Chapter 485: The Worst Inference
Human beings choose to live in a place that is naturally to avoid the wind and snow and be cheap, so the gathering area of the Pu tribe is actually very cleverly chosen at the bottom of a narrow plain crack, separating the wind and snow from the high snowfield. And this naturally formed rift valley presents a pattern of small at the top and large at the bottom, although the space below is spacious, but when the immortal cultivators who pass by the sword above look down, most of them can only see the narrow and uninhabited ravine.
Ning Xiaoxian especially noticed that not only was there no snow here, but the ground was even wetter. She felt a sudden premonition in her heart.
With a thought in her heart, she casually took the milk handed over by the patriarch and took a sip.
"Poof", Qizai poured faster than her, and he had already squirted out. She also felt a strong fishy smell rush into her mouth, making her petrify instantly, and she didn't vomit, and she didn't vomit. It's just that the middle-aged man in front of her looked attentive, and she couldn't sweep people's face, so she had to swallow it forcibly, and she didn't drink anything in the second sip. After asking, I learned that cows cannot be grazed in this cold and snowy place, so the most luxurious drink is yak milk, which is very rare, and even those who have a good family generally do not use it for themselves, but keep it for guests.
She turned her eyes and saw that Tu Duan was able to drink it one sip without changing her face, and she was impressed. is worthy of an old guy who has lived for thousands of years, and I don't know how many strange things she has swallowed in this life, but she is still too tender, too tender.
She took out the Luoxia Dzi from her bosom and handed it to the patriarch, telling Dou Er about the herbs she received back then, before asking him, "Where did you pick this herb from nearby?"
Patriarch Pu only glanced at it and shook his head again and again: "This Luoxia Dzi, the clan can't pick it now." The place where this herb grows is no longer available. The wrath of the mountain god of Uchir had been going on for a long time, and it was getting worse and stronger. β
Everyone looked at each other. Is this still related to the mountain god? Tu Duan said in a deep voice: "From the beginning." β
The mountain god is really there, but the immortal cultivators don't pay much attention to it, because most of it is held by the monsters who have mastered the leylines after they have achieved cultivation, for example, near Chiming City in Miluo, there are two large mountain ranges where the big monsters in Fengtian Mansion are in charge of the position of the mountain gods, in order to keep the mountains and forests safe and defend against foreign enemies. And in the hidden current. Lin Wei's role is actually similar to that of the mountain god, but he does not have the ability to call the wind and rain locally. But there are not many types of monsters in this Atalia Snow Mountain, could this mountain god be a snow monster?
The patriarch of the Pu clan said slowly: "My ancestor of the Pu clan chose this site for three hundred years. It is also painstaking, not without reason. Although it is deep in the snow-capped mountains and far away from the people, this place is somewhat mysterious. The first is the warmth. No matter how heavy the snow falls. Within three days, it will melt and then melt. And living in this gap, the temperature is much higher than the outside world, and even a ten-year-old child in Pushi can move freely without getting tired when he wears a big coat. β
The biggest threat to people living in the Atalian-Snowy Mountains is, of course, extreme low temperatures. This ancestor of the Pu family had a vision, and he actually found this blessed land, which was really lucky.
"Secondly. The forest resources in this area are extremely abundant, such as yaks, foxes, snow deer, wolves and other prey. Especially in the snow-capped mountains, there is almost no competition from other tribes, so the hunting income in spring and autumn, as long as you are careful about it, can basically support the last half of the year. β
"There's another peculiarity here: there are hot springs within a 100-mile radius of the Uchier Mountains. In this crack of the Pu tribe alone, there are two springs with a temperature that is very suitable for mortal soaking, and another one is boiling all year round, and the raw meat is thrown into it, and it can be cooked in less than a quarter of an hour, so the people in the tribe often go to fetch water to cook, and I don't know how much firewood is saved. These hot springs also bring the benefit of being warm and humid on the rocky ground near the springs, so a lot of lichen and lichen grow, and although the taste is bitter, it is good for the human body to eat for a long time. β
Ning Xiaoxian couldn't help but stretch out her white and slender index finger and gently slammed it on the table, which was her long-term thinking habit. Whether it is Huaxia or the island country next door, the closer to the earthquake zone, the more the number of hot springs, and the better the quality. The existence of large and small hot springs in the vicinity of Mt. Uchier shows that there is a powerful source of heat below the surface, but there are pros and cons to everything, and these areas are relatively more likely to experience earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
As for the lichen mentioned by the patriarch, it looks inconspicuous and does not taste very good, but it is almost the most precious gift from the Uchier Mountains to mortals - to eat a bite of seasonal vegetables rich in fiber and vitamins in the cold and snowy season, and the ancient nobles did not enjoy such a luxury. This is evident from the fact that the most common vegetables eaten by residents of Northeast China in winter are potatoes, dried beans, dried eggplant, cabbage, and sauerkraut pickled in cabbage.
