Chapter 52: The Long Canyon

"Finally climbed up" Lu Yizhong stood at the pass of Fengming Mountain, pointing to the footprints left on the stone stairs down the hillside. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "Next is the downhill road, not so strenuous. ”

Xia Xiyun spread out his palm, and the snowflakes fell leisurely on it, gradually melting, and sighed: "It's so beautiful, but unfortunately the beauty in my palm is short-lived." With a gentle blow, I saw the snowflakes in my palms floating.

The mountain pass is relatively flat, Lu Yizhong turned around, and walked forward, "After walking through this section, it began to go downhill." ”

Xia Xiyun walked forward side by side with him.

"How can there be no road ahead?" Lu Yizhong stood on the edge of the cliff, looking down, only to see that there was a cliff more than 20 battles high under his feet, and after scanning left and right, it was still a cliff.

I heard Xia Xiyun say: "Look, isn't that the sinkhole that the shopkeeper said." ”

Lu Yizhong raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the flat ground in the distance, sinking deeply, "Well, it is indeed similar to what the shopkeeper described." But we have to find a way to go down first. "Below the cliff is a snow-covered slope.

"It's not hard to get down. Xia Xiyun paused, "It's just that it's a little difficult to come up, no matter how good the light work is, it is impossible to jump more than 20 zhang high at a time." ”

Lu Yizhong recalled the hints of the Netherworld Sect's self-destruct mechanism, Fengming Mountain, Batu Cave, and Blue Crystal Sword, and said: "In this way, since there is a Blue Crystal Sword in the Batu Cave, it is a weapon, it means that someone has been there before. Finding the Azurite Sword, that's the only hope for thousands of people to survive, so I have to go. ”

"It makes sense, since there were people there, it is unknown whether there are other exits. Xia Xiyun raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see that there were mountains all around, all of them were cliffs, only this position in front of him, the cliffs were slightly shorter. It's really easy to go down, but hard to come up. I secretly prayed in my heart that there would be another outlet. For her, since Lu Yizhong had decided to insist on going on, she couldn't stop him at this time. couldn't discourage Lu Yizhong's enthusiasm, but encouraged him, so he said: "Since you have decided, let's go." How many times she has said this sentence to Lu Yizhong, she is so familiar.

If you jump down this depth, even if there are other exits, your location may not be found so quickly. The crux of the matter is that the decisive battle between the remnants of the Netherworld Sect and the four major sects is getting tighter and tighter. The longer the delay, the slimmer the hope of saving thousands of lives. Before they even arrived at Tianhetang, those people had already lost their breath. Counting the days, there are still more than twenty days. Thinking of this, Lu Yizhong became even more anxious, turned his head and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Hmm"

Stretched out his hand to hold Xia Xiyun, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and fell off the cliff in a leap. Lu Yizhong only felt that the wind in his ears was whining, and when he was about to approach the ground, he waved his hand and made a palm force, and the accumulated snow was blown open a hole. Cushioned by the palm wind, they easily landed on the snow, which was thick and soft. Half of their bodies were stuck in the snow.

"The snow here is also deep enough," Xia Xiyun looked around.

Lu Yizhong grabbed Xia Xiyun's body, "It seems that he can only use light power to get down this snow-covered slope" with a force under his feet, and the two people jumped out of the snow. Gently touching the snow on his toes, he went down the long slope and chased with eight steps, which was extremely fast.

After they had traveled some distance, they heard a loud bang behind them.

Lu Yizhong asked while performing light skills, "What kind of voice is that?"

Xia Xiyun turned his head to look and said eagerly: "It's an avalanche"

When he heard that it was an avalanche, his cheeks turned blue with fright, and he sped up again. It was a strong wind that he felt behind him. This is an avalanche that slides rapidly and causes strong air currents.

Then the rumbling became more and more violent.

I heard Xia Xiyun say, "Hurry, the avalanche is coming"

Lu Yizhong once again used all his internal force to exert light skills, and his speed became faster.

At this time, three or four hundred meters behind them, the snow began to slide rapidly, faster and faster, and the wind howled. The rapidly sliding snow crashed into the rocks, and the snowflakes flew more than ten feet high.

From a distance, the sliding snow rolled up the old high, the old high, like a monstrous snow wave rushing down the hillside.

The snow in front of us is getting thinner and thinner, and there is no snow in front of us. Lu Yizhong looked ahead, and walked at a very fast speed by stepping on the snow with light skills. But in any case, it was not as fast as the avalanche, and soon the avalanche gradually approached them.

