Under his feet are dark stones, most of them are very finely broken, very few are more than the size of a palm, and the smallest has been broken into sand, dark gray color, not reflective, and the mountain becomes black from a distance.

The stones that make up the snow-capped mountains are probably of the same texture.

There was no snow in this area, but the air was bitterly cold, and the plants were sparse and low, mostly of the same shrub. There are a few pine-like plants that grow, but they also grow far lower than the others, and some of the branches are bent and creeping, as if the strong pine trees have bent down in front of this deep mountain. At the same time, the trees are covered with a green flocculent, and the presence of this parasitic plant seems to indicate that the local air is moist and foggy.

The swallow beside him stood on the top of a pine tree less than a man tall, looking up at the snow-capped mountains, and the cat stepped on the gravel field, but looked up at him.

It was empty, and there was no birdsong, only their talking.

"Swallow, did you get sand in your legs?"

"How do you get sand in your legs?"

"It's just a lot of little bits."

"What...... What ......"

"Is your leg numb?"

"Back to Sanhua Niangniang, my legs are not numb."

"Oh......"

The cat paused, and then said: "Then remember to tell Sanhua Niangniang when you are numb, Sanhua Niangniang has a good way!" ”

"Birds rarely have numb legs."

"Then you become a human being."

"Know, know, know ......"

Song You ignored their words, only looked at the snow-capped mountains for a while, and then took a step.

The gravel and gravel underneath creaked as it did on the Gobi Desert.

"Sanhua Niangniang is in a serious hurry, say less, if you think the stone will stumble your feet, you can let the horse carry you first. The horses could probably send us to a snowy location, but then it was too steep for me and Sanhua to climb up on our own. ”

"Sanhua Niangniang can walk by herself!"

"Whatever the three flower girls." Song You glanced up, "Anyway, this mountain is not easy to climb. ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is very powerful!"

"It's good to have self-confidence, but it's not to be underestimated."

"Is it harder to climb than Genting Mountain?"

"It is taller and steeper than Genting Mountain, covered with snow all year round, the air is thin, and it takes more courage to challenge it, and far fewer people can climb this mountain than Genting Mountain." Song You kept walking forward, "And there is something even more amazing here, which is not found in Genting Mountain." ”

"What's that?"

"I heard that a local warlock had come to climb this mountain, and the warlock was very confident, thinking that with his skills, all mortals had climbed this mountain, and he would surely be able to climb it easily. Unexpectedly, the process of climbing the mountain not only did not become easier because of his skills, but became more difficult, and the warlocks almost died on the mountain. ”

"Really?"

"I didn't know if it was true or false before I came, but after I came, I looked at the magic in the mountains, and it was probably true."

"Hmm......"

The cat stared at him gravely, lost in thought.

"In short, this is a sacred mountain, not to mention how many gods there are, it has been standing here for many thousands of years, it is our predecessor, Sanhua Niangniang respects it a little." Song You said, "If it is not a last resort, Sanhua Niangniang had better not use spiritual power here, do not use spells, otherwise the spiritual rhyme in the mountain will be affected, and it may make it more difficult for us to climb the mountain." ”

"Think we're rude?"

"You can say the same thing."

The Taoist said and turned sideways slightly, lowered his head, and just looked at the cat: "Sanhua Niangniang has always been a cat god who knows etiquette and etiquette, right?" ”

"That's right!"

"Very good......

The Taoist retracted his gaze and continued upward.

Normally, he hardly uses any spells or spiritual power to climb the mountain, and he naturally doesn't need it today.

It's just that he quickly felt tired.

The mountain became steeper, the walking was strenuous, and the air was thinner, which made it difficult for him to breathe, he couldn't help but breathe, his physical strength also decreased significantly, the speed of muscle weakness accelerated, and the speed of recovery slowed down, as if he had really become an ordinary person without cultivation on this mountain. Obviously, because he is far beyond the physical strength of ordinary people, this sacred mountain Lingyun who met for the first time still gave him some care.

Song You did not resist the process.

Looking back at the cat, the cat was almost the same as him, visibly tired.

At the same time, because she is using the body, she does not wear shoes, and the gravel on the ground is both sharp and loose for her, often stepping on a stone, the stone will suddenly run away, her feet will not help but stumble, even if she can adjust immediately, but this process still makes her walking more troublesome.

The swallow rested on a small branch next to it.

The little tree was less than half a man's height.

