Chapter 34: Qi Yun Guo III
Li Xiaofei asked everyone if they could think of a way to find a way, but everyone just wanted to leave as soon as possible, so they just started talking.
Some suggested digging a road diagonally up the mountainside, others suggested cutting down trees and burning a fire to melt away a layer of snow, others suggested paving the road up with wooden planks, and even more suggested digging holes through the mountain.
Li Xiaofei was silent and thought about these words carefully. He didn't know what year or month he would dig the road. He was afraid that everyone would die here and they would not be able to get to the top of the mountain. What's more, it might cause an avalanche.
Cutting down trees and setting fire to them may seem like a good idea, but it will only melt the area above your head, and it will also cause an avalanche.
The road was paved with wooden planks. By the time the road in front was paved, the planks at the back had already been swallowed up by the snow, making it impossible to do so.
It is even more impossible to dig a hole through the mountain. Digging such a huge mountain will be useless for another five hundred years.
Li Xiaofei drew his sword and dug a few times on the ground, and found that the bottom three inches of the soil were gravel.
"Dig up the surrounding soil, dig up a piece of snow, and dig up the soil."
After digging through the frozen soil, Li Xiaofei decided to set it on fire. Anyway, he was treating a dead horse as a living horse, so he would give it a try as long as anyone suggested a solution.
After struggling for a day and a night, I got nothing except a few large mounds of soil and some ashes.
"Could it be that the sky wants to kill me? Is it impossible to climb this snowy mountain?" Li Xiaofei knelt down toward the snowy slope above his head.
Everyone hurriedly offered words of comfort, saying that Mr. Li's sincerity was a lesson to the world, and Mrs. Wang would definitely turn danger into good. Anyway, they were all words of comfort, and they all wanted to go down the mountain as soon as possible.
Huang Fu shouted, "Sir, have we gone in the wrong direction? Our purpose is to find the three-tailed falcon, not to climb to the top of the mountain!"
"But the three-tailed falcon is in the basin behind the snow-capped mountains. How can we catch the three-tailed falcon without climbing over the snow-capped mountains?"
"Yes, we have already thought of what you thought of. How can we find it if we can't enter the basin? Besides, we don't know if this basin exists yet!"
A group of people were there to refute Huang Fu, and Zhao Sanhu suddenly thought of something: "Stop arguing, not even a mountain eagle can fly over this snowy mountain top, let alone a three-tailed falcon! Since a three-tailed falcon can fly to Huayun City, then this mountainside must be
I need the three-tailed falcon’s nest or some other passage!”
These words made Li Xiaofei suddenly realize, yes, why didn't he expect that this kind of bird itself does not have the ability to fly over the snow-capped mountains? The reason why it can come out of the basin must be that there is another way out!
Thinking of this, Li Xiaofei asked Old Conch to quickly ask some villagers from Wugui Village who were following him from which direction the three-tailed falcon flew out.
The villagers all pointed to the snow-capped mountains in the southeast. The silvery light shone in the sunlight, and even though the clouds and mist met, they could only see the snow line halfway up the mountain.
"Southeast, Xiangyang, maybe there is a cave in the southeast. Let's dig in the snowy mountains in the southeast to find the entrance of the cave. The entrance of the cave shouldn't be big, and it will be covered up when the snow is heavy!"
Li Xiaofei speculated that the entrance to the cave was blocked by ice and snow, and that it would only open in extremely hot summers.
The group of people began to move to the snow-capped mountains in the southeast. On the way, Zhu Heng asked a question: "Master Li, why can't we see such high snow-capped mountains on the sea? You must know that Huayun City is very flat.
You shouldn’t even be able to see the mountain peaks.”
"There should be clouds and fog here," Li Xiaofei realized something was wrong halfway through. No matter how cloudy and foggy it was, it was impossible not to see any of the peaks. The snow-capped mountains here were a bit weird.
The part that can be seen is actually similar to the snow-capped mountains that Li Xiaofei saw when he followed Murong Ling to the end of the West Sea, but it is completely invisible going up.
