Chapter 25: Gu Paintings (Part 2)

"What is this thing?"

Xu Chuxiang couldn't help but exclaim.

"I don't know what it is either, I can only discern from its skeletal shape that it should be some kind of bird, a bird with nine heads."

"A nine-headed bird? Are there such strange birds in the world?"

"I've never seen one before. But in my forty years of exploration, I've encountered some equally bizarre creatures... for example, ten years ago, when I led a team to climb Mount Everest, I saw a very strange and terrifying snow monkey."

A flicker of trepidation flashed through Holter's eyes as if recalling it still brought him great fear after so many years.

"That time we were climbing Mount Everest, we were on the verge of success, and I could see the summit just by looking up."