"Why are you here?"

"Lola is a businessman, of course she's here to do business!"

Andacher Mountains, Falling Star Mountain, Western Snow Mountain, Ice and Snow Camp - this name was still inquired by Duan Qing from the people around him after arriving at this place. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info At this time, the three of them had been placed in a small house in that rugby-like shelter, hiding from the increasingly intense blizzard outside.

And the person who appeared at the entrance before and brought them in was actually the footman they met when they were going up the mountain before, the girl Lola.

"No, no, I mean ...... How did you run to such a ...... by yourself? So ......" Duan Qing pondered the words: "Such a remote place? And it's so ......."

“？”

The answer to him was the face of a woman with a puzzled face—a lively girl with chestnut hair with an innocent face, as if she couldn't understand what Duan Qing wanted to ask in this question.

"Hey...... Yes...... Because I'm a businessman. The girl sitting across the room thought for a long time, and finally answered the question with a sunny smile: "And it's a foot merchant!" Of course, I do all kinds of business! ”

"He meant to ask, how did you walk through that snowstorm alone?" Seeing that Duan Qing really couldn't ask, Xue Ling Phantom Ice followed his words very dryly and asked, "Could it be that you...... Didn't you encounter any difficulties? ”

"Nope." This time, the girl on the other side replied much faster: "That's how I came all the way." ”

Duan Qing and Nan Tieshan looked at the big backpack placed in the corner of the room, and shook their heads in unison—it seems that the foot merchants in this world are still as weird and powerful as ever.

But it seems to be a little simple.

"You actually know this place?" The woman in the black cloak held a steaming glass of water and asked casually, somewhat boredly.

"Of course!" Unexpectedly, the girl's reaction was much greater than she expected, she jumped up from her seat and stepped on the bench next to her: "Businessmen are going to do business all over the world!" How can a businessman not know the truth of the guest's address! If the business doesn't work, can you pay me? ”

You didn't do my business before....... Duan Qing next to him thought with a sad face.

"So that means ......" Xue Ling's voice paused, "Do you often have dealings with the Norsr clan?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, no......" Lola, who remembered something, suddenly calmed down and sat back on her bench with some embarrassment: "We're not very familiar with each other, it's just pure...... Pure ...... Hey, what's that word called? ”

"Ahh That's right! It's called business dealings! The girl clapped her palms excitedly, then shook her fingers and said, "Business dealings." ”

Three people, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to say at this time.

"But ......" the girl's words changed: "The people here are still very good people, well, don't look at them usually cold, in fact, they are all very enthusiastic people!" Last time, I overcharged Lola with a lot of goods......"

"You guys!"

The whistling of the cold wind suddenly amplified in their ears - a warrior in white fur armor suddenly opened the curtain and walked in from the outside, first looking at the three adventurers present with a cold face, then at the smiling girl businessman, and finally relaxed his expression: "Who is Snow Spirit Phantom Ice?" ”

The woman covered in the black hood did not speak, but simply stood up from her seat.

"Is that you, a friend who claims to be the patriarch?" The male warrior looked at the woman who refused to show her face with a scrutinizing eye, and finally nodded slightly: "The patriarch wants to see you." ”

Duan Qing raised his head, but he could only see a smile on the corner of the woman's mouth from the side angle, which only showed her chin. Then she nodded, and walked over to the warrior's scrutinizing gaze, signaling that the other could lead the way.

With the sound of two heavy cloth slapping, the two men walked out of the warm little room one after the other.

The clay floor is evenly surrounded by rings in a small circular room, creating a strange atmosphere in the whole room, reminding the people in it that this is a place full of alien characteristics. But in the center of these rings, in the middle of the whole small house, there is not a table or other furniture, but a small fire, which uses its own light and heat to resist the cold outside. In the bright light of the fire, puffs of green smoke slowly drifted up, gathered in the center of the dome above the small house, and flew out through the reticulated skylight. And along the earthy yellow round roofs, apart from some beautiful and bizarre patterns, all that remains are simple tables, chairs, and small cabinets.

The whole room is furnished simply and quaintly.

"It seems that ......" Duan Qing retracted his gaze and whispered to Nantie Mountain next to him, "This place has indeed existed for a long time." ”

"Huh? Oh, yes...... yes, hahahaha. ”

Nan Tieshan, who had taken off his coat, obviously didn't pay attention to Duan Qing's words, so he just smiled perfunctorily. Duan Qing looked at the other party's expression, and found that the other party was obviously focusing on the girl with her legs dangling opposite, with a look of wanting to say something, so she had to sigh secretly.

You're so shy...... Do you want me to come?

"That's, Lola...... Right? ”

"Yes!" The girl on the other side immediately responded, "That's Lola's name!" ”

"That, that ......" Duan Qing scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed, and only after holding it for a long time did he think of a suitable question: "Are you familiar with this snowy mountain?" ”

"Ah, I'm not very familiar with it, Lola has to find her own way every time she comes." The girl scratched her small nose with some embarrassment, and smiled a little shyly: "But...... Find it every time. ”

So where did you come from...... Duan Qing thought helplessly.

"That...... What do you think of the environment? ”

"Huh? Well...... girl" The girl thought for a while, and finally continued to say with a cheerful smile: "It's still very beautiful here!" ”

"It's ...... It's beautiful? ”

"Yes! Look at the snowflakes fluttering all over the sky, how beautiful they are......" Through the window, Lola pointed to the scene outside the window: "And such a big snowstorm, you can't see it anywhere else......"

So don't you think it's hard to survive in this place...... Duan Qing held his mouth hard, and finally didn't spit out the sentence he wanted to say.

