At the northern end of the Western Continent is a towering snow-capped mountain range, with rolling mountains, and from the gray plains to the north, the mountains are like barriers, closing the boundary between heaven and earth.

For the past 2,000 years, the snow-capped mountains in the north have been inaccessible and off-limits.

On this forbidden plateau, there is a majestic mountain like the spine of the world, which is hidden in the vast sea of clouds from the mountainside. There is a glacier between the crevices of the rocks, which is as steep as a wall, and in an ice cave at the bottom of the glacier, a pair of young men and girls who have fallen are struggling to support themselves in the bitter cold.

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Bai Xiao raised his head and looked at the entrance of the ice cave that was dozens of meters high, his expression had become numb.

This is the third day of a desperate situation.

The dry food has already been eaten, and there is only a little bit of clear water left, and the surrounding Xuan Ice has not melted for thousands of years, forming a cage that seals the heavens and the earth, constantly exuding a biting chill, grinding the vitality of the prisoners little by little.

Bai Xiao only felt that he was in an unprecedented state of weakness, his tempered body was like being filled with gel, and his every move was sluggish and slow, making people feel powerless. The beating of his heart also slowed down as the cold hit his bones, and if this continued, it would not be long before he would be completely frozen in the ice and snow.

However, the more fatal problem at the moment lies in the dying woman next to him.

It was a slender and beautiful girl like an ice fairy, with delicate skin like snow, delicate facial features like ice, and even under extreme weakness, it also had a stunning color that would make anyone's heart pound.

Qingyue, the childhood sweetheart who has been with Bai Xiao since childhood, the youngest daughter of the tribe's black-robed witch Zhu, the cursed daughter born in the Vermilion Moon, and the couple who exchanged vows with Bai Xiao.

When he was 14 years old, Bai Xiao went deep into the snow-capped mountains with a bone spear, hunted the fierce beast with his own strength, and swore to the ancestors with the flesh and blood of the fierce beast that he would do his best to protect his beloved with all his life...... However, now Qingyue closed her eyes tightly, curled up in a ball in the heavy fur package, her slightly trembling body exuding an unnatural high heat, and her life was in danger.

This is to add insult to injury.

Bai Xiao sighed secretly in his heart, but at this time, Qingyue's curse attacked.

As the daughter of the tribe's black-robed witch Zhu, Qingyue's background is already prominent, but the night she was born, Zhu Yue hung high in the night sky, reflecting the mountains like blood. The bright red moonlight fell from the full moon like a slurry, and just a drop fell into Qingyue's body.

Since then, she has become the cursed daughter of the tribe, carrying an ominous curse. Every once in a while, a strange heat would accumulate in her body, burning the girl's life like a blazing furnace. During this time, anyone who comes near her can be infected by a high fever, ranging from malaise to bedridden, and even her own father will not be able to resist the curse of the Blood Moon.

However, since the first curse attack, Bai Xiao has insisted on being by the girl's side, silently bearing the erosion of the curse with his flesh and blood that has been tempered for thousands of years.

In the past ten years, every time the curse occurs, Qingyue will prepare enough precious herbs to support herself in the snow cave with Bai Xiao's company. However, as she grew older, her curse became more and more intense, until the last time she had an attack, the ordinary herbs were completely unstoppable, and only a few precious relics in the tribe could save her life. However, at the moment of life and death, the tribal leader and chief Wu Zhu, who was in charge of the treasure, refused Bai Xiao's request to borrow the holy relic.

The sacred relics of the tribe can only be used on important occasions related to the survival of the tribe, and they have no special effect against the curse, even if the precious relics are consumed, the curse cannot be eradicated. Their refusal was reasonable, Bai Xiao was unwilling but had nothing to say.

That time, Qingyue was lucky not to die, but her body completely collapsed, Bai Xiao knew that the next time the curse attacked, the girl would definitely die, so he did not hesitate to break the ban of the tribe, and carried the girl in the holy mountain to seal the moon, deep into the glacier, looking for the legendary precious treasure enough to suppress the curse.

However, the ban that has been passed down for thousands of years by the tribe has its own reason, and the environment at the spine of the world deteriorates dramatically during the months of thunder and frost, so that even the behemoths that seem to be the embodiment of calamity take refuge in their lairs, and even the most seasoned hunters of the tribe can get lost in the mountains. Although Bai Xiao has unique qualifications and tempered skills, but carrying a weak girl in the wind and snow is really no different from suicide, the day after they entered the holy mountain, they encountered an ice and snow storm, and the two unfortunately fell into the glacier and have been trapped until now.

Seeing that Qingyue's curse was about to attack again, Bai Xiao knew that the situation could no longer allow him to hesitate.

