Volume 2 Riding Alone Chapter 12 Snow Crystal Veins
Five hundred miles away from the snow spider's nest, a circular castle has begun to take shape, which is built by tens of thousands of alien creatures who are good at construction, and is expected to be completed before nightfall.
The latest quest was also released early in the morning, and there were many quest items, most of which were to implement and receive information from the Snow Spider Queen.
Bingqi gathered the members of the 16th team of the wind together.
"The task has been released, and everyone has ten days to do the task, and you can choose freely, and I will report it uniformly. Now please make a decision, but remember, the number of free uses of the dimensional space is only three times in total, and you have already used it once, and you need to redeem it with merit if you exceed the number of times, and a B-level merit can be redeemed once. ”
This cost is not low, Wei Wuxian learned from the number plate and let those fire lizards be stationed outside, and he didn't dare to use the remaining two opportunities.
There are really a lot of task items, and after carefully checking it, he selected a snow crystal vein with a grade B weight to verify and receive security tasks.
In fact, this task actually consists of two parts, he is only responsible for security, and the person who checks and receives it is someone else.
There is a very special team in the expeditionary force, they are the cronies of the three major domain lords, who are responsible for the receipt and evaluation of the assets of the colony, and are called the 'pro-guard regiment'.
The day after reporting the mission, Wei Wuxian met for the first time with the members of the Guards Regiment, two male cultivators in the early stage of Jindan.
One is called Tang Hong, and the other is called Ma Jia.
They met nearly half an hour later than the agreed meeting, and there were some bad rumors in the Guards Corps, and punctuality and arrogance were the two most criticized points.
"This is your slave legion?" Tang Hongyang pointed at the seven thousand flame lizards on the opposite side who were about to be overwhelmed by the heavy snow.
"No, they are my soldiers. Wei Wuxian corrected his words.
"Interesting, soldier, this is the first time I've heard such a name. Will they be able to protect us from taking over the mine safely?" said Tang Hong with a sneer.
"As long as there is nothing wrong with what is presented in the information, it should be fine. Wei Wuxian said.
"Brother Tang, what are you talking about with them, hurry up, it's cold, and my hands are almost freezing. The vest got impatient on the side and began to urge.
Wei Wuxian said, "Then please go with the two of you!"
"Wait..."
"What's wrong?" Wei Wuxian stopped in confusion.
"Just walk over here?" said Vest staring into his eyes.
"How do you want to get over?"
"Don't you even have a cloud car?" said Ma Jia angrily as he felt insulted.
"Nope. Wei Wuxian's answer was crisp and neat.
Ma Jia was about to speak, but Tang Hong stopped him: "Wei Daoyou, do you know how far that snow crystal mine is from here? It is 1,300 miles, and you may not be able to reach it by the end of the month after walking like this." ”
"Tang Daoyou has a point, then speed up the journey, you should be able to arrive in three days. He said that it didn't matter that the two guys said to Keikeki and Sandong behind him: "Inform them, speed up, and reach your destination in three days." ”
"Yes!"
"Great!"
Kuishu and Sandong turned around and shouted at the fire lizard army behind them: "Did the little ones with two toes and three toes hear it, speed up, the adults said, they will reach their destination in three days." ”
"Uhhhhhh
The seven thousand flame lizards responded loudly at the same time, and the sound startled the two representatives of the pro-guard group.
"Hmph!" Ma Jia glanced at Wei Wuxian, and flew forward angrily.
Tang Hong also spat on the ground and followed.
The snow spider sent by the Snow Spider Queen to assist in receiving it glanced at him and chased after him.
Wei Wuxian waved his hand for the brigade to follow, and the entire army of flame lizards began to march in a southwestern direction.
Snow crystal is an excellent cold attribute material, and the cold power contained in it is much stronger than that of cold jade, and it is also the currency circulating in the small world of snow spiders.
The small world of snow spiders not only has snow spiders, but also a variety of other groups of ice attribute creatures, which is a metaphor for the medium-sized snow crystal vein that Wei Wuxian is about to receive, which is in charge of the snow wolf clan.
The Snow Wolf Tribe is the second only tribe in the small world of Snow Spiders, but the scale is too far from the Snow Spider Tribe, this mining area is managed by them, and a certain amount of snow crystals need to be paid on time every year, and there are about more than 3,000 ice wolves in the mining area.
