In the eighth year of the grassland, the grass had withered and yellowed, Fang Xiao went to Qingcheng Mountain to worship and returned as in previous years, and there was a big hail on the grassland that had not been encountered in a hundred years, and Fang Xiao was still on the way to Cuola Lake at this time. The hailstorm instantly changed the color of the entire grassland, and the thumb-sized hailstone spread a thick layer on the ground. There were countless casualties among people and animals on the grassland, and nearly 20 of Basang's sheep also died in this hailstorm, and almost all of the rest were injured to varying degrees. Then now everyone is most worried about Fang Xiao, and he is just in time for this hailstorm.

Three days later, Fang Xiaohui came, and when he came back, he didn't look unusual, just a little tired. Everyone's hanging hearts were also relaxed, Fang Xiao fell asleep early that night, and didn't get up late the next day. Fang Xiao taught him to keep a knife and a set of grappling hands before leaving, during which he practiced every day, and Fang Xiao wanted the master to see his results when he came back and left a knife. Seeing that Fang Xiao hadn't gotten up yet, he felt strange, Tashi saw Liuyi and walked over, "What do you think of your master?" He should be suffering from the wind and cold, let him sleep more!"

A person with deep internal strength like Fang Xiao generally does not suffer from the cold, but after all, the years are unforgiving, and he is still traveling a long way in his eighties, and this time he caught up with the big hail, and it is reasonable to suffer from the wind and cold.

"Then I'll go and decoct the medicine for the master. ”

When he finished decocting the medicine, Fang Xiao still didn't wake up, left a knife and carried the medicine into the tent, and saw that Fang Xiao's eyes were slightly closed, so he called softly: "Master, the apprentice has decocted the medicine for you, I'll feed you some drink." ”

Fang Xiao slowly opened his eyes, "I feel that the time limit has arrived, and I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this catastrophe." ”

"Master's martial arts are world-famous, this is just a little wind and cold, it will be fine, it will get better in a while, and the apprentice is still waiting for you to guide me in martial arts." ”

"Destiny is hard to do, everything has a certainty. After saying that, he closed his eyes again.

Tashi tugged at the corner of his shirt and motioned for him to go out and talk. Outside the tent, Tashi said, "Your master is also too old, and with such bad weather, I don't think ordinary herbs can be effective. ”

"Grandpa Tashi, where can I find good medicine that can cure my master's illness?"

"There are them, but they may not be able to find them, and the road is difficult and dangerous, which is very bearable for people, and if you don't do it, you will take your life. ”

Without hesitation, he hurriedly asked, "Then what does this medicine look like, and where can I find it?"

"Have you thought about it and really decided to go?"

"For the sake of the master, I also have to break through the sword mountain and the sea of fire. ”

"Well, on the highest snow-capped mountain, there is a flower of Chagosuba, also called Snow Lotus, which has the effect of reviving the dead. ”

It didn't delay much to leave a knife, and when the route was cleared, he immediately prepared his horse and set off.

Tashi also prepared some dried meat and water, handed it to Liuyidao, and told him to be careful along the way.

Originally, it would take seven or eight days to travel, but I left a knife to ride on the wind and rode fast along the way, and I arrived at the foot of the mountain in five days. When I looked up, I saw that the entire mountain was covered in snow, and the top of the mountain was partly reaching into the clouds. Leaving a knife below the snow line, he dismounted, touched the head of the chasing wind and motioned for him to wait here, took off the package and walked up the mountain.

The higher you climb, the more difficult it becomes, but in fact there is no road at all, only one foot deep and one shallow foot to move up the mountain. Where you encounter a nest of wind, you have to avoid a snow nest, and if you step on the air, you may be buried forever underneath. It was only when it was dark that I climbed halfway up the mountain, and the weather on the mountain was bad, and it was inconvenient to hurry forward at night, so I decided to eat something and rest for the night, and then go up again when it was dawn. Looking around, I noticed a rock behind a shelter from the wind.

Leave a knife and sit down on the spot behind the rock, open the package and take out the jerky and water, see that the water in the water bladder has been frozen into ice lumps, put the mat and throw it back, grab a handful of snow and stuff it into his mouth, a mouthful of dried meat and a mouthful of snow.

The nights on the mountain were much colder than the day, and I was sweating when I climbed the mountain, but now when I rested, the mountain wind blew, and I felt like I was sticking to a piece of ice on my back. It was just like this when he was tossed by the Nine Phantom Centipedes before leaving a knife, and he would definitely freeze to death here after a long time, and hurriedly crossed his legs to resist the cold, and after a while, his body was covered with a layer of white gas.

