"No, no, are we overthinking it?
Gu Zhen might have said it unintentionally when he said it to you," Lao Bai suddenly said again.
I frowned and nodded and said, "Maybe, it's probably because of the influence of this dream."
Lao Bai suddenly sighed and said, "Maybe, this journey is indeed too complicated.
Auntie and the others should have discovered by now that we might have come to Qingqiu Divine Tomb."
"Maybe I hope they don't come after me," I said.
Lao Bai nodded, and then the two of us ate some white mushrooms we brought with us.
After resting for a while, we set off again.
Before setting off, Lao Bai also destroyed the ice house.
This is done to prevent others from knowing the traces of the two of us.
Judging from what happened before, someone else has already come here.
Whether it is the Soul Gate or the Burial Gate, they are very dangerous existences for us.
Lao Bai transformed again and took me towards the Qingqiu Divine Tomb.
This time it took Lao Bai more than ten minutes to run out of energy, but he was finally much stronger than last time.
According to Lao Bai's previous calculations, Jiuwei Mountain is several hundred kilometers away from Jiuwei City.
We have walked for so long, and there should be dozens of kilometers left now.
However, Jiuwei Mountain in front is still pitch black, and it is very dark.
People's feelings are exactly the same as before, and the distance seems to have not changed at all.
Lao Bai and I rested again.
In fact, it was Lao Bai who needed a rest.
After all, I had been lying on Lao Bai's back and couldn't exert much strength.
Lao Bai was sitting aside to rest, and I walked around.
The temperature here was even colder than before.
The snow had completely turned into ice, and I would slip if I wasn't careful.
I tried to make a cut on the ice with my dagger.
It seemed that the ice was not so hard that the dagger could not cut it.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to find a place to rest.
Now even the breath exhaled from the nose can form a clear white mist in the air.
It seems that Lao Bai's guess is correct.
The closer to Jiuwei Mountain, the lower the temperature.
This fox fur coat won't last long.
If it doesn't work, I'll have to use Taoist techniques to keep out the cold.
Grandpa's notebook of this kind of Taoism has recorded that although it can protect against the cold, it consumes a lot of energy, and with such a low temperature here, I don't know if it will work.
After walking around for a while, I didn't find anything unusual.
Then I thought about Gu Zhen again.
If Gu Zhen really lied to us, for what purpose?
Could he have been controlled by others?
At this time, Lao Bai didn't know when he touched my arm.
I jumped away subconsciously and was startled.
Lao Bai frowned and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"It's nothing, it's still about Gu Zhen."
I said.
"Do you believe Gu Zhen?"
"Of course I believe it."
"I also believe that even if he really lied to us, I also believe that he has his own reasons."
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Lao Bai said.
"Maybe.
In fact, I am just worried that Gu Zhen is controlled by others.
Ouyang Qinglin told me before that I should not touch these things again.
You and I can't go back, so no matter what happens in the future, we can only Go ahead and bear it.
But Kai Ye and Gu Zhen, I hope they can stay away from this and live a normal life."
"Don't think so much.
Things have become more and more complicated now.
The only thing we can do is to find out the truth of the matter."
Lao Bai patted me on the shoulder and said.
So Lao Bai and I continued to walk forward.
In order to prevent Lao Bai from consuming more energy, we still chose to walk this time.
After walking for several hours, the snow gradually became smaller, the temperature got lower and lower, and my hands and face were already sore from the cold.
Although it was exposed to the outside before, the fox fur coat also played a certain role.
Now the fox fur coat can only work on the parts that wrap our bodies.
Our feet are also cold and almost unconscious.
But the dark Nine-tailed Mountain is still so far away, never getting close to us.
"Is it cold?"
Lao Bai asked.
I shook my head and said, "Fortunately, I can hold on."
Lao Bai nodded and said: "It's probably coming soon.
Let's use the cold protection technique when we get closer."
I nodded and followed Lao Bai and continued to walk forward.
After walking for more than two hours, my feet had completely lost all feeling.
It felt like I was walking forward purely out of habit.
At this time, Lao Bai suddenly put a Taoist charm on my back, bit his thumb, tapped my forehead, and recited a Taoist mantra.
I suddenly felt a warm current, starting from the back of my vest and spreading throughout my body.
Slowly, I also felt sensation in my feet and hands.
Lao Bai's cold-warming technique seems to be better than the one recorded by his grandfather, but I wonder if it will consume a lot of physical strength.
