It was a seemingly flat plain, but a huge crack appeared on the ground. The ice and snow merged with the mountain peaks, and from a distance it was impossible to tell whether the crack was the mountain or the ice peak. This place was probably just a valley between two peaks, and the snow accumulated all year round and condensed into ice. It took hundreds or thousands of years for this huge ice peak plain to form.
Only after seeing the rift valley Xi Yunting had mentioned did Chen Xiao realize how magnificent it was to be "ten feet wide and more than a thousand feet long." Standing on the edge of the rift valley and looking down, Chen Xiao could not see the bottom.
Slowly going down along the rift, Chen Xiao discovered that the ice was not pure white, but rather bluish. This meant that the ice had existed for longer than people could imagine, at least hundreds of years.
The light cannot reach the bottom of the rift, but the sight is not very dark. The light is refracted by the ice peaks, making the visibility in the rift not low.
The temperature dropped as we went deeper. Fortunately, Chen Xiao had prepared thick clothes in advance for this trip to the snowy mountains. He first wore a close-fitting layer of clothing that was extremely warm, and then put on a thick cloak on the outside.
The cloak was very troublesome when he was moving, especially easy to get caught on the protruding ice. Fortunately, Xi Yunting was by his side, helping him from time to time.
After talking for half an hour at the bottom of the rift, the four of them gathered together, rested a little, and then walked towards the highest peak of Dongpo.
There is only one direction in the rift valley, even Tong Nuonuo can't get lost. Xi Yunting told them to move more gently and keep their voices down. The four of them separated and went to explore everywhere.
Tong Nuonuo was mainly interested in minerals, while Tang Ru wanted to see if he could find any frozen plants. The two of them were looking in different directions and acted separately. Chen Xiao, who was left, naturally teamed up with Xi Yunting, and the two walked towards the depths of the rift valley.
The ice peaks on both sides of the rift are spotless. If it weren't so cold, it would be a great place to enjoy the scenery.
Chen Xiao pulled his cloak to block out the cold outside. Judging from his body feeling, the temperature in the rift valley was at least minus ten degrees Celsius. However, there was no wind in the rift valley, and Chen Xiao was constantly moving around, so the temperature was not unbearable.
Chen Xiao looked up and saw that the top of the rift looked like a narrow gap. He couldn't help but say, "This rift is really deep."
Xi Yunting also looked up and said, "I think this deep valley was formed because of the recent changes in the terrain."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao asked curiously, "Why is the terrain changing?" As far as he knew, Tianjing was a flat land, and unlike the previous world, the earth's crust would move and cause geological activities.
Xi Yunting looked down at Chen Xiao and said, "Whether it is the Great Heaven Realm or the Small Heaven Realm, they are all in the void. Occasionally, there will be turbulence caused by the airflow of the void, or there will be collisions between the heaven realms, and then the internal environment will change accordingly."
Chen Xiao was surprised and asked, "Will there be a disaster like a huge earthquake or a backflow of seawater?"
Xi Yunting looked at Chen Xiao with a strange look and said, "That's right. Sometimes the jolt is weak and the impact is not great, so it will only produce such a rift. But sometimes if there is a collision, the power is so great that it can destroy the world. The disaster you mentioned is recorded in the book and called an earthquake or a tsunami."
Unintentionally, Chen Xiao's understanding of this world has taken a step further. It turns out that the various heavenly realms are not static, but move, and even encounter each other.
Chen Xiao looked solemn: "I see. If such a disaster really happens, it would probably be the end of the world."
Xi Yunting said: "Don't worry, Xiao brother. A major collision will not happen, and the entire heavenly realm will not collapse."
Chen Xiao felt relieved. It was probably just like the movement of celestial bodies, the celestial realms also had their own predetermined trajectories. If a collision was going to happen, they would have already collided. Since they hadn't met yet, it was probably because their trajectories didn't overlap.
As the two were walking, Chen Xiao suddenly saw something strange in the ice peak. He stopped and turned to look. There was a dark stone in the crack of the ice he had just passed. Chen Xiao walked over and poked it tentatively with a knife. When he found that there was no danger, he used Zhengge to pry it out.
Xi Yunting had been watching his movements, and waited until he dug out the stone before he spoke: "This is an ice stone ore, which can be refined into ice crystals, which can be used to refine tools, draw runes, and make mechanisms." He paused, "If Xiao brother draws a water-attributed spell, adding this crystal powder should improve the level."
The Rain-Transforming Talisman is a water-attributed spell, so Chen Xiao can use it just right. He asked, "Is this ice stone ore a very valuable ore?"
Xi Yunting said: "Although ice stone ore is not very valuable, it is hard to find, so its price has always been high. The spiritual energy near this rift is very strong, and it seems that it has produced a lot of it."
Chen Xiao turned his wrist and put away the ice stone ore. With a good start, Chen Xiao was completely aroused by the fun of treasure hunting and took the lead to walk forward. This time he paid special attention to both sides and found two or three more pieces.
These ice stone mines were embedded in the ice walls on both sides of the rift. The more Chen Xiao dug, the more addicted he became. Before he knew it, he had walked a long way along one side with his head down.
