Heavy snow is falling.

Standing under the eaves of the thatched cottage in the bamboo forest in the early morning to watch the snow is a very elegant thing.

This morning is no different for Nianhuazang.

As usual, before dawn, he set off from his home, walked out of the city with an umbrella, and then stepped on the snow to lift his breath, and rushed south with his toes on the snow to borrow strength.

For cultivators in the early stages of ascending to the extreme, this bit of wind and snow is nothing. Although Nian Hua had just broken the mirror a few years ago, and his realm was still unstable, it did not affect his ability to still fly quickly in the wind and snow.

For those cultivators who have no ability to go out or take a carriage, Nian Huazang has always scoffed at him.

He regarded this kind of journey every morning as a spiritual practice.

If this morning was any different, it was that the snow was heavier than usual.

Huizhou is located in the south, and it is relatively rare to see such a succession of heavy snowfall.

But in the year of Ruixue Zhaofeng, as a cultivator who is closely connected with the breath of heaven and earth, Nian Huazang is still very happy to see such a heavy snow.

Nanyang Forest Farm, located on the southern slope of Wolong Mountain in the south of Huizhou City, has peaks and peaks stacked on top of each other, and is famous for its largest bamboo forest in Huizhou.

The bamboo forest is dense, covering the sky and the sun, and many bamboo utensils in Huizhou come from this hillside, so this bamboo forest slope is named Nanyang Forest Farm.

The most well-known martial arts courtyard in the Hui Fourth Courtyard, the Taiping Mountain House, is located in this bamboo forest.

It's winter, but the bamboo forest outside the Taiping Mountain House is still verdant, and the usual green looks particularly eye-catching on a snowy day, green like jade, and the leaves are erect, like the tip of a sword pointing to the clouds.

The bamboo forest snow scene is the favorite scenery of Nianhuazang.

After arriving at the mountain gate, he slowed down, walked through the bamboo path with an umbrella, and walked to the front of the cottage step by step.

When we arrived at the cottage, there was silence around us. It snowed heavily today, and many students took leave.

As in the past three years, in addition to the students who live in the academy, he was also the first to arrive this morning.

The hour was still early, and Nian Huazang did not enter the house, but stood under the porch to enjoy the snow.

The snow fell silently, and the only sound in my ears was the rustle of the bamboo forest.

The white snowflakes dotted on the verdant bamboo leaves make it look really beautiful.

This made Nian Huazang feel very good early in the morning.

The bad mood of the previous week seems to have been swept away.

"Huazang, you're here." After a while, when Hua Zang was about to enter the house, the door of the grass hall creaked open, and Guo Jiaoxi walked out of it.

"Sir." The year is long and bows.

Guo Jiaoxi sighed, looked up at the wind and snow in the sky, and looked a little absent-minded.

"Huazang, did you see your junior sister when you came?" Guo Jiaoxi suddenly asked.

Nian Huazang's face darkened.

Needless to say, who this junior sister is.

Because he only has one junior sister.

And this junior sister was also the source of his bad mood last week.

Because of his heavy identity, he didn't even have the face to see Hongshan this week.

"I didn't see it." Nianhuazang paused.

At this time, there were already students holding umbrellas and walking in from the trail in the distance, but Nian Huazang knew at a glance that there was no woman inside.

After all, that woman was like a plague of her own, and every time she was there, the people in the Taiping Mountain House were far away, very conspicuous and easy to recognize.

"That's right." Guo Jiaoxi said with a frown.

She ...... What's wrong? Seeing the teacher's expression, although Nian Huazang had no interest in his heart at all, he still reluctantly asked.

"She passed the book yesterday and said that she would go up the mountain at the beginning of the morning today, but now it is half the hour, and there is no one in sight." Guo taught the Tao.

Hmph, woman.

Nianhua hid in his heart.

He didn't understand why Guo Jiaoxi was so worried, after all, in his opinion, it was common for women to be unpunctual, maybe they were still dressing up at home at the moment, how could they think of going to the academy.

It's so cold in winter, get up early to study and practice martial arts, this is something that only men can do.

"Maybe there's something delayed," Nianhuazang said nonchalantly.

The look on Guo Jiaoxi's face was not soothed.

And Nian Huazang finally realized that something was wrong.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

The swaying of the bamboo forest, the falling of the wind and snow, and then the slight disobedience in this familiar mountain range.

It was very faint, and only cultivators with extremely high realms, as well as those who were extremely familiar with this mountain, could feel it.

"Something seems to have mixed in," Guo Jiaoxi said in a deep voice, "It seems that he is scrupling about this side, and he is only moving on the edge, so my feeling is not very clear." ”

"It's a human?"

Nianhuazang's realm was far lower than Guo Jiaoxi's, and that feeling was too weak, if it wasn't for Guo Jiaoxi's reminder, he wouldn't have noticed anything.

I didn't feel anything unusual when I went up the mountain.

For Guo Jiaoxi, who has lived here for many years, Nanyang Forest Farm is like his own body, even if he stays in the depths of the bamboo forest, he can detect uninvited guests swaying on the outer edge.

"I didn't step into the boundary of Nanyang Forest Farm, I'm afraid I was on the way up the mountain." Guo Jiaoxi said in a deep voice, "But I don't know the specific location." ”

He glanced at the proud disciple in front of him, "It doesn't seem to be on the same path you usually walked." ”

Nian Huazang nodded, "The student is ashamed that he didn't find anything. ”

The students arrived one after another, gathered outside the cottage, and many of them had already begun to dance swords in the forest.

"The other senior brothers don't seem to have met either," Nian Huazang said as he looked at the figure in the forest.

"Sure enough, she has something to delay," Nian Huazang looked at his mentor and said, "After all, no one else has met ......."

He stopped in the middle of speaking.

Because there was another student on the other side of the trail.

He lowered his head and held the umbrella, walked in a hurry, looked nothing special, walked to the front of the grass hall, put away the umbrella, and saluted Nian Huazang and Guo Jiaoxi, who were standing under the corridor.

"Sir, Chief Senior Brother, morning." After the student finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Stop." Nianhua Tibetan Road.

The boy took two steps and froze in place, paused, and then turned around, a smile on his pale face.

"Chief Senior Brother, is there something wrong?"

"Senior Brother Meng," Nian Huazang looked at him steadily.

"What's under your robe?"

The boy was stunned and looked down at his feet.

The corners of the boy's robe were stained with snow and mud, but near the edge of his feet, a dark red oozed out.

Because it's mixed with snow, you can't see it if you don't look closely.

"This is ......" The young man was stunned, looked up at Nian Huazang with eyes like a sword, and smiled, "This, I got up in the morning and walked in a hurry, I'm afraid it was a mouse that accidentally stepped on the ground and froze to death before......"

Before the boy could finish speaking, there was a long howl on the other side of the mountain.

Nian Huazang's face changed.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then the next second, he only felt a cold neck, and a snow-bright long sword was on his neck.

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