Chapter 473: Return Safely
Where Shao Xuan was, almost all the surrounding snow layers were lifted away, especially where Shao Xuan was sitting, there was directly salt ground, and there was nothing left of the ice and snow. There are traces of different shades next to each other on the ground, radiating outward.
As for the others, like Duokang, many of them were swept away, and some of them hid directly in the snow and waited for the crisis to pass.
At that time, Shao Xuan reminded in time, although most of them were thrown out and were somewhat injured, but there were not many serious injuries.
Dokang and the people who woke up one after another and came out of the snow in the distance dragged the others out of the snow one by one, and if it had been like this for a long time, the unconscious people would have frozen to death.
Zhengluo was the most affected one in order to pull Shao Xuan at that time, but his strength was relatively strong, and the main attack power was carried by Shao Xuan, although he was stunned by the flying, and suffered a lot of injuries, so he had to be carried, but as long as he was alive, it was a good thing.
The bodies of people who were unconscious, as well as the bodies of soldiers who had died in battle or died for other reasons, were also found one by one, and those who could not be found were found with the help of Shao Xuan, although the snow layer was thick, but Shao Xuan's special ability vision could still see things under the snow layer within a certain range, which was also much more convenient.
The seriously injured unconscious were carried on the back and supported by the lightly injured and continued to hurry.
Shao Xuan told them that the king beast just wanted to drive them away, and if they really wanted to kill them all, they would have done it a long time ago.
Although Shao Xuan explained the situation at that time simply, the people of Taihe and Mountain Wind did not dare to underestimate the young elder of this Yanjiao, and they themselves clearly felt their power at that time, it was not an ordinary power.
Flame Horn, stronger than they thought.
"By the way, Shao Xuan, you said that the king beast eats salt flowers. One thing comes to mind. You say, that king beast is active in this salt land and eats salt flowers, could it be the 'salt beast' that the Lu people call it?" said Zhengluo, who was carried on his back by Duokang.
Salt beasts?
The others thought about it, and reprimanded the totem of the Lu people, they couldn't remember it clearly. I haven't seen the relu-rectifiers who are good at making salt for a long time, and since the salt lake that reprimanded the relu-rebuke people was occupied and absorbed into the city, there is almost no trace of the relu-relegation people in the mountains and forests.
"I remember that the totem of the rebuke man was like the kind of thorny, not a snake. On the side of the Mountain Wind Tribe, a warrior who remembered said.
"That's not a thorn, that's ice that grows. Do you remember the appearance of the king beast you saw before you were shocked away?"
"Think about it. It's quite like that. ”
Because the king beast looked like a snake at first glance, they did not associate it with the salt beast on the totem of the Lu tribe, which has a long history of salt culture.
"Didn't the totem salt beast of the Relu tribe first appear in their salt lake? Later, the Relu people knew about the existence of salt and lived around the salt lake. Now that the salt lake was running out of salt, the nobles had lost interest in it, and their sights shifted to the newly discovered salt springs. The leader of the River Tay said.
"But there have been no salt beasts in the salt lake of the rebuke, but the best salt stone has been found in the salt mine. Why do you say that the person who first discovered the salt mine would go into the salt field of death that people can't avoid? He wouldn't have that great ability to identify the salt stone, and there really wasn't anything that attracted him in?or, he wanted to kill himself?"
No matter what the truth is, hundreds of years have passed, and no one knows what the facts were back then, and they don't dare to go back and ask the king beast. Suspicious of life?
"Anyway, the salt mine can't go anymore. The leader of the mountain wind sighed.
"If you had known that there was a king beast, I wouldn't go if you killed me!" It's not that you can't live!
"Anyway, it's good to be alive. ”
"yes, it's good to be alive!"
It is already the greatest blessing to be able to survive so many people, salt stone fire crystals and the like are secondary, and what the tribe pursues is only the word "survival".
"I almost forgot, are the people of the Fox and the Mori tribe still on the other side of the salt mine?" asked Dokang.
The king beast has already warned once, if it finds other people again, will it be mad?
Even if they shouted a few warnings like this time, there was no second Shao Xuan to help them stop them.
"When you go back, keep an eye on the movements of those two tribes, and if you find them coming back, when the weather is good, fight again!" said the leader of the mountain winds.
Speaking of the weather, the joy of the rest of my life just after the catastrophe was once again diluted.
I don't know what's going on with the tribe in this weather.
With the extreme weather that has not been encountered in thousands of years, no one can really feel relaxed.
On the salt ground, there are traces of the king beast crawling, and there is no need to walk in the snow, but many times, they still have to shuttle in the thick snow, but on the way back, they are in a better mood than when they came.
The moment they walked out of the salt field, everyone looked up to the sky and yelled.
They survived from the side of the king beast, and they are about to leave from this tribe for hundreds of years, leave, really leave, perhaps, they will not set foot in this salt land again in this life, the people of the mine guarding team, they miss here, the mine keepers are handed over from generation to generation, one generation is handed over to the next generation, they know more than others, Vacha is the qualification to guard the mine from his father, follow the path that the ancestors have walked, and what they have done.
However, when he thought of that king beast, he could only suppress his nostalgia.
The sound of a venting roar echoed over the snowfield, shaking the snow off the treetops.
