Chapter 212: The Snake

The ice stone rock in Yongye's mouth is actually a huge stone with a huge volume, white and transparent in many places, and it even looks like a big ice block. In this open and desolate field, this large ice rock appeared in front of them abruptly, standing silently, allowing a trace of snowflakes to fall from the sky and flutter past it.

Xiao Hei jumped a few steps forward from the ankle-deep snow, hummed twice in his mouth, looked back, Shen Shi stepped on the snow beside him with one foot, walked over and looked forward at the same time, only to see that before and after this big stone, the scene on this wilderness did not seem to be much different, the snow falling between the sky and the earth was the same, and the earth was almost the same white, vast.

Perhaps, the snow behind this big rock is darker?

A few people didn't stop, and Yongye obviously just mentioned this sentence to everyone by the way, and then took everyone one by one to walk past the ice stone rock, and stepped on the land of the far north snow field in his mouth.

The snow was falling in small bursts, and it was a little dazzling, but the good thing was that at least there was no strong wind at the moment, so the snow seemed quiet and gentle, and all the gray and filth was erased by this white color.

The five young people of the Ling Xiao Sect all came to the Extreme North Snow Field for the first time in their lives, and this kind of snow scene was also the first time they had seen it, which was completely different from the southern scenery they had grown up in, and they couldn't help but look around curiously. Shen Shi followed behind the crowd, and after walking for a while, he found that in this reckless and clean white world, it was actually not completely deserted.

In the snow under the severe cold, it looks flat and immaculate, but there are also some places where the terrain is slightly undulating, and in some leeward places, in the crevices of those white snowdrifts, there are still some unknown plants growing tenaciously.

Most of the plants and trees here have never been seen by Shen Shi, and it may be that they are all endemic species in this cold and snowy field, after all, in such a harsh environment, ordinary saplings and plants cannot survive. The grass and trees here are hardly tall, mostly some wild grasses are withered and yellow and cling to the ground, and even if there are one or two trees, they are all dwarf shrubs, no taller than the waist, with very few leaves, trembling slightly in the cold wind, and the treetops are hung with snow powder and solidified ice cubes.

On the empty snowfield, there was snow drifting slowly, but there was no sound except for the occasional sound of the wind.

As soon as he stepped on it, a shallow pit suddenly fell into the soft snow, Shen Shi looked down, his brows furrowed slightly, the snow powder had already unconsciously deepened an inch, and at this time, it was not long before he walked over from the edge of the ice stone rock. Just when he was thinking, suddenly not far in front of him, there was a sudden soft shout, but it was Zhong Qinglu's body that suddenly tilted to the side, as if she had tripped under her feet, but fortunately, she reacted quickly and quickly stood firm.

It's just that her face didn't look good, as if she was startled, and she jumped two steps to the side suddenly, and at the same time exclaimed, "There's something down there." ”

"Huh?" Several people next to him were stunned, and then quickly surrounded him, Shen Shi also walked into Zhong Qinglu, Zhong Qinglu glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "It seems to ...... I stepped on something soft, like a living thing, and moved a few times. ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly turned pale, gritted her teeth, and said, "Should it be...... You stepped on a snake, right?"

With the identity and deeds of everyone present, of course, they would not say that they were afraid of a snake, but that kind of long, slender and hideous and ugly animal is indeed not liked, especially a girl like Zhong Qinglu, who seems to be born with some disgust.

Of course, Shen Shi could understand this, nodded to her with a smile, whispered a few words of comfort, and then walked over to check the pit that Zhong Qinglu had stepped on just now, when he suddenly saw a white ground under the snow cave suddenly moved, but an animal jumped out suddenly, and then jumped into the distance and fled extremely quickly.

Dressed in white hair, with long ears and red eyes, everyone could see clearly in an instant, and the Yongye monk smiled: "Don't worry, girl, it's not a snake, it's just a harmless snow rabbit on the snowfield." ”

Everyone next to him smiled, Zhong Qinglu rarely traveled on weekdays, and his experience was not enough, so his face was a little impressive, he stuck out his tongue, and said: "Rabbit, that's okay, I'm afraid it's a snake, it looks like it's hairy." ”

Sun You shook his head with a smile on the side, and said, "Miss, you are also a high-level monk of Ning Yuan now, no matter how powerful the snake is, you will be killed with one palm, what are you afraid of." ”

Zhong Qinglu looked too lazy to pay attention to him, and glanced at Sun You, while Xiao Hei, who was following Shen Shi, raised his head and snorted at Zhong Qinglu.

