On the night of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the representative sent by King Donghu came to the foot of the Twin Peaks.

The group of four of them traveled thousands of miles to the mountains and rivers, and the curiosity and passion they had set out for had been exhausted.

After entering Tiantai Mountain, the snow became thicker and thicker, and they could no longer move forward on horseback. So the four of them had to abandon their horses and hike up the mountain.

Chiraku is a sharpshooter of the Longbow Division, nicknamed the Jade-Faced Fox. He is of Beidi blood, tall and tall, with fair skin, a good face, and looks like a woman.

Manggu Aji is a wrestling master of the Hanhe Division, more than eight feet tall, with the blood of the Kua father clan, infinite strength, and a pair of thunder god hammers.

Among the thousands of troops, he is invincible with a pair of Thor's hammers, and the hammer falls, such as the punishment of Thor, and the people and horses are broken, and he has always been known as the first warrior of the grassland.

The priestess of the Imperial Wind Department is named Yuyan, who is good at illusion and disguise, and is known as a thousand faces. Her weapon is the Soul Eater Needle, which makes her enemies talk about it.

The most mysterious of the four is the teenage assassin Cheng Xinghe, known as the Deathwing.

He was always dressed in black, with a black robe and a black cloak. And he kills only in the dark night when the moon is dark and the wind is high, and no one has ever seen him make a move, because those who have seen him make a move are already dead.

It is said that he had twelve throwing knives, which were as fast as lightning and had no missing hair.

There was no light in the night, and even the snow looked black, and the four of them stopped when they reached the arrow platform.

Most of the arrow platform is covered with snow, and only the three vermilion lacquer characters of "Arrow Relief Platform" on the archway are clearly visible under the reflection of the torch.

Qianluo said: "There is snow everywhere that is higher than people, where can I see the road up the mountain?" We could have gone up the mountain during the day, but we had to wait until night. It's good now, there is no one to answer, I might as well spend a night in Fifty Miles if I knew so! ”

He was complaining about Cheng Xinghe. At noon, the four of them had already arrived at the military camp of the Fifty Lipu Zhangxiong Division. There, they were warmly received by Liu Hanye and Yanlong Ye.

Yan Longye also sent a message to Xishan that the four of them would arrive at the Twin Peaks in the evening, so that Xishan Guest Hall would be ready to receive them.

Originally, everything was planned, but Cheng Xinghe insisted on waiting until after dark to go up the mountain.

Hearing Cheng Xinghe's plan, Qianluo was the first to stand up and oppose it. Before leaving, King Donghu had designated Cheng Xinghe as the captain of the Donghu delegation.

Xiyan has admired Cheng Xinghe for a long time, and he has obeyed Cheng Xinghe all the way.

Mangu Aji is a simple person, a little silly, but he also has a love for beauty. He fell in love with Xiyan at first sight and was very in love. So he will do whatever Xiyan does, never asking the reason.

Qianluo is a well-known handsome young man in Donghu Babu, and there are so many women who pursue him that he is overwhelmed. Although the sunset is beautiful, it can't make Qianluo fall in love.

So along the way, Qianluo was always out of place with the other three.

Cheng Xinghe was indifferent and never said nonsense, he stretched out his hand and pointed directly below the archway of Jiejian Terrace.

Qianluo looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a sudden depression in the thick snow, and then a human face appeared and looked at them with a grin.

Qianluo took out his bow and arrows, stretched out his bowstring, and said to the man hiding in the snow, "Who are you?" ”

The person in the snow is Ah Huan from the Floating Samurai Order. He said to the four people: "My name is Ah Huan, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time on the orders of the Nine Elders of the West Mountain of the Moon God Temple. If you don't come back, I'll go back to sleep. Ahh You see I'm sick with frost! ”

Qianluo withdrew his bow and arrows, and Xiyan smiled and said to Ah Huan: "The road up the mountain seems to be covered with snow, how can we get to Xishan?" ”

Ah Huan beckoned to the four of them: "Come with me!" ”

The four of them looked at him suspiciously, and Manggu Aji also looked at the snow cave where Ah Huan was with big eyes like copper bells.

Ah Huan looked at Manggu Aji with some embarrassment and said, "I didn't expect that there was such a big guy in your team, he would definitely not be able to enter, so he was last in line, which of you came first?" ”

Xiyan was curious about what was going on under the snow cave, but she still let Cheng Xinghe enter the snow cave first, and she followed.

