Chapter 014 The Second Snow

I suddenly stopped and Sister Fo waved to me, pointing diagonally downward for me to look there. I looked in the direction she pointed. The surrounding clouds and fog were being blown away by the mountain wind, and a deep groove appeared on the ground. Looking down at the deep stream from a high place, I could only see a hazy air. It was unpredictable. Just looking at it The first glance made me feel fearful. If the wind and snow on this mountain were more violent, people who didn't know the terrain here would definitely continue to move forward and fall into a deep ditch and be shattered to pieces.

"I always feel like there's something there." I said doubtfully, "How about we go over there and take a look?"

Cheng Yiyun nodded slightly and said, "I feel the same way."

So, a few of us walked lightly and slowly down the deep ditch. We walked like this for four or five hundred meters, but saw nothing, so we had to prepare to go home. Unexpectedly, just as we were about to leave, we saw a black lynx scurrying down from the tree. I frowned, and then shot the flying knife in my hand. Unexpectedly, the beast was very agile and jumped on the snow. He jumped up, avoided the flying knife, and rushed to the bottom of the deep ditch, where he disappeared.

"Is this the thing you suspect?"

I was just about to return when suddenly the lynx came out of a low bush again, as if it was provoking us. I was holding my breath and raised the flying knife in my hand to strike. Fight, but before I could take action, Sister Fo stopped me behind me and said, "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" I couldn't help but wonder, "When I kill this beast, we can improve our food."

"Look there." I saw Sister Fo pointing her hand in the direction where the lynx ran just now. I turned around and suddenly saw a few drops of red spots on the snow.

"What is that?" I asked in surprise.

Since the red spots are at the bottom of the deep ravine, there is a drop of several meters from above. Fortunately, there is snow on the slope, so you can slide down from it. When I arrived in front of Spot, my eyes widened suddenly and I was surprised, "This is - blood?!"

Sister Fo touched it with her finger and it was frozen. She smelled it carefully and said, "This is human blood."

"Human blood?!" I was even more surprised after hearing this, and asked, "Why is there still human blood here? Could it be Ye Heping, is he injured?"

"You saw that lynx just now. It has a ferocious temperament and is not afraid of people. It is possible that it has ambushed people here. Now that the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, it has no other food on the mountain. It is not impossible for it to attack people actively." Buddha. Sister said.

"Judging from the direction of the blood stains, that person should have gone down the mountain. Could it be that Ye Heping has already gone to the Dragon Burial Pit?" Just as we were confused on the spot, footsteps came from behind. It turned out to be Si Weiqi and Xu Qian, when they saw that we were missing from the camp, they came looking for us.

"Lin Kun, what are you doing?" Si Weiqi asked.

"Sister Qi, you came just in time. Look -" I pointed to the blood on the ground and said, "What we just discovered should be that someone was injured. In this place, if there is anyone else besides us, it will be the last." It is possible that it is Ye Heping. We are still wondering whether he came down from the Dragon Burial Pit or..."

"Even if he gets to the Dragon Burial Pit, he may not be able to get in. If he can get in, he definitely won't be able to get out." Si Weiqi said, "Well, judging from the blood stains, he should have gone down the mountain. Ye Heping is right for us now. It's very important, we must find him, but the Dragon Burial Pit is a clue left by Ou Zhi, we must go there, so we can only divide our forces into two groups."

"The road down the mountain is also very dangerous. Xiaoqian will take Sister Fo and Yiyun down. Be sure to ensure the safety of Ye Heping." Si Weiqi ordered.

"Don't worry." Xu Qian accepted the order, and then took Sister Fo and Cheng Yiyun back with their equipment and followed the bloodstains to search for traces of Ye Heping.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright and the wind and snow stopped. The team of six people divided into two groups here. Si Weiqi and Chen Ziyue and I will continue to climb to the top after dawn, while Xu Qian, Sister Fo and Cheng Yiyun will go down the mountain. What are the blessings and disasters of this journey? No one knows.

After dawn, we packed our bags immediately. I handed the kettle to Chen Ziyue and asked her to drink a few sips of hot water to drive away the cold mountain wind. Chen Ziyue took two sips, grinned at me, and said nothing. Know exactly what she means.

I looked up at the mountain. The steep mountain wall was like a barrier. If I wanted to climb up, I would feel scared just looking at it. Soon, everything was ready, with Si Weiqi in front and me behind, the three of us began to climb slowly up the mountain. At this time, the mountain wind picked up again, and the thicker clouds above the head slowly moved away, and a majestic solitary peak emerged from the clouds. With the snow that had fallen for a day, it looked like a silver snow peak.

"Sister Qi, I think it's going to snow again today." I said as I walked.

