Going down the cliff was much more dangerous than climbing up, but it was also much faster.
Ning Qingxue didn’t know what the rope was made of, and it was surprising that it didn’t slip at all when she grabbed it in her hands, but she didn’t have gloves and they had been lost on the way. After sliding down the 200 metres or so, she could feel the skin on her palms being pulled through.
Despite this, Ning Qingxue didn’t dare to relax in the slightest, the pain in her palms made her focus more and her nerves tightened. She had to find a slightly larger protruding rock to sit on and began to breathe heavily.
Her arms were not only soft but also sore, but Ning Qingxue knew that if she could not make it down to the bottom of the cliff in one go, she would definitely not be able to hold on. She looked at the palms of her hands, which were already bloody and red, and the skin was splitting open, but at this point she couldn’t feel the pain anymore, as if the **pain had gone numb.
Only when her breathing had calmed down a little did she take out the remaining pieces of biscuits, eat them all and drink the rest of the water in the bottle in one go, before continuing to slide down.
Ning Qingxue had no idea how long she had been sliding, when her arms became too sore to move, she stopped for a while and then slid again. She was even a little glad that the cliff face was not only steep but also had resting places from time to time, otherwise she might not have been able to hold on long ago.
Seeing that the sky was already late in the evening, Ning Qingxue estimated that she had already skied nearly a thousand metres, but she had not yet reached the bottom. When Ning reached the end of the rope, she was dumbfounded that the rope was not long enough.
Looking down the cliff, there was still a white mist, and she could not see the bottom, but she had no way to go down.
Originally, Ning Qingxue was supported by her spiritual will, but when she stopped and grabbed the end of the rope, she looked up, but she could not see her head.
If the rope was not long enough, she could only go down, she could slide down from such a high place, but if she were to climb up, it would be impossible.
Ning Qingxue stopped at the top of a raised rock and was at a loss. She pulled on the rope above her, wondering what her next step should be. Should she use her own rope to attach it? But what if it wasn’t long enough again?
Maybe it would be better if the rope was 200 to 300 metres longer, but this rope was only this long. Ning Qingxue looked up at the top of the cliff, which she could no longer see, and subconsciously pulled the rope again, perhaps wondering if it had gotten caught somewhere. But she knew that this was not possible because she had come down from above.
Just as Ning Qingxue was about to attach her 100-metre rope to the cliff, the rope in her hand suddenly loosened and she was inexplicably shocked. When she looked at the rope again, it was falling with a clatter.
Ning Qingxue immediately reacted, the fixing on top had come loose. She immediately pressed herself against the rock wall of the cliff, all she could think of was that if the boulder was brought down by the rope, she would definitely be pulled down the cliff as well, and would end up dead.
A huge boulder fell from the top of the cliff, not far from Ning Qingxue as if it were a shooting star. The wind it brought up actually blew even Ning Qingxue’s hair.
“When Ning Qingxue reacted, the boulder had already landed at the bottom of the cliff with a dull thud. Ning Qingxue subconsciously looked at the rope around her waist, it was still very loose, she was happy and immediately understood that this place should be at the bottom soon.
Ning Qingxue hurriedly untied the rope around her waist and fixed it to the top of the protruding rock, then slid down again, only just after sliding 20 meters, she saw the bottom of the cliff, the rest was only a few meters.
Ning Qingxue was relieved to see a piece of rag hanging from a tree branch that looked as if it was not long ago. Was this Ye Mo’s clothes? She thought of Ye Mo in her heart and suddenly jīdàng up, her hands went soft and she could no longer hold on to the rope and just fell down. In a flash Ning Qingxue’s heart was shocked was she about to succeed and fall to her death? It was good to know that Ye Mo was really here.
It was only when Ning Qingxue fell to the bottom of the cliff that she realised that even if this was not the bottom of the dry leaves, she would not die, not to mention that the place where she fell was very soft and even full of rotten dry leaves.
When she finally reached the bottom, Ning Qingxue carefully pulled out the short knife and looked around nervously for a while, except for the piece of cloth she had just seen, she did not see Ye Mo, and only then did her heart relax a little.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and the moonlight was good. However, at the bottom of this cliff, there was only méngméng of thick light. Despite this, it was still possible to see clearly what was in front of her. Although there was still a little bit of light from her mining lamp, Ning Qingxue couldn’t spare it, she was afraid of the real darkness.
Ning Qingxue had only picked up her short knife and walked a few metres away when she saw a long snake, surprisingly cut in half. And the wound was clearly from a short while ago, and Ning Qingxue froze.
For a moment she actually felt the urge to cry, Ye Mo was really here, he wasn’t dead.
But she quickly knew that this place wasn’t that safe, and since there were snakes like this, it meant that there were more. She didn’t have Ye Mo’s skills, all the talismans she had on her were now small, the only thing she could use was a fireball talisman and a jade pearl.
