Chapter 1: Ten Lives and Ten Lives
At the foot of the Lishan Mountain Range, there is a small city, Xuyang City.
One year, it snowed heavily, and it lasted more than three years.
The continuous heavy snow is like an icy killer, depriving countless people of the right to live. The thick snow crushed the houses that were not strong enough, and took away the lives of each one in the cold and biting night.
The cold snow froze the ground so hard that it could not grow any crops.
In the past three years, the price of grain in the city has increased many times.
In the west of the city, a thin man hugged his body tightly, and slowly moved towards a house not far away despite the wind and snow.
Creak!
With both hands, the man pushed the thick gate open a gap just enough to enter, and shrank back into the gate.
Behind the gate, there is a small courtyard. However, at this time, the courtyard could not be seen as before, and it was covered with thick snow.
The man craned his neck and walked straight to a side room facing the door.
There is only that wing, which is still complete and solid. For the rest, either the roof was crushed by snow or the window doors were missing.
Entering the wing, the man shook off the snow on his body and looked inside.
The wing room was large, but there was no furniture in it, only a large bed with thick cotton wool.
In the center of the wing, there is a simple stove, which is burning vigorously.
Next to the stove was a sheet of soft black fur, on which a snow-white fox curled up lazily.
Hearing a voice, the white fox raised his head.
"Xiaobai! I'm back!"
The man rubbed his cold hands, walked to the white fox, squatted down, touched its head, and said with a smile: "What good things do you think I brought back?"
As the man spoke, he glanced at the tail hidden by the white fox with some distress.
The snow-white tail was scorched black at the back.
As if sensing the man's mood, the white fox's little head rubbed against his hand, and his very beautiful eyes revealed a soft gaze, moving his gaze to the man's arms.
"The nose is really smart!"
The man smiled and took out a piece of oiled paper from his arms, and as he opened it, the fragrant smell came out. Wrapped in oiled paper, it is a roasted golden roast chicken.
Placing the roast chicken in front of the white fox, the man touched its head and said, "Your favorite, roast chicken!"
The white fox did not move, but pointed at the man with his paws.
"Me?"
The man shook his head with a smile and replied, "You eat, I'll cook some porridge and drink!"
With that, the man took out an iron pot from the chamber, poured in some rice, added water, and then put the iron pot on top of the stove.
Seeing that the man was busy, the white fox began to eat the roast chicken in front of him.
One small bite after another, I ate very Sven.
When he was done, the man sat by the fire, looking at the white fox, thinking about other things.
Three years ago, a man from a wealthy family was hunting in Lishan with a group of friends. But I don't want to, when chasing prey, get lost with my friends.
When he returned alone, he met a white fox who was dying and in a coma. With sympathy, the man took the white fox home.
Except for the scorched black on the tail, the white fox has no obvious external injuries, and after looking at Xu Yangcheng's doctors, no one knows why the white fox has been unconscious.
Some people speculate that the white fox may have been injured and has been unconscious.
The man gritted his teeth and spent a lot of money to buy medicinal herbs that contained vitality. Under careful feeding, the white fox really woke up.
The white fox's eyes when he looked at the man also changed from cold at the beginning to soft later.
In the past three years, the man has long regarded the humane white fox as his family.
The continuous heavy snow made it very difficult to continue buying medicinal herbs. And the white fox, although he woke up, was still extremely weak.
"Huh?"
Feeling the hairy touch on his hand, the man recovered from his contemplation. He saw the white fox with one paw on his hand, and the other paw pointing to the oiled paper in front of him.
On the oiled paper, there is still a chicken leg left, which is specially reserved for men!
The man looked at the chicken legs, smiled, gently rubbed the white fox's head, and picked up the chicken legs.
Having eaten his stomach, the man's body warmed up.
Sitting next to the white fox, looking at the curled up white fox, the man's eyes became firm.
Touching the little head of the white fox, the man spoke: "Xiaobai, I will go out for a trip, it may take a few days." ”
The white fox raised his head and looked at the man, his eyes full of doubt.
"There is one thing that I have always wanted to do, and I have thought about it for a long time before I made up my mind!"
The man explained to the white fox, and seeing that the white fox's eyes were full of worry, he comforted: "Don't worry, I will be very careful!"
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In Xuyang City, it has always been rumored that there is a fruit in the Lishan Mountains that go south all the way. Raise up the dead, flesh and bones!
