115: Chapter 115 Encounter
Dazzling ice and snow filled his vision.
The entire world became bright.
In the distance, the snow-capped mountain appeared majestic and holy under the sunlight.
The mountain looks close, but it is a long journey.
If one simply measures the distance with the naked eye, I fear one would be exhausted before getting an accurate estimate.
Before reaching the snow-capped mountain, just by approaching it, the air was already filled with biting cold winds.
Gone was the warmth of Zhangjiajie.
Unlike the south, although the air here was filled with cold, it was as sharp as a knife.
The cold seemed to have a physical form, stinging the face.
It was not like the south, where waves of cold could seep into one's bone marrow.
Compared to magical attacks, physical attacks were actually easier to bear.
Ji Yebai looked at the distant snow-capped mountain with great interest.
Approaching the snow-capped mountain, the cold air became obvious.
Generally speaking, it is rare to have such good weather on a snow-capped mountain.
"The scenery is beautiful!"
Ji Yebai could not help but exclaim.
He had traveled all the way from Zhangjiajie, never expecting to witness such beautiful scenery.
The sun was bright, and the dazzling light spilled onto the snow-capped mountain, making the entire mountain glow with a lustrous sheen.
Holy and spotless.
Ji Yebai moved his body.
He hurried forward.
He did not use his movement techniques, but instead relied on his own feet to keep moving forward.
He did not want to miss the beautiful scenery along the way.
But even so.
Given his current footwork strength, it was incomparable to ordinary people.
His figure flickered, as if turning into a wisp of black smoke, constantly sweeping forward.
Regarding his future cultivation, Ji Yebai had his own ideas.
He planned to release all five of his Divine Wills.
Treating the five Divine Wills like small animals, he would let them grow on their own.
After experimenting on the large rooster, Ji Yebai discovered that this method not only increased his Divine Will, but also brought an additional insight into life.
Ji Yebai guessed that this was because the Divine Will could help the Vicious Beast bypass factors of chaotic will and initiate evolution.
During its growth, the Divine Will would also leave behind this imprint of evolution.
Therefore, it might perhaps allow Ji Yebai to glimpse the mysteries of life evolution.
After all, the root of Dao cultivation is for evolution.
Completely releasing his Divine Will would cause him to fall into an unconscious state.
Furthermore.
To allow the Divine Will to obtain sufficient growth.
I fear it would require quite a long time.
Ji Yebai did not intend to recall his Divine Will every few days.
Doing so, I fear it would not obtain sufficient growth.
Only after being tempered for a sufficiently long time could the Divine Will grow significantly, and even the animals hosting the Divine Will needed time to evolve, right?
Therefore.
For the sake of safety, Ji Yebai prepared to go into seclusion within the snow-capped mountain.
In this way, safety would be no problem, and he could remain undisturbed for a long time.
Of course.
What Ji Yebai valued was being undisturbed.
The sunlight poured down like flowing fire.
The entire foot of the mountain was an endless expanse of Gobi.
In the season of scorching heat, even though this was below the snow-capped mountain, the entire Gobi began to become scalding hot.
The Gobi was very desolate.
Coupled with the holy snow-capped mountain in the distance.
It set off the vastness of the world.
At this moment.
In this boundless world, with towering mountains blocking the view, a person situated in this landscape felt like an ant in a vast expanse.
Ji Yebai suddenly stopped on a large rock.
A lazy desert lizard was squinting its eyes, enjoying a sunbath, when a sudden shadow blocked the sunlight.
In an instant, the lazy desert lizard became alert, its four legs working in unison, and it darted away, slipping under a cluster of camel thorn bushes.
The camel thorn, mixed with saxaul grass, blocked Ji Yebai's view.
Ji Yebai watched this scene with amusement.
It must be said that although this desert seemed dead and silent, it was full of vitality everywhere.
Furthermore.
The creatures here were all masters of camouflage.
Just like that desert lizard, its grayish-brown skin, mixed with light-colored stripes, allowed it to blend into the stone pile, making it indistinguishable.
The body colors of the creatures here were perfectly integrated with their environment.
Those that were not, were no longer here.
Ji Yebai walked forward again.
Desert lizards darted about one after another.
It could be seen that this must be their territory.
Besides desert lizards, the most numerous were actually locusts.
In this Gobi desert, there was constant gravel, and even the inch-long weeds, though withered, stood upright; as his feet brushed past the weeds, grasshoppers jumped up one after another.
The grasshoppers here were also different from those in the south.
Their bodies were gray, and they were quite short.
