It is not yet spring, and in this season, the days of the Winter Ice Field are very short, and most of the time of the day is spent in the dark night.And the worst thing is that the blizzard is still raging on this continent composed of ice and snow, and the thin and dense ice slag falls violently like a storm, which is so fascinating that people can't open their eyes.
A big foot bound with elk leather and wearing special leather shoes left a deep impression on the thick snow.
"It's really lucky, the damn snow just passed my ankles. The young man lifted his foot stuck in the snow, he bent down and stretched his hand into the mark, and gestured, "If Blizzard doesn't Stop, that would be fatal. "
"It's such a time, can you be more serious!" He took out a curved sharp knife from behind him, and stared seriously at the pair of green glowing eyes in front, "The way that beast looks at you now! It’s no different than looking at a good piece of raw meat.”
"Then you give me a hand! I can't go up!" the young man complained, "Damn it! My newly made shoes are all wet!"
"Calm down, calm down, and imagine that you can float on the water." The man stretched out his strong arms, and pulled up the person who was trapped in the snow beside him.
"Xuethorn, can you stop thinking of me as a child who doesn't understand anything? Walking on snow is a natural ability of us winter people." He walked away with the snow leopard showing its teeth and claws, which was quite different from before. This time he didn't get stuck in the deep snow again.
Not only that, but what is even more amazing is that the place where the young man walked left only a very shallow mark, which is so shallow that it will be covered by the newly fallen snow in the blink of an eye.
"Don't be careless, Han. Careless people will sleep forever in the ice and snow." Almost the moment he finished speaking, Snow Thorn also moved, and he jumped over the young man next to him, holding a scimitar, and rushed towards the snow leopard.
"Hey! Don't snatch my prey! I'm going to use this beast to ask brother for merit!" The young man named Han also ran on the snow. Although his mouth was awkward, his cooperation with Xuethorn was actually Already proficient, the two of them can make the most perfect cooperation without even communicating.
This is not surprising, after all these basic hunting skills were given to Han by Xuethorn.
When Xuethorn was entangled with that ferocious snow leopard, Han had already circled behind the snow leopard,
The weather in the Winter Ice Field is extremely cold, and it is now night, so cold that dripping water turns into ice.
It didn't take long for the water flow from Han's palm to form a sharp ice ridge. He jumped up with the icicle facing down, aimed at the snow leopard's back, and pressed down hard.
A painful roar.
Almost the entire ice edge was sent into the snow leopard's flesh by Han.
Snowthorn took a small step back, and the snow leopard began to struggle desperately. It wanted to throw off the young man who stepped on it, but the ice edge had already pierced its abdomen. The more it struggled, the more blood it bled. many.
In this harsh ice field, massive blood loss can only lead to death.
After about half a stick of incense, the snow leopard finally exhausted all its strength, and its scarlet blood flowed along the ice edge to the white snow.
Bang!It fell to the ground motionless.
"Really! The blood is still hot." The young man pulled the ice edge tightly stuck to his palm from the snow leopard's body, and the scalding blood spurted out all at once.
Almost subconsciously, like a gluttonous child, Han sticks out his tongue, wanting to lick the blood dripping from the ice edge.
However, before he could lick it, his movements were quickly stopped by the man beside him.
"The young patriarch said that it is easy to change these barbaric habits of yours." Xueci squeezed the young man's wrist with a serious expression, "Don't be raised by wolves for a few years and forget your identity."
"What's wrong with the wolf?" Han suddenly frowned, "Which one of us in Dongdong doesn't respect wolves."
"These are two different things! Don't make trouble for no reason." Xuethorn walked over, took the young man's hand and directly broke the ice in the opponent's palm, and then carried the snow leopard that was as heavy as two grown men on his shoulders, "Hurry back Don't let the young people wait too long."
"I will use my elder brother to overwhelm me!" Han unconvincedly clenched his fists against Xue Thorn's back, and then walked up reluctantly.
"An Luoda! Come and take over!" Back to the tribe.Han waved his arms at a tall, fat man not far away.
"Bless the wolf king! You have hunted such a big snow leopard back! It's really hard work." An Luoda walked over with a swollen stomach, "It seems that we can have a good meal tonight. ah!"
"An Luoda, divide this snow leopard up soon! I want this snow leopard skin! Make a blanket for my brother!" Han beside him rubbed his hands excitedly, "By the way, An Luoda, my brother is back Yet?"
"I just came back for a while, but just now it seems that the young patriarch led Binghua and went out to patrol again."
"That's it." Han was a little disappointed.
