We swam to the shore and climbed the suspension ladder, all exhausted. The clammy and cold clothes, accompanied by the cold wind, the kind of cold is simply indescribable, everyone sneezes, no accident, there must be a collective cold.

He didn't seem to be afraid of the cold, so he didn't stop at all, and climbed up the hanging ladder. On top of the natural stay, it was Zhou Xuanye and Ma Fatzi, when they saw that we were safe and sound, Zhou Xuanye breathed a sigh of relief, everyone couldn't care too much, and hurriedly trembled and climbed up, just thinking about finding a warm place quickly.

By the time I climbed the curved platform again, I was almost frozen, and I didn't feel anything else, just one word: cold. Everyone was hunched over their backs and sneezed and snotted because of the extreme cold.

He gave us one look and motioned for us to go with him, and finally we went back to the attic where we had eaten a meal, and he led us directly to the back of the stove, where there was still a fire.

He took a silver basin and moved all the firewood from the stove hole into the basin. Without his greetings, we spontaneously gathered around and stretched out our hands to roast the fire together.

Naturally, he said, "I'll go get you clothes." ”

He first took the lead in getting a trouser for Estelle, it was very simple, a pair of pants, a saffron snow ghost skin long-distance running jacket, although thin, but quite warm, after Estelle put it on, the whole person breathed a long sigh of relief.

Soon, everyone changed into snow ghost robes, the models of these clothes are obviously not natural, they are quite large, they are loose and baggy, but they are very warm, and they are more than two meters long.

It's pretty high, but it's not that exaggerated.

Because of the severe cold, almost everyone had a cold, which is very bad in the snowy mountains, I asked if there was any medicine for natural stay, and he shook his head. Estelle sneezed and said, "Aren't you sick?" ”

Ignoring her as usual, he pointed to the brazier and said, "Ward off the cold." "At the moment, our hair is still wet, and in the case of this cold, it is natural to dry it.

Everyone sat around and roasted their hair, looking a little sad and unable to lift their spirits. I feel that the whole person is starting to feel a little dizzy, and it seems that he still has a little fever, and the rest of the people are similar, Estelle has been twisting his nose, Tan Jian is rubbing the sun**, probably a headache, Zhou Xuanye's face has been very bad since he choked on water before.

As the light of the fire flickered, a trace of white gas bubbled out of everyone's heads, and the water vapor was gradually evaporated. After a while, I suddenly smelled a scorching smell, and when I opened my eyes, I found that I was too close to the fire when I was dizzy, and my hair was burned, and there was a mushy smell, I quickly wiped it with my hand, but it was too late, and the tentacles only felt that the hair was more than half shorter, and the burrs were prickly, although there was no mirror, but I knew that my current appearance must be funny, because Estelle had already laughed out loud while twisting her nose.

Tan Jian on the side, his expressionless face showed a look that I really can't stand you, and then he turned his gaze away, indicating that he was out of sight and out of mind. Compared with the disgust and ridicule of the rest, Zhou Xuanye seemed very calm, he glanced at me, stared at the silver brazier in front of him in a daze, looking down from the side, I found that the muscles of his face were a little tense, and his eyes looked very strange, as if he was thinking about something.

I couldn't help but say, "Brother Zhou, what are you thinking?" ”

Zhou Xuanye made a silent gesture and pointed to the brazier in front of him: "Look carefully." ”

I followed his gaze into the brazier, thinking that there was something inside, but after looking at it for a long time, it was just an ordinary bonfire, and if there was anything wrong with it, it was probably that the source of the firewood was worth exploring.

"Brother Zhou, are you curious about where all this firewood came from? Actually, I'm also curious, Zeng said before that he saw a large forest in this place, you say, is this true? ”

Zhou Xuanye shook his head and said, "It's not this question, how long have we been sitting by this fire?" ”

Ma Fatzi said: "Although I can't see the time, it should be about twenty minutes." ”

I nodded, I didn't understand what Zhou Xuanye meant by asking, our hair was almost dried at this time, at least twenty or thirty minutes.

After Ma Fatzi finished speaking, Zhou Xuanye frowned and said, "Yes, at least twenty minutes; But look at this firewood...... They are the same as when they were taken out of the stove hole just now. ”

As soon as he reminded me, I was dumbfounded, yes, we didn't notice it just now, but now when I look at it, this firewood has been burning for more than 20 minutes, and there is no sign of getting shorter, and even a little slag has not burned out, as if it has just been lit.

