Iron Slag yawned, scratched his hair, and came to the kitchen on the first floor with sleepy eyes. Pushing the door open, old Cozan was wearing an apron, preparing dinner at the stove. Seeing him come in, Kozan stopped what he was doing and turned back to greet, "Friend, did you sleep well?" ”

"Hmm." Iron Slag answered, picked up the marching cup on the table and took a sip. As he expected, the water was warm.

"Dinner was beef stew with turnips and porridge." Kozan picked up the spoon and tossed the food in the mixing pot, and said.

"I want to eat deer legs." Iron slag presented.

"Okay, okay, eat this tonight, and I'll make it for you tomorrow at noon." Kozan said.

"Where does the food come from?" Iron Slag asked. He had been walking for more than a month since landing on the glacier, and he didn't see any plants or animals along the way, so he felt a little strange.

Kozan explained as he handled the food. This land is located in the center of the Great Ice Ocean, surrounded by glaciers and in the middle by land.

Scientists speculate that hundreds of millions of years ago, the end of the world and the snowy night ice field were land masses that split off from the northern wilderness continent. Originally, there was only one piece of land, similar to a large island. But over hundreds of millions of years, the sea gradually froze around the land, forming large areas of glaciers. After the iron slag landed, it walked on the outer glaciers, so there were no plants or animals to be seen.

Twenty kilometers north of the Temple of Splendor is the land part of the end of the world, where endless cedars grow and have been called the "Endless Forest Sea" since ancient times. Kozan's deer legs, as well as the ice crystal berries used to make wine, come from the endless forest sea.

In addition, Kozan also mentioned that the underside of the Temple of Splendor is already a land block, but it is buried deep under a thousand-year-old glacier, so it is not revealed, and Valhalla is built deep in the earth.

"What about turnips and beef?" Iron Slag picked up the marching cup and continued to ask, "What about these daily necessities?" "Maybe beef is still difficult, but radish certainly can't grow in this cold and snowy world. Even if he doesn't know how to grow, he knows this basic common sense.

"Every thirty years or so, the Ancient Temple will send flying machines to transport a large number of supplies." Kozan replied.

"Ancient Temple? Aren't you divided? "Iron slag is even stranger.

"Although we are divided, we are still connected by blood......"

"Accept the support of traitors?" Iron Standard interrupted Kozan and asked rhetorically, his tone full of disdain.

Kozan put down the spoon and waved his hand to explain. If it weren't for the help of the Ancient Temple, they wouldn't have been able to bring back the remains of so many Guardians.

In addition, half a year ago, Lena Eucoris mailed the token to the Ancient Temple's office in the Northern Wilderness. They identified it as a relic of the Holy Wolf Guardian, and immediately sent someone to send it from thousands of miles away.

"The relationship between the ancient vein and the glorious vein is very complex, and it cannot be clear in a few words." Kozan concluded, then served a bowl of hot boiled beef with radish and handed it to Iron Slag.

Iron Slag had just taken a bite, and suddenly remembered that since they had a flying machine, why didn't they just send him over? Thinking of the hardships on the road, he couldn't help frowning and asked in a deep voice, "Why don't you let them send me over?" I almost died on the road! ”

Seeing this, Kozan had no choice but to explain. The magnetic field in this area is very unstable, and the aircraft's locator will make mistakes and become disoriented. It is only in the months before and after the total solar eclipse that the magnetic field here stabilizes, and at that point it is possible to use a flying machine to come here. However, there is only one total solar eclipse in this world every thirty years or so, so you can only come here on foot.

"Then how am I going to leave in the future? How to get to the Central Military Academy after two years? Iron Slag asked. He didn't want to go through such a path again, it was too hard. To be able to come here, it was completely dependent on that "fire of life", otherwise he would have been buried in the ocean.

Kozan smiled, "Friend, I'll talk about that later." ”

Hearing this, Tie Slag Cha rolled his eyes and asked very unpleasantly, "What can I learn when I come here?" ”

"After dinner, patience is a virtue that every Nolseth should have." Kozan said.

"I'm not Noor......" Halfway through the sentence, Iron Slag didn't bother to go down, because this old man seemed to be more stubborn than the eldest sister in Iron Mountain Town. More than ten minutes later, he finished eating the radish boiled beef, drank another bowl of wheat porridge, and then threw away the tableware, "It's okay now." ”

"Okay, you wait......" Kozan said as he cleaned up his dishes.

So, Iron Slag had no choice but to watch the old man finish cleaning up his things, and make another cup of fried barley tea, and then sat down opposite him and said to him, "Friend, you asked a lot of questions yesterday, and I will answer them one by one now." ”

"Your first question, what are you going to study here?" The old man asked himself, "Learn the traditions of the Temple of Glory and the ancient art of fighting." ”

"Your second question, why do you want to go to the Central Yincheng Military Academy for further study?"

