In the early winter of the first year of the Tang Dynasty, a heavy snow fell for half a month, and the Qifeng Mountain Range, which is located at the northern end, was covered with snow and frozen for thousands of miles. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the deep pine forest, a young man was prostrate on the ground, and the snow covered his body, revealing only his nostrils and eyes. Although his hands were stiff, he still held a mulberry bow, ready to shoot the feathered arrows on the string.

The snow that had melted when he was lying down turned into snow water, and when the cold wind blew, it turned into hard ice ballast, and the chill that penetrated his bones stimulated his fighting spirit.

The snow wolf had been following the snow wolf for six days, and in order to avoid startling the snake, he had been tracking the pine forest all the way, and with the help of heavy snow, he waited for the snow wolf to reappear.

Snow wolf fur is precious, it is the raw material for making high-quality clothing, and its value is not below that of mink.

The boy lived in the Taoist temple at the southern foot of Qifeng Mountain, his name was Zhuo Zangfeng, he lost his parents since he was a child, and an old Taoist priest, and lived by copying scriptures.

Since the beginning of winter, the old Taoist priest has had a serious illness, and in order to raise money for medicine, the young man has been running around. In winter, the heavy snow covers the mountains, birds and beasts lurk, and the sky and the earth are shrouded in cold and murderous atmosphere, even if you can't even see the usual pheasants and hares.

His eyes were glued to the crystal clear ice and snow world in front of him, and the thick layer of snow suddenly moved, and two snow-white small animals arched out from under the snow like saplings.

Their whole body is snow-white, and their two eyes are like two blue gems, Zhuo Zangfeng knows that this kind of little beast is called "Ice Soul Cold Rabbit", and it is only born in the snow that is completely white in the cold weather, and they can only be seen in the snow.

The meat of the "Ice Soul Cold Rabbit" is inedible, and the fur turns into snow water when heated, so it has no use value.

Two cold rabbits were rolling in the snow, one was sturdy and the other was fatter, a female and a male. Maybe it's too quiet, or maybe the snow has aroused interest, and the male rabbit suddenly pounces on the female, and the female responds enthusiastically. They actually used this snowy field as a cave house candle.

Soon, they were gone, and the snow was getting heavier.

In the snow, in the haunt of the "Ice Soul Rabbit", it is the time when the snow wolf is most active. The graceful and majestic figure often runs like flying on the top of the mountain and the cliffs.

Snow wolves are quite psychic and not easy to deal with, even those cultivators who have just gotten a glimpse of the path of cultivation cannot be easily captured. Not to mention a fourteen-year-old boy, not to mention that he doesn't know how to practice.

Cultivating in the world requires a family background, a wealth of goods, and a resolute mind. Except for his tenacious personality, Zhuo Zangfeng has nothing.

once followed the old Taoist priest all over Qifeng Mountain, but he couldn't find a sect willing to accept him, but he was ridiculed in every way.

The old Taoist priest didn't know much about cultivation, so he could only teach him some simple methods of breathing and exhaling, and forging the body to strengthen the body, but the effect was very small, so far he didn't get through the "mysteries", and he couldn't even feel a trace of vitality.

At the same time, the old and the young believe that the cultivation method is inferior, and the opening of the "mystery" is not due to talent, but to the lack of guidance from famous teachers.

"Xuanqi", also known as "Xuanguan", is a watershed between secular martial artists and practitioners.

"Tao Te Ching" has a cloud: "Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders." "Toutuo Temple Inscription" records: "The entrance is a secluded key, and the feeling is passed." ”

Therefore, practitioners of both schools of Buddhism and Taoism want to open up the "mysteries". Open the entrance, you can condense the mystery, communicate the meridians, and absorb the essence of mountains, rivers, sun and moon, sea, rivers and lakes.

Even though he was treated coldly in a thousand ways, even though the path of cultivation was extremely difficult, Zhuo Zangfeng never gave up. It's just that the more you cultivate, the less you grow, except for the increasingly exquisite archery skills, the more you go on the path of cultivation, the more you regress.

The snow wolf is very cunning, traps and iron cages have no effect on it at all, he can only rely on the heavy snow to cover up the smell on his body, hoping to succeed with a hundred steps of archery.

The snow was falling endlessly, crawling in place for almost three hours, the body was almost frozen, and from a distance, the vast white was blank, and the whole person had merged with the snow-white heaven and earth.

He was also a little worried, he was afraid that the snow would wet the bowstring and change the tension of the string and affect the arrow.

An eagle roared in the snow, and a black goshawk suddenly rushed into the pine forest, its wings driving the snow on the trees, raising a cloud of snow powder like jade chips.

It flew around for a long time, and then fell straight down, its hard claws stepping on the top of the boy's head.

Zhuo Zangfeng didn't dare to move, for fear that his previous efforts would be wasted.

The eagle seemed to have made a rock for his great head, and he thought to himself that if it were not for the snow wolf, he would not have been able to make a delicious meal if he had struck the eagle's head with his bow and back.

The goshawk looked around vigilantly, not knowing what sound it heard, and suddenly spread its wings and flew away, hovering nostalgically in the air.

