For a whole day, Su Qin couldn't take a bite of food, which made Mr. Shi very anxious. He kept teasing Su Qin, but Su Qin was still listless. Mr. Shi invited him to play silent chess, but Su Qin had no intention at all.

A day passed in silence like this. On the second day, Su Qin finally recovered a little and regained some appetite. He accepted Mr. Shi's invitation and played three games of silent chess.

Although Su Qin cheered up, he still couldn't forget his old feelings. It wasn't until the fifth day that Su Qin finally pulled himself out of the extreme depression and began to think about other things.

That morning, Su Qin was playing silent chess with old man Shi Chang, and Huo Xuan suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave. He quickly entered the cave, in high spirits, and said to Shi Chang with a smile: "Finally the Qin delegation has been sent away, we

You can leave for Qilian Mountain today."

Su Qinxin said: "Wei Xun finally couldn't stand it any longer and went back to his country. After all, he was an envoy of the Qin State and had to go back to deliver a message to the Lord of Qin. Being able to wait here for ten more days is considered a kind act.

Be worthy of yourself."

Su Qin could not follow the Qin delegation back, so he could only wish them a safe journey in his heart, including Meng Ting, and Su Qin did not hate her.

He thought about it carefully and felt that he had indeed not given Meng Ting much benefit. If the two of them couldn't understand each other, why would she stay with him? Besides, from Meng Ting's point of view, he disappeared without a trace, and he might have disappeared again.

There is no one who can come back.

After thinking about it again and again, Su Qin felt relieved that the situation could no longer be worried about. He let go of a relationship and felt relieved.

He heard that Mr. Shi Chang was still angry with Huo Xuan and kept calling himself "ancestor" and yelling at Huo Xuan to do this or that.

Huo Xuan always kept a smile on his face and ordered his two followers to untie Su Qin and Shi Chang from the stone pillars, then tied their hands and feet again and moved them outside the cave.

Su Qin saw the outside world for the first time in more than ten days. When he saw the sun shining, he couldn't open his eyes for a while. It took him a long time to get used to it.

However, it was really a joyful thing for him to finally see the world under the sun.

Huo Xuan and others used a thick cowhide rope to lift Su Qin and Shi Chang to the bottom of the cliff. There was a carriage ready under the cliff, and Su Qin and Shi Chang were transferred to the carriage.

After Huo Xuan packed up everything, he finally got on the carriage, and his two personal followers drove the carriage, and the carriage sped away in the northwest direction.

The further west the carriage went, the more desolate the wilderness became. The ground was littered with gravel, with only splendens swaying in clumps. There was no human habitation for dozens of miles.

The carriage jolted on the roadless Gobi desert, and everyone was about to fall apart. Su Qin found that Shi Chang had not spoken for a long time, and knew that he was old and could not withstand the long-distance hard work, so he leaned close to Shi Chang.

Old man, let him lean on me and avoid the bumps.

Mr. Shi didn't even have the strength to speak, so he just glanced at Su Qin gratefully.

After two tiring days of travel, the group finally arrived at an open basin. There was a wide lake in the basin. The lake was formed by melting water from the snowy mountains in the distance. The water was rippling and the scenery was beautiful.

There is a large tiled grassland beside the lake, which stretches into the distance. It is early spring, green, fresh and bright. There are many square-roofed tents scattered on the grass. It seems that there are nomadic tribes living there.

Mr. Shi realized that he had come to a place with people and became energetic. He said, "Where is this? There is a lake and there are people there. It looks good. I'm really tired. Huo Xuan, please find someone's house to take a rest."

Huo Xuan squinted his eyes and said: "This is the territory of the Guishuang people. I heard that the lake is called 'Saint Lady Lake'. The Guishuang people are very fierce. We can't rest here. Don't worry, we will be there soon."

Mountains spewing fire."

Seeing that Huo Xuan didn't agree, Shi Chang started to curse again. Huo Xuan just pretended not to hear and closed his eyes and pretended to rest.

Su Qin really admired Huo Xuan's "endurance". He felt that Huo Xuan was really a top-notch person. How many people could be as shameless as him in this world?

After they walked for about an hour, the carriage finally stopped. Su Qin found that they were in a valley. Looking up, he saw tall snow-capped mountains all around, one after another, endless.

A biting cold wind was still blowing in the valley, and the force of the wind was so strong that people could not stand still. Huo Xuan and others chose a mountain col that was sheltered from the wind and set up felt bags there.

The five people lived in felt bags that night. The food and utensils brought by Huo Xuan were quite complete, so that they could have a relatively stable night's rest in this harsh environment.

The next day, Huo Xuan and his two companions took Su Qin and Shi Chang to search for purple cloud stones in the nearby mountains. It is said that this stone has not changed its temperature after tens of millions of years, and the mountain was covered with heavy snow. Only it can

Melt away the covering snow to reveal a dazzling luster.

This is why Huo Xuan rushed to Qilian Mountain in a hurry, because in another month, the snow on the snow-capped mountains will begin to melt, and it will be very difficult to find Ziyun gems among the rocks.

However, even though Huo Xuan spared no effort to find out how to find the Purple Cloud Stone and knew that this stone had been produced here, it was still very difficult to actually find it.

They wandered around the mountains for more than half a month, but found nothing. Seeing that the snow on the mountains was beginning to melt and the good opportunity to find the purple cloud stone was about to pass, even Huo Xuan became impatient.

The five of them searched the mountain all day. After returning to the felt bag in the evening, Shi Chang was very tired and had a bad temper. He cursed constantly. Huo Xuan no longer tolerated it as he did in the past. He became furious for a while and took out

The scimitar under his waist was pointed directly at Mr. Shi.

The knife was already placed on Shi Chang's neck, and Huo Xuan realized his gaffe, hurriedly put away the scimitar, and walked out of the felt bag bitterly.

After calming down his anger outside for a while, he came back into the felt bag and returned to his usual smiling face. Shi Chang was still unwilling to give up and cursed endlessly. He wished that Huo Xuan would just give him a knife and end this extremely difficult and hard life as soon as possible.

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The old man was already thin, but this time he lost weight due to overwork. Su Qin was really worried about him seeing that he was over seventy years old and still had to suffer this.

Thinking about Huo Xuan's ferocious face just now, compared with his usual smiling face, Su Qin was even more convinced that Huo Xuan was extremely cunning, vicious and cruel. If he could not find the purple cloud stone, he might kill Shi Chang and himself.

Now I have endured it for the time being, just thinking about looking for the Purple Cloud Stone.

Thinking of this, Su Qin couldn't help but worry about the situation of Shi Chang and himself. He secretly made up his mind: he must wait for an opportunity to untie the rope and escape with Shi Chang. But if he was alone, it would be easier to take Mr. Shi with him.

There are great difficulties.
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