Extreme North City, the last city on the outskirts of the Arctic, is full of vastness, desolation and depression. Even in midsummer, the sun only hangs far above the southern horizon, emitting a pale white light.
Here, the sun never rises higher than the mountains, and only moves quietly around the boundless white world.
The storm mixed with frost was as sharp as ice, blowing towards the Far North City, making the town shrouded in ice and snow even more blurry.
"Is this a snowstorm..." Nie Yun wrapped his thick coat tightly in novelty, squinted his eyes and stared at the town hidden in the snowstorm, turned to the carriage behind him and smiled: "Senior Sister , Xiao Xue, we are almost there."
At Nie Yun's suggestion, the three of them just purchased some equipment, rented a black-scaled carriage and drove non-stop towards the far north. In just three days, they arrived at the northernmost city in the entire Daqian.
There are few pedestrians on the official road covered by ice and snow. The people living here have naturally gone back to their homes to avoid the heavy snow. Only a few merchants, rangers, travelers and others who are not sure about the weather are still braving the snow and heading towards the towns ahead. Rush away.
"We're finally here." A lazy female voice came from the carriage. At the same time, a delicate white hand gently opened the curtain, revealing a face that was wrapped in white down and looked even more attractive.
Han Yue's beautiful red phoenix eyes shone slightly, and she looked curiously at the snowflakes dancing around her, which covered the pale sun on the horizon. Xiao Xue also jumped out of the carriage at some point, with the fiery red light above his head. The pretty face lined with a velvet hat looks even fairer. Looking at the white and silent world with an angry look, there is a trace of surprise in the eyes.
"Hey, it's not in vain." Nie Yun looked at the two pairs of beautiful eyes full of novelty, smiled, and then suddenly opened his arms, feeling this transparent pleasure.
A few snowstorms will naturally not have much impact on cultivators in the Rebirth Realm. If we have to make an analogy, it is like ordinary people walking in the pouring summer rain. Whether they run away in embarrassment or reach out for a hug all depends on their mood. So this The white disaster in the sky is more like a strange sight they have never seen before.
"Is this why you let us suffer the cold?" Han Yue looked at Nie Yun, who looked like he was asking for credit, and a smile flashed in his eyes, but his pretty face was slightly stern.
"That's right, ha~" Xiao Xue let out a very cooperative breath and rubbed her hands, but the gas coming out of her mouth condensed into ice crystals in an instant and fell on the carriage floor.
"???You are all people from the Reborn Realm!" Nie Yun opened his eyes slightly and said innocently: "And our carriage is the best, and it can't even get a breath of wind in, right? Why don't you, Senior Sister, come outside? Will you drive the carriage for me for a while?"
"How dare you talk back to senior sister!" Han Yue immediately curled up her two jade fingers and hit Nie Yun on the head.
The imaginary touch did not come, but touched a piece of softness. Han Yue was slightly startled, looked at the thick fur hat on Nie Yun's head, and narrowed her eyes slightly: "You don't wear this on purpose. Hat."
"How is that possible! It's cold, it's really too cold!" Nie Yun's hair stood up slightly, and his senior sister noticed it right away...
"It doesn't matter whether you did it on purpose or not." The corners of Han Yue's mouth slowly curved, and she stretched out two white and slender palms to gently pull Nie Yun's cheeks, stretching them and then pulling them back, stretching them and then pulling them back. Go... Her bright beautiful eyes blinked and she said with a smile: "You won't be so cold here that your whole face will be covered, right?"
Nie Yun covered his pinched cheeks with both hands and said aggrievedly: "I think it's not impossible...
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While they were having fun, the three of them had arrived outside the city. This was an ancient city with a somewhat old appearance and full of traces of time. The black city walls were dotted with white awns, and the slightly blurry city top was okay.
I can vaguely see the three characters "Jibeicheng".
Unlike other cities, the gates of Jibei City are open almost all year round, and there are no soldiers blocking the way to collect entry fees.
After all, this is the far north. If you really turn people away, they may die! In addition, this is a bitter cold place, and merchants are not particularly willing to come. If they charge customs fees, then
But really no one wants to come, and if the merchants don't come... then the people in the city will eat dirt, at least the price of food will increase several times.
The three of them took a brief look at the ancient and vicissitudes of the city wall and then drove inside. Perhaps due to the snowstorm, there were only a few people on the spacious street at this time. There were only a few pedestrians wrapped tightly in their coats and walking in a hurry.
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Now that they have entered the city, Nie Yun and the others naturally will not stand around stupidly. After briefly asking about the nearby inn, they hurried over.
This is a little old inn, but its name is very grand, "Tianya Inn".
The shopkeeper is an old man with half-white hair and a stooped body. He says he is the shopkeeper, but in fact he is the only one in the whole inn.
When Nie Yun and the others came in, the shopkeeper was still concentrating on wiping the old wooden table that had been coated with pulp.
"The shopkeeper's, the shopkeeper's!"
Nie Yun called the old man two or three times before he came back to his senses. When he saw the three guests coming to the door, he straightened up slightly. He put the old rag aside and wiped his cracked hands on the slightly thin cotton pants.
Then he pulled up the corner of his mouth and showed a smile, and a hoarse voice slowly came out from his mouth: "Do you want to be a guest, or do you want to stay in the hotel?"