Qianluo saw that both of them had entered the snow cave, and he also followed in.

The snow cave is more than five feet high, and it goes straight to the gate of the outer courtyard of Xishan, and people don't feel uncomfortable walking in it. Xiyan still has girlish feelings, and walking in the snow cave still feels very novel.

Mangu Aji was too tall for the snow cave to accommodate him. The lower half of his body was stuck in the snow cave, and the upper half of his body was swimming forward in the heavy snow, very embarrassed.

When they arrived at the gate of the outer courtyard of Xishan, Cheng Xinghe, Xiyan and Qianluo were all clean, only Manggu Aji was covered with snow, and he couldn't see his original appearance on a big cake face.

Ah Huan looked back at the snow cave passage destroyed by Manggu Aji, and was heartbroken, he went down the mountain along the destroyed snow cave without saying hello to the four of them.

The gate of the outer courtyard of Xishan "creaked" and slowly opened.

Xue'er is dressed in white, and Shengxue is carrying a red lantern prepared for tomorrow's Japanese Festival. Behind her was a girl dressed in red.

Xue'er raised the lantern in her hand and shone it out of the door, looking at the four of them one by one. In the end, she set her eyes on Cheng Xinghe, who was dressed in black robes.

Because the floating leaves are always covered in a black robe on weekdays, the painting heart has a sense of affection for this kind of dress.

She said to Cheng Xinghe: "Your Excellency is Cheng Xinghe from Donghu Babu, right?" ”

Cheng Xinghe said in a cold tone: "Chi Wolf Department, Cheng Xinghe." ”

Xiyan knew that Cheng Xinghe was not good at words and did not like to be polite. She stepped forward and took the initiative to introduce herself: "The four of us are from Donghu Babu. On the orders of King Donghu, he came to participate in the Sword of Shao Si Ming Competition. My name is Xiyan, and I'm from the Ministry of Wind; The handsome man's name is Qianluo, and he is from the Longbow Department; This big guy is Mangu Aji, from the Hanhe Ministry. The person in front of you is Cheng Xinghe, who is known as the Wings of Death. ”

Xue'er looked at the four of them curiously, and saw that Mangu Aji was covered in snow, especially because his head was covered with snow and he couldn't even tell his nose and eyes. She thought it was very funny, and couldn't help but hide her face and smile secretly.

Feeling slighted, Mangu Aji yelled at Cher, "What are you laughing at? Girl! Believe it or not, I can pinch you to death with a little thumb! ”

Xue'er saw that she was angry with Mangu Aji, but she was still fearless. Huaxin glanced at her, and she naughtily stuck out her tongue and stood behind Huaxin.

Xiyan said: "Big man, don't scare other little girls as soon as you come." ”

"Everyone, please come with me!" ”

There are three departments in Xishan, one Wenxuan Pavilion is presided over by Elder Yanzhong, the second is the head of the Ruling Division for the derivative elder, and the third is the hall master of Yanxi.

In addition to the three departments, there are five elders who live in the monastery. Unless something major happens, the other five elders and the three elders will gather together to discuss the plan.

On the periphery of the three buildings are many rooms of different styles, which are intended for the dwellings of handymen and doormen.

Since Fusheng Ye was promoted to the position of Nine Elders, almost all the internal and external affairs on the West Mountain were handed over to him to take care of.

The floating leaves are so busy.

Huaxin brought Cheng Xinghe and the other four to the living room of the lecture hall.

Because it was getting late, only one of the elders, Floating Leaves, was in charge of receiving them.

Fushengye's current cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds, and a few brigadier-level warriors no longer have much weight in his eyes.

He briefly exchanged a few words with Cheng Xinghe and the four of them, and then asked Huaxin to arrange for the four of them to live together in a courtyard in the outer courtyard, and each of them happened to share an upper room.

Cheng Xinghe heard the arrangement of the floating leaves, and proposed to the floating leaves that his work and rest habits were different from others, so he wanted a separate courtyard.