What's going on?

My head, which was already groggy from fever, only felt even more confused.

Could it be that there is something peculiar about this wood that it can burn all the time?

The scene in front of me reminded me of a detail that I had overlooked before. That is, when he was naturally cooking fish soup for us, he didn't take care of the fire in the stove hole at all, nor did he add any firewood, and the pot of fish soup was actually cooked?

I blinked, and couldn't help but pick up a piece of firewood from the brazier and take a closer look, it was just like ordinary firewood, there was nothing peculiar about it, but how could it stand up to burning so much?

Moreover, when we entered the fire with natural guidance*, we also took out the burning wood directly from the stove hole, that is, from the time we cooked the fish soup to the present, the wood has been burning without the slightest change.

"How so?" I wondered if I was dreaming.

Ma Fatzi said: "This firewood looks like a baby, but it can't be burned?" If there is such a firewood in the countryside, wouldn't there be no need to chop firewood for the rest of your life? ”

Tan Jian obviously had just discovered this, he looked surprised, thought for a moment, and said, "Could this be the Wood from the Fire?" ”

Zhou Xuanye shook his head and said no, I asked what the fire wood was, Zhou Xuanye said: "It is a kind of tree in the legend, also known as 'not exhaustive wood', that kind of thing tree will catch fire when it sees the wind, and the wind will extinguish the fire, a piece of wood can burn for hundreds of years." But this thing is not not full of wood, there is no wind in this room, if it is not full of wood, it is impossible for it to burn in this environment. ”

Just when this pot of firewood caused us endless speculation, Tian Tian Du walked in and said lightly: "You go to bed and have a good rest, and I'll go find some medicine." ”

In this cold and snowy world, where can I find medicine?

At this time, he saw the firewood he I was holding in my hand, he took a look, walked to the front, took the firewood away, and stuffed it back into the stove hole one by one.

It stands to reason that if the fire has been boiling the pot dry, the iron pot will definitely turn red, or even be burned, but the strange thing is that the iron pot seems to be cold.

It's weird.

The moment this thought arose, I reached out and touched the iron pot like a ghost, but the next moment, I heard a loud sound, and a sharp pain came from the palm of my hand, followed by a smell of meat.

"Ahh I jerked my hand back, and I almost rolled on the ground in pain.

Ma Fatzi was shocked: "Damn, you have a fever and are confused!" You think you're Iron Man! ”

That's right, I must have been burned out to do such a stupid thing.

Zhou Xuanye hurriedly grabbed my hand to check it, and said in shock: "It's broken, it's too bad." During the whole process, Tian Tian Du watched quietly, the pain of the burn was absolutely heartbreaking, my whole arm was shaking, and Tian Tian Du said at this time: "There is a fire lotus, I will give you medicine in a while." After a pause, he took the initiative to ask me: "Why are you touching this pot?" ”

"I feel like it's cold."

Tan Jian said coldly: "It's your brain that should be cold, right?" ”

Naturally, he didn't speak again, and after a while, he took the red cloth and the smashed fire lotus, and bandaged my hand. This fire lotus is really a treasure-level thing, and as soon as it is applied, the entire hot and burning palm suddenly has a burst of coolness, and the pain completely disappears in less than two minutes.

Naturally, he said, "Bandage for three days." ”

I nodded.

He added, "Leave again in three days, this attic is for you to live in." He paused and added, "Don't go out at night." The sentence was stared at me, apparently a warning.

I nodded, honestly, with last night's experience, and the fact that this place is full of corpses, I won't go out at night until I'm full and have nothing to do.

After he finished speaking, he took out a square basket from the corner of one side and put it on his back, and a scythe-like thing stuck in his waist, which looked as if he was going out. Estelle was curious, sneezed, and said, "Where are you going?" ”

Naturally, he ignored her, and when he passed by me, he said, "I'll go collect medicine." Actually, I didn't understand why he told me about it alone, but I was quite curious and said, "Is it Fire Lotus?" This place is full of ice, can it grow medicine? ”

He nodded slightly, and I remembered Zeng's words, so I asked, "Is there a forest in this place?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Now it was my turn to be surprised, because it was impossible for the natural to speak, and if he said yes, there must be. I was a little excited: "Are you going to go to that forest to collect medicine?" ”

He snorted, bypassed me and was about to walk out, when Tan Jian glanced at me, made a lip shape and said: Follow him.

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