An Luoda squatted down. Unexpectedly, his hands were very flexible, and his big belly didn't affect his movement of pulling out the dagger to cut the snow leopard's flesh.
The dagger swung quickly in his hand. From the eyes of others, it seemed that separating the flesh was as easy as cutting cloth, but in fact it was a very difficult job.
When Han and the others dragged the snow leopard back, a period of time had passed, and the blood around the snow leopard's fatal wound had already frozen into ice.
An Luoda's disembowelling speed must be fast, if it is slow, these fresh pieces of meat will freeze extremely hard very quickly.
It is so hard that even a dagger cannot be sent in.
"An Luoda, your method of dividing the meat is the best in the cold winter." It was not the first time we met, but Xuethorn still couldn't help but sigh beside him.
"Hey, what makes perfect." An Luoda laughed a few times, he had cut too many pieces of flesh, and the whole tribe's prey had to pass through his hands.However, you must know that in the cold winter, all kinds of meat are almost the only food for them, and that is a very surprising amount.
"This leopard is enough for ten people to eat together." Whether it is a snow leopard, snow fox, snow rabbit, or a terrifying snow bear, An Luoda clearly knows where every bone in their bodies is, he knows Where can I get the most perfect fur like a knife.
At this time, he was already cleaning the blood stains on the flesh, and soon a clean snow leopard skin was peeled off, "The fur belongs to you, go to the fire to dry it."
Han grinned, took the snow-white fur and ran away without a trace.
"It's still like a child." Xuethorn shook his head helplessly.
"Han Cai is a little older, I'm not as good as him at this age! Don't be so strict, it won't please the girls." An Luoda took the time to raise his head and began to preach as if he had experienced it.
Xue Li's ears were a little red, he was a layman in matters of men and women, he coughed a few times in embarrassment, "I have dedicated my life to the wolf king."
"The wolf king can give you faith, but a woman can make you boil."
Hearing these words, Xuethorn felt very uncomfortable. He is a standard cold winter man with a smelly and tough personality. To him, that kind of romantic sex is like looking at flowers in water, and he can't even touch the shadow.
Not to mention that Lindong's women are as strong and capable as men, just hunting enough prey for the tribe every day has left him no time to think about these things.
Snowthorn has never left the Winter Icefield, and none of the tribe has left here.Staying forever in this world made of ice and snow has become their unbreakable belief. Those who leave are tantamount to self-exile. The wolf king will also give up his body and soul, and become a poor lonely ghost in the ice and snow.
I heard that the women outside the cold winter are very weak, their limbs are long and their waists are only as big as the circle of his hands, their voices are like the sound of snow falling, and their tempers are as docile as the snow rabbits in the ice field.
Such a creature was unimaginable to Xuethorn, and he felt that he should not have any thoughts on such a weak creature.
He wasn't even sure if such a woman really existed in this world, no one around him had seen it, and these descriptions were all told by him from Tianyin or the merchants who wandered from the six seas.
Although it is not easy for people in the tribe to go out, their tribe still welcomes the arrival of these wandering merchants. Whether they are children or adults, they all like to surround these merchants and listen to some interesting stories.
Snowthorn also liked these merchants, not because of the hype stories they made up, but because of the spirits and spices they brought in their rucksacks.
These are rare things that cannot be seen in the tribe.
Of course, these wandering merchants spent so much effort to get things in, so they won't return empty-handed.
Most of them came here desperately to make a fortune.
They barter for things, and often it takes five top-quality furs to exchange a jug of spirits from these merchants.This can be said to be the lion's big mouth, but there are still many people who want to change like this.
Thinking of the taste of spirits, Xuethorn's throat rolled.
After he bid farewell to the nagging An Luoda, he went to the large shed behind the tribe, where the most loyal companions of the Rendong people were kept.
"Binghua, are you hungry again? But you have already shared a large piece of my meat just now!" When Xueci walked in, there was already a young man standing in the shed.
The man wore a capable ponytail, his face was more delicate than the women in the tribe, and his eyes were narrow and long, but he did not make people feel contemptuous at all.He was wrapped in gray fur made of snow bear fur, and his whole body was as fierce as a wolf.
At this time, the man was bending over to comb the hair of a huge wolf. The wolf howled comfortably, and soon the other wolf cubs who were hiding in the shed got up and surrounded the man.
"Aww——" the wolf howled several times at the pack of wolves that came up, and those wolf cubs who wanted to share their pets were all scared away.
With a snap, the man slapped the wolf's furry head.
"Bing Hua, don't bark around in the tribe." The man reprimanded severely, "I'll disturb others if I tell you so many times."
