It was impossible to return to the village at this time. The place they were on was an exposed rock peak with no grass growing on it. The wind was very strong and the air was cold. They really couldn't find a suitable place to spend the night. Huwa thought about Panhu's past few days.
I often go into the mountains with hunting teams in the past, and I don’t know how many nights I have spent in the mountains. I must be more experienced than myself, so I followed it and climbed up hard.
Of course, they did not climb over the highest spire of the giant peak, but climbed over a relatively low, easy-to-pass col between the two snow-covered peaks. Before they reached the col, it was already dark, but the top of the mountain in front of them was dark.
The ridgeline seemed to be coated with a layer of golden light, and the clouds in the sky also reflected light, so the surrounding scenery could still be vaguely seen.
In fact, it is extremely dangerous to climb such a mountain under such circumstances. If you are not careful, your life may be in danger, let alone climbing with bare hands. It is not possible to fully see the surrounding scenery in the dark, and the weathered rocks can easily collapse.
The gravel accumulated in low places will also form landslides, and there are many hidden fissures and ravines. But Huwa now has a very keen sense. Even without using his eyes, he can reluctantly follow Panhu on his way in the dark.
When Huwa climbed the ridge, he was stunned for a moment and understood why Panhu had to brave the darkness to climb over the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain where he came from, the village of Lu in the distance must have been plunged into darkness.
During the day, the tribesmen had already gone back to their houses to sleep, but Huwa felt that the sunshine in front of her was dazzling—it was actually still bright on this side of the mountain!
Both Lu Village and Huahai Village are located between continuous peaks. When Huwa was young, except for the sky above his head, his sight could never go beyond the ten miles around him. Later, he walked over the cliff to Huahai Village.
Haicun, I saw the beautiful big lake on the plateau. It was the most open scenery, but the sea of flowers was still among the mountains.
In the village, after the sun sets every day, it means that it is dark, but today, for the first time, Huwa walked to the top of the mountain in the distance where the sun sets every day. After the sun set, he saw the sun again. A round sun.
It hangs just above the ridgeline further away. Although it is not as blazing as at noon, the golden light is still dazzling and difficult to see directly, and half of the surrounding clouds are dyed red.
On the more distant ridges, the sun that has not yet set is lower than Huwa's footing, so the sunlight is actually coming from a weak upward angle that is close to direct sunlight. If there is a huge obstruction behind Huwa, the shadow will be
Projected from a higher position than him, Huwa has never seen such a scene, and has never even thought about it.
He was standing at a very high place, even higher than the sun in the distance. He had an unobstructed view in front and behind him. He didn't know how many miles his sight could penetrate. Looking back from here, he couldn't see the sea of flowers in the distance, but he could see it.
Surrounding the peak of the sea of flowers, this feeling is a great shock and impact on the mind, as if the whole world has opened up infinitely, and a person standing in the middle seems so small.
Huwa is not an ordinary person. He felt this kind of shock and impact, and for a moment he entered a strange state of concentration, as if his body had also stretched out, integrated into the world, and accepted this endless artistic conception.
Purifying, while his mind was wandering in the body that was assimilated with heaven and earth, realizing the mystery that he had never experienced before.
It was Panhu's roar that woke Huwa up from this strange state of concentration, probably urging him to go down the mountain quickly. Seeing that the sun in the distance had already set on the distant ridgeline, it would soon be dark here. Huwa
As I followed Panhu down the mountain quickly, I couldn't help but think to myself, if someone was fast enough and could catch up with the sun's footsteps in the sky, would the sun in front of him never set?
Before it got completely dark, they entered a primitive jungle again. Panhu led Huwa to climb a towering giant tree. There was a place where many branches spread out at the same time. It was quite wide and flat.
It can spy on various movements on the ground, and is blocked by the dense canopy, making it appear safe and hidden. The most common tree in this area is fir, with only a thick straight trunk and small horizontal branches. Panhu can find such a tree
The strange big tree is not easy to find. It seems to be the campsite it chose when it passed here last time.
That night they spent the night in the tree. Huwa chose a position that was as comfortable as possible and sat cross-legged. Later in the night, he lay down to sleep, while Panhu also sat cross-legged beside him like a human. Since they spent the night in the mountains,
Tiger babies maintain a natural alertness whether they are sitting still or sleeping. Once disturbed, they will react immediately and wake up.
Huwa seemed to wake up several times that night. He could hear a faint rustling sound on the ground, carrying a dangerous aura for some reason, but it was not a threat to him in the big tree. The sound did not sound like a beast,
But some reptiles and various poisonous insects.
After daybreak, they climbed down from the giant tree and continued on their way. There is a valley on the other side of the mountain, and the lowest point is much higher than Lucun. Except for the jungle where they spent the night yesterday, the vegetation here is not very lush and the climate is relatively cold.
