A procession of several thousand people marched through the vast snow, their silver-white armor blending in with the surrounding environment, leaving a long trail of footprints, but in a matter of moments the footprints were buried under the snow. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In this batch of teams, a small group of people dressed in different colors are extremely conspicuous in this neat and white queue, and the leader of them is Jin Ming.

"It's so fucking cold...... Jin Ming rubbed his fat hands that were red from the cold, and whistled like a mist, complaining as he walked.

A young girl behind him chuckled when she heard his foul mouth.

"Aya. Another voice colder than this one came, and the girl's playful expression immediately became serious, but the smile could still be found between her eyebrows.

Mu Tian was dressed in snow-white fur, and his long velvet robe dragged in the snow, leaving a long drag mark.

"Remember, Young Master Jin Ming is the commander of the tribe warriors, and he is a position equivalent to Lord Qianlei, you should call him 'Lord', you can't be so rude!" Mu Tian's frosty face was like snow.

Aya was also dressed in fur, but slightly gray. She wrinkled her small red nose slightly, pouted slightly, and said reluctantly: "I know, I'm sorry Lord Jin Ming, I shouldn't be rude to you." ”

"It's okay...... It's okay......" The fat man scratched his head and smirked, "It's all my own people, it's all my own people......" He said the truth. In his heart, it was only in front of a few people who had been training together in Ryugu a few months ago that he would become so relaxed and so real, and he would take off the mask of pretending to be strong. And he had a special feeling for the little girl in front of him, who was called Aya, and even he felt strange. In the past, the women he liked were all stunners with bewitching bodies and beautiful appearances, but Aya was just a simple and cute little girl who would be shy, she was not a noble family, just a maid who followed Mu Tian and served her. Although she doesn't come from a prominent family, she comes from a much better background than her. But...... She felt something different about herself, unlike any woman she had ever seen.

A biting cold wind made Jin Ming shiver, and he shook his senses, wrapped himself in the thick black cloak he had found temporarily, and smiled at Aya, who responded with a grimace without missing a trace.

"Young Master Jin Ming, you should go and see Lord Bai Ling in advance," Mu Tian said softly, "He saved you and saved your clan warriors, you should go to see him earlier to express your gratitude." ”

"What gratitude?" said the fat man's reluctant, "I'm cold, but my brain isn't frozen. I know if it weren't for what you said, Miss Mu Tian, how could an outsider have such a good heart to rescue an indifferent person and take the initiative to provoke the cruel and unscrupulous Dark Alliance?"

"You're thinking wrong," Mu Tian denied, remembering that when she made the suggestion of 'sending troops', Bai Ling agreed without the slightest hesitation, "When you are trapped in the hands of those demons, even if Lord Bai Ling doesn't know you, he will help." ”

Mu Tian's firm tone made Jin Ming feel a little surprised, this was not like ordinary support. His round eyes rolled around, as if thinking about something.

"Miss Mu Tian, you seem to trust him very much. Although Jin Ming wanted to behave casually, his tone was still a little weird, as if he minded this kind of "trust".

Mu Tian was slightly stunned, and seemed to be reminded by his words, why did she trust him so much, but she soon found the reason.

"It was Lord Bai Ling who took me in when I was cornered, and trusting him is the least respect I should have. She gently smoothed her fingers through the wind-blown hair on one side, inadvertently revealing the striking tattooed green dragon on her cheek, and turned to him, "You should be the same, Young Master Jin Ming." ”

Jin Ming knows the origin of the tattoo. In the past few days, from the southern forest where he was rescued to this journey near the ethereal cold continent, he has more or less understood what happened to Mu Tian. Separated from Ryugu, returning to the capital of Maki was harassed by his own monarch, leaving scars, marrying the tribe, and then embarking on the fugitive...... It's hard to imagine that a weak girl can survive so many miserable encounters in such a short period of time. But it wouldn't be strange if this girl was Mu Tian.

"Okay, I'll go!" Jin Ming's mind flashed through all kinds of images, and finally somehow he agreed. But gratitude is not for what he calls a rescue. It's—"

Mu Tian turned to look at Jin Ming, his expression a hint of doubt.

"—For you, Miss Mu Tian. Jin Ming said seriously.

Hearing his answer, Mu Tian frowned slightly, she wanted to persuade him not to be so stubborn, but she understood his intentions from his round eyes, so she could only change her tone and say softly: "Whatever you want." ”

Jin Ming saw her change, and only smirked a few times, "That'...... Shall we go now?"

"We?" Mu Tian was really a little stunned at this time, but seeing Jin Ming's rogue expression again, he could only helplessly turn to Aya beside him, "You stay here." ”

The latter wanted to beg to go with him, but seeing the face of his master, he only nodded obediently.

Mu Tian stepped onto her mount, a snow-white horse with no variegated color. She motioned for Jin Ming to follow her, and then with a soft snort, a white color rushed into the snowy region.

