Chapter 396: Snow Demon Shangguan
Two days later, Tang Xiaohao finally followed Jiang Xianning to the half-demon tun village in the depths of the snow mountain.
Jiang Xianning's ethnic group is called Frost Moon, so this half-demon tun village located in the snow mountain canyon is also called Frost Moon Village.
The Hundred Years War between the Yan Clan and the Snow Demon Clan ended in the defeat of the Snow Demon Clan, and then the Snow Demon Clan was divided into six villages in order to survive.
These six villages are named according to the nicknames of the months, namely Taiyue, Liyue, Taoyue, Huaiyue, Duyue and Fuyue, corresponding to January to June of the twelve months of the year in the Kunlun calendar.
Later, the Snow Demon Clan gave up the original ethnic principle for special reasons and began to intermarry with ordinary humans, giving birth to a large number of half-demons.
Because these half-demons are born with witchcraft, they are rejected by ordinary humans, and they can't integrate into the Yan human race, plus they are not afraid of the cold, so they can only hide in the Ruiyuan Snow Mountain to live, but at the beginning, because of the lack of cohesion, and the blood relationship is complicated, they even fought each other for territory.
To this end, the Half-Snow Demon Clan decided to elect a leader to lead the entire clan.
What the half-snow demon clan didn't expect was that when they had just elected their leader, the snow demon clan suddenly appeared, and directly swept the half-demon clan with overwhelming demon power, and re-designated the leader of the half-snow demon clan, and based on the strength of the demon power, the half-snow demon clan was redivided into six groups, which are called frost moon, harvest moon, xuanyue, good moon, cold moon and ice moon, corresponding to July to December every year.
Tang Xiaohao completely understood when he heard this: "Now there are a total of twelve tribes in Ruiyuan, the Snow Demon and the Half Snow Demon, and they are named after the names of the twelve months of each year, the names used by the Snow Demon Clan are from January to June every year, and the Half Snow Demon Clan is from July to December."
Jiang Xian condensed, "Just as the Yan clan is divided into the upper people, the middle people, and the lower people, the snow demon has also begun to divide the clan into three, six, nine and other ranks by bloodline and demon power."
As soon as he said this, Jiang Xianning pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said, "That's my hometown, Frost Moon Village."
Tang Xiaohao looked at it intently, and it took a long time to find the house hidden in the snow forest.
Rather than houses, those are more like bird's nests built on the ground. The nests are oval-shaped like eggs, with twigs, dead leaves, and snow on the surface. Although it may not look stable, this unique style can be hidden in the snowy forest, and it is not easy to find even from the top of the mountain.
Tang Xiaohao looked at Jiang Xianning: "You all live in the bird's nest?"
"It's called a snow nest, not a bird's nest," Jiang Xianning explained, "The bottom of these snow nests is connected to the roots of the cedars next to them, even if a winter snowstorm hits, they will not be blown away, and the branches and leaves of the cedars can also block most of the falling snow, even if a small part falls on the roof, because the snow nests are resilient and oval, so the snow will slide down and will not collapse the snow nests."
After that, Jiang Xianning continued to pull the sleigh forward: "It doesn't matter if it rains heavily in spring and autumn, because the house is very light, it will float on the surface of the water and will not be submerged, and the roots of the cedar tree connected to the bottom will naturally not be washed away by the flood."
Tang Xiaohao exclaimed, "You can be regarded as an interpretation of how to be perfectly integrated with nature."
Jiang Xianning just nodded slightly, and didn't say anything more.
Although you can see the Frost Moon Village below from the halfway up the mountain, you have walked for nearly an hour along the mountain road.
When the two of them finally came down the mountain and came to the open snow below, and were about to rest, Jiang Xianning found something, let go of the rope of the cart and ran directly to the snow in front of them, squatting there to look at the huge horseshoe prints that extended to Frost Moon Village.
"Oh no!" Jiang Xianning turned around and returned to the sled, grabbed his cold iron gun, and said to Tang Xiaohao at the same time, "You stay here, don't come over no matter what you hear."
Tang Xiaohao was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Jiang Xianning's face was serious: "Did you hear clearly?"
Tang Xiaohao nodded immediately, and Jiang Xianning then grabbed the cold iron spear and ran towards the village, the speed was extremely fast, and it could be seen that he was very anxious.
Tang Xiaohao stepped forward curiously and looked at the horseshoe prints on the snow.
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Xiao Hao took a closer look and was startled, because the horseshoe print was too big.
Huayuan's horse was naturally not as tall as Rouyuan's horse, but at this time, Tang Xiaohao could tell from this huge horse's hoof print that this horse was at least twice as big as Rouyuan's horse.
Could it be a horse demon?
Tang Xiaohao turned to look at Xue Bao, who was bouncing continuously on the sled.
Xue Bao made a "toot toot" sound, Tang Xiaohao was already used to hearing it, and he no longer felt irritable. It's just that Xue Bao's appearance, coupled with what Jiang Xianning said before, made Tang Xiaohao realize that the appearance of this kind of horseshoe print should mean some kind of danger?
Tang Xiaohao turned to Xue Bao and said, "You are guarding the sleigh here, I'll go over and see what's going on."
Xue Bao jumped over directly, directly stretched out the pair of rabbit ears and wrapped around Tang Xiaohao's ankles, preventing him from leaving.
Xue Bao did this, but Tang Xiaohao felt that things must not be simple, and directly broke Xue Bao's ears with his hands.
Tang Xiaohao directly threw Xue Bao back on the sled: "You guard the sled, don't lose anything."
After speaking, Tang Xiaohao ran in the direction of the village, because his hands were tied with cotton ropes, he couldn't run with all his strength, and it was easy to lose his balance and fall.