Binghua is the name of this gray wolf. It stands to reason that such a delicate name does not match this huge wolf beast, but men have their own ideas.
The main reason he chose this name was because Binghua was a she-wolf, and in the eyes of men, a girl should have a more elegant name.
"Young patriarch." Xuethorn stepped forward, put his hand on his chest, and greeted a tribal salute, then walked into the shed and stretched out his hand to comfort the wolves who were scared away by the ice flower.
"Binghua has caused you trouble again." Baili Shuiyue kicked Binghua twice as punishment while talking.
"Young Patriarch, I am serious. Taking care of the wolves is what Xuethorn should do." Xuethorn shook his head and said seriously.
The tribe regards the wolf as the most noble belief, they paint the wolf as a totem, and even have a special wolf king festival.Being able to serve these wolves was also an honor given to Xuethorn by the tribe.
"Binghua's temperament has been spoiled by her brother, even I can't correct it for a while." Baili Shuiyue looked at the animal head who was acting like a baby in her arms, with a helpless tone.
Xuethorn seemed to be touched when he heard that, Binghua was the only gray wolf in the tribe and the leader of these wolves.The gray wolf is a rare breed among wolves. The size of a gray wolf can be as large as three ordinary wolf cubs, and it is also a fierce overlord on the vast ice field.
Canglang is arrogant and hard to tame, so far only their young patriarch Baili Shuiyue and his elder brother Baili Bingfeng can get close.
Thinking of Baili Frozen, and the glory of the harsh winter, Xue Li's eyes were inevitably stained with some sadness.
However, he didn't dare to show his sadness, because he knew that no one would be more sad than the man in front of him about Baili Frozen.
The world is really unpredictable, who would have thought that a man who is as omnipotent as a wolf king will encounter a terrifying avalanche, and thus end up with no bones left.
"Xueci, what are you thinking when you frown?" Baili Shuiyue turned her head and asked.
Xue Li's eyes were a little blank, his body tensed subconsciously, he lowered his head and replied: "It's nothing, I just think of the young patriarch's hard work on patrol."
"This is where the responsibility lies." It was not until Baili Shuiyue closed her eyes that Xuethorn breathed a sigh of relief.
"Has the ice cracked badly recently?" Xuethorn asked.
"Fortunately, there is no serious problem. Five cracks were repaired today, and yesterday's place was strengthened." Baili Shuiyue straightened up, patted the huge animal head, Binghua rubbed against each other, reluctant to let go Nested in the shed.
"Young Patriarch, the Great Witch is looking for you." At this time, a child wearing a white velvet hat ran over panting. He stood a little far away, and seemed not to dare to approach the shed.
"An'er, man, don't be afraid! The wolf is the best friend of our Dong people!" Baili Shuiyue took out a leather pot from his arms and smiled at the child.
"Young patriarch, don't make fun of me. The big witch has been waiting for you for a long time in the big tent! You should go there quickly. Otherwise, if you make the big witch unhappy, the wolf king will punish us." The little boy's whole body They all hid behind the stake and whispered.
"Don't worry, drink two and go." Baili was not in a panic, as if he was not afraid of the big witch in the child's mouth, he unfastened the buckle on the leather pot, and immediately a pungent smell of alcohol came out.
After taking two sips from each other, Baili Shuiyue handed the leather pot in front of Xueci, raised her thin eyebrows lightly, "How about it? Have a couple of sips?"
Xuethorn is not hypocritical, and he naturally cannot let go of the opportunity to drink spirits for free. This kind of good thing can't be encountered by others, that is, only people like him who can follow the young patriarch's side have the opportunity to satisfy their greed.
Drinking warm wine is like a throat hob.
Seeing that Xue Ci didn't even frown, Baili Shuiyue patted Xue Ci on the shoulder very satisfied.
"Good job, this is Lin Dong's son." After buttoning the leather pot and putting it back in his arms, Baili Shuiyuebai followed An'er and walked away unsteadily.
When I came to the big tent, I lifted the black-spotted deerskin in front of me, and the warmth crawled down the neckline of Baili Shuiyue, stinging, stinging, jumping sparks splashing out of the fire, this should be The warmest place in the whole tribe.
Sitting by the fire was an old man with strange patterns on his face. He was dressed in a weird way, with an ornament made of animal bones hanging around his neck, and holding an iron staff in his hand.Wrinkled skin covered his whole body, which was the best proof that he had passed through the long years, and it was time that carved them deeply on this decayed body.
"Great witch." Baili Shuiyue raised his hand and saluted the old man who had experienced many vicissitudes.