After smiling at Aya, Jin Ming mounted a black horse and followed closely. His wolf bear had not returned from leaving him in the morning to forage for food, but it was no wonder that it was not easy to find prey in this cold and snowy place. And he knew that if there was danger, the wolf bear would definitely appear by his side in time to protect him.

The Lord of Silvermark and his escort were in the middle of the long line. When Jin Ming and Mu Tian arrived on horseback, it was time to rest on the march, and snow-white and heavy tents were set up in the vast snowfield, like big white mushrooms. The lord's tent is the tallest and most ornate, and it is instantly recognizable. As soon as the two approached the tent, less than a hundred meters, several guards came up to meet them vigilantly. When they found out that it was Mu Tian, they immediately ran to the horse.

"Green Wind Booster!" the guard bowed slightly, and since the heavy snow and cold wind were still raging at this time, he couldn't help but raise his voice. He grabbed the reins of the white horse and let Mu Tian dismount smoothly.

Jin Ming, who was behind him, originally thought that there would also be a guard who would come over to lead his horse and greet him, after all, he was also the tribal commander of the northern battlefield. But...... What awaited me was a snowstorm. At this time he seemed to feel colder, and he could only roll over and dismount, and lead the horse himself behind them. The guards didn't look at him, and no one asked.

When they walked to the tent curtain, the guards stopped Jin Ming behind Mu Tian.

"Lord of the Green Winds, the lord has commanded that you can come to him at any time, but your squire is still to stay outside. The guard was gentle, but he still didn't even glance at Jin Ming behind him.

Mu Tian and Jin Ming questioned almost at the same time. It's just that Mu Tian asked softly, and Jin Ming muttered in his heart: It turns out that these guards who don't know Taishan regard themselves as her attendants, damn it!

"Squire?" Mu Tian looked puzzled, but he seemed to feel a breath of fire coming from behind him, and only then did he understand what the guard was referring to, "Oh...... You misunderstood, this is Lord Jin Ming, who has come to ask to see Lord Bai Ling. ”

"Lord Jin Ming?" the guard was very entangled, he didn't seem to have heard of the name of this "lord", and he didn't want to offend the lord's red man, the Green Wind Rider.

"He is the commander of the Horde Alliance. Mu Tian thought it would be better to call the tribal warriors a coalition army, because after all, the army was formed by three forces, and now they were each their own battalion.

"Oh. The guard's face did not show fear because of the rudeness, it was very flat, "In that case, please allow me to report to the next one." ”

Mu Tian nodded in agreement, there was no other way for her.

"It's normal that you've just joined the team and no one recognizes you. Mu Tian tried to speak casually, she didn't want Jin Ming to hear a trace of comforting words.

"I understand," the fat man looked indifferent, "but Miss Mu Tian, one thing that needs to be corrected is that I am not 'joining', but staying temporarily. ”

Mu Tian's face changed slightly, she looked at Jin Ming, and blurted out her words: "Stay for a while, where do you want to go?" Now that the Dark Alliance has occupied most of the territory of the Terrans, there is no other place to be safe except Silver Trace Castle!"

Her tone was quick and questioning, and her fair face was slightly red. The always cold girl behaved like this, which even Jin Ming was a little surprised, but he understood that it was a prompt of concern. But it also made him not know how to answer her question, because he knew that he had to go, even if the destination was still unknown.

For a while, Jin Ming couldn't think of how to answer. But fortunately, this embarrassing atmosphere did not last long, and the guard leaned out of the tent, first bowed slightly to Mu Tian, and then glanced at Jin Ming, and said in a lukewarm tone: "Lord Lord agreed, let you and this - Lord Jin Ming in." ”

Mu Tian nodded, put the question just now, and walked into the tent first.

Jin Ming lightly patted the falling snow on his body, glanced at the guards on the side, snorted coldly and followed closely. As he walked into the tent, he was greeted by a warm current, and he could smell the aroma of fire and spirits. The tent was extremely spacious and very warm, thanks to the fact that there was a large stove in the middle of it, and the pale blue fire in it was gently swaying. Jin Ming looked inside, and the appearance of him and Mu Tian attracted many pairs of eyes to look at them, but the gaze that made him feel a kind of pressure the most was a young man in a high position.

That person should be the Lord of Bai Ling in Mu Tian's mouth, Jin Ming thought darkly. Although a full day had passed since he joined the team of Silvermark Castle, he had not seen this young man who was said to be about his age, but he still recognized him at a glance as the lord of Silvermark Castle. Because, on both sides of the surrounding, whether it is a powerful general who is fully armed and dressed in iron armor, or a scholar of the age of a sixtieth birthday...... Their eyes were not as bright as those of this high-ranking man, reflecting the swaying fire, and their eyes radiated a pale blue light.

