Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 710: Chapter 72: Two Fortunes

Beneath the Snow Gully, as Xiao Xian felt herself sliding down along the mountainside, Zhou Ziang’s arms were tightly wrapped around her shoulders, and the two of them were like a pair of directionless snowballs, simply awaiting their inevitable landing at the bottom of the ravine.

Xiao Xian could hear the sound of Zhou Ziang’s arm smashing against the snowy walls, which sent a wave of terror through her. She immediately released her Protective Spirit Energy, but then something bizarre happened.

No sooner had she released the Spiritual Energy than it disappeared. Refusing to accept it, she tried releasing her Protective Spirit Energy again, but like droplets falling into a sponge, the Spiritual Energy vanished in an instant.

"Stop trying," came Zhou Ziang’s trembling voice from behind her ear, tinged with pain, "All the Spiritual Energy is being absorbed; the bottom of the Snow Gully must be no simple matter."

When Zhou Ziang had rushed to save Xiao Xian, he had immediately released the Defensive Spiritual Energy from his side, just like Xiao Xian had done.

His entire body’s Spiritual Energy was completely absorbed, the walls around them and the rolling snow behaved like a gluttonous behemoth devouring Spiritual Power, making their Spiritual Power seem utterly insignificant before it.

His back slammed into a protruding ice wall, his body instinctively curling together to prevent his arms from giving out due to weakness. He couldn’t slacken at all for fear of losing his grip.

Feeling his pain, Xiao Xian struggled determinedly to free herself from his protection, "Let go, you’ll die." Without the protection of Spiritual Power, both their bodies were extremely fragile, and with the added weight of both of them, just Zhou Ziang alone dragging them down would surely cost him his life.

The gully gradually narrowed the further down they went, yet there was not the slightest sign of reaching the bottom. The jagged walls on both sides would cause unbearably sharp pain upon impact with the body.

Xiao Xian clenched her teeth, but no matter how much strength she exerted, Zhou Ziang’s arms were like iron bars. The difference in strength between men and women left Xiao Xian no choice but to passively accept his protection.

Little by little, Zhou Ziang’s voice faded, as if he had fallen unconscious. Xiao Xian silently pleaded to herself, "Stop quickly, please let nothing happen."

Changbai Mountain stands over a thousand meters high, but this crack in the Snow Gully is far deeper, seemingly extending all the way to the Earth’s core. After rolling for around twenty minutes, Xiao Xian felt that the slick ice walls beside her had become even smoother. Strangely, the sound of their bodies colliding also seemed lighter.

Taking advantage of the reduced rolling speed, Xiao Xian immediately summoned the Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors. Zhou Ziang had already lost consciousness, his breathing erratic, and she felt their bodies land on solid ground.

There was barely any Spiritual Energy around her, but fortunately, Xiao Xian found that the Spiritual Energy in the space was still dense and not devoured. Without time to observe her surroundings, she hastily directed the Spiritual Power of the space, slowly infusing it into Zhou Ziang’s body.

Above the Snow Gully, Yezi Aisha’s search party divided into two groups, one stayed in place with the high-altitude scanner brought up to probe the exact height of the Snow Gully.

The other group, led by Yezi and Xu Lan Ya, along with Aisha and Huang Tengchong, bypassed the Snow Gully and headed to the north side of the mountain.

"What kind of damn gully is this, it’s three or four kilometers long," Huang Tengchong was the oldest in the group, with the poorest physical strength and cultivation. The snowy path was difficult to navigate, and with his poor footwork, he stumbled and fell into a sorry state.

"Don’t underestimate this gully; I suspect what we’re looking for is at the bottom. I did a rough scan with the height scanner just now, and the depth of that gully is enough to fit several Mount Everests." The depth of the Snow Gully was an astounding ten thousand meters.

"Hell, there’s such a deep mountain gully on Earth? There must be something strange underneath. The white-haired Fox that we saw earlier must have led people near the Snow Gully. Now that they’re missing, I fear the worst." As Yezi walked, he thought about the shoe by the Snow Gully, and a new wave of terror hit him.

"Heh heh, Ah Ye, you’re scared, aren’t you? Relax, you’re currently Miss Xu’s darling; no one would trade you for going down there," Huang Tengchong was looking for trouble, stirring up strife on the side. Hearing this, Yezi clenched his fists and quietly bypassed a patch of snow ahead without changing his expression. Huang Tengchong, mocking, stepped on a slightly raised patch of snow that looked identical to the rest.

The snow burst forth, and a fox trap snapped shut on his ankle, "My God," Huang Tengchong screamed, grabbing the trap and pulling on it for dear life. The sturdy trap, its teeth as sharp as wolf fangs, clamped tightly onto Huang Tengchong’s foot, with blood dripping onto the snow, turning it pink.