Beast Taming·Chapter 81: The Ghost-Faced Snake
"Hey, where are the snow girls!" Finally someone noticed something unusual. Everyone looked around, but the ground was empty and the snow girls were nowhere to be seen.
Ji Zichen secretly clenched his fists in his sleeves, suppressing the anger in his heart. His handsome face was cold. He raised his eyes slightly, looked at Gong Yang Zhongyu out of the corner of his eyes, and said coldly: "Gong Yang Zhongyu! What do you mean by this?!"
Gongyang Zhongyu brushed the dust off his sleeves, looked at him with disdain, and said leisurely: "Do I need to explain to you what I, Gongyang Zhongyu, do?" The green-clothed woman on the side saw that the two sides were full of gunpowder. Her eyes rolled cunningly. She couldn't help but lift her jade arm to cover her mouth and laughed: "Master Ji, haven't you figured it out yet? Master Gongyang wants to learn from you!"
After hearing this, Ji Zichen couldn't help but smile, raised his eyes and looked directly at Gong Yang Zhongyu, with a slightly playful smile, and said, "Is that so?"
Gong Yangzhongyu's face was solemn. Without saying a word, he clenched his fists and released a sharp sword energy. His actions were the best explanation...
The woman in green glanced at them lightly, then turned her beautiful eyes to the direction where Shi Yan left. Her beautiful face couldn't help but break into a moving smile, which was extremely charming.
"What a little rascal! He hasn't changed at all!"
At this moment, Shi Yan had already reached a distance of a hundred miles. Mo Fengan sat on the Fierce Sky Eagle and led the way. The group chased and chased to the foot of a towering iceberg. "This is the White Peak. The altar of our tribe is built under this White Peak." Mo Le explained with a little excitement.
Then they came to a cliff. "Ah, wait." Mo Le fumbled around and found a small copper plate. This copper plate was shaped like a hexagram plate and engraved with nine stars. "Hey, this is the star plate, the key to open the altar of our tribe." Mo Feng pointed at the small copper plate in Mo Le's hand and explained, "Although this is called a star plate, it is actually just a replica of the Big Dipper star plate that was split into seven parts eight hundred years ago."
"Big Dipper Star Disk? But is it the Big Dipper Star Disk of the legendary Big Dipper Emperor?"
"That's right. It's the Big Dipper Star Disk of the Big Dipper Emperor. My Mo family's ancestor once had a fortuitous encounter and accidentally obtained the Big Dipper Star Disk and inherited the Big Dipper Taoist tradition. But unfortunately, when the disaster happened eight hundred years ago, my ancestor was in seclusion to break through the tribulation period and was disturbed by outsiders. The attack failed and his meridians were severed! The Big Dipper Star Disk was therefore divided into seven parts and disappeared without a trace." Mo Feng shook his head helplessly and sighed slightly.
At this moment, the replica of the Big Dipper suddenly emitted a soft light, which poured onto the cliffs of the iceberg. A two-person-high door suddenly appeared on the cliffs. The door was made of black ice and was two feet thick, which was particularly spectacular. With a "click", the black ice door slowly opened, and a deep passage inside the door appeared before everyone's eyes.
Shi Yan and the others looked at each other, and then stepped into the passage inside the door. With a creak, the black ice door closed again, and suddenly it was pitch black in front of them. But soon, the Arctic mermaid oil lamps lit up by themselves, illuminating the dark passage. The group then walked forward for about 300 meters, and a deep cave suddenly appeared in front of them. The cave was so deep that you couldn't see the bottom. A spiral staircase spiraled down, which was also carved from black ice. A trace of cold air enveloped it, like an ice dragon leaning down and returning to its nest.
The spiral staircase was very long and it took a full quarter of an hour to reach the bottom. It was estimated that the spiral staircase had penetrated about a hundred meters below the surface.
After passing through a curtain, a huge platform came into view. The shape of the platform was exactly the same as the Big Dipper that Mo Le used when he opened the door. It could be said to be an enlarged version of the Big Dipper.
"Boss Shi, this is the altar of my Mo family, also called Beidou." Mo Feng said: "Beidou Altar!"
Mo Le brought a chair from somewhere and said to Shi Yan, "Boss Shi, we are hiding here. No one will be able to find us. We will go out after some time."
Shi Yan nodded, pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, let's do it!"
As he spoke, he took out the "Picture of Beasts Walking at Night" and unfolded the scroll. Thick black fog dissipated like the night sky, and then dissipated again. Many cages suddenly appeared on the originally open space.
"Elder Xue, Xiao Ke!" When Xiao Xueli saw the cage, she excitedly flew away from Shi Yan's body and flew towards them with tears in her eyes.
Xueli hurriedly opened the cages one by one and released all the tribesmen.
"Xue Li? Why are you here?!" Elder Xue was stunned at first when he saw Xue Li running towards him with tears in her eyes, then he happily hugged her tightly with his slightly trembling hands. When he felt the warmth from Xue Li's petite and soft body, a heavy stone fell from Elder Xue's heart, and a layer of mist unconsciously covered his eyes. When his mood calmed down a little, Elder Xue loosened his arms, pulled Xue Li up and down, left and right, and checked her. Seeing that she didn't seem to have any injuries, he said with some reproach: "Xue Li, you are not hurt, are you? When I heard that you were going to stop the cultivators, I was so worried. You know, cultivators are selfish creatures. They only consider their own interests and don't care about others. You are going to make me anxious to death!"
Little Xueli couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw Elder Xue's coquettish expression. Her heart was filled with warm emotions, and the happiness on Xueli's face seemed to be overflowing. She shook her head helplessly, pulled Elder Xue, who looked confused, to Shi Yan and said, "Elder, not all cultivators are bad guys. Let me introduce you to him. This is Shi Yan."
