in2ebook Chapter 400: Departure to the Snow Mountain
Chapter 400: Departure to the Snow Mountain
The water level in the wooden basin dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and most of it evaporated in just a few breaths.
"What the hell is this...!" Hu Qing "looked" at the scene in shock.
"Xiao Zi, go get some more cold-attributed herbs." Hu Qing ordered quickly, and at the same time took out several pieces of cold jade from the storage ring, ground them into powder and sprinkled them into the water.
The water surface boiled again, but this time the cooling effect was much more obvious.
Gu Yang's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and the redness on his body faded a little.
After a while of busy work, Gu Yang in the ice water was finally no longer as hot as before, and his breathing gradually stabilized.
Hu Qing withdrew his fingers from his neck and frowned.
Just now he tried to use his spiritual power to explore the situation inside Gu Yang's body, but as soon as the spiritual power touched his skin, it was swallowed up by a strange energy, like a drop in the ocean, failing to stir up even a ripple.
"Strange...what is going on?" Hu Qing murmured in a low voice.
He had been practicing for so long and had never seen such a situation.
There seemed to be some kind of power lurking in Gu Yang's body that even he could not detect.
Xiao Zi lay on the edge of the wooden basin, his golden eyes full of worry.
It stuck out its tongue and gently licked Gu Yang's cheek, making a low whimpering sound in its throat, as if calling him to wake up.
Hu Qing glanced at it, said nothing, and turned to walk towards the zombie's corpse.
The seventh elder of the Orc Kingdom is now completely dead.
Hu Qing squatted down, and a sharp spiritual power condensed at his fingertips, easily breaking the restrictions on the storage ring and storage bag.
He casually erased the original mark and re-engraved his own spiritual mark before beginning to examine the contents.
As soon as the storage bag was opened, a strong smell of blood hit me in the face.
Hu Qing frowned and scanned the area with his spiritual sense. He saw that the area was filled with human limbs and arms, bloody and mangled. Some of them were not even dry yet, and it was obvious that they had been collected not long ago.
"The Beast King... is indeed planning something." Hu Qing's eyes turned cold.
He retracted his five fingers, and the storage bag was instantly shredded by several sword energies, along with the flesh and blood inside, which were annihilated in the crack of space.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Hu Qing turned to look at the storage ring.
The moment his spiritual sense penetrated, his pupils shrank slightly——
The space of over fifty cubic meters was filled with all sorts of resources: elixirs, ores, weapons, jade slips of cultivation techniques...
There are even a few bottles of elixirs emitting rich spiritual energy.
If these resources were placed in the outside world, they would be enough to make a small sect jealous.
"It's a bargain for us that the Seventh Elder of the Orc Kingdom carries so many things with him." Hu Qing raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but soon restrained his smile.
It is obvious that Zhe's trip is not just to carry out a mission, but more like taking refuge with his belongings, otherwise he would not carry so many supplies.
He changed his mind and realized that these were the seven elders of the Orc Kingdom. Their wealth couldn't be limited to this much. Some of it should be in the palace.
He turned his gaze to the rat man in the corner who was doing something unknown, and Xiao Zi told him what he had done.
The rat man was secretly thinking about how to get Hu Qing to remove the poison in his body, when he suddenly felt a cold gaze falling on him.
He shuddered all over, and when he looked up, he saw Hu Qing's eyes, glowing with a cold white light, staring at him. He was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he nodded and bowed hurriedly, "Sir, what do you want?"
Hu Qing, who had lost his sight, looked far more terrifying than before.
Hu Qing's consciousness slowly moved downwards, landing on the almost broken forbidden rune behind him, and said indifferently:
"You've broken the restriction. It seems you're still determined to escape?"
The rat man fell to his knees with a plop, resting his forehead on the ground, and said in a trembling voice:
"Please spare my life, sir! I was confused for a moment, blinded by evil thoughts, and that's why I... thought of running away! I won't dare to do it again!"
Hu Qing was silent for a moment, and did not punish him. He just said calmly:
"Get up. I won't kill you, but I hope you'll cooperate. As long as you obey, I'll give you the antidote after the task is completed, and I'll even give you a share of the benefits."
Upon hearing this, a glint of greed flashed in the Rat Man's eyes, but it was quickly covered by fear. He nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, sir! I will do my best!"
He hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously: "Sir, should we...change places?
The Beast King seems to be able to sense the life and death of his elders. If he realizes that Elder Zeng is dead, he will probably come here in person..."