Soon she saw a line of footprints, although it was very faint, but underneath this she could see it somewhat clearly. Was it Ye Mo’s? Ning Qingxue settled her mind and strongly suppressed the jīng in her heart.
Ning Qingxue carefully walked along the footprints, and after walking out a dozen metres again, the only bead in her hand emitted a yellowish circle of light, once again bouncing a black shadow out. It was only then that Ning Qingxue saw the black shadow in a blur, as if it were a cat, as if it didn’t even have a tail.
After the black shadow was flicked away by Ning Qingxue’s protective jade pearl, it did not immediately flee, but instead stared at Ning Qingxue, seemingly wanting to pounce once more.
Instead, Ning Qingxue could only hold her sword and stare nervously at the black shadow, knowing that she had no attacking power and that the speed of this black shadow was simply not something she could block. Moreover, she had used up her only jade pearl, and all she had in her hand was a fireball charm.
In Ning Qingxue’s eyes, the black shadow was no different from the thing that had frightened her when she had first entered, next to the sinkhole. Ning Qingxue could only see two bright lights of miserable green, but nothing else.
If she hadn’t been tired of this black shadow sneaking up on her just now, she really thought it was just two eyes staring at her. Even so, Ning Qingxue’s scalp began to explode and her body raised a layer of shivering goose bumps, but there was nothing she could do about it.
As soon as she saw these two terrifying eyes, Ning Qingxue could no longer bear to confront it. She immediately threw out the fireball in her hand and shouted “Lin ……
“The fireball made a somewhat frightening sound at the bottom of this silent cliff, and with a flash of firelight, the black shadow had scurried away again and disappeared.
Ning Qingxue, however, froze for a moment, her fireball talisman had been used up just like that, she had not thought that the “fireball talisman, really worked. She was stunned for a moment as she had originally used the “Evil Protection Talisman” and the “Body Protection Talisman”. Although she knew they could only be used, they were not as intuitive as the fireball talisman in front of her. Now she could clearly see that the talisman was really useful, and it was so intuitive.
After just a moment of being frozen, Ning Qingxue knew that now was the time for her to run for her life, if she waited for that black shadow to come back, there was only one way to die. One, she did not have the jade pearl of protection, and two, she did not have the fireball talisman, and the only short sword in her hand was still a courageous one.
Amongst the flashes of the fireball, Ning Qingxue soon saw the thorny field in front of her, and there was a clear and striking pa*sage in the middle.
Could this be what Ye Mo had made? Without even thinking, Ning Qingxue ran a few steps and rushed into the pa*sage in the middle of the thorny ground.
A bloody smell came from the end of the pa*sage, Ning Qingxue hurriedly turned on the mining lamp, and the scene in front of her almost made her hún fly away. Ye Mo fell in a pool of blood, and a huge long snake fell together.
Ning Qingxue hurriedly went forward and strained to help Ye Mo up. Only at this time did she see that the snake should have been cut into several pieces by the long knife in Ye Mo’s hand. She mōded Ye Mo’s xiōng mouth, which still seemed to be throbbing, and only then did Ning Qingxue breathe a sigh of relief.
If Ye Mo really died, she didn’t know what she should do, Ye Mo was her spiritual support, because he was here, she had so much courage and perseverance to find him, once Ye Mo was all gone, even if she had the courage to live, she would still go crazy in this place. What’s more, she didn’t have the courage to live.
Ning Qingxue strained to pull Ye Mo to the top of a clearing by the cliff wall. She looked at Ye Mo lying in her arms and realised that Ye Mo’s body was surprisingly scarred everywhere, just like her, and there were several deep wounds. Ning Qingxue burst into tears, surprisingly not knowing what the next step should be.
It was only after a long time that she calmed down, wiped her somewhat red and swollen eyes, and carefully pressed on Ye Mo’s xiōng mouth, she didn’t know if this method could revive him, but she had no other way.
Ye Mo collapsed the long snake with one slash, his heart was relieved, and under exhaustion, he unexpectedly fainted immediately. He felt someone pushing on his xiōng mouth in his mí daze, and he subconsciously opened his eyes.
“Ning Qingxue?” Ye Mo screamed out in shock, how could Ning Qingxue be here? Had he dreamt it?
Hearing Ye Mo’s voice, Ning Qingxue was like being struck by lightning, the movements of her hands stopped and she dumbly raised her head to look at Ye Mo who was staring at her. It was only after a long time that she suddenly jumped into Ye Mo’s arms, “Wow. It seemed that all the fright and fear, as well as the uncertainty and loneliness of the past few days were in this cry.
Ye Mo looked at Ning Qingxue, whose body was covered in blood and whose clothes and hair were in disarray, and seemed to understand something, but he didn’t know how she knew he was here. He opened his mouth and subconsciously wrapped his arms around Ning Qingxue, wanting to ask her something, only to find that Ning Qingxue had fallen asleep in his arms with tears in her eyes.
