After half a month of rest, Wang Ye's body finally fully recovered, and after preparing some food, the two set out on the road again to continue their quest for the Tao.

On the silent mountain road, Wang Ye held a wooden stick in his hand to open the way in front, and the leaves followed cautiously behind, and the withered yellow grass and trees around him reminded the two of them all the time that winter was coming, and Wang Ye took the leaves to climb over a big mountain.

After descending the mountain, the two saw an endless grassland, and a large river was like a jade belt across the entire grassland, flowing from west to east. When the two came to the river, Wang Ye washed his face with the river water, and then looked up at the sky, where a dense black cloud was pressing towards them. At this time, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew in the flat ground, blowing on Wang Ye's wet face, and it hurt like a knife.

Since Wang Ye and Ye Zi set off from the small lake and embarked on the road of seeking immortals, more than nine months have passed now, and it is still the season of spring when they left, and it is now the season when the grass and trees are withered and everything is withering.

Wang Ye didn't care about the biting cold wind, got up and returned to Ye Zi's side and asked, "Ye Zi, get ready, we can't leave for the time being." Look at the weather, the wind and snow are coming soon, we have to find a place to hide, by the way, how many sets of animal skin clothes have we prepared? ”

Hearing Wang Ye mention the wind and snow, Ye Zi hurriedly looked up at the sky, only to see the rolling black clouds getting closer and closer to the two, and the wind blowing with the clouds became more and more cold. After realizing that winter was coming, Ye Zi hurriedly looked through the package on his back, counted the several animal skins inside, and was immediately relieved, and then said, "Ye, we have prepared six animal skin clothes, two tiger skins, two deer skins, and two sheepskins. ”

After hearing this, Wang Ye estimated that it should be almost the same to wear two pieces for himself and four pieces for leaves, and he didn't know how cold the winter of this desolate world would be. Forget it, let's find a place to hide from the wind and snow first!

Wang Ye looked around for a place to hide from the wind and snow, but the surrounding terrain was flat, except for the dense dead grass, there was not even a decent boulder, after seeing this, Wang Ye knew that it was impossible to find a ready-made place.

Since he couldn't find a suitable place to hide from the wind and snow, Wang Ye had to think of a way by himself, and seeing the river that was still flowing, Wang Ye suddenly thought of a good way. I saw him say to the leaf, "Leaf, you go and get some hay, I will be of great use." ”

"Howler!" Hearing that Wang Ye asked him to find hay, Ye hurriedly put down the package, and then began to collect hay, in fact, the two of them were surrounded by hay, and the autumn wind blew, blowing the spirit of the grassland yellow, and there was no need for leaves to look for it at all.

When Ye Zi was collecting hay, Wang Ye was not idle, but found a dry place not far from the river and began to dig up. The soil in the grassland area is relatively soft, and after a while, Wang Ye dug a hole for the two to hide.

After Ye handed over the collected hay to Wang Ye, Wang Ye put all the hay into the burrow, and then took out the fire to ignite the hay, and then the flames flew out of the burrow, turning into billowing smoke, which smoked the burrow into a gray and black, and at the same time dried the moisture of the burrow.

After Wang Ye extinguished the fire with soil, he went down with the leaves to experience it. Jumping into the hole, the residual fire made Ye feel warm for a while, and then shouted excitedly, "Ye, you come down quickly, it's so warm here." ”

Wang Ye replied with a smile when he heard this, "You wait a minute, I'll go and bring our salute." After a while, Wang Ye threw the salute into the hole in the ground and jumped down himself.

At this time, the heavy snow came as promised, and the six-petaled snowflakes fell and gradually covered the earth, putting on a new coat for the earth. Gradually, the sky darkened, and the wind blew the snow like a fairy in the midnight, flying in the air wantonly, and gently falling on the grass, and the grass was convinced by her, and the river stopped flowing for her, and the beasts in the mountains and forests seemed to be afraid of affecting the dance steps of the elf, and fell silent.

After all, the wind would not let this beautiful elf stay in one place forever, and when Wang Ye woke up the next day and came out to check, the heavy snow had quietly left, leaving only a white expanse. Wang Ye crawled out of the hole, then took the package handed by the leaf, and finally pulled the leaf out of the hole, and the two of them simply ate some food in the snow, and then set out on the road again.

The white snow gradually left a long footprint, and there was no end in sight, disappearing where heaven and earth meet, as if the two had gone to the sky.

The two of them walked forward one foot deep and one foot shallow in the snow, and they didn't know when they would be able to get there, if it wasn't for the fact that they could always sense its existence in their hearts, Wang Ye would even wonder if he was hallucinating in the first place.

Sometimes Wang Ye is also complaining, remembering that in the flood novels he used to read secretly, the living beings easily understood the method of cultivation, and then became immortals one by one, and from then on, they were free in the world, but when it came to their heads, they had to go out and seek it step by step. After the complaints, the two stopped and rested for a while, replenished their energy, and the two hit the road again.

After wandering in the heavy snow for more than half a month, Wang Ye and the others crossed the grassland and entered the mountains again, but at this time the two encountered a huge crisis again, and the two had nothing to eat. Now the snow has covered the ground, burying all edible wild vegetables in the ground, and the animals are hiding in their burrows, waiting for the cold winter to pass.

The two, who had not been able to catch their prey for several days, gradually ran out of stored food. Looking at the food belt that had been emptied, Wang Ye said decisively, "Yezi, we can't go any further, we must hit the prey today, otherwise we will starve to death before we reach Kunlun Mountain." ”

After listening to Wang Ye's words, Ye Zi knew that what he said was right, but when the snow closed the mountain, where did they go to find food. Yezi, who has been living here for more than ten years, clearly remembers that every year when the snow is heavy, there are always some elderly people in the tribe who go up the mountain to fend for themselves because of food shortages, so as to save food for the tribe and let the children live.

Seeing Ye Zi's worried expression, Wang Ye was a little anxious in his heart, he knew what Ye Zi was worried about, Ye Zi had told him a few days ago that he would give up his food, so that Wang Ye could continue to walk until he hit the prey and lived, but in the end Wang Ye decisively refused.

Looking at Ye Zi's anxious expression, Wang Ye secretly decided that today was to break into the beast's cave, and he would also get food for the two. After making up his mind, Wang Ye took the leaves and began to search for traces of wild beasts all over the mountains.