It was the wax moon, the trees withered, the cold wind was biting, and the earth was covered in silver.

There are sycamores standing, blooming new buds in the cold winter wax moon, they inherit the falling snowflakes, and they are beautiful in an instant.

The New Year is quietly approaching, and after surviving the coldest January, we will usher in a revival of spring.

The closer you get to the southwestern border, the sparsely populated it becomes.

The sound of the soles of the boots creaking on the snow was clear in the silence of the mountains.

The Tianhe River has been frozen, but the flowing river can still be seen under the thick ice, Li Mengzhou and Xiao Zhinan walked along the coast, stopped somewhere, Li Mengzhou drew his sword and slashed the ice, instantly forming a sword mark more than ten inches deep.

He stepped on the frozen river, staring at the flowing river under the ice, waiting patiently, stimulated by the sword qi, fortunately it only took a moment for the fish belly to turn white, appearing in front of his eyes.

Li Mengzhou took the fish, swept the snow somewhere on the shore, and found a way to make a fire and prepare to grill the fish to eat.

Xiao Zhinan stood quietly beside her, staring at the location of the Heavenly Forsaken Wasteland on the southwest border, which was not far away, and she could faintly sense the terrifying qi coming from that direction.

Li Mengzhou moved a stone and sat on the stone roasting fish, the conditions were a little difficult, but fortunately, he had also encountered more difficult situations, not to mention Xiao Zhinan, the territory of Beiyan was covered by ice and snow all year round, that is the real thing to find and eat, compared to them still have fish to eat at the moment, I don't know how many times happy.

Xiao Zhinan's eyes moved away from the direction of the Heavenly Abandoned Wasteland, looking at Li Mengzhou, who was grilling fish, as if she was seeing Jing Siren, she said softly: "Beiyan has a snow-capped mountain range, which stretches for an unknown number of miles, although the Heavenly Abandoned Snow Mountain also prohibits the strong people outside the mountain during the Demon Wandering Period, but the Snow Mountain Range has existed for a long time, just like the Heavenly Abandoned Wasteland. ”

"The people living near the capital of Beiyan are not so hard, but the area of the Snow Mountain Range is very wide, covering most of Beiyan, and most of the people live in the cold winter all year round, and it is many times colder than now. ”

"I grew up in the Sword Mansion, and I have no worries about food and clothing since I was a child, and I can't remember the memories of being very young, but my parents froze to death in the ice and snow, even if I lived countless times happier days than the people of Beiyan in the Sword Mansion, but the most profound memories are difficult to forget. ”

Hearing Xiao Zhinan's words, Li Mengzhou was silent for a while, although he had never been to Beiyan, and he couldn't understand what kind of environment the people of Beiyan lived in, it was absolutely unreal to rely purely on imagination, but his life since childhood was actually very bad, and it could be regarded as a little resonant.

His understanding of Xiao Zhinan is only superficial, at this time Xiao Zhinan has a feeling, Li Mengzhou also said seriously: "I was five years old in the border town of Jiang to survive, war is very common there, people are dying every day, the people living there are either very simple, or very vicious, but it is also caused by the environment, in order to survive to do anything." ”

"I've begged in the streets, almost frozen to starvation, stolen things, robbed things, been chased and beaten, and even taken food from wild dogs, but I was very timid then, and I can't remember how I had the courage to do those things. ”

"Fortunately, after only one year of that experience, I met the noble person in my life, and the teacher who taught me to step into the path of martial arts, he is the famous great master Zao Wou-Ki on the rivers and lakes, and the founder of the Fengjiang Grandmaster Alliance, and the first leader of the alliance on the rivers and lakes. ”

In the past, there was no existence of the Grandmaster Alliance in the secular rivers and lakes, all the gangs and factions occupied their own territory, fighting each other, although they were afraid of the existence of the martial arts master, but in fact, it was relatively chaotic, because the martial arts master was not controlled, and it could be described as an invincible existence in the rivers and lakes, because of the appearance of Zao Wou-ki, with the existence of the Grandmaster Alliance, the martial arts master was controlled, and the rivers and lakes were considered to have rules.

Even in the world of cultivators, Zao Wou-Ki has some fame, after all, he is a martial arts powerhouse who can kill the peak cultivators of the Second Realm with just one sword, and even has the strength to fight with the cultivators of the Third Realm, which is something that all martial arts masters have never been able to do.

Xiao Zhinan looked at Li Mengzhou, who was grilling fish seriously, and under the reflection of the snow, Li Mengzhou's complexion seemed to be darker, but it looked a little good.