The monstrous snow wave swept towards them, and the two people who were moving quickly in front of the snow wave were covered. Disappeared without a trace. The avalanche is still rushing downward.

The sliding snow stopped in a place where there was no snow before, and the snow was white in a mountain pile. It was so quiet at the moment, and there seemed to be no sign of anyone in the snow that had slid to the flat ground.

Such silence means that there is a good chance that the two of them will end their lives forever. Lu Yizhong's efforts to find the Blue Crystal Sword and save the thousands of lives all came to an abrupt end with the end of his life.

Although the location is relatively low, there is no snow when the avalanche is not sliding. The snow is always melting. But with such a large pile of snow and the low temperature here, it takes a long time for the snow to melt. Ten days, a month, or even more. No matter how strong a life is, it is impossible to last so long under the snow cover, and besides, people need to breathe.

At this time, snowflakes fell.

I still remember that scene, Lu Yizhong used light skills to go down the slope, and he grabbed Xia Xiyun's body and walked forward quickly, indicating that he had been hugging her body tightly.

After more than ten breaths, I saw a mountain of snow, which was originally so quiet. "Bang" a large area of snow white, splashing high. It's like a chick breaking an eggshell and being born, and a strong force comes from within.

Then, I saw a person holding another person, jumping out of the snowdrift, stepping dozens of steps into the air and falling to the ground. Thankfully, they were stuck on the edge of the snowdrift, indicating that the snow cover was not very thick.

"Yun'er" Lu Yizhong hugged Xia Xiyun and found a clean big stone, and gently put her on it, only to see that her whole body was even more stiff. In the snowdrift just now, he hugged Xia Xiyun tightly, and felt that her body began to stiffen. Fortunately, he will use pure Yang to melt part of the snow around his head before he can breathe. He tried to put his hand on Xia Xiyun's place to see if he was still breathing, and muttered "Thank God, there is still breathing".

Lu Yizhong grabbed Xia Xiyun's wrist and sat cross-legged next to him. Because she was stiff and couldn't sit upright. A pure yang true qi slowly entered Xia Xiyun's body.

He used light power for a long distance just now, and his internal force was consumed more, and just now he used internal force in the snowdrift to melt the snow around his head. Now the effect of inputting true qi into Xia Xiyun is not very good. If you can adjust the internal breath, you can restore the internal force, and the effect is better. However, in the current situation, there is no time to adjust the domestic interest.

As time passed, his body was steaming, and he saw beads of sweat on his cheeks begin to fall one by one. As time goes on, sweat droplets fall faster and faster.

In the blink of an eye, the sun was setting westward, and it was already afternoon, and he was still continuing to inject true qi for Xia Xiyun. It's been two hours since the beginning. At this time, Xia Xiyun's originally pale and bloodless cheeks gradually became a little bloody. He felt dizzy, fainted and fell sideways on the stone slab.

I have been fainting like this, unconscious. I don't know how long it took.

"Yizhong, wake up. ”

He felt someone gently swaying his arm, slowly opened his eyes, and said excitedly, "Yun'er, you have finally recovered." He sat up and looked around, but there was silence, not even the sound of insects or birds, "How long have I been asleep?"

"About an hour," Xia Xiyun estimated the time.

"Shall we continue on our way, or will we set off again tomorrow?" Lu Yizhong considered that Xia Xiyun had only recovered, and it was inconvenient to walk. In fact, he can also carry Xia Xiyun on his back and continue to move forward, but after thinking about it, I still want to ask her opinion.

Xia Xiyun looked around, "I think it's better to find a place to live nearby and set off tomorrow." Anyway, it's getting dark, and it's not convenient to hurry. ”

According to what the shopkeeper said, the next thing to pass through is a long canyon, thinking about this, Lu Yizhong nodded, "Well, just do as you say." ”

Xia Xiyun tried to get up and stand, and almost fell

Lu Yizhong's hands and feet were numb, and he stretched out his hand to support her, "Look at your feet are frozen and numb, I should carry you." He bowed and picked up Xia Xiyun and took a step forward.

