Chapter 65: Far North
The Far North City, the last city on the outskirts of the North Pole, is a vast expanse of desolation and desolation, and even in the middle of summer, the sun only hangs far on the southern horizon, emitting a bleak white light.
Here, the sun never rises higher than the mountains, but moves silently around the boundless white world.
A frost-soaked storm swept toward the Far North like ice, making the town even more obscure.
"Is this a blizzard?" Nie Yun wrapped his thick coat tightly, squinted his eyes and stared at the town hidden in the wind and snow, turned his head to the carriage behind him and smiled: "Senior sister, Xiao Xue, we are almost there." ”
At Nie Yun's suggestion, the three of them only purchased some equipment, and then rented a black-scaled carriage and hurried towards the extreme north, and arrived at the northernmost city in the entire Daqian in only three days.
There were few pedestrians on the official road covered by ice and snow, and the people who lived here had already returned to their homes to escape the heavy snowfall, and only a few merchants, rangers, travelers, and other people who did not know the weather were still rushing to the town ahead in front of the blizzard.
"It's finally here." A lazy female voice came from inside the carriage, and at the same time, a slender white jade hand gently flicked the curtain, revealing a face wrapped in white fluff, which looked even more moving.
Han Yue's beautiful Danfeng eyes lit up slightly, curiously looking at the hazy haze of the snowflakes dancing around her to shroud the miserable white sun in the sky, Xiao Xue didn't know when she also jumped out of the carriage, and the pretty face lined with the fiery red velvet hat on her head was even fairer, looking at the angry appearance of this white dead world, her eyes showed a trace of surprise.
"Hehe, it's not in vain." Nie Yun looked at the two pairs of beautiful eyes full of novelty, smiled, and then suddenly opened his arms, feeling this transparent pleasure.
A slight blizzard naturally didn't have much impact on the cultivators of the Rebirth Realm, if you had to make an analogy, it was like an ordinary person walking through the pouring summer rain, whether they fled in embarrassment or reached out to hug it, it all depended on their mood. Therefore, this white plague is more like a wonder to them that they have never seen before.
"That's why you're letting us freeze?" Han Yue looked at Nie Yun, who looked like he was inviting merit, and a smile flashed in her eyes, but her pretty face was slightly pale.
"That's it, ha~" Xiao Xue rubbed her hands very cooperatively, but the gas that came out of her mouth condensed into ice crystals in an instant and fell on the floor of the carriage.
“??? You're all out of the womb! Nie Yun's eyes widened slightly and said innocently: "If you want our carriage to be the top, you can't even get into a trace of wind, right?" Why don't you come outside and drive the carriage for me for a while? ”
"You dare to talk back to your senior sister!" Han Yue immediately curled up two jade fingers and knocked them on Nie Yun's head.
The imaginary touch did not come, but touched a piece of softness, Han Yue was slightly stunned, looked at the thick fur hat that Nie Yun was wearing on his head, and his eyes narrowed slightly: "You didn't deliberately wear this hat, right?" ”
"How is that possible! It's cold, it's too cold! Nie Yun's hairs stood up slightly, and he was actually seen by his senior sister at once....
"It doesn't matter if you did it on purpose or not." The corners of Han Yue's mouth slowly outlined a curvature, and she stretched out two white and slender palms to gently pull Nie Yun's cheeks, stretching and retracting them, elongating and retracting them... The bright beautiful eyes blinked and smiled: "This place will not freeze you to the point where you have to cover your whole face, right?" ”
Nie Yun covered his pinched cheeks with both hands and said aggrievedly: "I don't think it's impossible to do this..."
Frolicking, the three of them have come to the outside of this city, this is a somewhat old appearance, full of traces of time of the ancient city, the black city wall is dotted with a little white light, slightly blurred on the city can also faintly see the three big words "Far North City".
Unlike other cities, the gates of the Far North are open almost all year round, and there are no soldiers blocking the gates to collect entry fees.
After all, this is the far north, and if you really keep people out, you can die! In addition, this is a bitter cold place, and the merchants are not particularly willing to come, if the customs fee is charged again, then no one really wants to come, and if the merchants do not come... The people in that city don't talk about eating soil, at least the price of food will definitely increase several times in the same place.
The three of them drove into the city after a slight look at the ancient vicissitudes of the city wall, perhaps because of the snowstorm, at this time the spacious street was sparsely populated, and occasionally a few pedestrians were also wrapped in their jackets, walking in a hurry.
Now that they had already entered the city, Nie Yun and the three of them naturally would not stand stupidly, and rushed over after making a little inquiry about the nearby inn.
This is a small inn that is a bit old, but the name is very atmospheric called "Tianya Inn".
The shopkeeper is an old man with half-white hair, and his body is a little rickety, saying that he is the shopkeeper, but in fact, he is the only one in the entire inn.
When Nie Yun and the three of them came in, the shopkeeper was still concentrating on wiping the old wooden table that had been pulped.
"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper!"
