After all, I left Darui before the end of the year. Although I could still vaguely see the city wall of Dingbeiguan when I climbed to the top of the mountain, I still left anyway.

Thinking about it, I have been stumbling in the past six months.

From leaving home in early autumn to now in the dead of winter.

Xu Changsheng took a road that he had never dared to imagine before, and also saw scenery that he had never dared to imagine before.

Along the way, there were laughter, running, and escaping. Most of the time, it seemed like he was running for his life. Thinking of this, Xu Changsheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. During this journey to Dali, he really seemed to be exhausted all the time.

From the first meeting with the Lin family brothers and sisters, to the subsequent trip to Tianwu Palace, I accidentally entered the Broken Secret Realm. Although I was lucky enough to come out alive and get a lot of benefits, in the end I paid for it with my own life. Again

Then I met Hong Nanlan and chased him all the way, running for his life.

But fortunately, he still came out of Darui alive, and he made breakthroughs one after another, and he has such an extremely strong body. Yes, even Xu Changsheng can feel how powerful his body is now, especially the power to attract stars.

After tempering his body and walking along the banks of the river with him talking and laughing, he could clearly feel how powerful his body was.

Not to mention anything else, with my current level of 50% blood exchange, a monk in the Nascent Realm really doesn't have enough punches for me.

As for the middle three realms further up, it’s hard to say.

After all, the famous saying "The Dan is a guest on the mountain, but the ghost under the tree has no fate" is not said in vain.

And once the Taoist cultivator breaks through to Dan's state of mind, he has many methods, not to mention the cloud escape technique alone, which makes Xu Changsheng uncomfortable for a while. Just like Fox Yan Gu just now, if he encounters someone who has not subdued the demon, or that

Xu Changsheng could have escaped without being subdued and subduing the demon.

Xu Changsheng really couldn't catch up with his cloud-escape technique.

But he never expected until his death that Xu Changsheng actually had a magic weapon that was more powerful than that Dao soldier, and even a far more powerful treasure.

And fighting on the great road is all about this "unexpectedness". Whoever has more "unexpectedness" will live well.

"Old Xu, we agreed that I will prepare the New Year's Eve dinner for you today."

The young man who was flipping through a recipe book stood up suddenly, and a hearty laugh interrupted his meditation.

Xu Changsheng warmed his injured right hand and nodded with a smile.

Xue Nan was obviously really happy, and he said loudly and happily: "I will not show off my shame for today's meal, but I know a new way to eat it. I guarantee that you have never eaten it, Old Xu."

"oh?"

Xu Changsheng became interested when he heard that Xue Nan didn't cook. Otherwise, today's New Year's Eve dinner would have been another torture.

Xue Nan put away the menu and said while walking in the heavy snow: "You will definitely like to eat what I am going to make today. And I promise you have never eaten it."

Xu Changsheng stretched out his hands in sleeves and looked at him with a smile.

Xue Nan understood instantly, glanced at him with disdain, and continued: "This thing today is a popular food in Fengzhou and Wuzhou. It's called 'Old Tong Soup', also called 'Hot Pot'. How about it?"

Haven’t you heard of it?”

Xu Changsheng frowned and thought for a while, he really had never heard of it.

"Okay, let me, Chef Xue, show off my skills today, and you, Mr. Xu, can just start with me." Xue Nan waved his hand in a very heroic manner.

Xu Changsheng was also so happy. What could be happier than seeing the people around him happy? If he had to say yes, then he would be happy too.

Xue Nan waved his hand and said, "Heat the pot!"

Then the figure floated up and flew towards the snow forest in the distance.

Xu Changsheng didn't know what he was going to do, so he just did what he needed to do.

He took out the iron pot that he usually used for cooking from the mustard, and took out the grill bought at the market. No matter what, it is better to be on guard. If the food Xue Nan makes is still very "Xue Nan", he will not

As for starving myself on New Year’s Eve.

While waiting for him, Xu Changsheng took out some beef and mutton he bought earlier from the mustard and cut them into small pieces on the chopping board.

I skewered the pieces one by one with iron skewers. As for other barbecue powders, I prepared several large buckets of mustard seeds. After all, you can’t live without these things when traveling around the world.

Just when Xu Changsheng had prepared a lot of barbecue skewers in the heavy snow, Xue Nan returned from the snow in the darkening sky, holding a wild boar that was still moving around in his hand.

It doesn't look like a wild boar either. After all, the hair on its body is standing on end, mixed with scales, and it also has a vaguely evil aura floating around its body.

From a distance, Xue Nan threw the unknown monster towards Xu Changsheng.

