Crossing the Sixers

They stayed in the hill tribe for two days. They swam in the shallow lake on the first day and climbed the Fengshen Mountain on the second day. The Fengshen Mountain is very long, and the highest one is too steep to climb. A relatively low hill on the lake.

The other side of the mountain is another scene.There is an extremely wide river between the mountains and the plateau, which is the one that Xu Jian called "Tianhe".The Tianhe River is flowing fast, hidden among the clouds and mists like a giant dragon.Xu Jian, Murong and the others were engrossed in watching it. Later, Bai Yufei chanted, "It's a bit like the Yellow River", and they fell into homesickness, and it took a long time for them to return to normal.

There were no special plants in the Fengshen Mountains, but they saw several strange reptiles and flying insects. Fortunately, they had no attack power. After playing for a long time, a group of people returned to the hill tribe safe and sound.

On the way they stopped for a long time in rice and wheat fields.When Bai Yufei wanted to paint, Xu Jian followed An Lie, and An Lie carried Huo Changfeng on his shoulders, walking in the fields, talking leisurely.

Murong and Gao Shuai rolled into the half-person-high grass and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, the terrain was flat and the grass was huge, so no one noticed their movements.

At night they still stayed at the leader Luo Ying's house, this time it was his two female daughters and their partners who came back to accompany them.Xu Jian and Murong jointly cooked a table of dishes, and the ingredients were game they hunted on the road.Xu Jian's craftsmanship was recognized by several tribes, and the leader Luo Ying's family was very satisfied with the meal.

The next day, they packed up the ox cart, said goodbye to the family of the leader of the hill tribe and a few new friends, and left the hill tribe slowly. go.

In the past, these mountains and rivers had no names. People from the Yihe tribe and other tribes could only talk about the mountain behind the mountain in front, the river near the tribe, and the river in the distance...Xu Jian listened Feeling awkward, I marked all the mountains and rivers with names based on the simple map I drew, and gradually spread, and everyone got used to calling them that way.

Familiar names gave them a sense of belonging, so the closer they got to Tianshan, Xu Jian and the others became more excited. They started singing halfway, one after another Chinese folk songs echoed at the foot of the mountain.

An Lie and Huo Changfeng didn't quite understand, so they simply listened quietly.

After walking for a day, the Tianshan Mountains faintly revealed their outlines under the cover of the sunset.They still have to travel half a day to get there.Because they encountered a group of megalodons looking for food at the foot of the mountain before, it was not safe to walk at night, so Xu Jian and the others did not continue to move forward. They found a col to park the ox cart and began to set up tents.

In order to sleep well at night, Li Shihao and An Lie built bonfires and set traps around them.It was inconvenient to step out of the set safe range after eating, so Xu Jian and An Lie came to the bottom of the mountain wall, picked up a clean big rock and sat down, admiring the huge full moon in the night sky.

Xu Jian crouched in An Lie's arms, looking at the full moon in the distance, and after a while, he suddenly read two words softly: "Wine is the sweetness of the hometown, and the moon is the brightness of the hometown..."

An Lie didn't understand it very well, but he knew that the word "hometown" meant sadness to Xu Jian, so he didn't ask much.When they came out from the Yihe Tribe, they brought a few jars of wine, but they forgot to drink them all the time. Now Xu Jian was holding a small jar in his hand.The alcohol content of the fruit wine was not high, but it might be because he was sleepy, or it might be because of the emergence of sad emotions. Xu Jian passed out after drinking half a pot, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Huo Changfeng couldn't sleep, so he looked under the stone wall and saw Xu Jian leaning on An Lie's chest, with a sad expression on his sleeping face, he couldn't help feeling worried.He obediently sat beside An Lie, watching An Lie finish the remaining half jar of wine.

"Daddy...is dad homesick?"

"Ah."

"...Then, will Dad leave suddenly? Like before..."

"No. Changfeng, Dad was too homesick before. He didn't consider your feelings. He already knew he was wrong. Don't worry, he will grow up with you."

Huo Changfeng hugged his knees and didn't speak for a long time. An Lie was afraid that he would be cold, so he hugged him together.Huo Changfeng was next to Xu Jian, holding the corner of Xu Jian's clothes with his small hands, and looked sideways at An Lie.

The little guy looked at An Lie with extremely determined eyes, and said with a smile: "It's okay, if one day Dad finds a home, Dad can take him back!"

An Lie was stunned. After a while, he smiled and rubbed Huo Changfeng's hair without saying anything.

When they came to the foot of Tianshan Mountain, it was a sunny afternoon.This mountain with a height of 6000 meters covers a very wide area. There are forests and wilderness at the foot of the mountain, as well as large swamps.The Tianhe River originated here, and there are many tributaries extending continuously.

There is no artificially excavated road at the foot of the mountain, and it is inconvenient for the ox cart to drive, so they parked the ox cart in a dry place, let the four old multi-haired cattle graze, and walked across the wilderness to Tianshan with some things.

The Tianshan Mountains are connected to the plateau where the Nine-Tail Tribe is located, but to get to the plateau one must pass through a natural cave halfway up the Tianshan Mountains.

Xu Jian and the others came here just for this natural cave.

There are many small ponds in the wilderness, and the land between the ponds grows various shrubs and weeds, as well as many unknown wild flowers.The terrain looked similar to a swamp, but it wasn't full of stench and rot like a swamp. The ground under his feet was mixed with rocks, and it was fairly hard to walk on.

