In addition to living people, can there be anything warm in the Ice City?
No!
But Qin Jiyan touched it. It was not only warm, but also soft. It should not appear in Ice City at all.
"What's wrong?" Gu Qiancheng was afraid that Qin Jiyan would throw something off, so he hurriedly stepped forward to check.
"It's okay, I just found something interesting." Qin Jiyan had a strange expression. He sat on the spot without moving and pulled out a light blue square object from behind. At first glance, it looked like a piece of blue jade.
, smooth and tender, but it is soft.
"What is it?" Gu Qiancheng reached out and poked it. He found that the thing was soft and dented when he poked it, like rubber.
"I don't know, it's underground." Qin Jiyan handed the thing to Gu Qiancheng, "Let's see if this thing is poisonous?"
When Gu Qiancheng was inspecting, he did not take any time off, but continued to rummage underground. After a while, he found several pieces, but they were all under the thick ice. With the knife in his hand, there was no way he could do anything about it.
Break the ice and take it out.
"It's soft and has a medicinal aroma, and a very faint smell of blood. It's very similar to the smell of ice grass. It's not poisonous and has excellent stickiness. Lend me your knife to use." Gu Qiancheng guessed that Qin Jiyan discovered it.
This light blue rubber-like thing should be the same as the water in the moat, except that the water in the moat is thinner and not as dense as the blue piece on your hand.
The knife was too big, so Qin Jiyan was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Gu Qiancheng to use it, so he took the dagger that was placed close to his body.
Qin Jiyan carries the dagger with him mostly as a backup. After so many years, the dagger he carries has not had many opportunities to be used.
The small dagger was very sharp. Gu Qiancheng cut the blue block in his hand into two pieces with just a slight cut. The middle part was very dark in color, and the center was almost dark blue. The smell of medicine was also stronger, but it was not a single dagger.
It doesn't have the herbal smell, but a mixed medicinal smell, like many medicines mixed together.
Gu Qiancheng weighed it up and down, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the blue block in his hand looked like a nutritional package. He made a bold guess: "Are these things used to grow wheatgrass?"
Otherwise, how can the ice grass be grown in this ice field? Just rely on ice? She has not heard that the nutrients in the ice can support medicinal herbs.
Something came to mind, but Gu Qiancheng didn't dare to think deeply about it and quickly stopped.
Qin Jiyan shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't seen this thing before. If there is "Yi Guo Zhi", maybe we will know what it is. "Yi Guo Zhi" has a detailed introduction."
Another "Yi Guo Zhi"?
There was a subtle change in Gu Qiancheng's expression, and his interest was not as strong as before. He casually threw the soft thing on the ice, "Apart from "Yi Guo Zhi", is there no record in any other books?"
Qin Jiyan thought for a moment and shook his head again, "No, like Bingcheng, Medicine King's Holy Land, and Golden Ancient City are magical places. So far, they have only been recorded in "Yi Guo Zhi", and except for Bingcheng, there has not been anyone so far.
I’ve seen several other cities.”
"So, doesn't it mean we can't get out?" Gu Qiancheng returned the dagger to Qin Jiyan, and then put away the cut blue rubber, "This thing may be useful, let's put it away first, sit here and wait.
It’s no use, let’s walk here to see if there is a way out.”
"Yeah." Qin Jiyan didn't say much, and pulled Gu Qiancheng to stand up. But before leaving, he couldn't help but look at the blue block that was covered in ice.
Maybe Gu Qiancheng's guess is right. These blue cubes are used to raise ice grass, but what is the use of raising so many ice grass?
In other words, who raises these wheatgrass?
Qin Jiyan walked forward with Gu Qiancheng full of questions. Although the two said nothing, they knew in their hearts that these ice grasses were not simple. They made a tacit understanding to avoid the ice grasses and try not to step on them as they moved forward.
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The two of them held hands. When they were hungry or thirsty, they picked a piece of ice grass and chewed it in their mouths. Not to mention, although the small piece of ice grass had no taste, it was very filling. Gu Qiancheng just ate three of them casually.
After five flowers, I no longer feel hungry, I am in good spirits, and I don’t feel any discomfort in my body.
"We can't waste the rest." Gu Qiancheng saw that there were five or six ice grass in his hand, so he put them away, planning to eat them when everyone is hungry.
The ice field was so bright that it was difficult to tell the difference between day and night. Qin Jiyan and Gu Qiancheng didn't know how long they had walked. They only knew that their legs were weak as they walked. They still had not walked out of the ice field. As far as they could see, there was still a patch of ice grass.
"We shouldn't be lost, right?" Gu Qiancheng sat tiredly on the ice.
Although it was cold here, she and Qin Jiyan kept walking, so it didn't feel unbearable.
"No, there are marks along the way." At least until now, they have not returned to the original path.
"That's good." Gu Qiancheng sat down and took out the leftover ice grass he had eaten before, but...
"Qin Jiyan, look quickly." Gu Qiancheng's expression changed, and he hurriedly handed the dead ice grass in his hand to Qin Jiyan, "How long have we been here?" Why did the ice grass dry up? This is unrealistic.
ah.
"Never more than a day." At least he didn't feel sleepy yet.
"But they withered. They died completely in one day. It doesn't make sense." Gu Qiancheng frowned, and involuntarily thought of what she had read in "Yi Guozhi" before. Her eyes flickered, and she was full of confusion.
Dare to think deeply.
"What's wrong?" Qin Jiyan noticed something was wrong and asked hurriedly.
"I seem to know where this place is and what the Ice City does." Gu Qiancheng smiled bitterly. She was not hesitating whether to say it, but she was wondering what Qin Jiyan would think if it was revealed?
How can she explain that she knows what is recorded in "Yi Guo Zhi".
"You know?" Qin Jiyan looked surprised. What could a little girl like Gu Qiancheng know about something that he didn't even know?
Gu Qiancheng nodded heavily, "I once saw a prescription in a book." Unfortunately, that book was "The Chronicles of the Yi Kingdom".
"What recipe?" Qin Jiyan asked simply when he saw Gu Qiancheng hesitated to speak.
"The recipe for longevity." Gu Qiancheng kept looking at Qin Jiyan when he spoke.
When she first saw the recipe, she didn't take it to heart at all. She had never believed in immortality. But when she saw the ice city and the ice grass that withered away from the ice, Gu Qiancheng couldn't help but think more about it.
Already.
"How to live forever? Is there really such a thing as immortality in this world?" Qin Jiyan obviously didn't believe in immortality either, which made Gu Qiancheng feel a little at ease.
She was afraid that Qin Jiyan, like the First Emperor Yingzheng, pursued immortality, and then she would be miserable.
Gu Qiancheng suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said slowly: "I originally thought that recipe was for fun, and I scoffed at it when I saw it. But everything we experienced in Bingcao made me believe it."
There is a medicinal material on the prescription, which is very similar to the ice grass in Bingcheng...