"Because you need to understand the operation of the whole world, and the Central Silver City Military Academy is like a microcosm of this world."

"The major powers and families all over the world will send their descendants or qualified heirs to study there. On the one hand, these people learn knowledge, and on the other hand, they get acquainted with the descendants or successors of other forces. At the same time, these people will compete with each other within the academy to select the best of the best. One percent of the students in the academy will become the leaders of the major forces and families in the future. You need to meet more of these friends in order to gain a foothold in this world. ”

"Wait......" Iron Standard interrupted Kozan and said, "I just want to improve my strength, and besides, I don't want to have anything to do with the people of Silver City." ”

"Why? Can you sue me? Kozan asked.

"Iron old man, we don't understand the rights and wrongs of the silver city, let's not go to the cooperation." Iron slag road.

"Your adoptive father must be an old man full of wisdom, he must be right, when you were in Iron Mountain Town, if you participated in the rights and wrongs of Silver City, you probably wouldn't live today......" Kozan looked at Iron Slag and said in a firm tone, "But now it's different, you've arrived here, you've arrived at the Temple of Splendour." We don't have many people left, but remember, we're never afraid of any faction! The glory of our ancestors will shine on our way forward! ”

"Ancestor ......" Iron Slag spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and asked, "Can you eat it as a meal?" ”

"This ......" Kozan folded his hands and bowed in the direction of the temple, muttering to himself, "The ancestors are above, and the younger generations are not sensible, please don't care." ”

"It's really long-winded." Iron Slag crossed his hands over his chest and tilted his head in comment.

"Okay, okay, we don't ...... this" In order to prevent Iron Slag from saying something disrespectful to the ancestors again, Kozan hurriedly changed the topic, "Let's discuss your study direction, do you want to choose the direction of the Holy Wolf Guardian or the direction of the Warsong Shaman?" ”

"What's the difference?" Iron Slag asked. This war song shaman is probably a person like a god stick, and he has no interest. But now that Kozan is here, he might as well find out.

"The Holy Wolf Guardian is mainly to learn combat skills, and the War Song Shaman is mainly to learn the beliefs of the Temple."

"Holy Wolf Guardian." Iron slag was quick to make a choice.

"This ......," Kozan said after bowing his head and thinking for a while, "in this world, force cannot solve all problems, and even exacerbates contradictions, while faith can lead people to the right truth, and it can bring hope in the darkness." ”

"I can only fight, and I'm here to learn to fight." Iron Slag replied dryly, and his tone was unquestionable.

Kozan sighed and stood up, "Okay, I'll take you to the first lesson tonight." With that, Kozan walked out of the kitchen, and then took out two large towels from the side warehouse, one draped over his shoulders and handed to the iron slag.

Iron Slag took the towel and asked, "Learn what?" ”

"Temple traditions." Kozan replied as he picked up the oil lamp hanging in the doorway and walked down the hallway towards the castle gates.

Iron slag followed, and saw that the gate of the castle was high and wide, and the thick logs were held together with iron bars and willow nails to form this solid door. Iron Slag was wondering if it would be a hassle to open the door. At that moment, Kozan opened a door on the gate and walked out.

Walking out the door, it's a world of ice again. Kozan walked in front with an oil lamp, and the iron slag silently followed. After walking for about twenty minutes, they came to the foot of a glacier. In the faint light of the fire, you can see that the base of the glacier is full of stone walls.

After walking a little further along the stone wall, a black hole appeared in front of me. Kozan walked straight inside, Iron Slag following closely behind, looking around curiously. The walls of the cave are uneven black rock, with traces of artificial excavation. The cave is sloping downwards and is estimated to lead to the base of the glacier.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, the cave gradually became brighter. The walls of the cave are fluorescent, emitting a pale green shimmer. Kozan blew out the oil lamps and said, "These are shimmering ores that absorb geothermal heat and emit a faint glow. ”

"Geothermal?" Iron Slag asked incredulously, he couldn't imagine that there would be geothermal heat in a place like this.

"Miracles always come in unexpected places." Kozan walked forward for a while, and after turning a corner, the front suddenly opened up.

It is a large underground space, semi-circular in shape, the size of several football fields. The highest part of the department is tens of meters high, and it fluoresces on it. The countless shimmering ores were like stars in the sky, illuminating the entire underground with a soft light.

However, this is still not the most shocking.

The scene in front of me is something that Iron Slag has never heard of in the story. I saw that the ground was full of large pools of water, and steaming water.

"Friend, welcome to the Ancient Bath!" Kozan said in a loud voice.