After stepping on the snow for hundreds of miles, after passing eighty miles of bamboo forests and twenty miles of ice lakes, only eight miles of stone roads are left to connect the bamboo houses on the top of the mountain. The stone road is long and straight, but there is a platform for people to rest at the mountainside, a total of ten acres up and down.

If you go up the mountain with Mei, you must pass through this.

Therefore, every year, the strongest person who walks in the snow will have people come here early to wait. Therefore, every year here will be beaten everywhere with blood, and it will be extremely tragic. Therefore, this place is jokingly called "plum blossom fall" by the snowmen of all dynasties.

The strong step on blood to reach the top here, and the weak see blood on the spot and abandon plums.

This is the tenth day of snow and plum hunting.

There are still very few people who have fallen to rest, only three. Uniformly dressed in white-edged blue robes, with clear eyebrows and handsome eyes. There are two people sitting under the side pavilion with their eyes closed, and one person holding the dragon silver sword in his arms, standing in the center of the platform. Needless to say, they are all strong in the snow this year.

Among the three, the man standing alone with a sword was the most conspicuous. Not far from his feet, two blood-dripping Hanmei were inserted. Beneath the cold plum, there is a thick accumulation of dirty blood. Some of the blood had dried up, while others were flowing down the stone steps.

In addition to these, there is another place that is unusually conspicuous. It was the slight smile on this person's delicate face, neither yin nor yang, very peaceful. Even those who have been hurt by him have never doubted the hypocrisy of this smile. Just like his name, he smiled so naturally. He smiled at the stone path down the mountain and the boundless bamboo forest below.

It's just that the place he looked at was empty, only snowy.

Not really...

Actually, there are a lot of people on the mountain at the moment. There are so many that even the mountains and green bamboos can't hide the thick blood that overflows from the shadows.

"Can he see us?"

"Perhaps, it's okay"

Five miles away from the "plum blossom falling", the top of the bamboo forest under the mountain, two heads are slightly exposed. It was Xia Xun and Luo Jue, who were stepping on a bamboo ladder that had been temporarily erected after the snow stopped, just enough for them to reach the top of the bamboo. Here, they can faintly see the scene of the mountainside, and it is difficult for the people on the mountainside to spot them.

They've been watching here for a day. The confrontations on the mountainside have happened more than ten times one after another, and there are not a few Juyuan and sky-high powerhouses who have shot to win the plum. But the smile never changed, which shows the strength of that person. And there are still two people in the pavilion who have not yet made a move.

Luo Jue was arrogant for a moment, and said with a solemn look: "There are too many people you have sent out."

Xia Xun scratched his nose in embarrassment: "This can't be calculated"

"There are too few people on the mountain, so he doesn't get tired so easily," Luo Jue said

Xia Xun said lightly: "They still have a cold plum branch." As long as we don't go up the mountain, he'll always get tired."

Luo Jue was puzzled and said: "Hanmei has six branches"

"Have you seen Luo Bing of Junzimen and Shang Wang Meng of Wuzhuang?"

Luo Jue pondered and recalled, and after a while, he said, "They have already reached the top with Mei?"

Xia Xun nodded.

In this year's snow and plum hunting, there are three strongest people. This is not to say how powerful they are, but to say that these three people are at the forefront of the Heavenly Realm.

But even so, it is enough for them to stand out from the crowd in this snow-treading plum hunt with only disciples. And Xia Xun is talking about two of them, and the remaining one is on the mountainside.

"Is it really a problem for Bai Xiu to go up the mountain?" Luo Jue said worriedly.

Xia Xun nodded and said, "Hanmei is fine if she doesn't have her, and besides, she stands far away." ”

"It's tiring"

"She's good at this, we're not suitable" Xia Xun scratched his nose embarrassedly.

“…”

After Bai Xiu took a nap, he separated from Xia Xun Luo Jue and secretly carried a dozen bamboo tubes up the mountain alone. She was now almost at the foot of the mountain, Luo Jue looked at it from afar, still uneasy, and asked:

"Why don't you just burn the mountain?"

Xia Xun looked at him strangely and said, "Even if it's scorching heat, we catch all the bamboo rats in the forest, and we can't light this mountain." What's more, it's bitterly cold now. ”

“……”

Night...

The two men resting in the gazebo replaced the smiles, and the confrontation stopped for a long time. The people who hide in the bamboo bushes and wait for the opportunity to take the plum are not fools, they have been struggling for a day, not to mention exhaustion, they are not far away. If they spend another night with these two people, and wait until the person under the pavilion recovers, they will have no chance of winning.

Therefore, these people scattered in the shadow of the bamboo bushes all chose to rest very tacitly, and no one made any more moves. After all, no one wants to be a stepping stone for others to reach the top......

Under the gazebo, the man held the silver sword, sat cross-legged with his back against the stone pillar, closed his eyes and slept lightly. That soft smile still hung on his face.

The mountains are quiet, silent, and everyone will fall asleep.

Suddenly!

"He's going to fall asleep!

A sharp cry rang out in the mountains and forests. The sound was loud and shrill and pierced the silence of the mountains in an instant, and woke up the drowsy people.

"Poof!"

The two silver swords were unsheathed and held in the hands of the two people on the platform, looking around vigilantly.

The man under the pavilion had his eyes slightly open. The rustling of bamboo leaves in the surrounding forest made a sound of friction, and the confrontation that had been suspended for a long time became tense again.

