Great Wilderness Alchemist

Chapter 9, The Secret Realm

It is said that the annual average temperature of the Antarctic is minus 25 degrees, and the lowest temperature can reach minus 89 degrees, and the Antarctic is recognized as the coldest place in the blue star.

Xianling has never been to Antarctica, and the coldest winter she has ever seen is only minus 7.8 degrees.It was the kind of temperature that would freeze the feet of a person even wearing a thick down jacket, but now the fairy understands what is meant by the real bone-piercing ice.

She walked for nearly 4 hours in this biting cold.

Along the way, it was covered with snow, not to mention pine trees, not even a dead branch could be seen.Occasionally, I could see some skeletons buried deep in the snow with only a little point exposed. The fairy tried to break one to use as a tool, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move it. Instead, her hand was almost welded. Frozen on the skeleton.

The temperature of minus 30 or 40 degrees is terrifying.

She felt that not only her body, but even her five senses were frozen, and her gaze was blindingly white.Her eyes began to swell slightly, and she knew that if she didn't prevent it, she was very likely to suffer from snow blindness.

So the fairy had to tear off the hem of his shirt, and covered his eyes with cloth strips.She touched the last two red hazelnuts left in her pocket, thought for a while, and stuffed one into her mouth.

Her body was so cold that she couldn't feel it. The pungent taste of red hazelnuts didn't spread on the tip of her tongue. Instead, she seemed to have eaten an ice hockey puck.

Obviously, the temperature here is colder than the place where she stayed before, and the red hazelnuts are no longer effective.It's just that what Xianling couldn't figure out was that she was clearly heading south, so why did she come here?If she continued walking, she would die in the snow sooner or later.

But... If she doesn't go, she will fall in the snow now.

Through the strips of cloth, the fairy could only see a little dim light, and she could only feel her way forward.Her legs were like two frozen weights, getting heavier and heavier, and finally, at the next step, she fell heavily forward.

She didn't know that with her fall like this, the air in front of her twisted slightly, and then her body miraculously disappeared in place.

……

"Xianling, I have enrolled you, and you will be called Wu Lingling from now on. Remember not to write your name wrong."

"I don't want to change my name." The skinny little girl stared stubbornly at the smiling woman in front of her with big black eyes.

"I've said it all, we don't need to adopt a child, it's not that we are not familiar with it, you don't listen, you see, you won't even be allowed to change the name, and when we grow up and our wings become hard, we will definitely not care about us." Sitting The man on the sofa was holding a newspaper in his hand and speaking harsh words without looking up.

"The fairy is very good, don't say that." The woman disagreed with the man's point of view.

"Good? How can she be good? She's only 6 years old and has so many eyes. Did you forget that last time Duoduo just slapped her fiercely, and she secretly threw chocolate into Duoduo's food bowl?" The man suddenly became annoyed, and put his hand The newspaper fell on the coffee table.

Following his movements, the thin girl trembled in fright.

"Where does a child understand, she just thinks dogs can eat chocolate."

"Oh, she doesn't understand, you ask her if she understands."

"Wuzhixi, are you going to quarrel with me?!" The woman's thick black eyebrows were raised.

"I still need to quarrel with you? If you don't pick on me one day, everything will be fine. Do I need to quarrel with you? I just don't like you taking the child home without my consent. I don't care about her tuition and living expenses in the future. Anyway, you brought the child home, and you will be responsible for it in the future! I will not spend a penny for her!" The man stood up from the sofa.

"Wu Zhixi, do you have to be so cold-blooded?" The woman's face suddenly turned pale, and the man's words obviously dealt a big blow to her.

"Yes! As I said, we don't need children! I don't care if you grow up on the mahjong table every day, but there is no way for me to raise a child for nothing!" The man calmly stared at the woman's pale face, the cold mirror reflected A merciless light.

The thin little fairy was wearing an obviously ill-fitting dress, quietly looking at the two adoptive parents who were arguing because of her.Obviously this wasn't the first time, since she came to this house, they seemed to be arguing every moment.

She silently retreated to the corner and hugged her knees tightly. She suddenly missed the orphanage a little bit.At least, there's no such obvious malice there.

"Wow, woof, woof!!!" The Jingba dog named Duoduo barked at the fairy again.Ever since the fairy came to this house and showed it the first flinching eyes, it seemed to have found the confidence of a dog, thinking about how to drive her away anytime and anywhere.

Fairy looked at its body that was leaping towards him, and a look of panic finally appeared on its calm face.

Seeing that it was about to jump on him, the painful figure of being chased and bitten by wild dogs in order to protect him inevitably appeared in Xian Ling's mind.Beads of cold sweat began to appear on her face, and under the extreme fear, Xianling suddenly woke up.

Her heart was beating violently, it turned out to be a dream!No, it wasn't a dream. The Pekingese really bit her, and there are still tooth marks on her hands.

Xianling couldn't help stretching out her hand, and then she froze...she couldn't see at all.

She forgot that she still had cloth strips on her eyes, no!The point is not this, the point is, didn't she fall down in the snow before and passed out?According to common sense, she should already be a cold corpse by now.