While walking, someone shouted "It's raining!"
"Rain, heavy rain!"
then
There were several more thunder explosions in the clouds and mist, which scared many people to the point where they squatted on the ground.
Several villagers were busy chatting with Old Conch. Old Conch listened for a long time before telling Li Xiaofei, "Master Li, they said we have alarmed the gods and we must go down the mountain!"
As soon as he heard the word "go down the mountain", the others followed suit and asked to go down the mountain.
At this time, Li Xiaofei had no choice but to follow the others and go down the mountain to Wugui Village together.
When they got down to Wugui Village, Wang Ruoyun knew they had failed when he saw the appearance of the team, so he smiled and hugged Li Xiaofei, "Husband, we can go. In fact, I also understand that the three-tailed falcon that Doctor Dong said is unavailable.
I just want you to take me out to see the world."
Hongrui's eyes were red and wet, "Afei, you have tried your best. After a few days here, I can understand what they said. There was a drought hundreds of years ago, and the snow on the mountains melted a lot, and people climbed up and saw the basin.
The scene was just that one time!"
The others also comforted Li Xiaofei, "Master Li, man cannot fight with heaven. God's will is such and cannot be violated!"
Li Xiaofei hugged Wang Ruoyun tightly, "It's okay. I have never really fought for anyone in my life. This time, I want to try!"
"I don't want you to be like this, Brother Fei. As long as we stay together, no matter how long it takes, it's all God's will!"
"A Fei, just listen to my advice. Following the good will be the most successful thing in your life!"
Li Xiaofei raised his head and looked at the snow-capped mountains in the southeast. "No, this is the biggest failure of my life. I always compromise with everything. The more I compromise, the more I lose. This time I will never compromise. After two days of repairs,
Continue heading southeast. If you don’t want to go, you can leave now. Even if I am the only one left, I will go!”
Although the three hundred soldiers wanted to leave, they couldn't even get on the ship without Li Xiaofei. Black Pearl was waiting for them at the dock.
Wang Yiyang raised his right hand, "All four of us brothers were transformed from ghosts into humans by Mr. Li. Shouldn't we give it a try this time?"
The other three people also raised their right hands and expressed their willingness to follow Li Xiaofei up the snow-capped mountains from the southeast again.
Among the soldiers, there was a captain named Yao Hua, who usually loved drinking and gambling. He also stood up and said, "You are all too impulsive. You have been working recklessly for more than ten days. I just heard that there is a severe drought before we can go up. Can't we think of a way?"
Has the snow melted?"
Someone immediately retorted, "Isn't it just cutting down trees and burning mountains? If it doesn't work, how much can you burn?"
Yao Hua shook the wine gourd and said, "You are all pig-headed. Here is firewood, a pot and water. You are working step by step. You can pour water to turn snow into ice and carve a road on the ice. Isn't it enough?"
Li Xiaofei didn't have time to think about it and waved his hand, "Just do what Captain Yao said. Well, bring all the iron pots you can carry. At the most, you can boil pottery pots to fill the water. Well, yes, all the branches will be cut down to pave the way!"
Everyone laughed. It seemed that Mr. Li was really at his wits end. Otherwise, how could a drunkard take what he said seriously?
Ten days later, everyone was convinced, and relying on Yao Hua's method, a three-mile long road was cut diagonally from the mountainside.
Everyone asked Yao Hua how he came up with the idea, and Yao Hua chuckled, "I peed on the original snow mountain. As I peed, the snow collapsed, and then quickly froze. Ice is much stronger than snow!"
"Hahahahahaha, I didn't expect that a road was opened with just a pee. Okay, Yao Hua, when we get back to Daliang, I will definitely recommend you to be a guard!"
Yao Hua shook the wine gourd and said, "No, no, no, no, I just want to drink often, and just remember Li Sao when I have nothing to do!"
On the way to the next, Li Xiaofei planned to take only the four people from Jinling to follow, but this time the others were reluctant to take a look at the basin, even the villagers of Wugui Village.
Coming up the mountain.
