Chapter Forty-Eight: The Ice Field
Facing the cold wind of the early morning in the ice field, Guo Wu, who had walked all night after a night walk, only felt open-minded and high-spirited, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and shout: "The world is so big, it is the time for my generation to make contributions, let us charge the ice field!"
Ah Heng looked at Guo Wu, who had entered a state of excitement since he entered the ice field, and let out a long sigh, this new rookie didn't know the pain of the ice field yet, I hope he can keep being excited. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
"Brother Wu, I'm so hungry!" Fu Tianlou on the side touched his belly and shouted.
"It's not promising, the master let us come to the ice field for training, if we don't go through hunger and cold, and don't suffer from danger, how can we achieve the purpose of training?" Guo Wuyi taught rhetorically, and secretly glanced at Ah Heng, and saw that the other party also raised his thumb, obviously quite admiring his words.
"Ah Heng, tell me quickly, where can we get food, I'm dying of hunger. Fu Tianlou saw that Guo Wu was unreliable, so he came to pull Ah Heng's arm again.
"Xiaolou, Guo Wu is actually right, this is indeed a rare opportunity for you, if you don't want to be taken hostage again, you have to suffer a little, didn't the master teach you 'shadowless'? Ah Heng patted the fat man's shoulder and said earnestly.
"Yes! I will take your teachings to heart. Fu Tianlou humbly accepted the teaching, and then asked with a calm face, "Then after cultivation, where is there anything to eat?" Ah Heng and Guo Wuqi were speechless, thinking that they had not eaten all night, they were indeed a little hungry.
When he came out this time, Yue Wuying had already asked Ah Chou to take all the food from the three of them, and then forcibly drove them out of the city.
"Forget it, take it! But you have to save a little bit of Xiaolou, the next water source is a hundred miles away, and only when you get there can you hunt enough prey. Otherwise, you'll have to chew on the bitter grass roots before. Ah Heng took out a small bag of dry food from his pocket and handed it to Fu Tianlou.
"Wow, Ah Heng, where are you hiding?" Guo Wu was also pleasantly surprised.
"Senior sister was afraid that we would starve to death on the ice field, so she secretly left behind. β
"Then why don't we have it?" Senior Sister is too partial!" Fu Tianlou exclaimed dissatisfiedly.
"Nonsense, can you hide something?" Ah Heng said angrily, "If you don't want it, give it back to me." β
"Don't, I'm just talking!" Fu Tianlou hurriedly took out the dry food bag, "Wow, there is actually dried meat." "The fat man was a pleasant surprise.
"Preserved meat!" Guo Wu's eyes also lit up, and he snatched it from Fu Tianlou's hand, looking very hungry.
The two of them then engaged in a battle for food, which was not much better than two wild dogs.
"Let's go! The target distance, the Fallen Leaf Lake a hundred miles away. I'm in front, you follow, remember to follow your father's exercises, adjust your breathing, and challenge the limits of your body!" Ah Heng waved his hand and rushed out first.
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Half a day later, by the edge of a large pond of clear water, there were two people lying like dead dogs, and they didn't even want to move their fingers. They didn't expect that the so-called deciduous lake in Ah Heng's mouth was actually this large pond with a radius of only a dozen steps. According to the original idea, the two of them planned to take a bath, but it was obvious that the pond would become muddy after a few splashes, so in order not to die of thirst, they resisted the urge to take a bath, and all lay on the shore.
"Get up, get up, all get up! You take care of the fire, and I'll go get some game." Ah Heng kicked the two of them twice.
"I don't want to get up, I don't want to get up. "The fat man still has the physical strength to splash and roll in the grass, Ah Heng has to admire this guy's potential, he has abused the fat man enough, and he hasn't reached the bottom line yet.
"I don't want to get up either, Ah Heng, just let me go, I will definitely call you Senior Brother in the future!" Guo Wu also had no strength to say, this thing didn't master the rhythm well, he was too excited just now, and the result is not much better than mud now.
"Okay, then you can lie down, and when the man-eating ants under your ass bite you to the bone, I'll collect your corpses. β
"Man-eating ants?" the two of them suddenly jumped up from the ground, "Where, where?"
