After the fog, I became a birdman

Huhuhu~

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, the temperature is dropping rapidly, and heavy snow falls with the strong wind in the dark night, rustling on the ground.

The temperature has been dropping these days, and the time for the sun to come out is getting less and less. The whole day is gray, with light snow during the day and heavy snow at night, and several centimeters of white snow has accumulated on the ground.

When the wind blew, the snow on the ground was also rolled up and flew to other places. Su Qing, who was out of the house, couldn't bear the biting cold. After adding a down jacket, she felt the warmth returning to her body.

Qi Jiang next to him has a dragon scale battle armor, so he can't feel the change of heat and cold, but his dragon scales can only cover his chin at most, so his face is cold, and he also put on a scarf and earmuffs.

Back home, Su Qing took off the down jacket and shook it to clean off the snow, then put it back on and ran back to the warm room.

Qi Jiang went in at the back, closed the door and turned on the lamp. Su Qing had already taken off his clothes at this moment, and when he hung them on the wall, he suddenly found that there were several holes in the clothes, and the feathers inside flew out. Still hanging on the mouth.

Seeing these openings, Su Qing picked up the down jacket and looked at Qi Jiang with some uncertainty: "Is this caused by the wind?"

Qi Jiang raised his head subconsciously, looked at his clothes with a slight frown after seeing clearly, and found the same situation, some couldn't believe it: "How strong is the wind outside?"

Su Qing took the clothes and hung them outside for a few minutes.

It was snowing heavily and the wind was like a knife.

The clothes were worn on their own before, and it was okay to be protected by their aura, but now they were hung outside alone, and they were scratched a few times, and the down was blown away like snow. After Su Qing brought it back, the clothes were all gone A lot thinner.

After confirming that it was really damaged by the wind, Qi Jiang sighed softly: "It seems that the clothes are going to be changed."

Su Qing also felt very distressed when she saw it: "I remember that the clothes were still good before going out, but now the wind is strong so that the clothes are damaged?"

"It should be." Qi Jiang rubbed his cold face, "I'm going to cook."

Su Qing sewed the two pieces of clothes with a needle with some pity. She felt that it would be warm to wear these clothes to go out to keep warm in this weather, but I'm afraid it won't last long.

The ability to mutate makes them familiar with flying, and the aura on their bodies will also merge with the wind in the air. The more mysterious way of saying is to become a part of the wind, so the clothes will not break when they wear them, but he and Qi Jiang also Just go out for eleven hours, and the clothes will be broken when you come back. Isn't this equivalent to breaking two clothes a day?

Tonight's snowstorm is getting bigger, Su Qing can feel that tomorrow's snowstorm will also be bigger, if this continues, I'm afraid that not only will the clothes be damaged at night, but also their clothes will be damaged when they go out during the day, and it will be so bad faster and faster.

Thinking of this, he felt that it was impossible, took out a piece of animal skin from the space, smelled the bloody smell on it, took it back, turned around to find the corresponding book, and wanted to learn how to tan the fur in winter.

When he saw the conditions that required sun exposure, he reluctantly gave up.

After a while, he thought of another way, and he also started refining weapons. Although it is not as good as Qi Jiang, it is not difficult to deal with animal skins.

"What flavor do you want the lamb chops to eat? Garlic, sauce, or braised?"

Qi Jiang came out with a spatula, saw that there was no one in the living room, and went to the room with a sigh, and went to the study when he saw no one, only to find Su Qing who was seriously handling the animal skins inside.

Seeing this, Qi Jiang didn't bother him, turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue cooking.

It was freezing outside, but the house was as warm as spring. Qi Jiang quickly prepared dinner, put it on the dining table and shouted into the study: "Susu, come out to eat."

Su Qing responded, and when she came out, she took a piece of animal skin that had become very soft and clean, put it in the chair beside the sofa, and went to wash her hands.

Qi Jiang took off the apron and hung it on the wall: "Do you want to sew a layer of animal skin on the outside of the clothes?"

"Well, it feels better this way." Su Qing nodded, and looked back to see several plates of steak on the table, a little surprised, "The two children are not at home, how can there be so many?"

"I don't know what flavor you want to eat tonight, so I just made them all, and I can put them all in your space if I can't finish them all, so it won't be wasted." Qi Jiang wiped his hands and walked over to sit down, "Try it Mutton soup, I added some pepper to warm the stomach."

Su Qing filled two bowls and took a sip with a spoon. Qi Jiang looked at him with a smile: "How is it?"