Time passed little by little, and suddenly I felt something fleshy on the back of my hand, and I woke up suddenly. I saw a snow-white, about the size of a finger of the insect attached to the back of the hand, this insect is called snow silkworm, there is a living creature nearby, it comes out to suck blood, when there is no living creature in a long-term hibernation state.

Devouring the blood silkworm can help to improve the internal force, but also highly toxic, after being sucked by the snow silkworm, it will paralyze people's nerves, so that people slowly fall asleep, and if they fall asleep on this snowy mountain, they will never wake up, leaving a knife Fortunately, there are nine ghost centipedes in the body that are not poisonous, he can sense that the snow silkworm is poisonous, but he does not know the effect of the snow silkworm, just casually to the side. Seeing that the sky was gradually brightening, I was worried about the master, packed up my baggage and got up again.

At noon, we come around to a steep corner of the mountain, which is the part of the mountain that protrudes outward, which belongs to the windward side, and there is not much snow, and rocks are exposed in some places.

Suddenly, he found that there seemed to be a person squatting in front of him, and he couldn't see clearly in the wind and snow at this time. I tried to take a few more steps forward, and this time I saw clearly, it was indeed a man sitting there, with a sword on his back, leaning against the rock.

Seeing that he didn't move, he wanted to wait and see, so he took two steps back and squatted down to watch what happened. If you really can't do it, change your path, it's best not to contact people in this kind of place to avoid unnecessary trouble, which is also a habit that has been slowly developed over the years, and you can't be reckless in case of trouble.

But after waiting for a while, it felt that something was wrong, and the person in front of him did not move, as if he was asleep. Leaving a knife, he slowly walked forward, and when he came to see that this person was in his thirties, his face was not doing anything on this snowy mountain, but he knew that he had been dead for a long time by looking at his clothes. There are still a few snow silkworms in the exposed part of the body, and they squirm twice when they get closer.

Looking forward along this person, two or three zhang away in front of him, there was a snow lotus standing in the crack of the rock, and the emperor lived up to his wishes and immediately stepped forward to pick it. Walking back and seeing the person leaning on the ground, it seems that he is also the senior who came to pick the snow lotus, leaving a knife and putting his hands together and saying: "Thank you seniors for your advice, this snow lotus was originally discovered by the seniors first, but the juniors are really for the purpose of saving people, and I ask the seniors to understand." ”

Leave a knife to see that this is a Han person, the Tibetan people pay attention to sky burial, but the Han people are taboo to expose the corpse outside, thought about it and said: "The predecessors have suffered here all these years, and the younger generation will make the decision to let you go into the ground." ”

Just as he was about to carry the corpse down the mountain for burial, the sword on the corpse's back fell to him. Pick up the sword with a knife and look at it, the end of the hilt is engraved with the word "ice". Could it be that this is the legendary Cold Ice Sword? No, this corpse is Xue Qiuhan, who was as famous as his master back then? When he suddenly disappeared, he was looking for Xue Lian here, and it seemed that his master and Mo Yunyun had misunderstood him.

Leave a knife to look at this peerless divine soldier very much, he is not an old-fashioned person, and said to Xue Qiuhan's corpse: "Since the seniors intend to give the sword, and the juniors have a blood feud, it is better to be respectful than to obey." The seniors came here for the snow lotus, but they never thought that they would be buried here, and when I returned to the Central Plains, I would definitely go to Mo Yunyun's tomb to explain the matter to the seniors. ”

Leave a knife and put the snow lotus, insert the cold ice sword into his waist, pick up Xue Qiuhan's body and walk down the mountain.

When I got to the bottom of the mountain, I saw that I didn't go far after chasing the wind, and I had been grazing near here, and when I saw that I was leaving a knife down, I went up. It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, and this is still carrying a corpse, leaving a knife so tired that it is paralyzed on the ground. This time, I found Snow Lotus so smoothly, and I also got a sword, and I was in a good mood. Pulling out the cold ice sword, this sword is about three feet long, as thin as a cicada's wings, but it is slightly heavier than an ordinary sword, and you can feel the slightest chill under the sunlight, it is really a sword.

After a short pause, he got up with a knife, built a tomb for Xue Qiuhan with stones, and found a slightly flat stone, ready to carve another tablet, and the cold ice sword carved Xue Qiuhan's tomb on this stone like cutting tofu.

After doing all this, he left a knife and kowtowed to the tomb three times, and did not rest, but rode back to chase the wind.