The man-eating ants didn't see it, but they saw Ah Heng throw a few dead branches over: "Take it, clear out a clearing, light a fire, and you'll see it later." β
The two looked at Ah Heng who was walking away in disbelief, and obediently began to clean up the clearing. Then he went to the side, picked up a lot of dead grass and dry branches, and piled them together. About half a moment later, Ah Heng brought an extremely ugly animal over. Fu Tianlou looked at this extremely ugly poor guy curiously, not only a mouthful of big buckteeth, but the nose and mouth were not on the same line, the whole face seemed to have been smashed by a boulder, big ears, small eyes, and what was even more terrifying was that stupid little eye, there were countless eye droppings, it was really disgusting.
Fu Tianlou said with a look of disgust: "Why is this guy not extinct yet?"
"Do you know?" Guo Wu asked as he looked at this completely unfamiliar animal and looked at Fu Tianlou in surprise.
"I don't know!" Fu Tianlou replied crisply.
"Then it's not your business!" Guo Wu complained weakly.
"It's so ugly to be able to get a wife and reproduce, don't you think it's too unusual. How much courage it takes for them to survive until now!" Fu Tianlou held his chin and desperately dug into his brain.
Ah Heng looked at the two of them and said, "Okay, don't break it, what about the one who told you to make a fire?"
"There's no fire!" Guo Wu spread his hands. But as soon as Ah Heng raised his hand, he threw the animal in his hand to Guo Wu, picked up two stones from the ground, and set the hay on fire with a few rubs.
Guo Wu hugged the unknown ugly monster, and actually changed his cold image and screamed: "Oh, it's actually alive, it's alive, it's aliveβ" The voice frightened Fu Tianlou, who was adding grass to the fire.
Ah Heng lifted the animal over, smiled and comforted: "What are you afraid of, this is the dragon fox, very docile." We relied on it for the next two days. He carried the dragon fox to the edge of the pond a little further from the camp, and violently pressed the ugly and deformed head into the pond, leaving only four paws to flutter on the shore, and to struggle and .......
Oh my mother! Seeing that worrying, Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou were suddenly shocked by Ah Heng's cruelty, this is the rhythm of forcibly drowning, I can't see it, this kid has an absolute human face and beast heart, the two of them shuddered, and decided to listen to Senior Brother Ah Heng in the future.
The dragon fox fluttered for a while, and gradually stopped moving, Ah Heng lifted it up and took a look, as if he didn't feel like it was enjoyable, and pressed it into the water again, but the dragon fox that was obviously no longer moving actually began to flutter desperately again. One man and one beast just tossed back and forth. After about a quarter of an hour, the dragon fox finally stopped moving.
Ah Heng glanced at the two of them and shouted, "Come here!" With just one glance, Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou felt that the whole sky was dark, and they snuggled tightly together, trembling against the fire, as if they were looking for a trace of light and warmth in this dark world. In the face of Ah Heng, a perverted demon, they felt as pitiful as the dragon fox.
Ah Heng looked at the two of them and said helplessly: "Since you refuse to come, take good care of the fire, don't put it out." The two immediately nodded desperately, quickly let go of each other, and added firewood and grass to the fire in a serious manner, but the hands holding the dead branches still kept shaking.
Ah Heng looked at the dragon fox in his hand and patted its head hard, the dragon fox actually woke up leisurely, and the little eyes stained with eye feces had been rinsed away, and they actually became round and big, although the appearance was still so ugly, but it felt a little more stupid. The moment it opened its eyes, Ah Heng's eyes were full of stars, like a ray of light, penetrating directly into the other party's soul. After a while, the dragon fox obediently lay down.
"Go ahead, get me some pheasants. Ah Heng ordered.
The dragon fox screamed a few times, circled around Ah Heng happily a few times, and ran away without a shadow as soon as he threw his legs.
"Wow, Ah Heng, with you, I thought you were going to drown that thing!" Fu Tianlou rushed over and shouted, this thing only felt that he also had a feeling of being reborn after the catastrophe.