At this point, the possibility that Mount Uchier was a volcano in the past is already very large. Ning Xiaoxian took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the impatience in his heart and said, "Wuchier Mountain, how to go?"
Twenty miles to the east, the mountain is like an upside-down bowl. Patriarch Pu looked at her face and said cautiously, "Master Mountain God has been losing his temper for decades and refusing outsiders to enter. β
"How do you know?"
"There are many precious medicinal herbs that grow all year round in Wuchier Mountain, including rare snow dolls, which our people often go to gouge out, exchange them for silver money in the market, and then buy wheat, noodles, and oil tea. Patriarch Pu smiled bitterly, "But since thirty years ago, Wuchier Mountain has not been safe. At first, people who went into the mountains alone to collect medicine and firewood often disappeared after entering the mountains and never returned. We organized four or five times to search for people, but each time we went to more than 30 people, only 6 or 7 people returned. β
When these people came back, they were all terrified, saying that the old forests in the mountains were unusually dense, and almost people could not take a step, and people who were about ten feet apart from each other could not watch each other. After entering the mountain, the birds and beasts were extinct, and I couldn't even hear one or two beast roars and birdsongs. β
"The most terrible thing is that after walking in the dense forest for about half an hour, people are drowsy and tired, and they want to lie down and have a good night's sleep. But at this time, you must not rest, otherwise you will not be able to sit still for a long time, and you will never wake up again. Patriarch Pu swallowed his saliva and said, "My brother's own brother fell asleep in the dense forest of Wuchier Mountain, and this sleep killed people. We originally thought that it was the goblins in the mountains, but after sending so many people, and no matter from which direction we entered, we all encountered this kind of thing, so it can be seen that we must have been not very pious in the past, which provoked the anger of the mountain god and wanted to cut off our financial route. Fairy Gu ...... Fairy Gu, are you okay?"
He saw that Ning Xiaoxian's face was getting more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but call softly.
She was so confused that she stood up and said, "All the hidden guards obeyed the order, and set off in half an hour to go to Wuchier Mountain. Tu Duan and the others should go down and go out to get ready.
Changtian said warmly: "Girl, but what did you think?"
"Nope. β
Probably she answered too quickly, Chang Tian narrowed his eyes, and it took a long time before he said, "Come in and talk to me." Her heart was beating unusually fast, she must have thought of something.
She bit her lip and stood still. Patriarch Pu didn't know what the aunt was suddenly in a daze, but he still carefully followed aside.
"Come in. He commanded again, "Something is wrong with you." β
She knew that she couldn't hide, so she had to ask Patriarch Pu for a single hut as a cover, and went directly into the Gods and Demons Prison from here.
Her complexion had changed from the previous flush to pale, and even her cherry lips had lost their blood, and she looked unwilling. Changtian was startled when he saw this, reached out and gently stroked her face, and comforted: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. She lowered her eyebrows, not daring to look directly into his glittering golden eyes.
"You don't want to be honest with me?" his voice was very displeased, "What are you worried about?"
Ning Xiaoxian grabbed his wrist tightly.
Only then did he realize that her hands were also cold and abnormal, and he even sweated slightly, and he was surprised, and he also followed Yan SΓΉ. Ning Xiaoxian's supernatural powers, almost taught by him, this girl has been through battles repeatedly, and her psychological elements are excellent, and now that Mount Tai collapses, she will not change color, and as an immortal cultivator who is good at physical skills, her palms have always been stable and dry, otherwise how to grasp the weapon? If it weren't for the chaos in her heart, how could she be so out of shape?
He was clever enough to force her to speak. Ning Xiaoxian let out a long sigh and said, "From what Patriarch Pu said, this Wuchier Mountain may not have a mountain god at all, but ...... But...... This qiΔ is most likely the result of volcanic poisonous gases. β
"Volcanic poison?" he said, puzzled.
"If you've ever stayed in my world, you'll know that the signs he's talking about are roughly the same as the consequences of volcanic poison. Volcanic poison gases are composed of carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and methane, and do not kill people immediately, but can make people or beasts drowsy, reduce their bodies, and finally die in ignorance. "In China, are there still fewer examples of gas poisoning and carbon dioxide poisoning?
"Therefore, the sound of birds and beasts is not heard in Wuchier Mountain, because animals cannot survive here, so people who enter the mountain will also encounter accidents, because after walking farther and farther in the dense forest, the body will soon be eroded by the volcanic poisonous gas, and the forest is dense, and mortals are panicked, and it is even more difficult to find their way home. β
"By the way, there's also dense forests -- with that high carbon dioxide concentration, the trees will grow more vigorously. She pursed her lips and said, "Volcanic poison gas is the gas produced during or before the eruption of a volcano. β
"Changtian, do you know what this means? The thing that originally suppressed the Uchier Mountain is gone, and this volcano is about to erupt again!" she suddenly hugged her sweetheart's narrow waist. (To be continued......)