They walked through the ice cave like an ant's nest for more than an hour, and finally came to the deacon hall of the Tianji Gate.

In the deacon's hall, two Qi refining monks were sitting behind the freezer, one meditating and the other watching.

Seeing that a mortal was leading the monk in, the sober middle-aged monk cheered up and looked at Qiao Yuelai carefully.

Tie Zhu is the temporary leader of the Iron Dragon Tribe, and the white-haired man he brought in has a restrained aura, strong muscles and bones, and a faint light in his eyes, and seems to be a powerful character.

However, it seems that he is not very tall and strong, and at first glance he knows that he has not experienced the wind and snow, and he should be a foreign monk.

"Tiezhu, you brought it...... Is that the patriarch you found?"

Tie Zhu nodded hurriedly, "Hui Immortal Master's words, yes." ”

The middle-aged monk nodded clearly, crossed his arms, sat behind the counter, and said to Qiao Yue: "What spiritual root, what cultivation, where did it come from?"

"Five Spirit Roots, in the middle stage of Qi refining, I am a loose cultivator in Eastern Lingyang City, and I have traveled here. ”

"Oh?" the middle-aged monk raised his eyebrows, "Since you are traveling, you have to stay as the patriarch, don't you leave?"

This deacon disciple thought that things were still very thorough, and he didn't want to be completely defenseless as he appeared on the surface.

"Immortal cultivators are home all over the world, staying in the north or returning to the east, for a casual cultivator, it makes no difference. ”

This is reasonable, the monk thought for a moment, and took out a white jade plaque from the ice shelf behind him, "You take this jade plaque and engrave your name." ”

Qiao Yue obediently carved the words and handed them over, but the monk was shocked, opened his mouth, and was speechless for a long time.

"Are you...... Female cultivator?"

"Yes. What's the matter......" Qiao Yue frowned and looked at him, it was really strange, she didn't deliberately hide it, why couldn't the monks here even see the men and women?

Hearing Qiao Yue's affirmation, the monk slapped the table and said, "It turns out that the female nun from other places is like this! Seeing that you are not big, why are you full of white hair?"

Qiao Yue had no choice but to cover her face, what is this.

Anyway, becoming the patriarch of the Tielong Tribe, Qiao Yue got a copy of the "Ice Muscle Jade Bone Technique", a few ice stones, a jade plate of the identity of a registered disciple of the Tianji Sect, the uniform clothing of the sect, an overview of the Tianji Sect, and a detailed map of the northern glacier, all of which were of great help to her living here.

Qiao Yue thought about her life in the past few years, it seemed that she had never been stable, she was displaced, at a loss, the Ancient Sword Sect, Lingyang City, the Thirty-six Courtyards, the Colosseum, Xiaoxiang Cave, and came to the ice and snow again and became the patriarch.

I don't know if she can really settle down this time and live the life that an ordinary monk should have.

When Qiao Yue returned to the Iron Dragon Tribe, the entire tribe was boiling.

Tie Zhu's son, Tie Dan, had already gotten the inside information, and led thousands of adults and children to set up a high platform made of ice bricks in the clearing between the ice thorn forests.

Seeing Qiao Yue, all the clansmen knelt down in unison, shouting and cheering in unison.

Qiao Yue had already seen a scene more lively than this in the Colosseum, so she didn't panic at all, and climbed on a high platform that was three feet and three high, looking down at the crowd around her.

"Clansmen of the Iron Dragon Tribe, from today onwards, I, Qiao Yue, will be your patriarch!"

The crowd erupted in cheers, and they all exclaimed, "Welcome to the patriarch!"

The people of the tribe had long been skilled in taking over the patriarch's set, so the fire was blazing high, and the people held hands and danced by the fire.

For some reason, the days in the north are particularly short, and night falls quickly. So in this clearing, every family brought firewood from their own homes, set up a soup pot, stewed bear meat, sprinkled a handful of sea salt, and the pure smell of meat flooded the whole clearing.