"Sit down." The old man frowned, his tone very dissatisfied, "Have you been drinking?"
"Great Wu Mingjian, Shuiyue just took two sips." Baili Shuiyue sat down cross-legged, stretching her hands towards the warm fire.
"You are the young patriarch, you shouldn't be so lax." Because of anger, the old voice trembled slightly.
"The great witch is right, Shuiyue knows his mistake." He said he was wrong, but there was no sign of apology on the man's face, his long and narrow eyes were still staring at the fire in front of him.
"Don't forget, you are only ranked fourth on this year's Tianjiao list." The big witch's cane knocked on the ground, like a wake-up call for young people.
"Of course I can't compare to my elder brother, he is the glory of the whole tribe." Baili Shuiyue's voice was tinged with sarcasm.
"No! He is not Glory! You know he is a traitor!" The voice of the big witch became agitated, and his body was trembling, "All this is because of the failure of the succession ceremony! As the patriarch, he did not complete his The last mission! He! He ran away!"
"He knocked you out! Killed five wizards in the altar! Interrupted the entire ceremony! He ran away without a trace! It is because of what he did that our hard work was wasted! This year's Tianjiao list top He was taken away too! He is a disgrace to the tribe! The Wolf King will never accept people like him!"
"Enough!" Baili Shuiyue shouted in a low voice, and then her voice calmed down again, "Great Witch! The matter is already like this, we can only do what we should do now! Baili Bingfeng has disappeared, and the ceremony of blood inheritance It’s no longer possible! What we should think about is the way out for the tribe’s future!”
"I went out on patrol today, and the gaps in the ice under the altar are getting bigger and bigger." Baili Shuiyue said in a deep voice.
"What? How is this possible! How could it be so fast!" The big witch's voice was full of panic.
"If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself. The situation is more serious than we thought. If the thing under the ice is—"
"Shut up! Don't say anything!" There was deep fear in Da Wu's voice, and he also seemed extremely out of control.
"The big witch can solve this matter without talking about it. No matter how you look at it, our tribe is about to fall into terror." As if to appease the other party's emotions, Baili Shuiyue put his hand on the big witch's shoulder, " It lies beneath the ice of the altar, beneath the feet of you and your witches, and we all know it."
The big witch's face was heavy and terrifying, the current situation was far beyond his control.
"what should we do?"
"How many ice crystals are left for my brother?" Baili Shuiyue's eyes gradually became sharper.
"Not much, not much, only a few dozen." The big witch shook his head, "All the ice crystal beasts in the Winter Ice Field have been killed long ago, and we can no longer make up the number that we had back then. Such a small amount is simply not enough." It is impossible to completely evolve your spell pattern."
"Try it." Baili Shuiyue lowered her head and said softly.
The old man's pupils shrank.
"Re-performing the ritual at the altar is the only way out." Baili Shuiyue patted the shoulder of the big witch, and said in a deep voice, "If it succeeds, I will be able to freeze the place again instead of my brother."
The big witch's eyes struggled a little, he doubted the motives of the young man in front of him, "If you fail, you will die."
"For the sake of the tribe, I am willing." Baili Shuiyue's voice was decisive and forceful, "And it has really reached a point of no return, none of us can escape."
"Okay." The big witch let go of his clenched hands, he was persuaded, "Tomorrow I will move back to the altar and start preparing for the ceremony."
"When is the soonest?" Baili retracted his arms and straightened his waist.
"After the Wolf King Festival." said the big witch.
"Understood." Baili Shuiyue nodded, stood up, and was about to leave.
"Wait." The big witch stopped him, "You still have one very important matter these days."
"what?"
"Tomorrow, Misty Heaven Pavilion will send a few people over."
"You want me to entertain them at this juncture?" Baili Shuiyue raised her eyebrows with a funny expression on her face.
"The Misty Sky Pavilion is very troublesome." The big witch's tone was very troubled, "Leave the other things to me, you must keep an eye on them, their purpose is likely to be the secret of the evolution of the pattern."
"Although the Hundred Mile Ice Block should have been submerged by the blizzard outside, we still have to be careful."
"They must not be allowed to find Baili Frozen, not even the corpse."
"I see." Baili Shuiyue's eyes darkened, "I will provide them with food and drink, watch them wander casually, and never let them approach the altar."
"So much the better."
Baili Shuiyue walked out of the warm tent, only then did he realize that the snowstorm was much more violent than when he entered.His body trembled slightly, he took out the leather jug containing spirits from his arms, brought it to his mouth and took a sip.
In just a short while, the firelight in the big tent softened his will, almost making him forget the true appearance of the Winter Icefield.