The snow spider small world is ice and snow weather all year round, the brigade of people in the snow and cold wind, an hour to advance at most a hundred miles, every four hours to rest for two hours, a day can travel about more than 700 miles, they have walked more than 800 miles, normally they can arrive at the destination tonight.
Wei Wuxian led the way, and according to the records, as long as you pass through this canyon, you can see the mountain where the medium-sized snow crystal vein is located.
Suddenly, he stopped where he was, and raised his hand to signal the army to stop.
"My lord, what's wrong?" asked Kuishu.
Wei Wuxian swept the peaks on both sides in front of him and said, "If there is a situation, tell them to be careful." ”
"Hmm. Kuishu stepped back and gave the order.
At this moment, a sharp whistle sounded, and the snow on the peaks on both sides collapsed in a large area, and the snow waves surged down like a tide.
Avalanche!
The army of firelizards huddled in a ball, spewing fireworks into the falling waves of snow.
The waves of snow in front turned into mist, while those behind melted into water and rushed into the army of firelizards.
The water quickly condensed into ice, and some low-level fire lizards were frozen inside, and the water waves behind them washed away, and the fire lizards did not dare to spew out flames again, and were busy helping the frozen fire lizards to lift the ice above.
But at this moment, countless ice picks erupted from behind the snow waves, and some of the fire lizards were immediately shot into a sieve, and the silver-white peaks on both sides rushed towards them.
This is the Snow Ice Wolf, the second largest tribe in the small world of snow spiders, the Ice Wolf Clan.
Kuishu and the three holes are on their own side, and the situation is extremely unfavorable to them at the moment.
Wei Wuxian's body flickered, and when it reached the air above the Yan Lizard Legion, Yan Que Ah Bao flew out of the spirit beast ring, and after eating three top-grade flame crystals in a row, it advanced again, its body size was ten times larger than before, its wings spread out more than ten zhang wide, and it leaned over and flew towards the ice wolf opposite, opening its mouth to spew out a pale yellow flame when it approached.
This flame instantly expanded to more than fifty zhang wide, and everything in the path of the fire wave turned into ashes, killing hundreds of ice wolves in one fell swoop.
Wei Wuxian's side shot out more than a thousand drops of Tianyi Heavy Water, and with his current strength, every drop of Tianyi Heavy Water was no less than an incomparably sharp arrow of light. More than a thousand drops of Tianyi heavy water slapped on those ice wolves that were rushing downward, and immediately a large number of ice wolves fell, and the pressure faced by the fire lizard army eased a lot.
After stabilizing the lineup, Kuishu and Sandong began to attack the peaks on both sides, and the speed of the fire lizard was extremely fast, and thousands of fire lizards rushed up the mountain with their claws, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the ice wolves lying in ambush here.
One can spit out ice picks, the other can breathe fire, and the battle between the two sides is extremely fierce.
Wei Wuxian fixed his eyes on a giant ice wolf, this guy was three feet tall, and those low-level fire lizards couldn't get close to it with the wave of their claws.
He flickered, and he was in front of this thing, and the guy probably knew that a powerful character was coming, and when he opened his mouth, he spewed out a dense ice pick.
Wei Wuxian sneered, and with a wave of his right hand, more than a thousand drops of Tianyi Heavy Water rained down like drops, shattering those ice picks into pieces.
Then his right hand joined his fist, and more than a thousand drops of black water condensed into a clump, and flew towards the giant ice wolf on the opposite side with a flick of his fingers.
The giant ice wolf hurriedly waved its claws and swept it over, this claw has at least hundreds of thousands of catties of power, and it can usually come out of the rock wall under one claw.
However, this mass of Tianyi Heavy Water Body has more than one million catties, coupled with the blessing of the Yuan Force that Wei Wuxian poured into it, how can it be shaken by this bit of power, just listening to the sound of bones shattering, the black water did not pause at all, and directly hit the chest of the giant ice wolf.
The giant ice wolf's chest was suddenly pierced, and the black water passed through its body, reflecting back when Wei Wuxian beckoned, hitting its head, and its head burst open like a watermelon, and the red and white fell to the ground.
The giant ice wolf fell with a bang, and Wei Wuxian had already floated away, targeting another giant ice wolf.
Half an hour later, the battle in the canyon finally ended.
