At this time, Mu Qingyan felt like a frightened deer in her heart.
Just as he was about to speak out, Nan Yanxi's calm little purr came to his ears.
Mu Qingyan breathed a long sigh of relief. It turned out that this guy had just turned over after falling asleep.
Even so, this is really embarrassing.
I wanted to turn over but didn't dare, for fear of waking him up and embarrassing everyone.
And...it's really warm, secure, and comfortable.
Mu Qingyan was shocked when this idea came up.
No, no, it can't be like this, it's better to push him away!
I was thinking this in my mind, but my body seemed to be frozen and I couldn't move.
Struggled and hesitating crazily in her heart, Mu Qingyan gradually fell into sleep.
This sleep was extremely sweet.
...
When the chirping of birds woke Mu Qingyan up in the early morning, Nan Yanxi was no longer around.
When she turned around and saw no one around her, Mu Qingyan felt a little disappointed subconsciously.
He sat up slightly and saw that Nan Yanxi was wearing a long coat.
Mu Qingyan smiled warmly, with a hint of happiness at the corner of her mouth.
This guy is quite attentive!
After stretching slightly, Mu Qingyan stood up and got out of the tent.
Most people in the camp have already gotten up, and Nan Yanxi is cooking breakfast with a few people.
Turning around and seeing Mu Qingyan walking out of the tent, Nan Yanxi smiled softly: "Are you awake?"
"Well..." Mu Qingyan scratched her head and nodded sleepily.
Suddenly I remembered the scene last night again, and my pretty face turned red instantly.
This guy woke up before me, and he must have found himself sleeping in his arms all night.
He walked over quickly and handed the folded coat to him: "Here... thank you... thank you..."
"Put it on quickly, it's cold in the morning."
"Okay!" Nan Yanxi happily took it, leaned close to her and whispered: "Sister Mu, do you care about me?"
"Tch...who cares about you anymore..."
Mu Qingyan curled her lips: "Sister, you caught a cold and infected it with everyone."
Nan Yanxi chuckled, said nothing, and just raised his eyebrows at her.
Mu Qingyan blushed again.
...
After all the fuss, everyone quickly finished their breakfast and packed their backpacks.
But before setting off, everyone didn't forget to check out the wild boar's carcass.
After turning around the woods, people could already see the mess in the place far away.
The huge wild boar was even missing its bones at this moment.
The only thing left was the pig hair and bone residue in that area.
The two hunters carefully observed the footprints left nearby.
Last night, it wasn't just a carnivore that came to eat the wild boar carcass.
However, the most terrifying thing is those huge tiger-like footprints.
No need to ask, it must be that guy.
If you think about it carefully, while everyone is sleeping, in the darkness not far away, a huge ghost is gnawing on bones.
Green eyes stared greedily at the human camp.
Everyone shuddered and became more careful along the way.
...
Five days passed by in a flash. Calculating the distance, we had already covered more than 250 miles.
In these five days, everyone really made a lot of surprising discoveries.
Among them, on a mountainside, everyone was surprised to find a lot of iron-containing ore.
Several people speculated that there might be an iron mine here.
In a place where the local market was flat, a stone paint mine was also discovered, which is a good thing.
Nan Yanxi was overjoyed when he heard this. With this discovery, his trip was not in vain, at least he had a guarantee.
Order someone to mark it, and send someone to inspect it carefully when you get back.
Two hundred and fifty miles, converted into kilometers, is one hundred and twenty-five kilometers.
Nan Yanxi's group was almost approaching the hinterland of the Qinglian Mountains.
The closer you get to the hinterland, the more wild animals you see.
This gave Nan Yanxi, who already loves wild animals, a feast for her eyes.
In five days, everyone has encountered leopards three times, tigers twice, brown bears twice, and black bears four times.
We also saw jackals and wolves three or five times, and we also saw the precious Hua Biao once.
As for wild boar, bison, and wild deer, there are more.
Fortunately, everyone had muskets in hand and plenty of gunpowder pellets, so they were not afraid of those ferocious beasts.
If anyone tried to attack, I fired two shots into the air and they were easily scared away.
The only difference between these animals and the outside world is that they are extremely large.
A jackal is almost as big as the wolf outside.
Nan Yanxi also saw two strange animals that she had never seen before. They looked like dogs but were bigger than dogs.
There is a long mane on its back and its body is covered with black and white stripes.
And it looks big in front and small in back, with long front legs and short back legs.
Seen from behind, it looks like a duck.
The hunter said that this thing is called a flower dog, but it is not a dog and it is not the same family as a wolf.
It sounds like a child crying, but also like a night owl, which is very permeable.
Loves to pick up rotten meat and bones left by other animals.
It's not very ferocious, and generally doesn't attack people in groups.
But there are surprises and scares. In the past few mornings, I can encounter that huge footprint almost every time around the camp.
The most recent time was the day before yesterday. The guy was only fifteen or six steps away from our camp, which was about thirty meters away.
This forced everyone to be more vigilant, and instead of two people standing guard, there were three people.
Several foreigners and old masters also volunteered to join the ranks on duty.
Today, everyone still moved forward vigilantly and walked about twenty miles.
Passing through a dense bamboo forest, Nan Yanxi, who was walking in front, suddenly exclaimed.
When everyone heard the sound and looked around, they saw a large mountain in front of them. The mountain was as beautiful as Qinglian Mountain, even more so.
There was a flat stall at the foot of the mountain, and everyone walked slowly over.
Looking down, I saw that there were pieces of bluestone beneath my feet.
Although covered with moss and weeds, the stone surface has been eroded by wind and rain into disarray.
But it is not difficult to see that this is definitely not the handiwork of nature.
Nan Yanxi and Mu Qingyan looked at each other and walked forward immediately.
Not far along the dilapidated bluestone road, a collapsed archway appeared in front of us.
From the looks of it, it must be hundreds of years old. There are already more than a dozen towering trees growing in the stone.
Nan Yanxi's face was full of doubts, and she turned around and asked: "Sister Mu, have you ever heard of what sects there are in the Qinglian Mountains?"
Mu Qingyan shook her head when she heard this: "I've never heard of it... this... must be hundreds of years old."
"What about you? Have you heard any legends from the older generation?"
Several old masters and local hunters also shook their heads.
One of the hunters touched his chin, thought for a while and said, "When I was a child, I heard my grandfather say something."
"Hundreds of years ago, there seemed to be some turmoil around here, and the locals fled to death."
"Several villages near us were all moved here later."