Half a year later.

"Haha, Daddy, we've grown a lot taller again!" Zhou Ying took Zhou Chen's hand and shook it, and smiled with satisfaction at the same time, a year ago, he could only reach his father's thighs, but now he can reach his waist, well, he will definitely fight every day in the future.

In comparison, Zhou Yi became a little more calm, at this time he was still walking on his horse, looking intently at the empty sea lake outside the boat, the closer he got to the inner lake, the colder it was, three and a half months in half a year was the middle of winter, most of the seabirds were no longer suitable for living here, only some more cold-tolerant creatures occasionally appeared, but the sea lake was extremely vast.

Baili Lin half-closed his eyes, breathing in the cold and refreshing air, letting the coolness roll through his lungs and seep into his body, which was cool and comfortable for a while. In the warm sun, the surface of the lake shimmered in a faint blue light, and in the distance floated an iceberg several feet in size, the snow on which had melted, so it looked crystal clear.

In the year since they got on the ship, Bai Li Lin watched Zhou Yi and Zhou Ying grow up little by little, and deeply felt the joy of life and the joy of growth.

"Hah, it's cold. Cao Yuanze sighed into his hands.

He Ji had already changed into a cotton robe, and said with a smile, "This feels cold, how do you get to Beizhou? The hottest time there is like this, most of the time it is much colder, out of Ice Crystal City, there is no coat and hat made of snow rat skin, which can directly freeze you into an ice sculpture." ”

"Ah, what about that? Those monks don't talk about it, how can ordinary people like us who only know some martial arts make a living?" Cao Yuanze was a little frightened, and Baili Lin was also very interested in the customs of these different places, so he also asked, "I heard that there are many ordinary people over there." ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, He Ji straightened his back, and said, "He Mou, I live in the southernmost Ice Crystal City, and I haven't been to the Cold Ice City, Polar Day City, and Polar Night City to the north, I don't know how ordinary people live there." In Ice Crystal City, you must not go out of the city for three months of the year, the wind and snow are extremely cold, even if you wear thick clothes, it will only be buried by the snow, so these three months are the season for everyone to enjoy life. ”

According to Baili Lone, the genus called Beizhou is actually a big island in the sea lake like Yinzhou, because of the big and called the state is not inferior to the big state on the Baichuan continent, and Beizhou is too cold so there are only four big cities, arranged with formations, can withstand blizzards and severe cold, this abnormal meteorological cause has attracted countless powerful explorations, but in the end it is all gone, among the four big cities, the Polar Day City and the Polar Night City are in the north, which is the outer station of the Guanghan Sect, and their mountain gate Guanghan Palace is said to be on the ice peak somewhere in Beizhou, the Cold Ice City, Ice Crystal City is one east and one west, of which Ice City is slightly north.

He Ji continued, "For the other nine months, we all wore snow squirrel skin coats and hats to go out hunting and whaling, hey, although the land of Beizhou is so cold, there are a lot of beasts and birds, what ice bears, snow leopards, hundreds of species, of course, we can only hunt ordinary beasts and fierce beasts, if we are lucky, we can surround and kill a few newly-ranked demon beasts, then it can be regarded as a fortune." ”

Zhou Chen planned that after his children joined the sect, he would make a living in Beizhou, so he also listened to it with relish, but when he thought of his martial arts, he asked worriedly, "Is there no other way to live except hunting?"

"Yes, what can be done in other places, Ice Crystal City can do it, what is a little second, a shopkeeper, or open your own shop, and there are many valleys near Ice Crystal City, which are as warm as spring, there are hot springs, there is water to irrigate the ground, you can grow rice and medicinal herbs, but you must get it done within nine months. He Ji smiled and said, "But for ordinary people, the most profitable thing is to be able to identify spirit grass, and if you find some spirit grass in the snow peak, it will only be half a year." ”

"Oh, but, Brother He, what is that snow rat skin?" Cao Yuanze asked with concern.

He Ji sighed and said, "The snow rat is the most common and common beast in Beizhou, and it is the fur coat that ordinary people can afford the most, but it is really warm, I brought one with me, and I will show you later." ”。。。。

A year and a half later, Zhou Yi and Zhou Ying, who had grown half a head taller, took Baili Lone's hand and reluctantly said, "Uncle Baili, don't go." Don't go. "This is the crowded ice-free harbor of Ice Crystal City, and the people who come and go, except for some monks who don't care much about dressing up, are all dressed in snow-white or silver-gray plush coats, and even many female monks, because they like this snow-white coat, snow-white velvet hat and snow-white fur cape, also get a dress to wear, even if they are not afraid of the cold, at least they look pure and pretty.

Baili Lin touched the little heads of the two of them, and said in his ear with a smile, "Uncle will not be on the same road with you, if you can join the sect in the future, everyone will have a goodbye day." "For Zhou Yi and Zhou Ying, every ten years, children under the age of twelve will have monks from the Guanghan Sect come to Cold Ice City and Ice Crystal City to make a simple pull, that is, two years later.

