In the deep mountains and old forests, the mountains are covered with heavy snow and the wild animals have disappeared. However, there are two people walking slowly in the forest, leaving a row of shallow footprints in the pure white snow.

One of the two looked like a child, carrying a large package on his back. He seemed to be struggling to walk. He was already sweating profusely and struggling to walk even after taking a few steps.

The other person looked to be in his twenties, wearing a Taoist robe, carrying a brand new peach wood sword on his back, and holding a wine gourd in his hand. He looked very comfortable.

These two people were Lu Yangsheng and Jiang Guining.

It has been two full days since the two left Luoxian Town. During these two days, due to the heavy snowfall, the two people's footsteps were twice as slow. This made it only take one day to travel on weekdays. Today

It was only then that they arrived. Fortunately, the families in the small town took this situation into consideration when they reached this mountain road and set up some more small wooden sheds along the road for emergency use. This prevented the two of them from sleeping in the wilderness for the first two days.

Starving and freezing in the heavy snow.

Jiang Guining seemed to notice the change in Lu Yangsheng's breathing, so she turned to him and said, "How are you, junior brother, can you still hold on for a while?"

Lu Yangsheng adjusted his breathing, and the spiritual energy in his body stagnated, but he was quickly stabilized. However, even if he reacted quickly enough, his footsteps still sunk into the snow nearly half a foot deep. However, with this adjustment, Lu Yangsheng

Finally got a chance to speak.

He puffed away the white smoke and said, "Senior brother, I still have some spiritual energy in my body, so I should be able to walk for a while."

Jiang Guining nodded, then took out a piece of animal skin, looked at it and said, "Then let's keep walking. According to the map you took out, there is a small cabin one mile away where we can rest.

, when you get there, you can make some adjustments."

Lu Yangsheng nodded, and then gently lifted his feet that were stuck in the snow. When they landed on the snow again, there were still shallow footprints left behind.

On the first day when the two of them walked out of the town, it was actually not like this. At that time, Jiang Guining was walking on the soft snow, and there were still big snow pits with each step. When they were not far from the town, it was actually nothing.

After all, people in the small town usually come and go, and they walk on a wide road. Now, even though it is buried in heavy snow, there is still no problem in walking, but later it becomes difficult after entering the mountains.

The mountain road is already bumpy and difficult. Even when it's not snowing, you may fall down accidentally. Now that it's snowing heavily and you can't see the road, it's even more dangerous. Therefore, Lu Yangsheng needs to use a hiking stick to explore the path every step he takes.

, only then dared to settle down, which greatly reduced the walking speed.

Jiang Guining didn't care about this at first. He stepped on the footprints made by Lu Yangsheng and was not in a hurry. He just followed slowly, without urging or talking. He would drink wine from time to time and follow suit.

Taking a piece of dried meat prepared by Li Rou for them from Lu Yangsheng's pocket was a pleasant feeling. He didn't look like a traveler on a long trip to the mountains, but more like a tourist who came to enjoy the scenery while walking in the snow.

Therefore, the two walked very slowly on the first day and almost failed to reach the small wooden shed recorded on the map.

On the second day, the two of them walked normally as on the first day. It wasn't until Lu Yangsheng accidentally almost rolled off the cliff that Jiang Guining gave him a hand and taught him a trick to walk in the snow.

A little magic for walking on the ground. From then on, the two of them walked much faster.

It's just that Lu Yangsheng's spiritual energy is limited. Every time he uses up his spiritual energy, he has to walk on the ground in the snow. Secondly, he has just come into contact with this type of spell and is not yet proficient in operating it. There will be mistakes from time to time, so even if the speed increases,

, but the improvement is still limited. This means that the two people can only arrive at the cabin that they should have arrived at today.

However, after two days of non-stop mobilizing the spiritual energy in his body, Lu Yangsheng now not only has a completely stable state, but has also become much more proficient in mobilizing spiritual energy. Although I don’t know how different it is from the Hidden Source Realm in the outside world, I think it won’t be too big.

