Ancient Sword II: The Tracking of the Fierce Mountain

Chapter 170 Six: The Forest

Early the next morning, everyone was ready to go.The guide had arrived early in the morning, unexpectedly, it was an old man with a gray beard.

Seeing Le Wuyi's eyes kept looking at him, Xu could see that he was not malicious, and the old man was not annoyed, so he said with a smile: "Why, I am worried that the old man is not worthy of his name, so he took you to a ravine?"

Le Wuyi shook his head and smiled, "I was thinking, you must be in great shape!"

These words obviously reached the heart of the old man, and the old man patted Le Wuyi on the shoulder: "You boy, you can talk!"

But after a while, Le Le, who has always been able to speak well, started talking and laughing with the guide.

Ming Chuan and Feng Ya also left at this time, but unlike last night's embarrassment and resentment, standing in front of Shen Ye today, they were less impulsive.

Seeing Feng Ya's hesitant to speak all the time, Shen Ye seldom took the initiative to say: "Do you have something to say?"

Feng Ya opened his mouth, closed it, and opened his mouth again.When Shen Ye seemed a little impatient and was about to turn around, he said, "High Priest, be careful."

Feng Ya consciously said these words in a very twisted way, so as soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help turning his head away.

Shen Ye laughed and didn't answer.It's just that his striding forward looks so calm and elegant in the brilliant morning glow, as if everything in this world is under his control.

Seeing this, Feng Ya couldn't help but pursed her lips, thinking in her heart that if you don't come back this time, the position of the high priest will be taken by me.

However, this has always been Feng Ya's dream, but it is absolutely impossible to realize.Not to mention the distance, but just being near, there is an angry Huayue waiting for him and Ming Chuan in front of him - something went wrong and he didn't know it, and even robbed his quota?Huayue sharpened her sword in front of a group of trembling Lieshan people.

A total of 33 people went to the ground this time, including 16 from the Liu family, 13 from the Huang family, and four from Shen Ye.

Looking at it this way, the personnel on Longbing Island are indeed pitifully small.But Shen Ye and the others never cared. They followed the guide's footsteps closely and didn't say much along the way.

The guide's surname is Hu, and he is nearly sixty years old, but his physical strength is indeed as Le Wuyi said, better than ordinary people.Most of the people present were young people, even Huang Jue, who often went to the ground to fight, so climbing the mountain for a short time was nothing to this group of people.But this old man Hu was able to stay six or seven steps faster than the team. Although there were some factors of living in the mountains all the year round, he had to be said to be healthy and strong.

Old man Hu chose the usual path into the mountains, so the surrounding plants and branches are very peaceful and do not block the road, but the tangled roots under the feet make people walk quite unevenly.

A group of people followed the guide silently, except for the rustling sound of stepping on the leaves, the silence was suffocating.But old man Hu suddenly stopped in his tracks.He looked up, through the layers of leaves, but only saw the gray sky, he said: "It should be almost noon, why, should we rest here?"

Liu He looked at his watch. It was past eleven o'clock, and the group of people had been walking non-stop for more than four hours, and it was indeed time for a refreshment.

"Listen to you," he replied.

Because it was the way into the mountain, no open space was deliberately opened up, so everyone sat down and rested in place.The mountain road under our feet is not spacious, and a group of people can only sit side by side on the ground in twos.

The four of Shen Ye walked in the middle of the team, and after sitting down, they took out food and water just like the others.Le Wuyi tapped his calf muscles and walked all the way non-stop. It would be a lie to say that he was not tired.He turned to look at the Liu family behind him, and found that these people also looked tired, but they didn't speak out all the way.

One of them turned pale. Such perseverance is indeed rare.

Le Wuyi was still in a daze, but Xia Yi had already handed over the water bottle: "What's wrong?"

Le Wuyi took the kettle and said with a smile, "It's nothing."

He should take the time to rest.

Unlike some developed mountainous areas, you can go directly to the bottom of the mountain by car.Yuheng Snow Mountain, the target of everyone, still has to cross several mountains.Therefore, old man Hu didn't give them much time, seeing that they had almost settled their lunch, he patted his pants again and urged them to go on the road.

The next road, no matter how dense the original forest, no matter how melodious the singing of birds, could not arouse the slightest interest of everyone.Especially after walking the mountain road, everyone can only follow the old man Hu through the most primitive woods, the feeling that if you are not careful, you will be slapped in the face by a branch, or if you are not careful, you will be tripped by several branches. It's really not wonderful.

"One more hill ahead, there is a dilapidated house, we will rest there tonight." Old man Hu shouted in front of the team.

What answered him was an unchanging silence—obviously, many people were too tired to speak.Thinking about it, it is really good for people who grow up on the plains to keep going forward all the way, crossing one mountain after another with various conditions.

"Hey, it's so tiring after such a short journey, and you still have to climb mountains and snow peaks..." Old man Hu shook his head as he watched.But the people behind him are all patrons, so he can't say much.What else can he say as an outsider if he finds himself guilty?

