Belle Apartment

Chapter 280 The Third Fairy

The first stop of Wang Dabao and Qin Keyun's trip was the Changbai Mountains in the east of Kyrgyzstan Province, which is also the closest volcano group to Pingyang City. In order to save time, Wang Dabao chose to go here.

Changbai Mountain is a part of the ancient Xia continent, and it is a famous dormant volcano. About [-] million years ago, the Changbai Mountain volcanic group was still a vast ocean. From ancient times to the Mesozoic Era, the earth experienced Caledonian Hercynian, Yanshan and Himalayan orogenic movements. , the seawater finally receded from this vicissitudes of ancient land, and a series of fractures and uplifts occurred in the crust of Changbai Mountain. .

These include Changbai Mountain Tianchi Volcano, Wangtian'e Volcano, Zengfeng Mountain, ### Mountain, Tudingzi Mountain, etc. Beibaotai Mountain, Xiaobai Mountain, Green Peak, and Huangfeng in North Korea also belong to the Changbai Mountain Volcanic Area. The total volcanic rock With a distribution area of ​​nearly 200 square kilometers and more than [-] large and small volcanoes, it is the largest Quaternary volcanic activity area in China.

The eruption of Tianchi volcano from 1199 to 1201 AD was the largest eruption event in the world in the past 2000 years. At that time, the volcanic ash spewed fell as far as the Sea of ​​Japan and northern Japan.

The Changbai Mountain volcano has not died yet, but is in a dormant state, also known as a dormant volcano.According to historical records, since 1597, there have been three small-scale intermittent activities of the Changbai Mountain volcano.

The first eruption was on August 1597, 8 (the 26th year of Ming Wanli).According to the records of eyewitnesses, there was "the sound of firing cannons, and when you look up, the smoke spreads into the sky, as big as a few rocks in your arms, folded out with the smoke, and you don't know where you are after flying over the mountains."

The second eruption was in 1668 (the seventh year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty), and a "rain ash" (that is, volcanic ash) fell on Changbai Mountain.

The third eruption was on April 1702, 4 (the 14th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty).According to historical records: Changbai Mountain Volcanic Group

"At noon, the sky and the earth suddenly darkened, sometimes reddish yellow, with the same smoke and flames, and the stench filled the room. If it was in an oven, people would not be able to bear the heavy heat. It disappeared after the fourth watch, and when I looked at it, there was rain and ashes all over the field. Just like those who burn clam shells", "the same month and the same day, a little later, the smoke and clouds suddenly come from the northwest, the ground is dark, and the stench hits people's clothes and dresses".According to the "Changbai Mountain Jianggang Zhilue", there is a "charcoal cliff" near Changbai Mountain. ...I picked up a few pieces from here and burned them to roast deer preserves, which is no different from ordinary charcoal. However, a two-foot-deep earth cliff can produce charcoal. grip."

Of course, most of the 300 or so volcanoes in Changbai Mountain have fallen into a dormant period or have simply become extinct volcanoes, but the most recent record of a small-scale eruption was in the Kangxi year of the Qing Dynasty, which is only [-] years from now , It is very hopeful to find that kind of volcanic azusa fruit.

However, since it is now winter season, Kyrgyzstan is located in the northeast, and the winter is extremely cold, especially in the Changbai Mountain area, so both of them wore very thick clothes, and even changed some equipment and clothes at the mountaineering supplies monopoly, so as to In case of emergencies, although one of the two is a great master of the innate realm, and the other is a little master of the fifth level of inner strength.

It took a day to drive the car to a small town at the foot of Changbai Mountain. It was already cold and desolate. When he found a small hotel that looked clean, Wang Dabao paid for it and opened two connected rooms. Those things were left in the car and not taken down. In this season, the main peak of Changbai Mountain and the like cannot be entered, because it is still one or two hundred kilometers away from the town, and the mountain is blocked by heavy snow. It may take more than half a month for a person to go there, look for the volcanic red cattail fruit, and then return.Besides, the current Wang Dabao can't resist the cold and heat at all, but he is more resistant to the cold than ordinary people. In this season, he dare not rush into the Changbai Mountains that seem to be covered with ice and snow, but are actually full of dangers.

Early the next morning, the two packed up, and under the guidance of the locals, they claimed to be adventure enthusiasts and ran towards the nearest volcano.

"Dabao, do you think we will meet Tiangong!" Before entering the mountain, the two made a final inspection, Qin Keyun looked at the vast snow-capped mountains and forests, and asked Wang Dabao.

Wang Dabao didn't realize it for a moment, and it would be very troublesome to collect and screen the countless knowledge in his mind, so he was taken aback, and asked, "What Tiangong?"

