The team panicked, but after a long time of not seeing the giant snake move, we realized that the giant snake was not the one chasing us, but the giant black ruba snake that had frozen in the huge ice in front of us.

Everyone was frightened for a moment, and when they stepped forward to take a closer look, they found that at a distance of about fifty meters ahead, a huge ice wall was lying across the road ahead, and the ice crack we were passing through turned to the north.

The huge ice wall was a whole piece of solid ice hundreds of meters high, the surface light was discernible and smooth like a mirror, and under the illumination of our strong flashlight, the light pillar was reflected far away and went straight to the sky.

The giant black ruba snake frozen in the ice wall, with a slight body disc, an arched upper body, a huge snake head bent down, a pair of triangular snake eyes, almost at eye level with us, the pupils reflected a light blue light under the flashlight, lifelike, almost making people think that it was a living thing.

It's no wonder that even Jiajie exclaimed, it was indeed very scary when he was eye-catching.

"Huh...... Look, Agey, this snake seems to have something in its mouth! ”

The old knife looked at the flashlight for a while, and suddenly made a discovery, we took a closer look, only to see that the snake mouth of this giant black ruba snake was slightly open, and between the fangs as long as the blade of a sword, biting a slender cyan box, seeing that the material might be a jade box.

Farrado suddenly became excited, and he said in English: "Mr. Sir, the ruins of the Temple of Somol must be nearby, take out this treasure box, and it will prove that we have not deceived you!" ”

The snake's head and jade box were only about half a meter away from the surface of the ice wall, but the old knife struggled to swing the ice axe, but only left a few white marks on the ice, and it couldn't be chiseled at all.

"Damn, how is this ice harder than steel?!"

I grabbed him: "Don't waste your efforts, this is at least a thousand years of ice, strong and abnormal, and it can't be broken without special methods—sir, do you have a way?" ”

Tenzin Kawa turned to the three Sherpa guides and asked, "Did you bring 'that thing'?" ”

Poche reached for his back and said in frustration, "I brought it, but I lost my backpack." ”

"I've got it here." Lobu took out a bulging cowhide pouch from his backpack and handed it to Tenzin Kava.

The cowhide looked to be some years old, and the surface of the cowhide had been rubbed into a bright brown.

Tenzin Kava opened the cowhide sac, reached out and pulled out a crimson powder from it, sent it to the tip of his nose to smell it, nodded, smeared it on the thousand-year-old ice wall, and then stretched out his hand back: "Water." ”

Jiajie unscrewed his kettle and handed it to Tenzin Kava, who took a mouthful of water in his mouth and sprayed it on the ice wall that had been smeared with red powder.

"Whoa—"

Something strange happened, as soon as the powder and water came into contact, a burst of smoke suddenly rose, and when the smoke dissipated slightly, we found that the thousand-year-old ice that the old knife could only use an ice axe to chisel out a white seal had actually melted out a fist-sized hole.

The old knife widened his eyes and couldn't help asking, "What kind of fan are you, so powerful?" ”

Tenzin Kawa took out another handful of powder and sprinkled it on the crack in the ice wall, and then explained to us that it was the secret recipe of the Sherpa Alpine Collaboration, known as the "Four Backfire Powder".

The ingredients are simple, mixed with ginger, Morinda officinalis, saffron, Wuling Fat and quicklime in a certain proportion, sprinkled on the ice, and a little water to break the ice in an instant - this is one of the secret weapons of Sherpa Alpine Collaboration to provide complex and dangerous work in mountaineering activities above 8,000 meters above sea level.

In the process of transporting materials, building camps, building routes, leading climbs, taking into account rescue, etc., they often encounter thousands or even 10,000 years of ice, which cannot be shaken with ice axes and ice picks.

I nodded and said, "As the saying goes, one thing descends to one thing, this kind of fire powder is made of dry and hot medicinal materials, but it is very good at restraining the coldness of thousands of years of ice. ”

As he spoke, the dissolved ice cave on the ice wall grew bigger and bigger, and by the time Tenzin Kava had used up almost half of the four backfire powder in the cowhide sac, the entire snake's head was exposed outside the ice, and the water kept dripping down.

Everyone was overjoyed, and the most excited among them was Ferrado, the old white man saw that the cyan jade box had completely dissolved from the ice, so he was busy reaching out to hug it, and suddenly pulled it, and took out the jade box from the snake's mouth—

As soon as the jade box was taken out, I heard a slight sound, and the huge snake's mouth suddenly opened, and two black-red venom shot out from the side of the two huge fangs!

