The next morning, the men in the tribe took their weapons and went out hunting. Some even invited Xie Fei to join them.

Xie Fei did not refuse them because he also wanted to see where they were hunting and why the wild beasts would not cross the stream to attack the tribe.

The patriarch's son Azhan told Xie Fei that this was because the Canaan tribe was a place cursed by God, and even wild beasts did not dare to approach it easily for fear of being contaminated with death.

"God?" Xie Fei knew there must be some story behind this as soon as he heard it, so he asked curiously.

Ajan said: "No one knows the name of God. There is a record related to God on the wooden tablets left by the Canaan tribes."

Many years ago, the high priest of the Canaanite tribe wanted to invite the gods to come. At that time, they used the most simple sacrificial dance to offer sacrifices to the gods.

The first person to be sent to Cangshan as a sacrifice was the only child of the chief of the Jianan tribe.

His name is not recorded in history. It is only said that the child was born stupid and could not even speak complete sentences when he was in his teens. Every time he would just look up at the sky, point to the location of Cangshan Mountain and mumble a few words, but no one understood what he meant.

Later, with the emergence of sacrifices, he became a must-have sacrifice.

On a snowy day, the people of the Jianan tribe sent him to Cangshan Mountain.

No one knew whether he was dead or alive in Cangshan Mountain, and no one knew what he encountered or what happened in Cangshan Mountain.

The high priest's prayer failed, and the gods did not respond.

One year later, the young man who was sent to Cangshan as a sacrifice came back safe and sound.

The high priest asked him what he saw on Cangshan Mountain.

He said, "Snow, heavy snow."

It was a heavy snow that never stopped from the time we entered Cangshan Mountain to the time we left Cangshan Mountain.

But what is strange is that even after a year of heavy snow, there is not much snow on Cangshan Mountain, and it is still the same as it was at the beginning.

The high priest asked him what happened on Cangshan Mountain and how he left Cangshan Mountain alive.

“I just took a nap,” he said.

I just took a nap, and when I opened my eyes, I had already left Cangshan.

The high priest thought the boy was lying, so he tried every means to interrogate him, but the boy really didn't know what happened on Cangshan Mountain. He just took a nap.

No one believed him.

The high priest thought that it was because the sacrifice had left Cangshan without permission, which displeased the gods and made them unwilling to come down. So he tied the boy to the gallows and burned him in a fire in an attempt to gain forgiveness from the gods.

But no one expected that when the fire was burning, there would be thunder in the sky and heavy rain would fall, extinguishing the flames on the boy's body.

Under everyone's gaze, the young man changed his appearance. His long silver hair, eyebrows and eyelashes were all white, as if snow had fallen on them and frozen into ice. His pure white robe was like clouds on the top of Cangshan Mountain.

That was the god they prayed for to come.

When the gods came, they brought not blessings but punishment.

It turned out that the boy had died the moment he entered Cangshan Mountain, and what awakened from the boy's body was the consciousness of a god.

He heard their prayers and came as expected, but was consumed by fire.

……

The place where Azhan and his friends hunted was opposite to where Xie Fei came from.

He looked back at the Cangshan Mountain which was getting farther and farther away, and asked Xie Fei: "Beilu, do you believe that there are gods in the world?"

Xie Fei said nonchalantly: "I used to be a staunch materialist."

A Zhan didn't understand what he meant, but he could hear it from Xie Fei's frivolous tone.

He doesn't believe in God.

They had a great harvest this time hunting, so they returned earlier than usual.

Xie Fei glanced at the map and still saw no treasure chest mark. It seemed that he had to go to Cangshan.

He had just returned to the tribe when Mogan came to him.

His family agreed to let him follow Xie Fei to Cangshan, so he packed his things and waited for Xie Fei to come back at the entrance of the village.

"Beilu, come back, when are we going to set off?" The young man was carrying a package made of animal skins, with a simple water bag hanging around his waist and a weapon in his hand.

Azhan and the others heard Mogan's words and asked them curiously where they were going.

Mogan didn't hide anything and said bluntly: "We are going to Cangshan."

Upon hearing this, A Zhan and the others changed their expressions, and hurried to see Xie Fei, and said in a deep voice: "You want to take Mo Gan to Cangshan?"

"I want to go with you!" Before Xie Fei could even open his mouth, Mo Gan hurriedly began to explain.

A-Zhan looked at the people around him, sighed, and said to Mogan: "We don't mean to stop you from going, we just want you to think it over carefully. Mogan, you are fifteen years old, and it is very likely that..."

"I know!" Mo Gan interrupted him directly and said firmly: "I must go."

He was so determined, so A Zhan didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at Xie Fei and asked, "Have you seen Cangshan Mountain?"

Xie Fei didn't care: "Is it important?"

A Zhan was choked by his words, his expression became a little strange, he wanted to refute, but couldn't.

Xie Fei didn't want to waste time, so he took Mogan and headed towards Cangshan Mountain.

When they reached the wooden bridge over the stream, Mogan asked him, "Do you know the way to Cangshan Mountain?"

Xie Fei glanced at the map and said calmly: "You just need to follow me, don't worry about the rest."

Mogan tilted his head. He felt that this person named Beilu was very mysterious, just like the stars in the sky, clearly right in front of him, but out of reach, and...

He looked up at Cangshan Mountain and thought, "It's a bit like the unpredictable clouds and mist on Cangshan Mountain. They will eventually return to one place."

There are not as many wild animals in the plain today as yesterday. It might be because Xie Fei killed too many of them. The wild animals remembered his smell and stayed away from him when they smelled him.

And they walked much farther than they did last night. It seemed that if they wanted to get closer to Cangshan Mountain, they had to bring people from the Jianan tribe with them.

After the Jianan tribe was no longer visible to him, Mogan's pace became extremely difficult.

"Wait, wait a moment." His breathing became increasingly erratic, his face turned paler, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Xie Fei stopped and saw him sitting on a stone, looking very tired. He paused and said, "Then take a rest."

Mo Gan drank a few sips of water, took a break, and said, "Are we very close to Cangshan Mountain?"

Xie Fei shook his head and said, "No, it's still far away."

Because Cangshan Mountain is very high and big, it seems close when you get close to it, but in fact they are still wandering far away from Cangshan Mountain.

"That's right, it's not snowing." Mogan hugged his knees in disappointment.

Xie Fei: "If it snows, the journey will be more troublesome."

He didn't care, but he was afraid that Mo Gan would die on the road, and all his efforts would be wasted.

Xie Fei didn't want to waste time on this kind of thing.

"Cangshan..."

For some reason, his eyes always turned to that mountain, the top of that mountain, covered with snow.

"Drink this, we can walk faster." Xie Fei took out a bottle of water that could increase physical strength and gave it to Mo Gan.

Mogan subconsciously wanted to believe him. After drinking a sip of this strange water, he felt his body filled with strength.

"What is this? It's so magical!" Mogan became more curious about the outside world because of this bottle of water.

Xie Fei looked at his bright and hopeful eyes and couldn't help but remind him: "Maybe the other side of Cangshan Mountain is not what you think."

Mo Gan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as I can see it, it's good enough."

From generation to generation, they have longed to cross the Cangshan Mountains, even at the cost of their lives.

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