hinterland of Kunlun Mountain, so the temperature here is as cold as winter, and there is no trace of grass and trees in sight.
"In such a cold place, can any plants really survive?" Jiang Shuai picked up a handful of frozen soil and shook his head.
Hearing his words, I also began to waver a little, and the initial confidence was already exhausted after two days of departure.
I've been walking for so long, not to mention the traces of the red snake, I haven't even seen a single shadow of a bird, in this place where birds don't, there is not even a ghost, will there really be a thousand-year-old snow lotus?
In other words, there may really be in the era when Luo Yi lived, but after the changes of time, thousands of years have passed, and the thousand-year-old snow lotus still exists, really not necessarily......
I didn't dare to think about it anymore, as long as there was a little hope, I would save Wang Meng, no matter what the cost.
"Don't be discouraged, it's all here, let's look for it again, I believe that the thousand-year-old snow lotus is real, after all, someone really found it in our time." Luo Yi patted the snow foam on his body and raised a bright smile at us.
"Aren't you disembodied, why do you have so much snow on your body?" It stands to reason that Luo Yi should walk lightly as a ghost, how could he be covered with snow?
"I don't know what's going on, it stands to reason that Kunlun Mountain is full of aura, and I should be like a fish in water when I come here, but I find that since I just walked up the mountain, my steps have become heavier and heavier, and now I can't use the spell. ”
Luo Yi said with a bitter face.
"The situation is unknown now, it seems that this place is strange, let's be more careful. ”
I looked around, Kunlun Mountain has been a blessed land praised by people since ancient times, but at this moment, it has restricted Luo Yi's spells, and we are all cautious about this.
"Ah, what is this?" I was talking to Luo Yi, but Jiang Shuai, who was walking in front, let out a loud scream, and then fell to the snow.
"Jiang Shuai, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Jiang Shuai fall, I hurriedly walked over to him and helped him up.
"What the hell is on the ground, look, I almost didn't get my foot off the ground. Jiang Shuai grinned in pain while touching his ankles.
When I heard Jiang Shuai's words, I hurriedly checked the ground, but there was nothing in the white expanse, and it wasn't until I took my hand to touch the frozen soil on the ground that I touched a hard object.
I carefully cut the snow away, and the ground was revealed, and when I looked at it, it was a skeleton, with sharp fangs and a triangular skull, somewhat like the skeleton of a wolf.
"It's wolf bones. "I picked it up and looked at it, and I was sure it was a wolf's bone.
"I didn't expect that there are really traces of wolves in this ice and snow, we have to be careful. Jiang Shuai rubbed his feet, looking afraid.
"Maybe that's a clue. Just as we were discussing why this wolf died here, Luo Yi spoke.
"Wolves are social animals, every activity is a large group together, this wolf died here alone, it was definitely because of an accident, what else can bring an accident to a wolf in this snowy mountain? "I looked at Luo Yi, and my eyes lit up.
"Then you mean, this is left after the red snake preyed on the wolf?" Jiang Shuai also hurriedly came over when he heard this.
"My guess is so, if it is true, then the thousand-year-old snow lotus will fall, but everyone should be careful, the red snake is not so easy to mess with, they all say that the snake is seven inches, but the red snake's cover door is three inches away from the snake's body, if we can quietly take advantage of the red snake to go out to hunt and get the snow lotus, if not, there will be a fierce battle. “
Luo Yi stroked his chin, his expression full of seriousness.
Originally, after listening to her words, Jiang Shuai and I both had hopeful eyes in our eyes, but after listening to it again, the red snake was so difficult to deal with, and I suddenly felt a little apprehensive.
I'm just a student, let me kill ghosts, maybe I still have a bit of three-legged cat kung fu, but I want to fight snakes......
When I think about it, I feel a chill down my back.
"Anyway, just like Luo Yi just said, at least with clues, it's not impossible for us to find the thousand-year-old snow lotus, cheer up. I looked at Jiang Shuai's dejected appearance and hurriedly cheered up.
After a short rest, we set out again.
After walking for three or four hours, we were soon on the verge of reaching the summit, but there was still no sign of the red snake.
It's rare that our conjecture just now was wrong? Didn't the wolf be eaten by the red snake? I thought to myself, but it became more and more bottomless.
Seeing that it was already dark, this was the third day, and there would be no trace of the red snake tomorrow, and no matter what, it would be down the mountain.