Everyone thought that the giant black ruba snake had been resurrected, and they were suddenly frightened to the point that their faces turned white, and they exclaimed, and they hurriedly dodged to the side one by one, only Farrado, who had just taken off the jade box, could not avoid it, and was suddenly sprayed with venom all over his face!

"Ahhhhh

Farrado let out a terrible scream, immediately hugged his head, and rolled on the ground in pain!

The venom "sizzled" on Farrado's body, and a cloud of fishy black smoke came out of his head, and we didn't know how to rescue for a while, so we had to scatter to avoid it first, and Lobu on one side was slightly closer to Farrado, took two puffs of black smoke, and was smoked so much that he fell directly to the ground!

When I saw this, I shouted, "Oh no, black smoke is also poisonous, everyone hold your breath!" ”

Jia Jie dragged Luo Bu by the collar and dragged him away, and the old knife took advantage of the chaos to copy the jade box that Farador threw to the ground in his hand, and rolled over to my side, revealing the corner of the jade box hidden in his arms to show me, and smiled at me.

"Okay, count yourself as bearable, but don't be in a hurry to open this jade box first, I'm afraid there will be a mechanism."

I pinched my nose and whispered, and the old knife nodded in understanding.

At this time, Farrado, who was rolling and screaming on the ground, had stopped moving, and the black smoke evaporated from the venom on his body had also dissipated.

We cautiously stepped forward, only to see that Farrado's hands were still in a posture of holding his head, but there was no flesh on his hands, only the skeleton remained, and his face was even blacker, and his face was all corroded, becoming a black hole, and only two rows of large open teeth could be seen.

I glanced at the head of the snake that was spewing venom, and I wondered if it had dried up because of the venom that had spewed out.

I said, "This giant black ruba snake is not resurrected, but has been set up by someone, and as soon as the jade box is removed, it will spray venom from the snake's mouth and kill the treasure thief. Now that the mechanism has been broken, it should be safe. ”

When I said this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Farrado was full of lies, I couldn't help but feel a little sorry to see him die so miserably, and John on the other side was grief-sobbing and was pulled by Popcher, lest he pounce on him and get the venom left on Farrado's body.

But the crisis was not over, and Yali shouted at me with a bitter face, "Mr. Yoshimitsu, Lobu is unconscious, what should I do?" ”

Lobu inhaled the black smoke formed by the evaporation of the venom, his eyes were closed at this time, his teeth were clenched, his face and lips were purple, his whole body was trembling when he was overpowered, and his forehead was full of sweat droplets.

The old knife said: "It looks like he has a cold fever and is swinging." ”

When the old knife said this, he revealed the jade box he was holding in his arms, and as soon as I saw the jade box, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my mind, and I stretched out my hand to him and said, "Show me the jade box." ”

As soon as the jade box is started, there is a trace of warmth to the touch, the whole jade box is a rectangular flat box, about an arm long and about a palm, and the sun on it is engraved with a round of golden stars, surrounded by a monster with a snake body and a ghost face, the jade color is like water, and under the flashlight, I see the blue light overflowing, it is like a semi-solid liquid, as if it will turn into jade liquid from my hands in the next second.

The old knife was fascinated by it, and couldn't help but say: "This is a treasure, I have never seen such a beautiful jade!" If we can bring it back to Jinguancheng, it will definitely sell for a sky-high price. ”

Shen Tangzhi stretched out his hand and took the jade box from my hand, looked at it for a while, returned it to me, and said: "This is the best of the green jade - called 'Azure Jade Dew'." If it is worn on a living person, it can make people not sweat hot in summer and cool hands in winter, and if it is contained in the mouth of a dead corpse, it can make the corpse last for thousands of years without decaying. My grandmother had a piece of azure jade dew the size of a chicken's heart, and she never left her as a treasure, and she would not easily show it in front of people. ”

The old knife clapped his hands and said: "Wonderful, your grandmother has a piece the size of a chicken heart and treats it as a baby, and now we have a barbell as big as a barbell, isn't it going to be developed?" ”

I nodded and said: "You are right, this is indeed a peerless treasure, I once saw the words about green jade in an ancient book left by my master, saying that there is a kind of green jade that has been handed down from the ancient mythological era, if it is taken internally every day, it can make people give birth to immortal energy, it has always been a royal forbidden, and the people rarely see it." In "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period", there is a record of the sentence "The Son of Heaven carries Qingyi, wears green clothes, and serves green jade", which may be talking about this kind of azure jade dew. ”

As I spoke, I pulled out the short dagger that was tied to my leg, and slashed it at the jade box, and the old knife was startled, and grabbed my hand holding the dagger:

"What are you doing?"