Fushengye said: "Xishan only provides one set of private rooms for each contestant for free. This is the result of the joint deliberation of the eight elders. I'm just a clerk, so I can't change the rules at will. Otherwise, you think that so many contestants want to live in a single family, and how many spare houses in Xishan are not enough for you to live! ”

Cheng Xinghe was speechless, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Cheng is indeed different from us. They like to sleep during the day and hunt at night. Therefore, I hope that the Ninth Elder will be accommodating and arrange a secluded place for Senior Brother Cheng. As for the three of us, we can live in the same yard. ”

Huaxin heard Xiyan's words and glanced at the floating leaves, and the floating leaves caught something obscure from the eyes of the painting heart. He guessed that the painting heart didn't like these people.

Although he didn't know why he had an unpleasant encounter with them when they first met. He still decided to stand on the side of Huaxin, so that Cheng Xinghe and the four of them were not so happy.

Fushengye said: "Oops! This is embarrassing for me, if he is a woman, he can apply to stay in Dongshan. It's a pity that he's just a man, and I can't help him. Otherwise, you can also rent a house in the outer courtyard at your own expense. Small buildings with detached courtyards, courtyards for living alone, and many more. ”

The eight departments of Donghu are in the development stage, and none of them are rich. King Donghu is a self-made nouveau riche, who used to live a poor life, and now thinks he is very generous when he spends a little money.

He allocated limited funds for Cheng Xinghe and the other four to participate in the competition. The four young men ate and drank along the way, rushed on sunny days and stayed in rainy days, and when they came to the Moon Temple, most of the coiling had already been used.

The game still has two months to start, if they don't save, when the game is over, they may even spend the money to go back, and then they have to ask for alms, which will not only fail to show the glory of Donghu Babu, but will be embarrassing.

Xiyan said: "We don't have much silver with us, and we don't have any extra money to rent a house." Then we're going to squeeze it! ”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Cheng Xinghe, her eyes full of pleading.

Cheng Xinghe nodded at her, and agreed to it. Xiyan immediately smiled. In fact, she wanted to live with Cheng Xinghe in her heart, but she was embarrassed to bring it up because of Cheng Xinghe's habits. Now the floating leaves have arranged them in one place, just like her.

When Qianluo first arrived, he didn't say much.

Fushengye was about to send off the guests, when Su Mo suddenly came to the hall of the Lecture Hall.

Su Mo had been training the floating warrior regiment in the Fifty Lipu Zhangxiong Military Camp before, and it was estimated that something had happened in the middle of the night.

Fushengye said to Su Mo: "Why did you rush back so late, is there something wrong?" ”

Su Mo saw Cheng Xinghe and others in the Fifty Lipu Zhangxiongbu military camp before, so he recognized them.

But at that time, he was busy practicing and didn't go to greet them, so Cheng Xinghe and the others didn't recognize Su Mo.

Su Mo said: "I heard that the snow cave that more than a dozen of my brothers have worked hard to dig has been ruined, so how will I go if there are any more guests going up the mountain tomorrow?" So I came over to see who destroyed the snow cave we had developed, and since they destroyed my snow cave, let them open up another snow path for me tomorrow. ”

Fushengye scratched his head a little when he heard this, he didn't care too much about how the contestants entered and exited the mountain gate before. Su Mo was in charge of all these things.

Now that Su Mo has encountered a problem and comes to the door, he can't ignore it, after all, Su Mo is also here to do things for him.

As the host, Fushengye didn't want to embarrass the contestants too much, he looked at the cold Cheng Xinghe, feeling that the other party was not so easy to communicate, and looked at Xiyan, feeling that this woman seemed to be able to be reasonable.

Xi Yan saw Fu Sheng Ye staring at her, so she asked him, "Is there anything else about the Ninth Elder?" If not, we'll go down! ”

The floating leaves hadn't asked the painting heart to take them to their lodgings, and they had nowhere to go when they left the hall. Therefore, Fushengye didn't speak, so they could only stay in the hall of the martial arts hall in embarrassment.

Su Mo pointed at Manggu Aji and said, "I heard that it was a stupid big man who recklessly destroyed our snow cave passage, is that stupid big man referring to you?" ”

Manggu Aji was angry with a strong dialect accent: "What's wrong with Lao Tzu?" ”

Su Mo said: "It's nothing, come and recognize someone, tomorrow I will ask someone to take you to clear the snow outside the mountain gate, do you have any objections?" ”

As the number one warrior of the grassland, Mangu Aji was highly respected in the Hanhe tribe, and he had never been so arrogant in front of him.

He shouted, "Bastard! What are you talking to me like that? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu smashed you with a hammer? ”