The snow has been falling from the sky for four days and three nights, and there is no sign of stopping. Winter in the snowy mountains is the hardest day, with freezing weather and lack of food.

The wind was blowing, and the bonfire was flickering and dimming. The bonfire burned tenaciously, releasing a faint warmth in the midst of the ice and snow.

More than a dozen children, ranging in age from seven or eight to three or four, sat around the campfire in a trembling manner. Years of war and locust plagues have left these children orphaned. Fortunately, I am committed to Kunlun Wuyi, and there will be no more worries about dying of cold and starvation. But with more and more orphans joining, everyone gets less and less food, just enough to fill their stomachs.

"Brother Night is back! Brother Night is back!" With the cheers one after another, a strange figure with a large head and a small body staggered from the snowstorm.

As the figure approached, it could be seen that it was a skinny boy carrying a large bag that was a head taller than him.

Several older children rushed forward to help him unload the bag. The bag was carried to the campfire and opened, filled with sweet potatoes.

Brother Ye is about seven years old, tall and thin, and he commands this group of children to add firewood and roast sweet potatoes in an orderly manner, like a king. The sweet potatoes were tossed into the fire one by one under his command, and in a short time they wafted out a tantalizing aroma.

Brother Ye distributes the roasted sweet potatoes to the children around the campfire. Steaming sweet potatoes were eaten by the red bonfire, and every child had a happy smile on their faces.

The aroma spread around with the mountain wind, and a small white figure was attracted by the aroma and slowly walked towards the bonfire.

It was a short boy who seemed to be only four years old, with a thick layer of snowflakes on his head and body, as if he was wearing an ice coat. Strangely, he was obviously close to the campfire, but the ice and snow on his body did not melt.

"I'm freezing to death, don't sit next to me. A child saw him coming and said quickly.

"Don't sit with me!" said the other child.

"It's annoying, this kid is always cold. ”

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Brother Ye noticed him and asked, "Who is he, why haven't you seen him before?"

The child beside him immediately reported to him, "He came yesterday, Brother Ye, you were still down the mountain at the time." I heard that Sister Ai picked it up from Jialing City, where there was a big ice storm, and there was no one for a long time, but this kid was found in the ruins. ”

Another child said, "Brother Night, you don't know, this kid is a monster! In the winter, he is still covered in cold air, no wonder the ice storm can't freeze him to death." I think he must be as cold as ice!"

The ice child hesitated and walked a few steps, avoiding him in disgust everywhere he passed. After a moment's hesitation, he walked a few steps beyond the campfire and stood, neither leaving nor approaching.

A big bag of sweet potatoes was gone, and the children around the campfire were well fed.

Seeing that Bing Zi was just stunned, and he didn't see him come to get the sweet potato, he picked out a large sweet potato that was roasted very softly, smiled and "hey", and threw it at him.

The sweet potato hit Bing Child's chest accurately, and it crumbled into a paste at once.

Ice Child looked up at Brother Night in amazement.

Brother Ye didn't smile, opened his mouth and said nothing, and said in his heart: Why did he not know to answer in a daze?

Another piece of sweet potato hit the ice child. The child next to Brother Ye threw the leftover sweet potato in his hand towards the ice child.

"Haha, it's so fun!"

When the other children saw it, they followed suit and threw the sweet potatoes in their hands towards the ice child. The sweet potato throwing contest suddenly turned into a game after the children had a full meal.

Pieces of sweet potatoes smashed into Bing Child's body like mud. He didn't dodge or dodge, his eyes became cold, and he stared at Brother Ye for a moment.

The cold eyes froze Brother Ye's heart, but at this time, the fiery scene was no longer under his control, and let him admit that he had missed the beating, it really affected his prestige too much.

At first, he laughed dryly and watched from the sidelines, but then he couldn't help but be lively, and simply joined the game, but the head was accurate, causing the children to applaud.

Without warning, the Ice Child suddenly pounced on Brother Ye. Brother Ye was caught off guard and was bitten on his right hand fiercely.

"Wow!" Brother Ye couldn't help but scream loudly, "Pull this little madman away for me!"

The child next to Brother Ye screamed and stepped forward to pull. Bing Zi ignored the beating of the other children, and just bit Brother Ye to death. For a moment, the children scuffled.

"What's going on?" said a ten-year-old girl. She was dressed in bright red clothes, holding a long red knife taller than her, and she frowned, not angry.

When asked about the reason for the incident, she grabbed Brother Ye's ears and said angrily: "It turned out that you did a good thing!

In the wind and snow, Brother Ye ran alone outside the mountain.

Several children shrunk down and hid in the shelter on the top of the mountain and looked down, their eyes full of resentment, "It's all that little madman who caused the trouble, and Brother Ye was punished by Sister Ai!"

A few days later, the wind and snow rarely stopped.

Brother Ye lay on the bed softly, like a boneless dog. He thought to himself: Finally, there is a good life, and there is no need to brave the wind and snow to go down the mountain to get food.

There was a "pop", and the door was slammed open. Several children came running to report to him: "Brother Night, we saw that the little madman who bit you is playing with ice in the mountain stream!"

Another child said, "Sister Ai said that there is danger and we won't let us go." Let's arrest him, complain to Sister Ai, and let Sister Ai punish him for running in circles!"

Brother Ye said lazily: "Forget it, don't toss." ”

"No, how can you just forget it!"