"Shopkeeper, we have three rooms. Let's get some warm food by the way." Nie Yun smiled and cupped his hands and said: "There is a black scale carriage outside, which is also troublesome for the shopkeeper."
"Okay, your guest will sit down first." Perhaps it was because there has been no business for a long time. The old shopkeeper looked very happy: "I will take your guest's carriage to the stable first and then I will serve you some food."
"Then I'll bother the shopkeeper." Nie Yun naturally had no problem. He smiled and pulled a bench, ready to wipe it for his senior sister and Xiao Xue. But what he didn't expect was that the bench was unexpectedly clean.
Even after wiping it with a white paper towel several times, it was still white and not even a trace of dust came out.
"Haha, the business is not very good, so I have some free time, so I wiped the tables and chairs a little." The old shopkeeper who came back from taking the horse looked at this scene without showing any displeasure. Instead, he smiled and said: "
The little old man will prepare some hot food for the guests. How about hot pot?"
What the old shopkeeper said made Nie Yun a little embarrassed, and he waved his hand quickly: "It's okay, shopkeeper, please slow down."
The old shopkeeper didn't care. He smiled and picked up the towel he had just put aside and hung it on his shoulders. He waved his hand and walked into the kitchen.
There were more than a dozen tables and chairs in the lobby of the inn, but there were only three of them, Nie Yun, and it seemed quite deserted. However, the three of them were happy to be quiet, so they chose a seat closest to the door and sat down.
The warm stove was lit in the inn, which quickly warmed Nie Yun's hands and feet, which were still a little cold, and soon he felt a little warm. It wasn't until Nie Yun took off the thick black velvet hat on his head that he felt much more comfortable.
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Xiao Xue originally saw this little old inn and now
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I felt a little repulsive, but due to the snow and the inconvenience of finding other inns, I reluctantly settled here. Now I suddenly felt that this small inn was not bad, so I took off the velvet hat on my head and stretched out comfortably.
"I didn't expect this small inn to be quite comfortable."
"On the contrary, it's not as noisy as a big inn." Han Yue nodded slightly. She, who always likes to be quiet, was very satisfied with the current scene.
The three chatted for a while, and soon the old shopkeeper brought out a steaming copper pot, and then brought out a stack of thin slices of meat and greeted happily: "Sir, you eat first, if
If it’s not enough, I’ll cut some more for you later.”
"No, no, that's enough for now." Nie Yun looked at the table full of meat slices and waved his hand with a smile: "But the shopkeeper has some vegetarian dishes. After all, just eating meat is a bit boring."
"Ah...this." Unexpectedly, this seemingly simple request actually put the old shopkeeper in trouble. The old shopkeeper shook his head helplessly: "Your guest may not know something, but this vegetarian dish is rare in our northern city.
As for things, I would buy some from merchants during holidays, but at this time, I don’t even have the space to buy them even if I want to.”
"Oh, forget it then, it doesn't matter." Hearing this, Nie Yun waved his hand indifferently. It was just a casual request. Since there are difficulties, he will naturally forget it.
"Hmm..." The old shopkeeper pondered for a moment, seeming hesitant, but finally said: "I still have some pickled sauerkraut here last year. If you really want it, you can give it to your guest for free.
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"It doesn't really matter. We are from out of town and are used to eating vegetarian dishes, so I just mentioned it casually. The shopkeeper shouldn't take it to heart." Nie Yun waved his hand, a little confused.
The old shopkeeper then walked aside with peace of mind and concentrated on wiping the other tables and chairs in the store.
"How far are we from Jibei City?" The three of them chatted while eating hot pot.
"It is estimated that we have to go further north for more than ten miles." Nie Yun closed his eyes and "looked" at the map in his mind: "I guess we have to walk there by ourselves. I think the black-scaled horse can no longer go further north.
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Even though the black-scaled horse itself is a good horse and can withstand the cold, they also wrapped him in a thick cotton coat, but after all, it is not a species that can really survive in this extremely cold weather. It has almost reached this point.
It's the limit.
"Huh..." Xiao Xue opened her red lips slightly and blew on the very thin piece of meat in front of her. She was just about to eat it when she heard Nie Yun say that he had to walk more than ten miles. Suddenly, he lost interest in eating meat and felt deeply.
He sighed deeply: "It's more than ten miles away!"
"Don't come. After all, you are already a person in the Reborn Realm. We are only a dozen miles away." Nie Yun glanced at Xiao Xue with disgust, turned around, picked up a chopstick of beef tendon meat, put it into Han Yue's bowl and said with a smile: "Senior Sister
,this is delicious."
Han Yue gently picked up her chopsticks and ate gracefully. Then her face lit up and she nodded towards Nie Yun with a smile: "Not bad."
"Hehe, the one I recommend must be delicious!" Nie Yun chuckled.
"Give me a taste too!"
"No..."
The old shopkeeper on the side had finished wiping the tables and chairs at some point. He sat quietly at the counter and watched, with a slight curl in the corner of his old mouth.
On an extremely cold snowstorm day, the cold wind howled wantonly, but the house was as warm as spring. Several people were sitting around the boiler, wooden chopsticks flying in their hands, and laughing...
An old wooden door seemed to have become the dividing line between two worlds at some point.