Zhiyang Mountain is high and densely forested, and the mountains are full of criss-crossing paths.

Those paths were stepped on by the nearby mountain people when they were collecting firewood for hunting and collecting mountain treasures. There are also wild beasts on the mountain walking back and forth, leaving a path for beasts.

Walking in the mountains on the path, there are big trees on both sides, holding up a huge canopy to block the sun, making the whole mountain forest look dark.

The path is dark and quiet, as if it can lead the people on the path into a hidden secret place.

Walking on the path, none of the three Niu Hao spoke. Only occasionally stepping on a dead branch makes a rattling sound, which is particularly crisp.

Finally, Zhengyan stopped as if he couldn't bear it anymore, and said to Niu Hao and Zhengguan:

"I think someone is following us!"

Are we being tracked?

Senior Brother Zhengguan's face did not show the slightest surprise.

Neither did Niu Hao.

Leaving the Imperial Maiden Temple in the morning, as soon as he walked into the mountains and forests, Niu Hao felt that someone nearby was watching and following them, and it was not one.

There's nothing strange about that.

Niu Hao and the three of them are neither local hunters nor foreign merchants. Breaking into Zhiyang Mountain will definitely arouse curiosity.

As for who is stalking them.

There is an imperial daughter in Zhiyang Mountain. As a god, the emperor has mountain ghosts and forest demons to send.

Therefore, those elusive figures should all be mountain ghosts of Zhiyang Mountain.

Being watched by the mountain ghosts of Zhiyang Mountain is nothing remarkable.

Zhiyang Mountain is not Bai Shangling, and the disciples of Kong Ming have never done anything on Zhiyang Mountain, so they don't have to worry about being retaliated against by the mountain ghosts of Zhiyang Mountain.

Climbing up the mountain path, the dense coniferous forest thins out and the air becomes cold.

Soon, snow was seen on the hillside.

The pass is a short way to climb over the mountains. If you don't climb over the pass, you can only go around the whole mountain.

However, Zhiyang Mountain is not the hill in Niu Hao's hometown, and it takes half a day to run from one end of the mountain to the other end of the mountain.

On a big mountain like Zhiyang Mountain, if you stand under the mountain and look to the left, you can't see the head, and if you look to the right, you can't see the head either, and there is no way to go around.

Ascending the pass, you can see that there are mountains connected to each other and stretching to the horizon.

How long will it take to get out?

Niu Hao couldn't help but sigh and turned his head to look at the square.

It's useless to look at anyone.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and it must always be taken step by step.

Zhengguan patted Niu Hao and walked forward.

The road to Zhiyang Mountain is long and long, and the further north you go, the cooler it gets. The howling north wind blew up the falling snow on the ground and hit the face and hit the body, cold and cold.

None of the three of them had ever been to the Far North, and they had no idea that across a mountain, there was the difference between midsummer and midwinter. I didn't have winter clothes to keep out the cold.

Although invoking exercises can withstand the cold, it requires physical strength and energy.

What to do?

The three of them hugged their shoulders and walked forward in the face of the wind and snow. In the distance, another wolf howl was heard.

Zhengguan stopped.

The wind became more and more intense, and the rolled snowflakes blew on the face, down the neckline and into the neck, making it look particularly cold.

Zhengguan turned around and looked behind him.

The wind and snow obscured the vision, and the wolves trailing behind could not be seen. However, judging from the sound, the distance is not too far.

"Not leaving today. ”

正語says:

"Let's find a sheltered place and build a campfire. The wolf is afraid of fire, and when it sees it, it does not dare to attack us. ”

Niu Hao and Zhengyan nodded in agreement, found a big stone sheltered from the wind, set up a firewood rack and lit a bonfire.

The beasts were afraid of fire, and did not dare to go too far forward when they saw the blazing bonfire, but they were not willing to give up the food that was close to them, and hid behind the wind and snow and howled incessantly.

Niu Hao is not afraid of wild wolves.

The more difficult opponents, Niu Hao has never been afraid, let alone the wild wolf.

Zhengguan and Zhengyan are not afraid of wild wolves.

It's just that Zhengguan and Zhengyan, as disciples of the Daomen, must abide by the precepts and cannot indiscriminately open the precepts.

In other words, unless the wild wolf really wants the life of Zhengguan Zhengyan, the two of them can't kill the wild wolf with murderous intentions.

How can you tell if a wolf wants two people's lives?

Bite on the throat by a wild wolf!

Since you can't start first, Zhengguan can only find a way to prevent it from happening.

The three men had their backs against the large rocks and were facing the fire.

正語says:

"Let's go to bed first, and I'll keep vigil at night. ”

Niu Hao raised his head and looked at the sky.

The sky was covered with snow, and the sky was particularly gloomy.

牛昊 says:

"Senior brother, wake me up in the middle of the night and take over your vigil. ”

正言 says:

"Wake me up. ”

正語says:

"You two don't fight, when I can't stand it anymore, I will naturally wake you up. ”

Zhengguan didn't wake anyone up.

When Niu Hao woke up, it was already dawn.

The cold wind that had been blowing up all night, and the flying snow that rolled up buried all three of them, leaving only their heads exposed.

The bonfire has long been burned out, and the firewood has been extinguished.

Niu Hao woke up the senior brothers Zhengguan and Zhengyan, and Zhengguan found that he was asleep, and apologized to the two of them again and again.

Niu Hao stood up from the snow nest and saw a pool of blood in the snow not far away.

The red blood stood out in the dazzling white snow.

Niu Hao looked around vigilantly and strode over.

It's a wolf.

There is more than a wolf buried in the snow. There are eight in total.

The wolves were slaughtered by man, and the corpses were frozen hard by a night of wind and snow.

One of them, skinned from a wolf. The wolfskin and the skinned dagger were all there, along with the bloody ketones.

When I was watching, I couldn't help but say:

"What kind of people are so cruel. ”

Niu Hao squatted on the ground and looked at the peeled wolf skin and the short knife, as if he understood something.

The fierce beasts in the mountains, tigers and black bears all have functions, but after the wild wolves are captured, they have no other use except for obtaining fur.

Someone took advantage of the night to hunt the wolves, and not only did they not take it away, but also left the skinned short knife at the scene, which was obviously left for Niu Hao to them.

Why stay for it.

Cold, of course.

Wrapped in wolf skin, isn't it a fur coat!

Niu Hao shouted the right words:

"Go collect some firewood and help me build a campfire. ”

Then he picked up the short knife on the ground, pulled over the carcass of a wolf, and skinned it.

is watching Niu Hao's intentions.

They didn't kill the wolf, and Niu Hao just made the best use of it.

Moreover, they also need such things to protect themselves from the cold when they enter the Far North.

Zhengguan squatted beside Niu Hao and helped Niu Hao peel off the wolf's skin. The mouth asked:

"Who could have killed these wolves?"

Niu Hao shook his head.

The night of wind and snow had already covered the footprints on the ground, and they couldn't see what kind of people they were, so they slaughtered a group of wild wolves around Niu Hao and them, and Niu Hao and they didn't even know it.

It's definitely not going to be an ordinary character.

Niu Hao spread the peeled wolf skin on the snow.

Will...... Is it Xiao Qi?