Nie Yun called the old man two or three times in a row before he came back to his senses, and saw the three guests come to the door and straighten up slightly, put the old rag aside casually, and wiped his cracked hands on the slightly thin cotton pants, and then pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a smile, and a somewhat hoarse voice slowly came out of his mouth: "The guest officer is sharp, or is he staying in the hotel?" ”
"Shopkeeper, three rooms, by the way, some warmer food." Nie Yun arched his hand with a smile and said, "There is also a black-scaled carriage outside, which is also troublesome to the shopkeeper." ”
"Okay, the guest officer will sit first" Maybe it's because he hasn't had business for too long, and the old shopkeeper looks very happy: "The little old man will bring the guest officer's carriage to the stable first, and then I'll serve you some food." ”
"Then it's a problem for the shopkeeper." Nie Yun naturally had no problem, smiled and pulled over a bench, ready to wipe it for Senior Sister and Xiao Xue, but what he didn't expect was that the bench was unexpectedly clean, and a white tissue was still white after wiping it a few times, and not even a little floating dust was wiped out.
"Hehe, business is not very good, and if you are idle, you will be idle, so I will wipe down the tables and chairs a little." The old shopkeeper who came back from leading the horse didn't show any displeasure when he looked at this scene, but said with a smile: "Little Lao'er, let's prepare some hot food for the guest officers, is the hot pot good?" ”
The old shopkeeper said this, but it made Nie Yun a little embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, shopkeeper, you should slow down." ”
The old shopkeeper didn't care, smiled and picked up the towel he had just put aside, slumped it on his shoulder, waved his hand, and turned around and walked into the kitchen.
In the lobby of the inn, there were more than a dozen tables and chairs, but only Nie Yun and the three of them seemed quite deserted, but the three of them were happy and quiet, and they chose the closest position to the door and sat down.
There was a warm stove in the inn, and Nie Yun's hands and feet, which were still a little cool, quickly warmed up, and he soon felt a trace of heat, until Nie Yun took off the thick black velvet hat on his head, and he felt a lot more comfortable.
Xiao Xue was originally a little repulsed when she saw this somewhat old inn, but because of the wind and snow, it was inconvenient to find other inns and reluctantly settled here, but now she suddenly felt that this small inn was not bad, and took off the velvet hat on her head and stretched comfortably.
"I didn't expect this little inn to be quite comfortable."
"It's not as noisy as the big inn." Han Yue bowed slightly, she had always been happy and quiet, and she was very satisfied with the current scene.
The three of them chatted for a while, and soon the old shopkeeper brought out a steaming copper pot, and then brought a stack of extremely thin slices of meat and greeted happily: "Guest officer, you eat first, if it's not enough, I'll cut some more for you later." ”
"No, no, it's enough for the time being." Nie Yun looked at the table full of meat slices and waved his hand with a smile: "But the shopkeeper has some vegetarian dishes, and this just eating meat is a little greasy after all." ”
"Ahh This. Unexpectedly, this seemingly simple request made the old shopkeeper difficult, and the old shopkeeper shook his head helplessly: "The guest officer may not know, this vegetarian dish is a rare thing in our Far North City, and it will buy some from the merchants during the New Year's holidays, and now at this time, I want to buy it and I don't have the place to buy it." ”
"Oh, forget it, it doesn't matter." Hearing this, Nie Yun waved his hand indifferently, it was a casual request, since there was a difficulty, it was naturally forgotten.
"Hmm..." The old shopkeeper pondered for a moment, as if he was a little hesitant, but finally spoke: "I have some pickled sauerkraut here from last year, and the guest officer really wants to give it to the guest officer to taste a little for free." ”
"It really doesn't matter, we are from other places, and we are used to eating vegetarian food, so I will mention it casually, and the shopkeeper should not take it to heart." Nie Yun waved his hand, a little crying and laughing.
The old shopkeeper walked aside with peace of mind and concentrated on wiping down the other tables and chairs in the store.
"How far are we from this Far North City?" The three of them chatted while eating hot pot.
"I guess we have to go more than ten miles to the north." Nie Yun closed his eyes and "looked" at the map in his mind: "It is estimated that we have to walk over by ourselves, I see that the black-scaled horse can no longer continue to go north." ”
Even if the black-scaled horse itself is a good horse and can withstand the cold, they also wrap him in a thick cotton coat, but after all, it is not really a species that survives in this extremely cold weather, and it is almost the limit to walk here.
"Whew.." Xiao Xue's red lips opened slightly, and after blowing the extremely thin slices of meat in front of her, she just wanted to eat it when she heard Nie Yun say that she had to walk more than ten miles by herself, and suddenly her interest in eating meat was gone, and she sighed deeply: "More than ten miles away!" ”
"Don't come, you're also a person who has come out of the realm, and it's only a dozen miles away." Nie Yun glanced at Xiao Xue with disgust, turned his head and put a chopstick beef tendon meat into Han Yue's bowl and said with a smile: "Senior sister, this is delicious." ”
Han Yue gently picked up the chopsticks, eating elegantly, and then her expression lit up, and she nodded towards Nie Yun with a smile: "Not bad." ”
"Hehe, the one I recommend must be delicious!" Nie Yun said with a smile.
"Give me a taste too!"
"Don't give..."
The old shopkeeper on the side finished wiping the table and chairs at some point, and sat quietly at the counter watching, the corners of the old man's mouth raised a trace of arc.
On an extremely cold snowstorm day, the cold wind was whistling, but the house was warm as spring, and several people sat around the boiler, with wooden chopsticks flying in their hands, laughing...
An old wooden door seems to have become a dividing line between two worlds.