The Rift Valley is a natural rock crevice, and it is also a natural outlet, where the wind strength must be above level ten, and the slightest carelessness will be blown down and shattered. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yan Tianxin reminded everyone to be careful, the five of them helped each other, and walked into the recess on the north side of the Rift Valley against the strong wind, and the range of the recess became completely different worlds from the outside, the terrible cold wind was blocked by the thick rock formations, although the ears heard the roar of the wind outside, but there was not even a trace of wind inside, without the wind, it naturally felt a lot warmer, Luo Lie rubbed his face that was dried by the wind, promoted blood circulation, restored the temperature of the epidermis, and let the lips that had been paralyzed by the cold wind gradually rejuvenated, and the rest of the people were the same as him, everyone remained silent, all because the lips were numbAt this time, no one wants to waste their energy in vain, and even the amplitude of breathing is weakened a lot, so as not to excrete the heat in the body with breathing.

Luo Lie's beard was already covered with a layer of ice ballast, and he looked gray, as if he had become an old man. Arnold was no better, hiding in a sheltered place and sneezing continuously, and when his mouth regained sensation, he immediately began to complain: "This ghost weather is really torturous." In the absence of the blind man, Arnold was the one who talked the most.

Yan Tianxin said: "This is not the worst time, when the wind is strong, there is no one standing at the bottom of the valley." She straightened her clothes, tied the cuffs and neckline tightly, and then urged the others to move as quickly as possible, and walked through the recess, and a path appeared in front of her, which was said to be a path, but in fact a stone step carved into the cliff face, in a zigzag pattern, the angle of the stone steps should be seventy degrees, and the width of the narrowest place was less than a foot. Luo Hunt and the others were all very courageous, but when they saw this zigzag ladder carved into the cliff, their faces changed a little.

Lu Weilin, who was murderous, actually felt a little numb in his scalp at this moment, and subconsciously touched his head and said, "Are you sure, we have to climb up from here?"

Yan Tianxin said: "This ladder is also called ghost sorrow, you should understand the meaning, if it goes well, we should be able to reach the resting place in two hours." ”

Arnold complained bitterly: "Didn't you say that we should rest at the bottom of the valley tonight?"

Yan Tianxin said: "Are you sure you want to rest here?" She looked up at the dim clouds: "The wind direction should change tonight, if the northwest wind blows in the second half of the night, then the cold wind will continue to pour into the place where we took shelter just now, and none of the five of us may be able to survive until tomorrow." ”

Luo Lie said: "In other words, there is no choice!"

Yan Tianxin looked at him, then smiled and tilted his head.

Luo Lie said: "Then let's go, I don't know when it will snow this day, there are still two and a half hours until eight o'clock, I can stay up!" He made an inviting gesture to Yan Tianxin: "Madam please first!" At the critical moment, he first expressed his agreement with Yan Tianxin's decision.

Yan Tianxin laughed, she nodded, and took the lead in walking towards the stone steps, Yan Tianxin led the way at the front, after the bolt was broken, the five people continued to march up along the steep stone steps, for the sake of safety, they had to choose their hands and feet and use them to crawl on the steep stone steps, although it didn't look good, but this crawling can lower the center of gravity, and it can minimize wind resistance, and the feeling of landing on all fours is much more solid than walking upright. It didn't take long to climb, night had already fallen, the stone steps were attached to the inner cliff wall of the Rift Valley, zigzag, and there was no extra platform for rest at the turn of the steps, so they could only rest in place, there was nothing at the beginning, and as the height climbed, everyone's physical strength and heart began to bear the harsh test.

Luo Lie followed closely behind Yan Tianxin, such an angle allowed him to appreciate Yan Tianxin's posture uncontrollably, of course, the bloated cotton clothes wrapped Yan Tianxin's graceful posture tightly, and she could still appreciate her upturned buttocks, usually there was little opportunity to appreciate Yan Tianxin crawling in such a posture, looking at Yan Tianxin in front of him, Luo Lie gave full play to his imagination, Luo Lie did not think that his thoughts were dirty, but thought that it was an excellent way to divert attention, relax his mind and reduce pressure, which helped him ignore the harsh and harsh environment in front of him, and made the arduous trip interesting。

But other people don't have Luo Lie's mentality, there was a sudden scream behind him, everyone was shocked, Luo Lie looked back, but it was Lu Weilin who accidentally stepped on a stone, which happened to hit Arnold's head behind him, Arnold touched his forehead, fortunately, his scalp was hard enough, plus the cushion of the cotton hat, it was not smashed.

Lu Weilin said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!"

Arnold no longer had the strength to complain, and waved his hand, motioning for him to move on.

