Chapter 1 Tianmai Mountain

The extreme north of the Shenzhou continent of Tianmai Mountain stretches for thousands of miles into the sky, as if the mountain is connected to the sky, or the mountain supports the heavenly dome of the ages, standing majestically and so named. Because it is in the extreme north of Shenzhou, it is already cold, and the mountains are covered with snow all year round, and the cold is so cold that there is no one to live.

Legend has it that Tianmai Mountain is a heavenly immortal mountain, but it is impossible to know when and why it fell here, and even the original inhabitants who have lived under the mountain for generations cannot remember. The people of the mountains have not gone out, nor have the people from the outside come out. After tens of thousands of years, it seems to have been forgotten.

The north of Tianmai Mountain is said to be the North Sea of Underworld, and the world also calls it the North Sea, where the Yin Spirit returns to the soul that does not want to die, it is extremely terrifying, but it is only a legend, no one has really been there.

There is a small village called Soul Leaving Village in the mountains crisscrossed by Tianmai Mountain, which is just a name that has been passed down from generation to generation, and no one knows its origin for a long time. The mountains are covered with snow all year round, but you can still see thatched huts and hedged yards around the villages. The people in the village are simple, and every family can hunt, which is also a means of making a living. Everyone in the village is martial, whether it is an old man in his seventies or eighties or a naughty and naughty child, he can play his own set of fists and kicks, and some simple breathing and breathing methods, which are taught by the village elders, and life in this ice and snow will not be too difficult. Most of the people in the village are middle-aged, and there are few elderly people, and the current younger generation has few children.

About two or three miles north of the village, through the pine forest, is the altar, which is made of black-brown stone, and around the altar is a fierce statue of a fierce god, which has been here about a thousand years ago, and looks a little mottled. Walking up along the black stone road is the place where the village elders live, and it is also a forbidden place in the village, only the patriarch and the elders are allowed to enter, because there are few people in the village, and there is no one to guard this place for many years.

"Ji Ping, what are you sitting here in a daze " The young man was stunned for a moment and then withdrew his gaze looking into the distance, slowly shook his head and said: It's nothing" I just heard the grandfather next door tell a story, he said that there is a different world outside than here, we asked how it is different, grandpa said that he didn't know, just listened to what the ancestors said so, I was just thinking, what is the world like outside, is there a lot of people, is it as cold as us here"

"Don't talk nonsense," the girl in the back hurriedly interrupted, "You know that it's not allowed to talk outside, but in fact, I'm not the same as you... But there is a ban in the clan that we can't leave this valley, hasn't anyone tried to get out for so many years, yes, but they are all frozen into ice sculptures on the way, people say that this is God's punishment for those who disobey the will, no one has mentioned it for many years, and they have slowly forgotten "The boy who spoke was called Ji Ping, as his name suggested, he looked ordinary, thin and thin, not tall, his eyes were slightly sluggish, and occasionally flashed an unusual light. The girl's name is Lige, the melon seed face has long black hair, and the coarse cloth clothes wrap a little thin figure that looks a little shabby, but it can't stop the potential of being a beauty embryo since childhood.

As he spoke, the snowflakes had already drifted in the sky, sprinkled down one after another, and the whistling north wind mixed with the whining sound blew the wind and snow in the sky, like a dancing girl in white, jumping lively. The sky was overcast, and the dark clouds slowly gathered, getting denser and denser, as if they were about to lose the weight and fall to the ground at any time.

"Lige, do you feel that the sky is getting colder and colder, and the snow is getting heavier," Ji Ping asked a little unusually, looking at the cloudy sky

"Eun has been feeling it for a long time, and my health is getting worse and worse, and I can't even walk outside the house on days like this. Many people in the village, like me, can only hide in their houses and rely on the fire to be like normal people. You can't understand it, you just don't know how your body can be so good."

"Then have you gone to see the Great Wizard and what did he say?"

"I've been there, the great wizard just sighed in a row, he should know something but he doesn't want us to know, I've read this "Su Jing" and "Lingshu" many times, and I haven't found any good way"

"Maybe ....." Ji Ping seemed to think of something but couldn't be sure, and said to Lige: "Wait here for a while, I have some questions I want to ask the Great Wizard, go and go back"

As he spoke, he went out, forgetting the cold outside.

When Ji Ping arrived at the altar, he found that it seemed to be a little different from usual, except that there were soldiers guarding the altar, he clearly felt a trace of heat. The closer you get to the altar, the more real this feeling becomes.