"Delicious."

"Drink more if it tastes good." Qi Jiang got up again to serve him a meal, "I ate late tonight, do you want to eat on time tomorrow or eat after waking up?"

"Eat on time." Su Qing drank a few sips of hot soup, felt his stomach warm, and took a deep breath of enjoyment, "Your cooking skills are getting better and better."

"Master taught me better." Qi Jiang put the rice in front of him, "What do you want to eat tomorrow? Noodles?"

"Bring soup." Su Qing looked at the heavy snow outside the window, and sighed comfortably, "I haven't eaten well in this dry season. Winter is here, and I can finally feel more comfortable."

Qi Jiang smiled and nodded: "Then let's make more food."

"I also have to prepare for the next season. I don't know what the next season will be. Can I cook well?" Su Qing was a little worried again, "Don't be like before, turning on a fire can kill people .”

"We can collect some ice cubes. If the next season is hot, we can use them to cool down. During this time, we can also make more cleansing meals at home." Qi Jiang followed his words and gave some suggestions.

Su Qing thought it was okay, so she continued to eat with a smile.

It is already two or three o'clock in the morning. After the weather got cold, they changed back to the previous three meals in the morning, lunch and evening. There are only four or five minutes left before breakfast tomorrow morning. Su Qing only ate a bowl of rice, and there was no food. eat too much.

"Don't eat yet?" Qi Jiang put down his chopsticks and touched his stomach, "I'm not full yet."

"It's enough to be four to five minutes full." Su Qing shook her head, "I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep if I'm too full."

It may be that the direction of mutation is different. Qi Jiang digests better. No matter how full he eats, he will not feel uncomfortable after a dozen or 10 minutes. It is different from Su Qing, so he is not too worried about eating too much. , Every meal is full.

"Then I'll get up early to cook for you tomorrow." Qi Jiang continued to lower his head to eat, and at the same time, he was thinking about what to give Su Qing for breakfast.

After dinner, there were still a lot of things left. Su Qing habitually took out the lunch box and put it in, and collected the leftovers of each meal, so that he didn't have to spend time cooking when he went out in the future.

Qi Jiang went in with the dishes and washed them, while Su Qing went outside to tidy up the furniture that had been displaced by the earthquake today. Halfway through the tidying, Qi Jiang also came out to help.

"Brother Jiang, what do you think is the situation in Fengwai Mountain?" Su Qing pondered while tidying up.

"I don't know, let's add a magic circle at home another day, I always feel that it's not safe." Qi Jiang sighed slightly, "Don't think about such unpredictable things, go take a shower and sleep, I'll clean it up."

Seeing that there were not many things left to pack, Su Qing nodded and went in to take a bath. When they were all lying on the bed, the wind and snow outside became more and more severe.

The north wind was blowing, the snow was rustling, and there was only one lantern lit in the house. Su Qing lay in Qi Jiang's arms and slept very comfortably.

The heavy snow didn't stop until the next day. Qi Jiang woke up at [-] o'clock in the morning. It was still dark outside and the snow was still so heavy.

He took the lantern and put it in front of the window, and turned on the wick. He could vaguely see that the four or five steps outside the corridor had been buried under snow.

Their house was raised by four or five meters, and the warehouse below was buried one meter deep at the moment. If the snow continued to fall, they might not be able to enter the house from the warehouse after hunting.

Seeing the situation outside clearly, Qi Jiang put down the lantern for breakfast.

It was too cold outside, but their small cliffs had a better heat preservation ability, and the temperature inside the house was much lower than last night. If he didn't go out now, he simply prepared the ingredients for braised beef while making breakfast.

The cow that was brought back last time was really too big. I don’t know how long it will last if I eat so much three or two catties a day, and I will get tired of eating it. It’s better to marinate it one after another, so that it can be used for the next season. prepare for.

"What makes it so delicious?" Su Qing walked into the kitchen, "Are you preparing stewed meat? Do you want to marinate some old beef? I think ordinary beef is more tender."

"Yes." Qi Jiang pointed to another stove, "I have to do it anyway, so I might as well make a few more pots."

"I heard that duck neck is also delicious." Su Qing recalled some delicacies heard from others when he went out before, "Let's make some other things too."

Qi Jiang naturally followed him, but he didn't ask him to help immediately, but pointed to the breakfast pot: "The rice noodles are ready, let's have breakfast first."