Li Mengzhou didn't look up, and continued: "I followed Zhao Wuji to practice martial arts for three years, which should be regarded as a bit of qualification, and in three years, I went from a stupid boy who was very timid and didn't know how to speak after a year of poisoning in the chaotic land of the border, to a martial artist of the four-rank realm. ”

"Zao Wou-Ki wanted to pursue the path of cultivation, so I re-entered the chaotic place that once made me have nightmares every day, although I barely had the ability to protect myself, but I was still a little naïve after all, I didn't understand human feelings at all, I was deceived by others, I went to a base for cultivating assassins, and continued to survive there, I killed too many people, and saw too many dead people, and finally became a little crazy. ”

"As much pain as it caused me, it also made me stronger, and I found the best opportunity to kill all the people there, and even more so to uproot the entire Assassin Order. ”

"When I left there, I was twelve years old, and I was seriously injured, crawling around like a beggar, desperately trying to survive, but bad luck seemed to have been with me, I was sold to the fighting arena of Mangcheng, where I fought with ferocious beasts, but it was there that I met the first friend in my life, and it was his father who rescued me, and I finally lived a normal life. ”

Li Mengzhou recalled the scenes of the past, and seemed to have become very flat in his heart, without any emotional fluctuations, as if he was describing someone else's story.

He told Xiao Zhinan a lot, including returning to the chaotic place on the border, incarnating as an assassin, killing many people, earning a lot of silver, and living in Shuning Town for three years, until he was seventeen years old, he left Shuning Town for the capital, and finally became the current Li Mengzhou.

Xiao Zhinan was a little moved, she didn't expect Li Mengzhou's past to be like this.

"You are now Mr. Seven of the Sword Academy of the Palace, you are no longer the stupid boy you used to be, you hold the natal sword, the future must be bright, that is just the experience of your life, I think that as long as you don't discard the sword in your hand, the road of the sword immortal will always be in front of you, waiting for you to step over. ”

Li Mengzhou suddenly looked up at Xiao Zhinan and said with a smile: "This really doesn't look like what Miss Xiao said. ”

Xiao Zhinan frowned and said, "What are my words?"

Li Mengzhou hurriedly lowered his head and continued to grill the fish, muttering: "Of course, Miss Xiao's words are all good words, which have benefited me a lot. ”

He was busy handing the grilled fish to Xiao Zhinan, and then grilled another fish, no one spoke again, but it was only a moment, Xiao Zhinan sat directly in the snow, facing the fire, holding the grilled fish in his hand, and said softly: "I am the personal disciple of Jianlu, but I am also the only personal disciple of Jianlu, compared to the palace sword courtyard, the talents of Beiyan Langhuan Jianlu are even more withered, at least Jiang Guo is rich, although it is inevitable that there are poor people, but it is impossible to compare with Beiyan." ”

"Jiang is the most extensive dynasty in the world, only this is the Southern Yu, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Wei, the Northern Yan, although the territory of the Eastern Wei and the Northern Yan is basically not much different, and the northern border of the Eastern Wei Dynasty also has a part of the contact with the Snow Mountain Range, but relatively speaking, most of the people of the Eastern Wei Dynasty are happy, the people can be said to live and work in peace and contentment, basically there is no trouble, which is a world of difference from the Northern Yan. ”

As a result, it is actually very difficult for Beiyan's cultivation genius to get ahead, he will freeze to death or starve to death if he can't stand the suffering in the early stage, and he rarely has the opportunity to enter the cultivation mountain gate, even if he survives, it will take a long time just to recuperate his body, and if there is any illness in his body, it is actually difficult to go far on the path of cultivation. ”

"Young people with high cultivation qualifications are basically monopolized by the Dao Palace, and the five temples sit in the entire territory of Beiyan, constantly transporting talents, and it is difficult for the cultivation mountain gate in Beiyan to get ahead, which is why Beiyan has only one Five Realms sect in Jianlu in addition to the Dao Palace. ”

"And if it weren't for the fact that my teacher was a great sword cultivator, who also made a great reputation in the world, and the Sword Immortal King took the moon to destroy the Xitianmen Temple of the Dao Palace and strengthen the momentum of sword cultivation, it would be difficult for my teacher to gain a foothold in Beiyan. ”

"In the face of the provocation of the Sword Immortal King Chengyue, the Dao Palace chose to calm the matter, so it could not blatantly oppress the Sword House, although the Sword House and the Western Jin Dynasty Sword Pavilion were independent, but they also belonged to the Sword Gate, and it was because of the appearance of the Sword Immortal King Chengyue that the disciples of the Sword Gate could occupy a place in the world. ”

The re-emergence of the Sword Gate, it is indeed the Sword Immortal Wang Chengyue who played a key role, the Sword Gate of the West Mountain was suppressed extremely ruthlessly, and it was Wang Chengyue who broke the barriers of the Five Realms and entered the realm of the Sword Immortal, so that the Sword Gate had a chance to breathe, so that the mountains and seas were quiet, and he really had the right to speak in the world.

But the Ligong Sword Academy and Lang Huan Sword House are only barely surviving, they all represent their respective inheritances, and there is never the idea of becoming one, and it is also because the Sword Gate needs to be developed, it is difficult to achieve only one Sword Pavilion, with the help of the Sword Pavilion, if the Palace Sword Academy and Lang Huan Sword House can also rise in Jiang and Beiyan, the Sword Gate can really have a glorious day.

That must require at least one sword immortal to appear in the Palace Sword Courtyard and Lang Huan Sword House.

There are still a few gentlemen in the palace sword courtyard, and there will be fresh blood injected every year, on the contrary, the Langhuan Sword House in Beiyan is a little broken, except for Xiao Zhinan, there is no second sword cultivator who can take charge of himself.

The things that Xiao Zhinan was carrying were also very heavy.