"The wizard has a life, no one is allowed to enter"

Before they could get closer, they were stopped by guards. Ji Ping knew that something big must have happened, but this was also an altar holy place, and he would never dare to make a mistake here, but the doubts in his heart really made him feel uncomfortable. There has always been a bad premonition, but at this time it is getting stronger and stronger, so that he has a desperate thought.

It was almost evening, and the wind in the mountains was blowing much more violently, and the snow on the clothes had already condensed into ice, and the mountain wind blew, and the cold was biting, and it went straight to the heart. I don't know how long it took, someone came out of the cave and nodded to Ji Ping and said, "Young man, the wizard is invited."

Ji Ping followed the guide and walked along the dark cave, there was no light around, but he could vaguely see some vague stone statues on both sides of the road, all with hideous faces. Further into the depths of the cave, the temperature gradually began to rise, and the snow and ice began to melt into water droplets, dripping on the black-brown rocks. The silence was terrible, only the sound of heavy footsteps, breathing, and the sound of ticking water.

After turning a corner, the surroundings suddenly began to light up. Ji Ping raised his head and rubbed his eyes that were stinged by the light, only to see a cyan stone the size of a thumb suspended in the middle of the bluestone platform, emitting a soft light. On the bluestone platform under the stone, dark red traces flickered and dimmed, and on closer inspection, it seemed that something was flowing slowly. The strange scene in front of me made me feel shocked.

The "child" voice was kind, but a little faint

Hearing the voice, Ji Ping suddenly relieved himself from the shock just now, and then hummed, followed the sound and looked at it, but saw a person sitting in the corner, the black robe wrapped around his whole body, and the huge cloak almost covered his face, but Ji Ping knew from the familiar voice that it was the Great Wizard, but he didn't know why the voice was much older.

"The child comes forward, let the grandfather take a good look"

There is no longer the majesty of the past, but there is more nostalgia in the voice.

Ji Ping immediately stepped forward, and the great wizard in front of him could no longer be described as a living person. The withered body was curled up in a large cloak, and there was no longer a trace of a living person on his face, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and he could only tell that the person was still alive from the eyes that still had a slight hint of brilliance. Ji Ping knelt on the ground with his legs limp, looking at the old man in front of him, unable to say a word.

"Don't be upset, kid. I know the destiny of heaven, and death is our final destination. It's just that the wish is still unwilling, do you know why I brought you here alone?"

Ji Ping slowly shook his head and said, "Ji Ping doesn't know," This is also the biggest secret in my clan

"In ancient times, this place was called the Eye of Ice and Snow, a place of exile for death row prisoners, the fourteenth great wizard a thousand years ago was a genius in the sky, but for some reason he led his clan to this place, and he has not left since, and there are fewer and fewer people in this cold clan for many years, if only I could take everyone away. "Saying that, the Great Wizard suddenly lowered his head, and there was dark black blood flowing out of the corner of his mouth, Ji Ping was just about to step forward, but the Great Wizard slowly shook his head and continued; I'm running out of time, let me finish my sentence. The top of the altar is the Green Emperor Soul Stone, and the energy is slowly weakening after thousands of years, and it won't be long before it is enough to support this space. Just sighed from behind him, took out an ancient scroll, and said, I don't know if there will be our people outside, this is the secret of my clan, only passed down among the great wizards of the past generations, and now I will pass this volume to you, you are the next great wizard, and the supreme heart method in my teaching is also comprehended from this volume. Ji Ping bowed down and took the scroll with both hands, but the scroll was too heavy for him.

"Let's go, kid, take the song and leave here, the Green Emperor Soul Stone will lose its energy in a short time, and the ice and snow will freeze here" said the Great Wizard with the last trace of strength to the central altar, slowly took off the Blue Emperor Soul Stone, and handed it to Ji Ping.

Ji Ping asked puzzledly, "Why don't you leave with us?" The Great Wizard shook his head as if he was a little older, and said helplessly, "The energy of the soul stone has been exhausted, and when the soul stone is removed, the space supported by the soul stone and the soul gathering array has collapsed, take the song away quickly, if you don't leave, there will really be no time, saying that the great wizard used his last bit of strength to resolutely walk towards the soul gathering array, and the blood slowly flowed brighter along the ancient runes, and the space that was about to be frozen stabilized." Ji Ping fell to the ground with tears in his eyes, kowtowed three times, and then ran out without looking back.

The wind was howling outside the cave, the whole world was already white, and the stone statue that was originally on the edge of the altar had been covered with ice and snow.