However, to the south of the Lishan mountain range, it is a forbidden area for humans!
There, there's a man-eating monster!
The once majestic Lishan Mountains were dyed white by heavy snow. After the man placed the white fox, he entered the Lishan mountain range.
He knew that the rumors in Xuyang City were true!
He was fortunate enough to have seen that kind of fruit because of his wealth, and the owner of the fruit had protected it so well that he had only seen it once from afar.
If it was usual, if he gave the man 10,000 guts, he would not dare to enter the Lishan Mountain Range to the south.
But at this time, the snow covered the mountain, and everything was silent, so the man wanted to give it a try.
A trail of footprints stretches from the white snow, the end of the footprints. The man held a long stick and struggled to move forward.
This is the third day that the man has entered the mountains, and he is getting closer and closer to his destination!
Finding a big tree that had grown for an unknown amount of time, the man cleared a clearing around the tree, found some branches, and poured the fire oil he carried with him. Soon, a fire was lit.
Stretching out his hands, he baked close to the fire, and his stiff fingers finally felt something.
He took out a few dough cakes and heated them up near the fire, and the man ate the hot dough with the snow around him.
A few pieces of bread were eaten into his stomach, and the man's body became warmer.
The fire was extinguished, and the man stood up.
There is not a lot of dry food and fire oil, so you have to hurry!
Towards the south, the man continued walking. After a while, the surrounding snow-covered vegetation became overgrown.
It's getting tougher and harder!
The man took down a large knife from his back and moved forward while clearing the surrounding plants that were blocking his way.
He knew that it might not be too far from his destination.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, the man felt his vision in front of him become brighter.
The original dense vegetation disappeared, and a snow-white earth came into his eyes.
"That's?"
The man had a look of surprise on his face, and on the cliff not far away, he saw a fiery red fruit!
That kind of fruit is the fruit he has ever seen, the fruit that can raise up the dead, flesh and bones!
With that kind of fruit, Xiaobai's body will definitely be able to recover! After three years of getting along, he has long regarded the white fox as his family in his heart!
The white fox's weak appearance stung his heart all the time!
As long as he gets the fruit, Xiaobai will definitely be able to get better!
Thinking of this, the man's heart was on fire, and his body quickly moved forward.
Suddenly!
Without the slightest warning, a ripple rippled in the air, and the entire space became silent, and all the snowflakes stopped in mid-air.
The man makes a stride and freezes in place!
"What's going on?"
His heart was stirring up with earth-shattering waves! He couldn't even move his eyes except for his thoughts!
As far as the eye can see, a boundary divides the scene into two parts!
Outside the boundary, the snowflakes are flying, everything is as usual!
What the man didn't know was that he was now locked in a transparent house.
Above his head, a blood-red mist swirled among the snowflakes.
The mist wandered like a mischievous child, and when it sensed that boundary, it rushed over.
But no matter how much you tried, the fog couldn't cross that line.
The more it passed, the fog left the boundary and continued to wander. Within the boundary, there is only so much space.
After a while, the blood-red mist touched the man's body.
The fog paused for a moment, and then poured in!
"Whew!"
The man had already seen the strange mist drifting in front of his eyes, but he didn't know that the mist had poured into his body.
After a tingling sensation in my body, my eyes were able to move.
He took a few deep breaths of air and looked around in alarm.
There was nothing unusual around, and the snowflakes were still flying. It was like a dream.
"What was that?"
A little scared, he patted his chest, and the man felt that the scene just now was really terrifying!
After checking his body and seeing that there was nothing unusual, the man was relieved. He decided never to enter the south of the Lishan Mountains again.
Here, it's terrifying!
"That's right!
The man exclaimed, put his fear behind him, and fixed his eyes!
Immediately, he breathed a sigh of relief. On the cliff, the fiery red fruit is still there!
As he walked slowly, the man frowned. Where he was, between him and the snow-white earth, there was a ravine about ten meters wide.
On both sides, a pair of cliffs were formed. The fiery red fruit was growing on the cliff over there, about three meters above the ground.
It's hard to do!
It's not easy to get that fruit.
Although he carried a rope, he couldn't cross the ravine, which was about ten meters long.
The man frowned and pondered, because of the strange and terrifying scene just now, the man was a little afraid of this place, and did not want to stay too long.
After thinking about it, the man went back the way he came, and began to search.
