Divine Light Warrior

Snow Peak Inn, Love and Medicine

The cold winter wind was like thousands of ice needles, piercing Li Kaiyang. He was filled with anxiety, and he rolled and crawled to the front of the snow house, knocking hard on the wooden door, his voice was full of tears, almost begging: "Please, open the door quickly, save Xueying!"

The door slowly opened, and the warm air in the house, along with the aroma of medicine, blew in. The owner of the snow house, an old man with a weathered face but sharp eyes, looked at the embarrassed young man in front of him slowly and asked, "Young man, why are you so flustered?"

Li Kaiyang panted and said in a trembling voice: "My name is Li Kaiyang. My good friend Gu Xueying was knocked out by an extremely rare drug and her life or death is unknown. A senior who is proficient in pharmacology guided me to this snowy mountain to find an antidote, but he didn't say what it was. I beg you to show me a way to save her!"

After hearing this, the old man narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought. After a moment, he slowly spoke: "There are indeed many medicinal herbs on this snow mountain. For example, the Thousand Mountain Snow Lotus, which grows in extremely cold places, has ice-like skin and bones, and is a holy product for healing. Cordyceps is also rare, combining the essence of insects and grasses in one body, and is a great tonic. There are also eggs laid by snow chickens, which are a great tonic and can strengthen the body. There is also the snow mountain ginseng, which is rare for a thousand years. It gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, contains the essence of the sun and the moon, and is extremely precious. However, I don't know which one you need."

Li Kaiyang frowned, thought for a moment and said helplessly: "I really don't know, I only know that it was caused by a rare drug. I hope you can help me think about it again."

The old man pondered for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Oh, right, there are thousand-year-old cedars. Although no one has ever used them, it is said that their bark can cure all kinds of poisons. There are several thousand-year-old cedars growing on the top of this snowy mountain. Maybe they can come in handy."

When Li Kaiyang heard this, hope shone in his eyes, and he said eagerly: "I beg you to take me to look for it!"

The old man was straightforward. Without saying a word, he put on a thick fur coat, picked up a roll of thick rope, and took Li Kaiyang out of the house.

As soon as he went out, the bitter north wind howled and cut across his face like a knife. Looking around, the mountains and plains were covered with white snow. The cold was bone-chilling, and Li Kaiyang couldn't help but shiver and tremble all over. But the old man was walking on flat ground, and he had long been accustomed to this harsh environment.

They trudged forward in the knee-deep snow, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and each step was extremely strenuous. After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally came to a relatively flat snowfield. The old man raised his hand, pointed to a bottomless cliff in front of him and said, "Look, there are several thousand-year-old cedars growing opposite the cliff. They grow on the steep cliff, and the location is extremely dangerous. No one has been able to approach them for many years, and that is why they have survived to this day. Now, it depends on your ability. I have a rope here, you can try to climb down along it, but I have to remind you that it is not easy to go down. If you could easily get its branches and leaves, the tree would probably have ceased to exist long ago." After that, the old man handed the rope to Li Kaiyang.

Li Kaiyang looked at the bottomless valley and felt frightened, but when he thought of the unconscious Gu Xueying, he gritted his teeth and took the rope. He tied the rope firmly to a huge stone, held the rope tightly with both hands, and slid down slowly. The stones on the cliff were covered with thick snow and ice, which were extremely slippery. Every step down was extremely difficult. Li Kaiyang's body kept shaking, and he almost fell several times, which scared him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat. Although his hands were rubbed by the rough rope and bled, and it hurt so much, he gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and moved down little by little.

Finally, after some thrilling efforts, Li Kaiyang arrived at the first cedar. The old man standing on the top of the cliff saw this scene and nodded repeatedly, secretly admiring his tenacity and shouted: "Young man, good job! Just break off a branch and come up!"

Li Kaiyang took a deep breath and reached out to pry the branch. However, due to the tricky position, it was difficult for him to exert force. After several attempts, the branch did not move at all. In desperation, he raised his foot and kicked the branch hard. The branch did move, but unfortunately, it fell directly into the deep valley.

Li Kaiyang was extremely anxious. He knew that time was running out and he couldn't give up. He carefully lowered the rope further, letting himself hang in the air, and tried to grab the branch with one hand to break it off. However, holding the rope with one hand, his body couldn't keep balance at all, and he couldn't exert any force at all. He tried to hook the branch with his feet, but failed again.

Just when he was almost in despair, he suddenly had an idea. He slowly slid down, put his mouth close to the branch, and bit it hard with all his strength. With a "crunch", the branch was bitten off, and Li Kaiyang succeeded! He held the branch tightly in his mouth and began to climb up with difficulty. Every step up took a huge amount of physical strength, but he had only one belief in his heart: he must save Xueying!