"Miss Mu Tian, you're here. The lord's voice was soft, but there was a hint of joy in it.

"Green Wind Booster ......" The crowd on both sides of the surrounding area greeted each other. But no one asked the fat boy behind her, as if he was transparent air.

Mu Tian nodded and walked forward, although Jin Ming felt a little uncomfortable, he still followed behind.

"Since Miss Mu Tian is here, let's listen to her opinion as well. Bai Ling said to the ministers around him, he was not seeking the consent of the ministers, but directly ordering.

What were they discussing before?Mu Tian obviously didn't know what was going on and needed his own opinion, and looked at Bai Ling with questioning eyes.

"Oh, that's right," he smiled, a smile that wasn't light, "before you came, two soldiers from other forces of the Terran approached us......"

He looked to the sides. Mu Tian and Jin Ming followed his gaze and looked over, only to find that there were two soldiers in red armor there. Jin Ming's body shook suddenly, the style of this red armor was extremely familiar to him, the dragon and knight carved in the center of the armor were still vivid and vivid, it was the armor that belonged to Qingyun City. How did it end up here? He had 10,000 guesses in his mind, but he didn't want it to be true.

"Green Wind Engine, I'm from Wangyang City......" One of the soldiers was the first to report to his home.

"Green Wind Enginer, in the next ...... from Silver Bay" The other one was immediately picked up.

At this time, Jin Ming confirmed even more why they were wearing the red armor that symbolized Qingyun City, because these two forces were both subordinate cities of Qingyun City, and they were loyal to Qingyun City. Wangyang City is the largest force in the south of the Source of Vitality Continent in Qingyun City, and Yinwan Bay is also the largest force in the southwest, the two cities are very close to each other, and now they appear here together, is it ...... He didn't want to think about it any longer.

The two soldiers spoke in an extremely respectful tone, but they did not respond with Mu Tian in exchange for a word, and their expressions were quite embarrassed.

"Miss Mu Tian, these two soldiers from Wangyang City and Silver Bay have come with the sincerity of their city lord to ask to join us and seek our refuge. Bai Ling's expression was still lightly smiling, not caring about her attitude towards them.

"Shelter?" Mu Tian was also a little surprised, everything came very suddenly.

Bai Ling chuckled a few more times, "To put it clearly, you want to join our Silver Trace Castle." ”

"Yes...... But aren't they the subordinate cities of Qingyun City?" Mu Tian already had a slight wrinkle between his brows. As a nobleman of the pastoral capital, she lives in the era when the contradiction between Qingyun City and the pastoral capital is the most intensified. For more than ten years, the two largest forces of the two human races have fought each other and tried to fight for each other's cities, so as to achieve the effect of eliminating the other's strengths...... She naturally understands the importance of the power of one city to Qingyun City, not to mention that there are two ......

"Qingyun City's subordinate city?" Bai Ling asked rhetorically, with an extremely faint snort between his noses, "From now on, it's not anymore. Qingyun City has fallen to the hands of the Dark Alliance, and the surrounding forces have long since collapsed and shattered, and these surviving forces can only escape this catastrophe by relying on stronger forces. It is difficult to protect the capital itself, only we have the strength!"

The two soldiers nodded flatteringly, acknowledging that what the lord said was what they thought.

"So, Miss Mu Tian," Bai Ling's bright eyes stared at her, as if to tell her, "the Qing clan has been wiped out, Qingyun City no longer exists, and there is no longer such ...... Qingyun City."

"Who told you that the Qing clan has been wiped out?!"

An angry voice came from behind Mu Tian, interrupting Bai Ling's words. This voice was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which startled everyone, and the two soldiers were even more nervous. Most people turned from shock to fear, because they knew from Bai Ling's sword-like eyes that he was angry, but he didn't speak, and looked coldly at the fat boy behind Mu Tian.

What Mu Tian was worried about finally happened, she just wanted to say something, but Jin Ming didn't give her a chance.

"Miss Mu Tian, you know here that Qingkong is still alive, as the second young master of Qingyun City, he has an authentic Qinglong bloodline. And as long as he is alive, the Qing clan will not perish!" Jin Ming continued.

Mu Tian breathed a sigh of relief, not relieved but helpless with a hint of anger. A clever move, to put it mildly, is cunning, Jin Ming deliberately said this to pull himself into this muddy water. But helplessly, she still headed towards Bai Ling.

"Lord, it's true. A few months ago, the gate of Dragon Valley was opened, and Qingyun City and Mu Zhidu summoned outstanding talents in the clan to promote Dragon Valley, and Young Master Qingkong and I were among them, although we encountered all kinds of ups and downs and dangers, but finally succeeded in leaving Dragon Valley...... At the time of the separation of the Beiyuan Road, Young Master Qingkong was indeed not killed. Mu Tian omitted a lot of words, some of which were secrets that she wanted to stay in Dragon Valley forever.

