I stopped suddenly, and Sister Buddha beckoned to me, pointing diagonally down to signal me to look there. I looked in the direction she pointed, the surrounding clouds and mist were being blown away by the mountain wind, and a deep ditch appeared on the ground, overlooking the deep stream from a high place, only to see a breath of emptiness, unpredictable, just a glance, I felt afraid, if the wind and snow on this mountain were more violent, people who did not know the terrain here would definitely continue to walk forward, fall into the deep ditch and fall to pieces.

"I always felt like there was something there." I wondered, "Why don't we go over and have a look?" ”

Cheng Yiyun nodded lightly and said, "I feel the same way." ”

So, a few of us slowed down and slowly walked to the bottom of the deep ditch, and walked for four or five hundred meters, but we didn't see anything, so we had to prepare to go home. As soon as we were about to leave, we saw a black lynx scurrying down from the tree, and I frowned, and then I shot the knife in my hand, but the beast was very sensitive, and jumped up in the snow, avoided the knife, and ran to the bottom of the deep ditch, where it was gone.

"Isn't that what you suspect?"

I was just about to return, and suddenly the lynx came out of a low bush again, as if it was provoking us, as if I was holding my breath, and the flying knife in my hand was raised to fight, but I didn't have time to make a move here, but the Buddha sister behind me stopped me, "Slow." ”

"What's wrong?" I wondered, "When I slaughter this beast, we can improve our food." ”

"Look there." I saw Sister Buddha point her hand in the direction where the lynx ran just now, and I turned my head to look, and suddenly saw a few red spots on the snow.

"What's that?" I was surprised.

Since the red spots are at the bottom of the deep ravine, there is a drop of several meters from above, but fortunately there is snow on the slope that can be slid down from above. I got to the spot, my eyes widened, and I was surprised, "Is this - blood?!" ”

Sister Buddha touched her finger on it, it was already frozen, smelled it carefully, and said, "This is human blood." ”

"Human blood?!" I was even more surprised and asked, "How can there be human blood here?" Could it be that Ye Heping, he is injured? ”

"You saw the lynx just now, it has a fierce temperament, and it is not afraid of people, it is possible that it has ambushed people here, and now that the snow is covering the mountain, it has no other food on the mountain, and it is not impossible to take the initiative to attack people." Sister Buddha said.

"Judging from the direction of the bloodstains, that person should have gone down the mountain, could it be that Ye Heping has already gone to the burial dragon pit?" Just as we were confused in the same place, there were footsteps from behind, it turned out to be Ji Weiqi and Xu Qian, who saw that a few of us were missing from the camp, so they came over.

"Lin Kun, what are you doing?" Ji Weiqi asked.

"Sister Qi, you came just in time, you see-" I pointed to the blood stains on the ground and said, "What we just found should be someone injured, in this place, if there are other people besides us, the most likely is Ye Heping, we are still wondering, whether he came down from the burial dragon pit, or ......"

"Even if he goes to the dragon burial pit, he may not be able to get in, and if he can get in, he will definitely not be able to get out." Ji Weiqi said, "In this way, judging from the bloodstains, he should go down the mountain, Yeping is very important to us now, we must find him, but the burial dragon pit is a clue left by Ou Zhi, we must go, we can only divide the army into two ways." ”

"The road down the mountain is also very dangerous, so Xiaoqian, you will take Sister Buddha and Yiyun down, and you must ensure the safety of Ye Heping." Ji Weiqi commanded.

"Don't worry." Xu Qian received the order, and then took Sister Buddha and Cheng Yiyun back to bring equipment, and searched for traces of Ye Heping along the bloodstains.

At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and the wind and snow were suspended. The team of six people is divided into two roads here, Ji Weiqi and Chen Ziyue and I will continue to climb to the summit after dawn, while Xu Qian and Sister Buddha and Cheng Yiyun will go down the mountain together.

After dawn, we immediately packed our bags, I handed the kettle to Chen Ziyue, let her drink a few sips of hot water, to drive away the cold of the mountain wind, Chen Ziyue drank two sips, grinned at me, and didn't speak, I don't know what she meant.

I looked up at the mountain, and the steep wall was like a barrier, and I was terrified just looking at it. Before long, everything was ready, Ji Weiqi was in front, I was in the back, and the three of them began to climb slowly up the mountain. At this time, the mountain wind rose again, and the thicker clouds overhead slowly moved away, and a majestic solitary peak emerged from the clouds, which, together with the day's snow, looked like a silver snow peak.

"Sister Qi, I think it's going to snow again this day." I said as I walked.