The exoskeletons on their bodies were angular, making them look like powerful generals.
Ji Yebai watched with great interest.
The environment influences life, and life adapts to the environment; this truth was displayed vividly here.
Suddenly.
Ji Yebai stopped abruptly.
Within his line of sight, several hawks were circling at a low altitude.
Ji Yebai immediately became interested.
Hawks were different from other creatures.
They rarely appeared in groups.
"Huh!?"
Ji Yebai abruptly increased his speed.
He used Shrinking Ground to an Inch, and in just a moment, he arrived at a hillside.
Directly above his head were the constantly circling hawks.
Ji Yebai did not look at the hawks, but instead cast his gaze below a large rock on the hillside.
A huge snow leopard.
This was a strong adult snow leopard; under the recovery of Spiritual Qi, its body was much larger than before.
Nearly over two meters long.
This snow leopard's white fur was mixed with spots of blood.
The corners of its mouth were full of dark red patches, and its eyes were filled with Death Qi.
It must have fallen from a high place, been constantly scratched by mountain ridges, and finally, because it fell to the ground, its abdominal cavity was injured.
Leopards, wolves, tigers, and other animals all had the same condition.
Copper heads, iron tails, and tofu waists.
Falling with its abdominal cavity on the ground was enough to cause it serious internal injuries.
Even its five organs were ruptured.
And it was precisely because of this that it had lost the ability to move.
It could only lie here, helplessly waiting for death to arrive.
A sense of death radiated from it.
Those hawks were the most sensitive creatures; they had long targeted the snow leopard, waiting for it to weaken further so they could feast on the former overlord of the snow-capped mountain.
These hawks would dive from time to time, constantly testing the snow leopard's condition.
This forced the snow leopard to struggle to stand up from time to time to drive the hawks away.
However, it was truly too weak, and its injuries were truly too severe.
Even its roar no longer had its majesty and sounded more like a whimper.
However.
Even in such a situation, the snow leopard's eyes were still filled with unyielding spirit.
Whenever a hawk dove, it would struggle to stand up and weakly swipe its claws.
Time and time again.
Even though blood foam was oozing from the corners of its mouth.
Ji Yebai watched the snow leopard quietly.
His heart was moved.
A moment later.
He suddenly appeared in front of the snow leopard, scaring the diving hawks into flapping wildly in the air, attempting to brake suddenly.
Ji Yebai waved his hand and knocked the hawk away.
He turned around and extended his palm toward the snow leopard.
The snow leopard was also startled and struggled even harder to stand up.
Perhaps it triggered its abdominal injuries; the snow leopard struggled powerlessly several times without being able to stand up, and instead, more blood foam came out of the corners of its mouth.
Ji Yebai's hand pressed directly onto the snow leopard's huge head.
The thick fur was quite prickly.
But Ji Yebai felt nothing, and a massive amount of True Qi immediately surged over.
Like a warm current, it directly covered the snow leopard's ruptured internal organs in its abdominal cavity.
Innate True Qi, containing massive vitality, naturally made solving this small problem easy.
In less than an hour, the snow leopard's internal organs healed.
Even the wounds on its body healed quickly.
The snow leopard stood up shakily and looked at Ji Yebai hesitantly.
A moment later, the huge snow leopard extended its head and gently rubbed against Ji Yebai's thigh.
The inherent friendly way of felines made Ji Yebai feel delighted.
Ji Yebai extended his large hand and gave the snow leopard's head a rough petting, a little bit of True Qi constantly nourishing the snow leopard's body.
The snow leopard squinted its eyes comfortably.
True Qi had the effect of enlightening wisdom for animals, not to mention that this True Qi strengthened the body, making the snow leopard feel exceptionally comfortable.
Therefore, this was why it felt affectionate.
The snow leopard had a slender physique and a cute, naive face, which was very pleasing.
Seeing this, Ji Yebai took a step and sat directly on the snow leopard's back: "Little fellow, I saved your life, so carrying me for a while isn't a bad deal, right!?"
While speaking, he kept petting the cat, and his True Qi seeped into the snow leopard's body.
This made the snow leopard, which had been shaking its head and struggling, settle down comfortably.
"Haha, no objection means you agree!"
Ji Yebai laughed loudly.
He grabbed the snow leopard's large ears with both hands and began to knead them gently.
After a while.
A robust snow leopard leapt up suddenly and began climbing over the large rocks in the mountains.
On its back, a figure with a joyful expression was leaning forward, continuously playing with the snow leopard's short ears.