Su Qing took a bowl of rice noodles, and conveniently fried some side dishes on the side and put them in the bowl. In addition to ordinary meat, there was monster meat in it, so that he would not be afraid of not being full.

When eating, there was no tendency for the sun to shine outside, so Su Qing looked at the scale of the hourglass in the corner: "It's almost nine o'clock."

"Will the snow stop today?" Qi Jiang picked up a chopsticks of rice noodles and ate them. There were some side dishes in it, which were so delicious. His eyes lit up slightly, "How do you make these side dishes?"

Su Qing chuckled: "I'll teach you tomorrow."

Qi Jiang jokingly said thank you, Master, and then asked the question just now, Su Qing shifted his attention to today's weather and shook his head slightly: "The snow will not stop, and the sun will not come out, we have to Are you going out?"

"Let's go out, according to the previous seasons, I'm afraid that the snow will get bigger and bigger in the future. Before the snow is deep, let's go dig up those spiritual veins, otherwise it will not be so easy to dig in the future. .”

In the past, after they dug up the spiritual objects, new spiritual objects would still be bred in the original site. The spiritual veins would not disappear because the spiritual objects were dug up by them, but many would not be bred all at once.

But from the Dragon Soul, Qi Jiang also knows that some growing spiritual veins will recover or even continue to expand after the next major earthquake, and the protection of the Heavenly Dao on the spiritual veins will gradually increase.

For example, the Dragon Soul, after the last major earthquake, even if it is no longer in its original place, its size has also increased. It's just that the Dragon Soul has a spirit, and it has a space to protect itself, so it doesn't show up.

In short, their digging now is equivalent to grabbing God's wool, otherwise, after the next big earthquake, the spirit veins are protected by the Dao of Heaven, and the wool will not be able to grab it.

The same is true for some special spiritual objects. Dragon Soul's suggestion is that they can get them as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the world continues to improve, even if they see these special spiritual objects in the future, they won't be able to take them as soon as they want.

Listening to Qi Jiang's report, Su Qing nodded lightly: "That's true."

After eating, they started to cook all kinds of stewed vegetables. They were very busy all the time. When the fire turned to a low fire, they were freed. They only needed to put a fire-resistant log in and didn't have to worry about it.

The two went back to catch up on sleep. When they got up at noon, the wind and snow outside were a little lighter. It was finally not dark, but the visibility was not high.

After dinner, Su Qing put on thick clothes and shoes and went out with Qi Jiang.

Aww~

A big golden bird flew across the sky in the distance, Jin Jin grabbed a prey and went home, Su Qing, who wanted to ask him to go out together, simply dismissed the idea and asked him to eat at home.

In the process of trying to squeeze God's wool, the snow fell harder and harder, and the sun still hadn't come out. Su Qing and Qi Jiang dug up all the spiritual veins on the map in a few days, and went to give Zhou Chen and Tan Yilong two halfway. People took several classes.

Although they all learned the variation system, Su Qing and the two still mixed in some knowledge of the cultivation system during the teaching process, but the requirements were no longer as strict as before.

The advanced class does not need to go to class every day like before. Usually, only Zhou Chen and the others have problems, and Su Qing and Su Qing can't teach remotely.

In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed, Su Qing, who didn't have to go out, was remodeling his down jacket at home, and Qi Jiang, who came back from hunting in the morning, was breaking down prey in the warehouse below.

The snow was getting deeper and deeper, and now it had covered the corridor. Su Qing got several down jackets and went to the window to look out, thinking about how to efficiently remove the snow.

"What are you thinking?" Qi Jiang came out from the stairs, asking while closing the door.

"I was thinking about how to shovel snow more efficiently." Su Qing shook out his clothes.

"I'll do it later." Qi Jiang sat on the sofa to help fold the clothes, "Is Uncle Seven here?"

"It seems to be a little bit worse." Su Qing remembered the news from Uncle Qi last time, "The wind and snow are too heavy, they dare not fly now, it may take some time to walk."

"I don't know what the situation in Gaocheng is now." Qi Jiang felt that the situation was not very good, "The wind and snow are getting stronger, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even go out in the future."

"I'm going to go to Gaocheng after the message from Uncle Seven. I can't let Huang Bo go on like this forever. Even if he doesn't deserve to die, I have to ask what happened in the first place." Su Qing frowned and said I made a decision I had made a long time ago, "I just happened to see if there are any special spiritual objects on the way, and it would be best to awaken you again."

After other people awaken, the magic weapon will remind the owner what spiritual objects are needed for the next step-up, but neither the light hunting bow nor the dragon horn knife has any reminders, and they can only find a suitable special spiritual object.