I heard Xia Xiyun on my back say: "I don't have any internal strength at all, I didn't help much, and I always dragged you down along the way." Either supporting, or carrying me, and flying with light skills. ”

Lu Yizhong said as he walked: "Originally, your light skills were better, but all your internal strength was given to me. My father taught me that the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring. As soon as he said this, he felt that he was wrong, and immediately added, "There are more things that we cherish each other and do not distinguish each other." It's not a drag, I really hope that with you all the way, then I won't be so lonely on the way forward. Also, you are much more stable than me, and you can help me every time I have something inconsiderate in case of trouble. ”

"We are all husband and wife, and we are not worthy of ceremonies. Since they are husband and wife, they can't be said to be helping, and when they encounter difficulties, they should bear it together. ”

"Hmm," Lu Yizhong continued to sell.

Before nightfall, he found a large boulder, put Xia Xiyun down, and sat with his back against the stone, "I'll look at your feet" and rubbed Xia Yun's calves with his bow, "The freezing is not very serious, move more, promote blood circulation, and it will be fine." ”

"You light, it hurts. Xia Xiyun pushed Lu Yizhong's wrist, "I'll do it myself, you adjust your internal breath." Maybe something will happen tomorrow, and it will take martial arts to solve it. ”。

Lu Yizhong thought about it, on the way they came, if they didn't have a deep internal force, they really couldn't come here to "listen to you" and sat cross-legged, his eyes closed slightly, and he began to adjust his internal breath.

Xia Xiyun rubbed his calves while looking at Lu Yizhong, who was sitting cross-legged next to him, his eyes couldn't help but turn crimson, and tears flashed in his eyes, but he never cried. This was the third time she cried silently, but she didn't want Lu Yizhong to know.

Early the next morning.

Lu Yizhong woke up and adjusted his internal breath one night, so that his internal strength was fully restored. Turning his head to look at Xia Xiyun, who was leaning on his arm and was sleeping. I saw that his eyelids were slightly swollen, and he suddenly felt like a thousand pounds of boulder pressing on his heart, thinking: "Is it, I adjusted my internal breath last night, and she was crying silently." "I don't know why.

After thinking about it repeatedly, he felt that since they were husband and wife, they should have a little secret. Decide or not to ask why. He shouted softly, "Yun'er, wake up, let's continue on our way." Pointing to her feet, "Are you better?"

"No problem," Xia Xiyun stood up and walked a few steps.

Lu Yizhong saw that he walked very naturally and easily, and he had obviously fully recovered.

They continued their journey along the flat ground. At noon, not far in front of them, a boulder stood on the flat ground, which looked very abrupt from a distance, as if the bottom of the boulder was embedded in the ground. This boulder is several miles in circumference, dozens of zhang above the ground, and if you get closer, you can see that there is a passage in the middle of the boulder.

"This passage should be the canyon that the shop Xiaoer said. Lu Yizhong stood in front of the canyon and looked forward, only to see that there was no end in sight. Walking into the canyon, looking up, the stone walls on both sides of the canyon are from the bottom to the top, as if a knife is cut from above, more like picking up a kitchen knife to cut tofu, cutting twice, and then pulling out the middle one, forming a canyon. To describe it as a glimmer of heaven, it is so apt and not an exaggeration at all. Moreover, the first line of heaven formed by the general natural environment is only a kind of close to a line, and there is still a great element of exaggeration. It is impossible to reach, the stone walls are straight and smooth.

I heard Xia Xiyun say, "What is that?"

Lu Yizhong raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the ground in the distance seemed to be a pile of things, because the ground of the canyon was also very flat, and there was something in the distance that could be seen at a glance, but it was a little far away and it was not clear what it was. He quickened his pace and stepped forward to take a look, surprised but more puzzled, "How can there be human bones here?" and carefully looked at the skeleton in front of him, as if this person's body had been violently squeezed before he died, causing some ribs to be broken and a little deformed.

However, what struck them even stranger was that they had walked hundreds of meters since entering the canyon, the width of the canyon had not changed, and the canyon was less than six feet wide. This situation was a canyon he had never seen before.

The stone walls on both sides will not be squeezed into the middle? If you squeeze it over, there is no way to escape, because the canyon is too long and too high. Thinking of this, Lu Yizhong felt very worried, and walked around the skeleton and continued to walk. I wondered, "Was that person crushed to death by a stone wall?"

He walked forward for nearly a hundred meters or so, and when he looked into the distance, there seemed to be something on the ground in front of him, which seemed to be larger than a human skeleton from a distance. I feel even more confused. Subconsciously guessed, "Are there more human bones?" and quickened his pace.