The wind and snow in the mountains are still very heavy, and the accompanying biting cold, as well as the interference of sight and hearing, are still surrounding everyone. However, for Duan Qing and others who have just experienced a catastrophe, they originally felt that these were very...
The unbearable factor is not so important now.
They need to rush back to the Falling Star Mountain area as soon as possible - according to the direction pointed by Art, the entire team's route seems to be heading that way. Judging from the stone pillar they found at the beginning, North
The so-called sacred shadow passed down orally by the Er people is no different from ordinary stone pillars, but it can indeed be used as one of the clues for them to find the sacred place.
However, that was what happened after they escaped.
As the person who initiated the negotiation at the beginning, Duan Qing did not expect that the matter would inexplicably develop to this extent. Although he also wanted to have a relationship with the mysterious businessman who called himself Lola, he did not want to do it in this way.
To brush the other party's relationship into "hate", after all, from what Duan Qing knew before, this girl loves money even more than a girl with a golden ponytail he knows, so if the other party really doesn't
If he comes to him in a reasonable manner, he really has no good solution.
So the last resort was to run away.
The fallen snow slope has become steeper than before, but it also exposed many rocks that were previously buried under the snow, so it seems easier to walk up from the place after the avalanche than before.
They climbed a little - it was just climbing. But until they climbed along the black mountain and reached the snowy land above the hillside, the girl's screams still echoed in their ears, unable to subside for a long time.
.
"You...remember...will...catch..."
The sound came from far away down the slope, and had become inaudible due to the interference of the wind and snow.
"Is this really good?" Nan Tieshan asked hesitantly, patting the snowflakes on his body. Due to the previous climb - or escape, several people had exhausted their strength, and they still carried a
bsp; "What else can we do? We can't really compensate her." Duan Qing panted and sat on the snow on the slope, shaking his head and looking at the place at the foot of the mountain: "Anyway, she will definitely not leave her behind.
Her goods, so...she will definitely not chase us."
"Moshang Qingshan." The woman in black cloak on the side suddenly shouted his name. Duan Qing turned around, and then felt a pair of serious eyes under the black hood: "That backpack just now...
..”
"Yes, we have all moved." Duan Qing spread his hands: "It was very difficult for the three of us to move, but..."
"That Laura carried her all the way."
"So...that girl should be very strong."
"That's why we have to run even more." Duan Qing said with a smile: "We can't beat him again and again, and the logic doesn't make sense. What else can we do except run... Art."
He patted the snow on his body, then stood up: "Where is your... sacred shadow?"
After experiencing this fright, the young man from the Nosier tribe answered Duan Qing's question silently - he panted and sat on the snow on the other side, stretching his fingers in a certain direction.
Several players looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, they found a strange stone pillar standing in the white snow of the mountain.
"It seems to be no different from ordinary stone pillars."
Walking to the side of the stone pillar, Duan Qing touched the surface of the stone pillar and looked up and down a few times: "Except that...this is not a natural pillar."
"There are no strange inscriptions or pictures on it." The other two people also gathered around and tasted it: "Is there anything wonderful about this thing? Or is it a mechanism that can be activated?"
"There is no such thing as what you are talking about." Art, who was dragging behind, finally stepped forward: "Every warrior of the Nosier tribe will be sent out to search for the sacred shadow when he reaches adulthood. As long as the sacred shadow can be found,
, even if they complete the trial, they can gain the glory of the clan. And if one of them...can find the sacred place, then he will be called a saint by the clansmen and gain the eternal respect of all clansmen."
"As for what will happen after finding the sacred shadow... I have never seen it." Young Art paused, and then continued to introduce: "According to people in the tribe, some ancestors are finding new ones.
When you look at the divine shadow, you will see miracles happen."
"Miracle? What do you mean?"
"...I don't know. There is no record from the Nosir people. It was the old people who told us these things."
Art looked at the stone pillar in front of him, and his expression became a little dazed: "I didn't expect that I could really see the sacred shadow...while I was alive."
"Didn't you already know that this stone pillar was here?" Duan Qing asked, "It was you who led us here."
"Without you, I wouldn't have been able to climb up." The young man shook his head: "And that's just the position I didn't want to hear from Ori, so I wrote down all that...
The best warriors in the clan are often sent out to confirm the existence of these stone pillars, and they only write them down. Only they know the location of these sacred shadows, and... the same is true of the sacred land."
"Do you know the location of the Holy Land?" Duan Qing suddenly interrupted.
"I don't know, or... I can't know." Art's voice became deeper: "Because no one has been there."
"No one has been there? There's no way to know?" Duan Qing asked in surprise: "That is... you know where it is, but you haven't gone? Or can you go?"
"Yes." Art hesitated for a while, then nodded: "According to... when soldiers inspect stone pillars, sometimes miracles will happen, and that miracle... will show a
omen."
"The omen revealed the existence of a sacred place."
Several players looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt a huge problem from Art's words - that was the smell of clues.
"But that omen was also passed down by the old people." Perhaps sensing their thoughts, Art looked at the other people and shook his head: "No one has seen that omen for a long time."
"Maybe it's just an image." Duan Qing said suddenly.
"The function of magic." Xueling Huanbing also added.
"But the pillar in front of me doesn't respond at all..."
"Need to touch? It's in disrepair? There are too many possibilities..."
"Son, where have your people... found these pillars before?" Nan Tieshan walked forward simply and patted Art on the shoulder: "If we can see more of these things,
We may find more clues."
