The snowstorm in the Great Snowy Mountain was extremely strong, and it was difficult for ordinary people to stand. But in the canyon, perhaps because of the terrain, the strong wind blew down, carrying with it countless snowstorms, violently bombarding the hard stone walls on both sides. The power of the snowstorm was at least several times stronger than outside the canyon.
Under such circumstances, walking on the less than two feet wide path was not much different from courting death.
Lu Chen quickly confirmed this fact, and judged that with his and Atsu's abilities, it was indeed impossible to resist the thousands of years of natural defense in this huge mountain. He then made a very logical judgment, and decided to wait for the only three sunny days of the year.
As for which three days the snowstorm would stop, Huo Yan actually did not say clearly that day, but according to him, it should be around this season, at most no more than half a month.
But even so, there was still a very difficult matter at hand, and that was, even if they were outside the canyon, the environment in the Great Snowy Mountain was still unbearable.
The weather was freezing, the wind and snow filled the sky, even if Lu Chen had cultivation, it was impossible to wait here day and night. However, he had a simple and convenient way to deal with this extremely difficult and dangerous problem that most people might not be able to solve.
Hide in the mysterious tree hole.
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He braved the wind and snow, bringing Atsu around the secret canyon, and finally found a leeward cliff. The wind and snow here were much weaker, exposing a piece of hard rock. Lu Chen carefully examined the surroundings, and after confirming that there were no traces of people or monsters nearby, he brought Atsu to hide here, and then directly escaped into the mysterious tree hole.
Compared to the time when he fled from the Kunlun Mountain to the Disorienting Land in a hurry, this time on his return to the north, Lu Chen had plenty of time to prepare. Therefore, in order to avoid a predicament like last time at the bottom of the Longchuan River, or in order to at least last longer in that situation, Lu Chen stuffed more food and water into the tree hole this time.
In addition, he even made a crude hourglass in his spare time in the Black Fire tribe, in order to prevent being unaware of the passage of time in the outside world when he was trapped in the tree hole.
Compared to the bitter cold weather of the Great Snowy Mountain outside, hiding in the tree hole was of course much more comfortable, but at the same time, it was very boring. The place was only so big, there was nowhere to walk, and there was nothing to see. After a long time, it was indeed a little stuffy, but fortunately, both Lu Chen and Atsu had experienced such days before, so it was tolerable.
About every three to four hours, Lu Chen would come out of the tree hole to check on the situation. Firstly, to see if the snowstorm had stopped, and secondly, to check if there were any unusual movements around the seeds.
However, this canyon seemed to be a very remote place. Not to mention that there were no signs of humans, even the beasts didn't like to come here. They just stayed here like this, and nothing unexpected happened. They had been safe and sound all this time.
The snowstorm stopped on the seventh day after Lu Chen arrived at the valley.
On that day, when Lu Chen and Atsu came out of the tree hole, they saw that the original white in front of them had suddenly disappeared. The mountains were quiet, and the sky was clear, blue, and as clean as a sparkling blue crystal. Only, at the edge of the mountain peaks further away, they could still see the white snowstorm swirling.
From the looks of it, it seemed that the sudden clearing up and the stopping of the snowstorm only existed in the inner part of the Great Snow Mountain. In the outer area, the wind and snow were still blowing.
Even though Lu Chen was experienced and knowledgeable, it was the first time he had seen such a strange scene. He could not help but look at it a few more times, thinking that there were indeed many strange things in the Great Snow Mountain. In fact, along the way, he had also noticed many things. For example, the most dangerous and ferocious demonic beasts in this mountain. Although most of them were extremely dangerous and violent, and the mere sight of them was terrifying, Lu Chen and Ah-Tu had discovered that the demonic beasts in this mountain seemed to have an invisible boundary. No matter how ferocious or how angry they were, once Lu Chen and Ah-Tu left their boundary, these demonic beasts would immediately stop, and no matter what, they would not take even half a step past their boundary.
Along the way, based on this discovery, Lu Chen and Atsu fled in panic, and avoided many fatal disasters. But what was the reason for this, Lu Chen still could not figure out.
Just like what he could not understand, the environment of the Great Snowy Mountain was so harsh. Why were there so many powerful demon beasts that were reluctant to leave? Was it not better to go down the mountain to live in the Southern Wilderness?
These things were probably hard to understand. Lu Chen thought about the strange things he had seen in the past few days. Then, he packed up his things and walked with Ah-Tu to the entrance of the canyon. He looked inside.
After the wind and snow stopped, the flying snow in the valley also disappeared, including the strong wind that was howling non-stop. The entire nameless valley looked dead silent, and with the dark bottomless crack below, it gave off a very gloomy feeling.
Lu Chen frowned and looked around the canyon for a while. He then patted Ah-Tu's head and said, "What do you think? We're going in now. If you're going to regret it, this is your last chance."
Atsu glanced at him, but did not respond.
Lu Chen laughed heartily and strode forward, walking into the canyon.
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The valley was very narrow, and for safety's sake, they had to stick their whole body to the cliff, and in front of them was a bottomless abyss. This kind of feeling really made people nervous and afraid. If an ordinary person was in such a situation, they would not be able to bear the pressure after walking for a long time. Their hands and feet would tremble, and in the end, they would lose control of their body and fall into the abyss.
However, of course, Lu Chen was not an ordinary person. Even compared to ordinary cultivators, his mind was much calmer and more tenacious, probably because he had seen too many life and death situations.
He just stuck his back to the cliff, and then began to move forward step by step. During this process, his face was calm and indifferent, as if there was no expression, including when his eyes swept across the dark abyss in front of him, there seemed to be no fluctuations, as if it was no different from walking on the flat ground.
Just like that, he walked slowly, and soon, he had walked more than ten feet. However, when he occasionally turned his head back, he was startled. He saw that Ah-Tu was still standing in the same place, and did not walk with him on this narrow path.
Lu Chen stopped and shouted behind him, "What's wrong, are you afraid?"
Atsu glanced at the bottomless abyss at the bottom of the valley, and still did not seem to have any reaction.
Lu Chen thought for a moment, and walked back with his back to the cliff, jumped back to Atsu's side, and said, "There are two ways, one is, I will take you, and the other is, you can hide in the tree hole, and I will take you there."
Atsu's head tilted, and seemed to look at Lu Chen with some doubt and confusion.
Lu Chen smiled, reached out to touch Atsu's head, and said, "It's okay, this kind of terrain is really too dangerous, and too difficult to walk, let alone you, even I have to …"
Before he finished speaking, Atsu suddenly raised a front foot, pushed Lu Chen's hand away, and then barked at him, looking a little disdainful.
Lu Chen retracted his hand in shock. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the big black dog suddenly leap up, and then jump onto the precipice path. It didn't even look at the narrowness of the path, and actually ran forward as if it was flying, easily and effortlessly. It didn't fear the dangers around it at all, and it walked extremely steadily as if it was running on flat ground. It didn't seem to be any slower than running on the mountains outside, and in the blink of an eye, it had run far away.
After a while, Atsu stopped in the distance, turned around, and barked proudly at Lu Chen, who was still standing on the edge of the cliff, a little stunned.
"Damn it!"
Lu Chen, who had always been calm, suddenly cursed, and said angrily, "stupid dog, so you think I walk too slowly!"
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