"yes, once it snows again, we're bound to be even more dangerous." Ji Weiqi is obviously worried.

Chen Ziyue has never dared to look down, the steep slope of nearly 60 degrees under his feet, although he will not be threatened by avalanches, but if there are loose rocks on the mountain, even if a small piece falls, even if there is an iron pot on his head, it will be smashed through. The most terrible thing is to slip and fall, even if there may not be such a terrible thing as falling into a cliff, but it has to be said that it is very dangerous to walk.

About a quarter of the way through the evening, the evergreen trees began to thin out, and many dead trees began to appear, although they withered, but did not die, but because the soil on the surface was thin, it was difficult to grow, and in winter, the leaves had to wither, so that they could grow again the following spring.

The next road is no longer suitable for vertical climbing, and must take a zigzag route, going up and down the mountain road layer by layer, often up and down a height of more than ten meters, they need to go from the east side to the west side, and then from the west side obliquely to the east side. And standing on the east and west sides of the mountain wall to look down, you will see the two bottomless ravines below, the reason why it is called a ditch and not a valley is because the terrain is too narrow, and both sides are like a cliff cut by a knife and an axe, just like the pen mountain that rests on the brush.

"Lin Kun, I can't walk anymore, let's take a rest." Chen Ziyue gasped and said.

"It doesn't matter to you." I worried.

Ji Weiqi glanced back at us and said, "This is not a place to rest, let's rest under the tree in front of us." ”

About half of the way through, the sky was already dark, and a heavy snow was about to fall, so for safety, I had to find a few dead trees nearby and stop. I hurriedly ate a few bites of something and asked Chen Ziyue if she could not hold up, but fortunately, Chen Ziyue's physical fitness was not bad, she was in too much hurry just now, and her physical strength was a little unbearable.

I originally wanted to discuss with Ji Weiqi that Chen Ziyue was pregnant and should not ask her to follow us, but then dispelled this idea. Moreover, since we arrived in this mountainous area, we had a strange feeling, as if there were some unusual signs, so we said to Ji Weiqi: "Sister Qi, do you think there is anything strange here?" ”

Ji Weiqi nodded and said: "This place is close to the top of the mountain, as far as I know, there is a beast platform on the top of the burial dragon pit, which is a place for ancestors to sacrifice, and the ancient way of sacrifice is very peculiar, they will kill the livestock and throw the corpses into the wilderness and throw them below, so from here up, you will see animal bones everywhere." ”

I looked around, but I didn't see the bones in question, and I couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Sister Qi, why is it so weird here?" ”

"Outside the holy land of Yuling, there are a group of demons serving, the land in front of it has become the land of the demon country, after the ancestors sacrificed, they threw the livestock down the mountain, that is, to pay tribute to the demons, however, this is just a legend, in fact, it is a 'five ghosts and immortals', and there is no way to return to the people who have no way to enter." Ji Weiqi explained.

Before long, the wind on the mountain suddenly became fierce and the sky was clouded. A dead tree leaning on the side of the mountain, broken upside down. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and suddenly, large pieces of snow fell. Suddenly, the dark sky merged with the sea of snow, and everything was invisible.

The blizzard grew more and more violent, the bitter air poured into the windbreaker more frequently, and on the mountain wall, the wind stubbornly blew everything in one direction. All around was white and gray.

I grabbed Chen Ziyue's hand, and Ji Weiqi in front of me also stretched out her hand and said, "Hold on." ”

The wind seemed to be changing direction, blowing head-on for a while, blowing snowflakes that covered the eyes, and then whirring through some hole in the back. About half the way up, we were caught in the mass of beast bones on the ground, some of which looked to be of the nearest age, some of which had weathered into mud.

The snow devoured the earth mercilessly, the bitter cold wind blowing their faces and the frost instantly frozen the ground. Everything seems to be difficult, and the heavy snow seems to be a white demon, forcing them towards the snow-capped mountains with raging snowflakes, unable to find a way out.

"Sister Qi, what do you think this is?!" I was in the middle of a snowstorm when I suddenly saw a totemic thing appear on one side of the stone wall.

I saw a very vague totem on the stone wall, like a dragon and not a dragon, all of which were about to be weathered. Ji Weiqi knew what it was at a glance, and said: "This is the earliest source of our Dragon Bone Hall logo, and the regiment on your badge is based on this, and it is also the totem of our Yuling ancestors." ”

And near this mountain wall, the ground is full of dry bones that have been submerged in the earth, and these bones have long since decayed, and you can imagine the terrifying scene of ghost fire everywhere in the summer night, among the white bones. Some dead trees and broken vines are mixed together, which makes it even more bleak and cold.