"Leaving now?" Mingruo raised an eyebrow, hoping to follow him on a journey of 'Where is dad going?'...
"I guess they went back to get the antidote." Si Haochen vaguely felt that their destination and the place where Emperor Wen was going might be in the same place. "We have limited time, so let's go find the treasure first."
"Hmm." Mingruo is actually not very enthusiastic about 'finding his father'. He is just a little curious about the original owner's confusing life experience.
"Show me the map again." The route they chose just now was to go down the mountain from the east, and now they are following Emperor Wen down the mountain from the south. If Emperor Wen and them were going to the same place, and he went down the mountain from this direction, maybe the road would be longer.
Better to walk.
Mingruo gave the map to Si Haochen. Si Haochen looked at it carefully for a while and then returned the map to Mingruo.
"Just keep it, I can't understand it even if I hold it." Mingruo only had a partial understanding of the hand-drawn map.
"No need, I've remembered it all." Si Haochen smiled slightly at the little girl.
"..." You have a superior memory and you win.
Si Haochen took Mingruo through the forest. After entering a bamboo forest, Mingruo felt something was wrong.
"We seem to have walked through here twice." Mingruo tugged on Si Haochen's sleeves, "There is a nine-story building growing between the two bamboos. I have seen it before."
"Yes." Si Haochen nodded, "There is a formation here. You need to follow the steps. Just go out soon. Don't worry."
"Oh, do you want a compass?" Grandpa used to hold a compass when breaking the formation.
"It's just an ordinary maze, no need to bother." Si Haochen chuckled.
As they spoke, the two walked out of the bamboo forest. There was a mist in front of them. From a distance, the mist looked a little light blue and looked a little weird.#@$&
Linglong was about to break the poisonous miasma, but was stopped by Mingruo. The detoxification pill given by Concubine Su was just enough to restrain the poisonous miasma. It can be seen that this was a poisonous miasma that helped her protect the treasure!
The two of them took the antidote pills and passed through the poisonous miasma. Mingruo added some ingredients to the poisonous miasma - it was his own treasure. It was not too much to add a barrier by himself.
After passing through the poisonous miasma, they entered the hinterland of the valley. Mingruo found that the farther in, the hotter it became, and it felt like walking into a huge steam room. The trees here were tall and dense, and it felt like they were blocking out the sky and the sun.
It feels like the fallen leaves in the forest are extremely thick, almost reaching Mingruo’s knees. This is simply a primitive forest, and Mingruo feels a little square.
"Come up, I'll carry you on my back." Si Haochen let go of Mingruo's hand and motioned for her to get on his back.
"Okay." With this road condition, if Mingruo walks alone, he doesn't know how long it will take.%&(&
Si Haochen carried Mingruo on his back and used the tree trunks to get out of the dark woods. The scene in front of him was somewhat beyond Mingruo's expectation. A half-moon-shaped pink lake was surrounded by mountains. Except for them
In the direction from which we came, the other three sides were covered with reddish-brown stone mountains. The ground was covered with large and small gravels, and not a single blade of grass grew on it.
Mingruo has seen this half-moon-shaped lake on a map, but he didn't expect it to be this color.
Si Haochen frowned slightly: "Is this lake poisonous?"
Mingruo activated the medical system to investigate and shook his head: "It's not poisonous, it's just that a kind of seaweed rich in carotene grows in it."
"Then we should walk farther away." In any case, this lake seemed strange to Si Haochen.
"Okay." They had been on the road all day. Although Si Haochen carried her most of the time, they were still a little tired.
The sun is now in the west, but the ground that has been exposed to the sun all day is like a slab of barbecue, emitting scorching heat. Mingruo feels that she and Si Haochen are now like two sizzling little barbecues.
fish.
"Let's take a rest first and wait until the sun sets completely before leaving." Si Haochen was carrying her on his back, so her boyfriend must be exhausted.
"Yeah." Si Haochen nodded.
When the two of them entered the space, Mingruo let out a big breath, but the space was still cool and pleasant, just like people who had been trekking in the desert and entered an air-conditioned room.
Mingruo pulled Si Haochen into the house and poured him a glass of water: "You drink some water first and have a rest. I'll go to the kitchen to get some food."
Si Haochen drank the water in one gulp: "I'll go with you."
"No, I'll get some ready-made food. You can rest." Mingruo pushed Si Haochen back into the chair.
"My husband is not as weak as you think." Si Haochen led Mingruo into the kitchen.
We cooked wontons together, Mingruo cut some braised meat and mixed it with a plate of spinach. The two finally had their first serious meal of the day.
"The valley looks very weird. There are no plants or animals." Ming Ruo picked up a piece of braised beef and put it in Si Haochen's bowl.
"According to what you said, we didn't encounter any animals along the way..." This made Si Haochen a little uneasy.
"That's different. There are snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the forest, but they were all scared away by Linglong." Mingruo could sense the environment that Linglong felt, "But there is really nothing in the valley.
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"In addition to the rocks in the valley, there is the weird lake, and it is extremely hot. It is normal that there are no animals." Si Haochen analyzed.
"Oh." Anyway, let her come here alone to hunt for treasure. Even if there is a golden mountain waiting for her, she would not dare to come.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Si Haochen pinched Mingruo's cheek.
The two finished dinner and rested for an hour.
Si Haochen estimated that it was completely dark outside: "Should we continue on our way?"
"Let's go out and have a look. If it's suitable for the journey, we can walk again. If not, we'll set off tomorrow morning." Mingruo is still a little resistant to walking at night. But that valley can probably cook people during the day.
Si Haochen remembered that the little princess was afraid of the dark when she was in the palace. He took Mingruo to the bedroom and said, "It's not safe to travel at night. Let's get some rest early and set off early tomorrow."
"Oh, it's all up to you." Mingruo didn't have much experience in outdoor adventures and decided to be an obedient child.
The next morning, when I came out of the space, it was just dawning outside. Logically speaking, it should be a little cool in the mountains at this time. But it was still very hot in the valley, and there seemed to be layers of heat waves constantly reverberating in the valley.
Si Haochen directly threw Mingruo on his back. Mingruo was about to object when he heard Si Haochen say: "Let's leave quickly while the sun is not out."
Mingruo patted Si Haochen twice on the shoulder: "It's so empty here, we can ride horses."
"..." Si Haochen felt that his brain might have been blinded by the heat, and he actually forgot that they still had horses in the space, "Yeah."
Mingruo released the flames, and poor little Lielie was stunned by the heat wave as soon as he came out.
Si Haochen now put Ming Ruo on the horse and sat down, then he got on the horse and gently held the horse's belly: "Drive."