"Why do you have to rush over here at this time?" The young man rubbed his hands and said with emotion, "Isn't this here to be a short-lived ghost?"
A big foot bound with elk leather and wearing special leather shoes left a deep impression on the thick snow.
"It's really lucky, the damn snow just passed my ankles. The young man lifted his foot stuck in the snow, he bent down and stretched his hand into the mark, and gestured, "If Blizzard doesn't Stop, that would be fatal. "
"It's such a time, can you be more serious!" He took out a curved sharp knife from behind him, and stared seriously at the pair of green glowing eyes in front, "The way that beast looks at you now! It’s no different than looking at a good piece of raw meat.”
"Then you give me a hand! I can't go up!" the young man complained, "Damn it! My newly made shoes are all wet!"
"Calm down, calm down, and imagine that you can float on the water." The man stretched out his strong arms, and pulled up the person who was trapped in the snow beside him.
"Xuethorn, can you stop thinking of me as a child who doesn't understand anything? Walking on snow is a natural ability of us winter people." He walked away with the snow leopard showing its teeth and claws, which was quite different from before. This time he didn't get stuck in the deep snow again.
Not only that, but what is even more amazing is that the place where the young man walked left only a very shallow mark, which is so shallow that it will be covered by the newly fallen snow in the blink of an eye.
"Don't be careless, Han. Careless people will sleep forever in the ice and snow." Almost the moment he finished speaking, Snow Thorn also moved, and he jumped over the young man next to him, holding a scimitar, and rushed towards the snow leopard.
"Hey! Don't snatch my prey! I'm going to use this beast to ask brother for merit!" The young man named Han also ran on the snow. Although his mouth was awkward, his cooperation with Xuethorn was actually Already proficient, the two of them can make the most perfect cooperation without even communicating.
This is not surprising, after all these basic hunting skills were given to Han by Xuethorn.
When Xuethorn was entangled with that ferocious snow leopard, Han had already circled behind the snow leopard,
The weather in the Winter Ice Field is extremely cold, and it is now night, so cold that dripping water turns into ice.
It didn't take long for the water flow from Han's palm to form a sharp ice ridge. He jumped up with the icicle facing down, aimed at the snow leopard's back, and pressed down hard.
A painful roar.
Almost the entire ice edge was sent into the snow leopard's flesh by Han.
Snowthorn took a small step back, and the snow leopard began to struggle desperately. It wanted to throw off the young man who stepped on it, but the ice edge had already pierced its abdomen. The more it struggled, the more blood it bled. many.
In this harsh ice field, massive blood loss can only lead to death.
After about half a stick of incense, the snow leopard finally exhausted all its strength, and its scarlet blood flowed along the ice edge to the white snow.
Bang!It fell to the ground motionless.
"Really! The blood is still hot." The young man pulled the ice edge tightly stuck to his palm from the snow leopard's body, and the scalding blood spurted out all at once.
Almost subconsciously, like a gluttonous child, Han sticks out his tongue, wanting to lick the blood dripping from the ice edge.
However, before he could lick it, his movements were quickly stopped by the man beside him.
"The young patriarch said that it is easy to change these barbaric habits of yours." Xueci squeezed the young man's wrist with a serious expression, "Don't be raised by wolves for a few years and forget your identity."
"What's wrong with the wolf?" Han suddenly frowned, "Which one of us in Dongdong doesn't respect wolves."
"These are two different things! Don't make trouble for no reason." Xuethorn walked over, took the young man's hand and directly broke the ice in the opponent's palm, and then carried the snow leopard that was as heavy as two grown men on his shoulders, "Hurry back Don't let the young people wait too long."
"I will use my elder brother to overwhelm me!" Han unconvincedly clenched his fists against Xue Thorn's back, and then walked up reluctantly.
"An Luoda! Come and take over!" Back to the tribe.Han waved his arms at a tall, fat man not far away.
"Bless the wolf king! You have hunted such a big snow leopard back! It's really hard work." An Luoda walked over with a swollen stomach, "It seems that we can have a good meal tonight. ah!"
"An Luoda, divide this snow leopard up soon! I want this snow leopard skin! Make a blanket for my brother!" Han beside him rubbed his hands excitedly, "By the way, An Luoda, my brother is back Yet?"
"I just came back for a while, but just now it seems that the young patriarch led Binghua and went out to patrol again."
"That's it." Han was a little disappointed.
An Luoda squatted down. Unexpectedly, his hands were very flexible, and his big belly didn't affect his movement of pulling out the dagger to cut the snow leopard's flesh.