Every once in a while, he would flap his wings and fly up a section to the front of the Taoist group, stop and wait for them, and when they caught up and overtook him, he would continue to fly further ahead and wait.

I walked for another half a day, and I don't know how far I am.

Mount Kinabalu got a little closer, and when you looked up at it, it took over almost the entire field of view. At this time, most of the bodies of this sacred mountain were covered in snow-white clothes, and the black part they had seen at the Tianshan Pass before had almost been finished by them.

There were almost no plants in sight of the surrounding area, the ground was full of dark gray and almost inky broken stones, and only a few large stones could grow a pitifully small but tenacious plant next to them.

Some of the shades have snow accumulation.

The swallow walks the ground.

"Hoo ......"

The three-flowered cat was not lightly tired, stuck out its tongue and panted like a dog, turned its head to look, only to find the abnormality of the swallow, and couldn't help but be stunned, and the exhaustion on his face was suddenly swept away, leaving only doubts and novelty:

"Why don't you fly?"

"I can't fly."

"Why? Are you tired too? ”

"It's too high to fly."

"Aren't you a finch?"

"Sanhua Niangniang doesn't know." The swallow stopped on a rock, obviously very tired, but he also replied patiently, and his tone was very similar to Song You, "Birds don't fly as high as they want, and different birds have different abilities in this regard." ”

"Hmm......"

The cat's eyes widened, as if this was the only thing he knew.

The Taoist next to him also stopped, resting and panting with a cane, exhaling into white, and asked, "How high can swallows usually fly?" ”

"When ordinary swallows hunt and play, most of them only fly within 100 zhang of the ground, and if necessary, at most, they can fly up to a height of more than 1,000 zhang." Yanzi stammered this time not because of nervousness, but purely because he was a little out of breath, "I usually can fly to a height of thousands of zhang at most, but it seems to be different here." ”

"That's ......"

Song You nodded, thinking with a cane.

The swallow has been flying hard a long time ago, and it can't fly in the section behind it, so it can only jump, and the grass around it has gradually become no longer grown, and even the moss can not be seen, so you can probably judge the absolute height of the current position.

Measured by the scale of Dayan, the distance from the sea level should be between 1,500 zhang and 2,000 zhang, and in the previous life, it is about 5,000 meters above sea level.

The snow-capped mountains in front of you are still majestic.

Even the distance to the place where it can be a day to charge to the top is still a long way and a long way to go.

"Then that's—"

The voice of the Sanhua cat came from the side, obviously a little weak: "As soon as the Sanhua Niangniang pounces over, won't she be able to catch you?" You can't fly, you can't run fast, you can't run at all. ”

“……”

Swallow's heart was nervous and numb.

"Sanhua Niangniang, don't scare the swallows." Song You glanced at the swallow and knew that the swallow's leg strength was very weak, and he was not good at walking and jumping, "If you are tired, go to the back of the horse." Walking and climbing mountains themselves are not birds' specialty. ”

"Yan An can go again."

"Sanhua Niangniang lied to him." Sanhua Cat sighed, "Sanhua Niangniang is also tired. ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is very powerful."

"But don't be underestimated!"

"Sanhua Niangniang hold on." Song You didn't persuade her now, "Mortals can reach the top, Sanhua Niangniang was once a cat god and was talented, how can she easily admit defeat?" ”

"yes!"

The cat's expression froze.

"Let's go."

The Taoist has rested enough, and continues to move forward.

The exhalation is full of white mist, and the more you walk, the more tired you become.

The air is obviously very cold, but the physical exertion is huge, and the body can't help sweating, and the sweat wets the clothes, and the wind blows as soon as it seems to be frozen, cold and cold, taking away the body temperature.

Every time you walk, take a break.

"Kamiko Glacier ......"

Taoists often look up and look into the distance.

The cold ice spirit rhyme is in the sacred mountain, it is impossible to be on the top of the mountain, the top of the mountain can stand a few people, how can there be a frozen lake?

It must be somewhere at the foot of the mountain.

It's just that the mountain is too big.

The merchants in the carriage and horse shop said that "it takes two or three hundred miles to go around" may be a bit exaggerated, but the exaggerated ingredients are definitely not much, even if Song You has climbed to this position, if you want to go around the mountain, I am afraid that you will have to walk dozens of miles, but I don't know where the Shenhu Glacier is.

The Taoist is not in a hurry-

If it is a search, it depends on fate.

It's good to meet nature on the road, and even if you can't, you definitely want to climb this mountain.