More than 2,000 ice wolves ambushed here were all annihilated, and the Flame Lizard clan also paid the lives of hundreds of low-level Flame Lizards. Wei Wuxian didn't understand their language, so he couldn't communicate, so he didn't leave a single living mouth, and all the corpses were put into the Yin and Yang cylinders.
The army rested for a moment, then moved on.
Talkative, Kuiki and Sandong are speechless the whole time, and they begin to realize the cruelty of war, which seems to be different from what they originally imagined.
Wei Wuxian knew that there must have been a change ahead, and as for what the change was, he had to go there in person to find out.
When it was dark, the team finally saw the mountain rich in snow crystal veins.
He told the group to rest in place, and then summoned both Nightmare and Ah Cai at the same time.
"Dear master, you have finally remembered your most loyal and shrewd subordinate, Ah Cai. Ah Cai shook her slender head, looking extremely happy and excited.
"How's your team training?"
"Dear master, all seven thousand Yin soldiers can participate in actual battles and be at the disposal of their masters at any time. ”
Wei Wuxian nodded and turned to the side: "You?"
Wei puffed up his chest and said confidently: "My lord, under my command, three thousand soldiers can cut through thorns and thorns for my lord!"
"You're not talking big, are you?"
"Absolutely not!" said the two mismatched fellows almost at the same time.
Wei Wuxian smiled and looked at Kuishu and Sandong, these two guys who were usually smuggling actually retreated to ten zhang away at this time.
He beckoned to the two guys: "Kuishu, Sandong, come, let me introduce you." ”
The two big lizards came over with their tails and buttocks twisting and twisting, looking very careful.
"This is Wei and Ah Cai, they are also my subordinates, you will be closer and closer in the future. ”
Wei glanced at them proudly, although the qi of these two goods was stronger than it, but it seemed to be the same as the sycophant Ah Cai.
Ah Cai floated over with a smile and said very friendly: "I am Ah Cai, you can also call me General Ah Cai, this is the title given to me by the master." ”
Kuishu and Sandong's two big eyes glanced at each other, and then said, "We are from the Flame Lizard Legion under the Adult... Checkmate. Seeing that Wei Wuxian did not object, they said in an accentuated tone: "It's also a general for us!"
Kuishu said: "I am General Kuishu. ”
Sandong was not to be outdone: "I am the general of Sandong." ”
Then he stepped forward and spit out that red tongue and said, "This, General Ah Cai, can I touch you?"
Ah Cai didn't understand what it wanted to do, but the other party called it 'General Ah Cai', of course this little request had to meet them, straightened up and said, "No problem." ”
The three caves excitedly poked their paws out, but they didn't get inside.
It yelled and retracted its claws, and said proudly at the Kuishu on the side: "How about it, I said you can insert it, you lost this time!"
Wei Wuxian, Wei Xiao, and Ah Cai were all dumbfounded.
An hour later, 10,000 Yin soldiers and more than 6,000 flame lizards marched towards the mountain.
In the hands of the Yin soldiers is a black soul spear, condensed from their own yin evil qi, this is a secret technique that Wei Wuxian obtained in the Falling Soul Sect, and passed it on to Wei and Ah Cai, tough as fine iron.
Ten gray-eyed black-scars quietly infiltrated the mountains as outpost scouts, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the ten gray-eyed black-scars returned separately, bringing back the news that there was not an ice wolf found above, and the entire mining area was empty.
Wei Wuxian frowned, there was no doubt that the other party had gotten the news, so he evacuated in advance.
He once again ordered the Nightmare to take stock of the nearby ground for hundreds of miles, and the brigade continued forward, surging into the mountains.
The Nightmare took three thousand soldiers and began to search the surroundings according to Wei Wuxian's orders, they were the Yin Body, and they were not affected at all in this extremely cold place, but felt very comfortable.
When the team arrived at the mine, the first thing that caught their eye was three bodies hanging upside down from a log.
The flesh and blood on the surface of the corpse were blurred, and one of the snow-white snow spiders was only three legs, its stomach peeled open, and its internal organs fell out.
The other two were the corpses of the Terran monks, although their faces were not clear, but there was no need to think that they must be Tang Hong and the vest.
Sure enough, something happened!
Although Wei Wuxian didn't have a good impression of these two people, after all, they were people from the same camp, so let Sandong put them down and put away the corpses.
Ah Cai's Yin soldiers began to be armed, and the Yin soldiers could not stay long during the day, so they were deployed at night, and the Fire Lizard Legion rested.
