Although Kitayama Village is located in the southern part of Hakushu, it is inevitable that it will have a long winter.

At dawn, the goose-feather snow began to gargle and fall, and it was not until night fell that the snowflakes began to thin out.

At this time, five or six miles away from Beishan Village, more than ten burly men wearing robes and long knives at their waists were galloping in the snow on high-headed horses.

Looking at the direction it is going, it is Beishan Village.

"Nine masters, there is a small village about four or five miles ahead. A man in the team said to the leader.

"Hmm. The ninth master replied expressionlessly, then looked at the sky and said, "The old rules, disperse your actions, your hands and feet are sharp, you only have half an hour." ”

"Yes!" The rest of the men responded after hearing the words of the Nine Masters, and a few of them had silently pulled out the long knives on their waists.

The smooth blade reflects the bright moonlight, reflecting the slightly hideous faces.

Although it is not dark and windy, it is destined to be a murderous night.

At this time, Beishan Village was still in tranquility, and the cold winter made these villagers already get into the bed, not knowing that a nightmare was coming.

"Brother Xiaoan, my mother called you to go into the house and sleep. ”

In a house in the northwest corner of the village, a young girl of six or seven years old stuck out her round head through the crack in the open door and shouted to a young man in the courtyard.

The young man's name is Fang An, he looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but his body exudes a gloomy temperament.

Although he was called "brother" by the little girl, Fang An and the little girl actually had no blood relationship, but they were picked up by the little girl's mother outside a year ago.

At this time, Fang An was lying on the bamboo chair looking at the sky in a daze, following Fang An's gaze, he could see a fusiform crack hanging in the sky, narrow at both ends and wide in the middle, unusually conspicuous in the night sky full of stars.

"Brother Xiaoan, you're looking at the eye of the sky again. Seeing that Fang An ignored her, the little girl left the room angrily, came to the young man's side, stretched out her little hand that was a little red from the cold, and covered it directly on the young man's eyes.

"Yuanyuan, that's called a heavenly scar, not a heavenly eye. Seeing that was obscured, Fang An reluctantly took away his round little hand and put it in his warm palm while warming it and corrected.

"But our ancestors here have called it Tianyan for generations. Yuan Yuan deflated his cute little mouth, and then said with a serious expression.

"Mother said, those are God's eyes, eyes look at the mortals below, if there are mortals who do bad things, they will be punished by God. ”

"Got it. Fang An obviously wouldn't continue arguing with Yuanyuan, but just stretched out his finger and scraped the bridge of her little nose.

Whether it's the Celestial Scar or the Celestial Eye, it's just a different name for the inverted crack in the sky. It is believed that all over Kyushu, there are many different versions of such names and legends.

The Celestial Scars have existed for too long, so long that in people's impressions, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the Celestial Marks are all eternal and unchanging existences in the sky.

Fang An just didn't expect that the Celestial Scar seen in Youzhou, the southernmost part of Kyushu, was still so eye-catching after arriving in Baizhou, the northernmost part of Kyushu, and there was no change in even the position in the sky.

"It's so cold outside, what are you doing when you come out and shout at me, it's not that you don't know that I'm not afraid of the cold. Feeling the tip of her round and cold nose, Fang An hurriedly took her little hand into the house.

"Mother let me call you!" Yuan Yuan was a little aggrieved, "Who let Brother Xiao An, you often stare at the eyes of the sky in a daze, and you don't know how long it will take if you are in a daze." ”

"My mistake, my mistake, I will pay attention to it in the future. Fang An sent Yuanyuan back to the room and stuffed it into the still warm quilt, but he thought in his heart: he didn't have much time to look at it anymore.

After finally lulling Yuan Yuan to sleep, Fang An got up and came to another room.

Hearing a deliberately suppressed cough from the room, Fang An knocked lightly on the door.

"Aunt Xue, how is your health? After entering the room, Fang An came to the side of the bed and looked at a woman lying on the bed.

The woman's name was Xue Xue, who was Yuanyuan's mother, and when she saw Fang An come in, she said apologetically: "I'm fine, it's just a cold." It's that I can't get out of bed these days, and I'm troublesome Xiao'an, you are cooking and taking care of Yuanyuan. ”

Yuan Yuan had always slept with Xue Xue before, but in the past two days, Xue Xue had a wind chill and was afraid of infecting Yuan Yuan, so he let Yuan Yuan go to Fang An's room.

"Aunt Xue, what are you talking about, you saved my life, if it weren't for you, I would have frozen to death on the snowfield. Fang An smiled and helped Xue Xue to be tightly cornered.

"You're not afraid of the cold at all, and Aunt Xue doesn't know it. Xue Xue smiled weakly, "Xiao An, Aunt Xue knows that you are not an ordinary person, if you are Aunt Xue······ Yuanyuan, please take care of you more. ”

Although Xue Xue didn't say it, Fang An could understand the underlying meaning.

It's freezing cold, and a woman who is already overworked has a cold, and she doesn't have any money to ask a doctor for treatment, so no one dares to say whether she can survive it.

For poor families, even a cold wind is enough to change the fate of the entire family.

Although Xue Xue didn't know what the origin of this young man who was picked up by himself was, the relationship in the past year, whether it was in terms of speech and demeanor, or not afraid of the cold, was enough to show that he was not an ordinary child.

However, Xue Xue had never inquired about Fang An's past, when Fang An appeared alone in the wilderness and snowfield, he hadn't seen his family look for him for so long, and he hadn't even heard Fang An mention his family's affairs, thinking that he had experienced something not very good.

