Under the leadership of the guide Brother Tong, the group of them quickly reached the bottom of the mountain.
Going up a snow-capped mountain is inherently dangerous. Even in modern times, people with sufficient equipment would not dare to go up rashly.
What's more, their equipment is so crude now. Ruan Tang is worried that before going up the mountain, Chu Mu must order them to check their equipment again to make sure it is correct before setting off.
Brother Tong chose a flatter path based on experience.
Although this road takes a longer distance to reach the top of the mountain, the safety factor is higher.
They are here to look for medicine, so safety must be the first priority in everything, and they must not rush in. Otherwise, their lives will be lost before the medicine is found, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
This time Chumut specially brought Agni with him because he had inquired with the guide in advance that the first half of the journey up the mountain would be relatively flat, the slope not steep, and horses could walk.
But it is still difficult for ordinary horses to walk.
Chu Mu considered that Ruan Tang had no internal strength and her body might not be able to bear it if she walked up the whole journey, so he took Li Huo with him and asked her to ride a horse for the first half of the journey.
Ruan Tang is naturally happy.
"Sir, do you know how high this mountain is?" In his spare time, Ruan Tang asked Chu Mu, who was leading the horse in front of him.
Chu Mu shook his head, "I don't know."
Don't say he doesn't know, even the locals who have lived here all their lives don't know.
"This mountain is about eight thousand feet high."
"How did you find out?"
"I guessed it!"
In fact, it’s not entirely a guess.
In the past few days, she chatted with some local people here, learned about the climate changes here in each season, and deduced the approximate longitude and latitude here.
With the approximate latitude and longitude, you can deduce the approximate altitude at which snow will occur.
The mountain begins to accumulate snow before it reaches the top, indicating that the snow is already nearly 6,000 feet high. From this, we can deduce the approximate height of the mountain.
It's just that these are troublesome to explain. She said that Chu Mu and the others might not understand.
Chu Mu looked back and smiled without refuting her.
Just treat her as a random guess and don't expose her.
However, Xiaofeng on the side agreed: "Master is very knowledgeable and knows a lot."
Ruan Tang was used to Xiaofeng's bad behavior, but he still smiled happily.
Ling Qing on the side also came up and started chattering.
"Master, I have heard from the locals these days that there is a snow monster in this mountain that can eat people. Before, there were people who dared to go up the mountain to collect some precious medicinal materials to sell, but in the past two years, no one dared to come up. It is said that Basically, there is no return.”
Ruan Tang smiled and said, "There is no such thing as a snow demon. It's just a fabrication."
Presumably those who went up either died of hypothermia, encountered an avalanche, or encountered wild beasts on the mountain.
As a materialist, she would not believe in something as mysterious as the Snow Demon.
But as soon as she finished speaking, the guide Brother Tong who was walking in front suddenly refuted her.
"That is not a fabrication. Someone has seen it. He is all white and tall. He can kill someone with one palm."
Ruan Tang smiled and said nothing.
According to his description, it was most likely a beast like a white bear.
It's just that those people don't know it and make it seem mysterious.
Seeing that Ruan Tang didn't refute, the guide thought that she also agreed with what he said, and then continued: "The red snow grass you are looking for is the fairy grass guarded by the snow demon. I also talked to your little one before. Brother said it."
He was referring to the south wind.
"This red snow grass is a good thing, but it is not easy to get. If you anger the snow demon, it will roar and the mountain god will be angry. The heavy snow on the top of the mountain will bury people by itself. It is terrible. very."
The smile on Ruan Tang's lips deepened.
Not to mention that if the snow demon roars, the snow will bury people, even if he roars, the snow can also bury people.
But Ruan Tang still didn't refute him and let him continue.
That's fine, just listen to stories and pass the time.
Just walking like this, it was soon time to rest again.
They rest every hour.
Ruan Tang got off the horse, took the dry food - sesame seed cakes handed over by Xiaofeng and started to nibble on it.
This sesame seed cake was quite delicious when it was freshly baked, but after it was cold and had been frozen all the way, it became hard and tasted like chewing gum.
If it had been in her time, self-heating hot pot and self-heating rice would have come in handy at this time.
But now, let alone the cake being hard, even the water is cold.
Now she finally realizes the benefits of a thermos cup.
She took a sip of the water in her water bladder and shivered with cold, not daring to drink any more.
Qingfeng on the side suddenly handed her a water bag.
Ruan Tang was confused, but still reached out to take it. Unexpectedly, his water bag was actually warm.
"Hot water? Where did you get it from?"
What a blessing it is to drink a sip of hot water in this cold weather.
Qingfeng smiled, "I thought everyone was just like you, a rookie."
As he said that, Qingfeng stretched out his hand towards her, and Ruan Tang put her hand on his in confusion.
His hands were actually warm, and a heat spread along her palms to her whole body.
"Internal strength?" Ruan Tang looked surprised.
Sure enough, only those with martial arts and internal strength could survive in ancient times.
People like them are like carrying a solar energy on their backs, so they can't be too happy.
Ruan Tang felt proud for a moment and directly held Qingfeng's hand with both hands.
Qingfeng, on the other hand, looked arrogant and sat there letting her do what she wanted.
"Qingfeng, do you think it's too late for me to learn martial arts and use my internal energy like you?"
Qingfeng glanced at her, "You? It's better to save your energy."
"Is it too late? But I'm only twenty years old, so I'm not that old!" It's Ruhua's age, so young!
"Even if you are ten years younger, you still can't do it."
Learning martial arts requires some talent. Although some people have no talent and still practice martial arts, at most they only have fists and kicks. It is difficult to practice internal strength like them.
As for Ruan Tang, his qualifications can no longer be described as mediocre.
Ruan Tang was despised by him and glared at him, "Only you can! I can kill you!"
Qingfeng chuckled and accepted her compliment very much.
Chu Mu originally wanted to discuss the next route with the guide while he was resting.
Because after walking a few hundred meters, the road becomes steeper.
If there were other options, they could spend more time, but he didn't say a few words to the guide when he saw Ruan Tang put his hand on Qingfeng's.
The two of them were still smiling, looking extremely harmonious.
His face turned dark at that time.
The guide was talking to him, but when he suddenly saw his face turned dark, he thought he had said something wrong and immediately shut up.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Chu Mu lowered his eyes and looked at him, "I'll find you later."
The guide nodded repeatedly, as if he was being pardoned.
Although he didn't know who this young man was, his natural majesty could not be ignored.
If he had a black face, it would be even more terrifying.
Chu Mu first said a few words to Nan Feng, then walked towards Ruan Tang.
Ruan Tang was still holding Qingfeng's hand at this moment, chatting with Xiaofeng and Ling Qing, without realizing at all that someone's eyes were almost cannibalistic.
