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On the road ahead, the footprints of humans in the snow gradually increased.

Although the weather was already cold, the road was not yet frozen, and it was covered with soft white snow particles, and every footprint on the snow was very deep, and it seemed that the footprints on the mud were much larger than the usual footprints on the mud.

It doesn't matter if the footprints on the snow look big, at least most people don't find them strange when they see them.

But at this time, Duan Hanyan and Jiang Xin Qiuyue were both strangely looking at the footprints that appeared on the snow.

This line of footprints is really bizarre. Each footprint looks much thicker than the largest bucket.

This line of footprints turned out to be round, and it could be seen that there were only four toes. So this is definitely not a human footprint, only the footprint of a beast can be round. But even the footprints of fierce tigers and leopards will definitely not be so bizarre.

Duan Hanyan and Jiang Xin Qiuyue had already seen a lot of footprints of wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, and they had never seen such large and thick footprints on the snow.

The distance between the two adjacent tracks in this row is also very long, which indicates that the monster is either very large or has a large stride.

Duan Hanyan and Jiang Xin Qiuyue stared at this line of footprints for a long time.

Then they look at me, I look at you, and no one can think of what kind of monster left behind the footprints of this line on the ground to the front?

After a long time, Jiang Xin Qiuyue suddenly asked, "Xiao Duan, can you see that these footprints are the footprints of some kind of animal?"

Duan Hanyan shook his head and said, "I can't see it! I really can't figure out what kind of animal footprints this is, so big and thick." After a moment of deep thought, he continued, "The only animal I can think of with such thick legs seems to be an elephant." Look at the footprints on the ground, there are only four toes, and although I have never seen an elephant, I have also heard that an elephant has only four toes. ”

Jiang Xin Qiuyue also nodded, but shook her head again, and said, "Elephants have four toes, and only elephants have such big footprints." But I've never heard of an elephant that can survive in the snow and ice. It is said that their fur is short and sparse, and they are not capable of resisting the cold in the snow at all. Therefore, they have always lived in places where the weather is warm all year round. ”

Duan Hanyan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe there is another kind of elephant that can survive in the ice and snow. ”

Jiang Xin Qiuyue asked, "What kind of elephant is an elephant that can survive in the heavy snow?"

Duan Hanyan smiled: "Mammoth." This elephant is said to be the largest animal in the animal kingdom, and it has long fur and thick skin to withstand the cold, and it lives in the ice and snow. ”

Jiang Xin Qiuyue said: "I have also seen the description of mammoths in the book "Lianglong Guangji", in the ice and snow region of Kievan Rus' in the north, there are many such mammoths, but the book says that mammoths have been completely extinct and disappeared a long time ago. ”

Duan Hanyan said: "In this case, common elephants cannot survive in the ice and snow, and mammoths have become extinct. And what kind of monster footprints are these footprints?"

Jiang Xin Qiuyue said with a smile: "I heard that the mount of Fuxian Bodhisattva is a six-tusked white elephant, maybe! These footprints are left by this six-tusked white elephant." ”

When Duan Hanyan heard this, he laughed and said, "Maybe it's really like this! Since we are fortunate enough to meet the immortals descending to earth, why don't we catch up and see the demeanor of the immortals? Maybe we have a relationship with the immortals, and we can surpass us to become immortals!"

Jiang Xin Qiuyue also chuckled: "But it may also be a monster! I heard that this six-tusked white elephant also occupies the Lion Camel Ridge with the green lion and the Dapeng and calls it a demon, and enjoys eating people." ”

Although Jiang Xin Qiuyue didn't have any plans to meet immortals or monsters, she really wanted to know what kind of animal was this monster with such a huge body and the thick footprints of buckets in the snow?

The two immediately had the idea of catching up to see what was going on.

However, there was no need for them to chase after them.

In fact, they only turned a gentle hill in front of them to see the owner who had left this line of footprints in the snow.

It was indeed an elephant, but it was not a white elephant, let alone a six-tusked white elephant.

Now the elephant is perched under a steep rock wall at the bottom of the hillside, seemingly sheltering from the blade-like wind.

All they could see now was the elephant's sideways.

This elephant was very tall, and Duan Hanyan felt that the height of this elephant was at least a few points higher than the combined heights of him and Jiang Xin Qiuyue.

Its long, blackened nose was like an iron bar, writhing and curling like a snake.

Its tail was short and thin, not wagging and hanging quietly behind it.

Its ears are much larger than those of other animals, but they are small for its massive body.

It has a layer of fine, grayish-brown fur like a yak all over its body.

Its two long fangs that curved upwards were like two scimitars shining with a bright cold light.

These two teeth are very long, and Duan Hanyan guessed that if he could straighten these two long teeth, it was very likely that they would be two or three points longer than his people.

Now, the elephant stands under the rock wall in front of him.

For Duan Hanyan and Jiang Xin Qiuyue, who had never seen an elephant before, the huge body of an elephant was enough to surprise and surprise them.

The sighting of elephants in the snow and ice surprised them even more.

But what surprised and surprised them especially was not the elephant with the weight of a hill, but the man sitting on the elephant's back.

It is also normal for someone to sit on the back of an elephant, and there are many places in this world where people can use some easily tamed elephants as a means of transportation.

Now there are people sitting on the back of this elephant, but not one person, but a group of people.

With the huge body of an elephant, even if there is a group of people sitting on its back, it will not be surprising.

With the strength of an elephant, even if there is a group of people on his back, he will definitely not have a hard time. So, in many places where elephants could live, such as the Angkor dynasty in the south, people would build a huge wooden frame tied to the elephant's back, and a bench would be fixed to the wooden frame, and then a group of people would sit comfortably on it.

To Duan Hanyan and Jiang Xin Qiuyue's surprise, the way the group of people rode on their backs.

On the back of the elephant, there was neither a wooden frame, nor a bench or chair on which to sit comfortably.

There was hardly anything on the elephant's back except for people, not even a soft mattress that would allow one to sit comfortably.

Duan Hanyan counted, and there were nine people sitting on the back of this elephant.

The nine people were all dressed in white robes, and their robes were already a little yellow against the snow.

But they all had a bright red turban wrapped around their heads, and this red turban was as red as snow against the white snow, and it was dazzlingly red.

In fact, these nine people are not really sitting on the back of an elephant, but standing.

But there is only one person who is actually standing on the back of an elephant.

The man standing on the back of the elephant, with his legs slightly spread, stood motionless like a stone statue, and on his left and right shoulders stood a man on each side.

On the shoulders of the two people above, a total of three people stood in total.

On the shoulders of these three people, there are two more people.

On the shoulders of these two people, there is another person.

In this way, these nine people stood on the back of this elephant in this strange and unique posture of "one-two-three-two-one".

If the elephant is like a boat, then the nine men are like the sails of a ship.

This situation looks like a juggling on stage.