, the environment is relatively isolated from the world, and there are no large animals. However, there are many poisonous insects in the early autumn season. For example, Huwa found a lot of centipedes, some of which were more than two feet long. Just by looking at them, they knew they were very poisonous.
It's terrible, no one would feel well if they were stung.
No one has arrived here since ancient times, even hunting teams from various tribes in the mountains will not come. Huwa also saw what exactly hurt Panhu. It was a long snake with thick arms, and its scales were as hard as fine iron and shimmering.
There was golden light, and there were several scales spread out like feathers near the chest, and they were as sharp as blades.
The last time Panhu passed by here, he was attacked by this long snake that suddenly jumped out. But Panhu reacted quickly and was not bitten by the snake, but was scratched by its scales. And the snake did not end well either.
, was hunted on the spot by Panhu, and Huwa saw him again when he passed by. But Huwa did not have time to stop and take a closer look at the battlefield three days ago. Panhu shouted again to urge him to hurry up, so that he could pass through this poisonous insect-infested area as soon as possible.
Desolate forest.
Maybe it was because they had climbed the highest mountain in the vicinity yesterday, and the road they walked today felt relatively easy, and it didn’t take too long to cross this plateau valley. About noon, they climbed another ridge.
This is where I saw the sun set for the second time yesterday.
After climbing the ridge, I realized that there were more than one peak at the same height in front of me. It was ups and downs and I walked a long way. In the afternoon, I arrived at another valley in the mountains. Panhu barked several times excitedly, which meant that the place had arrived! This dog
He stood still and gestured towards the valley, his expression slightly interested, as if he was asking Huwa - can you find anything here?
Huwa looked at the valley, an inconspicuous small basin among the mountains of other times, about a few miles in diameter, with many exposed rocks on the edge and sparse vegetation growing there. It looked desolate, arid and barren.
There are almost no traces of animal activity, not even poisonous insects. It is a place where rabbits do not poop. Why did Panhu bring him here?
Huwa closed his eyes and released his senses to search, but he didn't find anything special. He couldn't help but look confused. Panhu's expression was obviously smiling, imitating a human smile, and then waved his paw to signal to Huwa.
After following him and entering this desolate valley, Panhu straightened up and slowed down significantly.
Passing through rocks and bushes, there is no water source in this area, and there are no plants with fat and succulent roots growing. There are no edible wild fruits in the bushes, but there are many hard thorns. Of course, there are no animals inhabiting them.
Here, even birds will not fly down. Walking close to the center of the valley, there is a strange tree in front of you.
The so-called "weird" is just a name given by the wild people in the mountains. Its leaves are a bit like a locust tree, and its branches are a bit like a willow tree. When its trunk grows to more than ten feet high, the branches will twine with each other and spread out around,
Then it hangs down to the ground, looking like a small green house from a distance.
The vegetation in this area is very low and sparse, but the weird tree near the center of the valley is very lush, with dense hanging branches and leaves completely blocking the view. Panhu stretched out his claws to push aside the weird branches and got in, and Huwa followed him into the other area.
A strange space.
Because the lush and twisted branches of the trees completely hung to the ground, blocking the outside light, there was darkness under the canopy. Huwa waited for his eyes to adapt to the darkness, and then continued to move forward with the extension of his perception. He passed several more strange trees.
He twisted the tree and opened the branches, but suddenly he saw light.
This bright light was not the sunlight falling on the treetops, but came from a magical place ahead. Huwa finally saw the landscape here clearly. The center of the valley was more than ten feet lower than it looked from the outside. There were actually springs distributed around it.
There are several shallow water surfaces, and there are dry highlands between the water surfaces. The front is paved with smooth white stone slabs, which turns out to be a man-made road.
Those weird trees grew on the high slopes by the water, forming a dense natural barrier around the center of the valley. Panhu and Huwa walked through the weird forest and happened to reach this road. The trees on both sides
There are lotus flowers growing in the shallow water. Some of the round lotus leaves stretch in mid-air, and some are spread out on the water. They are also dotted with flowers the size of the mouth of a bowl.
Huwa has never seen a lotus before, and of course he doesn’t know its name. He just thinks that the leaves are green and the flowers are delicate and colorful. Moreover, the lotus here is very strange. There are three layers of petals from the inside to the outside, and each layer has five
There are five petals, and the colors of these five petals are all different. The color of the petals is very light at the root from the stamen, and becomes the darkest when it reaches the tip and edge.
The red petals gradually turn from light pink at the center to bright red, like smudged clouds and gushing flames; the white petals go from the almost colorless and transparent roots to the pure white edges; the yellow petals seem to have a
There is a light gold edge; the cyan petals range from light green to deep emerald; the black petals only appear pure black at the edges, and the roots are blue and purple, and the color gradually becomes darker from the inside to the outside.
The delicate stamen in the center of the petals is almost transparent, with a faint five-color radiance. I don't know if it is its own luster or reflects the color of the petals.