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Chapter 173 20．ice lake canyon snow
Before it was dark, dense snowdrops fell on the ridge, and the whole snow ridge was shrouded in a misty gray.

The torches have been lit at the foot of the mountain, and the firelight in the cave on the rock is reflected, and the entire canyon is full of warm and yellow light.

Zou Yi lay at the entrance of the cave, poked his neck and looked down, while writing and drawing on the ground in front of him with his fingers, and muttering something silently.

"What are you doing?" Yan Lie moved closer to Zou Yi, and looked at the ground, but there was nothing on it.

Zou Yi glanced back, Shen Yunfei was still lying in the hole on the wall, he didn't know if he was asleep or awake.

"I'm looking at the terrain of this snowy ridge." Zou Yi said in a low voice: "We can't come here for nothing, we can't just wait for the lord to tell us everything, right? Such weather is also very good for eye training. Help, do you want to try it too?"

Hong Lie looked outside. Although the valley was not completely dark, the snow at this time had made his vision very blurred. He couldn't see anything forty feet away, and he could barely see some shaking. firelight.

"I can't compare with you." Hong Lie shook his head and said, "You shooter clan are born with excellent eyesight. I can't compare with you in this regard. But I think you are not just practicing your eyesight when you write and draw. Right? Did you gain anything?"

"It's not a big gain, but it's just a little idea. Let me tell you, you can help me see if it's right. In the past, it was all on paper. You have been the king of the mountain for a while, and your experience is better than mine. Rich." Zou Yi said.

"Tell me." Hong Lie pushed Zou Yi, squeezed out a small space, and then lay down beside him.

"Look at this canyon..." Zou Yi said as he planed some snow to the front, spread it into a sheet, and drew on it with his fingers.

"There are two high mountains here, and the ice cliff behind it. It seems to be a dead end, and the only way out is the ice lake in front. But look, the number of wild monsters I saw in the entire canyon is more than six thousand. If In addition to those in the secret passage, the number may reach tens of thousands."

Hong Lie listened carefully, nodded silently, and let Zou Yi continue without interrupting.

Zou Yi stretched out his hand, drew a half circle outside the frozen lake he had drawn, and said, "We have searched the area outside. Except for Binghu Town, there is no place that produces food. Even if there are Beasts, I don't see these wild monsters going out to hunt. Just by robbing that town, it is absolutely impossible to support these wild monsters, so I guess, there must be a place on this snowy ridge that can produce a lot of food, otherwise there must be way of transporting food."

Hong Lie nodded, and said: "I noticed it just now. The pot of meat placed in this hole is not the meat of any wild beast, but fresh beef. But in the entire Shangjing County, I have never heard of it. What cattle ranch, otherwise, I wouldn't know it."

"There aren't any near here, but further west, there are a few pastures in the area near Loulan. But it's nearly a thousand miles away from here. It's impossible for these wild monsters to transport cattle from there?" Zou Yi said.

"Further to the west?" Hong Lie frowned. "The southwest direction is where Shangjing City is located. Could it be that these barbarians brought food from Shangjing direction? This seems unlikely, as there was just a flood , even if there are cows, they are probably all dead."

"In this case, it is impossible to transport it from outside." Zou Yi said: "But it is impossible to build a pasture on this snowy ridge."

"Who said that pastures cannot be built on snowy ridges?" A voice suddenly intervened in the conversation between the two, and looking back, Shen Yunfei sat up from the pit, just looking at the two lying at the entrance of the cave.

"It's really good that you are willing to spend your time in this area. It's a pity that you went in the wrong direction from the beginning. If this continues, you won't be able to draw any conclusions."

"Lord!"

"My lord, you are awake."

The two turned over and got up at the same time, and Hong Lie smoothly erased the marks that Zou Yi had just painted on the snow.

Zou Yi was startled by Hong Lie's actions, and couldn't help but blushed, and silently wrote down this point in his heart.

"Which direction did we go in the wrong direction? I still hope the lord will remind you." Hong Lie had already walked in front of Shen Yunfei, and asked respectfully.

Shen Yunfei smiled and didn't speak. He casually picked up the leftover barbecue meat, put it on the fire to heat it up, and took another bite. The fragrant butter immediately dripped down the edge of the barbecue meat.

Seeing that Shen Yunfei didn't answer, it was inconvenient for the two of them to ask further questions, but they just stood quietly aside, their eyes full of puzzlement.

Shen Yunfei took two mouthfuls of barbecue, but felt that it was tasteless again, casually threw it aside, clapped his hands, and then said: "It's no wonder that the two of you don't recognize each other, this thing is not common in the first place. Let me tell you, it's not a thing at all. It's not beef."

