The heavy snow was still falling, and after midnight, a top of snow appeared above everyone, covering everyone inside, and the temperature inside was getting higher and higher.
Now everyone's body has really become warmer. After another half hour, everyone can clearly feel the increase in their body temperature.
It was also at this time that the exhausted Lu Yunyou finally fell asleep. He slept very comfortably, as if he had the best sleep ever. He even had a sweet dream, dreaming that he was in a warm and bright room. Inside, there was a table in front of him with delicious food on it, waiting for him to enjoy it.
"Are all the people inside dead? Those who are not dead, come out quickly!" Just when he was about to taste the delicious wine and delicacies on that table, a sudden voice penetrated his ears and woke him up directly. After his heart trembled, The warm feeling in the dream disappeared instantly, and his consciousness returned to reality.
Immediately afterwards, after a sound of tapping on the ice, the groggy Lu Yunyou felt something fall on his body. When he touched it with his hand, it was extremely cold. The next moment, a cold wind suddenly hit him, and he suddenly became more awake. When he looked again The surroundings are already bright.
"Get up quickly, don't delay today's schedule." Just when Lu Yunyou slowly remembered what the situation was now, an escort had already brandished a whip and started beating people. After the screams of two people were heard in succession, there was no sound at all. The hard laborers who had been resting for a long time got up from the ground one after another, causing a sound of iron chains clashing.
After a while, dozens of hard laborers stood up one after another, but in the end two people were still lying on the ground motionless, their bodies stiff, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead.
"I want you to get up, do you hear me?" After discovering the situation, an escort went straight over and kicked one of them mercilessly. When there was no response, he kicked him several more times.
But the person he kicked still didn't react at all, so that the escort had to bend down to check whether the person was alive or dead.
"I'm freezing to death," he shook his head to his companion next to him with an unlucky look on his face. The martial artist seemed to be very dissatisfied with what he found, and walked to the side and kicked another sleeping person hard.
I really kicked the man awake, but when he woke up, he was shaking all over and whining non-stop. He seemed to be in extremely poor health and might not be able to walk normally.
"Do you want to get up on your own, or do you want to stay here to feed the beasts like him?" Pointing to the corpse not far away, the escort fiercely threatened the lying martial arts cultivator with a cold tone. A hint of joking.
Obviously hearing the other party's threat, the next moment, the lying man quickly tried to get up, but unfortunately he failed several times in a row. As a result, his face turned red with anxiety but there was nothing he could do.
At the same time, Lu Yunyou stared at the scene in front of him with mixed emotions. He could not imagine what their lives were in the eyes of the escorts. Out of sympathy for the martial artist, he hoped that the man could stand up as soon as possible, but And because of fear, he, like many others, did not dare to go and help.
Fortunately, with everyone's attention, someone finally reached out and helped the weak martial artist up.
"Very good." After the martial arts cultivator finally stood up, the escort next to him was not surprised by the situation in front of him. He sneered and went back to the corpse. After untying the shackles of the corpse, he kicked the corpse. He stepped aside, then raised the whip in his hand and shouted to everyone: "If you don't want to die, hurry up and set off!"
In this way, without even having a bite of food, Lu Yunyou and the others set off again with deep fear. After a night, the heavy snow finally stopped, but the snow on the road was too thick, more than a foot deep, but not thick enough. , it will be dented if you step on it, and it is very laborious to walk. Fortunately, there are people in front of you to open the way. Following the footprints left by those people, Lu Yunyou and the others' march is not difficult. Of course, the road conditions are not comparable to yesterday.
The sky was gloomy, the cold wind was raging, and the scene was depressing. They were still hundreds of miles away from where they wanted to go. It was hard to imagine how much hardship they would have to endure next.
During the march, people would fall down from time to time due to lack of physical strength, and then be forced to get up and continue walking. If they were a little slow, they would be whipped with whips. The escorts treated them without mercy.