As usual, An Lie was in the front and Li Shihao was in the back.Xu Jian and the others took turns holding or carrying Huo Changfeng.

They wanted to rush to the foot of the mountain before dark, looking for a place to set up a tent to rest, so they walked very fast along the way, and didn't pay much attention to the scenery along the way.In fact, the bushes and wild grass here are at most half the height of a person, and any ferocious beast can't hide its figure at all. If it wasn't for the fear of snakes, Bai Yufei wouldn't even want to carry a wooden stick, it's so heavy.

There are quite a lot of bugs, buzzing and chirping, small and mosquito-like, Murong doesn't like these bugs the most, so he put on a self-made mask early on, and he even took out a handkerchief to make a mask for Huo Changfeng Shaped to prevent his little face from being bitten by mosquitoes.

When walking past a certain pond, Huo Changfeng suddenly reached out and patted Xu Jian's shoulder, yelling.Xu Jian thought he wanted to come down for a walk, so he bent down to put him down, but Huo Changfeng suddenly tore off the veil on his face, screamed in horror, and threw his legs on Xu Jian's back vigorously!

Xu Jian realized that something was wrong, turned his head to look forward, and suddenly felt terrified!

In the puddle next to it, a thing with red scales the size of an adult crocodile quietly surfaced, right at Murong's feet.Murong was only focused on driving away the flying insects with his hands, completely not paying attention to the movement around him.Xu Jian didn't dare to run around with Huo Changfeng on his back, and was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat instantly.

"Xiaobai! Stick!" Xu Jian shouted.

Bai Yufei, who was walking in front of Murong, turned his head when he heard the sound, and caught a glimpse of the thing with half of its body sticking out of the water, his face turned pale with fright.But he had practiced martial arts with Li Shihao for several years, and his reaction ability was not what it used to be. He subconsciously raised the wooden stick and hit it down hard. The strange thing with red claws and vertical pupils was startled and immediately retreated into the water, splashing a splash of water.

It was only then that Murong came to his senses, backed away screaming, and pulled Bai Yufei away as well—fortunately, he pulled Bai Yufei away, because the next moment, two or three strange things jumped out of the water, heading straight for the direction where Bai Yufei was standing just now!

"Screw me!" Gao Shuai turned his head when he heard the sound, he jumped over in two or three steps, and supported Bai Yufei and Murong.The three-headed monster didn't bite anyone, and couldn't do without the water, so it quickly crawled back to the pond.

Li Shihao was a little far behind, he rushed forward to make sure that everyone was not injured, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.The movement behind brought An Lie back.He stood by the pond and looked at it for a while. There was nothing unusual in the pond.An Lie waved his hand to signal them to stay away from the pond.

Xu Jian was worried, and waved his hands to tell An Lie not to stand too close.An Lie nodded, turned around and was about to leave, when a dozen or so strange creatures seemed to have gone crazy, and suddenly rushed to the surface of the water, stirring up the pond like a pot of boiling water.The biggest crimson monster opened its mouth full of fangs, and was about to bite down on An Lie's calf.Xu Jian screamed in his throat, and at that moment, An Lie transformed into a unicorn and jumped up, avoiding the attack of the strange thing, and the next moment he slapped it with his paw, and slapped the thing on the muddy ground by the pond, His brains burst.

Two more strange things smelled blood, squeaked and sprinted over, and even jumped to the ground, only two or three meters away from Xu Jian, and they still had to climb all four hooves to catch up.An Lie rushed to hold down the strange thing. He wanted to bite it down with his mouth, but he looked up at Xu Jian, stretched out his claws and scratched the overturned strange thing's belly and split it.

Not to be outdone, the other monster rushed up to bite An Lie's heel. A sharp arrow flew over and pinned it to the ground.

Li Shihao carried a bow and arrow with him.He stood not far away, setting up an arrow and pulling the string, several sharp arrows flew out one after another, and the strange things climbing up by the pond turned their stomachs one after another.In an instant, the smell of blood rushed into the nostrils, and the whole pond seemed to have exploded, making non-stop noises.

Seeing those ugly crimson monsters rolling in the red-dyed pond, Xu Jian felt a little sick.

An Lie changed back into human form, pulled them along and left quickly.

They were able to fight, but they were afraid that all the strange things would rush up together, and Xu Jian and the others would be injured if they didn't pay attention.

Murong ran and scolded angrily: "What the hell are these things! There are so many of them!"

Gao Shuai pulled his arm and told him to stop talking, and turned his head to signal him to look at Huo Changfeng, probably because he was afraid that Huo Changfeng would be frightened.But Murong turned his head to look, Huo Changfeng was hugging Xu Jian's neck with one hand, and waving his other hand in mid-air to demonstrate: "Bad thing! My father is the most powerful! Kill you!"

That smug expression was clearly much calmer than theirs, how could there be any fear?

Murong couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

Xu Jian also found it funny.Fortunately, I kept pressing his head to prevent him from seeing the bloody scene, but I didn't expect him to watch it with great interest!

It's just that after this change, they no longer walk close to the pond, but try to stay as far away from the pond as possible.An Lie got a few branches, gave each of them one, and asked them to tap on the grass as they walked.And so, with the sun sinking below the horizon, and darkness closing in, they came at last to a meadow below the hill.

In fact, this is considered to be on the mountain, but the hillside here is a little gentle, which is not obvious.When they looked at the wilderness they walked through, they really felt that they had spent the night on the mountain.