Since Xia Ziying had no objections, Mu Lianlong discussed the course of action with the Spirit Guardians. Since the snowy mountains were covered with thousands of years of ice and snow, it was not suitable for walking, so two Spirit Guardians were specially sent to protect the two of them.
After the discussion, they started to set off. When they came, they dropped all their equipment. Now they had nothing. The elder gave each of them an ice skate for climbing, and then gave them a fur coat.
Wear clothes to ensure you don't get frozen.
After the preparations were completed, the group began to move towards the mountain.
It snows all year round in the snow-capped mountains, and the cold wind is fierce. At a glance, the sky is covered with snow, which is beautiful with a hint of sadness. When you come to the foot of the mountain, you can feel the hugeness of the snow-capped mountains. The towering snow-capped mountains are thousands of feet high.
, and it is very steep. If ordinary people climb without knowing the situation, they will fall down accidentally and get bruises all over. It is a trivial matter. If they are accidentally crushed by an avalanche on the mountain, it will be dealt with in this life.
The destiny black bird is a mysterious existence. Xia Ziying looked at the misty mountain top and imagined the scenery on the top of the snow mountain. She couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Why was the destiny black bird sealed on the top of the snow mountain and still under protection? These people
Are they willing to protect it for generations just because it is a mythical and legendary existence? It is impossible to explore now. Maybe some things have already shaped the fate of their descendants from the beginning.
Under the order of the elders, the young people in the clan climbed up first. Seeing their vigorous figures returning back and forth on the snow-capped mountains, Xia Ziying suddenly felt a slight misunderstanding, as if this matter itself was not a heavy matter.
, if you look at it with the sunshine of appreciation, it is a moving picture.
"Wanyu, please be careful later. I will use a rope to tie our bodies together in case anything happens to you." Mu Lianlong looked at the intoxicated Xia Ziying and said. As he spoke, the corners of his eyes were very unconscious.
Turning around, as if she was afraid of getting the answer she least wanted, Xia Ziying turned around and just said in a normal way: "Thank you."
Mu Lianlong nodded, smiled slightly, and prepared the rope to be used later.
Looking at his busy back there, I felt a trace of warmth in my heart. We could have stayed together, but because of the so-called fate, I hated him for no reason. Now that I see him, I feel a kind of warmth in my heart.
Very strange feelings.
It's hate, but it seems innocent; it's pain, but it seems pale. It's love, but I don't know how to speak of it.
It wandered endlessly in my mind, so that sometimes I couldn't face him seriously. At the foot of the vast snow-capped mountains, snowflakes were flying in the sky. It was a pity that this was the last time I saw it.
Forget it, no matter how much hatred, pain, or love there is, once you reach the top of the snow-capped mountains, everything will turn into nothingness and disappear endlessly.
"Wan Ru, what are you thinking about? It's our turn." While Xia Ziying was deep in thought, a familiar voice suddenly came to her ears.
"Oh, um, let's go!" She woke up from her deep thoughts, immediately covered up her embarrassment, and quickly walked to the rope hanging down from the snow mountain.
"Wan Ru, wait, tie the rope, safety first." Mu Lianlong shouted anxiously from behind.
"Oh, I forgot. Thank you." Xia Ziying suddenly thanked her politely.
Mu Lianlong didn't say anything. He knew that in this woman's heart, he was now an out-and-out bastard, a liar who deceived his feelings and conscience. So no matter how Wan Ru treated himself, he had no regrets.
It's the price you should bear and pay.
After Mu Lianlong passed by, he tied the rope around Xia Ziying's soft waist. He smelled the familiar smell and didn't feel that he was getting closer. However, Xia Ziying subconsciously stepped back. Mu Lianlong looked up.
He gave her a moment and said, "I'll help you tie it more securely." Xia Ziying stopped moving and let Mu Lianlong tie the rope.
After tying the rope, he looked at her and said with concern: "Be careful."
Xia Ziying nodded silently.
The elders on the side saw that these two people suddenly looked like two different people, and couldn't help but look at them with strange eyes. They didn't know what misunderstanding there was between them, and why they suddenly became like two strangers.
The strong men of the Spirit Guardian Tribe drove iron nails down one by one from the heights of the snow-capped mountains and tied the ropes before throwing them down. Logically speaking, they were very strong. As long as nothing happened to the ropes, nothing would happen.
It was also the first time for Mu Lianlong to climb a snow mountain. After all, he was a man. His physical strength was several times stronger than that of Xia Ziying, so his speed was much faster than that of Xia Ziying. When he climbed up, he grabbed the rope with one hand and lifted it up.
, helped Xia Ziying go up. With his help along the way, after two hours, she finally reached the halfway point of the mountain safely.
