After a night's rest, the wind and snow gradually eased the next day, revealing a rare winter day on the Tianshan Mountains.
Taking advantage of the good weather, Li Ye climbed another hundred feet up the mountain and now reached a height of 2,300 feet.
Nangong Ruyu felt some difficulty breathing, which made him stop.
Climbing to the edge of a valley and a cliff, Nangong Ruyu took off the leather hat on her head, revealing her little white face and rosy face. She looked at the cliff in front of her and asked: "Master, you just said that this place will be beautiful." Are snow lotuses growing?”
Li Ye glanced down, shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
After all, the Tianshan Snow Lotus that year was given to him by Lao Lang, and he didn't pick it himself.
Nangong Ruyu asked in confusion: "Then why did the master still want to bring Yu'er here? Did eating Tianshan Snow Lotus make Yu'er break through to the golden elixir? Or was it for my sister?"
Li Ye looked at her and smiled and said: "They should all be useful. I also stayed in Tianshan Mountain when I was a child, but I didn't dare to go out to look for it at that time. Now I want to try it."
Nangong Ruyu looked at him, scratched her head, and asked: "Then Yu'er will go with the master. If you find it, let your sister try it, so that she won't have to look miserable all day long."
Li Ye nodded, pointed to the edge of the cliff and said, "I'll go down and try. You wait for me up there."
Nangong Ruyu looked around the cliff, and for some reason she felt a sense of fear in her heart. She held his hand and said, "Yu'er wants to go down together. There might be monsters on the mountain."
Li Ye was silent for a long time and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go down with you and try. If it doesn't work, come back."
He was not at ease if Nangong Ruyu was left alone.
...
The mountain wind howled as the master and apprentice climbed all the way.
Li Ye carried Nangong Ruyu on his back and struggled to climb the cliff on the rocks. His hands were shaking before he changed.
I have eaten a lot of meat from monster beasts in the distraction realm these days, and I feel that my physical strength has increased a lot.
Nangong Ruyu held him tightly and lay behind her, not daring to move or even look down. Looking back, there was a cliff with no bottom, and she suddenly regretted following her.
Li Ye silently climbed between heaven and earth, with the ordinary monk's robe stuck to the cliff from time to time. With his ninth level formless body, he was not affected by the cold wind at all.
Even Xia Wutong and Nangong Ruyu were surprised. Nangong Ruyu kept holding his hand and asked the master, "Aren't you cold?"
Xia Wutong glared at him and thought, I bought you some winter clothes.
Only he knows that his body is really nothing compared to the wind and snow?
Because he was used to practicing in monk robes, it would probably be even more uncomfortable for him to wear the same animal robes as Xia Wutong.
The seemingly ordinary cliff climb was much more difficult than usual due to the snow. The footsteps left heavy marks on the snow because Nangong Ruyu was still wearing iron armor.
In winter, Li Ye added another five pounds to her.
Braving the cold wind, the master and apprentice climbed for an hour, and finally set foot on what looked like a stone platform.
The two of them looked up and saw a stone door not far in front of them. The stone door was naturally built on top of a cave. After climbing for an hour without seeing the Tianshan Snow Lotus, they found a mysterious cave outside.
The place where Mr. Tianshan settled down did not have such a huge stone gate.
On Fangcun Mountain, the stone gate in the back mountain of Xuantian Temple is not so majestic.
Li Ye never thought that the master and apprentice would find a cave, and for a moment he didn't believe his eyes.
Moreover, he could not understand how such a majestic and huge stone gate was built in the cave on the cliff, and why he could not see it at all when he looked around for it a few days ago.
Subconsciously, he looked back at the way he came.
On the cliff above the jagged rocks, the cave could not be seen from below. However, when he climbed up, the stone door appeared in front of him.
It seemed as if this stone gate had been waiting for him here for thousands of years.
When Li Ye's right hand gently touched the rough surface of the stone door, there was no reaction from the stone door.
"Yu'er, get out of the way." Li Ye looked at Nangong Ruyu who was in trouble and said.
Then he made a horse stance, used the power of the formless body, condensed the true energy into his fist, and the Fuhu Arhat Fist hit the stone door heavily in an instant.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and countless years of dust flew out from the stone door.
Then the stone door slowly broke into several pieces.
Li Ye looked up at the huge cave entrance, and then walked in under Nangong Ruyu's shocked eyes.
"Yu'er, follow me!"
Li Ye, who was walking in front, shouted softly.
...
Entering the huge stone door, the master and apprentice only walked a few dozen feet when they felt hot air rushing towards them.
Could it be that there is also a hot spring here?
These feelings instantly occupied Li Ye's mind.
Nangong Ruyu took his hand and followed him with her mouth wide open.
Because what they saw was wider and more majestic than any cave they had seen before.
This space is so big that it exceeds the two people's cognition, and it is unknown how deep it is. This is a place that can only appear in dreams, a place that only gods have the power to open up.
Just like the cave in Tianshan, this huge cave also has a small, light-transmitting entrance on the stone wall.
A beam of clear light shines from the entrance to most of the cave. There are countless thick and huge stalactites. There is indeed a hot spring in the cave that is filled with mist.