After climbing to the top of the mountain, even if there are clouds blocking you and you can't see the scene below, you are already at the top of the mountain where the spiritual charm gathers, and you can naturally know where the glacier and the cold ice spiritual rhyme are.

Before I knew it, the ground was already full of snow.

The snow is getting thicker and thicker, and the world in front of you has become a world of snow, and the group is walking more and more difficult.

The Taoist panted, but his expression was calm.

Cats and swallows followed him.

A series of footprints were left in the snow.

This is just the beginning.

The weather in the mountains is unpredictable, and the weather in the mountains is even more changeable.

I don't know when, the wind between the heavens and the earth, in an instant, the original good weather was blown muddy, the dark clouds overhead rolled, and occasionally there was even thunder and lightning shining, so close that it seemed to explode in the ears, and the world was so low and depressed that it seemed to usher in the end of the world, and the wind blew people unsteadily.

"Boom ......"

A bolt of lightning slashed overhead.

The sky began to drift, and fog began to rise, so that the vision was compressed again, and the sky and the earth became even darker and more cloudy.

In such a world, on the back of the snow-capped mountain at the foot of the sacred mountain, a Taoist bent over with a cane, moving forward against the wind and snow, but his steps were still firm, behind him a jujube red horse carrying heavy loads, a three-flowered cat was almost submerged by the snow, his hair was blown by the wind, his eyebrows and eyes were squinted, and a swallow that was always almost blown away by the wind also followed him against the wind and snow.

"It's all autumn......"

Song You looked up at the dark clouds and thunder in the sky and muttered to himself.

The cold wind quickly took away the moisture and temperature from his body, making his face turn red, his lips began to dry and cracked, and he was wrapped in several layers of clothes and paper coats in addition to the thick robes on his body.

Snow fell on his head and shoulders.

"Is Sanhua Niangniang cold?"

"Sanhua Niangniang is cold."

"Do you want me to hug me?"

"Sanhua Niangniang will go by herself." The cat said in the snow, the voice was already thin, and most of it disappeared when it was blown by the wind, but fortunately it was close enough to barely hear it clearly.

"It may be that this snow-capped mountain attaches great importance to us, treats us as honored guests, and welcomes us too much." Song You turned his head to look at the wind and snow around him again, and his expression naturally did not flinch at all, "We can't live up to its kindness." ”

"Hmm......"

"Did Sanhua Niangniang see a stone wall in front of her before? There seems to be a cave there, and we will rest there today, and when we have rested enough, we will climb to the top of the mountain in one breath. ”

"Boom ......"

Thunder and lightning exploded in the distance.

It feels like a blizzard.

The front is the resting place selected by the Taoist before, when the weather was good before, I saw that there was a stone wall there, because the angle was special, it was not easy to be affected by the avalanche, and there was a hole in the stone wall, I don't know if it was naturally formed or which predecessor left it, Song You planned to take a look.

It should be less than a mile away.

But at this time, facing the strong wind and stepping on the snow, the air is getting thinner and thinner, and it took nearly half an hour to stop and go.

It seems that the saying "you will become stupid on a very high mountain" has worked again, and it seems that she is too tired, in addition to following the Taoist, the Taoist will walk she will go, and the Taoist will stop her, almost no longer speak, but whenever he stops, he must be standing still, and his expression is stunned.

Swallows are a bit tougher.

Until a stone wall of almost black gables faintly appeared between the dim and turbid heaven and earth, the Taoist took a breath and walked over to walk along the stone wall, and finally found the cave he had seen before.

Sure enough, it's a cave.

The irregular entrance of the cave, the diameter is more than half a zhang, the depth is two or three zhang, the inside is a little curved, and it is also very irregular, there are traces of many people living in it, it looks like there was a cave in the beginning, and later it has been artificially carved and developed, and it has become a resting place for mountaineers.

"Sanhua Niangniang."

Song You looked back at the cat that was stunned, lowered his head slightly, and walked in.

The cat also reacted and hurriedly followed.

"Hoo ......"

The Taoist finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The inside of the cave is not necessarily warmer than the outside, but the cold wind is far less arrogant and manic, and the sound of the wind gives people a sense of calm, and the body temperature warms up, so it naturally feels warm.

"Hoo ......"

The cat also learned to breathe a sigh of relief from him, and as soon as his body was crooked, he fell to the ground on his side, his expression was dull, his eyes were blank, but he did not speak.

It seems to have been stupid.

(End of chapter)