Wei Wuxian quickly passed the information back through the number plate, waiting for a reply from there.
The number plate is somewhat similar to the original soul stone, but it doesn't need to be a spirit.
It didn't take long for a reply to come from the number plate.
[Set up camp on the spot and wait for orders.] 】
There are only eight words, but these eight words put him here.
Wei Wuxian had no choice but to obey the order, personally inspect the Yin soldiers stationed there, and check the ice wolf's warehouse here one by one.
Unexpectedly, there were neat snow crystals in the warehouse, and they felt a little dazzling when they opened the door.
Snow crystal is an excellent ice attribute material, of course he will not be polite, all of them are put into the space ring, stuffed to the brim.
Looking at the space ring with only a lost space left, when it comes to this world, even it is not enough.
Two hours later, the Nightmare returned with its thugs to report that nothing unusual had been found, and Wei Wuxian let them and Ah Cai's Yin soldiers rest for a while, and the rested Lizard Legion was in charge of garrisoning.
Wei Wuxian checked the situation in the cave again, this snow crystal vein was far bigger than he had imagined, its scale was at least ten times larger than the spirit vein under Shepan Mountain, this was still a medium-sized vein, it was really unimaginable how large and super-large veins would be.
After inspecting all of them and confirming that there were no problems, he began to study the newly learned method of refining the shuttle.
That day, he had seen from beginning to end, without missing a single thing, and now he had to rummage through the space ring for usable materials. Not to mention, let him gather the materials for a shuttle.
For the first time, of course, he would not refine a heavy artifact like a shuttle at the beginning, but first he had to start with the most basic artifact, which was compared to a low-grade artifact such as a beginner-level lower-grade sword weapon.
If these artifacts are refined, they will be refined, and the loss will not be large.
He took out the 'Snake Head Three-legged Refining Furnace', which was one of the three heavy treasures left by the Xuanyazi of the Imperial Weapon Sect. This thing can be juxtaposed with the two cylinders of yin and yang, which shows that it is also extraordinary.
The snake head three-legged refining furnace is more than one person high, the furnace mouth is not big, the upper part of the furnace lid is like a hideous snake head, the decoration of the furnace body is extremely complicated, there are flowers, insects, birds and beasts, the furnace body is mixed with hypertrophy, and there are three frog feet below.
Wei Wuxian had obtained countless magic spells from the Fallen Soul Sect and the Tianquan Sect, and there were also methods for refining weapons, and he found out the method of refining water attribute sword weapons and studied them again, so he began his magic weapon refining journey.
But something happened that night, and the temperature dropped sharply, and even a fire-attribute creature like a fire lizard couldn't bear it, and shivered.
He thought it would be better the next day, but the temperature continued to drop, and even he felt a chill.
Kuishu and Sandong also gradually talked less, it was too cold, and they would get frostbite when they breathed air.
Wei Wuxian had no choice but to send them into the dimensional space to escape the sudden cold.
Wei and Ah Cai have become the main force, and in such weather, the Yin soldiers can already come and go freely in the daytime.
The weather was getting colder and colder day by day, Wei Wuxian hid in the house to refine, and the furnace was turned on, and the whole room was hot.
Seven days later, Ah Cai hurriedly ran from outside to say that there was movement outside.
Wei Wuxian packed up the refining furnace and materials and came to the top of the mountain, only to see the smoke and dust billowing on the opposite side, and there were at least tens of thousands of teams.
The front was led by five giant ice wolves, and more than 10,000 ice wolves followed, killing this side with great momentum.
Wei Wuxian smiled faintly and said to the nightmare, "Prepare for the shelling, the main target is those five giant ice wolves. ”
"Yes, my lord!" the nightmare excitedly set up, and the twenty crystal cannons were now in the hands of it, making it feel reused.
"Ah Cai, guard the mountains on all sides and don't let them rush up. ”
Ah Cai bowed and said, "Yes, respected master." Then he floated outside and began to set up the fortifications.
Wei Wuxian came to the edge of the fortifications in front of the mine, on which twenty crystal cannons were arranged, and hundreds of Yin objects were making preparations before launching.
The mountain road is not very wide, and two crystal cannons can cover the entire road, but those ice wolves do not follow the mountain path properly, they are now rushing in all directions, and the roar makes the whole mountain tremble.
Wei Wuxian stared at the five giant ice wolves, a cloud of black water clasped in the palm of his hand.