In the dead of winter, the wind is biting, the mountains and plains are covered with white snow, and ice picks several meters long are hung on the steep cliffs, like sharp swords hanging upside down on the head, which is intimidating.
Ye Congwen taught the Daoyin technique to Mudouya and asked her to sit under the awning to practice the exercises, while he moved forward at full speed. He was already at the Grand Master's perfection level and could row the boat more easily and quickly. The boat was like a swordfish catching wind and waves, breaking through the water and flying away.
About three hours later, the boat arrived at the place where Yu Yueyue and I had dug the three-color elixir. Unfortunately, the mountain peaks were covered with snow, and the bare trees made it impossible to tell the previous direction.
Thinking back to the interesting time at that time, I felt filled with emotion. It had only been half a year, but why did my mood feel so heavy now as if I had gone through many vicissitudes of life?
Seeing that Ye Congwen's speed had slowed down, Mudou Ya quickly put his head in and asked softly:
"Reached?"
"Well, ahead is the core area of the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range. Let's quickly put on the four-color cloak and cover it with the tarpaulin. There may be Warcraft cubs in front of us. We have to slow down and we must not cause any big accidents. If the news is discovered by the Warcraft cubs, we will be in danger."
Ye Congwen stopped the wooden boat on the shore, put on a four-color cloak, and stopped thinking about it. He hid in the awning boat with Douya and ate some dry food and tea.
"唳——"
Suddenly the bow of the boat turned dark. When Dou Ya looked up and looked out, he saw a big bird with a wingspan of twenty meters flying overhead. Its steel claws and sharp beak shone under the refraction of the sun, almost blinding him. Eye.
Mudouya instinctively grabbed Ye Congwen's arm, her mouth trembled, and she pointed at the big bird in the sky and was speechless for a long time.
When Ye Congwen saw that it was a Grandmaster-level iron-billed goshawk, he immediately pinched a steel ball the size of a walnut in his hand. If this flat-haired beast dared to attack the awning boat, he would immediately smash its head.
Fortunately, the Iron-billed Goshawk only circled around the awning boat before being attracted by the big fish in the stream ahead.
With a pop, the Iron-billed Goshawk's claws fell into the water, like two steel forks, and a large fish weighing several dozen kilograms was pulled out of the water, and it flew away with flapping wings.
Mudouya turned pale with fright. The big fish was probably heavier than him, and it was forked away by the big bird in the blink of an eye. If it accidentally attacked him unexpectedly, he would probably have ten big holes in his body! Brother Cong Wen is right, this Hundred Beasts Mountain Range is indeed full of dangers.
"Don't worry, this Iron-billed Goshawk is only at the bottom of the pack and cannot threaten us."
Ye Congwen saw that the pigeon sprouts were trembling with fear, so he had no choice but to comfort him. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Mudouya's face changed with fright, and she asked tremblingly:
"You're so fierce and you're still at the bottom, so what does the most powerful one look like?"
Ye Congwen hesitated for a while, and then briefly recounted his experience of searching for the elixir deep in the source of Lishui River. When Mu Dou Ya heard about the tiger fish that was bigger than a house, the monster bird that covered the sky and the sun, one of its claws was as big as a mountain. I was so shocked that I was speechless for a long time.
"It seems that gold bars are really hard to earn. No wonder the giants in Iron Tower Village choose to hunt for a living."
"Ferocious beasts and raptors are easy to deal with, but finding the elixir is the most troublesome thing. Let's set off. I will take you to the front to experience it for yourself, and you will know which one is more difficult."
Ye Congwen wanted to persuade Mu Dou Ya to stay at home. After all, once she entered the forbidden circle, she would be a mud Buddha crossing the river. If she still took a novice like Mu Dou Ya with her, it would be the same as seeking death.
Ye Congwen shook the wooden oar and rowed silently towards the deep stream. There were towering giant trees on both sides and steep cliffs. The green and oily stream flowed slowly. The bottomless appearance always gave people a sense of suffocation. .
With the elixir tablet in his mouth, Mudouya leaned against the awning and carefully watched the surroundings. From time to time, there were rapid or sudden calls, some above his head, some on both sides of the mountain, and some even seemed to be right there. Under your own feet.
Several times, I heard the sharp neighing sound as if lying on the awning and running towards my ears. I was so frightened that I stood up immediately. Unfortunately, the roof of the awning was only one meter high, and my head hit the wooden purlin. It hurt so much that my eyes were filled with stars.
Ye Congwen looked back and saw that the pig bean sprouts were in pain and shed tears. He was about to comfort him quietly when he suddenly saw a sharp and dazzling scimitar emerging from the deep stream.
Ye Congwen saw the opportunity very quickly and quickly turned the wooden boat towards the shore. He held his breath and let the wooden boat glide freely. I saw that the scimitar was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye it cut a piece of floating wood not far away into two sides. It was like cutting tofu, not even a single sawdust fell out!
"It turns out to be an unknown strange fish! Such a dangerous thing has never appeared in the waters of Wanquan County. It must have swam from other waters. It seems that there should be other water systems ahead!"
Ye Congwen thought to himself, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his head! This thing is sharper than a blade, and it is most likely a strange thing! If it had been a few seconds later, both the people and the boat would have been cut into two pieces by this strange fish.
