On the distant Beiyu Guoshen Mountain, a dilapidated small temple stands on the top of the mountain.

The mountain is covered with clouds and mist all year round, and it is rumored that ghosts and beasts are everywhere, and almost none of the people who ascended the mountain survived, and no one knows when a temple was built on the top of the mountain, and no one knows who lived there.

The wind and rain of the past hundred years have made this small temple dilapidated, but today there is still an old man with gray hair and a young man with clear eyebrows.

The small temple was spotlessly cleaned, a statue of the goddess was placed in the center of the temple, and the old man sat quietly in front of the statue to meditate, when suddenly a drop of water fell and dripped onto the palm of the old man's hand that had been eroded by the wind and rain.

The old man was startled, and raised his head tremblingly, and on the face carved by the goddess with a knife, a tear stain that clearly began to slip from his eyes came into view.

"Void!" the old man was stunned, muttered two words in his mouth, and then looked up to the sky and laughed loudly:

"Hahaha......"

"Grandpa, why are you laughing?" the young man had just returned from collecting firewood, and when he stepped through the door, he heard Grandpa's loud laughter.

Ever since his father had never come back from hunting on Mount Kinabalu many years ago, he had never heard his grandfather laugh like this again.

The old man turned his head to look at his grandson, who was already in his twenties, and slowly raised his palm, his eyes flashed with a light that he had never seen before, and said, "Chen'er, the void has appeared!"

"Void?" Du Lichen put down the firewood on his back and walked to his grandfather and sat cross-legged.

"Winter has no night divided into four levels, from the bottom to the top is the void, the Chen, the silent night, and the highest is the emperor, two hundred years...... The Void Man has finally appeared. The old man's wrinkled face revealed unprecedented reverence.

"As the old saying goes: there is no night in winter, and the world changes dramatically. Three hundred years ago, when the winter night first appeared, the sixteen countries in the world were integrated into four countries, east, west, north and south. Du Chenli held his grandfather's hand and stared carefully at the teardrops that fell from the statue and said.

The old man sighed and wanted to stand up, but Du Lichen hurriedly helped his grandfather to stand up and slowly walked out of the door.

"Everyone in the world knows that Winter Without Night is the supreme exercise, but they don't know that it is actually just a song. The old man looked at the vast sacred mountain and said with a sigh.

"I know, my father once told me that the void needs the cold jade qin, the chen needs the ice silk xylophone, the silent night needs the ordinary qin, and the emperor does not need the qin. Du Lichen replied seriously.

The ancestors of the Du family have to guard the goddess statue here for generations, and when they are young, they can go down the mountain to marry a wife and have children, and after the death of their wives, they will immediately return to the sacred mountain with their sons and continue to take over the protection here.

Du Lichen's mother died when he was born, and his father buried his mother, and immediately returned to Shenshan with him as an infant, so Du Lichen grew up on Shenshan since he was a child, and he has not yet been in contact with the outside world.

"The cold jade qin needs to be made of 10,000 years of cold ice, there are only three in the world, one was destroyed in the war three hundred years ago, and the other is now in the palace of the emperor of the Northern Yu Kingdom. ”

"And what about the other handful?" Du Lichen asked, he didn't know as much as his grandfather.

"And a handful of ......," the grandfather paused, looked at his grandson, and said, "It's behind the statue of the god in the temple." ”

"Here?" Du Lichen couldn't believe that such a precious guqin had always been by his side.

Looking at his grandson's shocked expression, the old man turned his head and continued to stare into the distance, his eyes ethereal as if he had penetrated time.

"Our Du family, guarding not only this statue, but also this cold jade qin, the winter of the void fall step, if you don't use the cold jade qin, you can't exert its strength at all, you ...... It's time to go down the mountain, too. ”

"Grandpa wants his grandson to take Han Yuqin to find the master of Dong Wuye?" Du Lichen looked a little excited, and he was looking forward to going down the mountain.

"Hmm~" the old man nodded, "Today I will tell you all about the power of winter without night, and tomorrow, you will take Han Yuqin down the mountain." If you find your master, you don't have to come back here......"

The strong wind blew the flags outside the tent, and they also penetrated through the cracks in the curtains of the tent, sending a trace of coolness.

"Do you think it's unreasonable for me to deal with that little soldier?" Shen Tu Cang's cold and deep voice sounded, and asked Chen Luo, who was standing in front of him.

"The decision made by the general is naturally reasonable. Chen Luo stood straight and replied respectfully.

"There are some people in the army who are not well-behaved enough, and they are lazy and lazy and break the rules, so they will naturally be dealt with. Shen Tucang stared at Chen Luo with deep eyes, and his low and slow tone made his back chill, "Then General Chen, do you think you are good enough?"

The pointed words and the strong sense of oppression made Chen Luo feel that there was nowhere to hide in an instant, his legs were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground.

"Oh?" Shen Tu Cang was not surprised when he saw this kneeling, and seemed to casually pull out the silent sword beside him, and the sword light flashed, and the cold slowly pointed at Chen Luo's throat.

"General Chen, you haven't answered my question yet. The cold killing intent in his eyes gradually rose, whether it was Shen Tu Cang, who had killed countless people, or the lonely sword that drank tens of millions of blood, it made Chen Luo's bones stand on end at this moment.

"Subordinate...... The subordinates swore to follow the general to the death, and there was no dissent. Chen Luo replied tremblingly.

He had never met such a terrible person as Shen Tu Cang, even if he just stood in front of him, it was like a god of death returning from hell.

"Are you so well-behaved in Nancheng Kingdom?" Shen Tucang smiled coldly and withdrew his sword into its sheath.

As soon as these words came out, Chen Luo's original remaining hope was shattered in an instant, and the fact that he was a traitor sent by Nancheng Kingdom had really been thoroughly seen through by Shen Tucang.

"I give you enough opportunities, if you really follow me, you will be the lieutenant general of Panjiao City, if you have half a point to hide, I will have another person to sacrifice the sword today. ”

Shen Tucang got up and walked in front of Chen Luo as he spoke, his powerful big hand pinched Chen Luo's chin and forced him to raise his head, three points mocked and seven points said indifferently: "Glory, wealth and power, or death, it is entirely up to you." ”

Capturing Chen Luo's flickering hesitant eyes, Shen Tucang slowly squatted down, staring directly at the eyes that were struggling in his heart.

"Why give up your good future for the so-called loyalty, since ancient times, you have become a king and a defeated man, do you want to always be a disgraceful Nancheng meticulous work, or be an upright Xiyue general, do you need to hesitate for the answer?"

The voice of induction continued to echo in Chen Luo's mind, impacting his original faith and determination.

"My father and mother ......"

"Tomorrow morning, it's time to arrive. Shen Tucang hooked the corners of his mouth as if he was smiling, and directly interrupted what he wanted to say, in order to achieve his goal, he would do everything.

"I don't really have a choice. Chen Luo laughed at himself.

If he chooses to be loyal to Nancheng, Shen Tucang will threaten him with his parents, how can he let his parents, who have worked hard to raise him for many years, innocently bury him.

"Since you don't have a choice, then what else is there to say, as you said, just be an upright Xiyue general. The hesitation in Chen Luo's eyes had all disappeared.

He was already shaken, and he didn't even have any worries at the moment. Since there is a good way to live, why should he cling to a stupid loyalty and choose a dead end.

"Okay!ha......" Shen Tucang stood up and laughed, then helped up Chen Luo, who was kneeling on the ground, and looked at him with a torch in his eyes and said, "Vice General Chen!"