Hungry, with his hands tied, he kept walking in the same posture. Even if he was not affected by Ruanjinsan, Lu Yunyou could feel that his legs were getting heavier. Speaking of which, he had experienced this kind of physical torture since he was a child. He had never experienced it before. After being treated as an adult by those people, he felt that there was nothing wrong with being treated like a waste in the Lu family.
Although he has never been looked at seriously, apart from being bullied by people in the family, he is rarely bullied outside. After all, he is a direct member of the Lu family, and the Lu family is powerful in Wuyang City. , even if his cultivation level is low, he can still live a good life. Thinking of this, Lu Yunyou's resentment towards the senior officials of the Lu family has been greatly reduced.
Compared to his current situation, the experiences he had with the Lu family in the past seemed nothing. After all, the Lu family did protect him and spent many years in peace, even though he had not left Wuyang City for a long time. But those many experiences were enough for him to understand how difficult it is for an ordinary martial artist to survive.
Compared with his current situation, in the past, he often hoped to go out and see the world, but he would rather be a waste who cannot practice. Unfortunately, the Lu family is no longer what it was before, and it is impossible for him to become a waste who cannot practice again. Now he has to Being escorted to do hard labor, he might be trapped there for the rest of his life. Thinking of this, Lu Yunyou's heart was directly shrouded in a black cloud, making him extremely depressed and unable to escape.
Under the torture of his body and mind, he even felt that he was no better than a grass on the ground, a young leaf on the tree, or even a grain of dust in the air. The atmosphere around him was full of freedom, but he seemed to be imprisoned. In a strong cage, with his limbs tied and unable to be free, he is even more pitiful than a shackled horse.
Affected by the negative emotions of others around him for a long time, his original thought that he could escape gradually disappeared. The closer he got to the mine, the more desperate he felt. The further he walked, the more torture he felt inside.
Just like that, two days later, a long mountain ridge appeared in everyone's sight from a distance, like a giant dragon lying there. But according to the escorts, the long mountain ridge was just the Archaic Mountains. There is a bifurcation on the outside, and they are still a little far away from the real Archaic Mountains.
In the past two days, everyone who had been busy on the road had suffered a lot. Under the constant torture, some martial arts cultivators became more fragile than ordinary people and almost collapsed on the way. However, it was precisely because of the poor condition of those people that the escorting personnel were worried There will also be casualties, and the attitude towards Lu Yunyou and the others has been greatly improved.
Every time it was time to eat, the food distributed to everyone was obviously more than before, and sometimes some leftovers were given to the weak slave laborers. Regardless of whether those people were intentional or helpless, those martial cultivators who received help survived. .
After several days of torture, everyone was much thinner than before. Their clothes were in tatters and could barely cover their important parts. If they had not been holding on to a glimmer of hope, the three of them might have been tortured to the point of collapse like many others.
It is worth mentioning that the high-level martial artist leading the team never cared about their life or death. He always walked in front of the team, always observing the surrounding situation, as if he was on guard against vicious beasts attacking them.
Having said that, after leaving the areas with cities, the team had already entered a completely desolate area. In fact, it was normal to encounter ferocious beasts, but it seemed that they were always surrounded by a vast expanse of white, without any abnormality, even Not even a single footprint left by the ferocious beast could be seen. This situation also made everyone deeply uneasy.
"There's someone over there." On the afternoon of the sixth day, when the team was moving forward, a laborer raised his hand and pointed lightly to the left side of the direction they were traveling.
"Are those people here to save us?" Then another martial artist looked there and asked casually. Although his voice was small, it contained huge expectations.
At the same time, the escorts also looked over because they realized that something was wrong. Not long after, a small boss-like figure directly shouted to Lu Yunyou and others: "Listen to me. If anyone dares to move later, , don’t blame me for being rude to you!”
After saying that, the man directly waved the long knife in his hand, and fired a sword energy that left a deep mark on the ground. His move was naturally to warn everyone.
But ignoring the man's warning, Lu Yunyou and others had already looked over there. On the vast white snowfield, several people on tall horses appeared, running towards them, like saviors. Let a glimmer of hope sprout in the hearts of people who are on the verge of despair.