"Brother Xiao!" Xi Yunting called him seriously. Chen Xiao was puzzled when Xi Yunting appeared in front of him. Chen Xiao then noticed that there was a crack as high as a person on the ice wall not far in front of him.
Xi Yunting walked over slowly, tested the airflow changes in the crack, and sniffed the air gently. Chen Xiao couldn't help but be infected by his serious look and became nervous: "Brother, is there any danger?"
Xi Yunting tilted his head and listened for a while before saying, "There is a sound of wind coming from the crack, and a faint smell of soil in the air. This crack may lead to a cave." Xi Yunting turned around and said to Chen Xiao, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Chen Xiao nodded, "Let's go in and take a look."
They walked very far, so far that they could not see where Tong Nuonuo and Tang Ru were. Worried that they would get separated, Chen Xiao hung a piece of clothing on the crack, and then told the two of them where they were going on the ice wall. He also left a message for Tong Nuonuo not to go in alone, but to wait here for them to come out, or go in with Tang Ru.
After worrying about it like an old mother, Chen Xiao followed Xi Yunting into the crack. The terrain was very narrow when entering the crack, but it suddenly opened up after walking for a while. At first it was an ice wall, but before they knew it, it turned into a mountain made of soil and stone. Xi Yunting was right. After walking for a quarter of an hour, the two of them came to a cave.
This cave did not appear after the current landform change, but existed before. It was just that a crack collapsed in the direction of the crack, forming a passage.
After Xi Yunting made a preliminary inspection and found no traces of armor-piercing beasts, he confidently took out a lighting device from his storage bag. Once the small candlestick-like device was lit, it instantly illuminated a space of more than 30 meters in radius. Xi Yunting did not use the strongest light, but this brightness allowed them to see the scene inside the cave clearly.
Most of the cave is rock, with a small part being soil. The melted snow water seeping out from the cracks in the rocks is frozen into pieces of ice.
Chen Xiao whispered in disappointment: "I thought there would be something good."
Xi Yunting smiled softly: "This is just as Xiaodi wished. There are good things in this cave that can be used to make pills. Look there--"
Chen Xiao followed Xi Yunting's instructions and looked at a piece of white ice. At first, he was a little puzzled by the light purple ice, but after a closer look, he realized that it was not ice at all. Instead, it was a cluster of succulent plants that were crystal clear and looked like ice lanterns!
Chen Xiao was stunned: "What is this?"
Xi Yunting said softly, "This is a very rare medicinal material called Ice Velvet Grass, also known as Ice Meat. Brother Xiao has a storage box, which is most suitable for storing it. Be careful when picking it, don't break it or scatter it. The more intact it is, the better the medicinal effect, and the higher its value."
He looked around the cave and saw several patches of ice grass. He didn't know how big the cave was. He said to Chen Xiao, "I'll leave this lamp to you. You pick them here. I'll go call Taoist Tong and Taoist Tang. Just these ice grasses are worth the trip."
Chen Xiao took the candlestick-like lamp and nodded: "Okay, go ahead, big brother."
Xi Yunting turned and walked out. Chen Xiao waited until he was far away before turning back. He was curious about how many ice velvet there were in the cave, so he walked forward with the lantern in hand. The cave was wide and tall, and it stretched out so far that you couldn't see the end. Chen Xiao didn't plan to walk too far alone. He lowered his head and counted the number of ice velvets. When he looked closely, he found that the colors of the ice velvets were different. There were not only purple ones, but also green and red ones.
The purple and green ones are fine, as they look smooth and shiny, but the red ones have a layer of short, furry hair and grow on the soil instead of rocks.
Chen Xiao wanted to know if there were other colors, so he looked for the soil environment where red ice velvet would grow. Chen Xiao turned into a fork in the road and found that the temperature here was obviously much warmer than outside. He was too hot to wear his cloak, so he took it off and stuffed it into the storage box.
Chen Xiao noticed that there was more soil and less rocks here, and all the plants growing were red ice velvet. The most peculiar thing was that among a cluster of densely growing ice velvet there was one plant that was particularly tall and thin, with two small slanting branches extending from the top, and two fleshy flower buds.
This appearance is really strange. Chen Xiao found such a plant while looking all the way. Based on the principle that rare things are generally the most valuable, Chen Xiao opened the storage box with his mind and reached out to pick this plant.
He listened to Xi Yunting's words very well, and gently pinched the red ice velvet grass and pulled it out gently. The moment he picked the red ice velvet grass, Chen Xiao smelled a faint fragrance from his nose. He didn't have time to think about anything, and his eyes went dark and he fell down.
The lamp that Chen Xiao touched rolled, hit the mountain wall, bounced back and rolled back. The swaying halo shone on the red ice velvet grass in Chen Xiao's hand, and one of the flower buds quickly flattened. The other one, although still energetic, trembled innocently as Chen Xiao fell to the ground.
Although it looks very similar, the plant with two small flower buds is not red ice velvet, but a rarer and more precious treasure, the red twins. It has no special function, but its only ability is to let the two people holding it enter the same dream at the same time.
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