After the New Year's Festival, the martial arts academy opened, and everything returned to normal.

Li Longyan asked about Master Yuan Ye, and Yuan Ye said: "He left a year ago, and he said that he would come back after the New Year, and I don't know when." ”

When he looked at Xia Fan, he was quickly punching holes with prismatic fists in front of the wooden stake, and he was cultivating hard.

In the past month or so, Xia Fan has practiced the Six Wonders meditation diligently, and his strength has increased day by day, and he has almost never lost when he has fought with the disciples of the Martial Academy.

His martial arts talent was originally very high, but he lacked internal force cultivation, so he has been stagnant, and now he has learned the Six Wonderful Meditation Internal Skills, and he has improved by leaps and bounds, leaving others behind.

He was naturally very grateful to Li Longyan, and with Li Longyan's help, the number of disciples participating in the competition was already nine out of ten.

Shangguan, Jiang Haoran and the others looked anxious, but they had nothing to do, with Li Longyan here, they didn't dare to make any tricks against Xia Fan.

Besides, even if they really wanted to use force against Xia Fan, they would not be opponents now.

*

A few days later there was a light snowfall. In the afternoon, the snow stopped. The disciples of the martial arts academy also stopped practicing martial arts, and came to the outside of the courtyard to enjoy the snow in twos and threes.

Accustomed to seeing the heavy snow howling in the north, the snow in the south of the Yangtze River looks delicate and moist in Li Longyan's eyes. Look at the willow meadows on the riverside, and the surrounding houses and pavilions are covered with snow, decorating the city of Hangzhou with silver. Several masters of the martial arts academy also walked out to watch the snow scene.

Xiao Renyuan and a few female disciples were building snowmen. The snow was very thin, and several people pushed the snow for a long time before they could barely build a small snowman more than two feet high.

Li Longyan watched from the side, and couldn't help laughing and shaking his head, if this is in Longyang Village in the north, a few friends can build a big snowman more than one person tall in a moment's effort, and it can be maintained for a long time. When it comes to the fun of playing in the snow, the warm south of the Yangtze River is not as much as that of the north.

A female disciple saw Li Longyan standing aside, gently threw a snowball over, and shouted, "Longyan, come and play together!"

Li Longyan patted the little snowman on the head and said with a smile: "This snow is so small that I can't build a big snowman." ”

The female disciple looked surprised and said, "This snow is still small, this is the biggest snow I've seen in the past few years!"

It seems that this female disciple has never been to the north, and she has never seen the grand scene of snow in the north. Li Longyan smiled: "When it snows in the north, it is much heavier than here. It was a sea of snow as far as the eye could see. Sometimes the snow that falls overnight can crush the house......" He told about the snow scene in the north and the interesting stories of himself playing in the snow with his friends, and the little girls were stunned and amazed.

Xiao Renyuan saw that he was about to be robbed of the limelight, so he hurriedly came up and said: "Senior Brother Longyan has been to the north, and it is not unusual to see heavy snow. If we really want to play in the snow, it's not that there is no place, on the mountains outside the city, the snow is thicker than here, so we can go to the mountains to play. ”

Li Longyan nodded and said, "Well, it's also fun to go to the mountains to enjoy the snow." If you set up a stove, cook a hot pot, and have a picnic in the snow, then it will be more fun!"

The words made everyone's hearts itch, and several male and female disciples applauded in unison, saying that they were going to the picnic. For a while, they began to discuss where to play and what they had to bring.

Yuan Ye Xia Fan heard the excitement here, and also ran over, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately asked to join.

Xiao Renyuan took out his broad and young pie, waved his big hand, and said: "Then tomorrow! You discuss a place, I will ask my family to drive a carriage out, and I will pack the copper pot and copper stove, charcoal and firewood, and bring two jars of 18-year-old champion red and a Jinhua ham." The ham is sliced and boiled in soup, and it tastes great!"

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, their tongues were full of relish, and they laughed and cheered.

Seeing that they were excited, Liu Yanfeng came over and said: "It's okay for you to go out to play, but the road in the snowy mountains is slippery, so you have to be careful when traveling, and after drinking, you can't get into danger." Xiao Renyuan, you are a senior brother, a group of junior brothers and sisters, you have to take care of it!"

Xiao Ren said from afar: "Yes." Master Liu, why don't you go with me, I have an old wine at home, I will bring it out this time, and you can also taste it. ”

Liu Yanfeng smiled: "If I go, you are only afraid that you will not have a good time." That's it, I'm still guarding the martial arts academy, and you guys are going to be happy by yourself!"

*

The next morning, a group of disciples gathered at the foot of Baihu Mountain, each with a large bag of things. Xiao Renyuan counted the number of people, a total of fifteen people.

He also brought a lot of things with him this time. The carriage was equipped with two copper stoves, two copper pots, two jars of old wine and Jinhua ham, a sack of charcoal firewood, and a lot of food.

