There are fire crystals on the ground. Half of them were dug out by Liehu's people before, but now they are all frozen and have to be dug again.
However, the weapons and tools in the hands of the three leaders are better, their strength is also strong, and with the lighting of luminous spar, the three of them can dig quickly. However, when digging, I was also vigilant to prevent other people from coming, such as Liehu and other people from the Sen tribe.
Shao Xuan planned to jump into the pit dug out of the fire crystals to see. The walls of the pit were covered with a layer of white ice.
The pothole was dug deeper and the surrounding was slippery, so it was more convenient to use a rope.
After Shao Xuan descended the pit, he landed directly on the place where the giant beast once stayed.
The giant beast left. It is now a long tunnel. The surrounding stone walls are covered with a layer of white ice. Although it is thin, it is frozen together with the rock layer and is very hard.
The temperature was very low, and Shao Xuan felt that the breath he exhaled was not warm at all.
He could feel that there were fire crystals around this "tunnel". Perhaps, this giant beast stayed in such a place because of the fire crystals. Just like the Bat King.
It's just that, after so many years, this "snake" has never come out. Hibernate for hundreds of years? It's really long enough, and I don't know how big it is.
Swinging his sword, he cut through the ice layer next to it, and dug out a fire crystal embedded in the wall of the cave. After feeling it, Shao Xuan realized that this fire crystal should have been absorbed, but it was not completely absorbed.
That "snake"
No matter how much, Shao Xuan moved faster, waving the sword in his hand, without the need for a luminous spar, he could see the fire crystal on the cave wall clearly under the special field of vision, and he could make an accurate move.
bass! bass!
For a time, the sound of digging fire crystals echoed in the entire tunnel, as well as the sound of Zheng Luo and the others digging above the pit.
When Zheng Luo and the others finished picking up the fire crystals above, they even turned over the frozen people on Liehu's side and put them all into their animal skin bags, and the three people jumped into the long " tunnel".
"I originally planned to come and grab the salt mine with Liehu and the others this time, but I didn't expect to grab their fire crystal." The leader of Taihe smiled.
In any case, being able to get the Fire Crystal, which has always been heavy, finally got some comfort.
Liehu's side has dug up the fire crystal layer, and each fire crystal is relatively large, better than those in the Yanjiao salt cave.
The three leaders took a short rest and resumed their actions. No one knows how long the king beast will be gone, they can only take this opportunity to dig more, and when the king beast returns, they will withdraw.
"I've lived for so long, and I've never seen so many fire crystals." The leader of Tai He was breathing quickly, and he didn't know whether he was tired or happy.
"I have lived for nearly 80 years, and I have never seen so many fire crystals." Shanfeng tribe sighed.
Shao Xuan digs Huojing for a while, and Zheng Luo is also silent.
The leader of Taihe glanced at Zhengluo and said nothing.
Don't look at the three leaders who look about the same age, they are all about forty years old, but in fact this is not the case, they are all much older than Zheng Luo.
Maybe other people who don't know the Yanjiao tribe don't know, but the Taihe tribe who have been with the Yanjiao people for a long time understands that among all the tribes, the Yanjiao people have the shortest average lifespan.
This is what Shao Xuan learned later. When he was on the other side of the sea, he noticed it, but he was not sure, and only after he came here did he know the truth. The Yanjiao people are different in many ways, but there is only one thing that is different from other tribes, but is the same as the most ordinary people without any power, and that is the lifespan.
Among the people from the Taihe tribe who came here this time, many are over a hundred years old, but they seem to be still in their prime, but if they are in the Yanjiao tribe, if they are over a hundred years old, even if they are alive, they will definitely not be able to hunt. Can help farming, but can't do too tiring work. At the end of their lives, they age rapidly.
Because their lives are incomplete.
This is something that was not thought of when Tinder split.
The reason why the ancestors of that year were extremely guilty, the guilt in the notes they left was so strong, not only was the reason for not being able to return to their original place, but more importantly, they realized the punishment brought by the division of fire—they were not complete life period.
Their flaming horns are stronger than other tribes in many aspects, but in terms of life expectancy, they have a knife hanging on them, and they will be cut off mercilessly before they go all the way.
This matter, on the other side of the sea, maybe that witch also knows about it, but he didn't tell other people. In addition, the Yanjiao tribe over there has been isolated from the world, and everyone can't detect such drawbacks. There is nothing. Negative emotions and stress. The people here and the tribe don’t communicate much with the outside world, and most people don’t know it. Maybe some of the soldiers knew it, but they just kept it in their hearts.
The ancestors of the tribe allowed intermarriage with the foreign clan, maybe they also wanted to use this kind of thing to see if this problem could be solved, but unfortunately, there was no effect.
