Mu Qingyan poked Qian Xueshen's mute and numb points. Qian Xueshen immediately lay down straight with a muffled sound, with only two eyes moving desperately. Mu Qingyan ignored him, hugged Cai Zhao and leaned down on the ground.
Just as everyone was speechless in horror, a flash of white light flashed, and a huge animal-like creature leaped from mid-air and rushed straight to the only place where there was light, the Lantian Jade.
Lan Tianyu saw the opportunity very quickly and immediately extinguished the fire with his backhand, and immediately there was no trace of light between the sky and the earth.
Cai Zhao couldn't see anything, he could only hear the screams from Jin Baohui's side, mixed with the sound of hurriedly drawing swords, and Zhou Zhiqin's call to calm down, but all these seemed weak and weak under the deafening roar of the beast. , the thick smell of blood quickly spread to the entire hillside,
Cai Zhao gritted her teeth and wanted to go out to save people's lives, but Mu Qingyan held her tightly in her arms with one hand, and clasped the pulse gate on her wrist with the other, telling her not to move.
"Let me go!"
"We don't know the enemy's situation, so we can't act rashly."
"You are practicing the turtle method, right? If you are so timid and timid, you can live for a thousand years at least!" Mu Qingyan is certainly not timid and timid, and can be very crazy when he is wanton. Cai Zhao said this intentionally to provoke him.
Mu Qingyan's voice was as cold as ever, "That's not necessary, it will be as long as you live." When he spoke, hot air blew behind the girl's ears, making Cai Zhao feel hot even in the freezing weather.
Fortunately, the dark clouds dispersed quickly. Under the dim light, an extremely huge white-haired animal with its mouth full of blood tore open the abdomen of a guard with its two front paws, picked it up in its mouth and quickly flew away.
The bright moon hung high in the sky again, and the ground was a mess of corpses.
Mu Qingyan pulled Cai Zhao up and bent down to untie Qian Xueshen's acupuncture points.
Qian Xueshen rushed back to the hunter's hut crawling, screaming and refusing to come out until she died.
Cai Zhao looked around.
The one who suffered the most serious losses was naturally Jin Baohui. More than half of his mighty bodyguards were killed or wounded. They were either bitten to death or had their hands and feet bitten off, lying on the ground wailing. The scene was extremely bloody and tragic.
Jin Baohui was dragged by Lan Tianyu and rolled into a snow pit two feet away. He hid under the snow and escaped.
Two of Chen Fuguang's bodyguards were bitten.
One of them had half of his chest bitten off, and his bloody heart just fell to the snow, beating slightly. The other person had half of his head bitten off, and his red and white brains flowed all over the floor.
The frightened guards saw him and screamed like crazy.
Chen Fuguang himself was fine. He was pulled by Qinong to hide behind a snowdrift just now. There was no danger. He was holding Qinong's hand tightly at the moment, looking attached to her and not daring to let go.
Hu Tianwei was naturally fine, but his mute old servant was scratched on one of his paws and suffered some flesh wounds on his left arm.
"... Yulin, did my son Yulin encounter this thing?! Was Yulin bitten alive by this beast?" Zhou Zhiqin looked at the severed limbs and corpses on the ground, his soul was lost, and his voice was trembling.
Dongfang Xiao sighed and stepped forward to hold him: "Stop looking, let's go back to the house first."
"I, I must avenge Yulin!" Thinking of the fear and pain his only son suffered during his lifetime, Zhou Zhiqin felt both pain and hatred in his heart.
Lan Tianyu pushed away Jin Baohui who was shaking like chaff, stood up and patted the snowflakes on his body, and said bitterly: "I have said long ago that going up the mountain in early spring is the worst time. The wild beasts in the mountain have been hungry all winter. Now is the time." The most ferocious and hungry times.”
Mu Qingyan was interested: "Oh, have you said this before? To whom did you say it?"
Lan Tianyu suddenly became speechless.
"Speaking of which..." Hu Tian looked around the corpse on the ground for a while, "What on earth is this?"
"It's the Snow Mountain White-haired Frog." Jin Baohui spoke. Although his face was pale with fear, he could still speak clearly. "The ferocious beast that guards the Tianmen in mythology. Legend has it that Beichen's ancestor kept two to guard the gate. The adult White-haired Fong can They are as tall as two people, with strong bodies and sharp teeth, running as fast as lightning, and they like to eat the flesh and blood of living creatures."
Mu Qingyan looked up into the distance and said with a smile: "It seems that there are many unknown 'surprises' in this snowy mountain."
Chapter 52
Nothing happened that night, but most people still closed the doors of their hunting houses tightly and slept with weapons in their arms.
When the sun rose the next day, everyone who had had a nightmare all night walked out of the hunting house and looked at the coagulated blood and broken corpses on the snow, as if they were in another world. Lan Tianyu seemed to have aged ten years overnight, his face shriveled and wrinkled, like dried orange peel. He asked everyone in a rough voice: "What's the matter, do you want to continue going up the mountain?"
Hu Tianwei had a leisurely attitude and said he would definitely go up the mountain.