Zhuo Zangfeng's heart moved, and the snow wolf was finally about to appear.

The goshawk will follow the trail of the snow wolf, pecking at the food that the snow wolf has discarded, and it is the appearance of the eagle that makes his heart ecstatic.

The astute eagle did not smell the breath of humans, indicating that it was well hidden, and the eagle hovering in the snow did not leave, indicating that the snow wolf was nearby.

Zhuo Zangfeng didn't dare to move, and gently flicked the feather arrow with his stiff fingers, staring intently at everything in front of him.

At this time, the cold wind blew, and a white snow wolf rushed from the depths of the dense forest.

Approaching the snow wolf is a steep cliff with a mountain road leading to the town below. If the arrow is fired at this time, the snow wolf will definitely fall off the cliff.

However, the opportunity must not be missed, and there must not be the slightest hesitation, seeing that the snow wolf was within range, he jumped up. At the moment of jumping, the bowstring was already full, and the arrow pointed directly at the prey.

I saw that the young man's pale fingers suddenly let go, and with a "whoosh", a sharp arrow with a sound pierced through the snow curtain and straight into the snow wolf's left eye, and the sharp arrow penetrated through the right eye.

The snow wolf screamed, sprinkling a little plum blossom blood on the white snow, and rolling down the snow above the cliff.

The moment he stood up and released the arrow, the trembling force of the bowstring caused the snow to fall from his body.

This arrow is perfect.

Zhuo Zangfeng pursed his lips, breathing in for warmth to his stiff fingers, and a trace of joy after victory escaped from his flushed face.

Moving his stiff body, he walked up to an old pine tree in a few steps, pulled out a rectangular wooden box from the snow, carried it behind his back, and followed the mountain road to pick up the snow wolf.

In order to warm up his body as soon as possible, he ran wildly, although the road was slippery and difficult, and he fell and rolled along the way, but fortunately, he felt more and more comfortable.

This road has been walked many times, and it is naturally very familiar, and after a while, it has run to the bottom of the suspense, and I saw a protrusion in the snow in the distance, thinking that it must be the body of a snow wolf.

At this time, the sound of a dog barking was heard, which was heard very clearly in the snow, and after a while, several people on horseback rushed out of the mountain road. These men carried bows and arrows, followed the hounds, and apparently also took advantage of the heavy snow to catch the snow wolves.

Zhuo Zangfeng felt bad, afraid that the other party would snatch the prey, so he hurriedly quickened his pace.

After all, people are not as fast as horses, and those people are really the first. A servant-like man jumped off his horse and shouted to his companions.

"Young Master Liu, great luck, it didn't take a single arrow to send a snow wolf to the door. ”

A young man in a cotton robe jumped off his horse and walked up to the snow wolf to take a closer look.

Zhuo Zangfeng ran out of breath, and when he saw the young man clearly, his heart chuckled.

The boy was sixteen years old, and he was Liu Chui'an, the son of the county lieutenant of this county.

The Liu family has a huge amount of money, and hired Master Yuande, the presiding officer of the Xiangyan Temple in the county, to teach martial arts and cultivation methods. In order to learn art, Zhuo Zangfeng once worked as a servant for this Liu Gongzi.

Liu Chui'an's qualifications are average, and he is complacent when he learns three tricks and two styles, and he likes to test on servants. He often beat people all over his body with scars, and even killed people.

Zhuo Zangfeng was also bullied, and later returned to the Taoist temple because of the old Taoist priest.

However, during this time, he also learned some martial arts moves.

Liu Chuian turned over and over again to learn the secret skills of sword moves, he was familiar with it, but he couldn't absorb the vitality. However, every time he demonstrated in Yuande himself, every move of this great monk of the Seven-Rank Martial Arts Realm, he could see the sword intent on the opponent's sword and the flow of vitality in it with his uncultivated naked eyes.

Although Liu Chuian was guided, he still did not open the "entrance" at the age of sixteen, which is of course because of his poor talent, but also because he is unwilling to endure hardships.

Speaking of which, the cultivation of the monk Yuande is only the seventh grade of martial arts. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, where martial arts were prosperous, the realm of cultivation was also the same as the rank of officials, from the lowest nine-rank martial artist to the first-rank martial artist. Each product is divided into three levels: "lower, middle and upper". ”

Whether it is the rivers and lakes, or the temples, or the misty Fangwai, this cultivation realm is clearly layered, and there is no room for sloppiness.

When the monk Yuande was young, he stole chickens and dogs, and was notorious, and was once sent to the official by the old Taoist priest. Later, he worked hard, became a sword cultivator, and became the host of Xiangyan Temple. He remembered the enmity of the old Taoist priest, and often instigated his disciples to make trouble in the temple, destroy utensils, and burn down the temple. The old man doesn't know martial arts, he knows that he can't be provoked, so he swallows his anger every time.

Zhuo Zangfeng ran to him and saw that Liu Chuian was ordering the servants to put the snow wolf on horseback, and his heart rose with anger, and he shouted angrily: "Put down the snow wolf, that's my prey!"