Li Ye did not stop, and pulled Nangong Ruyu to continue walking inside. Nangong Ruyu took out the luminous pearl and held it in her hand. She wanted to take a closer look at the cave.
Thick stalactites gathered in the middle like spider webs, and finally merged into a stone flat in the center of the cave. Then, on the wide stone wall at the back, there was a temple carved on it. The temple was huge.
Looking from a distance gives people an incredible feeling.
Facing such an incredible and majestic existence, anyone would be unable to restrain themselves from feeling a sense of awe and want to kneel on the ground to worship.
Because in front of such a magnificent world, human beings can only be ants.
The two looked at each other and could see the shock in each other's eyes.
The two of them continued to explore inside.
Li Ye looked forward with the help of the falling skylight above, and found that there was fire rising not far ahead, and there was even a strong heat blowing towards his face.
"There should be an external fire here, Yu'er, let's go and have a look."
The master and apprentice quickened their pace again. ...Finally, at the end of the cave, a fire pit that was even more intense than the Xuantianguan cave appeared in front of him.
The flames rose and rolled, and it was unknown whether they existed for hundreds or thousands of years.
The stone walls around the fire pit have turned gray-white, and even the top of the cave is the same color.
Li Ye stared blankly, and held Nangong Ruyu's hand a little tighter. After a while, he murmured: "Is this God's will?"
Nangong Ruyu didn't know what he meant, so she just looked at him and said, "Master, are we going to move here?"
Li Ye looked at her, nodded, and said with a smile, "This cave is too big, and there are hot springs, which can help you and Sister Wutong to strengthen their bodies."
After watching for a while, the two turned back and walked out.
Back outside the stone wall carved with pavilions, Li Ye stopped and looked up again.
The carvings and paintings on the stone wall gradually appeared in front of them as they moved.
These petroglyphs are large and there are many of them.
It's just that it's been so long that many places are blurry and cannot be seen clearly.
After looking at it for a while, I felt that there were figures carved on the stone wall, the sun, the flames in the cave, and birds like crows flying on the stone wall. It felt like they were leaving the stone wall and flying away through the sky.
The two walked around the cave and found several stone nests with smooth stone slabs and several places like stone tables. It seemed that there were indeed traces of someone living here, but it had been too long and they had already seen it. Not what it was back then.
"This place is bigger than any of our caves. Master, when are we going to move here?"
Nangong Ruyu fell in love with this place. Firstly, the space was large enough, and secondly, it was warm and comfortable. She felt very warm without having to light a fire.
Li Ye thought for a while, looked at her and said, "Let's walk around again to see if there are any other exits. It won't work if we keep climbing on the clouds."
Nangong Ruyu nodded and followed him around to search.
"Yu'er, come here! Quick!"
Nangong Ruyu, who was looking for the exit, heard Li Ye's shouting.
When the two came to a dark passage outside, Li Ye glanced at her and said with a smile: "This is probably a new passage. Let's go in and try it."
Nangong Ruyu nodded, pulled up his hand, and Li Ye took out a luminous pearl again and held it in his hand.
"Master, you actually still have this thing?"
"What's wrong? Don't you still want it?"
"Don't want it now. Master will give you one when you get home. I'll give it to my aunt."
"Well, let's wait until then."
The two of them walked inside with the Night Pearl, and saw that the passage was getting deeper and deeper. They walked hundreds of steps inside and could still see things.
The two of them turned around for less than a moment before they saw a light ahead.
"Master, it seems we have turned back."
Nangong Ruyu turned her head and looked at him and asked.
"Well, it would be best if there is a road, so we don't have to work hard to climb up and down. After we go back and have a rest, we will move here tomorrow."
Li Ye looked at the light in front and said quietly.
According to his plan, as long as he stays here for two months, or even less than two months, he can complete the casting of three swords.
After going down the mountain, I can naturally fulfill my promise to Nalan Yu.
The most important thing is that he can give his mother and Li Hongxiu a surprise. After all, he has wanted to find a good sword for them since he started practicing. It has been more than ten years.
Nangong Ruyu looked at the light in front of her nervously and asked in a low voice: "Master, is there also a cliff in front of me?"
Li Ye was stunned, looked at him and smiled: "You have to go down even if it's a cliff, otherwise it won't be a problem for your sister Wutong to stay alone in the cave."
Nangong Ruyu nodded, looked at him and said with a smile: "Let's go and pick up my sister. Yu'er shouldn't go out this winter!"
That means that this cave is enough.
Li Ye looked back at her and thought, even if you want to go out, I won't have time, right?
Are there three more swords waiting for me?
How could Nangong Ruyu know his thoughts? Seeing the light just ahead, she let go of his hand and ran forward.
"Be careful of the cliff ahead!" Li Ye exclaimed from behind.
But what was waiting for him was a string of giggles, and then Nangong Ruyu disappeared instantly.
After he ran all the way out of the passage, he realized that the two of them were on the other side of the cliff. It was freezing and snowy outside, and snowflakes were already falling.
The sun, which had shown its face early in the morning, also hid behind.
"Come down the mountain, we will come along this road again tomorrow."
Li Ye looked at her and said softly.