Halfway up the mountain is a relatively flat ground, with just enough space for five or six people to stand. After the elder was pulled up, he took out a purple-red box, opened the box, and took out a shining star from inside.
The luminous bead, this bead looks very dazzling at this time. You can't tell how big it is. It is very dazzling consciously. With the wind and snow blowing, it looks blurry and erratic.
He saw the bead slowly approaching the rock wall of the snow-capped mountain. The frozen covering slowly dissolved, gradually revealing the original color of the rock.
Then he put the beads in the air, and the beads actually stagnated in mid-air. The elder put his fingers together, slowly put them to his mouth, and chanted a spell. A hole appeared on the rock wall where the beads melted, like a
It was like a small door. You only had to bend down to get in. The hole appeared in front of you. The elder looked at the two of them with a smile and made a gesture of invitation with a smile.
Xia Ziying and Mu Lianlong looked at each other, and Mu Lianlong took the lead to get in. Seeing Mu Lianlong go in, Xia Ziying followed closely. The inside was not dark, but very crystal clear.
The bright color seemed to be light refracted through the ice covering it. As for why this rock was also transparent, she had no way of knowing.
This is a winding upward path, which was built manually. I saw that it was very difficult to build. There are some murals painted on the walls on both sides, and there are also some incomprehensible words.
The text I read in the hole in the foggy forest is basically the same.
"What are these paintings about?" Xia Ziying asked curiously. Mu Lianlong suddenly stopped and looked at it carefully. The corner of his mouth suddenly twitched: "It seems to be describing one thing. Looking at these murals,
They are one next to the other, very coherent, maybe this is telling the story of the destiny black bird."
After hearing what Mu Lianlong said, Xia Ziying started to look at the first mural. The first mural was engraved with a chaotic scene, and the whole thing looked a bit like a cloud of dust.
The next picture is like a giant ax suddenly appearing between the sky and the earth, splitting them apart. Suddenly the turbid things began to fall, and the light things began to float. While sinking and floating, five things suddenly appeared between the heaven and the earth.
There are rocks of different colors. They have been wrapped in chaos. After being split, they appear. The five rocks exude different colors, namely green, white, orange, red, and blue. These five rocks
The colors just floated in mid-air, and there were several murals floating there. It seemed that these five rocks had been floating for a long enough time.
In the middle mural, the five rocks exploded one after another and transformed into the legendary mythical beasts, Green Dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, and the Destiny Black Bird.
The scene on the mural after that was exactly the same as what Mu Lianlong knew. It seemed that this legend was true. After Mu Lianlong read it, he understood that his father had not deceived him anymore. The royal family of the Mu Kingdom was indeed helping to find the destiny black bird.
's messenger.
After reading the murals, Mu Lianlong remained silent, without saying a word. He just stared at the murals blankly, as if he had listened to a rather mysterious story.
Xia Ziying has liked to listen to her father telling her some mysterious legends and stories since she was a child. God's will plays tricks on people, but now she has really fallen into this legend, and it is also a legend that has been passed down from ancient times.
"Is this the responsibility that your family has fulfilled from ancient times to the present?" Xia Ziying suddenly asked. This was the first time Xia Ziying took the initiative to ask him since going up the mountain.
"Yes, this is the responsibility that our family is destined to pass down from generation to generation." Mu Lianlong sighed indifferently.
"What will happen if you don't fulfill this responsibility for generations?" Xia Ziying continued to ask.
"Do you know how many years my father has not been in court?" Mu Lianlong suddenly asked.
It's time to go to court.
"It's been twenty years." Mu Lianlong suddenly said here.
"That's not right. Didn't you go to court a few days ago and see your father?" Xia Ziying asked curiously.
"Haha, you can't imagine what a country would be like if its monarch didn't go to court for twenty years. The person the ministers see every time is not the real person of my father.
The puppet wearing a human skin mask of my father only symbolically propagates some policies and decrees every time he goes to court, while the real father has been trapped in the palace for twenty years, and there is not a single moment without pain."
Mu Lianlong started sobbing as he spoke, and the uncomfortable expression suddenly spread to his entire face.
"Why is this? Is there something unspeakable?" Xia Ziying asked curiously.
Mu Lianlong stopped showing pain, suppressed it with difficulty, and then said, "This is a strange disease that is inherited from generation to generation. The moment every prince is born, the pain is destined to begin. As long as we get married, we will have it."
Later in life, this disease manifested itself. Every night at the third watch, my whole body would be in unbearable pain, and my face would be in unbearable pain and itching. It was a kind of pain and itching that came from deep within my heart, and it was unbearable every moment."