The dagger swung quickly in his hand. From the eyes of others, it seemed that separating the flesh was as easy as cutting cloth, but in fact it was a very difficult job.
When Han and the others dragged the snow leopard back, a period of time had passed, and the blood around the snow leopard's fatal wound had already frozen into ice.
An Luoda's disembowelling speed must be fast, if it is slow, these fresh pieces of meat will freeze extremely hard very quickly.
It is so hard that even a dagger cannot be sent in.
"An Luoda, your method of dividing the meat is the best in the cold winter." It was not the first time we met, but Xuethorn still couldn't help but sigh beside him.
"Hey, what makes perfect." An Luoda laughed a few times, he had cut too many pieces of flesh, and the whole tribe's prey had to pass through his hands.However, you must know that in the cold winter, all kinds of meat are almost the only food for them, and that is a very surprising amount.
"This leopard is enough for ten people to eat together." Whether it is a snow leopard, snow fox, snow rabbit, or a terrifying snow bear, An Luoda clearly knows where every bone in their bodies is, he knows Where can I get the most perfect fur like a knife.
At this time, he was already cleaning the blood stains on the flesh, and soon a clean snow leopard skin was peeled off, "The fur belongs to you, go to the fire to dry it."
Han grinned, took the snow-white fur and ran away without a trace.
"It's still like a child." Xuethorn shook his head helplessly.
"Han Cai is a little older, I'm not as good as him at this age! Don't be so strict, it won't please the girls." An Luoda took the time to raise his head and began to preach as if he had experienced it.
Xue Li's ears were a little red, he was a layman in matters of men and women, he coughed a few times in embarrassment, "I have dedicated my life to the wolf king."
"The wolf king can give you faith, but a woman can make you boil."
Hearing these words, Xuethorn felt very uncomfortable. He is a standard cold winter man with a smelly and tough personality. To him, that kind of romantic sex is like looking at flowers in water, and he can't even touch the shadow.
Not to mention that Lindong's women are as strong and capable as men, just hunting enough prey for the tribe every day has left him no time to think about these things.
Snowthorn has never left the Winter Icefield, and none of the tribe has left here.Staying forever in this world made of ice and snow has become their unbreakable belief. Those who leave are tantamount to self-exile. The wolf king will also give up his body and soul, and become a poor lonely ghost in the ice and snow.
I heard that the women outside the cold winter are very weak, their limbs are long and their waists are only as big as the circle of his hands, their voices are like the sound of snow falling, and their tempers are as docile as the snow rabbits in the ice field.
Such a creature was unimaginable to Xuethorn, and he felt that he should not have any thoughts on such a weak creature.
He wasn't even sure if such a woman really existed in this world, no one around him had seen it, and these descriptions were all told by him from Tianyin or the merchants who wandered from the six seas.
Although it is not easy for people in the tribe to go out, their tribe still welcomes the arrival of these wandering merchants. Whether they are children or adults, they all like to surround these merchants and listen to some interesting stories.
Snowthorn also liked these merchants, not because of the hype stories they made up, but because of the spirits and spices they brought in their rucksacks.
These are rare things that cannot be seen in the tribe.
Of course, these wandering merchants spent so much effort to get things in, so they won't return empty-handed.
Most of them came here desperately to make a fortune.
They barter for things, and often it takes five top-quality furs to exchange a jug of spirits from these merchants.This can be said to be the lion's big mouth, but there are still many people who want to change like this.
Thinking of the taste of spirits, Xuethorn's throat rolled.
After he bid farewell to the nagging An Luoda, he went to the large shed behind the tribe, where the most loyal companions of the Rendong people were kept.
"Binghua, are you hungry again? But you have already shared a large piece of my meat just now!" When Xueci walked in, there was already a young man standing in the shed.
The man wore a capable ponytail, his face was more delicate than the women in the tribe, and his eyes were narrow and long, but he did not make people feel contemptuous at all.He was wrapped in gray fur made of snow bear fur, and his whole body was as fierce as a wolf.
At this time, the man was bending over to comb the hair of a huge wolf. The wolf howled comfortably, and soon the other wolf cubs who were hiding in the shed got up and surrounded the man.
"Aww——" the wolf howled several times at the pack of wolves that came up, and those wolf cubs who wanted to share their pets were all scared away.
With a snap, the man slapped the wolf's furry head.
"Bing Hua, don't bark around in the tribe." The man reprimanded severely, "I'll disturb others if I tell you so many times."
Binghua is the name of this gray wolf. It stands to reason that such a delicate name does not match this huge wolf beast, but men have their own ideas.