In the mountains and forests, many plants and trees have now been covered with a thick layer of snow, but the snow here is not as thick as on the salt field, which is about 10 meters thick on average, and outside the salt field, it only reaches people's shoulders. Fortunately, there is still a head that can be exposed, and if you step on the pit, you will all fall into it.
"I've walked over the salt field, what are you afraid of here?!" Zheng Luo asked Duo Kang to put him down, and then instructed the soldiers to cut down trees to make a stretcher sedan chair, so that it was easy to carry.
People who are seriously injured and cannot walk can also be more comfortable on a stretcher. Yanjiao has a lot of manpower, and it is very easy for four people to carry a dozen or so people. After assigning the wounded, Zhengluo was placed on a simple wooden sedan chair, looking at the large white in the distance, and was silent.
The woods seemed to be covered with a thick quilt, but inside the woods. There is a lot less snow, which is the advantage of the large and dense trees, but they have to be on guard against other fierce beasts that are active in the forest.
Some beasts are hibernating, and some are hungry and come out to find food.
Not only people, but also these animals are not used to such weather changes, so they go back along the way. They saw many corpses buried in the snow, and the flesh was frozen with animals gnawing around the corpses, clattering and biting.
When they were looking for a place to set up a pot to cook porridge, there were some brave animals who wanted to come over, and it was warm here, but they didn't come because of the large number of people here. A few small squirrel-like creatures jumped to the fire, not too close to the fire. But you can borrow the temperature of the fire.
People of this small animal tribe generally don't eat it, they can't look at it, and they won't do it until they have nothing to eat. So these little things are lucky to be alive to borrow fire next to them.
The warrior, who was not seriously injured, hunted a few wild beasts and two fierce beasts that came out in search of food nearby, and roasted them and everyone shared a little. After being frozen for so many days, you can taste it for a long time after eating a hot meal.
"Shao Xuan, when will the sky change again?" asked Zhengluo.
"Tomorrow morning. This is the result of Shao Xuangang's decision. But what will become of it, he can't tell.
"Don't rest tonight, keep going. "Sei Ra decided.
The other two chiefs had no objections. Until now, all they know is. It's definitely better to follow the Yanjiao people than to decide on your own.
It is indeed not easy to travel at night, after all, not every detail of every place is well remembered, there are many dangerous places in the mountains and forests, and you have to climb the mountains. One negligence can lead to a crisis and loss of life.
Shao Xuan has recovered a lot now, and in this situation, the luminous spar is not as good as him. Walking at the front to lead the way, next to him were the Vatsa couple, who knew the place best. There are many times to come and go, Shao Xuan will ask them when he walks for a while, and then determine the direction and continue walking.
The next morning, it was overcast, and the snow began to fall again, and the wind was so strong that anyone who could not stand would be blown away.
"Fortunately, we have already crossed the most dangerous mountain. Vatsa sighed.
After taking the road all night, now that someone is changing to open the way in front, Shao Xuan can also breathe a sigh of relief.
The sky was overcast, heavier than what they had seen in the salt mines, and the thick clouds made the day seem like dusk, gloomy and dark.
It was another two days before they finally came to a familiar area, which was not far from the tribe.
The people of the mountain wind parted with them the day before, and went by different paths.
"Thank you this time, and if it helps, send someone over to talk to us. The leader of the Tay tribe said as he separated from the Yanjiao team.
This time, if it weren't for the people of Yanjiao, they would have brought out a thousand people, and it is unknown whether they could come back ten or not.
Zheng Luo waved his hand and didn't speak, he was still being carried.
"There's a road ahead!" shouted the warrior who was opening the way ahead.
The so-called road is a thick layer of snow that has been carved out of a path, and they don't need to do it anymore.
"It's made by the tribesmen! And food!" Vatsa untied the leather bag tied to a nearby stake, and although the jerky inside was cold and hard, it must have been freshly made in the past two days.
It's nice to be back.
This is what every warrior thinks in his heart.
They hadn't gone far before they saw the moving figures, the patrolling warriors of the tribe, each dressed in thick animal skin clothing, with only a pair of eyes left exposed.
When they saw the people who had returned, they shouted for joy to come over.
"Every day people come out and watch here and sweep away the snow. Said the patrolling warrior.
After counting the people in the team, the patrol soldiers who came to meet them felt a little more at ease, which was much better than they imagined, and they were all mentally prepared to witness the tragic situation, but they did not expect that so many people would be able to come back safely.
"Chief, how is the salt mine going?" asked one of the patrolling soldiers.
"I'll talk about it later. ”
Hearing this, the soldiers on patrol didn't ask much.
Nearly two meters high in the snow, a curved walkway leads to the river in front of the tribe.
The river has frozen, there is no need to build bridges, and there is no problem at all to walk directly on the thick ice.
Many people in the tribe had already heard the news and came to answer them, and some handed them hot broth.
Back in the tribe and thinking about what they had been through during this time, the warriors felt like they had a nightmare, but now they woke up.
"Elder, Elder Shao Xuan!" a person squeezed into the crowd and squeezed towards Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan blocked the snow flakes flying over and looked at it, the person who came was taking care of the one over the duck shed.
"What, that fat duck is making trouble?" asked Shao Xuan.
"No, it's hatched! The duck's eggs are hatched!" (To be continued......)
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