At the same time, behind a rock at the foot of the mountain, a pair of small eyes were watching Tang Xiaohao who was running towards the village, and only after he had run away did he set his eyes on the sled.
When Tang Xiaohao ran into Frost Moon Village, he found that there were messy footprints everywhere on the ground, and there were many huge horseshoe prints mixed with them, but he couldn't see anyone.
When Tang Xiaohao was looking around, he heard the sound of someone talking not far ahead, and he immediately followed the sound to find it.
When Tang Xiaohao bypassed the two bird's nest houses in front of him, he saw two snow-white horses, as he had speculated before, this kind of horse was taller than the Rouyuan horse, the whole body was snow-white, shiny white, the horse's mane and tail were silver-white, and they were very dazzling in the sun.
The most amazing thing is that this type of horse has a transparent horn on the top of its head, which looks like an ice cube.
Immediately sat two men in translucent armor, judging by their figures, who were both carrying white longbows, and long swords hanging from their saddles, and even the scabbards of the swords were white.
Standing in front of the two white horses was Jiang Xianning who was holding a cold iron spear, and behind Jiang Xianning stood a group of women dressed similarly to her.
Those women are all beautiful, and they seem to be Jiang Xianning's clansmen, that is, the half-snow demons of the Frost Moon Clan.
Just as Tang Xiaohao was about to step forward, he saw an old man who looked old standing behind the group of women.
The group of half-demons hid the man behind them, and it was obvious that they were protecting him.
Whether it was Jiang Xianning, her clansmen, or the old man, there was a view of death written on their faces, as if this was a life-and-death battle.
"Two Shangguan, please raise your noble hands," a half-demon snow girl behind Jiang Xian Ning walked out slowly, "As the two Shangguan can see, my husband is already old and has a short life, so there is no need for you to take him back to eternal life."
What does eternal life mean?
However, listening to the words of the half-demon snow girl, as well as her appearance, Tang Xiaohao roughly judged that this should be Jiang Xianning's mother, and that old man was naturally Jiang Xianning's father, that is, the common husband of the previous generation of half-demon snow girls.
Looking at the old man's old and tired appearance, Tang Xiaohao naturally thought of himself. If he also stays here and becomes a tool for the reproduction of this group of half-demons, it is estimated that he will be squeezed alive in less than three days.
Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to run?
When Tang Xiaohao was struggling, the so-called Shangguan on the left raised his hand and waved, directly using his magic power to knock Jiang Xianning's mother away.
"Mother!" Seeing this, Jiang Xianning raised the gun and stabbed it, but was easily grabbed by the Shangguan.
No matter how hard Jiang Xianning tried, he couldn't take back the cold iron spear, so he had to let go, and then unleashed his magic power, rolling up the snow wind from both sides and attacking the two horse officials.
The Shangguan on the right raised his hand and waved, and it directly dissipated the sweeping from both sides
Snow wind.
Jiang Xianning's mother stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Xianning's hand, shook her head at her, and signaled her to stop and not be reckless.
Because the disparity in strength between the two sides is too great.
Shangguan on the right side lowered his hand and said, "According to the rules set before, after completing reproduction, you should take this man to eternal life. Your husband has been staying for decades, and he has already broken the rules."
Jiang Xianning knew that she was invincible, so she had to suppress her anger and said, "Shangguan, I was rude before, and I ask for forgiveness, but we paid tribute on a monthly basis, never delayed, and never violated the rules."
Shangguan on the left snorted coldly: "Jiang Xianning, you didn't pay tribute to me, why should I help you?"
Jiang Xianning immediately understood why the two Shangguan were like this, so she said, "I just returned to the village, and I brought back a lot of things this time, and I will take the two Shangguan to choose."
After the two Shangguan glanced at each other, the Shangguan on the left side said, "Take us to see it first."
Tang Xiaohao immediately hid behind the bird's nest house next to him, and followed the two Shangguan and Jiang Xianning under the cover of each bird's nest, watching them walk towards the snow outside the village.
Because the snow was empty, Tang Xiaohao didn't dare to go out with him, so he had to climb a cedar next to him, hide in the snow-covered branches and leaves, and watch the sleigh in the distance.
It seems that these two people who are called Shangguan should be the Snow Demon Clan, according to what Jiang Xianning said before, they should be the high-level Snow Demon among the six Snow Demon Clans, just like the Venerable Master in the Five Banners of the Yan Clan.
The Half-Snow Demon Clan must pay tribute to these High Snow Demons, and the tribute can also ensure that the only male of the clan is not taken away.
As for eternal life? What does that mean exactly? Tang Xiaohao was deeply puzzled, however, he didn't dare to act rashly, after all, there was no point in having a head-on conflict with the Snow Demon Clan now, because Jiang Xianning had already used his own methods to resolve the crisis.
Moreover, it seems that the demon power of the two Shangguan of the Snow Demon Clan should not be under the little bell, and they can only be sent to death if they come forward rashly.
Jiang Xianning returned to the sleigh and found that Tang Xiaohao was not there, only Xuebao was still there, but he was relieved.
She worriedly introduced the items she brought back this time, and asked the two arrogant Snow Demon Clan officials to choose, and when the two of them had chosen enough and left satisfied, she immediately asked Xue Bao, "Where did that pig's head go?"
After Xue Bao replied, Jiang Xianning immediately looked in the direction of the village.
At the same time, Tang Xiaohao, who felt that the crisis was lifted and could take the opportunity to escape, had just jumped off the cedar and found himself standing in front of him.
Because he stood too close, Tang Xiaohao couldn't see clearly, so he had to take a step back, only to find that it was Jiang Xianning's mother.