When I first came here, most of the ancestors’ notes that Shao Xuan looked at were filled with guilt, but they did not directly mention the reason. Until Shao Xuan returned to the tribe from Gongjia Mountain, he practiced controlling the ancestral bone ornaments. When the power was increased, Wu Cai mentioned it to him.
Many people in the tribe know that their lifespan is not as long as that of other tribes, but they do not know the reason. Some people think that it is because the lifespan of the Yanjiao people is supplemented by strength, and they have been given divine power, so they will Stripped of other things, thinking about it like this, many people are psychologically balanced.
Wu didn't tell them, and didn't want them to hold extremely slim hopes. Generations have passed, nearly a thousand years, and they still haven't been able to go back. I don't know since when, this matter was selectively forgotten, and only the highest level of the tribe knows, Zhengluo knows, Wu knows, and others don't. Know the real reason.
The arrival of Shao Xuan is a ray of light and a hope.
In the past year, Wu has sent several groups of people to the seaside. Where Shao Xuan came to, he just waited for an opportunity to move with the entire tribe. Unfortunately, the opportunity has never been found. No one knows how long it will take for such an opportunity to come again.
go back... how to go back
Shao Xuan thought about it, and the action of digging the fire crystal also became absent-minded.
The leader of Shanfeng was quite puzzled, what happened to the atmosphere? Feeling suddenly suppressed.
"I'll take a look nearby first." Shao Xuan handed the excavated fire crystal to Zheng Luo and ran along the tunnel.
While running, Shao Xuan recognized the direction and calculated the distance until he stopped at a place and looked at the top of the "tunnel". This should be closer to the salt cave of their flaming horn, not directly above, but diagonally above.
Without digging immediately, Shao Xuanxian continued to walk along the "tunnel" until he came to the end of the tunnel. This is where the king beast rushed out of the ground. But the entrance of the cave was already covered with ice. A very thick layer of ice blocked the entire entrance of the cave. The closer it was to the entrance, the colder it became.
Shao Xuan didn't walk over, but listened carefully. He didn't hear the sound of the king beast moving outside, so he turned back.
The king beast froze the entrance of the cave, and should have no intention of returning in a short time.
Called Zheng Luo and the others and said what they meant. He plans to start digging under the Yanjiao Salt Cave.
If they will be trapped here for a few days, if they dig the fire crystal, do they still come down from the place of the fierce fox every time? Liehu's side is obviously targeted by the king beast. If it goes past, I don't know if it will anger the king beast. Moreover, most of the people of Liehu and Sen tribe are not here. If they come back , the two sides will inevitably fight, at this time, there is no need to consume them.
As soon as the four of them came together, they decided to do it.
Where is digging not digging
Shao Xuan quickly swung his sword and blocked the shovel with the sword that was repaired by Worker Jiaheng, broke through the ice layer of the "tunnel", and dug down the rocks on the rock wall piece by piece.
Zheng Luo and the three of them also stepped up.
The situation outside is not clear, you can't leave immediately, it is better to get more fire crystals. Even if they fight the king beast later, they will try their best to protect some people back and let them go back with fire crystals. It is not a waste in such weather. Come once. The fire crystals dug out can be used by the tribe for a long time.
The scope of their digging is not large, and it is not one-tenth of the pothole on Liehu's side, but the four of them work together, and the progress is also fast. The rocks are hard at first, but the higher you go, the easier it is.
In the cave of Yanjiao, the soldiers guarding next to the fire crystal pit on the lower floor heard the movement from the bottom of the pit.
Duokang asked some people from the lower salt cave to go up first to prevent the spread of ice seals. After making arrangements, he took a few people to approach the fire crystal pit carefully, planning to run away as soon as they saw the ice seal.
In addition to the king beast, what else is active in the underground
Cha Cha Cha —
The voice below is getting clearer and clearer, not like the movement of the king beast, there is no such intimidating momentum, and there is no frozen situation.
foreign enemy? The fierce fox tribe or the forest tribe
Dokang became vigilant, moved over a little bit, craned his neck to look into the pothole, and signaled that others were ready to do it at any time.
The other warriors around were also grabbing the weapons in their hands, and their facial muscles were twitching nervously. They were frightened by the king beast, and they really didn't want to see any weird things popping out from below. Hope is human, whether it is from the fierce fox, or from the forest tribe, or from other tribes.
The sound is getting closer.
The nerves of the people around the pit are tense, and it really doesn't look like the movement of a giant beast.
The bottom seems to be loose.
Dokang raised his hand.
puff! Gollum!
Layers of soil and rocks were pushed away.
Duokang was about to wave his arms and roar "Do it" when he saw four heads appearing below, disheartened.
Take a closer look.
Yo--
Three leaders and an elder popped out of the cave!
The four people who finally dug up from below, came out of their heads and saw a circle of people surrounding the pit, all pointing at themselves with swords and axes.