When Elder Xue heard that it was a cultivator, his face darkened and he quickly pulled Xue Li aside to protect him, staring at Shi Yan vigilantly.
Although Shi Yan didn't understand what they were saying, he could roughly tell what they were talking about from their expressions and movements. Shi Yan touched the tip of his nose awkwardly and smiled bitterly, "Oh, do I look so unreliable?"
When little Xueli saw Elder Xue looking at Shi Yan with such eyes, she knew that she must have misunderstood, so she quickly gestured to explain to her everything from their acquaintance to the present. Especially when she talked about how he saved his people, Xueli became even more excited. Her two bright little eyes sparkled, and her little face flushed slightly with excitement. She was so adorable.
Elder Xue looked at Xue Li's excitement and smiled indulgently. After hearing Xue Li's words, although she still didn't trust Shi Yan very much, she still politely expressed her gratitude to Shi Yan.
When Elder Xue heard Shi Yan say that he also came in search of the Beichen Water, his eyes narrowed, and he quietly took a step back, becoming alert again.
Shi Yan smiled bitterly and explained, "Elder Xue, I am looking for the North Star Water to save people. If the North Star Water belongs to a noble, I promise that I will return it after saving the person."
Elder Xue snorted coldly, "Will you return the Beichen Water, a spiritual item of the five elements of heaven and earth, once you get it?"
Xiao Xueli shook Elder Xue's hand and said coquettishly, "Elder, Shi Yanren is a very good person. He will definitely not lie."
The little monkey also climbed down and explained to Elder Xue in a babbling voice.
Elder Xue sighed, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that this concerns the fate of our Snow Girl Clan."
She added, "Besides, the North Star Water is definitely not in our hands. Although we, the Snow Girl, are the first creatures to discover it, we don't have the ability to keep it!"
"Ah!" Xiao Xueli suddenly exclaimed as if she had thought of something, "Could it be the ghost-faced snake?"
Elder Xue stroked his forehead and thought to himself that he had neglected it. Almost all the snow maidens had seen what happened that day, and naturally Xiao Xueli was no exception. However, Xiao Xueli was still young and ignorant, so it was easy for her to forget things. This time, after Elder Xue mentioned it, she remembered it completely.
"It turns out that the Water of Beichen was taken away by the ghost-faced snake!" Xiao Xueli frowned and cursed angrily.
"Ghost-faced snake?"
"That's right, the Ghost-Faced Snake is the master of the Frost Extreme Mountain in the north, and he is usually arrogant and domineering and bullies the weak!" Xiao Xueli muttered about the Ghost-Faced Snake's faults, while Xiaokong was responsible for translating. Elder Xue looked ashen, and finally kept muttering, "It's over, it's over!"
Shi Yan lowered his head in thought. From Xiao Xueli's words and Elder Xue's expression, he could tell that this ghost-faced snake was a very difficult guy to deal with. It was like a dream to want to snatch the Water of Beichen from it.
Shi Yan felt a little heavy-hearted. He said, "I'm going out for some fresh air," and went up the spiral staircase.
"But..." Mo Le was about to stop him, but was stopped by Mo Feng, "Let Boss Shi calm down. No one knows that the Snow Girl was saved by Boss Shi. She won't be in danger in the short term."
Shi Yan walked out of the altar, flew up, and sat on the top of the white peak with an unfocused look in his eyes.
The endless snowfields and the winding coastline covered with solid ice make the sky and the earth a seamless whole.
The snow at dusk is deep and profound, as if containing a myriad of emotions. It is turbulent like the sea, able to drown everything, and there is also a sense of temptation like uncovering the hidden head and tail.
The light came from the side, and Shi Yan's shadow was stretched very long...
Inadvertently, a biting wind blew by... Shi Yan raised his head, with a look of confusion and slight loss on his face. In the distance, the sunlight shone obliquely on a hazy and slender figure. Shi Yan was startled, and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corners of his mouth. He calmed himself down and walked quickly to meet him. When he got closer, he found that the owner of the figure he was expecting was real, but the tail behind him was not so pleasing.
"Oh, Senior Sister Mo, you are in such a good mood, walking your dog in this snowy weather. Be careful not to get bitten by your pet~" Shi Yan teased Mo Zixuan, but his eyes were fixed on Lin Dai who was standing behind Mo Zixuan.
"You..." Being insulted in front of his beloved, Lin Dai's face had already turned the color of pig liver. Just when he was about to open his mouth to fight back, Mo Zixuan spoke slowly: "That's enough, Shi Yan, you should be more polite and don't go too far. I can judge Lin Dai's character myself, and it's not your turn to control my thoughts here!"
Mo Zixuan frowned slightly and looked very unhappy. He flicked his sleeves and said, "Let's go. Why bother arguing here? It's getting late and it will be difficult to walk at night." Lin Dai's back, which was originally hunched by the cold wind, straightened instantly. He raised his eyebrows, looking like a smug man.
"Oh!" Shi Yan sneered in his heart, feeling helpless but not knowing how to speak. Whether it was sadness or joy, he always had endless emotions. Was it really my fault? Thinking of Mu Xu, Shi Yan couldn't help feeling sad and full of guilt. Looking at the beautiful figure walking in front of him, his eyes overflowed with a little bit of distress and guilt.
The group walked quietly, the sky gradually darkened, the temperature dropped sharply, and ice and snow began to fall from the black hole-like sky again. It was falling at the right time and just right, because it was just like Shi Yan's mood at the moment, so cold, so vaguely painful, and so confused in the pitch-black darkness!