The two sides are full of arrows, and the confrontation is about to break out at any time, just waiting for someone to stab the first sword.

Pity...

After a long time, the person who was waiting didn't show up.

It turned out to be just a crude hoax...

"A bunch of cowards! such a good sneak attack opportunity has been missed!" a shrill cry came out again in a different direction.

"Come out!"

As soon as the words came out this time, the two people on the platform took out their swords together, and the two swords swept at the same time, swept out two silver-white sword qi, and scraped in the direction of the shout.

"Brush, brush, brush..."The sword qi is like a steel blade cutting vegetables, and where it passes, the bamboo bushes fold in response. Folding out a clearing, the sword qi continued.

Just when the sword qi stabbed out thirty zhang...

"Yikes"

A sturdy man was forced to stand up sharply from the bamboo bushes in front of the sword qi. He let out a loud shout, raised the big knife in his hand, and quickly slashed at the two lashes of qi that rushed towards him.

"Bang!" The swift broadsword shattered two sword qi at once, and at the same time, the broadsword was shaken by the sword qi and "buzzed".

"Humph!"

After the knife, the man squinted and glanced at the bamboo bushes in the distance behind him, his face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly. Quickly flee to the depths of the bamboo forest beside him, and disappear into the dark shadows.

The two didn't chase after them. Obviously, the cry was not the strong man's, and the real owner should be further behind. The sturdy man was just a shield for the man.

Now, everyone thinks that tonight's events seem to be a little strange. At least the one behind the scenes is very immoral. This trick of killing people with a knife is too obvious. And those who are hiding in the shadows have a deep feeling that tonight may not be so easy.

As expected, when the mountains were quiet again, after a long, long time...

It's when everyone can't stand the sleepiness again!

"Huh!"

A piece of bamboo with the light of the fire was silently thrown out from the depths of the forest. Like a small firefly, it flies to the center of the platform.

One of the "Jumping Beam Clowns" one of them sneered nonchalantly, and then swept a sword at the bamboo tube.

"Sprinkle..."

With a random sword, the bamboo tube can be easily cut in half...

But no one knows! This bamboo tube is filled with water!

The bamboo tube was cut in the air, and the water spilled out like rain. directly drenched the two unsuspecting people with half of their heads.

"Well, what is this?"

The two of them immediately felt that this water was not ordinary snow water or lake water. The water is very lubricated, viscous, and has a faint smell of blood, which makes people feel nauseous.

The two frowned.

The faint firefly was still slowly falling in the air, and they were a little puzzled. I vaguely feel that things are not good.

"Retreat!" the man resting under the gazebo couldn't help but shout.

It's late...

Before the two of them could react to the meaning of the word return, the firefly had already landed.

"Meet..."

The fireflies that landed on the ground instantly ignited the water liquid on the ground, forming two small fire dragons. The fire dragon instantly spread along the water, burning the robes on the two of them, and instantly burning them into two fire men.

"What are you waiting for?

Before the two burning men could scream in pain. Shrill shouts rang out from the forest again.

"Up!" "Whoa" "Whoa"

Hearing the shout, several figures immediately swept out of the shadows of the bamboo forest, and without hesitation, they raised their respective blades and swept towards the two.

At the same time, the man under the gazebo could not sit still. Quickly got up, and the silver sword was unsheathed.

"Get back!" he shouted, holding a silver sword and sweeping through the air towards the figure, several slender silver sword qi shot out of the sword. This sword qi was as fast as lightning, and in the blink of an eye, it had already shot in front of the people who swept them.

Before the sneak attackers could react, several sword rays pierced directly through their abdomen. Everyone was in terrible pain and fell to the ground in unison.

The silver sword is fast when it comes out of the sword, and it is also fast when it is retracted. Just took off the sheath and swept it out, then put it back into his arms, and continued to sit cross-legged back in place as if nothing had happened.

The fire dragon that was blown up by the bamboo tube, like the silver sword, burned fast and extinguished quickly. The two people on the platform did not feel the pain caused by the burning, and the fire burned quickly along the water trail before extinguishing, leaving no scars. It's just that the Taoist robes on their bodies have been burned to gray, and their hair has turned into twisted flowers, which is embarrassing.

The two raised their swords, looked at the attacking people fiercely, and scolded angrily: "Get out!"

Those few people were very embarrassed, and the sneak attack failed, but was swept down by a sword. Each of them clutched the wound of his sword. invariably glanced behind him with a resentful gaze.

"Hmph..." There were a few muffled snorts of annoyance, and then several people quickly retreated into the forest.

Everyone knew very well that these people were tricked by the owner of the shouting voice. The bamboo tube that looks very powerful is actually not as good as an ordinary oil lamp, and if you want to use it to hurt people, it is simply a fantasy.

Things like this happen one after another tonight. Whenever everyone is sleepy and about to close their eyes and fall asleep, that sharp cry will always sound in time, some provoking, some scolding. From time to time, I will take out a bamboo tube and throw it into the bamboo forest, exploding a fire, burning for a while, making it difficult for people to rest.

On several occasions, the two enraged plum guards couldn't help but shoot a few fierce sword qi into the bamboo forest. However, without exception, sweeping out the sword qi hurts people, but the injuries are all hidden in the shadows and waiting for the opportunity to grab the plum. The one who shouted, farther away, unharmed.

That night, no one could sleep in the mountains, including that smile.