Cangnan Prefecture, snow-capped.

The winter is extremely cold, like the god of ice and snow descending on the earth.

On a mountain road, several commercial vehicles are moving slowly in the winter wind and snow.

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"Young man, how could you have thought of coming to such a remote place?" An old man with a white beard and a wrinkled face in the driver's seat of the caravan spoke slowly.

The placket of the old man's clothes and gray hair had been covered with a thick layer of ice and snow.

The wind and snow are so big that ordinary people really can't bear it.

Stretching out his somewhat stiff hand, the old man patted the snow on his body, took out the wine bag from his waist, pulled out the stopper, raised his head and poured a few sips, and then handed it to the young man riding a horse beside him.

The young man on horseback looked very handsome, about twenty-four years old, he wore a thick hat, a thick fluffy shawl draped over his shoulders, and his arms were tightly clasped on his chest.

The young man seemed to be very afraid of the cold, and in the heavy snow, he could only see the young man's originally white face, which was blown red by the cold and biting wind, and even his eyebrows and eyelashes were hung with broken ice.

"Hiss......"

The young man let out a slight cold trembling sound, but there was no movement, only the white breath exhaled from time to time in front of him.

"Don't you take a sip? It's also good to warm up. The old man's face was normal, and his outstretched hand gently shook the wine bag in his hand, and asked again.

This young man looked like a city man, and he was dressed in very luxurious clothes, and when he first saw him to follow their caravan, the old man saw that the young man was good-looking, so he inexplicably agreed.

Today, this caravan has been on the road for half a month.

During the conversation of the caravan, the old man only had a cursory understanding of the origin of the young man.

The young man was from Dawn City, the center of Cangnan Prefecture, and as for the reason for coming here, the young man did not tell him.

This couldn't help but make the old man a little curious, the purpose of this young man's coming here.

The main thing is that this young man is not a cultivator.

In this Xuan Realm, where everyone advocates cultivation, the young man who seems to be noble is not a cultivator, which makes the old man have some conjectures in his heart.

Maybe this young man couldn't become a cultivator, and he was ostracized by the family, so he chose to go out for a walk.

This young man still nodded very much to the old man, knew how to be polite, and also had strong perseverance, and in this snowy journey, it lasted for half a month, and there was no complaint.

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Long.

The young man moved his arm, and the snow fell on his shawl.

"Many... Many... Thanks a lot...... Old man...... ......" The young man gritted his teeth, stared at the front with red eyes, and slowly reached out to take the wine bag handed over by the old man.

Pause.

After a few sips, the young man coughed violently.

Ahem......

"This wine is too strong...... the young man frowned, looked at the wine bag in his hand, endured the burning sensation in his abdomen, and handed the wine bag to the old man.

"Is it warmer?" The old man took the wine sac, pinned it to his waist and turned his head to ask.

"Uh-huh......" the young man made a snorting sound.

"It's just that the purity of this wine is a little worse, it's too strong, if you have the chance, I'll take you to taste the wines that my father treasured." Feeling the warmth surging all over his body, the young man shook his body.

"Huh? What are you talking about, what do you mean old man, I can't drink? The old man turned his head, blew his beard and glared at the young man, his expression was full of disbelief, and his withered hand touched the baby on his waist, and just now he was praising him in his heart for being polite, and now he slapped himself in the face.

The treasure that he loves is not good, but he was despised by this kid.

"The wine that my father treasured was hundreds of thousands of gold coins per bottle...... I once secretly tasted a little ......" The young man glanced at the old man, then withdrew his gaze.

"Uh......" The old man was dumbfounded by the young man's words, touched the wine bag, and did not continue to speak.

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The young man on horseback is named Lin Zhen.

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The mountain range in front of the caravan was already close at hand, and in the snowflakes dancing in the sky, Lin Zhen couldn't tell the direction, and he didn't know the end of the trip.

Lin Zhen only knew that his current location should be the southeasternmost place in Cangnan Prefecture.

Cangnan Prefecture, in this vast land, although it has a population of billions, is only a corner of the land.

In this planet, technology and immortal cultivation coexist, and mysterious beasts, humans, and aliens live together on this planet.

Naturally, where there is prosperity, there is a barren place.

The location where Lin Zhen is located is the most uninhabited place in Cangnan Prefecture.

The caravan's destination, also behind this mountain range, is from the town of Springs.

Liquan Town is extremely poor and backward, because it is trapped in this mountain forest, and there is no injection of fresh blood, Liquan Town is also becoming more and more decayed, and it is even difficult to find cultivators.

It's this place, Lin Zhen doesn't know why he wants to come here, maybe in the entire Cangnan Prefecture, he is the only one who hasn't been here.

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"What is your name, young man?" The old man's slightly old voice sounded in Lin Zhen's ears again.

"Huh? Well? I didn't make a sound. Lin Zhen tilted his head slightly and looked at the old man with some doubts.

In the goose feather snow, Lin Zhen couldn't see the old man's face clearly.

"Uh...... Young man, I'm not asking you if you're making a sound, I'm asking your name, why you, a child of a rich family, want to come here, it's dangerous. The old man smiled a little embarrassedly, and then explained to Lin Zhen.