"Do you want to save Lob's life? If you want to save your life, let it go. ”

"Can this green jade save Lobu?"

"You have also seen how fierce the snake venom of the giant black ruba snake is, but this jade box can be held in the mouth of the giant snake, and it is still unharmed, coupled with the records of the ancient books, I am at least fifty percent sure that I can save Luo Bu's life."

The muscles on the old knife's face twitched slightly, he looked at the azure jade dew in my hand, felt sorry for me for destroying this peerless treasure, and looked at Luo Bu's purple face, revealing an expression of heaven and man fighting.

I understand the thoughts of this fellow Dao, we are not good gentlemen after all, originally I came to this Himalayan Jedi this time, just to find a way to unlock the curse of my back tattoo, as for these Sherpa guides, they are hired with us, and there is no lifelong friendship - even along the way, we have saved their lives several times.

And Tenzin Kawa and the two white Northern Irishmen are even more intriguing with us, and we don't really care about who the ancestors of the Sherpas are, and we are always on guard against what the two whites have in their intentions.

We are only interested in the way to access the curse of the Worm Pattern, as well as the treasures of the land of the sea that may exist.

"Mr. Yang (Lao Dao's real name is Yang Fengqi), please, be merciful and save Luo Bu!"

Seeing our hesitation, Yali and Poche actually knelt down and kowtowed to us, and Yali cried: "Lobu and I have been friends for more than ten years, and 11 people have died with us in the past, except for Gaya, who died by suicide, the others are all because of mountain disasters, and their bodies are still lying on the hiking routes of various peaks in the Himalayas...... This time we joined a mountaineering team initiated by you and Sir Tenzin Kava, and Lobu and I swore that if there was a mountain disaster, we would take each other's bodies down the mountain......"

Poche also said sadly: "Actually, almost every family of our Sherpas has someone who died on the mountain. In order to make a living, countless Sherpa lads have fallen on the way to the mountain...... There is an old saying in the mountaineering world that we Sherpa alpine cooperation is like a Buddha bead, destined to be worn by the Himalayan ridge, who knows who will be the next Buddha bead to be worn on the silk thread? ”

Tenzin Kawa, who had been watching coldly, spoke at this time: "I can give you this jade box for exclusive use, as long as you can save Lobu, after all...... I've also worked as a mountain collaborator and guide, and I know what they say. ”

Seeing that Tenzin Kawa also opened his mouth to intercede on Lob's behalf, Yali and Poche immediately kowtowed to him and thanked him.

Lao Dao and I have actually softened our hearts a long time ago, Lao Dao hurriedly helped the two of them up, and I began to cut the jade shavings from the jade box, and Shen Tangzhi reached out to help me catch it.

But Tenzin Kawa, the old fox, was really hateful, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was as if we had been moved by him to agree to save Lobu, and he had no trouble buying the gratitude of Yali and Poche at once.

As for the ownership of the jade box, that's nonsense, the jade box is in our hands, even if Shen Tangzhi and I agree to share the spoils, the M4 carbine in the old knife's hand will not agree.

After taking the jade shavings with water, it didn't take long for Luo Bu to suddenly open his eyes, and he opened his mouth and spit out a lot of black water, and after spitting for a while, the black water gradually turned into clear water, and finally he just retched, and then he couldn't spit out anything, we looked at his vomit, which actually writhed many poisonous insects shaped like centipedes, and these poisonous insects encountered the ice surface, and immediately drilled down, and all disappeared after a while.

"Aggie, what the hell is this?" Old Knife asked.

I'm not sure: "It's probably something similar to Miao Jiang's Gu Technique, that venom doesn't seem to be simple, it may not be the venom of the Black Ruba Snake, but there is another mystery." ”

"That diary ......," Shen Tangzhi secretly reminded on the side.

Lao Dao and I suddenly remembered that in Xu Xusheng's diary, we also wrote about a kind of venom that can corrode people into skeletons, how similar is it to the venom we see now?