The tall boy took a deep breath, the blood circulation in his body accelerated, his eyes gradually turned red, and his naked upper body gradually oozing blood. The next moment, Bai Xiao opened his mouth and bit his wrist, blood gushing. He sent blood to the girl's mouth, and soon dyed her fair face a messy blood.

The girl subconsciously swallowed the warm blood in the coma, and soon was stimulated by the heat to regain consciousness, she opened her eyes, at first a little dazed, then shocked.

"Xiaobai, you!cough, cough!"

Blood flowed into her trachea, causing her to cough violently, and the girl was speechless for a moment, but the anger and despair in her eyes were more powerful than any words.

The boy felt the pressure in his eyes and said happily, "You're awake." ”

A long time ago, the girl had a curse attack that could barely hold on. In desperation, Bai Xiao tried to use his own blood to help her relieve the pressure.

Qing Yue weakly but firmly pushed Xiaobai away, looking at him with a harsher and more resentful gaze. After a long time, he said with a crying voice: "You are such a hopeless fool. ”

"Well, I know. Xiaobai couldn't help laughing, although he was scolded miserably, but looking at the girl's slightly recovered angry face, nothing else mattered.

Qingyue cried: "You fool, if you live, we have hope of living." ”

"I know. ”

Qingyue sobbed twice, calmed down her emotions, and said seriously: "And if you do this, it will only make me more uncomfortable than death." ”

“......”

"When I exchanged vows, I swore to protect you, but now I am a drag on you...... I'm going to die!"

Bai Xiao refused to speak.

Qingyue's eyes were slightly red, and she pushed him: "Why don't you speak?"

Bai Xiao endured the dizziness caused by blood loss, looked at the girl's crying face, and said, "Your serious appearance is too cute, and you are a little fascinated." ”

"Big fool!" Qingyue finally couldn't help crying.

After crying for a while, Qingyue wiped away her tears and said softly.

"Xiaobai, I'm sorry ......"

"I'm sorry, you're talking nonsense again. ”

"If it weren't for me, you actually ......" Before the girl's words fell, she heard a grunt beside her, and Bai Xiao had fallen to the ground in a groggy state.

Qingyue exclaimed in surprise and wanted to step forward, but found that her limbs were weak and she couldn't use her strength at all, and although Bai Xiao's hot blood slightly suppressed the onset of the curse, it couldn't alleviate her weakness.

On the other side, Bai Xiao only felt that his life was passing rapidly along the wound on his wrist, it was true that he was the premier warrior of the younger generation of the tribe, who had been tempered a thousand times, but at this time he had finally lost all his strength. He lay beside the girl, looking up at the unreachable hole, and before he knew it, his vision became blurry, he couldn't see anything clearly, and the thoughts in his mind couldn't help but become chaotic.

In a trance, the voices of many people sounded in his ears, and he knew that it was an auditory hallucination, and a well-trained warrior like him would only lose his firm will barrier when he was dying, and be taken advantage of by the illusion of weakness. But the sounds sounded so real he couldn't help but be immersed in them.

Because that's what happened.

"Bai Xiao, I don't want to remind you anymore, you are a promising warrior, you have inherited the blood of the god of war, don't be entangled with that cursed daughter anymore!"

"Child, you have never let me down since I was a child. And as my son, I support as many women as you are willing to find. But that kid was the only one...... It's better to have less contact. ”

"Xiaobai, you're playing with that enchanted girl again, I'm going to tell your dad to go!"

The voices that spoke were all the closest people around Xiaobai, and every word was from the bottom of his heart, but at this moment, Xiaobai only wanted to say one word.

"Get out. ”

......

"Oh, did you want me to go, I thought you were in need of help, could it be that I was being amorous?"

The next moment, Bai Xiao's consciousness on the verge of dissipation returned like a tide, and a gentle and old voice in his ear was as clear as spring water, penetrating through his heart.

Bai Xiao opened his eyes and saw an unfamiliar face.

It was an old man with green eyes, who should have looked quite old, his face was wrinkled, and his skin lacked luster, but there seemed to be endless life in those magical gray eyes.

At the same time, Bai Xiao was surprised to find that the feeling of weakness in his body was disappearing rapidly, and even the lost blood seemed to have returned to his body.

Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned his gaze to the side, only to see that the sleeping girl was waking up deeply, and a healthy blood color appeared on her face.

It was a ruddy color that had not appeared for a long time, and for a while, Bai Xiao was in a trance again.

He did not hesitate to violate the rules of the tribe that had been inherited for thousands of years, and went deep into this desperate snow-capped mountain in the mountain closure season, isn't it just to exchange for the girl's ruddy complexion?

What he saw in front of him was like a dream, and in a trance, Bai Xiao thought that he had come to the legendary land promised by the ancestors, the place that only the most loyal warriors could go to after death, but he soon came to his senses.

