Through the rime, over the cold road.
As soon as they entered the pine forest inside the lotus petals, the chill in everyone's bodies disappeared.
This place is completely different from the wind, cold, dampness and coldness of Baishan. The pine forest has luxuriant flowers and plants and towering ancient trees, just like the Taoyuan world in ancient books!
The place is warm, humid, and filled with heat. Birds, butterflies, elk, hares, snakes, insects, rats, and ants are everywhere that come to escape the cold. They avoid people when they see them, hiding among the dense branches and leaves to spy on them, not daring to come near.
"How can it be so warm here? Even if there are four side peaks blocking the air conditioning, it won't feel like late autumn or early spring!"
Everyone almost stepped into the spring and autumn directly from the cold winter. Ma Chang grew up in the pass. He couldn't imagine that in a place colder than Gyeonggi, there could be a place with mild spring in winter and not cold all year round.
"Little friend Ma, there are so many wonders in this world, have you ever heard of the hot mist coming from the spring!"
Yue Erpao was exploring the way ahead with a bamboo pole. When he heard that Master Cat was going to tell ancient stories again, he returned like a pug.
"Master Cat, what does spring hot mist mean?"
Mr. Cat stopped and looked at the dense forest around him:
"Baishan Tianchi once erupted, leaving several hot spring pools in various places on the mountainside. It is said that the water inside is warm and bubbling all year round, neither cold nor ice. People who soak in it can cure all kinds of diseases. This is the Diyong Hot Spring. At that time, Emperor Xuanzong The place where I peeked at Concubine Yang taking a bath was the Tangquan Palace in Huaqing Pool."
"I suspect that the Hualian Peak forest is actually a geothermal spring, but the temperature is too high. When it encounters a gap in the rock formation during the eruption, it automatically sprays out the soil as hot mist, causing the hot mist in the forest to continue. , If the high temperature does not go away, the plants will naturally forget the cold winter and flourish regardless of the season.”
"Look at these leaves!"
After that, Mr. Cat walked closer to the deciduous shrub. The leaves, as wide as the palm of a hand, were covered with a layer of tiny water droplets.
"There is usually no rain, so why are the plants always wet? Maybe the secret is hidden underground."
Geda listened to Master Mao's words and immediately felt an airflow approaching before he finished speaking.
With quick eyes and quick hands, he pushed Yue Erpao and Mao Ye away from the broad-leaf grass!
Sooner or later, when the two of them fell to another place, a thick hot mist suddenly sprayed out from under the roots of the trees and plants, steaming the leaves up and down, and it took a long time to completely dissipate.
At this moment, Yue Guanchao felt that the surrounding temperature was more than ten degrees higher. He could guess how high the temperature would be when the ground fog erupted, and it would be easy to burn off a piece of skin.
Geda patted the burnt wool sleeves and warned in shock:
"Master Cat, brothers of the Second Artillery, don't dare to come close to this. The nearby villages call this hot mist the dragon's halo. If you stand on it, your skin and bones will be scalded."
Yue Erpao was young and resistant to falling. He patted the dirt on his butt and stood up. Master Mao, however, was an old man in his late fifties. He was suddenly pushed away by the strong man and fell to the ground without being able to get up.
Master Cat wanted to get angry, but when he saw the insects and butterflies on the leaves that were instantly cooked, he also knew that if it weren't for Geda, half of his skin would have been burned off, which would be a disaster, so he put away his temper:
"Hey, I'm an old man. Thank you Ge Xiaoyou for saving me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have wanted this skin. But if I had told you earlier, my old bones wouldn't have suffered this crime."
Geda helped Mr. Cat up and looked around with alert eyes:
"The dragon is haunted and unpredictable. No one knows which normal underground cave will turn into a hot mist vent. It is so evil that people from nearby villages are taboo to come here. I never thought there was one under the tree roots."
