There were snowflakes floating in the air, and although there was no cold wind, the cold breath was like an invisible needle, constantly passing through the clothes, stinging the skin, and seeping into the bone marrow.

Finding a place to live in this desolate desert is a luxury. Thankfully, the rolling hills provide a little shelter for these strangers.

Zhao Yan squatted at the door of a cave, looked at the snow outside the cave, and turned back to the other people in the cave: "Everyone hurry up and eat something, I'll go out to find something to make a fire." He lowered his hat, wrapped his clothes tightly, and got up and walked out.

In a col not far away, a large number of people gathered around a fire, which was not large, but it was enough to be very pleased to have such a warm fire on such a cold winter night.

Zhao Yan walked over with some hay and saw Xia Ruo holding his knees, trembling and sitting in a dark corner away from the fire. He hurried over.

"Miss Xia Ruo, you ...... It's so cold, hurry to the fire to warm up, beware of freezing. Zhao Yan's tone was a little anxious.

Xia Ruo didn't seem to expect someone to come to talk to him, or he was a little stiff from the cold, and he was full of excitement, and then he looked up at Zhao Yan, showed a smile, and said, "I...... I can't pass it, and it's warm to bake...... If you leave, you will really be ...... No. ”

Zhao Yan saw that she was so cold that she couldn't speak, so he hurriedly spread the hay on her body and said, "If you don't go, you can pick up these grasses, and it will be better." ”

Xia Ruo watched Zhao Yan spread the hay on himself, and wanted to stop it, but his body was a little uncontrollable, so he had to say, "These are the ...... Grass should also be used to grow ...... Fire, Brother Zhao Yan, don't ...... Wasted on me. ”

Zhao Yan put the hay away, and said, "You warm up first, there are still a lot of fires over there, I'll go find some hay, and it's no problem to burn until dawn." ”

As he spoke, he got up and was about to leave, but Xia Ruo said loudly: "Brother Zhao Yan, you ...... Can you talk to me about it? It's too cold to sleep. ”

Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Okay!" As he spoke, he sat down next to Xia Ruo.

Xia Ruo looked at the scattered snowflakes in the sky and said softly, "Brother Zhao Yan, how did you get here?"

Zhao Yan scratched his head and said, "This, I am a disciple of the Danxin League, you know." ”

Xia Ruo nodded, and Zhao Yan said again: "Actually, I was not a disciple of Dan Xinmeng at first, but a disciple of a small sect that is not well-known, my family was poor when I was a child, this small sect has just created a sect, and I am eager to recruit some disciples to support the façade, but whoever joins the teacher, the sect will give his family some bonuses, I was sold to this sect by my parents." ”

Xia Ruo listened quietly and didn't speak, Zhao Yan said again: "I have studied in this sect for more than ten years, but in fact, I haven't learned much skills. Later, when I got older and knew some things about the world, I realized that I had lived in vain for the past ten years, and I wanted to stay away from these rights and wrongs, so I left this sect. But this sect can't tolerate a traitor like me, and sent disciples to hunt me down, I can't even affect my parents and relatives, and I have no other friends to rely on, so I have no choice but to defect to the Danxin League, which can be regarded as a place to stay. ”

"Alas~" Speaking of this, he let out a long sigh and said, "It's a pity that although the Danxin Alliance is one of the seven major sects, it is not much different from those Jianghu sects. I was a person who led a teacher to defect, but I was never truly accepted, and most of my peers and brothers excluded me. I didn't care about these things, I just said in my heart that I was just looking for a place in this sect, no matter what they said. Later, however, some people accused me of being a spy of another sect on the grounds that I was not devoted to my practice. I gradually understood that this matter in the rivers and lakes is beyond our control after all. So I started to practice hard, wanting to prove myself in front of the masters, and after a few years of penance, I finally got some shape. ”

"Then your masters should look at you differently. Xia Ruo asked.

Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "Where is it so simple." If in the past, when I was living in chaos, other brothers and sisters just looked at me unpleasantly, I really practiced with my heart, and other brothers used me as a thorn in the flesh, and they wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible. Every day I have to guard against whether other brothers and sisters will play any tricks on me, I dare not eat, I dare not sleep, and I dare not even escape, how sad do you think?"

Xia Ruo nodded and said, "It's really terrifying. So you're out of the way?"

