In the palatial hall, a ten-tiered champagne tower is placed in the center of a long table of more than ten meters, sparkling, champagne flows from the top floor, overflows layer by layer, and finally fills the entire champagne tower, and the wine mist evaporates out a vague but attractive aroma. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Asura sat alone in his seat, alone in the corner of the long table, eating steak with a knife and fork. Lian swaggered in and greeted Asura, "You're finally back, uh...... This exaggerated champagne tower, you still like this flashy thing so much. ”

"The champagne tower gives me peace of mind." Asura replied briefly.

Lian approached Asura and smacked his lips and said, "Tsk, your steak looks delicious, did you make it yourself?" ”

"Of course, as before, I only eat the food I make, but you won't want to eat this steak, in addition to the spices of rosemary and sage sauce, I also put Sanssouci powder." Asura said indifferently and put a piece of beef in his mouth with a fork.

"Ah...... It's that powerful plant sedative," Lian's eyes sharpened, "Are you still relying on that kind of thing to calm down now?" ”

"It gives me the silence and tranquility of walking underwater, and I'm used to it." Asura said indifferently.

"Old friend, when are you going to tell me about the reason why you adopted Lan Ruo and Lan Ruo's life experience?" Lian asked suddenly.

"Are you all so jealous of the Lan family? The Lan family has not asked about the world for thousands of years, and everything in the outside world has nothing to do with it, so even if that child is a member of the Lan family, what about it? Asura said impatiently.

"Okay, I don't ask, it's okay, in fact, I came to tell you this time, this kid has a good foundation and is smart, his fighting spirit, magic power, basic physical strength and mastery of alchemy have met your requirements, listen to Liz, his performance in the emblem battle last time was also good, I think it's probably time to hand him over to you." Lian said.

"Lan Ruo, this child, if he has been accompanied by his mother or me since he was a child, he should already be a top-level spirit by now, I want to compensate him, I want to cultivate him into a spirit person who surpasses me. Now he is like a piece of iron that has been burned red, and it still needs to be tempered and quenched......" Asura said, shaking the champagne in his goblet.

"Tempering...... And quenching...... I understand. Lian repeated in a playful tone.

After Lan Ruo finished dancing with Qing Zijin, he saw Hongyue waltzing with Joseph, he felt a little sad, and left the central square.

Lan Ruo walked down the dark path to the student dormitory in a low mood, and kept replaying the figure of the Red Moon Dance and what Qing Zijin said to himself in his mind.

Suddenly, in the shadow of the tree in front of him, Asura slowly walked out.

"Father-in-law...... I'm going to ask you something. Lan Ruo said slowly, not surprised, a master of Asura's level, even if he appeared behind Lan Ruo silently, it was normal.

"Do you want to ask questions about the Lan family and your background?" In the words of Asura.

"What have you been hiding from me, what is the Lan family? Who were my mother and father? Why did they abandon me? They...... Did he really die of illness? Lan Ruo asked, staring into Asura's eyes.

Asura said coldly, "You don't need to know about the Lan family now, and you don't need to know about your parents, because you don't have the ability to touch that realm. ”

"One day, when I'm as strong as you, I'll know?" Lan Ruo looked at Asura stubbornly.

Assura smiled and said, "As long as you can enter the top eight seats in the Third Courtyard in more than two years, I will tell you about your background and the Lan family." ”

"Then we'll say okay, don't break our promise." Lan Ruo said.

Asura Zhengse said: "You should have understood this battle to seize the emblem, it is impossible for you to enter the top eight seats in the three courtyards now, so come with me, Ruo'er." ”

"Let's go? Where to? Lan Ruo was stunned.

"Northern Snow Mountains." Asura said.

"Snowy mountains? What are we going to do? Lan Ruo was a little confused.

"Practice." Asura said briefly.

Lan Ruo finally realized the vigorous and resolute behavior of the dean of the Martial Arts Academy, and he didn't inform him in advance, he just left, Lan Ruo was not mentally prepared at all, his mind was a mess, and all kinds of things were tangled together, which made him a little trance-like, and he was almost half-pushed and half-dragged away by Asura.

Frey's top flight area, a small airship parked in the clearing, this is Asura's special airship, streamlined closed hull, sky blue livery, the magic airship is one of the top means of transportation in the world, because it is powered by expensive magic crystals.

