When they came to Linli Mountain again, everyone's mood was completely different.
Sun Feng'er stood next to Yi Xiaotian, somewhat scared.
She subconsciously grabbed Yi Xiaotian's lapel. This scene was seen by her maid, and she was happy in her heart.
Yi Xiaotian didn't seem to notice anything. He stood at the foot of the mountain, took a deep breath, and the relaxed expression between his brows gradually dissipated.
When he looked up again, there was only seriousness and sharpness in his eyes.
"I specifically asked local old farmers who have lived in the mountains. I won't mention the west side of Linli Mountain. It's that cliff. Although there are waterfalls hanging down, it doesn't really look like someone would live there.
Look."
"In this way, along the mountainside ridge, we divided our troops into two groups. One side faced east, looking for the sun side of the mountain, and the other side faced north, looking for the shade side of the mountain. If we encounter a suspicious location, don't alert the snake first. This is what I made temporarily.
The flute - if any of you learn a little bit from Lingqi, you will probably be able to master how to use it."
"Let me do it."
Ying'er stood up first, Yi Xiaotian nodded, and immediately handed the flute in his hand to the other party's hand. Lu Lingqi waved to Ying'er, and the two of them found an open area and started practicing the flute.
"Then it's up to me, Lingqi, Feng'er and the two girls over there to look for Shanyang."
"Xiong Yuan will lead you on the other side. Ying'er, Ning'er and others will follow you. Remember to take good care of them."
"Do not worry."
Zhao Yun agreed, and Bai Longju was left in the city by him today. This mountainous area is really complicated. No wonder the officers and soldiers, even with such a powerful force as the cavalry, still had difficulty breaking through the Shanyue people's defense relying on natural dangers.
After a short rest, Zhao Yun finally showed off his Yajiao gun. Yi Xiaotian clearly heard a woman's scream coming from the crowd when Zhao Yun waved the gun gently, but...looking back.
, but I didn’t know who actually sent it, so I had to give up in the end.
Everyone gathered together again under Yi Xiaotian's call, and Yi Xiaotian solemnly told:
"Remember, life is the most important thing in everything, and you must be on guard against others. Before the final victory is announced, any relaxation may cause you to lose your life. Do you understand?"
"Clearly."
"So…"
After Yi Xiaotian nodded, he cast his gaze towards the dense mountain forest, where unknown risks were waiting for everyone, but Yi Xiaotian still had his own considerations - even if he took the risk, he would go on this trip to find the person who crossed the mountain.
The dangerous journey is worth the price of admission.
——
After entering the mountains and forests, even Sun Feng'er, who had an extremely lively personality before, restrained his temper.
She and Lu Lingqi followed closely behind Yi Xiaotian. She was in the center of the team, and there were two more powerful maids following behind her.
The five-person team first followed the normal mountain road all the way to the mountainside. Then, after meeting Zhao Yun's team, Yi Xiaotian gestured to him to separate, and then the two groups quickly left and separated.
Start walking along a different and unfamiliar mountain road.
After a long time…
After a long struggle with the quiet woods and empty mountains, Sun Feng'er, who couldn't keep calm, finally began to cry out that she was tired:
"Sir...this...this way, it doesn't look like there is any human habitation...could it be that all the people from Shanyue are gathering on the Shanyin side? Are we looking in the wrong place?"
However, just after saying this, Yi Xiaotian quickly turned around and blocked Sun Feng'er's mouth with his hand.
Sun Feng'er felt a little short of breath for a moment, and wanted to break free from Yi Xiaotian's restraints. However, she saw Yi Xiaotian shaking his head at him with a serious face, and then pointed his finger at a seemingly empty place in the forest.
The direction of an object.
Yes, this mountain forest is surprisingly quiet. Although they have made up their minds not to make any unnecessary noise...Yi Xiaotian has noticed early on that the current silence is an abnormal state.
Because...even if there are no human habitations and no traces of human life, the sounds of small animals will never be missing in the mountains and forests.
But along the way, they didn't even see a single mountain mouse, let alone encounter many medium-sized beasts like wild boars like yesterday.
Except for the low-probability event that all the wild beasts nearby have been hunted down, or that an earthquake is about to strike, Yi Xiaotian can only think of one possibility——
And the current situation confirms Yi Xiaotian's guess.
Sun Feng'er was still a little resistant at first, but when she slowly looked in the direction of Yi Xiaotian's finger, there were bright yellow and black and white patterns in the shadow of the tree that should have been empty.
Walking through the forest.
Her petite body couldn't help but tremble, and even her breathing became rapid.
Fortunately, Yi Xiaotian kept covering her mouth, otherwise, in this situation, Sun Feng'er would definitely scream out of instinctive fear.
Lu Lingqi and the other two maids have entered into a very serious fighting state. Lu Lingqi frowned tightly, with anger in her eyes and the determination to kill.
If it weren't for the fact that he was a witness to this unfortunate disaster, Yi Xiaotian would definitely blurt out when seeing this kind of creature in movies and TV dramas: What an eye-catching white-fronted insect, it is really brave and powerful, just like
An extremely ferocious enemy of ten thousand people on the battlefield.
Yes - Yi Xiaotian didn't realize that he had made a serious mistake until just now.
Huidi is in the scope of South China - in his era, there was no need to be too nervous, but now it was the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty... It was an era when ferocious beasts that were extremely vicious and feared by everyone were still appearing.
The South China Tiger...Although it is a tiger species endemic to South China, its body size is slightly smaller than that of subspecies later discovered in other countries. However, with its thick and powerful limbs, short and powerful jaws, and its slender body, it is faster than
The serows found in the mountains are no less impressive.
It can be said that if an ordinary person, even an experienced hunter, encounters them alone, they will most likely end up with only one dead body.
Now... the situation is not the most difficult yet. Yi Xiaotian's brain is running rapidly at this moment. He lowers his palms and signals to everyone not to act rashly without his own orders - fighting against beasts is not like fighting against humans. The reason why beasts do this is
Beasts, and the reason why humans are humans is because of whether their animal nature or nature can be suppressed.
People will consider the loss of interests in attacking, so even if they meet face to face, Yi Xiaotian still has the confidence to deal with others, even if they are forced into a desperate situation... But tigers are different. They are wild beasts, or to put it more simply, they are animals. They only know how to deal with them.
Following the primitive predatory appetite and the primitive desire to kill, if you are not careful, you will only end up in a life-or-death situation.
The key problem is... Yi Xiaotian slowly glanced at the girl in his arms. Sun Feng'er's legs were trembling at the moment. Here... it was obvious that she could no longer be counted on to fight.
Yi Xiaotian would not blame her. They had a lot of time. If it was a big deal today, they could just give up and continue patrolling the mountain tomorrow. Therefore, he did not feel embarrassed at all. Yi Xiaotian ordered the people around him:
"Lingqi, listen to my order and send a message to Xiongyuan and the others, asking them to give up searching the mountain and, if possible, join us first - no more today..."
But the words haven't been finished yet... It wasn't just someone's feet that made a sound, because it was early spring and the frozen leaves were so crisp that even a light foot would make a huge sound.
But...it happened that the hearing of the beast across from him was incredibly sensitive.
"Roar!!"
The tiger noticed the presence of its prey and located the location of Yi Xiaotian and others in an instant.
It didn't hesitate at all, and burst out with exaggerated speed in an instant, passing through the densely forested mountains like silk. It was so fast that it wanted to kill everyone in the next moment.
Yi Xiaotian gritted his teeth:
"Quickly go! You two escort your young lady away! Lingqi and I will stop here!"