Chen Fuguang was hesitant at first, but after meeting Qinong's gentle gaze, he plucked up the courage to go up the mountain too.
Zhou Zhiqin looked at them coldly. He was now bent on avenging his only son, and it was inevitable to go up the mountain. However, he advised Dongfang Xiao not to take risks easily, but Dongfang Xiao said: "We are sworn brothers, and we will naturally live and die together. Big brother, don't do it." Persuaded."
Qianxue persuaded with earnest words: "You have seen the situation. We haven't reached the mountainside yet, and the higher we go, the more dangerous it will be. Let's just go back home. There are always other ways to break my body-changing technique."
"Is there any other way?" Cai Zhao squinted.
Qianxue was deeply embarrassed: "I don't know yet... Sigh, Mr. Yan, you should try to persuade her."
Mu Qingyan said lightly: "It doesn't matter, it will only take a few days. If we don't gain anything in the snow mountain within seven or eight days, we will go down the mountain immediately. We can return to the Qingque Sect in two or three days on the golden plume giant roc. At that time, Song Shijun had just arrived Arrive without delay to expose the imposter."
Qianxue felt like crying but had no tears.
Everyone set off again.
Since more than half of Jin Baohui's escorts were killed or injured, they could no longer push or pull the sled cart, so everyone had to drive the donkey up the mountain. Cai Zhao also brought a strong mountain donkey to carry the heavy luggage.
Today’s journey is far from yesterday’s. As far as the eye can see, there are more and more white colors and black ones are becoming rarer. According to Lan Tianyu, the snow gets thicker as you go up the mountain, completely covering the rocks and soil below. .
The road was desolate and cold, not to mention the presence of people, and it was rare to even hear the sounds of birds and animals in the snow forest. It seemed that only the silent blue sky, the empty white snow, and the golden summit of the mountain were forever hidden behind the clouds.
That night, everyone arrived at the second hunting house to rest. Zhou Zhiqin and Dongfang Xiao prepared night pearls and stayed up all night waiting for the snowy mountain white-haired dog to reappear. Unexpectedly, the whole night was calm.
Lan Tianyu was very emotional: "It seems that this snow-capped white-haired fox is spiritual. If the moon is bright and shines brightly all over the place, it will not come out. If you can catch one alive and go down the mountain, it will be hard to buy for ten thousand gold." As a big thief, he naturally knows how to sell stolen goods.
Zhou Zhiqin could only sneer, obviously not intending to let the white-haired animal live anymore.
Jin Baohui hesitated and said: "I think this white-haired dog may not only appear in the dark night. It may just hate the smell of crowds... Well, it's hard to say..."
Zhou Zhiqin ignored the speculations of the two men and continued to place bell ropes and other hidden stakes around the hunting house for the next two nights, hoping that the white-haired dog would come to hunt. However, he still found nothing and got two black circles under his eyes.
Cai Zhao couldn't help but said: "From love comes fear, from love comes sorrow. If you are separated from the one you love, there is no fear and no sorrow. Uncle Zhou has lost his beloved son and has lost his clear thinking."
Qian Xueshen couldn't help but sigh. Mu Qingyan was the only one who said something unpleasant: "Children, don't recite Buddhist verses randomly. Do you want to compete with Mr. Fakong for business?"
After two days of traveling, on the third day the mountain became noticeably steeper, the air was thinner, the mountain donkeys struggled, and it was difficult to move forward. A person with low cultivation like Jin Baohui turned pale.
Several guards supporting Jin Baohui gasped: "This mountain is too steep."
Hu Tianwei's expression remained calm and calm: "It's better to be steeper. The steeper the mountain, the sooner you can reach the top of the mountain."
When everyone thought about it, this was not a bad statement.
Lan Tianyu said loudly: "We have reached the depths of the mountainside. Because the mountain is inaccessible and the snow has condensed into solid ice for many years, it is easy to fall." He also suggested that everyone use hemp rope to wrap things like iron nails and caltrops around the soles of their boots. , to prevent the soles of your feet from slipping.
Mu Qingyan had already prepared these things. Qian Xueshen said angrily: "If I roll all the way down the mountain, don't come to me. I will wait for you at the inn. Just in case, Mr. Yan might as well get the antidote first." Give me a dozen or twenty pills."
Mu Qingyan's face was expressionless: "You'd better grab a handful of snow and wipe your face. Daydreaming can lead to early death."
Cai Zhao couldn't help laughing until his stomach hurt.
Chen Fuguang had a difficult journey and stumbled to the rear of the team.
Qinong actually never left him, always supporting him and encouraging him gently and considerately.
Chen Fuguang's voice trembled with emotion: "Qinong's kindness to me, until... one day, I will definitely live up to it."
Qinong's eyes were as tender as water, and she whispered: "Young Master is a loyal and kind-hearted person. Meeting him is Qinong's blessing."
——Hu Tianwei, who was walking at the front, seemed completely unaware.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Cai Zhao looked at this person from a distance and felt that his head was a little green. While he was smiling to himself, he suddenly heard Qian Xueshen next to him making a sound, and then his body became half shorter.