Thinking of this, Xian Ling quickly pulled away the cloth strips covering her eyes, and then she was stunned.

It was not the white snow that greeted her eyes, but her vision was occupied by towering giant trees, and she could even hear the crisp birdsong from the surroundings.

The fairy tried to sit up, and all he could see was the wet forest.She couldn't help stretching out her hand to touch the tree beside her, until the cold and rough texture spread into her palm, and then she retracted like a ghost.

When her feet really stepped on the wet soil, Xianling's heart beat uncontrollably, and she couldn't help but screamed up to the sky.

All the grievances, all the fears, and all the confusion about the unknown are all clamored out at this moment.

Although I don't know the reason, but damn it, damn it, she unexpectedly got out of the snow field for no reason! ! !

Is it the system?

The fairy called excitedly in his heart, "Is it you? Is it you? You saved me?"

The system finally responded to the fairy, but...

[Congratulations to the host for entering the unknown secret realm, the system is scanning]

[Report to the host, the system has insufficient spiritual power and cannot scan]

Secret realm?

The tip of Xianling's tongue was chewing on this unfamiliar word that seemed to have been heard before, and his eyes fell into confusion.

But, no matter what secret realm he is, if he can rescue her from the ice and snow, it is a good secret realm!
……

The fairy found that the trees around her seemed to be specially planted landscape trees.They are regularly planted on both sides of the narrow path, and the fiery red leaves cover the sky, making it cast a mottled tree shadow.

Finally walking out of the narrow path, the field of vision suddenly widened, and a lake full of reed flowers appeared in front of the fairy.

I saw that the water quality of the lake was clear, and there were three or two wild ducks wandering in the lake, and one saw the intruding fairy flapping its wings and burrowing into the reeds.

Walking to the lake like a fairy dreaming, she didn't feel deeply that she was really alive until the icy lake water slid down her throat and into her esophagus.

Xianling, who hadn't had a drop of water all day, couldn't help but took up the lake water and drank it in big gulps, and didn't stop until his stomach was full.Taking a handful of water to wash his face, Xian Ling stared at the reflection on the lake and became dazed.

To be honest, the owner of the reflection was not beautiful, but his skin was as red as a frozen apple and his black curly hair added a touch of doll-like cuteness to him.

She has big round cat-like eyes, a small nose, and dead skin on her lips due to lack of water, but if you look closely, you can also see the outline of a heart.

There is no doubt that the person in the lake is a fairy, and he didn't use other people's corpses to revive his soul or anything.She really came into this world in a strange dress.

"Cuckoo..."

No matter how much water you drink, it doesn't matter how full you are, the fairy's stomach blew the song of hunger without warning.Her gaze involuntarily turned from the reflection in the water to the two ducks paddling leisurely.

Their hair is so smooth and smooth, and the fat under the twitching fluff is so rich... Thinking of this, the fairy mouth unconsciously secreted a transparent liquid.

Countless ways of ducks appeared in her mind disobediently, but she was strangled in the cradle by her in the next second.

Just kidding... With her current physical strength, let alone chasing ducks... it is even difficult to swim in the water. 'You can try it with a bow, it's the aim... Where are my bows and arrows? '

--Oops!I was so excited after waking up that I forgot to lose my bow and arrow! ! !

Although the accuracy of Xianling's archery is really unbearable to look at, it is her only self-defense weapon!It is still a weapon judged by Shan Hai Jing as a green spirit-level weapon, how can it be thrown away?
So the fairy didn't care about the hunger in her stomach, and went back to the place where she woke up.After some searching, I finally found the half-buried bow in the pile of rotten leaves.

Fairy was holding the bow she had lost and rejoiced, when she suddenly felt something was wrong, as if someone was spying on her.So the fairy turned around sharply, only to meet a fluffy face with no eyes.

The fairy's eyes suddenly widened.

I c!Why did this ugly monster follow? ? ?
Fairy couldn't help but throw the bow in his hand and smash it, but of course it didn't hit it.But the fairy was obviously furious, the little animal that climbed the tree like a thief was clearly the mole-like animal that the fairy saw near the tree hole in the snowy area!

'That thing is following me! ' Faerie immediately came to this conclusion.

The fairy didn't have any chances anymore, and vowed to find that thing. However, the sea of ​​trees was too dense, and the fairy searched for it, but it ran away.

Helpless, Xianling had no choice but to give up.

However, she was still not very happy. Anyone who was targeted by a thing that could create illusions would not be happy.

What exactly is that thing?
Why do you keep following her?
Faerie couldn't figure it out.

……

Faerie returned to the small lake, and she began to notice what was around to eat.Although it was quite frightening to have a time bomb that could create illusions following her, but people were as good as iron rice and steel, and they would panic if they didn't eat a meal, not to mention, she didn't eat several meals.

Soon, Xianling found some familiar wild vegetables by the water. Although they were old, they were still edible.

Fairy carefully pulled it up, and she didn't bother to make fire and barbecue wild vegetables.Her stomach, already so hungry that her stomach was running hot, was reminding her that she had to eat now, right away.

So Xianling casually washed the wild vegetables in the lake, and couldn't wait to stuff them into his mouth.