"That's right, Brother Ye didn't teach us by you, it's not a villain to have revenge. ”

A few children said indignantly, and Brother Ye saw that the group was uneasy, so he had to get up and go with them.

In winter, the mountain stream is a world of ice, and everywhere is white, and a stream of water several feet wide is frozen solidly.

Brother Night came to the edge of the stream with a group of children, and saw Ice Child sitting on the ice from a distance. I don't know how he broke the ice and caught a fish a foot long.

"Wow, he actually caught a fish!" a child next to Brother Ye glared and swallowed involuntarily.

I saw the ice child holding the fish, staring at the fish intently. Suddenly, he lifted the body of the fish horizontally, the belly of the fish upwards, and opened his mouth wide to bite it.

He wants to eat raw fish! Brother Ye was in a hurry, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at him.

The stone hits Ice Child's elbow accurately. Ice Child's hand shook, and the fish bounced onto the ice. A few of the children beside Brother Ye rushed over as if they had been instructed, picked up the fish and ran back.

A child ran back with the fish in his arms and exclaimed excitedly, "Brother Night, the fish has been snatched back!"

Brother Night scratched his head, not understanding why things had turned out like this?

The ice child chased after him, and suddenly saw Brother Night standing aside, he immediately pounced and bit Brother Night's hand fiercely.

"Wow!" Brother Night was in a daze, bitten by the ice child.

The child next to Brother Ye hurriedly pulled the ice child away. Ice Child glared at Brother Night viciously. Brother Ye had no choice but to raise his head and walk away with his fish toes proudly.

Sister Ai came and grabbed Brother Ye's ear: "It's a good thing you did again! Go, run ten more laps around the mountain!"

Brother Ye lowered his head and ran down the mountain without a sound.

Sister Ai turned her head to look at the short Xiaoice child who was following behind her from afar, walked over and squatted down, stroked his shoulders, and taught: "You have to work hard! You have to become stronger, and you have to be strong to not be bullied, and to protect the people you want to protect!"

The ice child looked at Sister Ai adoringly, and the warm sunlight reflected in her cold eyes.

A month later, the head of the house, Song Yu, selected the disciples to enter the room, and Brother Ye and Bing Child were selected at the same time.

Brother Ye came to the Ice Child, looked down at the Ice Child, who was only on his chest, and said angrily: "Little madman, we will be inner brothers in the future." Unless you can beat me, you must listen to me! And you must not bite my hand again!"

"Good!" Ice Child nodded in agreement, and the two of them high-fived as an oath.

Bing Xiao began to practice with his master, and because he had no name, he was named Xu Shaofeng by the head of the family, Song Yu. Brother Ye's real name is Qiao Zhiye, and the head of the house calculated that his name was too dark, so he changed it to Qiao Zhiye.

Three years later, a bright day in spring.

Xu Shaofeng held a cold and shining sword in his hand and walked towards the valley. Although he was only seven years old, he already looked like he was holding a sword.

When he came to a big tree, he put on a posture, looked up and said, "I want to compete with you!"

Qiao Zhiye hung softly on the branch of the big tree, and said lazily: "Don't! If you lose, Senior Sister will punish me again." I don't want to run laps anymore. ”

Xu Shaofeng said: "I never told Senior Sister about the martial arts competition with you. ”

Qiao Zhiye said: "Then don't do it! Every time I compete with you, I will be discovered by the senior sister, and I always say that I am bullying the small." If you can't beat me, let me be a senior brother, and I'll cover you in the future, what's the difference?"

Xu Shaofeng stared at his sword and said with confidence: "This time is different, I can beat you, I just comprehended a new swordsmanship." ”

Qiao Zhiye was not interested, "I don't want to fight." ”

Xu Shaofeng saw that he shouldn't, so he raised his sword and slashed at the tree, and the tree shook for a while.

Qiao Zhiye sighed and fell to the ground.

Xu Shaofeng hurriedly raised his sword and attacked him.

Qiao Zhiye dodged lightly and ran towards the snowy mountain.

Xu Shaofeng shouted while chasing: "Don't run, I want to compete with you!"

Qiao Zhiye laughed as he ran ahead, "You catch up with me first." ”

On the snowy mountain, two figures flashed, one tall and one short, running and chasing.

Qiao Zhiye easily ran around the snowy mountain, and returned to the tree just now, and there was no trace of Xu Shaofeng behind him. He floated up the tree, yawned heavily, and lay down comfortably.

After a long time, he sat up suddenly, and said to himself, "This is too slow, isn't it?"

A bad premonition rose in his heart, and he hurriedly flew up the mountain.

Ai Li was practicing the knife, Qiao Zhiye suddenly appeared beside her, and cried out: "Senior sister is not good! The little madman doesn't know which ice cave he fell into! I searched around but couldn't find it." ”

Ai Li hurriedly picked up a knife and searched with him.

A day and a night later, Xu Shaofeng was rescued by the two of them from an extremely deep ice cave.

Ai Li was about to grab Qiao Zhiye's ear, but Qiao Zhiye avoided it lightly and said playfully: "I'll run around the mountain in circles now!"

It is a miracle that a child is okay after a day and a night in an ice cave that has not melted for thousands of years. This year, Xu Shaofeng, who was only seven years old, realized the first importance of the cold sky swordsmanship and reached the realm of "people are as cold as ice".