"It's better to hurry up before the next big earthquake." Qi Jiang was afraid that expanding again would not be good for his journey.

They were planning to go to Gaocheng here, and Uncle Li Qi, who had gone through all kinds of hardships, finally returned to Gaocheng.

Gaocheng was much more bleak than when he left last time, and there were a lot fewer people. Uncle Li Qi asked his confidant Ah Jiu who stayed behind in Gaocheng to ask. It turned out that Gaocheng had died of a plague in Yuhe before.

Later, the Fengcheng survey team came to Gaocheng and brought the antidote, and the plague disappeared.

Not long after the people in Fengcheng left, Gaocheng started to have an underground worm crisis again.

I don't know where some huge arthropod worms came from, hollowed out the bottom of Gaocheng and caused Gaocheng to sink, and many people died in the mouth of the worms. If it weren't for Huang Lao's action, those worms would have turned this place into a hunting ground.

Two days after the end of the worm crisis, there was another big earthquake. Everyone was quite happy that their strength had become stronger again, but who knew that within two days there would be another wave of beasts.

Because the previous dry season was too dry, the monsters and the people in Gaocheng were fighting for water, and there was no time to prepare supplies for the winter. In order to store enough energy, the monsters attacked Gaocheng under the leadership of the king monsters and ate a lot people.

"Because Huang Lao saved everyone from the fire and water during the worm crisis, he led everyone to resist the beast tide. Although they failed to do anything to the king and monsters, the Huang faction took half of the spoils from the beast tide." Ah Jiu told Uncle Li Qi about what happened in Gaocheng these days.

In addition to Huang Lao taking the lead in driving away the worms and resisting the beast tide, Ah Jiu also discovered some very strange problems.

"Deputy Department, during your absence, many people from the non-yellow faction have disappeared, or died from worms and beast hordes." Ah Jiu said solemnly, "Several people in our faction also had accidents. On the pretext of worrying about you, I sent everyone to leave Gaocheng, and quietly moved to the air-raid shelter we came out of before."

Listening to his confidant's description, Uncle Li thought something was wrong in his heart, and ordered the subordinates behind him: "You guys rest up for a few days first, pretend to be sick, and I'll take care of the rest."

After everyone left, Uncle Li patted Ah Jiu on the shoulder: "You have worked hard these days."

"It's not hard." Ah Jiu shook his head with a smile, but he was still a little puzzled, "But deputy department, now that Mr. Huang is in full swing, since you are back, why do you let everyone pretend to be sick? Now that you are in charge of the overall situation, we can also find a way to make the old Take back the right to speak."

"Why do you think I went to Fengcheng instead of the people from the Huang faction?" Li Qishu sighed, "Huang Bo is old and cunning, I was kicked out of Gaocheng by him, and I lost a long time ago."

Ah Jiu frowned: "Then let's..."

"Now he is starting to rule out dissidents. Let's avoid the edge for the time being and just hide our strength and bide our time." Uncle Li Qi gave Ah Jiu some communication jade charms, told him how to use them, and said, "You send the people in the air-raid shelter to mine spiritual veins to increase their strength as soon as possible."

Ah Jiu grabbed the communication jade talisman in amazement, and realized something after a while, and was very worried: "Deputy department, why am I going to arrange it? You want to stay in Gaocheng? Then Mr. Huang..."

"I have some things to do, and I will leave the city in a few days. You must arrange the things I ordered these days, especially in the mining of spiritual veins."

Ah Jiu nodded, but she still couldn't make up her mind, "Then should we improve the variation or the cultivation?"

"Of course it's going hand in hand." Li Qishu knew what he was worried about, "Do you feel that the mind is getting weaker and afraid of wasting resources?"

Ah Jiu nodded, a little hesitant: "Everyone is very worried, and now there are many people oppressed by the Yellow faction who come to join us, and they also have these worries."

"I met two seniors when I went to Fengcheng this time. They gave me some new ideas, which are very suitable for the current environment." Uncle Li Qi saw Ah Jiu's eyes widen, knowing that the less people know about Su Qing, the better. Okay, I just said, "Nowadays, the world is getting worse and worse, and strength is the foundation. If the people of the Huang faction want to control Gaocheng, let them take power. We can't waste time fighting for power and profit."

Ah Jiu nodded lightly to show that he understood, and then Li Qishu gave him some more detailed instructions. Apart from the air-raid shelter, there were also many arrangements for Gaocheng.

