Xiao Yibai was thrown out of the Thousand Machines Palace by him, like an imperceptible white meteor flying down the wind in front of him, and it was not until he left the spell enchantment that protected the White Sect's main altar that he reluctantly adjusted his balance and landed quickly.

In the middle of the night when the wind and snow were blowing, the cold wind blew him shivering for a while, and he could only shake his head helplessly and look into the distance - the main altar of the White Sect is called Qianji Palace, standing on the Weeping Snow Plateau, one of the seven forbidden places, this religion of unknown doctrine has an astonishing number of believers, not only aliens, but even the human beings who have lived here for generations have put aside their racial prejudices and have been religiously believing in it for hundreds of years.

This was a dangerous sign for the rulers, and no king wanted such a popular religion to exist in his territory, especially if the leader of this religion was a foreign race that the empire regarded as a lowly plaything, and that was what the emperor wanted to do most of all.

Xiao Yibai's hand was repeatedly clenched and relaxed in the wide sleeves, he turned his head to look at the mountain road called "Dengxian Road" under his feet, because it was close to the snow lake festival of Baijiao, at this time both sides of the mountain road were already hung with lanterns for blessings, obviously it was a snowy night with a bad climate, there were still countless fanatical believers who walked up slowly in three steps, one kneeling, five steps and one knock, although they were dressed plainly, but everyone's chest was embroidered with the red lotus symbol symbolizing the White Sect, not afraid of wind and snow, not afraid of severe cold, not afraid of the road is difficult, So devoutly, step by step, trying to get close to the God in my heart.

Yes, the reason why this road is called "Ascending Immortal Road" is because believers believe that the end of the road is the god who shelters them, and only Xiao Yibai clearly understands - the end of the road is the hell that is about to usher in destruction.

Xiao Yibai walked back absentmindedly, and when his mind came to his senses again, he had already returned to Fulong Town.

The sky was shining with a faint daylight, and the morning air in the snowfield was particularly quiet, but the silver-black shiny military uniform made his heart tighten like an iron curtain.

The three armies of the empire refer to the navy stationed in the four seas, the military pavilion stationed in the four realms, and the forbidden army stationed in the imperial capital and wasteland, and the current defenders of Fulong Town are the White Tiger Legion, one of the ten legions of the military pavilion.

He quietly hooked up a spell to cover up his whereabouts and tiptoed back to the inn, and when he wanted to go back to the room to rest for a while, a cold voice suddenly came into his ears: "Are you just coming back, or are you about to go out?" ”

Xiao Yibai's heart "chuckled", and he turned his head awkwardly to see the young man sitting by the window, it was his twin brother Xiao Qianye who had just returned from Kunlun Mountain.

Although he was ordered to lead the troops to encircle and suppress the White Sect this time, he did not equip the uniform of the military pavilion, but just stared at himself intently in a simple plain clothes, and had a white sword spirit blooming like a bright moon in his hand.

As if he had been waiting for himself for a long time, he slowly pushed open the window and let the sunlight outside shine into the dim room, reflecting the thoughtful expressions of the two brothers, and said lightly: "It's too early to go out, and it's too late to come back." ”

In the next second, Xiao Yibai smiled, and took out a paper lantern from his sleeve and shook it mysteriously in front of his younger brother, and quickly diverted his attention: "From today onwards, it is the Snow Lake Festival of the White Sect, and I heard that it is still a festival from the Central Plains!" ”

"There is no such strange festival in the Central Plains." Xiao Qianye lowered his head and unconsciously glanced at the white sword spirit in his hand, and was really distracted by his words.

Xiao Yibai continued while the iron was hot: "It is said that the predecessor of the Snow Lake Festival is the Zhongyuan Festival, but it has been improved in combination with the teachings of the White Sect, and every year around the Zhongyuan Festival, the sect leader will pray for blessings in the main altar Qianji Palace, and believers will also hang prayer lanterns on the Dengxian Road, light sky lanterns on the snow field, and put lotus lanterns on the glacier, so it is also called the Snow Lake Festival. ”

Xiao Qianye's brows were twisted, obviously this complex form of festival was quite different from the Zhongyuan Festival in his memory.