Mudouya covered her mouth to prevent herself from making any sound. But the look of panic and fear in her eyes had betrayed her heart at the moment.
Ye Congwen had quick eyesight and turned around to hold Mudouya in front of him and let her hide in his arms, hoping that the little girl would feel more secure and calm.
Mudouya was frail and sickly since she was a child. The furthest place she lived until she was fifteen was the Bochuan Bay where she encountered pioneer cattle. She usually only dared to wander around the village. How could she have ever encountered such an experience? If they couldn't suppress the panic in their hearts and shouted loudly to provoke the strange fish, their lives would be in danger.
Mudouya curled up in his arms, and sure enough, he gradually calmed down, but he was hiding in his cloak, not even daring to stick his head out.
"Compared to Yu Yueyue Lin Xiaoyu, this girl Mudouya is too timid and is really not the type to go hunting for treasures in the mountains!"
Ye Congwen shook his head secretly. If he hadn't seen that he was about to approach the taboo circle, he would have wanted to go home.
It’s not easy to come here, but you have to gain something. Ye Congwen carefully continued paddling into the deep stream. The trees and cliffs on both sides became taller and denser. Tigers roared, apes mourned, cranes chirped and owls chirped. It was as if he was in a gladiatorial arena.
If Ye Congwen hadn't had previous experience of treasure hunting in the Lishui River, he might have turned around and left immediately. These ferocious beasts and raptors are so active, which just proves that Ye Congwen and the two have not been discovered. If the four-color cloak and four-color tarpaulin had no effect, the strange fish would have launched an attack on his ship just now.
It is estimated that the boat was no different from a piece of wood in its eyes, so the strange fish did not pursue it fiercely.
It's just that I couldn't say these words to Mudou Ya. Anyway, the girl covered her head and pretended not to see, so she didn't have to worry. I stared at the water attentively. After more than an hour, the stream slowly widened, the cliffs on both sides gradually disappeared, and what came into view was a large river several hundred meters wide!
The river flows eastward quietly, and the peaks on both sides tower into the clouds. They are majestic and powerful, completely different from the peaks they have seen before.
"With this majestic momentum of thousands of horses galloping and huge waves, there must be a treasure that surpasses the elixir!"
Ye Congwen docked the wooden boat on the shore and did not dare to sail into the river easily. He stood on the bow of the boat and looked into the distance and murmured with emotion.
"Brother Congwen, why is there no snow on the mountain?"
Mudou Ya secretly exclaimed, unlike Ye Congwen whose head was filled with the treasure-hunting secrets of five prisoners, four evils, three treasures and two blessings, she could tell the difference at a glance.
Ye Congwen suddenly woke up and took a closer look. Sure enough, the lush green clouds and steaming clouds made it look like a world away from the snow-capped peaks behind him!
"It doesn't snow in the twelfth lunar month of winter. Is this still the Baishou Mountain Range in Wanquan County? We rowed for five hours and only made it two hundred miles at most. Logically speaking, we didn't leave Lizhou Prefecture at all!"
Ye Congwen asked puzzledly, but unfortunately Mudouya was unable to answer, so he just asked curiously:
"Brother Congwen, do you think it should be warmer in there? Should we go in and take a look?"
Ye Congwen looked back at the snow-capped mountains in front of him, along the endless surging river, with clear lines on both sides. From a distance, it seemed as if there was an invisible energy circle covering it.
One side is warm as spring, the other side is cold like winter, they are two completely different worlds!
"Is this the origin of the taboo circle?"
"What is a taboo circle?"
Mudouya saw Ye Congwen muttering to himself in a daze, and couldn't help but ask.
"Children, don't ask so many questions!"
Ye Congwen knew that he had made a mistake. If the pig bean sprouts accidentally reached the ears of the old patriarch, he would be grounded immediately.
"Are you only a few months older than me? You think I'm young. Even the patriarch and grandpa say I'm a big girl."
Pigeon sprouts are extremely sensitive to small prints and will argue vigorously, even holding out their chests as evidence.
Ye Congwen was speechless. Mudouya wanted to pretend to be older, but Yu Yueyue deliberately ignored and downplayed her age. It is true that every family has its own problems.
"Okay, my dear Miss Mu, since you are an adult, don't hide in your cloak and huddle up later."
Mudou Sprout pouted and looked around the surrounding scenery. It was peaceful and all things coexisted. Compared to the eerie and terrifying atmosphere before, this place was definitely much safer.
"If you don't hide, don't hide! I'm just enjoying the scenery here. I've never seen such a wide river and such a big mountain before in my life. Brother Cong Wen, let's go in and take a look now?"
What Ye Congwen fears most is this kind of peaceful and orderly environment. After all, the monster overlord at the source of Lishui left a deep impression on him.
The monster with the same obsessive-compulsive disorder as Yu Yueyue actually demanded that all the chirping of insects and birds must be harmonized into an elegant melody. Ye Congwen estimated that although the Warcraft overlord here was not that perverted, the peaceful and quiet atmosphere at least showed that there was an overlord who spoke his mind.
The mountains here are high, the water is deep, the sky is vast, it would be lively if there were monsters and birds with different scales in the water, land and air!
