The moon shuttles between the clouds, and the light on the ground changes between light and dark.

It's still the same snowfield.

Even after standing on that towering snow-capped cliff for a long time, the girl, whose childish face had not yet taken off, did not feel the slightest discomfort. Funohara may be one of the coldest places north of Senyuki-gun and even on the entire continent, but for those of them who have lived in the extreme cold for generations, adapting to the cold is as easy as breathing.

The little girl, like the old man, is a wolf clan in the north.

The wolf clan did not transform into a human form, in fact, even those holy beasts that only existed in the legendary holy realm could not transform into a human form. The wolf clan has a long history, and the reason why they got such a name is because their clan has used wolves as a totem since the beginning of history.

Wolves are their faith.

At nightfall, the cold wind in the Plains of Wrath blew more and more violently, and the girl's body was encased in a wide leather robe, which was so insignificant in the night, as if it would be swept away by a gust of wind at any moment.

The previous battle had already been decided, and the numerous silverback apes, having discarded the corpses of more than a dozen of their companions, fled in panic and fled into the darkness of the night, never to be looked back.

From the perspective of the wolf clan, who are born hunters, this is an incredible fight, but it is also reasonable.

The wolf is an arrogant beast, but it also has a strong ** and spirit while being arrogant, which is why he became the belief of the wolf clan.

The snow-white lone wolf was panting at the moment, and the biting cold wind poured down its throat into its body, and it was extremely seriously injured in the battle, and its whole body was trembling, as if it would fall in the next moment.

But it didn't fall, and those dark blue wolf eyes gleamed in the darkness. It looked around warily, slowly licking its wounds.

"I still don't understand, those monkeys are so much stronger than them, why are they afraid of being like that?"

"Only living people or beasts, no one is not afraid of death, even the most fierce monster beast, in the face of death, will feel afraid. ”

"That said, the wolf is not afraid of death, no wonder it can win. ”

The old man was silent for a moment, and said in a desolate voice: "Although I don't know what it thinks, as I just said, as long as it is a living creature, there is no one who is not afraid of death. ”

The girl didn't understand, so what was it better than those monkeys?

"But you see, life and death, especially for our species, are never the most important things. The old man saw the doubts in her heart, and said slowly: "I am afraid of death, but I still choose to face and accept, there must be something more important than death to pursue." ”

Every girl at her age will have a bright heart, especially a child like her, who has been nurtured and raised since childhood even if she was born in a bitter cold place, does not have a deep awareness of what suffering is, and naturally does not understand the importance of learning to fight.

The old man guessed her thoughts, but he was in no hurry to forcibly change her mind.

The snow wolf finally left the field of vision of the two of them, and walked alone on this snowy field where only the cold wind was howling, and then disappeared into the vast night.

They don't know how long it will live, but they know that as long as it lives, it won't stop its way of living.

The old man led the girl down the other side of the cliff, leaving a deep and shallow mark on the snow, but they were quickly buried by the wind and snow, as if they had never come.

In the midst of the wind and snow, the girl thought about something else, "Elder, I have heard that in the place where the southern people live, there are four seasons, there are cities, houses, and many delicious foods. ”

"The city inhabited by the Xia people is naturally much more prosperous than the Nuzhiyuan, otherwise thousands of years ago, our ancestors would not have fought to the death with that powerful Xia Dynasty. ”

The wolf clan used to be a very prosperous people, but due to the rash war against Xia, their vitality was exhausted in just a few decades, and they could only retreat to the depths of the Fury Plain.

It was a history buried in the snowfield, with blood and tears, but now it came out of the mouth of the old man so lightly, as if the epic of the white bones of the wolf ancestors was nothing more than a wind blowing through the snowfield in the middle of the night in the cold winter.

The girl's steps were faster, and she didn't notice the latter half of the sentence, but asked with a serious expression: "How prosperous is it?"

"Much more bustling than you think. ”

The old man didn't know how to describe it, he had never been to the place where the Xia people lived, and naturally he had never seen what their city was like. They would build many houses, much taller than the largest tents in the wolf realm, they would have a lot of delicious food, not even the best beast meat, women would wear silk garments, and men would admire women in beautiful clothes......

The wolf clan does not have these, they are accompanied by monsters, they live by hunting, they eat to breathe, and they fight to survive.

"So that our people can live like that one day," the old man stopped, and a deep fire burned in the depths of his eyes, and he looked at the incomparably rich night and said, "You must be able to fight." ”

The girl raised her little face and asked, "That's why I'm going to that place to the south?"

"Yes, there's less than a month to go, and tomorrow morning, when the Angry Plains are once again illuminated by the sun, it's time for you to go. ”

This conversation, which took place in the Far North, is not known to the world.

However, the place where the young girl and the old man were talking about was at the same time the attention of many people.

