Chapter 36: The first snow in the imperial capital
"That'...... Do you know what happened to my mother? Do you know her whereabouts?"
Mo Mo shook his head and said: "When I met the Patriarch Ling, my mother hadn't had an accident yet, I said, I just had consciousness at that time, and I don't remember many things very clearly, for the Patriarch Ling, I only have a vague image, as for the rest, I don't know." ”
Ling Tiansu's hands fell weakly from his shoulders, his once-shining eyes dimmed, and he said in despair: "This ...... So, yes, yes...... It's me who is in a hurry. ”
Mo Mo was also a little sad in his heart.
"Don't give up too soon, one day you'll see her again. ”
Ling Tiansu responded bitterly.
"yes, someday. ”
Suddenly feeling that it was not good to be negative like this, Ling Tiansu walked to the iron door, stroked the formation on the door, the formation seemed to be sensitive, flickered slightly, his fingers hurt, and he was bounced back by an invisible force, and he withdrew his palm, only to see that his fingers were covered with a layer of frost, and the frozen joints were tingling.
Ling Tiansu asked, "Your mother is here, right?"
Mo Mo shook his head, looked at the iron gate in a daze, and said: "No, this is just the formation gate that blocks the outermost ice cave, there are nine layers of ice caves, and there are nine such formation gates, and my mother is on the eighth layer, the deeper you go, the more terrifying the chill inside becomes." ”
Yes, even through this iron door, Ling Tiansu could feel the amazing chill behind the iron door, he couldn't help but be a little worried about his indifferent mother, the eighth layer, what a terrifying cold, a person who stayed in it without eating or drinking for more than ten years, and he didn't know if he was still alive.
Seeing the expression on his face, Mo Mo said, "I know what you're thinking, I believe that Mother will not easily lose to the Ice Cave." ”
Ling Tiansu asked, "Then when will your mother be released?"
The hand in Mo Mo's sleeve tightened, and he said with some bitterness: "Listen to my grandfather, it may be a lifetime." ”
Ling Tiansu put away the sadness in his heart, turned around, and suddenly smiled: "Let's make an agreement, shall we?"
The headless sentence made Mo Mo unable to react.
"What agreement?"
Ling Tiansu said seriously: "From now on, I will do my best to help you rescue the Fifth Elder." ”
"Don't you think it's ridiculous to say that from your mouth?" Mo Mo himself felt a little ridiculous.
"It's ridiculous, but it can't be helped, it's better to work hard than you alone. ”
"You're so weak now, why should you help me?"
"Just because I'm still young, I have enough time to make me strong, demon beasts have a long lifespan, if you want to wait for your grandfather's soul to return to the west, and then save your mother, I don't think it's realistic, rather than this, it's better for the two of us to work hard and strengthen our own strength, one day, we can stand firm." I don't think anyone in your clan would want to rescue the Fifth Elder except me, right? Including your father, he didn't even have that idea, I'm different, I'm serious. ”
Yes, he's serious.
"In exchange, you help me find my mother, you have seen her, it is much more convenient than I find it myself, and you are very capable, you have been out for so many years, you have a lot of experience, and what I lack the most is experience, unfortunately, there seems to be no intention in my clan to find my family head, I am also alone in this regard, I need your help very much. ”
"In the vast sea of people, how can I help you find it, your idea is too unrealistic. Mo Mo shook his head helplessly.
"I've said that two people are better than one, and even if my ideas are unrealistic, it's better than not thinking about anything and waiting alone. "If you don't even dare to think about it, isn't that even more hopeless?
Ling Tiansu took a deep breath and said, "That's all I have to say. ”
Mo Mo stared at him for a long time, exhaled, and smiled.
"yes, why not. ”
Ling Tiansu smiled brightly, revealing teeth that were whiter than snow.
"In that case, we are allies, and you can't betray me. ”
He held out the palm of his right hand.
"Hmm. ”
Mo Mo smiled, stretched out his right hand, and high-fived him.
The ice cave doesn't seem to be as scary as the legend says.
It has been a month since Mo Mo was released, and Ling Tiansu naturally accompanied him for a month, and the taste is self-evident, the cold wave comes on time every night, and it is not bad together, it is even more dedicated than the guards at the top of Tianhuang Mountain, and several times he thought that he would not be able to survive.
I was surprised by indifference, I thought that with his pampered and noble temperament, at most a few days, he would not be able to stand it and leave on his own, but he did not expect to accompany him to the end.
He was originally injured, so the conditions of the ice cave were very harsh for him, but because Ling Tiansu had brought a lot of healing pills, the injuries on his body were gradually improved, and they were not as difficult and dangerous as they were at the beginning.
However, Ling Tiansu relied on some of the spiritual ginseng fruits in the space ring, and actually stumbled with him to the end, which really surprised him, although in the end his whole body was stiff and cold, and he was completely supported back to the house by indifference, but it was the first time that the early stage of soul condensation cultivation could last so long in the ice cave, and he couldn't help but be a little convinced by the agreement that Ling Tiansu made at the beginning, maybe his future can really be as he said.
