When Chi Chao came to the kitchen, he found that the firewood knives here were sharper than the iron swords in his hand. He borrowed a whetstone from Old Man Li and sharpened his sword earnestly outside the kitchen.

"General, what the hell is this waste wood for?" Hou Yi leaned against the wall and looked at Chi Chao who was sharpening his knife with Zhou Tianze.

"Perhaps, I'm afraid of death. Thinking about the children of a family like him, most of them stay in the military department or are strong troops, but once a war starts, those people go first. He was afraid of going to war, so he came to our safe place. Zhou Tianze replied.

"But why did he sharpen his sword?"

"There is always something puzzling about the children of the family, let him be."

During the dinner in the evening, General Zhou pulled Chi Chao to his side and said to everyone: "This is the new scout sent to us by the military department, called Liao Shiyi. Let's get along well in the future. ”

"Welcome, welcome." The crowd applauded.

"Please take care of me in the future." Chi Chao bowed.

"Come, eat!" As soon as General Zhou finished speaking, the dinner table immediately stirred like a whirlwind cloud.

On the first night of coming down to the barracks, I didn't eat enough, and I couldn't sleep either. Chi Chao leaned against the eaves of the door with his felt, looking lonely at the goose feather snow falling outside the house.

"It's going to be down until tomorrow night." A man walked up to him and handed him a jug of steaming spirits. "Drink it, this place is different from Yongcheng, the cold temperature at night is enough to freeze a grandmaster exposed to the wild into an ice sculpture."

Chi Chao turned his head and found that it was General Zhou.

I took the flask and took a sip, and the hot and spicy feeling flowed from the stomach in my throat, and the whole person warmed up a lot.

"Is the general also from Yongcheng?" Chi Chao asked.

"Zhou, Wu, Zheng, and Wei, don't you know? I am from the Zhou family of the Earl of Dongchang. General Zhou replied, "It seems that I haven't been back for sixteen years, and perhaps, my family has long forgotten my existence." ”

"You'd love to go back?"

Zhou Tianze shook his head: "This is my home, my whole life has been given to Biansai and Guiguo." ”

"You're also a cultivator, aren't you? How come I can't sense the existence of soul power in your body? Chi Yan asked.

"In the battle of the Smoke Diagram War in the first year of the Divine Book, I used the secret method to forcibly raise the cultivation from the Grandmaster's lower realm to the Grandmaster's upper realm. I thought I'd die after killing enough enemies, but I didn't expect the Juggernaut to joke with me. It kept me alive and spent the rest of my life suffering from backlash. Zhou Tianze clenched the handle of the knife at his waist.

"This is, a External Soul Soldier?" Chi Chao saw that the hilt of the knife flowed with a halo of flames, which was different from ordinary weapons.

"That's right." Zhou Tianze pulled the knife out of the scabbard, the blade was completely golden, and it was engraved with a red soul text. "It's called Yangyan, and it was rewarded to me by Nanling King Chi Dao after a victory."

"What a domineering atmosphere." Chi Chao touched the blade and felt the heat.

"Do you like it?" Zhou Tianze looked at Chi Chao, "If I die on the battlefield or die old, it will be yours." Go to bed early, and I'll take you on a tour tomorrow. ”

"Yes, General."

In the early morning of the second day, Chi Chao and General Zhou set out on the road early, and they rode the only two horses in the camp through the wind and snow.

Covered in snow, the roads are almost nowhere to be found. But Zhou Tianze was able to follow the prescribed route impartially in this situation.

"You have to go around this route three times a day, in the morning, at noon and in the evening. The end of the tour is halfway up the Yantu volcano, where the snow can't cover it. If you see wolf smoke rising in the distance, you should also light the wolf smoke on the top of the mountain and pass on the message. It may seem simple, but you have a lot of responsibility. You know? ”

"Yes, the subordinates must do their duty." Chi Chao replied solemnly.

"This year's snow fell a little early and for a long time. There will inevitably be several fierce battles at the end of the year. Zhou Tianze looked at the border from afar and said worriedly.

"General, why do you say that?"

"It's time for the border bandits to come out and collect the "winter grain" again. ”

Every winter, the entire Yantu military camp has to allocate half of its troops to suppress bandits, even if cultivators are dispatched, but when fighting on the battlefield, there are many examples of ordinary martial artists killing cultivators.

"Don't be reckless on the battlefield, don't pretend to be a cultivator, otherwise you will die faster." Zhou Tianze admonished.

"General Xie's teachings." Chi Chao bowed.

Zhou Tianze dismounted, drew a circle with a radius of one meter on the snow, and then stood in the center of the circle and said, "Come, let me see how strong your fighting is." ”

Chi Chao smiled slightly: "General, are you sure?" ”

"Come on, I'm no longer a cultivator. But there is still some strength. ”

"That's good." Chi Chao pulled his sword out of its sheath and walked into the circle, "I won't suppress the strength, you are ready to be injured." ”

"Let's go!" As soon as Zhou Tianze spoke, Chi Chao's long sword "flowed" towards him as fast and flexible as a stream in the forest.

Force! Zhou Tianze was a little more interested and surprised by the young man in front of him.

He didn't pull out the knife at his waist, but threw the knife at Chi Chao's sword with the scabbard, pressing Chi Chao's sword momentum to the ground.

At the same time, Zhou Tianze rushed towards Chi Chao, and the external soul knife also rushed out of the scabbard.