"Yes, once it snows again, we will definitely be in more danger." Si Weiqi was obviously worried.

Chen Ziyue has never dared to look down. Although she is not threatened by avalanches on the steep slope of nearly 60 degrees, if there are loose rocks on the mountain, even if a small piece falls, even if she holds an iron pot on her head, she will be hit. Break through. The most terrifying thing is to slip and fall. Even if something as terrible as falling off a cliff may not happen, walking is still very dangerous.

After walking about a quarter of the way at night, the evergreen trees began to thin out, and many dead trees began to appear. Although these trees were withered, they were not dead, just because the soil on the surface was thin and difficult to grow. In winter, the leaves can only be allowed to wither, hoping that the branches and leaves will grow again next spring.

The next road is no longer suitable for vertical climbing. They must take a zigzag route, going up layer by layer like a winding mountain road, often more than ten meters high. They need to walk from the east side to the west side, and then from the west side. Arrive at the east side diagonally. When I stood on the mountain walls on the east and west sides and looked down, I saw two bottomless ravines below. The reason why they are called ravines instead of valleys is because the terrain is too narrow and there are knives on both sides. The cliff cut by an axe is like a mountain of brushes.

"Lin Kun, I can't walk anymore. Let's take a rest." Chen Ziyue gasped.

"It doesn't matter." I said worriedly.

Si Weiqi looked back at us and said, "This is not a place to rest. Let's rest under the tree in front."

After walking about half of the way, the sky was already dark, and a heavy snowfall was about to fall. For the sake of safety, I had to find a nearby place with a few dead trees to stop. I ate a few bites of food in a hurry and asked Chen Ziyue if it was okay. Fortunately, Chen Ziyue was in good physical condition, but she just walked too fast and her physical strength was a bit too much.

I originally wanted to discuss with Si Weiqi not to ask her to follow us up since Chen Ziyue was pregnant, but then I gave up the idea. Moreover, since we arrived at this mountainous area, we have had a strange feeling, as if there were some unusual signs, so we asked Si Weiqi, "Sister Qi, do you think there is anything weird here?"

Si Weiqi nodded and said, "This is close to the top of the mountain. As far as I know, there is a beast-killing platform on the top of the Dragon Burial Pit, which is a place for ancestors to offer sacrifices. The way of ancient sacrifices is very strange, so they will After the livestock is killed, the bodies are thrown into the wilderness and thrown below, so from here up, you will see animal bones everywhere.”

I looked around, but I didn't see the bones mentioned. I couldn't help but wonder, "Sister Qi, why is this place so weird?"

"Besides the Holy Land of Yuling, there are a group of demons waiting. The land in front has become the land of demons. After the ancestors offered sacrifices, they threw their livestock down the mountain to pay tribute to the demons. However, this is just a legend. There is actually a 'five' in it. In the Ghost Killing Immortal Formation, those who do not know how to use it will never come back." Si Weiqi explained.

Not long after, the wind on the mountain suddenly became violent and the sky became obscured. A dead tree leaning on the side of the mountain fell down. The wind became stronger and stronger, and suddenly, large flakes of snow fell. Suddenly, the dark sky merged with the sea of snow, and everything was invisible.

The blizzard became more and more violent, and the biting air poured into the windbreaker more frequently. On the mountain wall, the wind stubbornly blew everything in one direction. Everything around is white and gray.

I grabbed Chen Ziyue's hand, and Si Weiqi in front also stretched out her hand and said, "Hold on."

The wind seemed to start to change direction. One moment it was blowing head-on, blinding the eyes with snowflakes, and the next moment it was blowing whistling through some hole from behind. About one-half of the way up, at this time, a large number of beast bones on the ground caught our attention. The remains of ox and ram horns seemed to date back to recent times, and some of them had weathered into soil.

The heavy snow swallowed the earth mercilessly, the biting cold wind hurt their faces, and the frost instantly froze the ground. Everything seemed to be difficult. The heavy snow seemed to be a white demon, forcing them towards the snow-capped mountains with raging snowflakes, unable to find a way out.

"Sister Qi, what do you think this is?!" I suddenly saw a totem-like thing appearing on the stone wall on one side in the wind and snow.

I saw a very vague totem on the stone wall, which looked like a dragon but not a dragon. It was almost weathered. Si Weiqi knew what it was at a glance and said, "This is the earliest source of our Dragon Bone Hall logo. The regiment on your badge is based on this, and it is also the totem of our Yuling ancestors."

And near the mountain wall, the ground is covered with withered bones that have been submerged in the soil. These bones have long since decayed. You can imagine the terrifying scene of a long time ago on a summer night, among the piles of bones, with will-o'-the-wisps everywhere. Some dead trees and broken vines were mixed in, making it even more desolate and desolate.