Through the long darkness, the highly tense nerves were relaxed at the moment of seeing the light. Like all of us, we are always insecure in an environment where we don't have a line of sight. The tunnel is so long, so narrow, so dark. Along the way, Xi Ning is the same, the fatigue of her body has been ignored by her, Ethan on her back is still not improving, Xiaoyue's departure still makes her palpitate, although she got the news that Xiaoyue is still alive, but she also left so tragically.

In front of me was a white expanse of snow, and when I looked around, the high mountain standing in front of me on the right should be the Tianshan Mountains, sharpened to the top of the clouds. In the snow-covered pine forest, a wisp of cooking smoke rises, the only other hue in this white world – gray.

Lore drops the shadow behind him and unlocks its acupoints. The shadow gradually woke up, and was dazzled by the sudden whiteness, and then closed his eyes again, and Shaoqing opened it again, and got up with his head down. Lore looked into the distance, as if he couldn't bear to see the shadow.

Xi Ning still carried Ethan on his back and walked in the direction of the smoke.

Stepping on the white snow of Kaikai, the sound of 'Zilazila' is endless. The vast expanse of snow beneath your feet is supposed to be supported by frozen ice, and the ice slag piled up in the distance should be left behind by someone fishing. Step by step, this fact was confirmed, and through the ice cave, the water swelled under the ice layer about a foot thick.

The lore proposed to replace her with Ethan, but Xi Ning silently refused. The shadow was pale, his legs trembling faintly as he walked on the ice, and he bit his lower lip and insisted on it all his life.

The atmosphere was unprecedentedly oppressive, colder than the surrounding environment.

Xi Ning followed the shallow footprints in the pine forest, and she really didn't have the strength to speak after not eating for a few days. She felt Ethan's coldness on her shoulders against her, and knew she had to find a place to stay before dark.

The sheep intestine trail winds all the way up. The so-called Wangshan running a dead horse is really very far. All are holding on.

It's finally here.

A wooden house appeared in the eyes of several people, and the pine trees of medium thickness were built on a very flat ground, which was very rare according to the slope along the way, and it was so spacious. Chopped firewood is neatly placed in front of the wooden house, and there is still a trace of cooking smoke behind the wooden house.

Lore stepped forward and knocked on the door. The wooden door made a dull noise, and you can imagine its thickness. Xi Ning stood thoughtfully two meters away and waited.

The wooden door was pulled open from the inside. Xi Ning's gaze stayed on the hemp rope nailed to the edge of the wooden door, which should be used to tie the door, and most importantly, when the wooden door opened, the hemp rope that was as light as nothing did not slap it.

As if disturbed by the four dirty strangers in front of him, the old man who opened the door was displeased and repulsed. He stared at Xi Ning for a long time, his feet did not step out of the wooden house, and his hands were still holding on to the wooden door.

"Seniors, juniors bother you to get old, passing by here, hope to spend a night, if you can give saliva to drink, the road has a sudden change, the juniors have not entered the water for four or five days."

Xi Ning bowed his head slightly apologetically and bent down to show etiquette. The days of lore and Xi Ning are not short, this is the first time to see her so polite and polite, is this unattractive old man in front of him worthy of her noble phoenix girl to bend down and salute?

The shadow looked up at Xi Ning's chapped lips, and then at the old man at the door, dressed in a thin summer coat with a long beard. There are not many men in Tianfeng who are like him, and men with beards are even rarer. Who is this old man?

"From Death Valley?" A hoarse voice asked.

"Hmm!" Xi Ning nodded respectfully in acknowledgement.

"Desire to go to Tianshan?" The old man opened the wooden door completely, looked somewhere behind him, and asked as he stepped over the threshold.

"Yes!"

Xi Ning's answer was clean and neat, without saying a word or losing a word. The old man secretly praised that this woman was not an ordinary person.

"There's a spare room at the back of the cabin, you can use it for the time being." As the old man turned to leave, he said, "The man behind you is not lightly ill!" ”

"Seniors, please stay!" Xi Ning hurriedly stepped forward two steps and called.

"The old man won't save it. However, the old man has an apprentice, maybe you can beg him, he has always been so kind that he has no bottom line. The old man closed the wooden door, and the voice came from the wooden house.

"Master," said Killer angrily. It seemed that Xi Ning would rush in and kill the rude old man as soon as she ordered her.

"Let's go! You're no match for him! Xi Ning walked towards the back of the wooden house.

The simple wooden house is not wider than the front room, and the interior is very simple, but fortunately there are two beds. Xi Ning let the lore help Ethan to lie on the bed, and then slowly straightened his waist and stretched his muscles. The shadow looked up at Xi Ning's posture of stretching his waist again, and he obviously heard a 'creak' sound, why does this proud son of heaven love men so much?

"Lore, there should be water in the well outside the door, you go get some." Xi Ning hammered his waist and lay flat on the other bed.

"Yes, master!" Lore walked past the shadow standing in the doorway and left.

After a long silence, the shadow finally waited for Xi Ning to speak.

"You...... Shadow, how's the injury? ”

"Return to the master, the subordinates are fine!" The shadow clenched the hand in the sleeve, suppressing the excitement.

"The futon in that corner should be for people to meditate, you go to regulate your body, quickly heal your injuries, and the trip to the Tianshan Mountains is even more difficult." Xi Ning turned over and sat up, his hands propped up on the bed board, and his eyes looked at the corner of the room.

The shadow nodded yes, walked to the futon and sat down, and immediately entered the cultivation state.

Xi Ning stopped looking at him, turned around and went out, and came outside the house to look at the unattainable Tianshan Mountain. The pouring snow hides what Xi Ning needs to get. Just because of a legend, she came to this ice and snow world thousands of miles away, and she never thought of giving up, and she was determined to come this time.

She retracted her gaze, took the cold water handed by Lore, glanced at the simple kitchen, thought for a moment, and walked to the kitchen.

Finding some ingredients and letting the lore ignite the fire and boil the water, she quickly used the knife to cook, and made a plate of stir-fried and air-dried meat porridge in three or two. I filled some of my own portions, and left the two portions in the pot and left.

Not long after she left, the bearded old man went into the kitchen and left with some dishes.

This night's rest completely eliminated the fatigue of these days. Xi Ning slept all night with Ethan in his arms, while Lore lay down in another bed to rest, and meditated in the shadow until dawn.

Soon after dawn, there was a knock on the wooden door.

"Girl, get up and cook! This house is not for nothing. ”

Lore was shocked by these words and sat on the edge of the bed, who was it, he dared to do so? Xi Ning hid in the crook of Ethan's arm and smiled secretly.