Chapter 73: Green Smoke (3/4)
As the saying goes, it's easier to go up than to get down.
But for Xiao Suifeng, Yu Wenqian and others who searched all the way to Shixi Gorge, it is not difficult to know whether it is difficult to go down the mountain, but it is really not easy to go up the mountain.
Shixi Gorge is very distinctive, its appearance, as if it is a mountain that stretches for dozens of miles, but it is split by people from the highest ridge, one is two, therefore, if you want to see the true face of Shixi Gorge, you must first climb the mountain that is hundreds of zhang.
Compared with the gentle slope of Faber Mountain, the cliffs on both sides of Shixi Gorge are not easy to climb, the mountains here are steep, and it is inaccessible, even the most difficult mountain road can not be seen, if you want to go up the mountain, you can only open the road by yourself.
Fortunately, Xiao Suifeng is a martial arts practitioner in his line, and he is full of body and agile, so he was not stopped by this mountain.
But even so, the crowd did not reach the top of the mountain until noon on the second day. Among them, although it took a lot of time to find Liu Laoqi's traces, the mountain is complex and difficult to climb, which is indeed an important reason.
When you reach the top of the mountain, and then look at the east and west sides, it is simply two worlds.
To the east, it is naturally the hillside that Xiao Suifeng and the others have just climbed all the way up. When climbing, I only felt that this mountain was steep and difficult to walk, and I am afraid that there is no more dangerous mountain in this Henglong Mountain.
But if you look at the west side of the ridge again, the slope they had climbed earlier was simply a plain of a flat river, and it was not worth mentioning.
On the west side of the ridge, it is naturally Stony Creek Gorge.
This side is the real cliff, as if it has been split by a knife and axe, and there are occasional protruding mountain and stone monster trees, and the whole cliff is almost vertically down, and it is really a cliff.
Looking into the distance, the widest part of the entire Shixi Gorge is only a few miles, and the situation on the opposite side of the canyon is also in full view, and it can be clearly found that the cliffs on the other side of the Shixi Gorge are also like this side, all falling straight down.
That's the real thing!
Compared with the other side of Stony Creek Gorge, you can see it clearly, but what is the specific situation under the canyon, but you can't really see it.
I saw that in the canyon, it was in the shadow of the cliff, and it was dense and full of fog, almost nothing could be seen, but it really looked like an endless abyss.
Looking at the canyon in front of them, everyone was in awe and shock in their hearts, but they were also faintly worried.
I only heard that Hou Yuanshan looked at the Wuhai under the cliff, and said with a somewhat gloomy face, "Along the way, no trace of Liu Laoqi has been found, and several other teams have not been able to send any useful news, you say, will Liu Laoqi really hide in this Shixi Gorge?"
Hearing Hou Yuanshan say this, the other people couldn't help but look down the cliff, but except for the vast fog, they couldn't see anything at all, which made people frown slightly.
"Probably not, this cliff is too steep, and it is bottomless, even if it is a person who practices martial arts with superior light skills, I am afraid that I can't go down, Liu Laoqi is just an ordinary mountain person, if you want to go down to the bottom of the cliff, I am afraid it is more difficult than climbing to the sky." I only heard Qiu Zhiming look at the steep cliff and speak.
Since the conflict with Xiao Suifeng and Yu Wenqian before, Chang Zhixing has completely kept a low profile, and he didn't speak, but silently followed behind Qiu Zhiming, who was quite similar to Cheng Yingyu's husband Huang Cong, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
But Qiu Zhiming was uncharacteristically active and high-profile.
This Qiu Zhiming felt the contempt of the rest of the team towards him, and even Cheng Yingyu, who was messing with him, occasionally inadvertently showed a little ridicule, which was not a good thing for him.
For Qiu Zhiming, this attitude affects not only a simple face issue, but more importantly, in this team, their strength is not very strong, if they are no longer treated by others, or even regarded as useless people, then the situation is really worrying, not only is there the danger of being abandoned at any time, even if they are always in the team, and find the Martial Saint Tomb, I am afraid that they will not get much benefit in the end.
In order to avoid this kind of ending, although Qiu Zhiming is still hooking up with Cheng Yingyu, he is much more active in both discussing and doing things, especially for Hou Yuanshan, who is even more flattering, whenever Hou Yuanshan says something and makes any arrangements, this Qiu Zhiming responds faster than his two younger brothers.
Right now, Hou Yuanshan had just expressed the worry in his heart, and Qiu Zhiming was the first to respond.
In fact, what Qiu Zhiming said is not bad, this cliff is indeed too steep, although the light skills of martial arts practitioners can fly the eaves and walk the wall, but after all, light skills are only light skills, not magical spells that can fly to the sky and the earth. The cliff of hundreds of zhang is so steep, no matter how good it is, it is useless to be afraid.
Xiao Suifeng looked at the cliff, his light skills and Lingyun body method are superior, if you want to go down, although it is not impossible to say that it is impossible, but it is to face great risks, a foot is unstable, or you can't find a point to borrow, that is the end of broken bones, if there is no absolute necessity, naturally you will not try it easily.
Xiao Suifeng didn't speak, but Yu Wenqian on the side sneered, "That Liu Laoqi is indeed not a person who practices martial arts, and it is difficult to go down this cliff with light skills, but don't forget, that Liu Laoqi is a medicine picker, and he collects medicine in various dangerous places in this Henglong Mountain all the year round, and the cliffs are not strange to him, who knows if he has any special methods?"
Qiu Zhiming was refuted by Yu Wenqian, and his face couldn't help but be a little ugly, "What can be done? This cliff is hundreds of zhang deep, you can't tie it down with a rope, right? Besides, I heard that he still has this daughter by his side!"
Hearing Qiu Zhiming say this, the three Hou brothers couldn't help but nod slightly, but what Qiu Zhiming said made some sense.
But Yu Wenqian sneered, and said with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of her mouth, "It's not okay to use a rope, but who can guarantee that there must not be even one path on both sides of this dozens of miles long Shixi Gorge that can go down to the canyon?" If there is, can you guarantee it, then Liu Laoqi doesn't know?"
As soon as Yu Wenqian said this, Qiu Zhiming was suddenly speechless, and the faces of the three Hou brothers were gloomy again.
Indeed, the Stone Creek Gorge is thirty or forty miles long, and it is indeed very likely that there will be several mountain roads that can descend to the bottom of the canyon during this period.
This Shixi Gorge is rarely visited, and they are basically the first time to come to this Henglong Mountain Range, so they naturally don't know anything, but that Liu Laoqi is a person who collects medicine in this deep mountain all the year round, and it is indeed normal to know a few hidden trails that others don't know.
They searched all the way on the east side of the canyon, but they didn't find the shadow of Liu Laoqi, and they didn't even see half a trace.
Do you really want to go down to this canyon to investigate?
Just when everyone looked at the secluded canyon and looked at each other, not far away, a cloud of green smoke slowly rose, it turned out to be the contact signal agreed with Song Yu and others!