Yan Tianxin was a little tired, she lay on the steps and stopped for a while, and whispered, "I'm really afraid that I will fall down." ”

Luo Lie smiled: "Don't worry, I have me behind you." ”

Yan Tianxin said: "If I fall, you must leave me alone, otherwise I will fall with you." ”

Luo Lie said: "That's not good, I have to leave the skin, let's talk about it." ”

Yan Tianxin remembered the agreement between the two when they were in the Hidden Soldier Cave, and his pretty face couldn't help but heat up, as if he didn't feel so cold, in fact, although the terrain here was dangerous, it was still incomparable to the danger they encountered in the Hidden Soldier Cave.

Their luck was not bad, they didn't encounter a snowstorm during this time, and they had already reached the next location at half past seven in the evening, which was still two hundred meters vertical away from the top of Kaitian Peak. The stone steps were abruptly interrupted, and with their current equipment, it was impossible to climb the vertical cliff overhead. There was an inconspicuous gap where the boulders overlapped in front of him, and Yan Tianxin used a flashlight to illuminate the gap, and he was the first to pass through the gap.

Luo Lie followed Yan Tianxin's footsteps and drilled through the gap, but there was an unexpected scene in front of him after drilling through the gap, more than ten huge stone statues stood opposite each other, standing against the sky and the earth, with different postures, looking at the reflection of the surrounding snow light, but saw that these stone statues had captured the dragon and bound the tiger, there were bows to shoot the moon, and there were wings ready to fly, what surprised Luo Lie the most was that there was a statue of Medusa, full of small snakes, and a human-faced snake god, Luo Lie suddenly remembered that Ma Boxuan's notebook had seen the same portrait, could it be that Ma Boxuan painted this placeHe'd been here before, too? Unfortunately, the sparrow wasn't around, and he couldn't verify it himself, and he couldn't compare it with the notebook, and these stone statues should be carved into mythological figures, but why did Western mythological figures appear here? The statue of Medusa seemed so out of place that Luo Lie couldn't figure it out, and there was a snow-covered road between the stone statues.

Luo Lie's first reaction was that this might be a cemetery, he had heard that there were many ancient tombs of the Jin Kingdom on Tianmai Mountain, but he never thought that there was a building of such a scale hidden on the cliff of Tianmai Mountain, which was a very strange choice, located on the shady side of the mountain, although Luo Lie did not understand feng shui, but this place in front of him was by no means a treasure of feng shui.

Yan Tianxin walked between the stone statues, at the end is a temple carved on the cliff wall, the temple is completely made of the mountain, the mountain rock is built, the main hall has no door, there are eight thick stone pillars under the huge Chinese warped cornice, the stone pillar is a typical baroque style, the black arch is like a giant beast's mouth, which makes people daunting, as if they want to pounce and swallow all their people into their mouths.

Yan Tianxin shone a flashlight on the plaque above the temple, which was engraved with the words Yu Temple.

Luo Lie said: "Is it a temple?" This kind of Chinese and Western style building appears in the deep mountains, which is really weird.

Yan Tianxin said angrily: "What do you think?" She then explained: "This is the only place where we can rest on the way to the peak, originally I wanted to climb to the peak overnight, but I think it will be windy soon, for the sake of safety, let's rest in the Yu Temple for one night before leaving." ”

Arnold heard that he was finally able to rest, and a stone in his heart finally landed, at least don't discredit climbing on the cliff, this journey just now, hands and feet don't need to say, and every step is frightening, his nerves can't even relax for a moment, he feels exhausted.

Luo Lie heard that there was a temple of Yu in front of him, and his heart inevitably moved, I don't know if this temple of Yu has anything to do with the lost monument of Yushen? It is not uncommon for this temple to be built on flat ground, but it was built on a cliff and was built entirely by digging into the mountain, and the energy and cost must have been extremely high.

The bolt went out to pick up dry firewood, and Lu Weilin picked up his gun and followed out, in order to take care of each other, and came to see if it was possible to find prey.

Arnold sat down against the wall, rubbing his sore legs, he had never experienced such hardship in his life, remembering that his original intention of following Luo Lie was just for a thousand oceans, if he knew that this journey was so hard, he should not have agreed, if he hadn't followed Luo Lie to Pale Mountain, he should still be drinking and gambling in Yingkou at the moment, drunk and dreaming of death, but Arnold did not regret it, and only when he really came out did he realize that his days in Yingkou were so ridiculous, looking back at that time, he could recognize his loss and stumbling。 After coming to Pale Mountain, although every moment was thrilling, Arnold rekindled his fighting spirit, and seemed to return to the days of bloody battles in the European battlefield, his life seemed to be rejuvenated, perhaps the meaning of his life was to exist for adventure.

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