To be honest... Wild vegetables that have not been processed and cooked in any way are really unpalatable, with a bitter taste, and the roots are also old, and the fairy has to chew for a long time before it can barely swallow it.Fortunately, except for being afraid of spicy food, she is not picky about food.

He devoured the wild vegetables without changing his face, and the system prompted the fairy to eat ordinary wild vegetables, and his satiety increased by 1 point.The feeling of burning in the stomach disappeared, but there was no sense of fullness.So the fairy turned his attention to the dense reed forest again.

Twenty minutes later, the fairy, covered with pampas grass seeds, came out of the reeds holding two eggs tightly in his hands.In the distance came the annoyed quacking of wild ducks. The fairy ignored it and happily cracked open an egg and poured it directly into its mouth.

Compared with the bitterness of wild vegetables, the fishy smell of duck eggs is obviously more acceptable.After eating two eggs, the system prompted the fairy to increase her satiety by 10 points, and she finally had a clear sense of fullness.

Satisfied with food and drink, the fairy is very satisfied with the current environment. It is neither cold nor hot, with water and food. Compared with the previous snowy land, it is simply heaven.

Even when she was washing her face just now, she noticed the fish swimming at the bottom of the lake. Obviously, as long as she was diligent in her hands and feet, she was not afraid of starving to death.

Already silently taking this place as his habitat, Xianling wandered around the entire Reed Lake with the mind of looking at the future territory, and was pleasantly surprised to see a small wooden house on the other side of the lake.

I saw that the small wooden house was located in a red maple leaf forest, surrounded by bamboo fences, and covered with pink roses in full bloom. From a distance, it looked like the residence of a hermit fairy in a fairy tale world.

Fairy couldn't help but ran towards the cabin, "Bah bah bah" she seemed to hear the sound of her heart beating violently.

"Is anyone there?" she said dryly and hoarsely.

After a long time, Xianling realized that her voice was too low, so she walked a little closer and shouted loudly, "Is anyone there?"

She was so excited, she felt like she hadn't seen a living person in a century!

However, the fairy waited for a long time, but did not get any response.Did you go out?

Fairy couldn't help approaching the cabin, and then she found that the door of the cabin was not locked. "Squeak..." The door was easily pushed open by the fairy, and the furnishings inside were exposed to her at a glance.

I saw that it was a small hall, and there was only a simple table and a chair in it.Looking closer, the tables and chairs are covered with dust, obviously no one has lived there for a long time.

She walked into the hall cautiously stepping on the dust all over the floor.Looking around, although the house looks like a dream on the outside, it is not young when you look carefully inside.

Look, the corners of the wall are already damp, and there are even small white mushrooms growing in some places, and the beams of the house seem to have been eaten by termites, and they are pitted.There is no doubt that the house would not last ten minutes in a storm.

This is a dangerous building that may fall apart at any time...

Thinking that this house might be her shelter in the future, Xian Ling was a little disappointed. The house is not afraid of dampness, but what is terrible is that this beam, how can she, a weak woman, change it?

……

Xian Ling sat down on the chair and rested for a while, feeling that his physical strength had recovered a little bit, so he raised his legs and walked towards the house on the left.

There are quite a lot of things in this room, there is a stove and firewood inside, and there are more than a dozen clay pots densely placed near the base of the wall.Fairy casually opened two of them and took a look. Inside were seeds she didn't recognize, but judging from the stench emanating from them, it was obvious that they were moldy.

He opened two jars in turn, and the situation was not very optimistic.

Xian Ling was a little disappointed, so she opened the fifth jar with anxiety. This time, the contents inside finally changed.

"What's this?" Fairy curiously took out the dark thing inside, and sniffed it closely. A pungent medicinal smell rushed straight to her Tianling Gai, almost knocking him out.

Fairy quickly put the jar back, and tightly closed the mouth of the jar.

At this moment, the fairy completely ignored the exhaustion of the body, but looked at the past jar after jar with great interest. This feeling was like opening a blind box, full of expectations.

But the results were clearly not satisfactory.

After 5 minutes, Fairy summarized the harvest as follows:

Unknown seeds, seven cans, six of which are moldy and one is intact.

An unknown sun-dried plant, two cans, one of which has a pungent smell, and the other exudes a delicate fragrance.

There are three cans of small granular food similar to rice, two of which are moldy, and one can is probably still edible after washing.

As for the last pot, it was a pot of salt mixed with soil, which was firmly hidden in the innermost part of all the pots by the owner of the cabin, and the mouth was also tightly sealed.

It can be seen that in this world, just like in the ancient times of country Z, salt is a very precious existence.After flipping through more than a dozen clay pots in one breath, Xian Ling's eyes went dark when she got up, and she almost fell to the ground.

The body was warning the fairy, so the fairy quickly opened the character attributes, and found four big yellow characters [exhausted] appeared in the status bar.Looking at the stamina and energy values ​​have dropped to a pitiful point.

Fairy: ...

　Thank you Frosha, thank you Mengniu Yogurt, thank you for your kindness, thank you Gumeng, and thank you for your reward.bow!
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