A monk sat cross-legged in a glacial crevasse, his whole body almost at one with his surroundings, had been here for a long time, and although he wanted to leave this dangerous place, he could not do it yet.

The stone sword was released by him, and the sword mound cave of the sword vein was also hidden by him, and he did such a big thing, just in exchange for a benefit.

To this day, he didn't know who he was trading with, the other party was very cautious, and gave him a set of stone swords, as well as the specific location of the cave in the Dushan Ice and Snow Sword Pavilion, he was just a tool, an insignificant middleman, a person who could be abandoned at any time.

He knew this himself, and as long as he could achieve his goal, nothing else mattered.

You can't stay too far away from Dushan, and if you are too far away, it will be difficult to control the various changes of the stone sword in the different dimensional space; This set of stone swords is very magical, not to mention anything else, such a spatial ability alone is unheard of, he manipulates it very hard, this is no way, the real stone sword master will not get started in person in order to avoid suspicion.

This place is dozens of miles away from Dushan, and it is already the farthest distance he can leave while maintaining control of the stone sword, and the sword veins are fierce, and he doesn't want any accidents.

This place is good, it is a place he has long observed, here he will at least stay until the end of the Dushan ceremony, if there are still no accidents, someone will come to replace him.

Complete the task, get the other party's commitment, and do what you have always wanted to do.

There is no way, if the strength is weak, you can only take the fire for others, fortunately, this task is not a life of death, in his opinion, the possibility of the sword vein solving the mystery of the cave and finding him is very small, and the spatial ability is the most powerful test of a Dao system, in the Splendid Continent, no Dao system is qualified.

What he has to do now is to hide himself, pay attention to the changes that may occur in the alien space through the stone fetus on his body, even if the possibility of change is small, and wait for the end.

In a sense, this task is not difficult either.

While waiting, he suddenly felt signs of creature moving on the ice, and for maximum safety, he didn't release his divine sense, just afraid that the sword vein disciple was searching, just listened quietly.

It's a place that is rarely inhabited, and no creature wants to stay in the harsh living environment, only the toughest humans, who will appear anywhere there is water and sunlight.

From the worry and nervousness at the beginning, to the slow relaxation of his heart, from the sound of stagnant footsteps, it can basically be judged that this is a mortal, it should be the sparse mountain people near the snow-capped mountains, and they are also the only indigenous people here.

Through the mirror reflection of the ice, he noticed that it was a young girl who had come over, wearing a heavy fur coat that concealed her dexterous body, but still moved freely on the complex terrain of the glacier.

Xiao Man carried a basket on his back, a thick wooden stick in his hand, and kept poking and poking on the ice in front of him, this is the experience of the locals, in this place of ice and snow that may collapse at any time, every step needs to be careful, even if she has walked this place countless times.

Her face was red from the cold and frozen, and although she was wearing thick animal skin gloves on her hands, she still cracked and said, in order to survive, this is the work she has to do every day, crossing the glacier little by little, just to harvest the precious snow moss under the ice and sell it to the merchant in exchange for the family's living materials.

Her childhood dreams have long been crossed by reality, and now she has almost completely forgotten her former wishes and struggled alone under the weight of life.

It's not that the Dushan Sword Vein doesn't keep its promises, but that cultivation is not something that everyone can participate in, she has been included in the Daoqian School at the foot of the mountain by the Sword Vein since she was ten years old, and it is full of children from the nearby mountain people, but after so many years, no more than ten of the hundred and ten children can feel qi, and none of them can really enter the Tao and build the foundation, this is the cruel reality.

The mountain people academy will not drive them away because they are old, as long as you want, you can continue to learn, but the natural pride and stubborn character of the mountain people make it impossible for them to do such a thing, they are adults, and they have families to support, how can they always be old children?

Xiao Man spent six years in the school, and like most children, got nothing, and left when she turned sixteen, knowing that she was not that material, and that she needed to take care of her elderly parents and younger siblings.

In the past two years, she has changed back to the standard mountain people's appearance, and forced herself to forget the dreams she once had, dreams are dreams, and there will always be a moment to wake up.

This glacier is very large, and the ice crevasses crisscross it, and just under the ice crevices there is the main source of income for the mountain people, a precious herb, snow moss.

Families here will pick snow moss and wait for merchants to come to buy it in exchange for essential survival necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, iron, porcelain, tea, sugar. The previous merchants were very black-hearted, but since the arrival of the sword cultivators, they have been very reorganized, and now the prices are relatively fair, and the life of the mountain people is much better.

As she grew older, she learned a lot of truths after six years of study, knowing that she could only blame herself for not having a chance for something like this, and it was destined by God.

But it is precisely because she has learned a lot of things that she is more and more dissatisfied with staying in this bitter cold place, and she wants to go out, even if she can't practice, there are many ways to change the living conditions of the whole family.

She is now looking for snow moss day and night, just to accumulate a little capital as soon as possible, and to persuade her parents who are unable to leave their homeland.

There is also a crevasse in the ice, which is relatively deep and has a complex internal structure, which can be dangerous, but it often also means that there is more snow moss. She is still young, not afraid of danger, and she has also learned a lot of basic martial arts in six years, and she is full of confidence in herself.

Finding a strong ice surface to lay piles, skillfully setting ropes, and laying auxiliary piles in another position, as a senior ice and snow mountain people, these are survival skills that have been passed down from generation to generation.

Then, slide down the ice crevasse along the rope, control your body with the ice chisel, and slowly descend to the bottom; Looking up, more than a dozen places of snow moss are as green as jade, exuding an alluring fragrance, and this is only a small section of the ice crevice.

I am in a good mood, today must be a harvest day, so I shoveled the snow moss all the way and carefully put it into the rattan basket behind me.

Xue Moss Bi she imagined more, all the way to shovel, slowly farther and farther, but also gradually lost the observation of the surrounding environment, there are no fierce beasts in the glacier, insects and pigs can not survive at such low temperatures, the most dangerous thing here is the environment, as long as there is no blizzard, everything is not a big problem.

When he turned a corner, a strong surge came, and he rushed forward involuntarily.

What is it? Xiaoman was completely unprepared physically, nor psychologically.

(End of chapter)