Minna quickly packed her bags with her grandfather. They would only take with them some things that they could use during the journey, some pots and pans, clothes and quilts, books and utensils, and even Xiao Tianjian's booklet full of square words would be left behind.

Minna was a little reluctant to read the booklet, and when the snow was falling in the winter and she couldn't go out, in addition to practicing magic potions, she was learning the kind of square words from her grandfather, and now she could recognize a hundred or so, and the booklet was the only article written in square words, and she wanted to know when she would be able to read them all.

She held the booklet tightly in her heart, and said coquettishly to her grandfather: "Grandpa, leave this to me, it's useless for you to put it here." ”

Xiao Tianjian said, "This is the only thing that can prove that I have existed here, and I want to keep it." When we leave, Lara will come and leave this as a memento. ”

"Does Lara want to stay?" Minna asked with some surprise, "So when is he coming?" "Maybe we'll see each other before we leave.

Xiao Tianjian smiled: "I'll come over when we leave, this is what I told the elves, anyway, I can't come back, this house is much more comfortable than the cave where the half-elves lived." ”

Minna was a little disappointed, but she put the booklet down anyway, and after thinking about it, she reopened the potions box and pulled out a bottle of potion that had been prepared the other day. This is what she learned to do to remove scars, and the effect is certainly not as good as that made by the old magician Sennet, but according to her grandfather's own experiments, it can make the color of the scar lighter. She placed the potion in the most prominent place on the table and wrote another note as a gift for Radlow.

Xiao Tianjian kept smiling after he understood what she wanted to do. It is a joy for him that his two offspring can get along with each other, although he knows that this has a lot to do with the fact that the child is still young and ignorant. When Minna grows up to a certain age, it is difficult to say whether the children of her grandmother's rival will still be so close.

Old Joe entered the door with a pot of things in his hand and shouted, "Come and drink fish soup, fresh fish soup." Minna happily slapped up: "Uncle Qiao, what are you doing delicious again?" "I smelled the fish soup in the pot, but there was a fishy smell, faintly smelling of herbs. Minna pouted dissatisfiedly: "It tastes weird, what did Uncle Qiao put in?" ”

Lao Qiao said while scooping the soup: "This is a good thing, I put more than a dozen kinds of herbs in it, drinking it can not only warm your body, but also prevent the cold wind from hurting your eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and even your hands and feet will not have chilblains." Drink it, the snow-capped mountains in the north are not easy to walk, drink it and you can walk safely. ”

"The snowy mountains to the north?" Minna asked, puzzled, "Shall we go over there?" Didn't you go from Phantom Town? ”

Xiao Tianjian walked over: "Little fool, have you forgotten?" The Misty Wasteland is only accessible from June to September every year, and the rest of the time the poisonous fog is too thick for me to survive, not to mention that you're just a child? The west side is the Grand Canyon, which is not passable at all, so we can only take the mountain road on the north side, cross the Daxue Mountain, and return to Qiton through the territory of Nuojia. ”

Minna then understood, and hurriedly took the fish soup and drank it. She is scared of the cold this winter, and she must not suffer like that again. After drinking a big bowl, she realized that her grandfather didn't touch the bowl of soup that belonged to him: "Grandpa, don't you drink it?" ”

Lao Qiao also said: "Xiao, I know that you are strong, but you have just recovered from your injury, and you may not be able to stand the cold on the snowy mountain, so let's drink a little." ”

Xiao Tianjian shook his head: "No need, Minna is a child, and drinking this soup is a last resort, but I can get through it, so I don't have to drink it." Although I have almost severed ties with the elves, it is on their territory after all, so let's not break their rules. ”

Old Qiao sighed: "Although you guy is always angry, your character is not bad." If it weren't for that, I wouldn't be your friend. I'll advise you again one last time, there are some problems, you better change them. ”

When Xiao Tianjian and Minna heard him say this, they both thought that they would never see this half-elf friend again in the future, and their moods became a little lost. The Elven Forest is closed, which means that the Phantom Town located on the outskirts of the forest will also be closed to the outside world, they can't enter, and the half-elves can't get out.

Minna put down the bowl, hugged Old Qiao and muttered, "Uncle Qiao, I can't bear you." Old Qiao smiled and touched her head: "Uncle Qiao can't bear you, you have to be obedient in the future, don't be naughty anymore, you know?" Minna nodded sullenly.

Xiao Tianjian was silent for a while, and said, "Qiao, there are some things I want to ask you to help with, can you come out for a while?" Then he walked out the door. Seeing this, Lao Qiao also went out, and the two whispered for a long time. Minna was in the house, and she only faintly heard Ra's name, but she couldn't hear the specifics.