Although they want to avoid the edge for the time being, they also have to keep their eyeliner, so that they don't even know that someday the people from the Yellow faction trick them.

What's more, Uncle Li Qi had to find out exactly what cards Mr. Huang had, and he couldn't find out without careful planning.

The backbone of Li Pai came back, and all the arrangements were quickly arranged by Ah Jiu's hands, and they couldn't hide the secret transfer from the Huang Pai.

In the inner city center of Gaocheng, in the courtyard of Huang's family, a middle-aged man who resembled Huang Bo hurriedly came to the main house, opened the door and walked in.

"Father!"

Huang Bo, who was meditating on the futon in the room, opened his eyes slightly displeased: "I'm in my forties, what does she look like with frizz?! I'm really not as good as your elder brother."

The expression on Huang Xufeng's face froze, and he quickly bent over and cupped his hands: "Father, the child has something to report."

"Well, let's talk." Huang Bo closed his eyes with satisfaction.

"The second child of the Li family is back." Huang Xufeng dropped a bomb.

Huang Laogang's closed eyes opened abruptly, he couldn't calm down, his eyes looked like he could eat people: "Can Li Zezhi come back?"

"Father, it's absolutely true, our people saw it with their own eyes." Huang Xufeng became more and more angry as he spoke, "This guy is really too ruthless, none of our people came back, and all he brought back were his own subordinates. "

Huang Bo stood up and paced around the room, wondering what he was thinking.

"Father, he has gone to report to the mayor now, should we also go to the office to find the mayor?" Huang Xufeng was very anxious.

Huang Bo stopped, turned around with his hands behind his back, and looked at his son: "Don't worry, tell me carefully how many people he brought back and how the situation is."

Huang Xufeng said it carefully, for example, the members of the Li faction seemed to be sick, and Ah Jiu seemed to be secretly transferring the members of the Li faction out of the city.

"Have you found out their stronghold outside the city?" Huang Bo asked suddenly.

"Not yet." Huang Xufeng felt a little guilty, as if he was afraid of being blamed, and swore, "Don't worry, give my son another two days..."

"No need, Ah Jiu has always been safe in doing things." Huang Bo didn't count on his useless son. Thinking of the dead eldest son and looking at the useless second son, he sat down on the futon and closed his eyes in distaste, "Since Li Zezhi is back , it must be easy to find out, and there is no need to go to the office."

Huang Xufeng was puzzled: "Then we should do nothing?"

"I have my own arrangements, you go down." Huang Lao waved away people.

Huang Xufeng left unwillingly. A few minutes later, another tall, thin middle-aged man with a gloomy temperament quietly opened the door and walked in. He lowered his head and said softly, "Master."

Huang Bo opened his eyes with a smile on his face: "Yu'er is here, how about the bloodthirsty vine?"

The tall and thin man showed shame: "There is no sign of transformation yet."

"No change after eating so many people?" Huang Bo frowned, "Could it be that the quality of ordinary people is not good?"

The tall and thin man didn't speak, and after a while Huang Bo asked again: "Are those monks sent before useful?"

"A little reaction."

Huang Bosong breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to have a reaction. It just so happens that Li Zezhi is back and they are moving. You send someone to secretly find out their stronghold and release the bloodthirsty vines so that no one can escape."

The tall and thin man nodded, and when he was leaving, Huang Bo suddenly said, "Keep those who have been to Fengcheng here, and be careful of Li Zezhi and Ah Jiu."

"Master is worried that Li Zezhi is your death?" The tall and thin man still lowered his head respectfully, a little puzzled, "But didn't you say that your death was in Fengcheng?"

"Since he can come back from Fengcheng, it must be him." A trace of cruelty flashed across Huang Bo's face, "If it wasn't him, then it would be my great nephew Su Qing. If he didn't die, there must be a chance .”

Hearing the words Su Qing, the tall and thin man trembled slightly with his hands hanging by his legs, and quickly lowered his head to hide the emotion on his face, and left obediently when Huang Bo asked him to go out.

Leaving the Huang's courtyard all the way, he returned to his own home, the respect on his face quickly disappeared, he sat on the bed for a long time before making up his mind, carefully wrote a note, and knocked a few times by the window according to a certain pattern.

The window was opened with a creak, and a hand full of wind and frost came in from outside, and the tall and thin man put the note into this hand.

"Find a way to deliver it to Li Zezhi, and ask him to meet at the cliff outside the city at midnight."