He was looking for a suitable tree, and he had to rely on the tree to climb through the ravine, which was about ten meters long.
It is difficult to find trees that meet the man's requirements, and in the Lishan Mountains, there are basically big trees that have grown for an unknown amount of time, and the man can't hold them, let alone cut down them with a big knife.
He needed to find a big tree that was long enough and not too thin. If it's too thin, it won't be able to bear his weight.
It took a long time for the man to finally find a tree that barely met the requirements.
The only downside was that the tree was not straight, the top section resembled a curved bow.
With great effort, the man cut down the tree, cleaned the branches from the trunk, took out his body, and dragged it over the trunk.
Unfortunately, the ground was covered with snow at this time, and he could barely drag the trunk of the tree.
After dragging the trunk to its destination, the man was out of breath. After a pause, the man observed.
Luckily, the terrain was a little lower than on the men's side.
Wrapping a rope around one end of the trunk, and then tying one end of the rope firmly to a large tree not far away, the man began to push the trunk towards it little by little.
With great effort, the man finally managed to lay the trunk across the ravine.
After erecting the tree, the man untied the rope from the trunk and cut off one section with a knife, and tied the other piece firmly around his waist.
In this way, even if you accidentally make a mistake when the meeting passes, you will not fall.
With all the preparations ready, the man took a deep breath, slowly hugged the trunk, hooked his feet to the trunk, and crawled towards it little by little.
He moved slowly, his eyes watching the snowflakes flying in the sky.
Little by little, carefully move towards your destination.
Because of nervousness, my forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, and when the cold wind blew, it was cold!
"It's here!"
The man himself didn't know how long it took, but he was able to reach the cliff with his hand. Turning his head, the fruit was beneath him!
Immediately take out the rope on your body, tie it to the trunk of the tree, hold it tightly with both hands, and descend along the rope.
"That's it!"
In a few moments, the fiery red fruit appeared in front of the man's eyes.
With excitement, the man picked the fruit in front of him and quickly put it in the purse on his chest.
"Finally got it!"
After picking the fruit, the man breathed a sigh of relief. After relaxing, there was a hot pain in my hands.
I looked at my hands, which were worn out by the rope.
Just as he was about to return, a strong wind blew!
"Not good!"
Feeling the tree trunk above him start to sway, the man hurriedly grabbed the rope and climbed up, but it was still too late!
The whole trunk moved!
The bow-shaped section was originally a little slender, but as the trunk moved, it couldn't bear it at first, and it snapped and broke!
The man immediately felt that he was falling downwards and hurriedly threw away the rope in his hand!
The only thing he could trust was the life-saving rope around his waist!
Rumble!
There was a loud bang, and the man's body slammed into the cliff!
"Shhh......hh
The rope on his waist saved the man's life, but it also made the man hit the cliff hard!
The man felt pain all over his body, and the place on his side waist was particularly painful! Grabbed the rope and looked at the side waist!
His side was pierced by a sharp stone, and blood was flowing!
............
In Xuyang City, in a house in the west of the city, the white fox raised his head and kept staring at the door.
It's been seven days, and it's worried about the man!
Suddenly, the white fox's ears moved, and a look of joy appeared in its eyes, and it heard the sound of the door of the house being opened.
Immediately, it became puzzled again, and after a long time it did not see the door of the wing room opened.
It stood up from its fur and walked slowly towards the door of the wing.
Creak!
The door was pushed open a crack, and a figure slammed into the doorway!
The figure was the man who had been away for seven days, and the man tried to raise his head, and saw the white fox standing not far from him, with a happy look on his face, and took out a fiery red fruit from his arms and put it in front of the white fox.
"Little ...... Xiaobai, eat ...... Ate it, I ...... I ......"
Before he could finish speaking, the man's head drooped.
The man was lying on the ground, his clothes and pants covered in dried blood. On the side waist, a hideous wound can be faintly seen.
The white fox's head lightly touched the man's hand, and it was cold! The man had lost his life!
Ji!
With an urgent and desolate chirp, the white fox's tiny fangs bit through the man's arm.
Two red silk threads appeared above the man's body out of thin air, gradually converging into a round, very complex pattern!
The white fox's body shook slightly, and an ancient and mysterious power entered its body along its teeth!
When the circle suddenly disappeared, the white fox raised his head, tears streaming from his eyes.
Inside the wing, a voice echoed for a long time!
"Ten lives and ten lives, I will definitely find you!"