After saying goodbye to a few people, and then walking to the street without looking back, the fate is gathered, the fate is scattered, and the heart is not tired.

Entering the Ice Crystal City Street, the place where Baili Lonely went is a branch altar set up here in the Daoxian Palace, if you want to return to the middle region, you need to buy a new ferry ticket, the branch altar is at the end of the street, stop and go, the closer you get to the branch altar, the more deserted.

Baili Lin looked up at the plaque hanging on the door, the two words on the book, and a bronze mirror in the middle, which is said to be able to distinguish the demonic spirit, Bai Li Lin walked in disapprovingly.

At the moment when he stepped over the door, in a small attic not far from the next time, an old man with a white beard suddenly stood up, only to see him say to the door, "Go and invite Wang Yue and the two real people to the old man." ”

"Yes, master. A man's voice replied, followed by the sound of footsteps.

After the old man finished speaking, he looked at a water mirror in front of him, a little anxious.

It didn't take long for the door to be pushed open from the outside, and two people walked in, one seemed to be middle-aged and tall, with bright eyes, and the other seemed to be a young man, no one was upright, holding a folding fan in his hand, and saw the old man and said unhappily, "Liu Daoyou, if you have something, hurry up, I have to go back to accompany my beautiful girl." ”

The middle-aged man also said in a bad tone, "Hurry up and talk about it, my furnace elixir can't do without people!"

The young man is the master of the altar here, and the middle-aged man is the Yuanying Zhenren sent here by the Ten Immortal Gates, and he is the monk of the Xuanmen stationed here, and the person in charge of every Dao Immortal Hall must be managed by the monks of the Dao Immortal Hall plus the people of the Immortal Gate and the Xuanmen, which is why the Dao Immortal Hall can be all over the river.

The old man didn't care about their dissatisfied tone, and they were all unsatisfactory people who were sent here, so he said with a suspicious face, "If there is nothing important, the old man doesn't want to alarm the two real people, so let's see what they are talking about now." After speaking, he pointed to the water mirror.

Seeing the suspicion of what the old man said, the two of them quickly stepped forward and looked at the water mirror, only to see a young monk in the water mirror, who was handling boarding at a counter.

Immediately, the old man reversed the mirror image, it was the moment he entered the door for a hundred miles, the original ordinary face was touched in an instant, the whole face was as sharp as a knife carving, and the eyes looked flat, but the three of them were terrified.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man was shocked, and blurted out, "Sword Demon, Baili Lonely!"

The young man unconsciously straightened his figure, took a breath and said, "Two, I don't want this sword demon to appear here, but I have a high opinion." ”

"With the existing strength of the branch altar, facing the pit is undoubtedly hitting the stone with an egg, it is better to send someone to the Guanghan Sect and ask the true monarch to make a move. The middle-aged man said.

"No, now that the Guanghan Sect is selecting the Young Sect Master, I feel that they will really obey the decree of the Dao Immortal Palace, but it is just a violation of the yang and the yin. The old man shook his head and denied.

"They dare! If they really disobey the yang and the yin, they are not afraid of the punishment of our Dao Immortal Hall and the Ten Great Immortal Sects. The young man said coldly

"Punishment, in what name, even if we invite the True Monarch, Daoist friends think they will do their best? Even if they really spare no effort, they can really take the sword demon? Don't forget that not long ago, the fate of the Seven True One True Monarch of the Taiyi Battle Hall of Minghai City, so in the opinion of the old man, it is better to notify the Central Domain Lord Palace, and then the matter will have nothing to do with us, it's not that we don't do our best but we can't do it, what do you think?"

"The invention document notifies the Guanghan Sect that it is still needed, and it is their business whether to implement it or not. The old man touched his beard and continued, "By the way, the news of the sword demon's appearance here has spread in secret, maybe some self-righteous guys want to try their luck, so that they can clean up those guys who don't stop talking." ”

The two looked at each other and said, "That's very good." ”

Then the three of them smiled.

Baili Lin took the ticket Shi Shiran walked out of the gate of the branch altar, the ice crystal city was named because of a semicircle like an ice crystal formation enveloping the whole city, at this time the footsteps were not fast or slow to walk outside the city gate, ready to go outside the city, but also to see the scenery of Beizhou.

As soon as he was about to walk out of the city gate, a monk guarding the gate came over, looked Baili Lin up and down, and then said, "This Taoist friend is a good face, but he just came to Ice Crystal City, do you need a good introduction? Go out hunting? I know there is a good place." ”。

Baili Lin smiled and shook his head, and then walked out of the city gate without stopping. The guard monk didn't bother and walked back to his place with a smile.

Out of the city gate, there is no wind and snow today, the sky is blue, it looks leisurely open, and as far as the eye can see, it is a white ice peak and snow field, and you can walk into the distance while admiring it.