In the deserted mountains, mysterious beasts are rampant, and it is extremely dangerous for Lin Zhen, who is an ordinary person.

"Oh, me, my name is Lin Zhen." Lin Zhen came back to his senses, glanced at the old man, sighed slightly, and muttered softly, "I don't know why I came here, maybe it's because I yearn for these places......" Lin Zhen replied vaguely.

Recalling the past, Lin Zhen's brows furrowed slightly, and his heart ached inexplicably, and the specific reason may only be known to Lin Zhen himself.

Listening to Lin Zhen's fluttering voice, the old man touched his beard and said with a smile, "Lin Zhen, Lin Zhen, good name, Zhen, Zhizhen, your family should want you to become a dragon and phoenix among people." ”

"Maybe." Lin Zhen nodded casually, "What about you, old man, why do you still run a caravan at this age, is it because your family can't give you the life you want?" Lin Zhen didn't want to talk about this topic, all the language was a little sharp.

"Ahem...... You kid, the question is really sharp, and people can't answer it for a while. The old man was slightly stunned, and touched his beard a little embarrassed, "However, at my age, there is really a reason why I still run with the caravan, or guess?" The old man changed his words and looked at Lin Zhen with cloudy eyes.

"Old man, I don't know what you have experienced, how could I know that you are still running a business at such an old age." Lin Zhen shook his head, the alcohol in his stomach began to attack, Lin Zhen's head was a little dizzy, his cheeks were a little hot, and even the snowflakes fluttering in the sky had a double vision.

"That's because my children died in the battle with the Mysterious Beast in the process of running the business." The old man's voice suddenly became a little low, and his cloudy eyes could not see clearly, as if he had fallen into extreme sadness.

In the midst of the heavy snow, there was silence again among the old and the young.

“…… Sorry old man, offended. Lin Zhen's heart was stunned, his dizzy head was a little sober, he turned his head, and looked at the somewhat rickety figure in the wind and snow, feeling guilty and not knowing how to comfort him.

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Only the sound of the wind whistling suddenly came the old man's laughter: "Hahaha!! ”

"Young man, you have been deceived by me, I don't have a son at all! I just want you to experience what it feels like to feel guilty! The old man turned his head and winked at Lin Zhen, the depressed expression just now disappeared completely, and the wrinkled old face, in the heavy snow, smiled as bright as a chrysanthemum!

“？？？ ............" Lin Zhen's expression at the moment was extremely exciting, his flushed face twitched slightly, and his pupils, like black jewels, contracted slightly.

？？ I was tricked by the old man? Lin Zhen felt a little speechless.

"Why didn't the young man speak? Drunk drunk? There are still many days ahead, and if you don't chat and continue to hurry, it will be very boring. The old man took the wine bag from his waist in his hand again, pulled out the stopper, paused for two large sips, and then showed a victorious, oh no, comfortable look.

"I didn't expect the old man to love this kind of joke." Lin Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and his body shook slightly.

At this time, the strength of the wine had already increased, and Lin Zhen could no longer fully stabilize his body on horseback, if it weren't for the relatively stable pace of the horse, Lin Zhen would definitely fall headlong.

"Seventy-two cities in Cangnan Prefecture, why did you choose to come to this most remote place." The old man retracted his smile, and his gaze suddenly became deep, as if he could see through the mountains buried in the snow.

"Maybe that's what you think." The eyelashes and eyebrows on Lin Zhen's face were all hung with icicles, and the red eyes suddenly burst into tears.

The howling wind not only carried snowflakes, but also carried a cold and biting chill, and the tears that flowed on Lin Zhen's face were blown away by the cold wind in an instant, frozen, and condensed ice flowers on his face.

Listening to the low wail in the wind, the old man did not continue to speak.

The old man didn't think about whether this wail was the sound of the wind, or Lin Zhen, it was just the liquor in the wine bag, which kept decreasing......

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"Old man, you say...... Does it make sense for a person to persist for eight years for something that no one else believes? ”

Lin Zhen's half-drunk and half-awake voice came from the wind, and in the deep voice, the despair was a little suffocating.

The voice of no hope seems to have lowered the temperature of this winter by a point.

"I don't know how many years I've been running this trade route, does it make sense?" The old man didn't answer Lin Zhen's question, a confused person needs guidance, the old man didn't seem to answer Lin Zhen's question, but it seemed to answer.

"I ...... Looking for a person...... This person...... For me...... It's very important......" Lin Zhen's pupils suddenly became a little hollow, and even the snowflakes that floated towards his right eye, Lin Zhen forgot to blink to avoid them.

The snowflake was infinitely enlarged in Lin Zhen's pupils, and the last burst of coolness burst out from the pupils, and the moment the snowflakes in front of Lin Zhen's eyes touched Lin Zhen's eyeballs, they finally turned into water and melted into Lin Zhen's tears.

Hurt by love?

The old man looked at the figure that fell on the horse's back and sighed slightly.

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There are still about ten days to go before you can cross this mountain range and reach the edge of Liquan Town.

In the silver-white world full of ice and snow, perhaps only Lin Zhen's hot heart supported Lin Zhen's progress this time.