"The dragon fox is a treasure, it is one of the most intelligent animals on the ice field, its eyes are sensitive to light, and when it encounters strong light, it will secrete a liquid, which will condense into lumps and stick to its eyelids after a long time, but this kind of thing looks disgusting, but it is a rare medicine, and it can even make those who are blind see again. It's just that there are fewer and fewer dragon foxes, and this time I was lucky to come across one, so let it hunt during the day and keep vigil for us at night. β
Poor guy! Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou looked at the dragon fox running away, and couldn't help but mourn in silence.
"Wow, ants, big ants!" Fu Tianlou suddenly shouted, and with his cry, more than a dozen ants the size of thumbs came out of the dirt next to the fire, probably unable to stand the heat on the ground and ran out.
"Ah Heng, this can't be a man-eating ant!" the fat man was so frightened that his voice changed.
"They are night ants, resting during the day and coming out of their burrows at night. As for whether they have eaten or not, I don't know, anyway, they are now our food. β
"Ah?!" the two opened their mouths wide, and Fu Tianlou shuddered, "Are we going to eat this black ant?" β
Ah Heng ignored the goods, and directly used a thin wooden stick to string the ants together and began to barbecue. They will not understand that in the years of fugitive, if there is such a delicacy, it is simply a mercy of heaven.
A quarter of an hour later-
The fat man was already holding a wooden stick and gnawing wildly at those night ants, and while eating, he exclaimed: "Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it's so delicious!" This foodie, who claimed to be resolutely refused, killed most of it alone.
Ah Heng looked at the two of them with a smile, and had to say that although these two people were all kinds of dissatisfaction, all kinds of complaints, and all kinds of stupidity, their adaptability was still very fast, and they believed that they would be able to survive independently on the ice field in a few days.
For some reason, the night in the icefield seems to come very quickly, and it is surprisingly cold.
Leaning on the embers of the fire, Ah Heng had already fallen asleep. This made Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou envious, and the two of them rolled their eyes, and immediately crawled over gently, ready to lean on Ah Heng's side to get some warmth, who knew that before they got close, they found that Ah Heng's body was unusually cold. If you look closely, even the exhaled air is frosty.
Perverted! I didn't forget to practice when I slept, and the two of them shrank back stupidly.
Fu Tianlou looked around, and found the dragon fox walking around not far away, he forcibly walked over with disgust, squatted down and licked his face: "Hey, Brother Fox, oh no, Brother Long, brother, I'm about to freeze to death, let's get warm! Go back and find you a beautiful daughter-in-law, how about it?" The dragon fox grunted, twisted his head, and actually ignored Fu Tianlou.
Hey, little one, you actually ignored me. Fu Tianlou was about to make a move, only to hear Ah Heng, who was obviously asleep, suddenly said slowly: "She is a mother, if you don't mind making a personal promise, it may be able to agree." β
"Dead Ah Heng, you slept soundly! My brothers are about to freeze to death. How can you sleep in this hellish place!" Guo Wu looked at Ah Heng who woke up and immediately grabbed it.
"Okay, okay, don't complain, in my experience, there is only one way to solve your situation. β
"What's the solution?"
"Cultivate!"
"Ah?!You don't let us sleep in the middle of the night, and you still have to cultivate?" Guo Wu only felt that his dissatisfaction had accumulated to the extreme.
"Guo Wu, it's not right for you to think so, you are the future guardian of Northern Xinjiang, what you need is perseverance, a strong and extraordinary physique, and a spirit that is fearless against any difficulties, so-"
"I understand, when the eldest husband is alive, when he is a horizontal sword and makes meritorious achievements, how can he be knocked down by small difficulties. Guo Wu immediately stood up and waved his hand excitedly. Ah Heng knew that there was no need to mobilize anymore when he saw this. So he looked at another hob meat.
"Don't, don't, Ah Heng, I just want to eat and wait for death. The fat man saw Ah Heng's burning eyes, his heart trembled, and he shook his hand again and again.
