pappabearbooks Chapter 2542: Holy Mountain?Mine?
Chapter 2542: Holy Mountain?Mine?
As they got closer and closer to the so-called holy mountain in front of them, they felt that the temperature on their bodies was getting lower and lower.
On the way there, we encountered a river.
However, this river is very shallow and you can walk directly across it. Lin Ran tested it and found that it was not a swamp at the bottom.
This is not so much a river as a valley.
Xu Ning was even more exaggerated, standing directly in the valley.Wash your face with stream water.
Then he said to the others: "This water is very pure. We can pack some and bring it with us."
"Really?" Liu Jingfeng looked at Lin Ran. He would not dare to drink any water without Lin Ran's consent.
Lin Ran was not a god, so he had no way of judging whether the water source was poisonous.
But he knew they didn't have much water left. They could starve for a few days, but without water, they would die soon.
He took a sip and found that the water had the sweetness of a mountain, which was particularly soothing to his throat.
"It should be no problem." Lin Ran smiled, so everyone took out their own bottles and kettles and started filling them with water.
After passing through this valley, at the foot of the mountain, we encountered a desert-like environment.
And just after they stepped in, a sudden wind rose from the ground and rolled up yellow sand all over the sky.
"Ahem." The sand drilled into their clothes with precise precision, and everyone suddenly became disgraced.
The climate in this uninhabited land is really changeable, and we encountered ghost weather again.
They found a huge stone to hide behind to protect themselves from the dusty weather.
"There is a grassland in front of here. Why is there such a big wind and sand here?"
Lin Ran felt very strange in his heart, but after encountering the previous lightning strike, Lin Ran calmed down a lot.
This climate will definitely not last long, and it may be a "trap" unique to this area.
This situation is all too common among ancient tombs.
As long as you don't encounter sandy weather on the mountain, it's fine, because this situation in the three major cities is likely to cause mudslides.
The current situation is not dangerous, just a little obstructive.
"Xu Ning, how did you go up the mountain before?"
"When going up the mountain, my uncles will bring some donkeys or camels to facilitate exploration."
"Are there any camels here?"
"Well, camels are also a tool often used for transportation among our tribe." Xu Ning said, "And horses can't go up mountain roads like this, so we can only rely on camels or donkeys."
"But." His expression was a little heavy.
In fact, transportation in the mountains is very dangerous. In this era, there are no protective nets or the like. It is inevitable that there will be rockfalls or mudslides on the mountains. Once unfortunately encountered, not to mention camels or donkeys, even those transporting supplies will have to die.
Every year, a large number of camels and donkeys are killed by falling rocks.
"Why would someone come to the mountains?" Lin Ran asked, obviously it was something that could be avoided.
"It's jade." Xu Ning said, "Of course not this mountain. In other mountain ranges, people often dig out small and large pieces of jade and use these tools to pull them down the mountain."
"Of course, some people will just throw it off the mountain just for convenience."
If it falls into the gentle soil or the river, someone will pick it up and take it away bit by bit.
However, if there is a flood, the situation is even worse.
"So, you are jade pickers?"
"Some tribes are like this." Xu Ning said, "Although their tribes have made a lot of money, they have actually withstood a lot of mental and physical tests."
Without a super strong body and super will, it is definitely impossible to do it.
Most people can't afford it.
Liu Jingfeng sighed: "You herders are still doing this."
"After all, herders actually live with their heads tied to their waistbands. They might starve to death one day, so why not give it a try." Xu Ning said, and it became increasingly difficult for them to see where the road was going.
"I didn't expect that you would encounter such a thing." Liu Jingfeng was a little stunned.
"Let me tell you something. It's my uncle. About 40 years ago, he led a team of people to look for jade mines in the ditch area."
“The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous and bumpy, so we can only rely on donkeys.”
"Drinking mountains and rivers, eating hay, I stayed there for three years, but my will failed to find the jade mine, and I ended up depressed."
"This is just like farming without any harvest at the end of the year." Lin Ran thought to himself.But he asked: "What then?"
"Then shortly after uncle's death, the tribe picked up a piece of jade floating in the river." Xu Ning said, "We all felt that it was a blessing from the gods, but we still had to rely on uncle's life to get it."
"I thought I had finally found the jade mine after all my hardships."
"It took five years. During that time, my grandfather had aged a lot." Xu Ning was filled with emotion.
Although he didn't know the uncle, the tribe had always called him a hero.
I seem to remember that my uncle burst into tears as soon as he found the jade mine, and he was so miserable that he couldn't bear to die.
These people work hard to find minerals and mine jade just to make money.
But those who really made a lot of money were the first few bosses.
Now I can enjoy life in the bustling city.
People living on the grasslands also want to live the same life through jade.
But unexpectedly, the Holy Mountain is more dangerous than imagined.
Xu Ning shook his head gently. If he hadn't gone into the mountain in person this time, he would never have experienced this feeling.
While I was thinking about it, suddenly, there was a loud "bang" not far away.
Startled everyone.
"Landslide?"
"What's going on?" Lin Ran asked quickly.
The perennial snow on the mountains and the white mountains form a sharp contrast in the strong sunlight.
For a moment, it was so painful that Lin Ran couldn't open his eyes.
Shanhui?
Rumor has it that mid-range jade is buried in stone and is difficult to see, but the breath of jade can be reflected into the air through sunlight.
The magical scene in front of you gives people a feeling of smoke.
blurred.
Lin Ran had the feeling that they had entered a psychedelic world.
At this moment, a [-]-meter-high workbench appeared in front of them.
A group of jade miners are working on it.
"This?" Lin Ran discovered that they were digging into the mountain.
From a distance, they look like tiny sesame seeds scattered among the rocks.Look at the thin black moving figure.
Looking at all this, Lin Ran suddenly felt that human beings are not only insignificant in comparison with nature, but also sometimes have infinite emotions when faced with the huge projects he has created: creation becomes a link in nature, and in the end it remains. It is often lonely, insignificant and at a loss as to what to do.
"Why, is there someone?"
"I don't know either." Xu Ning shook his head and said, someone actually started picking jade in the Holy Mountain?
Or was it that the brilliance just now caused them to hallucinate.