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Lu Yangsheng and Jiang Guining continued on their way after a brief adjustment. However, because Lu Yangsheng was about to run out of spiritual energy, they walked a little slower. It was not until it was getting dark that they vaguely saw a small wooden house with a light on it.

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Seeing people smoking, not only Jiang Guining, but also Lu Yangsheng became much happier, and his speed suddenly increased.

When they arrived at the wooden house, it was Jiang Guining who knocked on the door. The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He first looked Jiang Guining up and down, then tilted his head and looked at him who was following him.

Lu Yangsheng, who was behind him, then said in a slightly wary tone: "Which family are you descendants from? Why haven't you seen them before? And the mountains have been closed by heavy snow. Why are you selling medicinal materials at this time?"

Seeing that the man seemed a little wary, Jiang Guining coughed, slapped the old man with a slap in the face, and then said with a smile: "Old man, we are not here to sell medicinal materials. We just have something to do, so we want to come here."

I'll stay here for one night and I'll leave tomorrow."

As soon as the old man heard that he was not selling medicinal materials, he closed the shop without saying a word.

Jiang Guining didn't expect the old man to do this, so she quickly picked up the door frame and refused to let him close the door.

The old man became a little angry and said angrily: "Young students, this is for the medicine sellers to rest, not for you. You'd better leave as soon as possible."

Jiang Guining stuck her butt out and pulled the doorframe hard and said, "It's getting dark soon. Where do you want us to stay in this icy and snowy world?"

The old man was furious, and he said angrily: "Who asked you to come out of the mountain at this time? Besides, except for the medicine sellers of the big family, who allowed you to go out of the mountain privately? Ignoring the teachings of our ancestors, you deserve to freeze to death."

The old man wanted to close the door, but Jiang Guining refused to let it go. Neither of them wanted to let go, so the stalemate continued.

Lu Yangsheng looked helplessly from behind. He sighed, took out a small wooden sign from the package and said, "Uncle, this is a token given to me by the clan leader, saying that I can stay in a wooden house on the way."

The old man stopped exerting force after seeing the token, but Jiang Guining was still sticking out her butt and exerting force. The old man could only blow his beard and glare at him and said: "Young man, if you don't let go, if you pull the door down again, you will be pulled by the old man."

Broken in half."

Only then did Jiang Guining react and retracted his hand angrily.

The old man took the wooden sign from Lu Yangsheng's hand, looked at it several times and said: "It is indeed a token of the Li family. Come in, young man. But we have agreed in advance that when the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, there will not be much food here, so

I can’t let you eat as much as before, and secondly, you are not medicine sellers, so you can’t stay too long, do you understand?”

Lu Yangsheng nodded and said, "I understand."

Then the old man made way for the two of them to enter the house.

The wooden house didn't look big, but there were four rooms inside, one of which had a closed door. It must have been the room where the old man lived. There was a cough from time to time inside, as if there was a patient at home.

As soon as they entered the house, they heard a hoarse woman's voice: "Honey, is there someone coming from the town?"

After hearing this, the old man shouted into the room: "Two young men came to the town and they are going to go out to the mountains. You can rest and I will entertain them."

The woman shouted again: "Honey, which family are you from? Is it the master's family? Can you ask about our son?"

The old man said in a low voice: "I'm not from the master's family, so I can't ask about our son. And I've told you how many times, the master is kind and our son is smart, so nothing will happen to me. Besides, I

Didn’t I promise you? When spring comes next year, I will take you back to the town, and then you can see your son with your own eyes."

After hearing what the old man said, there was no movement in the house.

When the old man spoke, his tone was a little trembling. Lu Yangsheng noticed it, but he didn't care. Not to mention Jiang Guining, he didn't care about these things.

