Chapter 171: Snow Mountain in a Dream
The rain was gone, dusty along the way, and the horse's hooves knocked on the yellow earth to raise puffs of dust, but it was not so noticeable in the dark night.
Fortunately, the sky is beautiful, there is moonlight shining on the road along the way, and Yuxi's sight is very good, and you can see the winding road stretching across the open land, all the way into the distance.
Along the way, Yuxi bypassed the land occupied by the Capricorn army, and occasionally a few cruising Capricorn cavalry heard the sound of horses' hooves, and only let out a questioning shout, but did not track down.
After all, the speed of the black lightning was extremely fast, and in front of the eyes of those sluggish rangers, it was just a white horse passing through the gap, and it disappeared like a gust of wind, leaving them scratching their ears and cheeks.
Yuxi took advantage of the darkness to move all the way, and soon moved away from the boundary of the main city, leaving the main city far behind, until it disappeared on the horizon.
At this time, her mind was very excited, the first time she left a familiar person, and the first time she did a great thing for the sake of her beloved.
She wants to save Riich and climb the peak for Riich to pick the rumored thousand-year-old snow lotus to heal and detoxify him.
Although this is an incredible thing in the eyes of ordinary people, it is also an extremely dangerous move, Yuxi has to do everything to complete it, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, she has to brave the wind and snow to climb the mountain and pick the magical snow lotus herself.
Because Yuxi knew that only that magical snow lotus was the medicine to save Riich, otherwise she could only watch Riich's wounds gradually fester, until pus and blood flowed sideways, slowly wilted and closed her eyes and died.
Yuxi shivered, the night in the Western Regions was really cold, the wind blew and made people's hairs stand on end, fortunately, he wore a thick dress before leaving, otherwise he would have to be blown by this cold wind and unable to stand upright.
Brother Frog was tied to a small cloth bag around her waist.
The small cloth bag on Yuxi's waist is the shelter of Brother Frog, she brought Brother Frog all the way from Yuxu Mountain to the Western Regions, and he stayed in the small cloth bag obediently along the way, without saying a word, and fell asleep honestly.
It wasn't until the evening when Yuxi was alone that he handed some food to Brother Frog to fill his stomach.
Brother Frog has no complaints, as long as Yuxi is willing to take him, he will not feel lonely, he will follow Yuxi wherever he goes.
Black lightning galloped through the night, leaving behind a dull sound of horses' hooves. On the open road, it was like a bolt of lightning that broke through the fog of the night.
Yuxi had to bow her head on the horse's back, tugging on the reins tightly, and staring ahead, the cold wind blowing her hair messy.
It's not the first time she's ridden a horse. In the past, when Ricky was at home, he had many opportunities to teach her how to ride a horse.
Not only in the courtyard of the Protector General's Mansion, but also in the fields under the Jade Void Mountain, Ruiqi once helped Yuxi to ride on the black lightning and let her pull the reins to ride in the clearing.
Before Yuxi became proficient, Ruiqi sat behind her, holding Yuxi's arm, and taught her how to use the reins and legs to steer a thousand horses.
Riich's broad and warm chest was Yuxi's safest harbor at that time, as long as Riich sat behind her, Yuxi dared to dare to drive the sweaty BMW.
It wasn't until Yuxi was able to skillfully control the black lightning that Richie let her ride a sweaty BMW alone in the fields.
Needless to say, Yuxi can completely control the black lightning alone, and even the black lightning is familiar with Yuxi's breath and voice.
So when she left the small courtyard with the black lightning, this sweaty horse was actually very docile and silent, allowing Yuxi to drive it out of the main city.
In the end, the black lightning is an extraordinary spiritual horse, not only human, but also extremely fast, and it has galloped for almost hundreds of miles in one night.
Gradually it was time for the sky to shine in the east, and a touch of morning light illuminated the road in the wilderness.
The sky was misty and shining, the sun shone dazzlingly, Yuxi saw the road ahead clearly, and found that there was a city not far away, and the city gate was wide open at this time, and many people carried their burdens in and out.
Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief, and finally arrived at a place where there were people, and I could also come down and rest for a while and continue on the road.
When she reached the gate, she dismounted, and led the black lightning into the gate.
After a while, Yuxi found an inn and handed the black lightning to the shopkeeper to feed the forage.
Yuxi paid some silver, asked for a clean guest room, ordered some food, and prepared to rest first.
After a while, Yuxi washed up in the guest room, dusted off the clothes on her body, and ate a little food to prepare for a nap.
She fed Brother Frog a bite to eat, and then placed him at the head of the bed to rest.
Yuxi locked the door, closed her eyes and fell asleep in a moment.
She was very sleepy, and soon fell asleep, as if she had come to a snow-capped mountain.
Yuxi felt unusually cold on her body, and opened her eyes to look around. I saw that she was surrounded by snow, surrounded by mountains, and the cold wind was howling.
Goose-feather snowflakes fell from the sky, dyeing her hair white.
Yuxi looked around and found that he was staying under a peak, about to approach the peak, could it be that this was the top of the snow peak?
She couldn't help but wonder in her heart, she had reached the Tianshan Mountains so quickly, and she was almost close to the peak of the snowy peak.
So where is the Tianshan Snow Lotus?
Yuxi's eyes searched everywhere, trying her best to find the snow lotus she longed for, but unfortunately, she found nothing but snow everywhere.
