Chapter 860 [0857] Revisiting the Old Place

Passing through the south entrance of Gushuangkou, which is like a pass, is the long Gushuangkou Old Road.

This old road completely passes through the Crampon Mountains. The straight-line distance between the south entrance and the north entrance is close to 800 miles, but in actual walking, the entire distance is more than 2,000 miles - which means that even if Lux and Ashe drive with all their strength, the distance between them is nearly 800 miles. Karl, if you run to destroy this Jukal, you will have to run for at least three days to break out of the old road.

This long and narrow old road is not only winding, but also has a rising trend in altitude from south to north. It is not so much an old road as it is a winding passage composed of a series of valleys and saddles in the middle of the Longji Mountains.

And walking on this winding old road, everything you see on both sides are steep slopes and cliffs covered with thick snow. Coupled with the rolling thunder and howling wind that echo in the old road, people can't help but Worry about snow collapse and avalanches.

Of course, there will be no blood avalanche on Gushuangkou Old Road - because the snow here has been completely compacted over the long years. Let alone the shaking of shouting, even an earthquake may not be able to It collapses.

But even though Ashe said this, when Lux looked to the left and right, she couldn't help but recall the avalanche she saw in the West Freljord subcontinent, and couldn't help but sigh again, Frel Zhuode's style is unique.

Just like this, they meandered along the old road. When Jukar's breath became thicker and his movements gradually became slower, and it was obvious that they needed a rest, Lux and Ashe finally arrived at the first rest point.

This is an old road ramp.

When Ashe drove Jukar away, turned around and went down the old road, and followed this ramp into a mountain col, Lacus felt very surprised.

Are there any ramps here?

The first time she saw this kind of ramp leading from the main road to a resting point was in the large tunnel project in Shurima!

But now, she saw an ancient ramp design with obvious traces of artificial excavation on the ancient road in Freljord. This was completely beyond Lux's expectations.

However, what Lux didn't expect was that there were actually a series of stone houses in the resting point in the mountain col. Although most of them were built against the mountains and most likely used local materials, it was very obvious that This is a place specially designed for resting - the supporting facilities at Gushuangkou are quite complete!

"Who built this road and these houses?" After finding an empty house and settling in Yukar, Lux asked Ashe curiously, "It's unbelievable, there is no one here. live!"

"It's the three sisters." Ai Xi took out the suede water bag, drank some water, and wiped the corners of her mouth. "Actually, the beginning of the Gushuangkou Old Road was the road the three sisters took to go to Laxtak."

"Three sisters?" Lux blinked, "In other words, this road has been open for thousands of years?"

"Yes, thousands of years." Ai Xi nodded, with a hint of subtle pride in his tone, "Many things in the Crampon Mountains have existed for thousands of years - the path traveled by the three sisters. , there is never a shortage of people who follow in his footsteps.”

Lux smacked her lips.

In her opinion, this ancient path was far less sophisticated than the large tunnel across the southern vein of Mount Targon in South Shurima, but it was even more astonishing to her.

After all, Shurima's large tunnel was designed and built by Kalya himself, and many Ascended people were mobilized to use the power of the sun disk. After the failure, the entrance and exit were buried, so the interior was mostly kept in good condition.

But this Gushuangkou Old Road is a continuous winding road located in the valley and saddle. Although it is generally built along the mountains, it has experienced a longer history and erosion by wind, snow and thunder. It still functions perfectly to this day...

At this moment, Lacus finally understood Karya's loneliness when talking about the big tunnel - no matter how grand the project is, after it loses its use value and has no maintenance, the final result is destined to be reduced to ruins. of ruins.

Only those that have been used and maintained can resist the erosion of time. Even if thousands of years have passed, they will still be as bright as new.

"There is a path from the side to go up the mountain. I'm going to find some fuel now!" Ai Xi obviously didn't know what Lux was thinking, so she just waved her hand, "There shouldn't be any other tribes coming today. You feed it with oats first." Feed Jukar, he is very tired today..."