"Qin Feng, look quickly."
Lao Bai suddenly shouted, pointing forward.
I quickly followed Lao Bai's hand and saw that there seemed to be no road not far ahead.
At the end of the road was a lake, a very huge lake.
Lao Bai and I ran over quickly, and were completely shocked when we arrived at the lake.
This is a boundless lake that can already be described as a sea.
However, the lake is usually calm, and it is strange that it does not freeze at such a low temperature.
Perhaps due to the night, the lake surface is blue-black and the bottom of the lake cannot be seen.
The moon and stars are reflected on the lake surface, just like another sky.
In the middle of the lake is Mount Jiuwei, but it seems to be still far away from us.
"Lao Bai, are we going to swim over?"
I asked.
Lao Bai looked around, shook his head and said, "I don't know, there must be another way.
With such a large group of fire foxes, could they all go to Jiuwei Mountain on the lake?"
"If there is another way, it is either in mid-air, hidden like the Nine-Tailed City, or at the bottom of the lake.
But this tiger looks too vast.
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If you walk under the water, you won't be able to reach the Nine-Tailed Mountain, and you will be exhausted.
"I said, in fact, swimming is very physically demanding and more tiring than long-distance running, so if Jiuwei Mountain is too far away, it is almost impossible to swim over it.
But even if there is a hidden passage in mid-air, we can't see it.
We can't even see Nine-Tails City during the day, let alone at night.
Lao Bai squatted by the lake and explored the surface of the lake with his hands, and said, "Qin Feng, this water is warm."
"Is it warm?
It's such a cold temperature.
How can the warm water not steam?"
After saying that, I quickly touched the lake water.
It was indeed warm, and the temperature was about the same as the sacred spring in Kyuubi City.
"I'm afraid this is the Divine Spring.
There is nothing happening outside the Divine Spring.
Going further inside is the forbidden area of the nine-tailed demon fox.
Once the nine-tailed demon fox gets close, its power will gradually weaken.
I didn't expect that this sacred spring would be such a big lake."
I explain.
"You wait above for now.
I'll dive down and take a look.
If there's no passage below, you'll have to find another way."
Lao Bai said with a frown.
"Then be careful."
I warned.
Lao Bai nodded, took off his fox fur coat, and jumped into the lake.
The surface of the lake suddenly stirred up a lot of waves, and along the place where Lao Bai fell, water ripples spread around.
The moon in the water was scattered in an instant, and then it quickly returned to calm.
This lake is so magical, it’s recovering so quickly.
After about three minutes, Lao Bai got out, exposed his head in the lake, rubbed his face with his hands, shook his head and said: "This lake is too deep, there is nothing, it seems that we have to think about other places."
This is the method."
I climbed up as I said so.
I quickly handed the fox fur coat to Lao Bai.
Lao Bai took the clothes and put it on.
Then there was heat coming out of his body.
It must be the effect of the fox fur coat.
The water on Lao Bai's body evaporated.
"What to do?"
I asked.
Lao Bai shook his head and said: "Think about it, swimming over is not an option.
We don't know how far away Jiuwei Mountain is from us.
Once we swim over, there won't even be a place to rest in the middle."
"Lao Bai, do you think it's like Nine-Tails City, where the road is hidden?"
I said.
"Even we can't help it.
We know too little about the Nine-Tails clan."
Lao Bai said.
At this time, a bright light suddenly appeared on the lake in the distance.
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I quickly shouted: "Look, Lao Bai."
Then the bright light turned into flames and rushed toward us like lightning.
"Firefox" "It's Firefox" In a short time, this large group of firefoxes were very close to us.
"Are you hiding?"
I asked quickly.
"It's better to hide.
It might be because of the blood widow.
These nine-tailed fire foxes ignored us before.
Now they have sent the blood widow back to the Qingqiu Divine Tomb."
After Lao Bai finished speaking, he pulled me and jumped.
When I entered the lake, I didn't even take off my fox fur coat.
The nine-tailed firefox was very fast.
As soon as we jumped into the lake, the group of firefoxes ran across the lake above our heads.
From the bottom of the lake, it looked like a vast ocean of fire had burned through it, but it only took a few seconds. , this group of firefoxes had already ran over.
Lao Bai and I waited for a while before getting out of the lake.
When we got ashore, we waited for a while and the fox fur coats dried the moisture on both of us.