Magic crystals are crystals left over after the death of lifeforms with spirits, and there are many different types of magic crystals, and they also have different uses.

The magic crystal is very similar to the magic core of the demon beast, but the nature of the magic core of the high-grade demon beast is purer than the magic crystal, and the northern territory occupies the world's largest magic crystal mine, so the popularity of the magic boat in the northern territory is relatively good, which is also a reason for the frequent contradictions between the southern and northern regions.

Lan Ruo and Asura boarded the magic airship, and the airship was empty of only the two of them and the pilot. A huge blue-green alchemy array lit up below the magic airship, slowly rotating, and the spirit of the cyan magic crystal was slowly injected, and the magic airship began to float in the air, rising higher and higher.

Lan Ruo saw from the window that the buildings on the ground gradually became smaller, and the alchemy array of wind lit up behind the airship, and the powerful propulsion force made the airship suddenly accelerate and fly towards the north.

The scenery below is becoming more and more desolate, and there are only ice trees and bare rocks below, and there are no people. At noon, the airship finally arrived at the extreme north flight area, the airship descended slowly, the strong wind blew all the snow off the ground, and the airship landed steadily.

As soon as the hatch of the airship opened, a strong cold air poured in, and Lan Ruo shivered and stepped off the airship, but Asura looked like nothing happened.

All around, a vast expanse of snow white, as far as the eye can see, there are only sparse dwarf trees and an ancient city in the snow in the distance.

"That's the northern border of the north, the ice is in the city, and you can only reach the snow-capped mountains by crossing that city." Asura said.

"This is the first trial, run or climb, and get to Ice City before sunset, where I'll be waiting for you." Before Lan Ruo could react after Asura finished speaking, he jumped a few feet away lightly on his tiptoes, and Lan Ruo launched a blast step to catch up, but he was getting farther and farther away from Asura.

Lan Ruo was almost walking in the air with his blast step, but his spirit was soon not enough to support such intense consumption, and the blue-white alchemy array under his feet disappeared, and the moment he landed on the ground, he sank into the snow below his knees.

The snow is very soft, and it takes a lot of physical effort to walk in this kind of snow just by walking, and sometimes, the snow will even reach Lan Ruo's waist, and Lan Ruo walks with a small stride and a fixed pace, which is not only not easy to get tired, but also prevents stepping on a deep pit and being buried alive.

If it is a normal surface, the distance to Ice Castle is not difficult to reach before sunset, but the difficulty of walking on flat ground is not comparable to that of walking on snow. Lan Ruo took a breath of dry and cold air, and the air was like a knife, almost tearing his lungs apart.

Finally, he lay on the snow exhausted, gasping for air, his feet were already numb from the cold, and the ice was still far away. He was a little desperate, he even thought he would freeze to death in this place.

Suddenly, he saw a low tree next to him, he seemed to think of something, the air burst under his feet, he jumped up to the tree, and then jumped to the nearby tree, he jumped between the trees like a monkey, and if the two trees were too far apart, he used the blast step.

In the ice city, Asura and a girl sat at the tea table and drank hot tea face to face, the girl was about twenty years old, with a pair of crystal eyes, a cold eye, wearing a silver battle armor, and a heroic posture.

This girl is none other than the defender of Ice Landing City, the patriarch of the Xingli clan who has guarded the northern border for generations, Xingli Emilia, whose patriarch is known as the King of the Winter Moon.

"It's unbelievable, Lord Asura, that you put all the affairs of the Tarot House and the Imperial Spirit House on hold for the sake of a child?" Emilia said incredulously.

"It's not that it's shelved, general affairs will be handled by the snow owl message, and I will take the time to go back and deal with important matters in person, and my magic airship will always stay in Ice City," Asura took a sip of tea, "Ah...... No matter how many times you drink it, your iced tea in the city is still so delicious. ”

"I really want to see what kind of kid can make you so interested." Amilia's eyes showed curiosity.

"He should have arrived." Asura looked to the west, on the border between snow and sky, a round of red sun slowly fell.

Outside the southern gate of Ice Landing City, an emaciated teenager lay unconscious on the icy frozen soil.