Hu Qing frowned slightly. What the rat man said made sense. His injuries had not yet healed, and his combat effectiveness had greatly decreased.
Gu Yang is in a coma. If he really faces the Beast King, he will probably be in great danger.
"Do you know where the snow mountain is?" Hu Qing suddenly asked.
The rat man was stunned, a look of embarrassment on his face: "My Lord, do you really want to go there? That's not a good place..."
"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point." Hu Qing interrupted coldly.
The ratman shrank his neck and sighed, "The Snow Mountain is the territory of the Snow Monster Clan. Although they are orcs, they are extremely xenophobic. Apart from their own people, any orc who sets foot in the Snow Mountain will be torn to pieces by them.
Once, an orc tribe refused to believe in evil and sent troops to attack, but they didn’t even reach the foot of the mountain before being frozen into ice sculptures by a blizzard…”
Hu Qing's eyes flashed with surprise. "The Orc Kingdom is just going to let them occupy the snowy mountains all to themselves? There's no major force to encircle and suppress them?"
The ratman smiled bitterly and said, "The Snow Mountain is extremely cold all year round, with the temperature on the top of the mountain approaching -100 degrees Celsius. There are few resources, and in the eyes of the orcs, it's just a wasteland.
Besides, the Yeti tribe is very powerful and has a great geographical advantage. Who would risk their lives for a barren piece of land?"
Hu Qing thought thoughtfully, the more dangerous the place is, the safer it is.
No matter how powerful the Beast King is, he probably won't be able to find that place in the first place, let alone lead his troops to easily set foot in the snow monster's territory.
"Lead the way, we will go to the snow mountain." He gave the order decisively.
The rat man's face turned bitter, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only nod reluctantly.
Hu Qing moved swiftly, with sword energy surging from his fingertips. In an instant, he collected all the valuable items in the cave into the storage ring.
His eyes were stern. After scanning around to make sure nothing was missed, he turned and looked at the corpse.
"Since we're already dead, let's not leave any traces behind." He whispered, and with a swipe of his sword, several sharp sword energies crossed and slashed across, and the huge body was instantly cut into countless pieces.
Xiao Zi understood and opened his mouth to spit out a stream of hot dragon breath. The flames swept through and burned the pieces of flesh and blood to ashes.
But Hu Qing still worried. The Orc Kingdom was treacherous and there was no guarantee they wouldn't have some secret tracking techniques.
He turned his wrist, and three dark purple thunder talismans were already between his fingers. Thunder patterns were faintly visible on the talisman paper, emitting a dangerous aura.
He flicked it lightly, and the thunder talisman sank silently into the ashes. As long as someone touched it, it would explode instantly, enough to blow the explorer to pieces.
"Let's go now." Hu Qing said in a deep voice, picked up the ice basin containing Gu Yang with one hand, and strode out of the cave.
Outside the cave, the night was dark, the cold wind was howling, and the surroundings were eerily quiet. Even the chirping of insects and birds disappeared, as if the whole world had fallen asleep.
This eerie silence made Hu Qing even more alert - it was too perfect for escape, but also too perfect for an ambush.
"Xiao Zi." He called softly.
Xiao Zi growled in response, his body suddenly expanding, transforming into a majestic giant beast in the blink of an eye, its purple-black scales glowing coldly in the moonlight.
Hu Qing made hand gestures with one hand and set up restrictions around the ice basin to ensure that Gu Yang was firmly fixed in it and would not fall over due to bumps.
Then he fixed the ice basin firmly on Xiao Zi's broad back.
The ratman hovered in the air tremblingly, with a pair of thin wings behind him vibrating at a high frequency, making a slight buzzing sound.
"Sir, go north, the snow-capped mountains are in that direction..." He stammered, his eyes flickering, obviously full of fear of the snow-capped mountains he was about to go to.
Hu Qing glanced at him coldly: "Lead the way, don't play tricks."
The rat man shuddered, nodded quickly, and turned to fly north.
Xiao Zi lowered his body, lightly stepped on the ground with his four claws, and followed closely behind.
Hu Qing walked at the end, his spiritual awareness spreading out like a tide, covering an area of several miles in radius. No movement could escape his perception.
The night wind was biting, blowing up fine snow particles and hitting everyone.
Xiao Zi's scales glowed with a faint purple light, forming a thin layer of protection that kept the cold wind out.