Next, the old man built a brazier in the house, and then said to Jiang Guining and Lu Yangsheng: "It stands to reason that today is the winter solstice. It would be kind of me to make a meal of dumplings for you two. But in this world of ice and snow, I don't know when.

Before I can go back to the town, I have to save this food, so I can only make some gruel for you two to drink to warm up. Don't think this is because the old man is stingy, there is really nothing you can do about it."

After hearing this, Jiang Guining immediately poked Lu Yangsheng and said, "Junior brother, where are the things your sister Rou prepared for you? It's already today, you should be able to eat it, right?"

Lu Yangsheng glanced at him, his eyes full of helplessness. He had no choice but to take out a small package from the package and said: "Uncle, there is no need to make porridge for us. I still have some food here, just borrow the pot."

When he heard that he no longer had to bring out the food himself, the old man naturally had no objection. He pointed to Lu Yangsheng where the kitchen was and told him to help himself.

Lu Yangsheng first thanked the old man, then told Jiang Guining to wait a while, and then began to take care of himself.

After Lu Yangsheng left, only Jiang Guining and the old man were left in the house. The old man was not good at words, so he didn't say anything, but Jiang Guining couldn't. He first raised the wine gourd and said: "Old man,

Do you want a bite?"

The old man looked at the wine gourd, then shook his head and said, "No, I don't like drinking."

Jiang Guining said with some regret, "That's such a pity."

After he finished speaking, he took care of himself and took a sip of wine.

After drinking, he saw that the old man still didn't speak. It seemed that he was not interested in being alone, so he asked again: "What is your name, old man? This wooden house looks quite big. There must be a lot of people in your family, right? Why are you here?"

Live here."

The old man glanced at him, but he didn't find him annoying. Instead, he said in a dull voice: "Old man, my name is Feng Shougu. There are five people in my family, but the only ones here are me and my wife. And here is

It’s for the medicine seller, and I’m just a janitor, so this is not my home, my home is in the town.”,

After Jiang Guining heard this, he immediately became interested. He put away the wine gourd and said, "So, father-in-law, you are only staying here temporarily? When can you go back?"

Feng Shougu fiddled with the charcoal in the brazier and said: "I am just a family member, and it is up to the master's family to decide when to go back. However, my wife accidentally fell ill a few days ago, so I plan to tell the master's family.

, when the weather gets warmer, I will take my wife back to see a doctor. I will tell her then that I will not come. After all, I am not young anymore, and my son and grandson are all in the town, so I have to worry about being far away."

Jiang Guining asked curiously: "A child is born in the family? Then you can only listen to the master's family? Which family is your master's family? Can you agree?"

Feng Shougu glanced at him and said: "Our master's family is the Feng family. They are famous for their righteousness. I am also an old man in the family. As long as I speak, my master's family will agree."

Jiang Guining also wanted to say that Lu Yangsheng had already come out with two bowls of dumplings, which Li Rou had frozen for them overnight so that Lu Yangsheng could eat a bowl of dumplings on the Winter Solstice.

Lu Yangsheng handed Jiang Guining a bowl, and Jiang Guining ate it without saying a word, and then he handed another bowl to Feng Shougu.

"Uncle, would you like to eat some too?"

Feng Shougu took one look, shook his head and said, "No, I've eaten. I'm not hungry."

Lu Yangsheng looked at the room again and said, "Then do you want to ask my aunt?"

Feng Shougu still shook his head and refused: "She has eaten too, and she is sick and can't eat."

Then he said to himself: "Yes, I'm just sick."

Lu Yangsheng was a little confused by his incomprehensible words, but since they met by chance, he had no intention of asking further. Seeing that he didn't want to eat, he started eating by himself.

Li Chengyuan explained that the people in the wooden houses along the way were all sons of several big families, so Lu Yangsheng didn't need to be too polite to them. So Lu Yangsheng was just being polite out of politeness, but since they didn't want to eat, there was nothing they could do.

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Chapter completed!