The main reason he chose this name was because Binghua was a she-wolf, and in the eyes of men, a girl should have a more elegant name.
"Young patriarch." Xuethorn stepped forward, put his hand on his chest, and greeted a tribal salute, then walked into the shed and stretched out his hand to comfort the wolves who were scared away by the ice flower.
"Binghua has caused you trouble again." Baili Shuiyue kicked Binghua twice as punishment while talking.
"Young Patriarch, I am serious. Taking care of the wolves is what Xuethorn should do." Xuethorn shook his head and said seriously.
The tribe regards the wolf as the most noble belief, they paint the wolf as a totem, and even have a special wolf king festival.Being able to serve these wolves was also an honor given to Xuethorn by the tribe.
"Binghua's temperament has been spoiled by her brother, even I can't correct it for a while." Baili Shuiyue looked at the animal head who was acting like a baby in her arms, with a helpless tone.
Xuethorn seemed to be touched when he heard that, Binghua was the only gray wolf in the tribe and the leader of these wolves.The gray wolf is a rare breed among wolves. The size of a gray wolf can be as large as three ordinary wolf cubs, and it is also a fierce overlord on the vast ice field.
Canglang is arrogant and hard to tame, so far only their young patriarch Baili Shuiyue and his elder brother Baili Bingfeng can get close.
Thinking of Baili Frozen, and the glory of the harsh winter, Xue Li's eyes were inevitably stained with some sadness.
However, he didn't dare to show his sadness, because he knew that no one would be more sad than the man in front of him about Baili Frozen.
The world is really unpredictable, who would have thought that a man who is as omnipotent as a wolf king will encounter a terrifying avalanche, and thus end up with no bones left.
"Xueci, what are you thinking when you frown?" Baili Shuiyue turned her head and asked.
Xue Li's eyes were a little blank, his body tensed subconsciously, he lowered his head and replied: "It's nothing, I just think of the young patriarch's hard work on patrol."
"This is where the responsibility lies." It was not until Baili Shuiyue closed her eyes that Xuethorn breathed a sigh of relief.
"Has the ice cracked badly recently?" Xuethorn asked.
"Fortunately, there is no serious problem. Five cracks were repaired today, and yesterday's place was strengthened." Baili Shuiyue straightened up, patted the huge animal head, Binghua rubbed against each other, reluctant to let go Nested in the shed.
"Young Patriarch, the Great Witch is looking for you." At this time, a child wearing a white velvet hat ran over panting. He stood a little far away, and seemed not to dare to approach the shed.
"An'er, man, don't be afraid! The wolf is the best friend of our Dong people!" Baili Shuiyue took out a leather pot from his arms and smiled at the child.
"Young patriarch, don't make fun of me. The big witch has been waiting for you for a long time in the big tent! You should go there quickly. Otherwise, if you make the big witch unhappy, the wolf king will punish us." The little boy's whole body They all hid behind the stake and whispered.
"Don't worry, drink two and go." Baili was not in a panic, as if he was not afraid of the big witch in the child's mouth, he unfastened the buckle on the leather pot, and immediately a pungent smell of alcohol came out.
After taking two sips from each other, Baili Shuiyue handed the leather pot in front of Xueci, raised her thin eyebrows lightly, "How about it? Have a couple of sips?"
Xuethorn is not hypocritical, and he naturally cannot let go of the opportunity to drink spirits for free. This kind of good thing can't be encountered by others, that is, only people like him who can follow the young patriarch's side have the opportunity to satisfy their greed.
Drinking warm wine is like a throat hob.
Seeing that Xue Ci didn't even frown, Baili Shuiyue patted Xue Ci on the shoulder very satisfied.
"Good job, this is Lin Dong's son." After buttoning the leather pot and putting it back in his arms, Baili Shuiyuebai followed An'er and walked away unsteadily.
When I came to the big tent, I lifted the black-spotted deerskin in front of me, and the warmth crawled down the neckline of Baili Shuiyue, stinging, stinging, jumping sparks splashing out of the fire, this should be The warmest place in the whole tribe.
Sitting by the fire was an old man with strange patterns on his face. He was dressed in a weird way, with an ornament made of animal bones hanging around his neck, and holding an iron staff in his hand.Wrinkled skin covered his whole body, which was the best proof that he had passed through the long years, and it was time that carved them deeply on this decayed body.
"Great witch." Baili Shuiyue raised his hand and saluted the old man who had experienced many vicissitudes.
"Sit down." The old man frowned, his tone very dissatisfied, "Have you been drinking?"
"Great Wu Mingjian, Shuiyue just took two sips." Baili Shuiyue sat down cross-legged, stretching her hands towards the warm fire.
