"Hmm." Ye Ziqing nodded, "Master Liu Dun also said yesterday, never stare into the eyes of the ice dragon, otherwise you will become a soulless person." ”

"......" everyone gasped.

When Liu Dun said it yesterday, Wei Gong didn't pay too much attention to it, but now when he heard Ye Ziqing say it again, he only felt a chill down his spine.

If what they said was true, then he really had a brush with death at the time.

"Legend has it that the soul of man will be frozen in its eyes until it dies, otherwise it will not be liberated." Ye Ziqing repeated what Liu Dun said yesterday, "So, when the ice dragon deprives this person of his soul, that body becomes a puppet that can be manipulated at will. The figure you see is probably just one of its puppets. ”

"I see."

Jian Rin Sakura nodded, just looked at Liu Dun with some concern.

The old man's eyes were trying to hide something.

The figure they saw in the palace was probably a very important person to him......

……

After replenishing the supplies in the outpost, the group continued to move in the direction of Yunlong Pass in the Shujian Kingdom at noon.

Ye Ziqing recovered a little from the dream, and after putting on the mask, although he couldn't see his expression clearly, he was obviously much more sensitive to the things around him.

It's just that what makes Emiya feel strange is that-

I don't know why, he can always feel Ye Ziqing's gaze looking at him intentionally or unintentionally.

It was completely different from the cold expression I had seen before, it was an infinitely gentle ......

Once he thought of this, Emiya trembled.

He shook his head, rejecting the terrible thought in his heart.

This should be unlikely.

How could Ye Ziqing like someone like him?

……

I don't know if it's due to the influence of the Heavenly Demons, but since last night's incident, it seems that the wind and snow in the entire Izumo Mountain Range have become more violent.

The wind blew across the ground, blowing the snow in the mountains and slapping them in the faces, as if they had been slapped in the face with a drill.

Cold, hard.

The pain and numbness swept through the crowd.

Just like Liu Dun and Ye Ziqing predicted before, if they didn't go out early and encountered a snowstorm, it would take more time.

Especially when they arrived at the Valley of Despair, everyone felt as if they had arrived in hell.

The Ice Wing Mountains, known as the left wing of the Izumo Mountains, gradually descend and the terrain becomes gentle, and the cold currents that have been lifted up from the mountains roar down the ridge like a tidal wave.

At the same time, the ocean currents brought by the southwest end collided with this powerful air current, forming an extremely deep trough at the end of the ice wings.

Because of the perennial clouds and thunder, there was no grass in the valley, only the cold stones stood in it, scarred by the wind blade.

This zone of death, without any signs of life, is known as the Valley of Desperation.

Everyone stood on the ridge and looked at the sea of clouds in the distance in amazement, each frowning.

In front of their eyes, in the sky below, thick black clouds enveloped the entire valley and even the vision ahead.

Thunder flickered, and a roar was heard in the clouds.

In this case, Emiya and others had to give up the idea of flying.

The group found a rugged mountain path from the edge of the Desperate Valley and slowly moved towards the Yunlong Pass on the border of the Heavenly Book.

The wind here is also blowing very strangely, the moment before it came from behind, maybe at the turn of an intersection, the wind changed direction, blowing from the left or right.

It's black all around.

Wei Gong protected Cui Xiaoxiao in his arms, resisted the cold wind with an air shield, and struggled to move forward in the thunder and lightning.

Cui Xiaoxiao raised her eyes, her bright gaze flickering in the darkness.

Along the way, the remains of corpses were everywhere, those that had not yet been eroded by the strong wind, buried in the deep snow, and half of their heads were exposed.

Some have been frozen by ice and become part of the mountain.

However, as long as it can be preserved, the skin is fresh and visible, and it is completely preserved by cold and freezing.

It was as if they could feel the pain of these people when they died, and everyone gasped with difficulty.

Cui Xiaoxiao felt a panic in her heart, and a strange feeling swelled.

In this black, low sky, she was like she had sailed in the universe countless times before.

They've seen space stations destroyed by meteorites or solar storms, the bodies of astronauts floating in space junk, and the human heroes who died before them to build transit stations on long space routes to reach farther afield......

Exploration and travel are the ones that require many people to pay with their lives.

……

It was supposed to take only three days to travel, but they walked for ten days.

After passing the Desperate Valley, the western foothills of the Icewing Mountains gradually flattened and the horizon gradually broadened.

When the sun rose on the tenth day, a wide field appeared before the eyes of the people.

Although it was still covered with snow and ice, the wind was much softer, and some mountains were faintly visible in the distance, like a child compared to the peaks behind him.

Sunlight poured down from the sky, illuminating the earth white.

"Starting from here, there is less than a hundred miles away, and you can reach the territory of the Book Sword Country. That is, the very famous Yunlong Pass. A smile bloomed on Master Liu Dun's face, and he said happily with a sigh in his mouth.

Wei Gong looked up, only to see a white land, and then recalled the terrible scenes he had experienced in the past few days, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Even if there was a treasure hidden in the Izumo Mountains, he didn't want to come a second time.

"Back then, it was from this place that the Heavenly Sword Kingdom opened a gap and entered the Book Sword Kingdom." Master Liu Dun said excitedly.

"Heavenly Sword Country? That ...... a hundred years ago? Jian Rin Sakura looked at Liu Dun with a puzzled look.

"Yes, the most famous is the Battle of the Cloud Dragon."

Speaking of history, Master Liu Dun was like a treasure, and the whole person became excited.

"At that time, the first god of war of the Shujian Kingdom, as well as His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor, and the young Princess Biluo, all died together at that famous border checkpoint."

Hearing Liu Dun's explanation, Ye Ziqing's eyes showed a blurry color.

She looked at the towering peaks and the vast snow, and couldn't help but feel in a trance.

It was as if everything was back to that night.

"According to legend, that battle was fought extremely fiercely, and the 50,000 troops of the Heavenly Sword Kingdom, together with the 100,000 troops of the Book Sword Kingdom, were buried here, fighting day and night, and finally won a tragic victory with the Heavenly Sword Kingdom."

Master Liu Dun explained, with a hint of fascination in his eyes.

Although he said it lightly, Emiya could probably imagine the tragic situation at that time.

I'm afraid that it will be a river of blood, and there will be no daylight.