"Not beef?" Zou Yi and Hong Lie were taken aback at the same time, the taste was clearly no different from beef.

"Of course not beef." Shen Yunfei said with a smile: "The only cattle that can grow in extremely cold places are yaks, but yaks also need pastures to be raised. Although the mountains on this snowy ridge meet the growth conditions for yaks, there is no pasture I have searched carefully with my soul consciousness just now, even if I go further north, there is nothing there."

"Then this is..." The two asked at the same time.

"Snow Leopard." Shen Yunfei spat out an unfamiliar word.

"Snow Leopard?" Hong Lie and Zou Yi looked at each other, apparently they had never heard of such a thing.

"I've said it all, and it's not surprising that you don't know." Shen Yunfei smiled and said: "Snow leopards can't leave their growing places except in extremely cold places. Once they leave, they will die in less than three days." .The farther away you are, the faster you die. So, except for the place where the snow leopard itself grows, outsiders have hardly even heard of it.”

"Then you..." Zou Yi asked hesitantly.Even if outsiders have hardly heard of it, how would you know?
It's just that he didn't ask about the latter words.

"I said it because I read a lot." Shen Yunfei laughed, his eyes almost narrowed into a line.

"Don't you want to know where the snow leopards live?"

"Think!" Zou Yi replied immediately.Although Hong Lie didn't speak, he nodded repeatedly, not hiding his admiration for Shen Yunfei at all.

"Actually, it's also fortunate that I recognized the meat of the snow leopard. Otherwise, I really can't explain why my soul consciousness can't detect this area." Shen Yunfei opened his mouth to explain for the two.

It turned out that although the snow leopard is not a monster, it is also a kind of spirit beast that grows between the heaven and the earth.It has lived under the ice layer for many years, and it does not have any soul power itself.But they have a natural ability, that is, they can absorb the soul energy from the outside world.This ability can help them achieve an extremely long lifespan, and it is also enough to ensure their survival.

"So..." Zou Yi rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"There should be a large number of snow leopards in this snowy ridge area." Hong Lie directly expressed his guess: "From the perspective of their living habits, the biggest possibility is..."

"Ice Lake!" Zou Yi answered first.

"That's right!" Shen Yunfei nodded in satisfaction.

"In this way, everything can be explained." Zou Yi said suddenly: "With the soul power of the lord, even if you can't see through this snowy ridge, there must be a lot of snow leopards under the ice lake. And these wild monsters must be I know where to catch snow leopards, so even if I stay in such a closed canyon, I can still get enough food. But how can I explain it? Why do they want to persecute the nearby human race? Is it because they are afraid that they will find out Have you discovered the secret of the Xueyan tribe raising snow leopards?"

"This doesn't seem to make any sense." Hong Lie shook his head and said, "If that's the case, it's a big deal to kill all the people nearby, and it's absolutely impossible to keep those people."

"That's true." Shen Yunfei said: "So I guess, there may be more than just snow leopards under the frozen lake. If I find such a place, I will definitely use it to do something."

"Do something?" Zou Yi and Hong Lie thought about it at the same time, but with their insight and wisdom, it seemed that they couldn't think of anything of value.

The three of them were thinking hard, when suddenly there was a creaking sound of footsteps on the wooden stakes at the entrance of the cave. The three of them looked at each other, and immediately sat around the fire, pretending that they had just woken up and were still grilling meat.

"The three seem to be resting well." The figure of the barbarian wizard appeared at the entrance of the cave.

"The patriarch has returned and is waiting to see you."

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It was still a cave on the ice wall, but it was several times bigger than the one where Shen Yunfei and the others lived.

A huge fire was burning in the middle of the cave, and there were many braziers on the surrounding walls.Even though it was already dark outside, the inside of the cave was still as bright as day.

The orange-red flame danced, and occasionally there was a "beep" sound of firewood cracking.The fire illuminated everything in the cave, and at the same time cast everyone's shadows on the wall.The atmosphere seemed a little dignified.

As soon as the three of Shen Yunfei entered the cave, they immediately felt an invisible pressure rushing towards their faces.There were at least forty or fifty tall barbarian warriors standing in the cave. They were more than two heads taller than ordinary barbarians.

Compared with other barbarian monsters, these barbarian monsters all carry obvious murderous aura.There were many scars on Jing Chi's upper body, and some even dripped blood.This means that they are often injured, or have just been through a fight.

And on their waists, there are different but equally magnificent "decorations" hanging on each of them.

As a human, no one would like those "decorations", because those things, no matter how they look, look like dry fingers, or heads—human heads.

These are real wild monsters, who are enemies and eat people...

(End of this chapter)