"You are the young patriarch, you shouldn't be so lax." Because of anger, the old voice trembled slightly.
"The great witch is right, Shuiyue knows his mistake." He said he was wrong, but there was no sign of apology on the man's face, his long and narrow eyes were still staring at the fire in front of him.
"Don't forget, you are only ranked fourth on this year's Tianjiao list." The big witch's cane knocked on the ground, like a wake-up call for young people.
"Of course I can't compare to my elder brother, he is the glory of the whole tribe." Baili Shuiyue's voice was tinged with sarcasm.
"No! He is not Glory! You know he is a traitor!" The voice of the big witch became agitated, and his body was trembling, "All this is because of the failure of the succession ceremony! As the patriarch, he did not complete his The last mission! He! He ran away!"
"He knocked you out! Killed five wizards in the altar! Interrupted the entire ceremony! He ran away without a trace! It is because of what he did that our hard work was wasted! This year's Tianjiao list top He was taken away too! He is a disgrace to the tribe! The Wolf King will never accept people like him!"
"Enough!" Baili Shuiyue shouted in a low voice, and then her voice calmed down again, "Great Witch! The matter is already like this, we can only do what we should do now! Baili Bingfeng has disappeared, and the ceremony of blood inheritance It’s no longer possible! What we should think about is the way out for the tribe’s future!”
"I went out on patrol today, and the gaps in the ice under the altar are getting bigger and bigger." Baili Shuiyue said in a deep voice.
"What? How is this possible! How could it be so fast!" The big witch's voice was full of panic.
"If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself. The situation is more serious than we thought. If the thing under the ice is—"
"Shut up! Don't say anything!" There was deep fear in Da Wu's voice, and he also seemed extremely out of control.
"The big witch can solve this matter without talking about it. No matter how you look at it, our tribe is about to fall into terror." As if to appease the other party's emotions, Baili Shuiyue put his hand on the big witch's shoulder, " It lies beneath the ice of the altar, beneath the feet of you and your witches, and we all know it."
The big witch's face was heavy and terrifying, the current situation was far beyond his control.
"what should we do?"
"How many ice crystals are left for my brother?" Baili Shuiyue's eyes gradually became sharper.
"Not much, not much, only a few dozen." The big witch shook his head, "All the ice crystal beasts in the Winter Ice Field have been killed long ago, and we can no longer make up the number that we had back then. Such a small amount is simply not enough." It is impossible to completely evolve your spell pattern."
"Try it." Baili Shuiyue lowered her head and said softly.
The old man's pupils shrank.
"Re-performing the ritual at the altar is the only way out." Baili Shuiyue patted the shoulder of the big witch, and said in a deep voice, "If it succeeds, I will be able to freeze the place again instead of my brother."
The big witch's eyes struggled a little, he doubted the motives of the young man in front of him, "If you fail, you will die."
"For the sake of the tribe, I am willing." Baili Shuiyue's voice was decisive and forceful, "And it has really reached a point of no return, none of us can escape."
"Okay." The big witch let go of his clenched hands, he was persuaded, "Tomorrow I will move back to the altar and start preparing for the ceremony."
"When is the soonest?" Baili retracted his arms and straightened his waist.
"After the Wolf King Festival." said the big witch.
"Understood." Baili Shuiyue nodded, stood up, and was about to leave.
"Wait." The big witch stopped him, "You still have one very important matter these days."
"what?"
"Tomorrow, Misty Heaven Pavilion will send a few people over."
"You want me to entertain them at this juncture?" Baili Shuiyue raised her eyebrows with a funny expression on her face.
"The Misty Sky Pavilion is very troublesome." The big witch's tone was very troubled, "Leave the other things to me, you must keep an eye on them, their purpose is likely to be the secret of the evolution of the pattern."
"Although the Hundred Mile Ice Block should have been submerged by the blizzard outside, we still have to be careful."
"They must not be allowed to find Baili Frozen, not even the corpse."
"I see." Baili Shuiyue's eyes darkened, "I will provide them with food and drink, watch them wander casually, and never let them approach the altar."
"So much the better."
Baili Shuiyue walked out of the warm tent, only then did he realize that the snowstorm was much more violent than when he entered.His body trembled slightly, he took out the leather jug containing spirits from his arms, brought it to his mouth and took a sip.
In just a short while, the firelight in the big tent softened his will, almost making him forget the true appearance of the Winter Icefield.
"Why do you have to rush over here at this time?" The young man rubbed his hands and said with emotion, "Isn't this here to be a short-lived ghost?"
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