Lux nodded, and the two separated. Ashe went to the mountain behind to look for fuel, while Lux took the bag of oats from the sled and poured more than ten pounds of oats into the stone food outside the stone house. in the trough.

Then, before she could tie the pockets of the bag, Jukar could not wait and snorted and pushed his head into the food trough - in this case, Lux had to push its head aside, While grabbing a handful of salt, he threw it into the oats and mixed it with a wooden stick. Then he let go of Jukar and let him shake his head and eat happily.

While Jukar was feasting, Lux found another trough, filled it with snow, and moved it next to Yukar as his drinking trough. Then he returned to the stone house and leaned against it. He stood beside the simple stone bed and let out a long breath.

Just like that, Lux hugged her knees and unconsciously looked through the small door of the stone house to the exit of the mountain col not far away.

The sunset is perfect there.

The setting sun slowly fell between two peaks whose names Lux didn't know. The warm orange-red sunlight passed through the exit of the col, stretching all the shadows very long.

Lux looked at the light of the setting sun, and her azure eyes were also dyed with orange-red light.

She was used to the sound of wind and thunder and the roar of Volibear along the way. It was not until she calmed down that Lux realized that Volibear's roar had completely disappeared.

Moreover, although there was wind blowing in the col, it was different from the strong wind in the old road. The wind here could only raise some floating snow.

In a trance, the world suddenly became quiet.

A subtle thought appeared in Lux's heart: This is a good time to write a diary.

As this thought came up, Lux couldn't help shaking her head - compared to the diary, she seemed to be more accustomed to sharing her feelings and gains with Kaliya anytime and anywhere.

Unfortunately, now she has no diary, nor Kaliya.

An indescribable feeling of loneliness made her unable to sit still any longer, so she stood up and walked around the row of stone houses.

The silly Yukal obviously didn't understand Lux's feelings. He had just eaten more than a dozen pounds of oats in one breath. When he saw Lux, he couldn't help shaking his head and approaching her, looking flattering as if he hoped Lux ​​would add another meal for him.

Unfortunately, Lux was not a beast walker and could not understand Yukal's desire. After walking around the house twice, Lux had only one thought at this time.

Where is Ashe?

Why hasn't she come back yet?

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Where is Ashe?

The answer is that Ashe went to dig coal.

This is not a metaphor, but she actually went to dig coal - in fact, what she mentioned was to go to the mountain to find some dyes, specifically to go to the open-air primitive mines on the mountain to find some coal blocks.

Yes, like most mountains, there are also very rich mining resources around the Ice Claw Mountains.

However, unlike the mineral resources in other places, the mineral resources here are very difficult to develop.

After all... in such a bad natural environment, even repairing a mountain road requires the unity of the entire Freljord, let alone developing a mine.

Therefore, there are open-air primitive veins in many places in the Ice Claw Mountains.

In the entire range of the Ancient Frost Mouth Ancient Road, almost all the ramps and the back mountains of the rest areas are open-air mining sites of such primitive veins-the tribes resting here can relatively easily obtain the fuel needed for heating.

So, the question is, the last place jointly built by the three sisters is called Rakstak City, which has become the center of the Freljord hegemony. Now that the Ancient Frost Mouth also has relatively good supporting facilities, why is there no one here "occupying the mountain as king"?

The answer is also very simple:

Although there are mines and mountain rest areas here, there is almost nothing to eat.

Even if it is a small tribe of a few hundred people, the result of staying in the ancient road for a long time can only be to eat up the mountain and wait for death.

Therefore, although there are stone houses in the old road, no matter whether they are traveling north or south, the tribes passing by here only take a short break. No one is sober as to stay there permanently, as that would mean starving themselves to death.

This is not the first time that Ashe has walked the ancient Frost Pass. When she was a child, she once followed her mother and led the old Avarosa tribe through this ancient road.