If it weren't for Xue Xue's wind chill getting worse and worse, and even now she was a little confused, she wouldn't have expressed her intention to be lonely to Fang An.

"Look at what you said, don't worry, I have already told Uncle Tie Zhu, tomorrow he will take me to the mountains to hunt a few snow rabbits, meat for you to replenish your body, fur can also be exchanged for some silver coins for you to catch two doses of medicine, I believe you will recover soon." Fang An comforted.

"No, it's too dangerous to enter the mountains this season, Yuanyuan's father was ······ No, you're still a kid and can't take that risk. After Xue Xue heard Fang An's words, her tone suddenly became anxious.

"Aunt Xue, don't worry, you also know that I am not an ordinary person. Fang An had no choice but to say.

Six years ago, when Xue Xue was still pregnant, Xue Xue's husband ventured into the mountains in winter just to give tonic to his pregnant wife.

I went and never came back.

So for Fang An saying that he wanted to go into the mountains to hunt, Xue Xue naturally wouldn't agree.

However, Fang An didn't have any other way, and seeing that Xue Xue's condition was worsening, he had to make this decision.

In this poor mountain village, even if you want to borrow money, you can't borrow much.

Moreover, there is not even a doctor in the village, so I have to go to the county town to ask a doctor to come to the doctor, plus the cost of catching medicine, it is obviously not a small amount.

"But ······" Xue Xue wanted to say something, but was stopped by Fang An.

"I'll tell you the truth, I'm running out of time. Fang An pulled out a smile that seemed bitter and relieved, and then said solemnly.

"Don't worry, although I haven't hunted, Uncle Tiezhu is the best hunter in the village, and if we are together, even if we encounter snow wolves, we will have means to protect ourselves. ”

"What does it mean that time is running out?, are you going home?" Xue Xue asked with some puzzlement.

"Where do I still have a home!" Fang Anxin sighed, but didn't say much to Xue Xue.

Fang An knew that his lifespan was only a little more than a month away, and if he used spiritual power, he was afraid that he would only be able to last for a few days.

It could have lasted a few more years, but unfortunately, when he was kicked out, the last remaining Futaba Li Guo was also recovered.

Fang An was not surprised by this, after all, Shuangye Li Guo was a heavenly material that could increase his lifespan by ninety years, and consuming such a treasure to give him another three years of life was indeed a bit of a tyrannical thing.

Fang An just didn't expect his uncle to do such a desperate job, not only threw him directly into the remote snowfield in the corner of Baizhou, but also didn't leave him a single gold coin except for a piece of clothing.

Although the body that had been nourished by countless heavenly and earthly treasures made Fang An not afraid of the cold, if he hadn't met Xue Xue, Fang An's fate would not have been much better.

"You listen to me, just rest in peace, Yuanyuan is still small, and I can't do without you. ”

Cut off from his longevity and died, Fang Anning was willing to burn the remaining life to repay Xue Xue's kindness.

"Xiao Ann ······" Although Xue Xue didn't know Fang An's situation, she instinctively sensed what was hidden in Fang An's words, and just wanted to ask clearly, but was suddenly interrupted by a noisy voice outside.

"No, spare your life!"

"Don't kill my son, I'll give you all the money!"

"Horse bandits, horse bandits are coming, help······"

A scream alarmed the originally silent village, Fang An listened to the sound outside, and his face instantly turned gloomy.

"Xiao An! horse bandit······ How could the horse bandits come!" Xue Xue's cheeks, which were burning red because of the wind and cold, instantly turned extremely white, and she couldn't understand why the horse bandits came to such a poor village to rob.

"Aunt Xue, you go to the round room, don't come out. Fang An took a deep breath, glanced at Xue Xue who was at a loss, and after giving a word, he walked directly to the outside of the house.

"Remember, keep the door closed, and don't come out no matter what happens!"

Xue Xue took a few breaths, and when she came back to her senses, she found that Fang An had long since disappeared from the house.

At this time, Xue Xue didn't care too much, struggled to get up, and ran towards the round room.

And Fang An had already come to the courtyard at this time, he casually picked up the firewood knife by the wall, and hurried to the side of the courtyard gate, while listening to the movement outside, he kept warning himself in his mind.

"Fang An, you can do it, you can't go to the Heavenly Scar, can't you kill a few horse bandits? They are just ordinary people, you are a spirit master!

"You need to be calm, you have to be calm!"

Fang An stood behind the door, trying to regulate his breathing. Although he is a spirit master, even his parents can be said to be the strongest group of people in this world.

But since Fang An awakened his spirit, he has been shrouded in the shadow of death.

As a spirit master, he didn't even have many opportunities to cultivate, let alone fight with others.

Because once the spiritual power is working in his body, it will hasten his death.

But at this moment, Fang An could only harden up, because he was now the only hope.

Otherwise, once the horse bandits broke in, how could a seriously ill bedridden woman and a six or seven-year-old girl be able to resist the killing of the horse bandits?

Not to mention resisting, there will not even be a chance to escape!

Fang An stood close to the courtyard gate against the wall, holding the right hand of the firewood knife, trembling slightly from excessive force.

Soon, he heard a heavy footstep from far and near.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, Fang An took a deep breath, only to see a knife flash flashing, and the door latch was broken, and then the door was kicked open from the outside!

"You only get one chance!"