"Alas, Xiaolou, do you know how disappointed I am in you? How disappointed is the master in you? The most important thing is how disappointed the senior sister is in you? Before leaving, Ah Chou sighed and said to me: You must take care of Xiaolou, because he has always been a dragger, he doesn't know anything, he doesn't understand anything, if you don't take care of him, he will die in the ice field-"
"Senior sister really said that about me?" the fat fox said suspiciously, but looking at his pale face, he knew that he had already believed eighty percent, and he knew that he was lazy, but he didn't want to be seen as a drag by his brothers and friends, and even his senior sister was also-
"Tell me, what are you going to do?" said the fat man, gritting his teeth.
Ah Heng gave a thumbs up: "Keep running, run around the Fallen Leaf Lake, don't stop, until you forget that you are running, until you can even fall asleep running-" Don't say more, the fat man has already started.
Ah Heng sighed slightly, it seems that Guo Wu was right in private: Xiaolou actually likes Ugly, Xiaolou can do anything, but he is most afraid of losing face in front of Ugly. The power of love is really great, and only the power of love can make this dead fat man work so hard.
Looking at the hard-working two, Ah Heng suddenly found that he was the one who had the most nothing to do. Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou both have their own pursuits, so as long as they dial a little, they will rush in their direction like hungry wolves. However, what about himself? Ah Heng has always thought that he just wants to be an ordinary person from northern Xinjiang, not to pursue anything, and to live a peaceful life with his father-in-law. However, he found that he couldn't do it at all, he couldn't see Ugly being wronged, he couldn't see Xiaoshuang in danger, and he couldn't see these two people being bullied, so he always stood behind them unconsciously, he went to take revenge, he went to protect, he went to top the bag. Because he has almost no friends, he also knows deep into the pain of losing a friend. Other than that, however, he found that he seemed to have no pursuit. Ah Heng actually understands very well that he must have a great flaw in his spirit, and he can't even be considered a normal person.
Looking at the fat man's sweaty appearance, Ah Heng smiled slightly: that kind of anticipation and apprehension, always hoping to be seen by the other party, and he also had the mood of being praised by the other party. It's just that ten years of life and death have become a memory, where did she go? Ah Heng also secretly returned to that tribe, but there was already a lot of things and people, and everything was empty. But he still returned to that place again and again, as if a voice was calling him, as if only there could he find the missing part of himself.
Ah Heng suddenly understood that what he was missing must be sealed there, there must be a door that he couldn't see, and what was hidden behind the door was another incomplete self. It's just that the key to open this door has been lost. At this moment, Ah Heng's heart suddenly beat violently, and he found that he was so eager to see her-
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The days by the lake passed quickly, and five days passed in a blink of an eye. Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou's buried potential finally exploded. In the past five days, they have not complained of bitterness or tiredness, and they seem to have inexhaustible energy, and after a few days, Fu Tianlou's round fat face is gone, and what appears in front of him is a swarthy poor boy.
Ah Heng knew this situation well, that kind of ice field night ant was actually a rare tonic, and it was only occasionally that he found such a precious existence by the deciduous lake. It is these precious night ants that can stimulate all the potential of the two, and similarly, the reason why they can't sleep at night is also due to these night ants.
After five days of inhuman training, Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou finally mastered the most important and basic abilities in cultivation. From then on, whether they were walking or resting, they would cultivate unconsciously. This means that they will grow at a much faster rate than the average human. In the past few days, Ah Heng's performance with the fat man is the most surprising, this guy is simply a monster, in the past his talent was hidden under the appearance of laziness, now, his progress is extremely fast, and he can even keep up with Ah Heng's speed in a short time. Ah Heng has reason to believe that with time, with the fat man's treacherous nature, he can really become the world's first-class escape master, and this is also the fat man's dream all along, although this dream is a little shameful.
The cold air of the ice field was still hitting, but Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou could already lie down and sleep by the fire without any scruples. They were too tired after five days of training, but after this night's refill, they will wake up and find that they have made a qualitative change.
The day has come to go back to Wolf City, but the next road needs to be walked by the two of them on their own, Ah Heng touched the head of the dragon fox, this very ugly and gentle guy who has been with him for many days sighed, and lay beside the two of them obediently. Ah Heng stood up and walked into the distance, his figure quickly disappearing into the vast night.