"It's the Heavenly Palace mentioned in "Tomb Raiders Notes", the Heavenly Palace that hides the secret of eternal life!" Qin Keyun was wearing a thick down jacket, a playful buckskin hat, and her big windproof eyes covered her eyes. The fairy-like face made her look real, at least it wouldn't make Wang Dabao feel too much of that kind of erratic feeling, clearly in front of his eyes, but he couldn't see clearly or grasp it.

Wang Dabao is very disappointed, he has heard of that novel, and it is said to be very well written, but it is a tomb robbery, and it has something to do with their cultivators, and this seemingly trivial question comes from a fairy In Qin Keyun's mouth, after Wang Dabao realized that these were Qin Keyun's intentionally funny words, the former had already started walking towards the mountain, and Wang Dabao quickly chased after him.

He said with a smile: "Our cultivation of immortality is to pursue that eternal life, why are we looking for a heavenly palace?" He was muttering in his heart, why is such a fairy-like character still reading that kind of magical novel?

"That's not necessarily true, maybe the author is also a cultivator." This time, Qin Keyun discussed with Wang Dabao very seriously.

"Okay, okay, but it is said that some people found savages and monsters near Tianchi Lake, maybe we can meet them this time." Wang Dabao also found it interesting, this is probably the rare scene of "fairy falling into the mortal world".

Along the way, from time to time, Wang Dabao found some rare medicinal materials, bark, grass roots, small red fruits hanging on the trees, dried up ferns with strange shapes, bryophytes that were still fully alive in the cold winter, etc. Waiting, Wang Dabao can put it in his arms, and he simply doesn't have much of every kind of thing, otherwise the two of them don't have to go into the snow mountain, and they have to walk halfway.

Wang Dabao is full of beautiful longings for this journey of collecting herbs, because he can be with the very mysterious Qin Keyun who is high above him and has never seen his real face so far. It has nothing to do with love that makes Wang Dabao excited, one is the natural closeness of fellow cultivators, and the second is Qin Keyun's strong desire to explore mysteries and seek knowledge, which is like a fairy, which makes Wang Dabao arouse.

As a man, Wang Dabao's physical strength should be better than that, and now he is on the fifth level of the alchemy script. Although his feet are deep and shallow in the snow nest, he walks extremely fast, which is similar to Wang Dabao. The difference is that Qin Keyun's body is weightless, and the two lotus feet just left a shallow imprint on the snow surface, and then flashed past, like a jumping elf in the ice and snow, making Wang Dabao looked at it in a daze for a while, but at the same time he was envious.

It only took half a day to find an extinct volcano marked on the map. There are basically no residents in this deep mountain and old forest, and they are not afraid of being shocked by being seen. On the top of the mountain, this is a relatively small one among the more than 200 volcanoes in Changbai Mountain. In addition to the large amount of basalt left by the eruption during the orogenic movement, there is also a little limestone, most of which are covered by thick snow, only a few Some rugged rocks will be exposed in the local area, like a fairy, standing here for 1 years.

"It seems that there is no volcanic red cattail fruit in this place." After searching carefully for more than two hours, but found nothing, Wang Dabao patted the snow on his body, and looked at Qin Keyun, who was still so at ease, along the way As if stepping on the snow without a trace, Wang Dabao already felt a little tired, but she still didn't feel any discomfort.

"Well, it just so happens that the second volcano is not far away. We should be able to search there before dark!" Qin Keyun nodded, a congenital master, that is an existence that has stepped into the realm of cultivating immortals, although it is not absolute Cold and heat don't invade, but as long as you deliberately circulate your true energy, you can still easily resist the severe cold.

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In a blink of an eye, it was already the third morning. The two of them searched three volcanic peaks yesterday, but most of these dormant small volcanoes were covered by ice and snow, so it was not easy to find them. Finally, they found them in a sheltered mountain col. Those who stayed overnight, early this morning, the two of them prepared to go deep into the mountains to find a standard relatively large volcanic peak on the map.

"Look, it's a hot spring!" Wang Dabao pointed to a misty place on the foot of the mountain. Only hot springs can emit such heat in this season, but this discovery means that there is a huge geothermal heat on this mountain. And the underground river, then, it means that this is a dormant volcano. Although it is not active, it is enough. Moreover, this place is inaccessible, and there is no trace of any human beings along the way, except for various large animals. Footprints appear from time to time.

"Ke Yun, look over there, it's a volcanic red cattail fruit. It's so big!" Wang Dabao searched with his eyes, and there was a single black slender tree with no leaves beside this very large hot spring. There is a red thumb-sized fruit on the stem, just opposite to the two people. Both the growth habit and the shape are the same as the description in the alchemy scripture in my mind.

"Be careful, I'm still going ahead!" Qin Keyun hastily stretched out her catkin and tugged at Wang Dabao who was about to charge forward, but accidentally bumped into his hand, but at this moment, she couldn't care less, Qin Keyun Ke Yun walked in front with a serious expression, and she felt that there seemed to be something in the seemingly clear hot spring.