Xiao Tianjian and Lao Qiao talked for a while, and the latter said that he wanted to go back to the town and inform the others that Xiao Tianjian was leaving. After he left, Minna looked at his vanishing back from afar, and suddenly noticed that something seemed to flash in the forest, raising a silver light.

Could it be Xiaola?

Minna hurriedly chased after her, shouting Xiaola's name, but there was only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves, and Minna had to return to the house disappointed, and looked up to see her grandfather sitting in a daze, and his expression seemed to be a little sad.

Early the next morning, the half-elves hurried to bid farewell to Xiao Tianjian and Minna. They gave a lot of things as a final gift, among which Lever gave Minna a large box of herbs and magic materials that were special to the Elven Forest, Minna returned a big hug, and Xiao Tianjian also thanked him, but his face turned red again.

Waving goodbye to this group of enthusiastic friends, Minna followed her grandfather out of the elven forest, with reluctance, she looked back at the emerald green step by step, and suddenly, she found a silver hair looming in the bushes: "Xiaola! ”

Radlow climbed a large tree, waved at them from afar, wiped his face, and disappeared into the green. Minna shouted his name, but he never reappeared. Looking back, she found that Xiao Tianjian's face had regained its former look, changed the gloomy color of the past few months, and said to her granddaughter energetically: "Let's go quickly, this road is still long." ”

Minna nodded, and followed him north.

As the green faded from view, they could see more and more white, it was all unmelted snow and ice, and the air was getting colder.

Minna watched in confusion as her grandfather put on something that looked like glasses but was larger than them and the lenses were black, and tied her eyes with a black gauze strap. The black gauze was not thick, and you could see what was around through it, but it was much darker. She felt a little unaccustomed and wanted to pull the strap off, but she heard her grandfather say, "Wear it, otherwise you will be blind." Minna was startled and obediently withdrew her hand.

As the ground beneath their feet gradually rose, Minna began to feel a little difficult to breathe. She has practiced very hard in the past few months, so her leg strength is much better than when she first came, her body is stronger, and she has grown taller, so she followed Xiao Tianjian for two days before she changed to walking by herself and taking turns with her grandfather.

They don't travel fast, on the one hand, to accommodate the children, on the other hand, because the weather is getting warmer, the snow on the snowy mountains begins to melt, and avalanches can occur at any time, and the grandparents must rely on light skills to reduce the impact of their own footsteps on the snowy mountains.

Also because of the fear of avalanches, they did not dare to spend the night in the cave, and had to hide by the big rocks in the leeward at night to rest. It was cold at night, and they kept warm by the brass stove they had taken out of the ring, and the charcoal had run out, and it was burning branches that had been broken from the elven forest. But this firewood is only used for heating, and they still drink cold water every day, eat bread and dry food, and do not eat any hot food.

Climbing over the snow-capped mountains one after another, Minna looked at the boundless white peaks, and had a feeling that she would never finish, and she couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa, are we going west?" Is it a mistake? Isn't Chiton on the south side? ”

"Just follow me, I'll be there soon." Xiao Tianjian gasped and dragged his granddaughter forward.

Finally over another mountain, Minna saw that the mountain in front of her left was no longer white, but the color of earth and moss, and knew that they had finally stepped out of the snowy mountain, and their feet were soft, and they were tired to the limit.

Seeing this, Xiao Tianjian hurriedly pulled her up: "Don't sit down, I know you're tired, but this is the most likely time to have an accident, walk slowly, don't stop." ”

Minna stumbled forward, and soon turned onto the mountain road to the south. Only then did she notice that on her left-hand side, that is, to the southeast, was a deep and long canyon that stretched to the horizon, as if the earth had been split by a huge axe, and the walls on both sides were so smooth that there was no place for people to stand. The canyon is very wide, nearly 100 meters wide at its widest point, and the valley is bottomless. The place where she and her grandfather stood was right at the end of the crack.

Minna looked a little soft, and then looked back at the right side, there were tall snow-capped mountains, and there was no tail in sight, even if it was a bird, it might not be able to fly safely.

She seemed to understand why she had to go so far to the west before turning south. The position she is in now is simply the only way to go.

Xiao Tianjian said behind her, "Isn't it amazing?" I heard a story that said that a hero in ancient times, in order to block the invasion of the monster, used all his strength to split the land with a knife, and the crack formed this canyon, and the knife became a snow-capped mountain, and from then on, the northern snowfield monster could no longer threaten humans. ”

A flash of inspiration flashed in Minna's mind: "It's the story of the 'Blade of the Gods'!" I've heard Winnie tell you! It turns out to be here! It was an ancient myth that was widely spread on the mainland, and it was one of the pillow stories she had when she was a child.

"Maybe, I heard your *** milk tell your uncle, but I can't remember." Xiao Tian Jian put up a pergola and looked south, "Let's go quickly, when we get to the opposite mountain, we can find a place to rest, it is much warmer over there." ”

Minna hurriedly followed.