The Midyear Festival is also known as the seventh half of the month, it is said that that day is the day when the ghost door is opened, the deceased relatives will leave the underworld, the ghost with the Lord will find the way home, and the ghost without the Lord will wander in the world, the Central Plains people will worship the ancestors on this day, light the lotus lamp for the dead soul, some Taoist monks will also hold a ceremony for the dead soul to exceed, but the flying wall is an island that falls into the sky and the sea, everyone believes that death is a return to the nature of heaven and earth, once death, there will be no reincarnation, so this "exceeding" sacrifice ceremony is simply nonsense!

Xiao Yibai rushed to his younger brother's side with a smile, and gave him the sky lantern in his hand without saying anything: "Who let Feiyuan fall into the sky and fall into the sea so coincidentally next to the Central Plains?" Although the information between the two countries is closed and there is little communication, after all, there are always some things that have been passed on imperceptibly for a thousand years. ”

He thoughtfully held the sky lantern and muttered without any ups and downs: "Cults like to play this kind of trick of pretending to be gods and ghosts, no wonder they want to uproot them." ”

"Let's go shopping together tonight." Xiao Yibai directly ignored his younger brother's broken thoughts, and without waiting for Xiao Qianye to refuse, he sat down in front of his younger brother with a chair, dragging his chin and squinting his eyes, with a long-awaited expression, "You just came back from Kunlun Mountain, and you have been participating in adaptive training in the Eighth Hall of Military Aircraft for the past half a year, and you were sent to deal with the White Sect without even remembering the face of the minister of the court, and now it is the Snow Lake Festival, and many ordinary human believers will also come to pray for blessings, if the army attacks at this time, it will definitely hurt the innocent by mistake, don't be in a hurry." , I'll talk to you about the situation in Feiyuan in the next few days. ”

Xiao Qianye looked at his brother who was still unsatisfied, and asked with some hesitation, "Why do human beings believe in the gods and religions of aliens?" ”

"Hmm...... Well, this one. Xiao Yibai looked at the disgust that couldn't be concealed in his younger brother's eyes, and after thinking about it for a long time, he replied very seriously, "In addition to the imperial capital Tianyu City, Feiyuan also has the four major realms of Dongying, Jialuo, Yudu and Yangchuan, and most of the land in Jialuo is a snowy plateau with a harsh climate, so there is no densely populated metropolis like the other three realms, there are countless scattered villages and tribes along the glacier river basin here, and it is the great river with abundant spiritual power that blocks the fierce monsters in the snowy region for them. Legend has it that the power of the glacier comes from Feng Ji, the head of the hundred spirits, and Feng Ji is the founder of the White Sect, so whether it is a foreign race or a human being, as long as the life that has lived here for generations will be grateful for her protection, it is not surprising that the White Sect has become a divine cult in Jialuo. ”

"Feng Ji ......" mentioned this name, Xiao Qianye's eyes were sharp for a moment, and at the same second, she instinctively clasped the sword spirit in her hand, "On the night of the annihilation, she inexplicably broke into the imperial capital city and blocked the rescue of the patrolling guards with flames, right?" Tianzheng Mansion has no grievances with her, why did she kill her father? ”

Xiao Yibai moved his mouth, but only a dry note came out of his throat, and he quickly lowered his head to avoid his brother's gaze: "I don't know, when I woke up, I was taken by her to the snow monument behind the Thousand Machine Palace, why did she save me...... I don't know. ”

Xiao Qianye did not question the eldest brother's statement, after all, before the Tianzheng Mansion Extermination Case, Feng Ji was a person who had not appeared for decades, and even if he wanted to track it down, he had no clue at all, but thinking of these things, he still couldn't restrain the blue tendons that he held the wrist of the sword spirit, and the light in his eyes changed from murderous to gradually dark and deep.

A year ago, he was still in Kunlun Mountain, he finished a day's practice and was about to go back to his room to rest, just when the sun was setting, a golden glow shrouded in the top of the snowy peaks that stretched for thousands of miles, he was inexplicably dazzled by this beam of light, and a strange murmur appeared in his ears, as if something in the distance was pulling him forward in a trance, until he reached the edge of the cliff and still couldn't stop and continued to take a fatal step forward.