I beckoned Jiang Shuai to stop and prepare to set up a tent for the night, after all, the wolf bones were found in the afternoon, which means that there may be wolves nearby.
"Let's take turns keeping vigil at night, I'm a little worried. I waved my hand and motioned for Jiang Shuai and Luo Yi to sit by the fire.
"If you can't find it tomorrow, you can only go down the mountain, what if you really can't find it, what are you going to do?" Jiang Shuai looked at me, the look in his eyes stopped talking, and he still said the worst possibility.
"I can't do it this time, next time, anyway, I must find the thousand-year-old snow lotus. "Save Wang Meng. I said this last sentence from my heart.
To be honest, if it was really me who was injured, I might not really have such a heavy obsession to find the thousand-year-old snow lotus, let alone look for it once and not find it again.
However, the object of treatment is Wang Meng, not only that, but he was also injured for me, which is another matter.
"Well, it's okay, I'll accompany you next time, and when the time comes, I'll find the guide, and I'll have enough things, I won't believe it and won't find it." Jiang Shuai nodded firmly when he heard this, I looked at his appearance, but I couldn't help but feel a warm current in my heart, and it was good to have someone behind me to support me all the time.
"Hey, you two, don't worry, isn't there a day left, why are you so sure you won't find it? What if you find it tomorrow?" Luo Yi glanced at Jiang Shuai and said helplessly.
"It would be best if it was really what you said. "I just smiled at Luo Yi's words, but in fact, I didn't have much hope in my heart.
At night, I lay in the tent, but I couldn't sleep, the wind outside the tent was blowing, I opened the tent to see, sure enough, it was snowing.
I took out the jade wrench from the bag, it was still the same as the beginning, it was white and warm, there was no change, I gently stroked the wrench with my hand, and my heart was mixed.
"Wang Meng, what if I really can't find the thousand-year-old snow lotus, I'm so afraid, I'm so afraid that I won't be able to save you. "I hung my head, my heart full of frustration.
"Don't worry, if you don't work once, twice, twice, three times, even if you risk this life, I will save you back. I looked at the jade wrench, and the voice and smile of Wang Meng in the past appeared in my mind, and I was even more determined to find the thousand-year-old snow lotus.
"Jiang Xin, come out quickly. Just as I carefully wrapped the wrench and put it back in my bag and was about to lie down and sleep, I heard Jiang Shuai's eager voice outside.
Thinking of this, I hurriedly put on my clothes and opened the tent and got out, at this time, Jiang Shuai and Luo Yi outside the tent were staring closely in one direction.
"What's wrong?" I looked at the two of them, puzzled.
"I just went there to relieve my hands when I saw a very thick black shadow, but as soon as I turned on the flashlight, the black shadow disappeared, I thought it was an illusion, but who knew that when I just returned to the fire, I heard a sound from that direction just now, I think, I must have seen a snake just now. ”
Jiang Shuai answered me while turning on the wolf's eye flashlight to shine ahead, but there was nothing in front of him except a white snow.
Seeing this scene, I simply went back to the tent and took out my flashlight, and I couldn't take care of sleeping, so we stayed by the fire, for fear of missing the slightest noise in front of us.
However, after watching for more than an hour, there was still no movement.
"Did you hear me wrong? I rubbed my sore arm and said to Jiang Shuai.
"No, I did hear the sound just now, if the shadow was an illusion, but I did hear it, it was the sound of scales rubbing against the snow. Jiang Shuai looked serious, obviously what he just said was true.
"Listen?" As soon as Jiang Shuai's words fell, before I could speak, Luo Yi made a gesture to silence us, and pointed ahead to signal us to look.
I hurriedly shut up, quietly clutching the flashlight in my hand, and sure enough, with the sound, we saw a long, black object slowly moving on the snow.
"It's really a snake. Luo Yi whispered, the excitement in his tone that could not be concealed.
"Really?" I looked at the dark shadow in front of me, but I still couldn't see it.
"Don't worry, I have seen the corpse of the Xuan Snake before, and at that time, we often had alchemists go to hunt the corpse of the Xuan Snake and use their inner pill to refine the medicine, and I can tell the difference. Luo Yi looked at us excitedly.
"Since the Xuan Snake is around here, does that mean we can find the Millennium Snow Lotus?" After listening to Luo Yi's words, I couldn't hide the joy in my tone.