"No one in the clan has completed the trial for a long time." The young man said sadly: "The sky was angry, the wind and snow became bigger and bigger, many clan members never came back after going out, even hunting
It’s very difficult, my...several young people have volunteered to find new sacred shadows, but none of them have come back..."
"No need for new ones." Duan Qing shook his head: "The old ones will do, as long as they still exist..."
"...Over there." Art stood there and recalled for a while, then pointed in another direction: "Although I don't know the specific location, I remember some things that the old people mentioned.
....."
Following the direction he pointed, several people turned their heads again - there was a giant black shadow rising from the mountains and thrusting straight into the sky.
"Falling Star Mountain..." Duan Qing murmured, "What a coincidence."
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Perhaps because they had climbed a mountain, the path that several people took forward - or back - was different from before, so when they arrived at the foot of the most prominent peak in the mountains, they also
They didn't see where the crack was when they came.
However, the same as before, the place is still filled with falling snowflakes.
"Why did we see earth-yellow stones all over the ground when we came here, and why do we see a lot of snow here?"
"It's probably because of the climate. Due to the obstruction of Falling Star Mountain, there's a lot of rain here."
"Is Falling Star Mountain that big? When we walked through the cave, we didn't feel like we had traveled much."
"Well... maybe it was because we had already reached the hinterland, so the distance was shortened. Of course, it may also be an illusion. After all, the cave is connected in all directions. God knows how far we ran..."
Chatting casually, Duan Qing and others looked at the invisible mountain and stopped with a headache. From a distance, maybe they could still see the tallest mountain in the free world through the black shadow.
What shape is it, but standing at the foot of the mountain, they can't see anything useful except the straight up and down cliffs.
What's more, the wind and snow that obstructed their vision were always with them.
"There has to be a way... Hey, Art, do you know what way?"
Duan Qing looked at the terrain helplessly, then turned back and asked: "Yate? Ya...forget it."
The young man he asked about was following behind shrunken, as if he was in a state of confusion.
Along the way, the whole process was relatively smooth, but nothing happened. In addition to the snow-capped mountains that needed to be climbed all the time, the wind and snow that kept falling at that time, and the monsters that appeared from time to time, also became
They encountered incidents that they often encountered on their way. If there weren't so many of them, the adventurers present might still have to endure the loneliness of crossing the snowfield alone.
One time, when they were walking through a narrow stone crevice, they encountered several ice bears attacking from both sides.
Perhaps because they have been hungry for a long time, even the ice bears have learned to ambush and plot. Just when a few people walked into the narrow gap and wanted to cross to the other side, they rushed over from the front and back together, killing several people.
I am stuck in a narrow passage. However, several players present are considered experts. They have fought in the ice bear's lair once before, and have a certain understanding of this kind of monster, so there is no need to fight against them.
How much effort it takes.
However, when they finished taking care of the first few ice bears and turned around to take care of the following ones, they were shocked to find that those few ice bears had already left the young Nosir tribe behind.
The man fell to the ground and almost bit his neck off.
After the sword light passed, Duan Qing pulled Yatra up from the ground and said, "So you really can't fight?"
Art didn't answer, he just collapsed and fell to the ground again.
"There are no injuries, except for the shoulder... It seems that it was hit here when I was knocked down just now." After a brief inspection of the trembling young man's body, Xue Ling Huan Bing stood expressionless.
Get up: "But..."
"I've never seen a Nosier like you."
Art's body stopped shaking, but his eyes became duller, probably because of a mental shock. Until they reached the foot of Falling Star Mountain, the dazed young man did not regain his composure.
, still following the team without saying a word, looking at the other three people blankly. Duan Qing looked at his expression at this time, and sighed helplessly. He walked to Art's side, first using
She waved her hand in front of his eyes, then patted his shoulder.
"Okay, Art, don't think about it."
The other party made no moves.
"Building self-confidence seems to be a very difficult thing to do, but it is actually very easy to do." Duan Qing said to his face: "Now that you are an adult, you are actually no different from us adventurers.
, you just need confidence and courage, and the rest can be practiced slowly."
"Including fighting." He blinked in the wind and snow.
"...Can I... really fight?" After a while, Art's eyes moved to Duan Qing's face: "Can I?"
"Of course, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as you start doing it, the rest will be done slowly." Duan Qing said with a smile: "Of course, it would be better if what you want to do is indeed what you want to do.
Already."
The young man looked at him with puzzled eyes.
"Such as...your dream."
The young man's eyes lit up.
"Look at that mountain peak." Duan Qing turned around and pointed behind him: "If we can really find that sacred place, will you become the glory of the Nosier tribe? Imagine that you have found all the
The holy land that no one has ever found has truly fulfilled the wishes of our ancestors. Who else in the clan would look down on you? What else can't you do...?"
"...Yeah." Art's eyes slowly gathered together, and finally he and Duan Qing looked at the towering mountain top: "If I can find the Holy Land..."
"Let's go." Duan Qing patted his shoulder again: "Success is right in front of you."
"I didn't expect you to be quite capable of deceiving." After Yat took a few steps, Nan Tieshan turned his surprised eyes to Duan Qing: "You actually succeeded in instigating him like that?"
"Is that called encouragement? That's called encouragement!" Duan Qing shouted: "What's so difficult about this? NPCs all fall into this trap, so as long as you act more righteously and sincerely, you can do it too, brother."
"Really? Then why didn't you fool that Laura before..."
"Uh, hahahaha, don't mention the past anymore..."
The three of them chatted casually, then followed the young Nosier tribesman and headed back towards Falling Star Mountain.
This chapter has been completed!