Zhao Yan nodded and said: "Yes, the master will send some disciples every once in a while to practice, I came out three years ago, I could have gone back to continue my cultivation, but I really don't want to go back to that kind of life, so I have been shirking, always looking for the farthest place to practice, this Beibi Prefecture I have also been here a few times." So you say that I am familiar with this Kanchanaburi and have rich experience, but in fact, I really don't want to. Speaking of this, he laughed softly, and Xia Ruo laughed too.

Zhao Yan laughed for a while and said, "What about you, Miss Xia Ruo, why did you go so far to practice?"

When Xia Ruo heard this, he lowered his head and said, "I envy Brother Zhao Yan for doing whatever you want, although sometimes I can't help myself, but I can always come and go freely, I can't do it." ”

Zhao Yan said: "Why? Could it be that someone forced you to come?"

Xia Ruo shook his head, nodded again, and said, "I'm an orphan, and it was Senior Sister Jingcao of this sect who picked me up. She said that she was running errands in Xia Yan at the time, and one day when she went out, she ran into a man holding a girl and fell to the ground. The man with a knife, who should also be from the rivers and lakes, has lost his breath, but he is still holding me in his arms, it should be my father. When she said this, Zhao Yan saw that although she said casually, her face was still a little stiff unconsciously.

Xia Ruo didn't stop, and continued: "Senior Sister Jingcao is a very gentle person, she took me in, brought me to Shengyin Island, and also set up a tomb for my father, we go to worship him every year, I have always felt that she is my mother. I followed her until I was seven years old. These seven years should be my fastest time. Every day, I played with my sister on Shengyin Island, learning to sing with her, and talking with flowers, birds, insects and fish, until that day. She said, her expression a little glazed.

Zhao Yan hurriedly said, "What happened, who did you meet?"

Xia Ruo thought for a moment before he continued: "One day I was playing outside, and I accidentally met the new head, the Holy Sound Fairy, as soon as she saw me, she praised me for my unique wisdom and talent, and wanted to accept me as her disciple." ”

Zhao Yanqi said: "This is a good thing, although the Holy Sound Fairy has a bad reputation in the rivers and lakes, but she is not a wicked person, and she is the head of one of the seven major sects, how can it be bad to have her as a teacher?"

Xia Ruo said faintly: "Sometimes, good things are not really good. I became a disciple of the Holy Sound Fairy, and even Senior Sister Jingcao became my peer, but I didn't like this, I wanted to follow Senior Sister Jingcao, and I didn't like to practice. My master is different from me and Sister Jingcao, she does things vigorously, I always feel very uncomfortable with her, as if staying in a world that does not belong to me, there is no color on the island of Shengyin, and I can no longer hear the sounds of other animals. Ten years have passed like this, and the other sisters who have joined the Master's sect with me are already enough to stand alone, and ......I am the only one who is the pillar of our Sacred Sound Sect," she said, her voice getting lower and lower.

Zhao Yan seemed to understand a little, and sighed: "This can only be said that everyone has their own ambitions." And I don't think your cultivation is much lower than your other junior sisters. ”

Xia Ruo listened to his words, shook his head again, and said, "You haven't seen my senior sisters, if any of them were here, we wouldn't have killed so many people in that castle that day."

With Master's quick temper, being able to endure me for ten years is actually quite good.

Originally, our Shengyin Sect didn't like to participate in the rights and wrongs of the rivers and lakes, probably because the master couldn't bear me anymore, and she didn't want to waste ten years of hard work in teaching, so she found an errand and asked me to go outside to practice, hoping that I could change my temperament.

I knew what she meant, but I really couldn't do it, and every time I saw someone do it, I was afraid that they would get hurt, so how could I still help? It was someone sent by Master secretly to save me. Master was really angry this time, so he found an errand as a bodyguard and let me go far, so I came to Kanchanaburi. ”

Listening to her words, Zhao Yan pondered for a while, waved his hand at her, and said, "Miss Xia Ruo, your master really likes you very much." ”

Xia Ruoqi said: "Brother Zhao Yan, why do you say that?"

Zhao Yan said: "Do you know what your master's name is in the rivers and lakes?"

Xia Ruo nodded, and said with some embarrassment: "We all know, and my master also knows, they call me a mean fairy behind my back, which means that my master has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, and he has to be unforgiving." However, we felt that Master was not mean at all. ”

Zhao Yan smiled: "That's because your master is really good to you." Think about it, why does she repeatedly arrange for you to go out for training, and even send people to protect you? That's because she really likes you, wants you to become a talent, and is afraid that something will happen to you, what is the difference between this and being a parent?"

