In the small town on the mountainside, behind a vertical ink screen, the stove was boiling rice wine, and Janaer put two tangerines in it and began a short wait. Sitting on a small table nearby was the mother star dragon. He still had a book on his waist, the cover was yellowed and torn, but what was recorded inside was his most precious theory and the truth of the wilderness.
"We alone are not enough to take them out."
"No way, it's the college's decision."
Hu Bugui informed his mother Star Dragon and asked him and Ganar to take Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang out for some fresh air so that they wouldn't worry about the way up the mountain every day. At the same time, he also tried to slow them down. They made too much noise this time and it was said that it had hurt the students at the foot of the mountain. Although they were the key training targets, they couldn't ruin the future of the hundred people because of them.
The academy emphasizes common development. Although Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang have no intention, this is obviously not acceptable! However, only Mother Star Dragon and Ganar are obviously not enough. The last time Xia Xiao went to the East China Sea, there were five teachers traveling with him, all of whom were powerful masters of the Zun Realm. This time, five was reduced to three, which reduced more than half of the safety.
"Can I ask again?"
Kanar used a bowl to hold the wine. Even if she was drunk, she didn't think that she and the mother star dragon could resist the unknown forces in the dark. They were bad for Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang. If they appeared, they would probably not be able to stop them even if they died. But the mother star dragon shook her head, her face full of difficulty. If the wine in the bowl was not hot, she would have to drink it all in one gulp to feel satisfied.
"I asked for instructions, but the senior didn't agree. It seems that he has something to hide."
"There's something fishy going on."
After Janar finished speaking, she started to drink the wine, which was particularly comfortable with the side dishes on the table.
"There are no students here, why are you so reserved?"
Kanar and Muxinglong were from the same class, and although they rarely drank together, she knew his character. If it were usual, he would definitely roll up his sleeves and eat meat, but he was just drinking now, and it was obvious that he had something on his mind.
"There's something I don't know how to tell you."
"Just tell me."
"You have to prepare yourself mentally in advance."
"I'm really curious, what could be the thing about me that's worth you hiding like this?"
The mother star dragon shook her head.
"This is a good thing, because we can meet old friends who have passed away, and it can also give Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang some experience. But you will be sad to hear about this."
"Gong Qingge has been found?"
Without stopping to lift the bowl, Jana'er drank the hot wine. The wine was too hot, burning her throat and stomach, causing her to shed a few tears, but the tears fell into the bowl, and the mother star dragon did not notice. He knew Jana had let go of this man a long time ago, but in all these years, he had only seen her love one person, and now that she suddenly mentioned it, it was inevitable that she was sad. But he did not expect Jana to be so calm, it seemed that he was overthinking.
"Yes! Senior means that we should take Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang with us to the ice field."
"It's so far away, and you don't even send us more people. Aren't you afraid that we and the two seedlings won't be able to return?"
"I'm afraid we are the academy's barb to lure out the people hiding in the shadows, but I'm not sure."
"It is indeed possible, but I don't say it because I'm afraid it will be leaked."
Their staying in the college means they have absolute trust in the college and it will not ignore them.
"Whether it's true or not, I will prepare in advance. I will prepare some wood, fire, and water three-line talisman formations. Even if we encounter trouble, we can stop it and Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang can survive."
Before they set out, the mother star dragon had already thought of death, but Jianaer agreed. The senior personally trained Ah Zhu and handed Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang to them, so they used their lives to protect them and live up to the senior's trust.
After drinking two more bowls of wine, the mother star dragon stood up.
"I went."
Kanar said thank you for your hard work and continued to drink. He looked at the plate of meat and a pile of beans on the table and couldn't help laughing. It was not because of Gong Qingge, nor was it as profound as facing death with a fearless attitude, but because she didn't prepare chopsticks for the mother star dragon. No wonder he didn't pick up the meat. But he was in such a heavy mood that even if the meat was so delicious, it would lose its taste.
Thinking of Gong Qingge, it has been several decades. How have I aged over these years?
Putting down the wine, Janaer hurriedly walked out of the screen and walked to the mirror. She was radiant and rosy after drinking, but she had lost her youthful vitality. The marionette lines and nasolabial folds were like scars engraved on her face, mocking her old age and ugliness.
Really old, so old!
Janar murmured over and over again, the image of herself in the mirror becoming increasingly blurred, and finally turning into a sky full of wind and snow.
There are many places in the world that will always keep the same color. The wild beast tail horns in the extreme south of the wilderness are like autumn all year round. The new grass on the dry plains only grows at the roots, rarely adding a trace of vitality to the withered yellow color. It is always bleak and lifeless, but the ice field is even more arrogant than it!
There was not even any grass on the ice field, only a white snowstorm, drifting all over the sky, howling with the loneliness of death, clamoring for the life that came to conquer it. Whoever came here would be buried here.
There are also settlements on the edge of the ice sheet, where the natives live with the wind and snow, but they can never conquer this frozen land. They just go along with it, indulge it, and can't change it. It's like a man with a soft personality, meeting a cold and beautiful woman, there is nothing he can do.
Xia Xiao and his three companions came to this land, and like countless others before them, they were destined to be unable to conquer it. They could only keep moving forward, toward their goal.
"Senior, how big is the ice field?"
“Very big.”
"Why is the ice field on the map less than one-fifth of Daxia's?"
Regarding the ice field, Xia Xiao had the same confusion as when he first saw rouge. He didn't know why there was so much red, just like he didn't know the true area of the ice field at this moment.
In the snow, the mother star dragon wrapped herself in a thick cotton coat, looked at the vast white front, and said in the biting cold wind:
"The ice sheet is connected to the sea. It is as big as the North Sea. But no one has been to the North Sea, so no one knows the end of the ice sheet."
In the heavy snow and strong wind, Xia Xiao and the other three wrapped themselves up like polar bears. But in this environment, they still felt cold, as if they would be frozen into ice sculptures and shattered at the touch if they were not careful. The wind slowed their steps slightly. Xia Xiao took off his coat and tied it to Shu Shuang. Then his eyes lit up with a hint of blue, and he controlled the wind and snow around his body.
From now on, no matter what the situation is, Xia Xiao can adapt to it as long as he is a little familiar with it, provided that the five elements are complete.
The snow on the ground was as dry as sand, and when it blew, it hit their faces and hurt them. They held up their energy like a shield and continued to move forward. The four people in the ice field would not give up halfway. They were ready for a long battle. Although the goal was not at the end, it was very far away.
Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang came here for the first time, and they were extremely cautious. Even though the former could control the ice, which belonged to the water element, he was still afraid. He and Shu Shuang had suffered too many losses in the extremely cold storm. It is said that every failure makes a wiser person, so they should not do anything stupid this time. However, things did not go as they wished. As they were groping in the snow on the ice field, someone broke free from the darkness and wanted to bite them hard.
From a bird's eye view, the four of them were like a snowflake in the vast snowy icy plain, incredibly small, but still locked in. Ever since they left the academy, a disaster was about to happen.