At night they found a cave on the mountain, and although the surface of the cave was frozen soil, it was undoubtedly much safer than the snow-capped mountains, which were prone to avalanches at every turn. Minna ate the dry food with only a little warmth, and felt the strength in her body return.

Outside the cave, she could see the deep blue sky, clean air, no clouds, no black veil, she could see the stars in the sky, something she had never seen before, but her eyes were soon drawn to the wonders of the canyon.

The white light of the snow-capped mountains cast into the valley, and one side of the valley was frozen and reflected a soft rainbow light, while on the other side was pure frozen soil of the crows, the mythical blade of the gods, which seemed to split the land into two very different worlds.

"It's amazing, isn't it?" Xiao Tianjian appeared behind her at some point, "The snowy mountain separates the world of humans and demonic beasts, while the canyon separates humans and elves. The hero in the myth is not so much to stop the invasion of the monster as to separate three different lives. The reason why the demonic beasts invaded the elven forest may be inseparable from the earthquake decades ago. Originally, these three beings lived on their own turf, did not interfere with each other, and avoided many disputes. ”

Minna nodded as if she didn't understand, only to hear Xiao Tianjian continue: "This approach is also reasonable, the so-called 'non-my race, its heart must be different', different races living together will always produce all kinds of contradictions. I didn't understand this before, and I married Funoya on impulse, but after living for a long time, I realized that we didn't get along in many places. Although Funoya is very gentle, I really can't understand some of her thoughts. Relying only on one party to accommodate the other, such a marriage cannot last long. I was so stupid to think I could solve this contradiction. ”

"Grandpa......" Minna began to understand at first.

"When did I become so blindly confident?" Xiao Tianjian ignored it, and still said to himself, "When I was in college, although I was very young and flamboyant, I was still an ordinary person, except for learning a little kung fu from my master, there was nothing outstanding about it, my heart would beat faster when I saw a beautiful woman, and I would blush when I was dating a girl." But after coming here, I feel like a different person, why is this happening? Is it just because of a change of world, even the personality has changed? ”

"Grandpa......" Minna tilted her head in confusion, "what are you talking about?" ”

Xiao Tianjian suddenly woke up from his self-talk and smiled: "It's nothing, I just want to have someone to talk to, you don't need to understand." Go to bed early, you'll have to go tomorrow morning. ”

So Minna fell asleep in a puzzle.

The next morning they began to continue southward, and the mountain gradually lowered, and the weather became warmer, until when they reached a fork in the road, there were even pedestrians.

The people here were different from what Minna had seen before, both in appearance and in dress. Their faces were somewhat purple, red, or dark, and their skin was rough, and the men wore robes with standing collars and narrow sleeves, with cloth bands around their waists several times, and thick short capes over their shoulders; Women also wore capes, but they wore long dresses that showed off their thick trousers and braided hair, which was worn over their heads in the case of married women, along with a thick turban.

Judging by the way people are dressed, life here is not rich, and many people have patches on their clothes.

Minna looked curiously at the people around her, noticing that they were also quietly watching them. Suddenly, her stomach growled, and she realized that it was already afternoon, so she hurriedly dragged Xiao Tianjian: "Grandpa, I'm hungry, let's find a place to eat?" I want to drink hot soup. It had been six or seven days since she last ate hot food.

Xiao Tianjian was thinking about something, but he woke up when he heard her words: "Okay, the road on the left is not far away, ......" After a pause, he suddenly changed his words, "Let's go to the right, I remember that there is a village there, and when I left the Elven Forest, I used to live there for a month." ”

No matter which way Minna went, she just wanted to have a hot meal as soon as possible, and she was as good as she went.

Just as he was about to go to the right, an aging man came from the main road on the left, holding his body around him, and turned the same road as them, and when he inadvertently looked up, he saw Xiao Tianjian, and suddenly his eyes widened: "You...... Are you Master Xiao? Oh, what a coincidence, I'm Rohr, do you remember? Lehr's neighbor's house in Lila! ”

Xiao Tianjian's eyes also widened: "Luoer?!" "There is indeed such a person in my memory, but he was only a young man in his twenties, how could he become so old?

He was a little worried about his old acquaintances, and hurriedly chased after him to ask. Minna stayed where she was, but happened to hear the whispers of a few passers-by: "...... I heard that it was missed, even if it was the Demon Five, it was not an opponent of the elves. ”

"And say, if they weren't stupid, how could they startle the snake? As a result, we couldn't enter the forest, so we had to take the mountain road to the north. That's the way to death! ”

"Don't make any noise, as long as you can get the treasure of the elves, what's the point of suffering a little?"

Minna's eyes widened suddenly.