After another wordless rush, there was a "crackling" sound in the woods above that Mr. Hu had told us that there were no large birds.

Xie Yi only felt that something was falling towards him, his eyes flashed, and Shen Ye had already grabbed the thing first.Spreading their hands, Shen Ye and Xie Yi took a closer look, only to see that it was a worn-out ice bead.

"what?"

Before he could say anything, the next moment, several ice beads slid past the two of them.

Hail again?The two looked up, and sure enough, they saw more and more ice particles falling from the gaps in the leaves—no matter how dense the forest is, it is impossible to stop all the hailstones.

Without audible reminders, everyone took out the helmets for climbing the snow mountain and put them on.This time, the ice beads hit the helmet, and there was a burst of "crackling".

The ice particles gradually changed from the size of a pebble to the size of an egg, but it took only a while.Fortunately, there are many towering ancient trees around, and people can hide under the thick branches.

The four of Shen Ye naturally acted together, and when Old Man Hu saw the crowd scattered, he took out a helmet—for motorcycles—and put it on, while shouting: "Don't go too far! Go too far and be careful not to get lost!"

The crowd dispersed, and they all picked branches that could cover them and stood next to each other. Then they watched the hailstorm jumping around. Just as they stirred up a few leaves, they were knocked down again by the hailstones behind them.

Even in such a lush forest, ice gradually piled up around the feet.If there were no trees blocking it, this string of hailstones would not be a trivial matter.

Everyone's faces were not very good-looking. After all, judging by the weather, what if there was another burst of hail when they climbed the snow-capped mountains?

"Uncle Hu," Le Wuyi couldn't help asking, seeing old man Hu sitting down next to him and smoking a cigarette thoughtfully, "Is this kind of weather common in the past?"

Looking at this person's posture, he didn't seem surprised.

Old man Hu exhaled, smoky: "It's common, why is it not common? I come to so many games every year, and I'm used to it. This year..." He looked at the ice cubes rolling to his feet, and said in a tone It also brought some exclamation, "This year, it's really amazing."

Although my home has been prepared for a long time, isn't the roof still smashed?If it weren't for the extra money he received for this trip, how could he leave his wife and go out?

"This damn weather is getting weirder and weirder." Old man Hu attributed everything to the weather. After all, every year, there are more and more weird weather, such as fire tornadoes and blizzards. What about their place?

Seeing that the smoke was almost burning, old man Hu stretched out his hand and pinched it out, saying, "Let's go." He threw the extinguished cigarette butt under his feet and crushed it.

"But such hail..."

Old man Hu has his plan: "If you don't leave, it will be more troublesome then." Especially after such a hailstorm.

Braving the hailstorm, Old Man Hu called everyone together again. Perhaps it was because of his serious face that some young people followed quietly although they were extremely reluctant.

The feeling of rushing through the hail is not very good.Not only was there a rattling sound on the head, and stars were shining in the eyes, but even the body, even though the mountaineering suit was taken out and put on, even though there were trees as a buffer, it was still severely hit by the hail.

Fortunately, the hailstorm stopped soon after it fell.And at three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone finally arrived at the hut mentioned by old man Hu - a stone house in a valley.

The house has a long history at first glance, and the whole house shows the characteristics of decay.The wooden windows had long since disappeared, leaving only a tiny bit of debris stuck to the sills of the windows.Through the window, you can also see the roof with a big hole inside, and the room below is full of firewood.The only thing I am grateful for is that the walls are made of stone, which is fairly solid.

Such a dilapidated house is the best and only resting place that old man Hu can provide.

Liu Ziwei is the youngest of the Liu family, and he couldn't stand it when he saw it: "I must sleep in it? Isn't there a tent? I'll sleep in a tent?" The dust is all over the floor, how can I sleep in it?

Old man Hu said in a rare serious way: "Yes, as long as you don't get me involved." He looked at the expressionless Liu He, "Have you brought all the things I asked you to bring?"

Liu He nodded and motioned to the person behind him, who then put down his hiking bag.After opening the mountaineering bag, it was full of black cloth.

"This is……"

Old man Hu casually picked up a roll and threw it to Shen Ye who was standing aside: "Let's finish it before dark."

Shen Ye frowned slightly, while Xie Yi stepped forward and said, "Let me do it."

How can there be any reason for His Excellency the High Priest to do it?

Shen Ye refused, "No need, just stand aside."

Before Xie Yi could say anything more, old man Hu had already distributed the remaining black cloth.He said to the rest of the people: "Go and find firewood." After speaking, he smoked another cigarette.It's just that the cigarette was twirled in Old Man Hu's hand for half a circle, but it was taken back again. He said word by word: "If you don't want to die, the more you can find, the better."

The author has something to say: Sure enough, when people are excited, anything impossible can become possible (*/ω＼*)

Today is the second update (づ￣3￣)づ