Looking at these people, Li Xiaofei couldn't laugh or cry, "This road is too narrow and slippery. The road ahead may not be easy. When we find out what's going on, it won't be too late for you to go one by one!"
No matter how willing the crowd was, they all clamored to climb up to see the basin behind the snow-capped mountains. Li Xiaofei had no choice but to obey the crowd and let them bring branches, straw ropes and fire starters to climb up.
I thought it would take a few days to reach the top of the mountain, but I didn't expect that after paving another five miles, we would already be at the top of the mountain. However, it was always obscured by clouds and fog, making the snow-capped mountains seem unattainable.
Behind the snow-capped mountains are cliffs. There is no legendary basin full of flowers under the cliffs, but only a large, clear lake.
Li Xiaofei looked at the top of the mountain for a long time. This time, except for jumping down, he was sure that there was no way to go down to the lake.
What is even more despairing is that there is not even a single bird by the lake, and the legendary three-tailed falcon does not live here.
Li Xiaofei collapsed on the ground, and Wang Yiyang and others hurriedly padded him with sheepskins to avoid frostbite.
"Didn't you say that you have seen three-tailed falcons flying out from here? Didn't you say that there are many three-tailed falcons? Could it be that we are looking in the wrong place?"
Li Xiaofei was very unwilling and couldn't find the three-tailed falcon, which meant that Wang Ruoyun's illness could not be saved and he had to wait to die.
"Master Li, if you want to continue searching, our brothers will continue to follow you and search all other snow-capped mountains!"
"Yes, Mr. Li, maybe behind other peaks!"
Yao Hua took a sip of the wine in the gourd and came over. "I said, they just saw the three-tailed falcon flying over here. Maybe the three-tailed falcon was just passing by like us. Otherwise, how could it only appear ten times in hundreds of years!"
Passing by, this reason made Li Xiaofei's eyes light up: "Captain Yao means that this is not the habitat of the three-tailed falcon at all?"
"This three-tailed falcon, as the name suggests, is a type of falcon. Falcons usually stay in warm places. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains here, how could a falcon stay here to inhabit? I have already suspected it! So what are the legends and other misleading information?
Man, it’s autumn now, and falcons will all fly south, so this three-tailed falcon should be in the south as expected!”
Li Xiaofei almost spit out a mouthful of blood. After struggling here for a month, he finally got such a result. Fortunately, he did not lose any soldiers, otherwise he would really be embarrassed to see Jiangdong's father.
The group of people took a look at the peak and then went down the mountain. This time down the mountain, Wang Ruoyun and Hong Rui thought there was great hope, so they slowly walked over and grabbed Li Xiaofei to greet him.
Li Xiaofei sat down with a smile, "There are clues about the three-tailed falcon behind the snowy mountains. At the next stop, we will go directly to catch the three-tailed falcon!"
The two women hummed together and then put away their smiles. They both understood what Li Xiaofei meant.
In order not to disappoint Wang Ruoyun, Li Xiaofei asked Old Conch to talk about the rare and exotic beasts he encountered on the southern island along the way, and while he was talking, Wang Ruoyun asked about the three-tailed falcon.
Old Conch had never seen a three-tailed falcon, so he took the word literally and said that a forked tail means it has three tails. He also said that a three-tailed falcon eats fish and shrimps.
Wang Ruoyun smiled faintly, "The three-tailed falcon does not have three tails, but three colorful lines on its tail, so it is called the three-tailed falcon. This kind of bird does not eat fish and shrimps, but only poisonous insects and poisonous fruits. It is also used as medicine because
"Poisonous"
Li Xiaofei quickly stopped, "I have indeed never seen Old Conch. When we were sailing in the south, he was ill and lay in bed for several months. He was afraid of losing face in front of us, so he made some nonsense."
Wang Ruoyun waved his hand, "Actually, I don't care if I have this three-tailed falcon, and you don't have to come to comfort me. We will be husband and wife for one day, and we will be husband and wife for another year. I am not afraid, husband, what are you afraid of?"
Chapter completed!