Yuxi used all her strength to climb upward, and the knee-high snow made her almost unable to move her feet, Yuxi felt very difficult, but she couldn't exert any strength, so she had to move up step by step.
The wind and snow were so strong that she was about to be blown unconscious, and Yuxi felt that she couldn't open her eyes, and her vision was very blurry. From time to time, the snowflakes hit her eyelids, making her feel numb in her skin.
It's so windy here that I'm almost numb, and it looks like I should find a leeward place to climb up again.
Yuxi thought about it for a moment, and walked towards a leeward ridge in front of her.
Rounding a hillside, Yuxi came to a leeward place, where the wind and snow were a little lighter, and she felt that it would be safer to go up the mountain from here.
Immediately after that, Yuxi continued to climb upward, although the wind and snow here were very small, but there was no snow on the exposed rocks, but the exposed stones were very sharp, and Yuxi's hands and feet were almost punctured through the skin.
Yuxi felt a tingling pain, but because the temperature was very low, she couldn't feel the pain that cut through her skin, but Yuxi felt like she was about to freeze from the terrible cold.
Yuxi exhaled deeply, and the hot air that suddenly came out of her mouth and nose rushed out like a puff of smoke.
"It's so cold! I'm freezing!"
Yuxi couldn't help but blurt out.
"Let's try to climb up, we'll be at the top of the mountain, don't be discouraged!"
Yuxi couldn't help but look back: "Oh my God, where is this, it's so high here! It's terrible, what if I fall?"
Following Yuxi's line of sight, she could see the snow all over the mountains under the thousand-foot-high peaks, hardly a single plant or tree growing on the snow, and beyond her sight were the high and low mountains, and the clouds and mist were scattered halfway up the mountainside.
"It's too high, it's terrible! If you fall down, you'll have to break your bones!"
Yuxi's neck was clouded, and she shivered, and a chill rushed to her head.
Oh my God, why did I come here, what should I do if I can't go back? But didn't I come here to pick a thousand-year-old snow lotus? It's all for Riich, I came to the Tianshan Mountains to save him, but what now? If I can't go up and fall down, I won't be able to see Riich!
Yuxi felt that it was difficult to ride a tiger, and if she didn't go up, she wouldn't find anything, and she was afraid that she would never see Riich in her life.
"I'm afraid of anything, I'm here, I won't go back if I can't find the snow lotus! No matter how cold he is! No matter how high I am, I will climb up!"
Yuxi had no choice but to continue to climb upward, searching everywhere for fear of missing every inch, so that she could not find in any dark corner where the Tianshan Snow Lotus she was looking for grew.
As she tried to climb, the angle of the mountain became steeper and steeper, and along the mountain, there were some abrupt large rocks scattered everywhere, and some wild grasses and other plants seemed to grow in the crevices of the rocks.
"Could there be the snow lotus I'm looking for?"
A surprise came out of Yuxi's heart, could it be that the snow lotus is hidden among the broken rocks, isn't there still some wild grass that is not afraid of the cold? Maybe the Tianshan Snow Lotus is hidden somewhere, I must not miss it!
Yuxi moved towards the gentler part of the mountain, her eyes searching among the scattered rocks, hoping to find a trace of a snowdrop.
She was very happy, and it might not be long before she found what she was looking for, and with these plants growing, maybe the snowdrops were blooming in some corner, waiting for her to pick them.
Yuxi forgot the biting cold, the blood in her body began to boil, the goal was not far away, her wish was about to come true, with Snow Lotus she could save her beloved Riich.
She looked around, searching between the rocks, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and a new discovery was made, just a few feet away, on top of a steep rock, there was a bowl-sized lotus flower blooming proudly.
"Great, Snow Lotus! This is the baby I'm looking for!
A burst of surprise came over her heart, and Yuxi was almost about to scream, yes! It was a snow lotus, hidden among the rocks like a blooming lotus!
Yuxi mustered up all her strength and ran towards the snow lotus, and when she ran to the bottom of the rock, she found that it was too steep, but it grew a few feet above her head, and if she didn't climb up, Yuxi could hardly pick this holy snow lotus.
"I can't care so much, climb! No matter how dangerous it is, I have to climb up!"
Yuxi said hatefully and began to climb up the steep rocks.
Climbing the mountain is very difficult, Yuxi has hardly worked so hard since she was reborn as a human, and it is still so steep and dangerous.
But Yuxi couldn't care about this, and began to climb up with her hands and feet.
Soon, Yuxi approached the snow-lotus that grew on the cliff.
Looking up, I saw that between the cracks in the stones above her head, a lotus flower with a pale green edge and a slight purple tinge bloomed there.
Against the backdrop of the surrounding black and brown rocks, this holy snowdrop looks so mysterious and pure.
Although everything here is lifeless, the snow-lotus flower breaks the desolate and silent atmosphere.
Yuxi approached the snow lotus, and stretched out her hand to pick it with difficulty, when suddenly there was a thunderous sound on the mountain peak overhead, and then pieces of snow began to fall.
"It's an avalanche!
Yuxi let out an exclamation, she had only heard of avalanches on snowy mountains before, but today she saw it with her own eyes.
Just as she hesitated, a cloud of snow came to the sky.
Yuxi held her breath and stretched out her hand to grab the snow lotus, but at this moment, her eyes were dark, and in an instant, Yuxi's body began to fall down......