"It seems that Jiuwei Mountain is indeed in the middle of the lake.
How about giving it a try?"
Lao Bai said.
"How to spell it?"
I asked.
"I turned into a glutton and ran as hard as I could towards the Nine-Tailed Mountain.
I should be able to reach it before the transformation ends.
Think about it, the Nine-tailed Fire Fox ran from where we saw it.
It only took a few tens of seconds.
I at least If you can hold on for more than ten minutes, you will eventually get there," Lao Bai said.
"What if I didn't run away?"
"Probably not.
I now feel that the special thing about Jiuwei Mountain is that it is far away from you no matter how you look at it.
It should be a visual error caused by some kind of Taoism or the special environment of Qingqiu Country.
Otherwise, how could it be possible no matter what we do?
You have to run so far," Lao Bai said.
"This is what we have to do, there is nothing else we can do."
I said.
In fact, I had already made plans for the future.
After Lao Bai's Taotie transformation ends, his body will be temporarily weak.
At this time, I will take him with me.
Just travel ahead.
With my current physical strength, swimming in this lake for a few hours is not a problem.
I am afraid that Jiuwei Mountain is really far away from us.
I don’t know how long it has been since the Nine-tailed Firefox left.
Lao Bai and I took a nap and walked for nearly ten hours before we arrived here.
Only then did we see the Nine-tailed Firefox return.
Running at that speed for a day, if it were Lao Bai and I, it would probably take several days or even longer.
But there is no other way at the moment.
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I can only pray that Lao Bai's inference is correct and that the Nine-tailed Mountain is just a visual error.
Then Lao Bai turned into a glutton.
I jumped on Lao Bai's back, and Lao Bai asked: "Are you ready?"
"Ready," I said.
Then Lao Bai jumped into the lake with a splash and swam ahead at a very fast speed.
This time the speed was much faster than on land.
About ten minutes later, Lao Bai's speed slowed down obviously, but it was still very fast.
I looked back and saw that the shore was no longer visible.
Behind us became a vast lake.
The Jiuwei Mountain in front of us was still so far away.
After nearly ten minutes, Lao Bai stopped completely, transformed into a human form, closed his eyes, and sank to the bottom of the lake.
I quickly picked up Lao Bai and started swimming forward.
I don’t know how long I swam, whether it was four or five hours or six or seven hours.
Anyway, it felt like a long, long time passed.
Lao Bai still hadn’t thought about coming over, and Jiuwei Mountain was still so far away.
I started to feel a little desperate.
It seemed like The two of us made a bad choice.
But at this point, I couldn't look back, so I could only keep my head down and keep swimming.
I don't know how long it took, but I began to feel that I couldn't swim anymore.
My body became weaker and weaker, and I could only stand on the lake and keep treading water. , to keep myself from sinking, I lost the energy to swim any further.
At this time, Lao Bai finally woke up, and I said feebly to Lao Bai: "Lao Bai, I guess we can't get there."
After saying that, I lost the strength to tread water, and my body began to sink.
Lao Bai grabbed me and started swimming ahead.
As he swam, he said, "Don't be stupid.
We have all been through more difficult times than this.
It's okay.
I'm thinking of a solution."
The only thing I feel now is fatigue, my body seems to be overdrawn, and I have no strength at all.
Lao Bai leads me forward without saying a word.
Gradually, I felt like I couldn’t keep my eyes open while practicing, but Lao Bai was still swimming.
I don’t know how long it took before I completely fell asleep.
When I woke up again, my head felt heavy.
When I opened my eyes, I saw that the sky was gray and the moon was gone.
I quickly sat up and supported myself with my hands, only to find that I was on land, one meter in front of me.
It was the same lake as before.
Lao Bai was lying next to me, his eyes closed and motionless.
I quickly checked Lao Bai's pulse.
It was a little weak.
He was overworked.
He should wake up after taking a rest.
It seemed that Lao Bai was right.
We finally came over.
Only then did I observe the surroundings carefully.
This was a mountain.
It was very big.
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The mountain was covered with very strange trees.
Although they were all green, the leaves looked very strange.
I had never seen them before, and I The location where Lao Bai and I were was on the edge of the mountain, with the lake outside.
I looked towards the mountain.
The mountain was very high.
The lower half was covered with vegetation.
Above it was snow.
Looking above it was the gray sky, as if there were clouds covering the sky
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