Ancient Sword II: The Tracking of the Fierce Mountain

Chapter 190: Footprints

The top of Yuheng Mountain is covered with snow all the year round. In such a cold environment, the three water pools did not freeze, presumably due to the influence of geothermal heat.

Snowflakes fell to the surface of the pool, but disappeared after a while.Le Wuyi stepped forward to test the water temperature, but before he reached the pool, he heard a slight cracking sound from his feet.He retreated vigilantly, and there were a few more "creaking" sounds.

Feeling a shock in his body, Le Wuyi quickly backed away: "Meow, it's really ice underneath!" He ran back to the original place a few steps, and saw that the place he stepped on just now sank into the pool water, causing ripples.

Where the four of them stood was only two or three meters away from the pool.It's just that the ice under their feet seems to be very solid, while the ice beside the pool is extremely thin.

"It seems that the water temperature is very high." Xie Yi said, "Such a world of ice and snow can have such a temperature, is it a crater?"

"It should be." Shen Ye said.

"But, why are there three?" Xie Yi pointed to the distance, the three "Y" shaped protrusions were too conspicuous.

If there was a sudden diversion of a tributary when the magma was erupting, it shouldn't have become like this.

Three connected pools and three caves seem like a choice.

"The road appeared on July [-]th, and it was put to death in the sea of ​​fire and then reborn..." Xia Yi said softly, "Could it be this?"

None of the four spoke.

"Do you want to go to the side first and then look around?" In the end, Le Wuyi broke the silence.

Xie Yi nodded: "That's right, let's look for it first."

On the extremely empty top of the snow-capped mountain, the four of them found nothing but scattered snowflakes and the passage they came from.

The tip of his nose was red from the cold, Le Wuyi said, "Would you like to try it in the water?"

Since the ice layer under the feet is very thick, the water temperature in the center must not be much higher.If you go into the water to find a way out now, you can still use it as a hot spring, right?

Before the others could speak, the sound of snow treading suddenly came from the side of the mountain wall.The sound of heavy footsteps was a little messy, obviously a lot of people came.

The four turned their heads vigilantly, but after a while, several people appeared above their heads one after another.

The first person is Liu He who was separated earlier.

"It's you!" Liu He's surprised voice echoed in the basin.However, thinking that the sound could easily cause an avalanche, he immediately lowered the volume, and the person also slid down the mountain wall, leaving a brown trace, "You are all fine."

After Liu He, Huang Jue, Huang Qi and others also rushed towards the four of them.

The appearance of the Liu and Huang families was much more awkward than that of Shen Ye and the others, but they were not to the point of broken arms and legs.When all the people arrived, counting them down, Liu's family had six people left, and Huang's family had seven people left.They still lost some people more or less, but Shen Ye and the others looked almost the same as before they dispersed.

After communicating with each other, the Liu and Huang families were a little envious of the experiences of Shen Ye and the others.As expected by the four of them, they all chose the other side of Bengxue, but compared to the luck of Shen Ye and others, they were obviously much worse.

Some people died on the protruding ice picks, and some fell from the wrong place and broke their necks on the spot.The last few died in the hands of old man Hu.

As soon as these words came out, Le Wuyi was taken aback: "Uncle Hu?" He was still accustomed to using honorifics, but seeing the ugly faces of the Liu and Huang families, he could only take it all in, "What did he do?"

Liu Ziwei snorted, showing displeasure.

I don't want Liu He to scold him: "He is a tomb keeper after all, so be more respectful."

Liu Ziwei bowed his head, obviously unwilling.

"Gravekeeper?" Xie Yi was a little surprised, but after thinking about Mr. Hu's behavior, it was indeed a bit mysterious, "How did you find out?"

To put it in detail, it was just old man Hu who was impatient. Seeing Liu and Huang's family fell off the cliff, and their bodies had not recovered, they moved their minds.It's just that he alone is no match for many hands. After being discovered, he found that he couldn't beat him, so he simply left everyone and ran away.

After listening to Liu He's words, Shen Ye said: "So, he is likely to be waiting in front, ready to ambush us?"

Although he didn't want to admit it, Liu He nodded and said, "It's very possible."

Shen Ye stopped talking.

The expressionless Shen Ye was afraid of outsiders, even the people of Lieshan tribe.For a while, everyone was silent again.

Unable to see if Shen Ye was unhappy, Huang Jue could only try to change the topic and said, "How is it? Did you find the tomb passage?"

Shen Ye said: "That's right."

"Is it?" Huang Jue was surprised, what kind of answer is this, really angry?