"Are you done with your business here? How long do you plan to stay here? ”

"Don't worry, Lola still has a lot to sell." Speaking of her business, the girl laughed happily again: "The patriarch said that this time he has more things to buy, as well as the Bright Star Stone that Uncle Blacksmith wants, the magic book that Orem wants, and Uther's magic steel sword......"

The girl sitting there crossed her fingers and counted her own business, but the names she inadvertently reported one after another made Duan Qing and Nan Tieshan who were present tremble-the names of the props they had never heard before, and as soon as they heard those names, they knew that they were very powerful things. Nan Tieshan, who would not hide his temperament at all, his eyes were a little straight, but Duan Qing, who was holding his hands tightly, was still more calm, not only because his past experience made him feel more indifferent when facing these things, but also because the other party's words just now had already answered his previous question.

This mysterious merchant will stay in this place for a while, and they will have a chance to get powerful equipment from her.

"That ......" So Duan Qing wanted to fight for his rights and interests first: "Can I take a look at what you sell first?" ”

"No—yes." The girl turned her head like a rattle.

"Why-" Duan Qing asked with a wail.

"No why." The girl's originally very sweet smile was so desperate in the eyes of Duan Qing now: "In short...... Just don't sell it to you. ”

"Get out of the way! People say that, so don't bother people all the time. Nan Tieshan ruthlessly broke Duan Qing's body and rushed forward, first rubbing his hands at the smiling girl, and then asked a little embarrassedly: "That, I bought you a pair of gloves before, do you remember?" ”

"Of course I do." The girl nodded: "My guests, I remember them all." ”

"That, that ......" Like Duan Qing, facing this girl who always had a sunny smile, Nan Tieshan, who was much stronger than the other party, always had a strange sense of oppression, he clenched his fists nervously, and only said his request after a while: "I tried it later, and I felt that those fists were not very suitable for my fighting methods, so I ......"

"Can I exchange it?"

"No—yes!" This time, the girl's shaking was even more resolute: "The goods sold by Lola will not be returned!" ”

"Huh? Belch...... That, it's okay if you don't change it, it's okay if you don't change it...... But you see, these gloves don't fit me, it's always a fact, and you took it at the time...... Oh no, it was recommended to me, and to compensate me, see if I can ...... How about picking another one yourself? ”

"Well...... Lola, who was shaking her little feet, put a finger on her chin and looked up at the dome of the ceiling: "This is okay, since you want to buy another one......

In the flattering smiling face of Nan Tieshan and the hesitant steps of the girl, the two of them slowly walked to the big backpack in the corner of the small house, and made such an open transaction, leaving Duan Qing, who was stunned, sitting dryly and looking at the two discordant figures, one big and one small.

"I'm X, I can't stand it anymore, I'm leaving this place......"

Finally, overhearted, he hid his face and rushed out of the door of the small room.

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The camp, known as the Ice Embrace, was now besieged by a blizzard outside, as its name suggests. However, the structure of the camp also makes it serve the same function as its name, embracing the people inside the place so that they are not consumed by the cold. Because of this, there are no storms as strong in the interior of this place as outside the slits, and the huge bonfires burning in the center also give enough heat to the area to allow the people here to enjoy the warm glow of the fire in a winter-like environment.

Walking in this long and narrow camp, Duan Qing didn't take long to visit all the facilities in this place, so he was now sitting in the corner of the camp with nothing to do, waiting for the return of the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice and the fate that would come with it.

The camp was small and there weren't many people, but perhaps because of the cold, the people here seemed to be hiding in the huts like mountain bags, and they didn't have the slightest intention of coming out to meet them as outsiders. There are a few open huts, and the people inside don't have a very good attitude towards him, as if in their eyes, these outsiders like him are as cold as ice and snow outside.

He even found the blacksmith shop and grocery store in this camp near the hut he walked out of, but the blacksmith and the boss inside behaved as cold and hard as they called the "Ice and Snow Clan", and they had no desire to do business with Duan Qing at all. Every time Duan Qing went in to inquire, they stood behind the counter with their arms crossed and looked at themselves with cold eyes, until they stared away from the ashes.

"In game terms, that's not enough prestige."

Duan Qing, who was leaning against the corner of the wall, looked at the gloomy sky under the thin slit above his head, and sighed a little helplessly - looking back, how did this inexplicable adventure under impulse get to this point? And it's so miserable, there is nothing to gain along the way, but the fight is not less, and helplessly formed a grudge with a group of passers-by, not to mention, in order to avoid the pursuit of the elements, even the road that may go straight to the top of the mountain has been abandoned...... And it's also a possible ancient ruin!

Now, even a merchant girl who suddenly appeared out of nowhere is inexplicably hostile to him...... The world is full of malice.

"Shh......h

Duan Qing, who was extremely depressed, leaned against the wall, looking up with blank eyes, and the depression in his mood made him seem to hear a strange boo, until the voice gradually amplified and caught his attention, he turned his head in a bit of a trance and looked at the front of the wall of the house he was leaning on.

"Hey! Feed! ”

It was a man in a white fur coat, waving at him, and at the same time emitting a strange whistle that caught his attention.

Duan Qing looked left and right, and after making sure that the Nosrid clansman was calling him, he stood up with some hesitation and slowly walked in front of the person: "You called me?" What do you want me to do? ”

The man leaned on the side of the door and stretched out his head, looked left and right like a thief, and after making sure that no one noticed this side, he looked up at Duan Qing's face, and then ...... With a sudden, he pulled him into the hut.