The Promised Land of the Tribe will never be open to the Damned Daughter, so since he can see Qingyue, it means that he is still in the real world, and what he sees in front of him is not an illusion......

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Bai Xiao looked at the gentle old man and asked his own question.

The old man smiled gently: "I am Zhu Junshen, a treasure hunter. ”

Bai Xiao was a little surprised: "Treasure hunting?"

Zhu Junshen said: "Legend has it that on the spine of the world in the north, there is a rare wind and snow flower growing in the world, condensing the essence of wind and snow at the edge of the world, which will only bloom in the moon of thunder and frost. I'm here to look for this. ”

Hearing the old man's description, Bai Xiao was slightly stunned, he had also heard of that kind of flower, and it was extinct 100 years ago......

Sure enough, Zhu Junshen then said: "Before I came, my friend persuaded me that the strange thing that conquered the world should have been extinct. But my treasure number pointer has always pointed strongly to the north, so I have come from thousands of miles away. ”

As he spoke, the old man took out a disc from his bosom, on which was suspended a golden hand, and there was a golden number on the disc that kept beating, one moment it was 99, and the next it was 100. However, the most striking thing is the direction of the pointer, pointing directly at Qingyue.

Without waiting for Bai Xiao to ask, Zhu Junshen said: "After coming to the northern border, I found that the Wind and Snow Flower was indeed extinct, and my treasure number pointer helped me find another treasure that is difficult to find...... Little girl, how long has you been under the curse?"

Hearing this, Bai Xiao felt as if a flame had ignited in his heart, and the blazing heat exploded, making his scalp numb.

"Do you know her curse?!Can it be dissolved?"

Zhu Junshen nodded.

"Then please save her!"

At the same time, Qingyue was also like being struck by lightning, her eyes were round, and she couldn't speak.

The curse of Zhu Yue's arrival has haunted her for ten years, and in the past ten years, there has not been a day when she has not been tortured by this curse, and even in the best of ideas, she has no extravagant hope to eradicate the curse, only hopes to delay the onset as much as possible...... But looking at the old man in front of her, who claimed to be a treasure hunter, she suddenly realized that perhaps this curse was not invincible.

Under the eager gaze of the young boy and girl, Zhu Junshen said: "Actually, this is not a curse, but a gift ......that is hard to find," he shook his head again, "However, ordinary people can't bear such a gift at all, if you can't guide it well, it's not an exaggeration to say it's a curse, and with the cultural traditions of your white-clothed tribe, I'm afraid it's impossible to guide and use this power." You've been brewing this power in your body for at least a decade...... In ten years, you must have amazing people around you to support you. ”

Qingyue's face turned slightly red, her eyes couldn't help but glance at Bai Xiao, and then she raised her head and said, "Yes, my boyfriend has been helping me." ”

Zhu Junshen turned his head and said to Bai Xiao: "On behalf of the world's demon Taoists, I want to thank you for saving a peerless genius." ”

"Peerless Wizard?"

Zhu Junshen said: "Her talent is regarded as a curse in the northern tribes, but in the southern continent, it is a unique gift, if it is cultivated well, it is expected to get the apocalypse in less than ten years." ”

"Apocalypse?"

Zhu Junshen pondered for a moment and raised his head: "To put it simply, you can do such a thing." ”

The next moment, the old man stretched out his hand to the top of his head, only to see the wind and snow whistling outside the ice cave suddenly stagnate, the gloomy dark clouds suddenly opened, and the clear sun sky stabbed down like a sword, so that the young boys and girls who looked up couldn't open their eyes.

This supernatural power that changed the day with a raise of hands deeply shocked the hearts of the two.

In the majestic snow-capped mountains, the power of nature is the most respected, and the people of the tribe worship nature in addition to worshipping their ancestors. And the irresistible power of nature turned invisible between the old man's raised hands!

After a while, the wind gradually rose, the dark clouds returned, the old man put down his hand a little tiredly, and said: "I am old, and the use of this power of breaking is also a little rusty, and after all, I can't defeat the wind and snow in the north." However, if it were you, you would be able to do better than me. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Junshen stared at Qingyue with those turquoise eyes very seriously.

"Son, come with me to the South. ”

Qing Yue's eyes widened in surprise: "South?"

For boys and girls born in the North since childhood, the Southern Continent is like a fantasy that exists outside the edge of the world, full of incredible and unknown fears.

"Yes, the Southern Continent, that's where you should grow. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Junshen raised his hand and unfolded a colorful and magnificent picture scroll in front of Qingyue.

The painting depicts the alien civilization of the vast southern continent, where there are tall and strong walls like mountains, exquisite and magnificent palaces, and neat houses on both sides of the spacious streets, which are densely and orderly distributed, making people dazzled.

However, the splendor of the city was fleeting, and the scene in the scroll finally stayed in an extremely large courtyard.