Xia Ruo said: "I also know that the master is good to me, but my temperament is too different from what she wants me to do, I still like Senior Sister Jingcalyx...... I...... Lived up to her old man's expectations......" she said, burying her head between her legs.

Zhao Yan wanted to reach out and pat her, but he felt a little bad, so he had to slap the ground and said, "Miss Xia Ruo, I, Zhao Yan, want to live a life like you in my life, but I can't ask for it, you must not think about disappointing your master, you don't like this kind of life, so have you told your master?"

As soon as he asked, Xia Ruo's body trembled obviously, and it took a long time to raise his head and say, "I didn't ......"

Zhao Yan slapped his thigh and said, "That's right! Think about it, your master takes care of you so much, although this time he asked you to come to Beichanaburi, but he is also thoughtful, let you follow the dart masters, these dart masters are usually experienced in a hundred battles, you will hardly have a big problem following them, the main thing is to let you learn some human sophistication and change some personality."

Actually, she didn't think that we would have encountered such a thing, otherwise I believe she would never have let you come to such a dangerous place.

I don't think you like this kind of life yourself, just tell her directly, maybe she won't force you to do things you don't want to do anymore. ”

Xia Ruo was still a little hesitant, bowed his head and said to himself, "Will it?"

Zhao Yan looked at the dancing flames and comforted her: "Yes, it will." ”

There was a trace of fish belly white in the eastern sky, and the dazzling light woke up Xu Xun in the dark, he wanted to open his eyes, but found that his eyelids seemed to weigh ten thousand catties, and he couldn't open a gap at all. But he could feel his body as if it were floating in the air, trembling slightly.

He wanted to raise his hand, but his arm also weighed more than 10,000 catties, and he could only make his index finger move slightly. But at this moment, he was still noticed by Aoki Lin next to him, and Aoki Lin exclaimed in surprise: "Second brother, you are awake!"

Xu Xun felt that the sound of the green wood forest seemed to come from the sky, out of reach, but deafening. Aoki Lin patted Xu Xun's hand and said, "Second brother, you hold on, we can soon rush to the Akamala Desert and join the large army." ”

Xu Xun seemed to understand something, in the dark, a heart-rending pain came from between his chest and back, and a glimmer of light in front of him was shattered by this pain, and Xu Xun's world was surrounded by darkness again.

At this time, Aoki was sitting in a simple carriage, made of some wooden poles, and there were no carriages, and the wheels were not very regular, and they continued to bump as they went.

By Aokilin's side, there was Xu Xun lying with a face like gold paper.

Just yesterday, Xu Xun fought with Mitarion's knights, but was attacked by another knight and was deeply damaged. At the most critical moment, the knight who wielded the long sword suddenly weakened, spit out a mouthful of black blood, and fell to the ground inexplicably.

The other bare-handed knight immediately found that a few uninvited guests had quietly arrived on the battlefield, and he immediately didn't care about killing Xu Xun again, and he was about to withdraw from the battlefield and return to his horse.

When it was too late, two steel long swords suddenly struck out from the left and right, and what was even more amazing was that no one held these two swords, and the two swords seemed to be alive, flying in the air by themselves.

The knight was obviously stunned, but he was experienced in his opponents, and with a punch from the left and right of his arms, he smashed the two swords away with the force of his fist.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared from behind him, and the knight seemed to anticipate this situation, and with his backhand, he hit the figure behind him with a "snap", knocking the figure upside down and flying out.

The knight elbowed him, and was about to smile, but his smile was just half out, and it condensed on his face, and he only felt a violent burning sensation spread from his back to his whole body, and before he could withdraw his hand, this burning heat converged on his chest, like a person smashing his heart hard, he only felt that his eyes were dark, a stumbling, and then "wow" spit out a large mouthful of blood, sprinkled on the loess in front of him, it turned out to be a dark pool, and there was some smoke billowing.

The knight turned his body in disbelief, looked at the figure standing up slowly behind him, pointed at the figure with a trembling swish, and said a vague "...... you" in his mouth Before he could say anything, a mouthful of blood poured up, and the knight stared at the unwilling eyes, and fell to the ground with a "bang".