Chapter Fifty-Six: Snow Outside the Gate

The northern region of Zhongzhou, the Ice Wolf Mountains.

The Ice Wolf Mountain Range is located in the north of Zhongzhou, and it is thousands of miles away from the Beiyan City outside the border of Rong. Because of its proximity to the far north, this is a world of ice and snow, the cold wind is bone-chilling, and the face is like a knife, if you are not fully prepared to come here, you will definitely be turned into a part of this strange cold ice and snow, and you will be buried here forever.

The snow falls into the bosom, bringing a chill through the body. Lu Yang raised his eyes to look beyond the distant heavy mountains, but saw that there was a scene of cold and frozen ground here, the wind blew, rolling up the snow and fog in the sky, and everywhere he passed, the grass and trees were covered with trees, and the cold mountains were frozen. But I don't know what kind of difficult and dangerous tests will be encountered in this cold and snow-covered Guanshan Saibei.

Now, Lu Yang has walked through the triple realm in this 'Five Aspirations Confusion Realm'. And this fourth realm is the test of the 'realm of sorrow'. In this world, everything that happens is not illusory, but just like in Yunzhou before, it is real and about to happen. That is to say, he will really lose his life in the crisis.

Lu Yang struggled to move forward in the knee-deep snow, and under the snow here, all was condensed solid ice. If one is not careful, he will slip and fall in it, break his muscles and bones, and even fall into the ice cave hidden under the snow, and be frozen and starved to death, which is full of dangers.

The bone-chilling wind, roaring like a beast, struck from the mountains. The blow hit his thin clothes, making Lu Yang's limbs seem to lose their temperature. Although Lu Yang has the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm to protect his body, he can't afford to be cold to the bone. It's just because in this Blue Wolf Mountain Range, the source of the cold snap is brought about by the death world next to the northern border of Nazhongzhou, the 'Three Forbidden Lands of the Far North'.

Outside of Kyushu on that day, heading north, thousands of years ago, there was a cold world that could extinguish countless lives. In that world, there is only a covered river, a snowy world. Even the powerful people above Zhongzhou who had cultivated to the Heavenly Realm did not dare to go deep into it. According to legend, there are three powerful forces in the far north, each of which divides one side.

These three major forces are the Barbarian Dance clan stationed outside the Far North Wasteland and protected by the Dragon God. And the Ice Giants in the Endless Ice Cave. These two are not the most powerful races, because, in the deeper part of the Northern Underworld, there is still the Xuanwu clan with the blood of ancient gods. And according to the legend, in that icy North Sea, there seem to be countless more terrifying creatures. They stir up waves on the sea, dragging all living beings into the abyss of death.

And as far as Lu Yang knew, this Ice Wolf Mountain Range was still thousands of miles away from the Forbidden Land of Death. And the cold world that he could feel here let him know that he had come to the north of Zhongzhou. In the north of today's Zhongzhou, there is the Celestial Wolf Country, whose people are fierce, and newborn babies can drink spirits. When he grew up, he was even more proficient in martial arts, especially in the art of riding and archery. Everyone in the country is a soldier, and it can be said that the soldiers and horses are strong. The surrounding countries and even the countries in the Western Regions are looking at the wind.

When Lu Yang was still young, Li Chun, the general of the expedition to the north, defeated hundreds of thousands of wolf soldiers in the north and forced the wolf lord to cede the land and sue for peace. This Ice Wolf Mountain Range, along with a large area of land to the south, was also included in the territory of the Tang King at that time. In this frozen soil, a city called Stardew City was built to guard the border. However, now that the wolf soldiers have been recuperating for more than ten years, they have made a comeback and recaptured the land here, and even the Stardew City has been included in the territory of the Sky Wolf Country.

It will be late, and everything will be silent. Between heaven and earth, there is no snow in the fall. In the wide empty mountain snow valley, a touch of loneliness and emptiness is added. Lu Yang saw that the sky was dim, and he was afraid that he would be lost in the night, but fortunately he found a huge collapsed dead tree in the mountains, but there was no ice and snow under the canopy that hung down like an umbrella, which was enough to rest temporarily to shelter from the invasion of wind and snow.

At that moment, Lu Yang cleaned up the surrounding snow, took some dry firewood on the spot to make a fire, and melted the snow water to quench his thirst. But he ran out of dry food in his bag. In the midst of the snowstorm in the empty mountains, where could he find something to eat? He searched around by the light of the torches, but found nothing, and could not help but be a little depressed. It seems that the only thing that exists here is snow and ice. Ordinary beasts, as well as wild vegetables and fruits, simply cannot survive in such a harsh environment.

Lu Yang snuggled up to the warm flames, empty mountains and snow valleys, and he was the only one between the cold heaven and earth. I can't help but feel lonely. He used a close-fitting dagger to cut off dead wood and make a slender piccolo. Improvisational lyrics, the words of the poem, and into the flute rhythm, played leisurely.