Bai Ling's eyes didn't blink, but his mind flooded. He could hear that Mu Tian's tone and expression were different when he was talking about this not long ago, and he looked at the fat boy who had just spoken against him.

"Who are you?" Bai Ling's tone was no longer as kind as when he treated Mu Tian before.

Jin Ming was silent, and his eyes looked at him without fear. If the previous impression of this lord was not good or bad, in fact, there was still a hint of goodwill, after all, it was his army that rescued himself and his own tribal warriors from the hands of the Dark Alliance. But since he heard just now that he cursed Xiaokong with vicious words in order to get the subordinate city forces of Qingyun City, Jin Ming had begun to hate him.

"He is the commander of the tribal alliance, Lord Jin Ming. Mu Tian didn't want the situation to get worse and worse, so he had to speak for him.

Bai Ling was very surprised that Mu Tian would come forward for him, and said lightly: "Oh, now you are your attendant?" As soon as these words came out, a few ridicules came.

"It's not. Mu Tian replied quickly. She was worried that Jin Ming would not be able to bear his character, and now he was not the fat boy who was afraid of even a mouse to death. The crawling and rolling of the tribal battlefield made him have some short temper.

"He's here to show his gratitude for rescuing the Dark Coalition in the forest. Mu Tian knew that the rift between the two had already existed, and she just wanted to try her best to mend it.

"Really?" Bai Ling's face was expressionless, "Then his purpose has been achieved." ”

The tent was so quiet that only the crackling of wood in the stove could be heard.

This was the eviction order he gave himself, although he didn't say a word to let him leave, but Jin Ming, who was well versed in personnel, heard his intentions. He felt like everyone was looking at him, watching himself make a fool of himself. It seemed that a voice was warning him: if you don't want to be isolated, if you don't want to starve to death or freeze to death here in the ice and snow, if you don't want to be hunted down by the Dark Alliance, then apologize, or even kneel down and beg for mercy...... But he chose to push open the heavy curtain and step into the cold, leaving the surprised faces in the tent.

Mu Tian's worst fear still happened, he knew that this would happen, and he would not force him to express any gratitude. One doesn't even remember the other party, and the other doesn't think that the other party saved him. She didn't have time to think about it, so she only bowed slightly to Bai Ling, and then turned around and left as well, chasing Jin Ming, who left angrily.

When both of them had left, there was silence in the tent for a moment, and suddenly someone said in a rough voice, "Such a rude man!"

The source of the sound was a man named Goebel with a short head, a thick neck, and a full beard in the left corner of the tent. This man has the resounding title of "Lord Bandit", because he was a bandit leader in the south before joining Silvermark, and was recruited to become a member of the council after being encircled by Silvermark Castle, and usually has no voice. At this time, he suddenly spoke, undoubtedly wanting to show himself in front of the lord. Of course, he didn't dare to accuse the Green Wind Enginer, but Jin Ming, who threw the "tent" and left first.

"Lord Bandit" turned towards Bai Ling, and his tone tried to become respectful: "Lord Lord, please allow me to go and arrest that rude person and make him kneel in front of you and confess!"

"Confession?" Bai Ling didn't squint, still looking in the direction Mu Tian left, even if there was only a floating curtain left, "Confess what?" he asked lightly

"Top ...... Top...... The crime of hitting the monarch ......" The bandit was nervous, slurred his speech, and his rough voice was extremely unpleasant. He had thought that this was an opportunity to express himself, but the tone of the lord did not seem to be like this.

"Even if you really have this crime, you are not qualified to arrest him," the lord's tone was not a trace of disdain, very flat, "This young man is not simple, if you know that he has a strange beast wolf bear, I wonder if you still have the courage to say what you just said?"

Goebel's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he fell into the pit he had dug. He thought that he was just an ordinary teenager playing with his temper, and with his martial arts skills of robbing homes and houses for many years, it would not be a problem to bring a few soldiers back to arrest him. But he didn't expect this teenager to be a ruthless character. Although his heart was weak, in front of many ministers, he could only hold on and say, "Your Excellency, as long as you ...... As long as I give the order, I will definitely bring ...... Bring enough troops to live up to the mission and capture him back......"

The lord picked up the wine glass in front of the table and took a sip, "No, someone will help me punish him for his disrespect." He looked at the dark red wine in his glass and thought of the black-purple flags.

This sentence liberated the bandit lord who was nervous to the extreme, and he didn't consider the meaning of the lord's words, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and vowed never to be so reckless again.

Bai Ling took another sip and looked at the two soldiers on the other side who were still waiting for a reply.

"Go back and tell your lords that there's still plenty of room in our Silvermark Castle, but—" He lowered his glass and glanced at them, "take off this red armor before entering the gates. ”