When the people arrived, they all went into the mountain together.

However, the carriage could not reach the top of the mountain, and could only reach halfway up the mountain. In desperation, the male disciples had no choice but to act as laborers, unload their things, and carry them up the mountain.

An hour later, reach the top of the mountain. Everyone unloaded their burdens and looked around, but saw that the top of the mountain was hundreds of zhang in radius, the snow reflected the morning sun, the wind wrapped in Qiongbud, and the scenery was clear and jade. When looking at the distance, the high sky is vast and far-reaching, and the underground tunnel mountains are vertical and horizontal for hundreds of miles, such as the white dragon dance, and the weather is thousands. The disciples stood on the top of the mountain, their clothes fluttering, breathing in a cool breath, and they all had a big mind.

Clear a patch of snow, spread out a soft mat, and put food and drinks on the table. There are a variety of dishes on the table, including beef and pork, smoked chicken and smoked duck, bad fish and drunken crab, winter bamboo shoots and lotus root, as well as various sweets and cakes, melon seeds and dried fruits, etc., which can be described as raw and cooked.

The female disciple set up a copper stove on the side, lit a fire to burn charcoal, put the copper pot on it, and poured the soup. When a few male disciples saw that the table was full of food, they couldn't hold it back, and they didn't appreciate the snow anymore, so they ran over and sat down to eat. The female disciples saw that they were eating sweetly, and they also crowded over to grab food.

Xiao Renyuan picked up the wine jar, slapped open the mud, poured it full for everyone, and shouted in his mouth: "Eat! Eat! The soup is cooked, the taste has been adjusted, and the dish will be served when it is boiled." ！”

Everyone sat around, or chopsticks, or hand-grabbed, unrestrained, laughter endlessly.

The charcoal fire is lightly exploded, the thick soup is churning, in the ice and snow, eating hot and spicy hot pot, drinking the aged champion red, there is a unique charm.

It's strange to say, I usually eat at home, I can't eat so much, and there are always leftovers. When they arrived in the wild, they all seemed to have a great appetite, and they ate happily and happily one by one.

Like Xia Fan, he was originally a rice bucket, and at this time, he was even more alive and vigorous, filling his stomach with the price of chicken, duck and fish; while eating, his eyes were still looking at the pot to see which dish was cooked first.

Li Longyan couldn't see it, and glanced at Yuan Ye, and the two of them frequently toasted Xia Fan, asking him to drink more wine and eat less food.

Several female disciples ate with oil on their mouths, and they didn't care about their image, so they satisfied their appetite first.

Fortunately, there are a lot of dishes brought by everyone, and only half of them are placed on the table.

Half an hour passed, and everyone had a bulging belly, and when they looked at the table again, it was already a mess.

Xia Fan drank two catties of wine, burped, staggered to his feet, looked around, and walked behind a boulder in the distance.

Not far behind the boulder was a mountain stream, very deep. Xiao Renyuan hurriedly said: "Xia Fan, why are you going?"

Xia Fan smiled back and said, "Fang ...... Make it easy. ”

Xiao Renyuan scolded with a smile: "Eighteen years of fine wine, it is a pity that he urinated so quickly!" Seeing him staggering, afraid that he would slip and fall, he chased after him and helped him, and turned around and shouted to the female disciples: "Ladies and gentlemen, find a place by yourself!"

The male disciples laughed, and the female disciples took a sip, but their eyes began to wander around.

After a while, I heard the frightened cries of two people from behind the boulder, as if something terrible had happened.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and when they looked over there, they saw Xia Fan and Xiao Renyuan retreating from the boulder step by step, staring straight behind the stone with their eyes intended.

All the disciples stood up and ran to that side. Xiao Renyuan seemed to remember something, and suddenly turned around and shouted at the female disciples, "Don't come here!"

The female disciples stopped in amazement. The male disciples continued to run over, and when they came to the boulder, they all let out an exclamation.

Two feet behind the boulder, in a deep bush of grass, lay a corpse. The corpse's back was turned upward, it had been completely dissected, the spine had been removed, and the decomposing liver and intestine entrails could be seen inside the body.

The body was blackened and badly decomposed, and it appeared to have been dead for days. In the surrounding grass, there are still some clothing accessories scattered around.

Seeing such a terrible scene, several male disciples couldn't help but run away and vomit on the side. I just ate the food, and I returned it.

The remaining bold few stood on the ground, staring at the corpse's sideways face, which was hideously twisted, with thick eyebrows tightly locked, and mouth wide open, as if there had been some painful struggle.

Looking at the clothes and accessories scattered around, several people glanced at each other, and their eyes showed terrified looks, as if they had seen something.

Suddenly, three or four people shouted out in unison: "This ...... This is Senior Brother Wang Chaoyang!"