He fell off the cliff unexpectedly, and at the end of his sight, a familiar figure chased him and jumped down together, tightly hugging his trembling body and shouting his name repeatedly, and it was also at this moment that the sound and light disappeared in an instant, and he finally lost consciousness completely.

After waking up, he heard the most tragic news in his life - his home, the famous Tianzheng Mansion of the Feiyuan Imperial Capital, was destroyed overnight, and only his twin brother Xiao Yibai escaped.

After half a year of recovery, he resolutely bid farewell to his master and set off to return to this hometown, which he had not set foot in for ten years.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qianye couldn't help but burst into a fine cold sweat on his head, a haunting smile was clear and uncertain in his eyes, he raised his hand and pressed his forehead hard, as if he had forcibly pressed back something that was difficult to give up, and it took a while to turn his thoughts back to the present, anger and incomprehension burned his heart at the same time, making him almost grit his teeth and ask word by word: "Feng Ji hasn't shown up for decades, and she didn't even intervene in the civil strife in the White Sect sixteen years ago, why did she appear in Tianzheng Mansion that day?" Also, why didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince let me continue the investigation? ”

"A thousand nights." This time, Xiao Yibai didn't answer his question again, he gently pressed his younger brother's trembling wrist, and smiled very gently, "Okay, let's not talk about these things for now." ”

"Not only are you not allowed to investigate, but you don't want to say it every time you bring it up." Xiao Qianye withdrew his hand gloomily, the sparse halo of early morning shrouded his side face, snowflakes fell in the sun, and his voice seemed to be empty, "I have flipped through some files in recent years, in addition to the Tianzheng Mansion, there are more than a dozen unfinished cases of extermination in the four realms, and these cases are all done by an organization called 'Wind Demon', but so far no clues have been traced about them, big brother, you said this...... Could it have something to do with the Wind Demon? ”

Xiao Yibai just shook his head, put his hand on his younger brother's forehead and said earnestly: "Don't think about these things, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arranged for you to come here this time for the purpose of eradicating the White Sect, as long as he succeeds, he can give you the position of the master of the military pavilion, Qianye, I told you, Gao Chengchuan, the governor of the forbidden army, intends to seize the military power of the military pavilion, and he has indeed cultivated a very powerful henchman in the past few years, and we must not do what he wants." ”

"Confidant?" Xiao Qianye leaned back, ten years of life in Kunlun Mountain made him not interested in his country's power disputes at all, and casually recalled the training in the past six months, "I haven't met a very powerful opponent." ”

"Because Governor Gao didn't let him be your opponent." Xiao Yibai let out a long breath and pressed his shoulder to remind, "According to our eyeliner report, you have participated in twenty-one three-army training in the past six months, and in the first three games, Governor Gao also arranged for someone to come over to study your weaknesses. ”

"Eyeliner?" Xiao Qianye looked at his brother strangely, caught a glimpse of the other party's sly wink, showed a natural smile, and swore to pat his chest and laughed evilly, "Of course, soldiers are not tired of cheating!" The discord between the forbidden army and the military pavilion is not a hidden secret for a long time, and if he doesn't dare to face the battle head-on, most of the time he wants to make small moves behind his back, so I have to go on this trip to accompany you, you have been practicing for ten years in a place like Kunlun Mountain, how can I let you be calculated as soon as you come back? ”

"Really so kind?" Xiao Qianye looked out of the window, his eyes motionless at the White Tiger warrior outside, he seemed to just ask casually, and habitually turned the hilt of the sword and didn't know what he was thinking.