People have bowls in their hands, grab the meat and stuff it into their mouths, eat it in large pieces, and drink it in large gulps, which is extremely heroic.

The young stout girl wore a long skirt and swirled around the people, and the hem of the skirt turned out a white wave, which caused laughter and laughter.

Qiao Yue hadn't seen this lively scene for a long time, and she was also happy.

Seeing that the patriarch's face was happy, Tie Zhu carefully reminded her that if she was happy, she would eat meat and drink wine with her people.

"That's good, it also saves me Bigu Dan. Qiao Yue smiled and patted Tie Zhu's shoulder, flattering Tie Zhu.

"The patriarch would rather be like this, then the hungry are fortunate for the three lives!"

Qiao Yue took the leather wine bag presented by Tie Zhu, stood on the high platform, and said loudly: "If all the clansmen don't dislike it, they will have a drink with me!"

After speaking, she raised her neck and drank a few sips of strong wine, only to feel that although this was made by mortals, it was also very spicy, no worse than the wine in the immortal cultivation world.

The men and women in the audience raised their necks to drink, as if they were very accustomed to the spirit.

Qiao Yue led the iron pillar to every house to drink. Some have more than a dozen people in a household, some are orphans and widows, some are single, some are old and frail, all kinds of people.

The patriarch toasted, who dared not accept it? Even the five or six-year-old child was poured into it, and it was so spicy that it was sobbing.

Qiao Yue laughed when she saw it, and suddenly remembered that during the Chinese New Year, her mother was seriously ill, and she couldn't stop cursing Qiao Mingyuan while lying on the bed, and she only ran out helplessly, seeing that everyone outside was happy and happy, setting off firecrackers.

This sudden scene made Qiao Yue's mind empty, and she shuttled through every Hemei family, seeing her parents crawling with their children and surrounded by children, it was an indescribable loss.

Although mortals have a short lifespan, they can live together for several lifetimes, be peaceful and happy, and enjoy their families.

And the monk hesitated all the way, and was lucky to live hundreds of thousands, while his parents, wife and children were just passers-by and left in a hurry.

Qiao Yue patted her hot face, and unexpectedly found that there was frost on her eyebrows and eyelashes, and when she looked up at the sky, there were snowflakes fluttering.

But this bit of snow is not a matter at all, a group of people should eat and drink, Tie Zhu is still explaining on the side, "It's still summer for the hungry, and when you wait until winter, you have to go out for half a year!"

Qiao Yue nodded, "Let's take it today, I'm going to retreat." What should you do, manage the tribe well, and notify me when there is a big event, and don't disturb me at ordinary times. ”

"Yes. "When the previous patriarch was here, Tie Zhu was in charge of handling chores, and he had close contact with immortal cultivators, and he knew the habits of immortal cultivators in retreat, so he naturally knew how to be interested.

Back in the ice cave, Qiao Yue set up a defensive formation and made sure that the surroundings were safe, so he took out his newly acquired exercises and some jade slips that introduced the north, immersed himself in his divine sense, and browsed carefully.

That Ice Muscle Jade Bone Technique is not an ordinary exercise, but an ice-based water spell specially suitable for local monks, which can not only make it easy to forge muscles and bones, but also cleanse the mood and eliminate the risk of going mad.

It is said that when you cultivate to the end, the bones of your whole body are crystal clear, and your skin is as smooth as jade, which can block the wind and snow, not to mention, and it is not difficult to be invulnerable.

"It's really a good exercise, much better than the little spirit technique. Qiao Yue was angry when she thought of that little spirit recipe, the tattered exercises of the Ancient Sword Sect could only be cultivated to the foundation building period.

Fortunately, when you encounter a new exercise, you can not only cultivate to the Yuan Infant Stage, but also avoid cultivating the peak body refining technique alone, which can save time and do more things.

and another jade slip, which is engraved with some introductions to the north.

