What kind of person would choose to embark on such a journey alone?
Before climbing the first mountain, Bai Feng had been thinking about this problem.
The sand in the forest melted with the snow and water, and almost all of it turned into frozen soil under the influence of low temperatures. However, this was still under the mountain, so the frozen form was not stable. Bai Feng's feet could still feel that there was reliable earth under their feet.
When he came to the Earth Temple built between two mountains, he suddenly wanted to imitate what Xu Qiye led everyone to do last time and salute the Earth God. However, he was not praying for peace, but asked in his heart
.
"Why must we find it?"
After thinking about it, Bai Feng took out the improved mountain climbing pick and continued along the route of the last mountain climbing.
Everything went smoothly at first. The snow on the mountain was not thick, and he could avoid stepping on hidden pits if he was careful. However, when he reached the top of the peak, everything around him changed drastically in the blink of an eye!
As the wind strengthened, the speed of falling snow also became significantly faster, and the air began to become thinner. Everything in front of you seemed to be separated by a layer of white gauze. The snow under your feet accumulated up to your knees, making it impossible to see anything on the road.
What, this makes every step Bai Feng takes seem like a gamble.
The perfect mountain climbing route no longer exists at this time, and gamblers can only use the smallest bet in exchange for the only chance of winning - this is a gamble between man and the mountain.
The frozen ground under my feet was slippery and dangerous, and there was a thick layer of snow on top, as if it would collapse at any time. If I were not careful, I and the white world in front of me would be shattered into pieces and fall into the abyss, while walking on it
The white phoenix will disappear silently in the roaring wind.
"No, I haven't found the answer yet!"
There was no time for him to think, the step in front of him was the preparation for the next step.
The top priority is to find a place to hide from the wind and snow, and then wait quietly for the wind to subside, otherwise Bai Feng will not even be able to find the accurate direction.
He first rested for a while next to a rock wall, observing the terrain he could observe, and planned to find a high point first.
Confirm the route and start climbing up with a pickaxe.
A common mistake that beginner rock climbers make is thinking they can climb to their destination in one go.
Bai Feng was not a beginner. He had lived in the mountains for a long time and often trained his body balance and agility on rock walls, but he obviously had not done anything similar in the wind and snow.
——Winter mountains and summer mountains are two completely different places.
"It's so slippery...I can't put any pressure on it!"
The rock wall is wrapped in a layer of ice, and it looks almost frozen. If you risk breaking the ice with a pickaxe, the falling ice flakes may turn into something as dangerous as a sword and hit you in the face. At this time,
He must then find another secluded path.
He squinted his eyes and observed carefully, and suddenly found that on the rock wall in front of him, there was an extremely steep Hat Rock. As the name suggests, it is a rock with protruding edges like a hat. This place is still dry! But with Bai Feng's height alone
Arm span cannot reach that place. If you want to do this, you must make your whole body jump up on the rock wall, then swing the climbing pick vigorously at the highest point, and accurately stick the pickaxe on the hat rock.
Bai Feng knew there was no time to hesitate, so he used his feet to find a point of strength, tightened his waist and abdomen, and took deep breaths.
"three."
"two."
"one!"
After counting three times silently, a lone climber jumped up from the rock wall in the midst of the snow!
The climbing pick accurately landed on the Hat Rock. Bai Feng immediately twisted his body and put his feet sideways on it to climb onto the Hat Rock. His whole body was almost parallel to the ground. He could clearly feel that his arms began to swell due to long-term tension.
, the pain, when you can’t hold on any longer, yell for help.
"Ahhhh!!!"
He succeeded, perhaps just by luck, but such a narrow escape could only be regarded as a minor episode in this journey.
In the next half month, Bai Feng has been using the same method to find the direction and the way up the mountain. This is an extremely repetitive and fruitless process, because he is just walking on the path he has walked before, but this time because of the encounter
The winter in Kunlun Mountain makes the journey full of difficulties.
During this process, he could clearly feel that the surroundings were getting colder and colder, and his breathing rate was also getting faster. He could normally walk dozens of miles a day, but now walking ten miles a day would exhaust his physical strength. This is what humans are doing.
There are challenges you must endure in the process of conquering mountains.
He walked to Xihua Peak. Xu Qiye had brought him here before. The abandoned Taoist temple was one of the few warm places in the mountain. Bai Feng chose to rest here temporarily.
He was completely alone here.
He looked at the fire and thought quietly.
He first thought about the question that had surfaced in his mind when he started climbing the mountain, and now he finally had the opportunity to think about it.
"Why must we find it?"
Snowflakes are still falling outside.
Bai Feng couldn't think of an answer, but another picture appeared in his mind.
——The man carrying the sword walks alone.
He once walked down Yangshan Mountain alone, and now he walks up Kunlun Mountain alone, just like what Gao Zhen, the White Snake Immortal, once did.
——They are all aloof people.
I don’t want to involve anyone in the world, and I don’t want to leave the world and give up everything.
——In a trance, the faces of Murong Yan and Xi'er came into his eyes.
It turns out that the most painful thing about the journey is not the ravages of weather, the torture of steep mountains, or the confusion of losing direction and goals.
The most painful thing is loneliness.
"If I could go with everyone, would the outcome be different?"
Bai Feng said this almost unconsciously.
"No ifs."
He held the Longming Sword in his arms, and the copper bell swayed in the wind, making crisp sounds.
"I want to find the Spirit Snake Temple and go back alive, just like my master did."
——Not for anyone else, just do what you should do.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In fact, Bai Feng could have decided to turn back under Xihua Feng, because this was not a desperate situation with no return, but he did not want to stop at all, of course.
There was no way anyone could stop him from stopping.
He was bewitched by Kunlun Mountain, so he had to climb to the top...
Unknowingly, Bai Feng came to a place she had never set foot before.
It snows here all year round, and the icebergs are so solid that there is no end in sight. Bai Feng raised his arms to cover his eyes, and then he reluctantly opened his eyes to look at the sky.
The clouds are gathering, hanging upside down in the sky like a whirlpool. There seems to be a sphere in the center, which is constantly flashing. Then there is thunder, tearing out several dazzling flashes in the dark mid-air.
Bai Feng didn't know what the sign was, but it was the first time he saw it, and he felt that he could only prepare for the worst, so he slowed down his progress and took every step.
As the thunder became more and more frequent, after a while, the snow-capped mountains shook, like an earth dragon turning over, and rolling snow dust began to appear from the top of the mountain, getting bigger and bigger all the way down.
"It's an avalanche!"
Bai Feng wanted to retreat, but the danger was too deep and there was no way to go. In desperation, he suddenly came to his senses and started digging a hole with a pickaxe on the spot. Although the digging was very slow, he quickly dug a hole that could allow people to squeeze in.
Go to the gap.
The sounds and vibrations are getting stronger and stronger. Nature is moving slightly, and humans can only hide their heads and run away.
Almost instantly, Xue Chen passed by where Bai Feng was. Everything he saw lost its color and shape. He could only hear his own breathing in his ears. He felt as if he was in the body of some giant creature.
, there is no breath of any other living creatures here, or in other words, he is heading towards death.