Xiao Yibai was slightly stunned by this unintentional sentence, and it took a long time to spit out a silent sigh from his chest, and pretended to nod calmly: "Well, don't worry, I'll help you, don't talk about this, go downstairs and have breakfast, that guy Luo Qi has been very attentive to you recently, and he must have prepared delicious food waiting for him early in the morning." ”

At the mention of this person, the disgust on Xiao Qianye's face was overflowing, and he asked unabashedly: "How did that kind of waste enter the military pavilion under my father's nose and sit in the position of the general of the White Tiger Legion in a grand manner?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Xiao Yibai held back a smile and directly blocked his younger brother, "Trouble comes from the mouth, this is not Kunlun Mountain, beware of the wall with ears." ”

"What I'm saying is the truth." Although he lowered his voice, Xiao Qianye still stubbornly insisted on his opinion, and chattered dissatisfiedly, "The first day I arrived in Fulong Town was received by him, seeing that he was heroic in a military uniform and had the demeanor of a general, on a whim, I asked him to practice with me to try his skills, but he couldn't catch a sword?" It's just a bluffing paper tiger for a long time, and above Fulong Town is the White Sect General Altar Qianji Palace, no wonder a cult can do whatever it wants for so many years, it seems that the opponent may not be too strong, it is really our people who are too bad, right? ”

Xiao Yibai raised a finger and poked it in the center of his younger brother's head, reminding: "Don't embarrass him too much, the military pavilion has changed from what it used to be after so many years, my father himself is a sleek high-ranking official, of course he wants to set aside some seats to deal with the powerful and balance all forces, you, study hard." ”

"What's the use of keeping this waste?" Xiao Qianye looked at his eldest brother motionlessly, and the light in his eyes was still as firm as ever, "If I am asked to take over the military pavilion, I will clean up all this kind of waste." ”

Xiao Yibai snorted and scolded angrily: "I'm too lazy to tell you this, anyway, you have a better attitude, although you are the 'boss' appointed by His Royal Highness the Prince, but the White Tiger Legion is still in the hands of Luo Qi, have a good meal with others, and I will take you out to visit the Snow Lake Festival in the evening." ”

"Okay, okay, what do you say?" He replied perfunctorily, put away the sword spirit and got up to leave.

Xiao Yibai closed the door with his backhand, and suddenly felt a slight tingling pain in his palm, he immediately stood up and checked all the doors and windows for the first time, and then used a spell to seriously brush over the gap to prevent the partition wall from having ears, and finally pinched his five fingers and ignited a touch of spiritual power from the palm of his hand, spreading out and transforming into a wonderful light mirror.

"Mingxi." He put the light mirror on the table, and instead of saluting, he rubbed it vigorously against the door of his head with a headache, and took the initiative to talk about the most important thing without waiting for the other party to speak, "He refused to retreat." ”

On the opposite side of the illusion was a young man with a pale face, only a pair of light golden eyes like the rising sun revealed a different identity, the crown prince of the empire coughed lightly, and seemed not surprised by this result at all, and answered lightly: "Since this is the case, there is nothing to discuss, Jia Luo's eyeliner sent me a secret letter, saying that Gao Chengchuan also arranged a team of people to go to the vicinity of the White Sect, although the whereabouts have not been traced for the time being, and the purpose is not clear, but Governor Gao...... Hehe, I can more or less guess what he thinks. ”

Xiao Yibai was silent for a moment, but the murderous aura and hostility slowly began to permeate his body, he glanced sideways at the smiling young man behind the mirror, and said in a low voice: "He wants to make Qianye's mission fail, and then continue to mediate and delay with the ministers of the DPRK and China, so that his henchmen who have been cultivated for many years can take over the military pavilion, right?" ”

"Hmm." Prince Mingxi lowered his head and turned a white jade wrench on his thumb, and his voice was low and stern, "Feiyuan has been self-styled since he fell into the sky and the sea, although your brother's swordsmanship is amazing, but after all, he is under the Central Plains Kunlun Mountain, and he has not been back for ten years, and now those old stubborn people in the court are stubbornly grasping this point and repeatedly making a big fuss in front of their father, merit and results are the most straightforward way to block the mouth of Youyou, if he wins, I will have the chips to support him on the throne, if he loses, Then the initiative will fall into the hands of the High Governor. ”

After a deathly silence, the crown prince's eyes behind the mirror showed a bright light, and he told word by word: "When necessary...... Quick. ”

Xiao Yibai silently stretched out his hand and stroked a white jade mask in his arms, he didn't know what kind of determination he made, and replied expressionlessly: "I know, don't worry." ”