Seeing Huang Jue's suspicious expression, Xie Yi took a step forward and explained: "I roughly found it, but I can't be sure yet."

As he spoke, he led the crowd to the water pool.

Seeing the three pools, the Liu and Huang families had the same thoughts as Shen Ye and the others.

"Go into the water," Huang Jue said, "Instead of waiting aimlessly, it's better to go down now and find out."

Liu He disagreed: "I don't think the time has come yet."

"how?"

"The road will appear on July [-]th," Liu He said calmly, "But there are still two days left, we can afford to wait."

Huang Jue was taken aback for a moment, this was news from Shen Ye, it was unexpected that Liu He trusted them so much. "So what about you?" He turned to Shen Ye, "Do you have to wait for two days?"

Shen Ye nodded: "Yes."

Xie Yi naturally nodded in agreement.

Huang Jue was silent for a moment, glanced at the pool, and finally chose to compromise: "It's okay, two days, I really can afford it."

The idea has been made, and the next itinerary must be arranged.Cold protection, tents, heating, and food at night must be prepared one by one.

Although everyone set the ultimate goal in the pool, the surrounding environment also needs to be checked.

Some people were left behind to set up tents and cook. Liu He took a few Liu family members to investigate the way Shen Ye and the others had come.

During this inspection, they saw two neat footprints.The footprints meandered up from the bottom of the mountain in an orderly manner, lingered behind a rock for a long time, and finally left quietly.

The faces of all the people present changed.

Standing behind the rock and looking down, you can just see the three pools and the people who are camping.

Apparently, someone had been watching them secretly and managed to leave.

Xie Yi stained the ice particles around the footprints, the texture was still soft and not completely frozen: "Look at the traces, this person left not long ago." He looked at Shen Ye, "Do you want to chase?"

According to the Liu and Huang families, all the living people gathered here.And those who purposely found a rock to hide in could not think of anything else except the gravekeeper who escaped halfway.

Shen Ye had a slight headache, this old man Hu really ambushed here.

The Huang family looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to make up their minds for a while.

Shen Ye waved: "Go and have a look."

It's just that his intuition told him that this trip might end up empty-handed.

And it is true.The footprints followed the ice and snow, but when they reached a certain section of the hillside, the ice and snow disappeared, leaving only the bare dark brown ground.

From the bottom to the top, the exposed mountain area is quite large, and in the distance, there are traces of ice and snow interlaced with the mountain wall.

"What's going on here? Where's the snow?" The Huang family cried out.

Xie Yi and Shen Ye did not speak, and the ice and snow disappeared, so the footprints were naturally impossible to find.

"Xue Beng?" Le Wuyi scratched his head, "Isn't this really lucky?"

Shen Ye glanced at Sun Yi, who automatically silenced his voice.

The Huang family has dispersed and continues to search for clues.

Xie Yi sighed: "As expected."

"Go back," Shen Ye said, "The other party is more familiar with this place than us, there is no need to waste time here."

It's just that old man Hu is nearby, and news of a possible sneak attack may occur at any time, so we still need to tell others.

Liu He, who came back from the tunnel, nodded his head to show that he knew, and had no intention of sending someone to look for it again.Huang Jue thought about it, and recruited everyone back.

Night is coming soon.The top of the snow mountain is not as cold as the plain, not to mention that it is still snowing.Even with all the mountaineering equipment, everyone was still terribly cold.

The night watchmen relied on two flashlights for illumination, and they frequently looked at the steaming pool when the wind was blowing.Not only them, even everyone in the tent was yearning for it.

It's a pity that the boss didn't allow them to enter the water before the time came.

It was the first time that Le Wuyi discovered that being unable to sleep was such a painful thing.He leaned close to Xia Yize's body, his face and face were almost pressed together: "Meow me... I'm about to freeze to death."

Because the facts were in front of him but he was helpless, Xia Yi could only pat his hand for comfort.

Le Wuyi was so cold that his teeth were chattering, and he looked at Xie Yi with envy: "Master and Tai Shifu are better, so they can sleep well."

Beside them, Xie Yi and Shen Ye leaned together, one of them had a calm face, the other frowned slightly, breathing evenly, obviously fell asleep.

The author has something to say: I've been gone for a while, I'm really sorry_(:зゝ∠)_

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By the way, when this article was first written, I was still updating it every day... Is the new article more motivated? _(:зゝ∠)_

But there is a reason why I haven't written for a while, but part of the reason is because I don't want to write, so the scumbag author will stop making excuses, everyone come and kill me_(:зゝ∠)_