Chi Chao was surprised by Zhou Tianze's fighting methods, as if Zhou Tianze was also from the Sword Tower.

Surprised, Zhou Tianze was already close to Chi Chao, and his palm to render his soul power was about to cover Chi Chao's chest.

Chi Chao immediately let go of the hand holding the sword, took out the dagger with the sleeve armor of his left hand and stabbed it at the palm of Zhou Tianze's palm.

Zhou Tianze didn't expect that Chi Chao still had a weapon, he didn't want to risk his palm being pierced in exchange for defeating Chi Chao, so he took his left hand back.

After Zhou Tianze took his palm, he held the knife with both hands and slashed at Chi Chao's head.

Yang Yan slashed onto the dagger that Chi Chao used for protection, and sparks suddenly bloomed.

Chi Chao's left hand stretched out like lightning and caught the falling long sword.

The long sword was pulled back, cutting straight into Zhou Tianze's abdomen, and the sound of the sword roared like the breath of death.

Zhou Tianze took two steps back, and only the tip of the sword slashed into his armor, squeaking.

Chi Chao took advantage of the momentum and rushed forward in front of Zhou Tianze, his long sword stabbing straight into his defenseless chest.

The knife held by Zhou Tianze suddenly lit up, and the scarlet flame seemed to open a gap in hell, devouring everything he saw.

The flames gradually spread from the knife to Zhou Tianze's body, and when he was covered in flames, Chi Chao felt that he had seen a demon god who had crawled out of hell!

This is not self-immolation, this is not self-immolation, this is not self-immolation! Ji Chao said three times in his heart.

"Wow~" The advance of the long sword came to an abrupt halt, starting from the tip of the sword, and the flames spread towards the hilt.

If you move forward, the sword will turn into molten iron! Chi Chao hurriedly stepped back.

"Boom!" Soul Flame Explosion!

Chi Chao was withdrawn by the qi wave for more than ten meters, and the long sword came out of his hand.

"Brake!" The iron sword plunged into the rock not far away.

Chi Chao's whole body was buried in the snow.

"Are you alright?" Zhou Tianze coughed as he walked.

Chi Chao got up from the snow, but his hands were slightly burned. "It's all right, General."

Only then did Zhou Tianze see the dagger in Chi Chao's hand, his eyes suddenly looked at Chi Chao like an eagle falcon, and asked sharply, "Where did this dagger come from?" ”

"Nothing, a girl sent it." Chi Chao hid the dagger in his sleeve armor again.

"Girls? Wastelanders? ”

"yes, what's the problem?"

Zhou Tianze listened to Chi Chao's answer and let go of his suspicions.

"Nothing. Remember, don't let anyone see the dagger in your hand in the territory of Gui again. It's important. It's not just for you, but also for that girl in the wasteland. Zhou Tianze admonished. After you are discharged from the army, you will go to the wasteland to find that girl. ”

"Oh."

"Poof!" Zhou Tianze walked to the place where the sword was inserted and pulled it out.

A cluster of red soul power flowed out of Zhou Tianze's hand, enveloping the entire sword.

After a few moments, the soul power dissipated. The whole iron sword is as smooth as a mirror, and it can reflect the figure of a person on it.

"I've already helped you re-temper your sword, and your hand-to-hand combat is very strong, a bit like Guiyuan's body technique in the Unknowable Lands. Ahem, you have a lot of suspicions. Cough...... Ahem, anyway, it's worth it for you to come to this border. Both for us and for you. Zhou Tianze coughed more and more, and used so much soul power again, his body was really unbearable.

"General, does it matter?" Chi Chao asked with concern.

"Don't worry, I'll go back to the barracks first. You take advantage of the fact that it is not dark and patrol the route twice. Familiar, familiar. Zhou Tianze turned over and said goodbye to Chi Chao.

Chi Yan looked at the sky full of snow, and suddenly thought: I haven't tried to hide from the snow yet! The unruly snowflies are more difficult than the armies. If you can avoid all the falling snow, won't the hosts come and go freely!

Haoran Qi can perceive all things, maybe this is an opportunity.

Chi Chao stood between heaven and earth, quietly feeling the falling snowflakes with a majestic atmosphere.

Chi Chao came to an abrupt halt in the snow, moving left and right, constantly trying to dodge the snowflakes that were about to fall on him.

After a while, Chi Chao stopped, panting heavily.

"It's still a lot of practice, now, it's time to go to that place." Chi Chao jumped on his horse and headed towards the top of the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, Chi Chao stopped. He tied his horse to a half-man-high rock and walked to the top of the smoke-filled volcano.

Chi Chao began to move forward against the wind and snow, moving one small step at a time.

But the process was only for a while, and after he crossed the snow line, the wind decreased and the snow stopped.

Chi Chao came to a world full of rocks and heat waves.

The cold fur coat on his body was taken off one by one by Chi Chao, and in the end, only a single coat remained. Even if he took off only a single coat, he still felt hot.

He began to sweat endlessly, but he was still some distance from the crater.

Chi Chao already knew what he would look like when he arrived at the crater. But he still wanted to see the lava tumbling underground.

Chi Chao finally walked to the crater and looked down.

The hot magma kept rolling, and the heat wave kept hitting the face of the pool, and even if he blinked again, he couldn't make up for the evaporation of the tears by the heat.

The majestic power of nature was displayed in front of Chi Chao's eyes, and he had to marvel at this moment: there is always a power in heaven and earth that mortals can't resist! It is also because of this power that people are born to death.