It is a huge courtyard on the edge of a bustling city, surrounded by greenery that separates it from the outside world, like a city within a city. The courtyard is dotted with several large fortress-like buildings, as well as an empty playground, ornate gardens, and a tall and slender tower.

However, the most striking thing is the variety of people in the courtyard, most of whom are young people. These people are men and women, with different appearances, and then each has supernatural powers.

Some people walked on foot at a height of dozens of meters above the ground, as if walking on flat ground, some were covered with burning flames, leaving scorched black marks on the red brick road with every step, and there were four identical illusions around people, but each with different movements.

"These people ......" Qing Yue looked at in a daze, and an impulse like a raging storm surged in her heart.

Zhu Junshen nodded: "In the Southern Continent, these people are called 'Demon Daoists', and each of them is burdened with the same curse as you, this curse is called Demon Dao, and all of us are fellow Daoists. ”

"Like-minded people. Qingyue repeated, and before she knew it, a warmth grew in her heart.

In the Snow Mountain Tribe, she bears an ominous curse, and everyone regards her as a symbol of calamity, except for Bai Xiao, who is in love, no one looks at her with serious eyes, not even her biological father. However, having only one person with you is not enough to resolve loneliness.

Zhu Junshen said: "This is the Red Mountain Academy, the best Demon Dao Academy in the Western Continent. ”

The young people of the tribe could not quickly understand the meaning of the Demon Dao Academy, but it did not prevent them from looking at the moving picture scroll with great attention.

Just when the two of them were in a trance, Zhu Junshen said gently: "Child, as the vice president of the college, I sincerely invite you to join Hongshan and become our fellow practitioners, are you willing?"

Qing Yue was surprised, and then looked at Zhu Junshen at a loss, and then looked at Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao knew that the girl had already made a decision in her heart, this seemingly weak girl could silently bear Zhu Yue's curse and the hostility of the entire tribe, and her decisiveness and tenacity were no less than her own.

So he didn't hesitate to say, "Go ahead, here's your chance." ”

"But......" Of course Qingyue knew that this was an opportunity, but she went to the Southern Continent, what should Bai Xiao do?

In this regard, Bai Xiao rarely did not make a decision immediately.

Of course, he would love to go south with Qingyue, but ...... That's the south, a strange place that has been isolated from the snow-capped mountain tribe for thousands of years. The Demon Daoist may be a fellow Daoist of Qing Yue, but he is not a fellow Daoist of Bai Xiao.

momentary hesitation, of course, did not escape Qingyue's sight.

Qingyue thought for a moment and said, "I'll wait for you over there." ”

"Well, I'll definitely go to you. Bai Xiao nodded and made his own promise.

However, at this time, Zhu Junshen shook his head.

"Child, although your talent is good, you have missed the best age for enlightenment, and then, you have no time to waste on things other than the Demon Path. ”

Qingyue was a little unsure, so she could only say, "I will work hard." ”

Zhu Junshen said: "I'm talking about anything other than the Demon Dao. ”

Qingyue immediately understood what the old man meant, and her face changed suddenly.

"But ......"

The old man said undoubtedly: "The feelings between the two little guesses are sincere and precious, but when I look back after a few years, most of them are accompanied by helplessness and sadness. I really don't want a piece of rare jade to be bound by meaningless feelings, you are not people of the same world, and you will live separately from now on, and you will not see each other. ”

As he spoke, two shifting white clouds appeared in the old man's hands, and complex numbers faintly appeared on the clouds. The old man groaned for a moment, and was about to clench his palms.

Bai Xiao couldn't understand the other party's movements at all, but he intuitively sensed the other party's intentions, and immediately stretched out his hand to try to interrupt, but his body was restrained by an invisible force and couldn't move.

Zhu Junshen looked at the young couple with a somewhat complicated gaze, and said: "Have a good dream, and then forget about each other, you all have a better life in your respective worlds." ”

In the next moment, the clouds shattered, and the countless mystical transformation numbers were reduced to zero at this moment.

Bai Xiao only felt as if something exploded in his mind, and the world in front of him passed quickly.

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When Bai Xiao woke up again, he was already in the familiar tent, the bed under him was thick and warm, and the animal skin quilt covered on his body still exuded the familiar smell of blood.

It was the month of nectar five years before the mountain closure season last year, and he went deep into the holy mountain alone to hunt the big bear, and the flesh and fur were strongly corrosive......

And in order to defeat the big bear like a small mountain, he began to prepare silently before the seven mountain closure seasons, tempering his combat skills and forging bone spears......

The memories of the past come back like a tide, but in the surging tide, it seems that something important has been lost.

Bai Xiao sat up straight on the bed, groaned for a moment, and finally slapped his fist.

"Where's Qingyue!?"