The monster was still in the air, so he raised his hand, and the void spiritual power condensed into snowflakes, turning into a snow arrow that shot through the air, passed through the monster's head, and finally landed in front of Xu Changsheng, unable to die.

Die again.

"Old Xu, go and deal with it quickly!"

But when he came over and saw the pile of skewers in front of Xu Changsheng, he understood and said angrily: "Old Xu, I'm telling you, don't believe me, I will let you open your eyes today.

"

Xu Changsheng smiled and nodded repeatedly.

Next, Xue Nan used the water method to attract a large bucket of water and heated it with the fire method for Xu Changsheng to cut and wash the dishes.

Xu Changsheng felt warm in his heart but didn't say anything.

"I just saw a small village at the foot of the mountain with a large vegetable garden. Don't tell me, there is nothing else in the village. There are indeed a lot of vegetables in winter."

As Xue Nan spoke, he took out a bunch of fresh vegetables with soil from the mustard. There were many types of vegetables, such as radishes, Chinese cabbage, lettuce and so on.

Xu Changsheng was cleaning the fur and scales of the monster beast. Just when he was about to speak, Xue Nan seemed to have expected it, "Don't worry, I gave them all the money and even more, but I didn't give too much."

, after all, money moves people’s hearts.”

Xu Changsheng smiled and nodded, "Best!"

After processing these ingredients, the vegetables were cut into large and small pieces and placed on one side. On the other side was the unknown monster meat cut into appropriate sizes.

It was getting late, and the snow was falling heavily and never stopped.

Except for the large area vacated by the two people's formation, the snow in other places had already reached the knees.

Xu Changsheng was not good at making fires. After setting up the boiler, Xue Nan smiled and picked up a spell, and the fire underneath burst into flames.

The firelight illuminated their faces, dispersing the darkness and adding a touch of warmth to the snow-covered hills.

Thousands of lights gradually lit up in the small town at the foot of the mountain, twinkling in the night. There were still some lights in the distance, perhaps the village in the mountains. The flames were rising around him, and Xu Changsheng warmed himself by the fire with his hands in his sleeves.

This mountain top looks like fireworks in the world.

Looking at his friend opposite who was constantly mixing the hot pot, Xu Changsheng didn't feel lonely even in this far away place from his hometown.

I looked up at the dark night. There was no moon in sight, and I felt like something was missing.

"It's time to eat!"

Xue Nan suddenly shouted, then bit his chopsticks in his mouth and said vaguely: "Old Xu, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and serve the food."

As he spoke, he kept picking up the vegetables and meat and pouring them into the big pot.

"This meat needs to be cooked longer, but this dish will be better if you put it in and rinse it for a while. If it takes a long time, it won't taste good."

Xue Nan explained.

Xu Changsheng followed suit and put in some food.

Water vapor is constantly rising from the pot, and even if you are only separated by a large pot, you will feel a little blurry when you look at it.

Not long after, Xue Nan picked up a vegetable leaf from the pot, ate it in a few mouthfuls, and said while sighing: "Okay, Old Xu, you can start eating."

Xu Changsheng laughed and threw over a pot of wine and picked up a vegetable leaf.

As soon as it entered his mouth, Xu Changsheng's eyes lit up. He had to say that this way of eating was really good. The spicy flavor at the bottom of the pot burst into his mouth, whetting his appetite.

"Come on, Lao Xu, let's go!"

"okay!"

The fire was filled with light and steam, and heavy snow and goose feathers were falling.

Their wine bottles touched each other.

Xu Changsheng didn't hold it back this time, and drank a lot. Just as he swallowed the drink, fireworks were set off in time in the town below the mountain.

The two of them were at a very high place, not even as high as the fireworks, but they just exploded at the bottom of the mountain.

"Nan, it's Chinese New Year."

Xue Nan took a nice sip of wine and meat, and said vaguely: "Yes, it's Chinese New Year."

After I finished speaking, I seemed to have thought of something.

"Ever since my dad passed away, I haven't celebrated the New Year with anyone else for a long time."

Xue Nan smiled bitterly.

Xu Changsheng nodded, saying that he was actually better off, at least every New Year's Eve, Aunt He would call him over for various reasons to have a New Year's Eve dinner.

Thinking of this, I don’t know how Aunt He is doing. She must be very unaccustomed to leaving her at home alone during the Chinese New Year this year. I’d better travel early and go back to accompany Auntie after the trip. After all, she is also old, so it’s better to leave her alone.

Things are not going well at home either.

Xu Changsheng scratched his head and asked, "Nan, what are you going to do in the north?"

A question he had always wanted to ask but hadn't. He always knew that Xue Nan was going to the north and that the place he was going to was not far from Xiong Youfu's Broken Army Gate, but he didn't know what he was going to do.
To be continued...