Cai Zhao was stunned. After pulling Qian Xueshen up, he discovered that there was thin hollow ice under the snow layer. Qian Xueshen stepped on it and the thin ice layer was hollowed out, as if he had stepped into a mud pit.
Mu Qingyan's reaction was quite interesting. It was Qian Xueshen who stepped on the hollow ice layer, but his first reaction was that it was Cai Zhao who was holding him tightly. Qian Xueshen rolled his eyes.
Lan Tianyu came to take a look and warned everyone loudly: "Now there is snow and ice under our feet. The ice layer here is getting thicker, and we don't know how deep the rocky soil is under the ice. The ice layer is different from the rocky soil, it is easy to retain The cave is hollow and even cracks open, please be careful where you step, don’t step firmly, and it’s best to have people around you holding the rope.”
Everyone obeyed.
Sure enough, after that, there were a lot of ouch sounds all around, and many people stepped into the ice pit. Even Dongfang Xiao was caught, and he lifted his feet to get out of the pit with a wry smile.
As the sun turned to the west, I suddenly heard a long scream, and one of Jin Baohui's guards suddenly disappeared in front of me. It turned out that he had fallen, but he did not climb out of the ice pit.
Everyone heard the screams echoing for a long time, and hurried over to take a look, only to find that the guard fell into an extremely deep ice crevice, at least four to five feet deep, and the bottom of the ice crevice was covered with sharp and slender ice. prick.
In his haste, the guard didn't have time to raise his energy and jumped up. After falling, he was stabbed directly by the ice thorn. His eyes were wide open, blood stained the ice, and the image was terrifying.
Before everyone could say anything, they heard two more screams of the same length. It turned out that another guard had fallen into a crevice in the ice. Judging from the screams, it seemed that the bottom of the crevice was deeper. However, he and another guard tied each other's belts together. When one fell, the other was also castrated. One fell to death, and the other was pierced by an iceberg in his eye socket and penetrated his head, and died immediately.
Jin Baohui's face was so frightened that he almost collapsed.
Lan Tianyu sighed: "Ice cracks are hard to guard against. We might as well form a long queue and take turns to be the first person to explore the path."
Zhou Zhiqin, Dongfang Xiao, did not want to associate with the demon sect, so he walked in a line with Mu Qingyan, Cai Zhao, Qianxue Shen, and Zhou Zhiqin took the lead, walking in front. The remaining people also formed a column, with Lan Tianyu leading the team first.
Jin Baohui followed him, panting: "What a mess is all this? When we went up the mountain, it was a peaceful journey with no movement at all. Why is it today..."
Lan Tianyu turned around and scolded: "Stop talking. Isn't it hard to breathe?"
Mu Qingyan smiled and said, "Why did Senior Jin come here many years ago?"
Jin Baohui realized that he had made a mistake, so he forced a smile and refused to say anything more.
Hu Tianwei laughed openly, his eyes shining with excitement: "There are strange phenomena on the ground, which means that the gods will descend from the sky. If this trip is true, it will be a thousand times better than calm seas. What are you afraid of?!"
Mu Qingyan still smiled: "I dare to ask what kind of magical object it is that can make all seniors be so reckless about their safety."
Hu Tianwei said coldly: "You'll know when you see me." His eyes turned to Cai Zhao, and he smiled, "Speaking of which, Mr. Yan's brother and sister are not weak in qinggong. Especially Miss Feng, I am impressed. .”
At this point, it is already difficult to completely conceal one's strength.
Everyone could see clearly that this little girl who was said to be very 'delicate' walked briskly along the way. Although her breathing was not long, the intervals were steady. Even if she was not strong in combat, she must be excellent in Qinggong, and she must be from a famous family. .
Cai Zhao wanted to slap him, but when he hit Hu, he flew down three thousand feet, probably because of the Milky Way in front of him. However, he still pretended to be weak and said with a blushing face: "My mother said that girls fighting and killing don't look good." , it’s enough to practice Qinggong well.”
Hu Tianwei smiled frivolously: "What your father-in-law said makes sense."
"Stop rambling, it's time to find a place to stay. Look, it's almost dark." Jin Baohui shouted loudly.
Dongfang Xiao smiled bitterly: "That's right."
Everyone quickly looked far into the distance, but after looking for a long time, they didn't see any red ribbons fluttering. Instead, they saw a dark shadow on the side of the mountain. Lan Tianyu was used to looking at the snowy scenery from afar, and was the first to speak out: "There is a house there."
The two teams had to take a detour and walk carefully for half an hour before approaching.
On the way, everyone found several strange-looking plants in a remote place covered by snow. They looked like vines entwined on the rocks, with only a few bare branches exposed, or like moss, deeply submerged in the snow.
Lan Tianyu and Jin Baohui looked at these strange plants and sighed softly.
After arriving, everyone discovered that this place turned out to be a wooden terraced courtyard with two houses. There was a fence in the front and a warehouse in the back. The two connected large houses in the middle had kitchens, bedrooms and dining rooms. However, it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time, and the houses were dilapidated. , there were several holes in the roof, the snow was pouring in, and there were ice cubes inside and outside the house.
Cai Zhao said blankly: "This is not a hunting house, right?"