The snow fell silently, Mu Wei stood in front of the window and watched the falling snow, the corners of his mouth were hooked, he seemed to be in a good mood, and said slowly: "I heard that Ling Tiansu's little guy broke into the ice cave. ”
Compared with Mu Wei's seemingly good mood, Mu Lianzhuo's current mood can be said to be extremely bad.
"Yes, father, that kid is really reckless, and he treats us as their southern clan, the forbidden land of the ice cave, and he says that he will break in. ”
For him, the ice cave is a forbidden place for the Northern Clan, and it is also a forbidden place in his heart that has not been touched for many years.
"Alright. Mu Wei interrupted him impatiently.
"It's okay for a child to be naughty, as the head of a family, you don't have much of a heart at all. ”
Inexplicably being taught a lesson, Mu Lianzhuo was extremely helpless in his heart, in the past, on weekdays, a random little guy in the clan made a mistake, haven't you always advocated strict education? Even indifference, this time when you went out privately, you also fell on such a heavy punishment, how did it come to this stinky boy, the style of painting has completely changed? That's an ice cave, when did you become so good at talking. Even if your grandson-in-law sees it, it can't be so eccentric, right?
"Then again......"
Mu Wei's tone gradually turned cold.
"Are the guards in the ice cave too lazy recently, a child in the early stage of soul condensation slipped under their noses and didn't know, the ice cave has a secret of our clan, let a condensation soul go in today, and let a group of Anluo go in tomorrow, this is worth it, you pass on my order, all the disciples who patrolled that day will go to the fourth child to get twenty zhang whip on their own. ”
The fourth elder in his mouth is the fourth elder of the Northern Clan, who is specifically responsible for the punishment, and the fourth elder has a mixed yuan whip in his hand, which does not leave a trace on the body, but the pain is deep into the bone marrow, and twenty lashes can make those patrol disciples unable to get out of bed for half a month.
Mu Lianzhuo had the heart to plead, but he didn't dare to disobey his father's order, so he had to go down to carry out the order.
Mu Wei once again looked out of the window, stretched out his dry palm like tree bark, took a snowflake, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.
"After so many years, the Southern Clan's heritage is still extraordinary. ”
The old hoarse voice sounded faintly in the room.
.............
In the far south, the imperial capital ushered in the first snow of winter, which was obviously the first snow, but it bloomed very grandly, and overnight, the flowery imperial capital city was covered with a piece of silver white.
"It's raining so hard, it's really rare to see. ”
In King Ye's mansion, an old man dressed in simple clothes stood in his own courtyard, looking at the snowfall in the sky, and felt something.
Fourteen years, and every winter he had never seen the snow well, was now in good spirits, for he had received a letter from the mountains, saying that the little one had been transformed and that it was time to go home, and that the great snow had come at such a timely time.
"Father-in-law, the snow is ruthless, why are you dressed so thinly, but you don't hurt your body. ”
A voice as gentle as water came from behind, and he heard his footsteps walking towards him in a hurry, followed by a warmth on his shoulders.
The old man turned around and smiled kindly at the beautiful woman.
The beautiful woman was holding a black coat in her hand, which was carefully placed on the old man's body, and the black fluff on the hair penetrated from the woman's simple fingers, which looked very soft.
"Rou'er, you're here. ”
The woman answered softly, walked up to the old man, and carefully tied the bow tie for him to make sure that the big bow would not fall.
"My father-in-law seems to be in a good mood today, and it's rare to see you enjoying the snow elegantly. ”
When the old man heard this, a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, and he said, "Rou'er, I have something I want to discuss with you. ”
The woman raised her head and smiled slightly, and said, "I know what my father-in-law is going to say, my father-in-law doesn't have to feel embarrassed, it's Xiao Su who is coming back... Right?"
The old man sighed softly and said, "After so many years, you still understand things so well, obviously it is my son who has failed you, even if you have complaints in your heart, it is normal." ”
The woman looked at the old man's eyes and said seriously: "Father-in-law, you misunderstood, I have no complaints, really, in fact, Xiao Su came back, I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and I also want to see the child without cultivation with my own eyes." ”
This old man is naturally King Ye of the Great Jin Dynasty, Ling Tiansu's own grandfather, the woman's name is Shen Rou, she is the wife of Ling Tiansu's father Ye Wuxiu, they are childhood sweethearts, the door is right, Shen Rou has always liked Ye Wuxiu since she was a child, the two of them are a match made in heaven in the eyes of everyone, she is destined to become his wife, but Ye Wuxiu has always been a brother and sister to her, without the slightest love between men and women.
Since he was a child, Ye Wuxiu has been devoted to the Tao, obsessed with cultivation, and has never been moved by any woman, including Shen Rou, he originally thought that since he did not have a woman he loved, it was not good to go against the wishes of his elders, and it would be okay to marry Shen Rou.