The monk of the way of beauty

Chapter 362 The Return

In the depths of the Nevada desert, Johnny Blazer naturally wanted to ride a motorcycle with Roseanne, while Ling Xiao and Jonathan could only rely on their own methods to move forward, but now it is different from the night after all, it is just a normal state Johnny Blazer's speed was not much faster, so everyone didn't rush back to San Francisco directly. After confirming the specific location, the group rushed to the nearest city, Salt Lake City.

At the Salt Lake City Airport, the four of Ling Xiao ran into Hill who had been waiting there for a long time.

Regarding what happened last night, it is naturally impossible for S.H.I.E.L.D. to ignore it, and by the way, on the way to send the group back to San Francisco, Hill has already asked all the ins and outs of the matter.

"Ling, in the future, you'd better say hello in advance." After getting off the plane, Hill complained a little dissatisfied.

"Even if I don't say anything, SHIELD knows what SHIELD should know." Ling Xiao said in a flat tone as he walked out: "And on this matter, I don't think SHIELD should know. How much it can help."

Ling Xiao held Hill speechless with one sentence. After learning about the incident, even Hill, who has always been proud of S.H.I.E.L.D., had to admit that in this matter, they were indeed out. It doesn't take much effort, unless it is a nuclear bomb... Of course, no one dares to bring up this topic casually.

After returning to San Francisco, Ling Xiao didn't stay long. That afternoon, he said goodbye to Johnny Blazer and Roseanne Simpson and returned to Los Angeles.

And Thunderbolt Jonathan has already rushed back to New York before him. The Invisible Woman has called him personally and reprimanded him, and asked him to rush back to New York immediately, explaining the ins and outs of the matter in detail. clear.

Although this matter is temporarily over, Ling Xiao knows in his heart that this matter is endless, and he even has a faint feeling that the story of Ghost Rider has just begun.

Back in Los Angeles, Ling Xiao had just rested for a few days before starting to get busy again.But this time, what he was busy with was not his practice, but was busy buying land, a farm in the Central Valley on the west side of the Sierra Nevada.

After having an experience, he came to the Sierra Nevada Mountains again, and Ling Xiao appeared directly on the peak of Mount Whitney.It is covered with snow all the year round, the peaks are piled up with rocks, and the howling wind blows around. In the dark clouds above the head, it seems that thunder and lightning can be seen flashing among them.

The height of Mount Whitney is actually not high, 4420 meters, which is exactly half the height of Mount Everest at 8842 meters, but it is already the highest mountain in the United States. Only one step away.

Compared with the desolation on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, the central valley on the west side of the mountain range is a lush and lush scene, almost along the west side of the mountain range, and the national forest parks that can be seen everywhere make the contrast more prominent. obvious.

On the peak of Mount Whitney, the trees have long disappeared, only the rocks, mountains, criss-crossed mountain walls, and alpine ice lakes can be seen everywhere.Looking to the north, there is Russell Peak, which is 120 meters shorter. To the south, there is a row of Muir Peak, and on the west side of Mount Whitney, this is Hitchcock Peak, which has the same name as the great director.

The entire mountain system is lined up like this, because the crust is stretched from east to west, and it is pulled into many long strips from north to south. Each strip is like a door panel. The underground magma rises against the east end, and the west end of the next door The east side is scraped and sinks, so the east side of the mountain is full of scary cliffs, while the west side is slower; because the magma is solidified underground, the piles here are all large granite stones.

Because of the bad weather, the management office forbids visitors to climb the peak on this day. As far as the eye can see, there is only Ling Xiao on the entire peak, and there is another one. I don’t know when it was built. stone house.

Ling Xiao walked west along the mountain range, and not long after, he saw a stream formed by the icy lake flowing down from the peak. The stream water was extremely cool and clean, and he felt refreshed after taking a sip. .

Looking for the nodes of the rocks, Ling Xiao appeared at the end of his sight in a flash. Along the way, he did find a lot of places where spiritual energy gathered, but it was not enough to provide him with solo cultivation.

After spending a whole day, Ling Xiao finally appeared in the forest at the foot of the mountains on the west side. However, this is not a national forest park, but a forest called Anderson Private Park. The forest area is about 5000 square meters. Acres, about 20 square kilometers.

In this redwood forest, there are not only lakes, creeks, but also a small pasture at the foot of the mountain, where hundreds of cows are bred.

The reason why he stayed here was because Ling Xiao found a secret narrow mountain trail on the back of a peak outside this private park. A trace of spiritual energy was revealed from the mountain trail. Walking in the forest belonging to the national park, This made the mountain forest extraordinarily dense, and there were many wild animals.

This narrow gorge leads hundreds of meters deep into the ground. Along the extremely narrow, rugged and difficult gorge, Ling Xiao entered the middle of the mountain, and finally stopped in a large cave at an unknown location. , here is the end of the whole mountain.

In the tens of meters wide cave, although there is a bay of Linghu Lake, the whole cave doesn't look damp at all, and the small cave leading to the outside brings in waves of refreshing mountain wind. , making the entire hole look extraordinarily dry.

And this cave is located at the position of Longer in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada, and it is one of the final nodes of the mountain trend.

Stretching out his hand into the Spirit Lake, a bone-chilling feeling immediately penetrated Ling Xiao's body. If he hadn't converted his physique into Loki's Frost Giant body in time, his body would have been frostbitten long ago .

After staying in the cave in the mountain belly for a period of time, Ling Xiao used the ability of the phantom cat to check every passage from the cave to the outside, but he didn't block all the passages, but just blocked all the passages. Every passage has become narrower, and some manipulations have been made at one or two obvious holes to make it less easy to find.

When Ling Xiao came out of the mountainside cave, he appeared in this private park.In this park, there is a lake with a radius of 50 meters. There is a small river formed by the melting of mountain ice water in the middle. There is also a waterfall at a certain mountain pass. The environment is extremely beautiful.

However, it is such a place that looks very much like a private resort. Ling Xiao inquired a little bit, and found that such a place has been for sale. In the past, the owner of this land often cut down trees, which was criticized by many environmentalists. protest.

That's all right, the protest is a protest, and it only affects the mood. What is relatively troublesome is that in recent years, there have been several large-scale fires in the forests of the Sierra Nevada Mountains every summer. This place alone has been implicated three or four times. The annual loss is in the millions.

The land has been on the market for a long time, with Anderson Park first listed for sale two years ago with an asking price of $1400 million.In two years, the price of this piece of land dropped to 1100 million U.S. dollars. Ling Xiao asked the price a little bit. If Ling Xiao was willing to take over, the land could be sold for 1000 million U.S. dollars later.

According to the summer weather forecast released by the Ministry of Land and Resources, this summer will also be a dry season, and the probability of forest fires will exceed 70%. Therefore, when summer is coming, it is naturally desirable for someone to take over.

If Ling Xiao is willing, the price can still be lowered, but Ling Xiao left after asking the price. Not long after, he bought the property opposite Anderson Park for US$732 million. 200 acres of a creek ranch.

This ranch has nearly 100 acres of water area or underground irrigation area, 4 houses, several outbuildings, ponds, year-round streams, and from the pasture, you can enjoy the snow-capped mountains and forests of the Sierra Nevada in the distance. Deer, turkey, quail and pigeons can be seen year-round in the ranch, and bass can be caught in the reservoir.Migrating geese and waterfowl settle on the pastures and reservoirs here in winter.

Just half a month after this stream ranch was bought by Ling Xiao, the ownership of the private park opposite was quietly transferred.

(End of this chapter)