In the east of Qianxue County, there is a perennial frozen snow ridge. On the lonely peak, a young woman raised her head, and her gaze became deep as she looked out at the undulating mountains in the southern night;

In the west of the Great Xia Dynasty, the majestic Kunlun Mountain stands between the sky and the earth, before the cliff, there is a figure like an eagle swimming, climbing up along the mountain wall;

In the south of Tianling, in the dense jungle, who is chanting in a low voice, those ancient and mysterious words echo faintly under the sky;

The center of power in the Great Xia Dynasty, the imperial palace where the Murong clan is located, there are also people who stay up all night for this.

Even the White Tower, which ignores the world and is extremely sacred in the eyes of the world, something strange happened tonight.

The state religion is from the lowest level of believers upwards, and there are priests, bishops, priests, high priests, and so on. In today's state religion, there are a total of six people who occupy the position of great priest, and it is rumored that they are all peerless masters at the peak of the virtual realm and even the transcendent realm.

The White Pagoda has a total of 55 floors, majestic and magnificent, and itself represents the state religion, a behemoth that has stood for nearly 10,000 years. However, not all of these six great priests live in this white pagoda, some of them practice outside all the year round, and some of them run around in order to preach the doctrine of the state religion and popularize the state religion in Middle-earth, and it is rumored that there are only two of the six great priests in this white pagoda today.

The second sea priest and the sixth Ling Tu priest.

For ordinary state clergy, the great priest is like a god-like existence, unattainable and unattainable. Since His Holiness the Pope has not been concerned about the affairs of the Church for many years, all the affairs of the State Church are now handled by the two archpriests in Kyoto. There are tens of millions of people in the state religion, Si Hai Shenguan is still concurrently serving as the national teacher, and Ling Tu Shenguan is directly in charge of the temples, academies, and Taoist temples under the state religion, you can imagine how busy those two will be.

However, tonight, under the starry sky, the white tower entered the clouds, and the two priests, who were difficult to see in the same city all year round, gathered together.

On the fortieth floor of the White Tower, in a dark and quiet room, two priests in Taoist robes stood in front of a water mirror, silent.

Long.

There was a ripple on the water mirror.

"A few days ago, the statue in the tower seemed to have sensed something, could it be that person had already come to Kyoto?"

This is a woman, if it weren't for the pair of frowning eyebrows and a trace of sorrow in her face, she would have been enough to amaze the peerless elegance of the cold night.

"It's not that it's difficult, but he's already here, and not only that, he's been here for some time. The Sihai Divine Officer beside him pondered for a while before speaking in a low voice.

Priest Ling Tu was a little surprised, the old man beside her was her fellow senior brother, and he was also one of the few people in the state religion who could make her respectful, so she naturally wouldn't have any doubts about his words.

However, the existence and whereabouts of that person are extremely important to the entire state religion. Fifteen years ago, the Pope learned of his existence through some kind of revelation, and then issued an edict to arrange for the six priests to make every effort to find out the whereabouts of this person.

In the entire Great Xia Dynasty, no one could directly interfere with the actions of the great priests, not even the current Xia Emperor Murong Yan. But if it was the Pope's oracle, even if it was a look from his old man, the priests would carry it out without asking for any reason.

She didn't understand why the senior brother didn't say it until this moment since she had already known the whereabouts of that person.

The old man looked at her quietly and said with a wry smile: "I only found out a few days ago, that night, Sirius suddenly moved, and that person's breath suddenly appeared in the water mirror. It's just that the breath is too weak, and the time it appeared is extremely short, and I have lost my trace before I have time to perceive it. ”

The old man's hand gently rested on the edge of the water mirror, and the other hand reached forward, and his fingers, which were as old as dead branches, crossed the mirror. With this stroke alone, countless rain clouds suddenly rose, and there was a faint sound of wind and thunder in the mirror.

"The recent capital does not seem to be peaceful, and many people have died. ”

Divine Officer Ling Tu put away his puzzled look, looked at the wind and thunder in the mirror and said indifferently: "Those things that have nothing to do with us, the Holy Oracles of the Pope and the survival of the state religion are the only things I care about. ”

The old man smiled and said nothing, he knew very well the temperament of his junior sister, and after so many years, you still haven't changed as before.

The status of the state religion is transcendent, but it has always existed in the world. If it weren't for the support of the Murong royal family, even the Pope, would not be able to make the entire state religion stand tall. The tens of millions of members of the state religion are also ordinary people, and even the high-ranking priests in the eyes of believers have to have some entanglements with secular affairs.

The Great Xia Dynasty has now reached an extremely delicate moment. Because of some reasons that are not humane, the royal family, sects, and those big figures above the court have recently made some moves, how can the state religion get out of the matter?

The old priest has lived for many years, and he still has to continue to dedicate his spare energy to the Pope in the few years that remain. Among the six great priests, the last three were a little young after all, and he had to worry about a lot of things.

Priest Ling Tu didn't know what he was thinking, and there was still no expression on that beautiful face.

"Since that being is too weak for us to find him, let's wait for him to become stronger. ”

"Find him and bring him to the Pope. ”

While the words of the High Priest echoed through the dark upper floors of the White Tower, a teenager had just woken up from his dream.