The flute sound is melodious, floating between the cold mountains and tundra, and it seems that even the lonely falling snow is rendered by the quiet and distant flute sound, and the rhythm is fluttering. In the silent cold moon glow, it is like a thousand petals descending into the night sky, scattering jade shavings and flying horizontally, and the beauty is intoxicating.

Lu Yang sat on the flute, letting his thoughts surge. There was a bit of confusion in his eyes. recalled the past with Qing Yao. The woman who was as beautiful as a picture was like a snow fairy dancing between heaven and earth, and her smile made him unforgettable. Now that Qing Yao is in the 'Demon Ruins', I don't know if he has woken up, waiting for him to come back from this 'Five Aspirations Confusion Realm'.

In the mysterious power of the 'Five Aspirations Confusing Mind Realm', the time changes brought about by Lu Yang are not affected by the laws of the Three Realms. Ten days spent here is only half a day in the outside world. In other words, his experience in this process, according to the flow of time in the outside world, will not take long to end.

But he was so anxious that he couldn't wait to have wings on his back and fly back to the demon ruins to return to her. It was a long, lonely night, with only the rivers frozen and the mountains covered with snow. In vain, the sound of the flute surrounded the empty mountain and snow valley, accompanied by the snow and dust. Between the lonely heaven and earth, he was the only one who watched the distant night sky.

I don't know how long the snow has fallen, and it seems that every day in this snow valley will not stop. But I don't know if there will be flowers everywhere when I am born in the spring of next year. Lu Yang hugged the fire, the fatigue and hunger all day made his spirit languish for a long time, but he didn't dare to sleep, this place was once called the Ice Wolf Mountain Range, Lu Yang was afraid that at night, there would be wolves.

However, his luck was always not good, when Lu Yang was drowsy, he found that on the snow-capped mountains in the distance, there were countless dense points of light, and by the light of the fire, Lu Yang could see clearly that those were the eyes of a ferocious ice wolf, emitting a fierce light in the dark night. Obviously, his habitat was not safe, and it happened to be in the heart of the wolves.

Although it was cold in the snow valley, Lu Yang's cold sweat broke out involuntarily. He had heard that in the northern region of Zhongzhou, on the frozen mountain tundra, there were brutal wolves, known as 'ice wolves'. These ice wolves only live in the extremely cold northern regions, and it is rumored that they are the Houyi of the wolf god in ancient times, and the name of fierceness is well known.

The people of the Celestial Wolf Country, with the secret method left by their ancestors, were able to domesticate the newborn ice wolf to become a mount, called the wolf ride. This kind of ice wolf is ferocious by nature, not afraid of death, and acts as swift as the wind, in the war with the empire, Li Chun, who was once the god of war in the Northern Regions, is difficult to resist, which shows how fierce it is.

The demon ruins have been trained several times, which made Lu Yang become much calmer when he encountered danger again. He didn't panic, he first picked up the dry wood, and the flames on the ground were invigorated, so as to prevent the ice wolves in the distance from coming to pursue, he took off his clothes, and used his clothes to fan the flames, and in an instant, the flames sprang up, forming a blazing wall of fire.

Ice wolves are afraid of fire. He used his flames to stop the wolves chasing in the snowy valley in the distance, instilling fear in them. Then Lu Yang didn't hesitate any longer, turned around and rushed towards the darkness, he condensed the heaven and earth vitality stored in the sea of qi between his eyes, and in the dark snow valley, he could also see the direction of the road ahead. However, he didn't know that whenever the wolves attacked, the wolves blocking the way in front of them were always to intimidate the prey, and what really worked was the deadly wolf kiss in the darkness. This group of ice wolves can occupy the ice field for a long time, relying on cunning and ruthlessness.

At this time, three ice wolves had already copied Lu Yang's rear and watched for a long time. Three giant wolves leaped down from the dilapidated dead trees, besieging Lu Yang in the heart, their eyes were red, the hair on their bodies was silvery-white, and a strong smell of rot emanated from their bodies. Hungry ice wolves will eat the decomposing corpses of their companions.

From the first time Lu Yang came to this Ice Wolf Mountain Range, he had already attracted the attention of the wolves. They have the most sensitive sense of smell and are better at camouflage, and the coat color of this group of ice wolves is no different from that of white snow, so Lu Yang didn't notice it wherever the wolves went. However, the wolves were keen, and they sensed that there was some cultivation in Lu Yang's breath, which was dangerous. So they didn't rush up to fight with their prey, but when Lu Yang was most tired, they used their claws of sneak attack in the dark.

The reason why the ice wolf was able to become the overlord of the Blue Wolf Mountain Range was inseparable from their affinity here. The reckless snow fields are inhabited by countless deadly killers, and throughout the ages, countless people and explorers have died in the mouths of wolves, and the degree of danger and the sense of fear brought by this kind of danger are no less than the oppressive force brought by fighting with the powerhouses of the Heavenly Realm.

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