That time, her mother's goal was to find the relics of Avarosa, prove the orthodoxy of the Avarosa tribe, and prepare for the competition for more pastures and territories.

But unfortunately, this behavior angered the Frost Witch.

Ashe didn't know why Lissandra forbade this. She only knew that the Frost Guard priests in the tribe later betrayed the tribe and entangled the surrounding tribes to besiege Avarosa. When the tribe finally passed through the ancient frost pass, they were ambushed before they could find the legendary relics of Avarosa.

In that battle, Ashe's mother and sworn father both died. Ashe inherited her mother's will and went to Ornkal desperately.

There, she found the longbow on her back, and eventually became the current Ashe and rebuilt Avarosa.

Because of the long time, Ashe's memory of that battle and that experience has become blurred, and even the hatred for the betrayer is not as unforgettable as before. Now revisiting the old place and walking through the ancient frost mouth again, what she can remember is that when the tribe was not attacked, she and the young people and the furnace households in the tribe went to the back mountain to find fuel.

At that time, she had no worries. She fully believed in her invincible mother and was completely sure that Avarosa would become the greatest tribe in Freljord.

So, when Lux was enjoying the rare solitude in the stone house, Ashe, who was looking for fuel, was immersed in her own memories, and for a while, she was a little unable to extricate herself.

Memories seemed to be an ancient bond, slowing her movements. Every time Ashe found a piece of coal hidden under the snow, she would recall a memory.

Some of those memories were sweet, some were sour, and some were so bitter that they made people shudder. These memories seemed to be a heavy burden, making Ashe's movements slower and slower. Even after the sun completely set, she barely found about three pounds of coal.

These were not even enough for heating tonight.

It was not until this time that Ashe finally came to her senses. She hurriedly got up and started to return along the original path with the coal she found. As she took her first steps, a faint wolf howl began to appear in the mountains.

Ice wolves are terrible killers in Freljord. I don’t know how many unlucky tribes have been stared at by these beasts and bled profusely, and then became the losers in the second year of the pasture competition.

But fortunately, Ashe was not afraid of these livestock. She held a leather bag full of coal in one hand and supported her longbow with one hand. Although the wolf howls came and went in her ears, her heartbeat was steady and not intense. She was calm and calm.

Then, just as she was steadily going down the old road, Ashe’s hair suddenly exploded subconsciously. At this moment, she seemed to have a faint feeling in her heart. In the darkness, it seemed that there was something special staring at her.

So, she turned back suddenly and looked in the direction that made her tremble with fear.

There was nothing there, only a burst of wolf howls coming and going.

Perhaps, that was the direction of the wolf king of the ice wolf pack?

Ashe shook her head and stopped thinking about it, instead she quickened her pace.

Not long after, she saw a gentle light not far away - that was the direction Lux's magic guided her.

So, she calmed down and walked towards the resting hut in the direction of the light.

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What Ashe didn't know was that after she quickened her pace and ran towards the direction of the light, in the shadow of the direction she had sensed before, a one-eyed person had actually been staring at her back as she left.

This was a terrifying one-eyed person, with endless animality in his eyes, and the wild power seemed to be actually filled in this one-eyed person, making anyone who dared to face it shudder.

However, strangely, when this one-eyed person looked at Ashe, it seemed to be looking at both prey and a familiar target - Ashe seemed to be sensitive to its gaze, and when it looked at Ashe, it was also full of doubts and hesitations.

It was precisely because of this doubt and hesitation that it did not act rashly in the end, but silently watched Ashe leave the back mountain and return to the place where the light shines.

However, this hesitation and doubt did not last too long - as the howl of the dire wolf sounded again, there was no humanity in this one-eyed man anymore, and pure animality occupied the entire eye.

Under the snow and moon, the one-eyed man was a deep red.

I refreshed it repeatedly, and I pasted it wrong when I updated it. Sorry.