It is said that the highest cultivation in this sect is the head of the middle of the Yuan Infant Yuyin Daojun, but he has been retired for many years, Qiao Yue guessed that this head of the sect has run out of life, and the oil has run out, so the Tianji Gate is not famous in the east of Linzhou.

There are currently eighteen Jindan elders in the sect, more than 600 foundation building monks, and more than 10,000 qi refining cultivators, almost all of whom are from the north, and the proportion of foreign monks is very small.

Behind is Qiao Yue's most curious overview of the north, which made her sigh again and again.

It turned out that there was a shortage of materials in the north, the spirit stones were depleted, and there was almost no land, so these monks of the Heavenly Pole Gate came up with a good way to cultivate spiritual moss suitable for growing in cold areas, planted on ice, and scraped off with a shovel when they needed it.

Sure enough, there are poor people, don't look at people who are so poor that even the pill has become a reward, but the cultivator's cultivation is much harder than in the east, and he can still cultivate a name without relying on external things, day and night.

And the elixir refined by this kind of spirit moss is naturally not good, only the size of a soybean grain. However, there was a cold aura in the elixir, which was just right for the northern monks who cultivated ice spells.

Of course, it is not enough to rely on pills to cultivate, and the monks of Tianji Gate regularly organize disciples to hunt demon beasts in the sea, and cut out demon pills to be taken as pills, and the effect is not ordinarily good.

Fortunately, the northern part of this place has a unique specialty, which is not easy to see in other realms, and the Tianji Sect also sent disciples to trade in various places in exchange for other necessities for mortals and monks.

Strange to say, there is no grass in this place, how do demon beasts survive? Even if a high-level one can survive with aura, what about low-level demon beasts?

Seeing the explanation of the demon beasts in the back, Qiao Yue knew that there were no demon beasts in such a difficult place as the Northern Ice Thorn Forest, and the demon beasts all lived in the glacier and snow fields outside the Ice Thorn Forest. There are also some ordinary white bears with no cultivation, who make a living by fishing on the seaside, because they are easy to bully, and their skin and flesh are useful, and they have become a necessity for the survival of the tribe.

Those places that could survive were a little warmer than the Ice Thorn Forest, especially the snow field that Qiao Yue had just come to, there were large swaths of ice erosion mushrooms under the snow layer, which could provide rations for low-level demon beasts.

It is now summer, and the birds and beasts that have migrated to other realms in winter have returned.

The jade slip also introduces several species of giant birds, including a kestrel, which migrates to the east in winter and returns in summer, and also likes to collect turtle shells to make nests for birds' eggs.

Qiao Yue suddenly realized, no wonder the bird didn't open the turtle shell to eat her, everyone was a seventh-order demon beast, and they didn't care about eating, they wanted to make a nest.

Later, I also talked about a kind of jackdaw bird, which is the natural enemy of the kestrel bird, gathering hundreds or thousands to form a large attack, trying to snipe and kill the big bird for food.

There are many other characteristics in the north, such as the simple and simple people, no intrigue, monks going out to sea to dive and hunt animals, chiseling thousands of feet of ice to take away the ore buried in the ground, the blue-green light of the winter sky, and the snowstorm that will blow for half a year......

Everything made Qiao Yue's heart rush, and it made her feel that it was really the right thing to stay in the north this time.

If she hadn't come here, she wouldn't have seen this new scene, and she didn't know that there was such a cold region in the world, such beautiful ice thorn forests and snowfields.

It is no wonder that monks always like to call the four seas home, travel between heaven and earth, see the customs of various places, and feel different scenery, which is not a kind of state of mind cultivation.

Qiao Yue couldn't wait to cultivate the Ice Muscle Jade Bone Technique now, she thought that one day after laying the foundation, she would be able to freely soar in the vast ice and snow and see the blue sky and snow in the north.