Zhong Qinglu glanced at Xiao Hei, and couldn't help but say to Shen Shi: "What is it called, doesn't even this pig look down on me!"

Shen Shi coughed dryly and said with a smile: "Don't care, Xiao Hei's temperament is very strange, even I often look down on it." ”

The little black head shook and ran forward with a snort, Shen Shi smiled at Zhong Qinglu, and then said in a low voice: "Don't worry, the little black nose is very smart, if you follow it, if you follow it, if there are any snakes hidden in the snow, it will find them for you first." ”

Zhong Qinglu sneered, and then turned his head to move forward, but this time he walked beside Shen Shi intentionally or unintentionally.

The group continued to walk forward, but after such a small twist and turn, the originally tense and solemn atmosphere in the march was a lot more relaxed, and several people began to chat easily without a word. And unconsciously, Zhong Qingzhu fell at the end of the line.

She glanced back at the small pit on the snow, her face was quiet and silent, but in the moment when she turned her back to the crowd, when the white light was reflected in the snow, in her bright eyes, there was a sudden change in the pupils, like a demon, and instantly changed into a slender and erect shape, looking as if it was ......

The eyes of a snake.

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From Yongye's mouth, the people of the Lingxiao Sect learned that generally speaking, from this piece of extreme northern snowfield to the location of the Zhenlong Palace Mountain Gate, except for some Yuan Dan Realm elders who dared to fly directly in the sky and were not afraid of all kinds of risks on this snowfield, the disciples of Zhenlong Hall below the divine conception generally walked over the snowfield on foot.

And this journey will take about seven days.

Generally speaking, the route chosen by Yongye is generally safe, no matter how to say that the Zhenlong Palace is also one of the four righteous famous sects with unfathomable strength, although it is impossible to really kill all the demon beasts on the snow field, but to open up a way and move away from most of the powerful demon beasts near this route, the Zhenlong Palace can still do it.

Therefore, on the first day that Shen Shi and the others set foot on the snow field, from morning to evening, they almost did not encounter any obstacles, and those snow field demon beasts that were said to be very powerful and ferocious did not appear.

When it was getting dark, Yongye led them to the back of a hill, where there was a small cave, which seemed to be able to accommodate at least ten people.

"This is a place where our Zhenlong Hall disciples have walked a lot back and forth, and they have found a foothold, and it is much more comfortable to rest here at night than outside. When Yongye built a bonfire in the cave with the dry firewood that had been stored here, he said to Shen Shi and the others with a smile, and the people next to him all nodded. Then everyone chatted for a while, and then went to rest, and after a day's journey, although there was a way to walk, it was still a tiring thing in this cold snowfield.

The cave soon fell silent, except for the subtle crackling of firewood in the campfire, echoing through the cave.

The group leaned against a corner of the cave, lying or sitting, Zhong Qingzhu sat in a corner deep in the cave, his eyes quietly looking at the burning bonfire, as if he was contemplating something. On the other side of the flames, Shen Shi walked over, stood at the entrance of this cave, and glanced out.

The snowfields that had completely darkened, the snowflakes fell silently, and in the distant depths of the wilderness, the whining wind sounded, and a chill came from all directions. He stretched out his hand and gently stretched it out, and when he withdrew it in a moment, it was a hand of snow powder.

There was a faint roar, coming from a very distant place, and I don't know if it was the sound of the wind or the roar of a certain demon beast, Shen Shi listened carefully for a while, but found that there was no movement.

He shook off the snowflakes lightly, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked at the cold and dark sky outside, in this world, this seemingly endless cold snow, seemed to be falling bigger and bigger.

He shook his head, turned around and was about to go back to rest, only to turn around, and suddenly he was stunned, but he found that behind him, a woman stood quietly beside him, silently staring into his eyes, and then walked up gently, standing side by side with him, looking at the dark world outside.

"What's wrong?" Shen Shi asked softly.

Zhong Qingzhu was silent and did not speak, and after a while, she seemed to feel a little chill outside, she gently tightened her clothes, and then whispered, saying:

"Stone, do you hate snakes too?"