"Why are you here?"
"Lola is a businessman, so of course she is here to do business!"
The Andachier Mountains, the snowy mountains in the west of Falling Star Mountain, and the Ice and Snow Embrace Camp—this name was discovered by Duan Qing after he arrived at this place and asked the people around him. At this time, the three people had been placed in the rugby-like shelter.
One of the houses was sheltered from the increasingly intense snowstorm outside.
The person who appeared at the entrance and brought them in was actually the traveling businessman they met when they went up the mountain - the girl Laura.
"No, no, I mean... how could you go to such a... so..." Duan Qing thought about his words: "Such a remote place? And...
Still so..."
"?"
The person who answered him was the face of a woman full of doubts - a lively girl with chestnut hair and an innocent look on her face, who seemed unable to understand what Duan Qing wanted to ask with this question.
"Hey...ah...because I'm a businessman." The girl sitting cross-legged across the room thought for a long time, and finally answered the question with a sunny smile: "And it's a business trip.
A businessman! Of course he does all kinds of business!"
"He meant to ask, how did you walk through that snowstorm alone?" Seeing Duan Qing's expression of being unable to ask, Xue Ling Huan Bing followed up his words very simply and asked: "Did you.
.... Didn’t you encounter any difficulties?”
"No." This time, the girl opposite answered much faster: "That's how I walked all the way."
Duan Qing and Nan Tieshan looked at the big backpack placed in the corner of the room and shook their heads in unison - it seems that the traveling merchants in this world are still as strange and powerful as ever.
But it seems a bit simple.
"You actually know this place?" The woman in the black cloak asked casually, somewhat boredly, holding a cup of steaming water.
"Of course!" Unexpectedly, the girl's reaction was much greater than she expected. She jumped up from her seat and stepped on the bench next to her: "Businessmen want to do business all over the world! How can I do that?"
Why do some businessmen not know the address of their customers? If the business fails, can you compensate me?"
You never did my business before... Duan Qing next to him thought with a sad look on his face.
"Then..." Xueling Huanbing's voice paused: "Do you often have contact with the Nosier tribe?"
"Yeah, yeah, ah, no..." Laura suddenly calmed down after thinking of something, and sat back on her bench with some embarrassment: "We don't know each other very well, it's just pure.
....Pure...Hey, what's that word called?"
"Ah! That's right! It's called business dealings!" The girl clapped her hands excitedly, then shook her fingers and said, "Business dealings."
Three people, you look at me, I look at you, I don’t know what is more appropriate at this time.
"But..." the girl changed the topic: "The people here are still very nice people. Well, even though they are usually cold, they are actually very enthusiastic people! They even charged more last time.
Laura has a lot of goods..."
"You guys!"
The whistling of the cold wind suddenly amplified in their ears - a warrior wearing white fur armor suddenly opened the door curtain and walked in from the outside. He first looked at the three adventurers present with a cold face.
, then looked at the smiling young businessman, and finally relaxed his expression: "Who is Xue Ling Huan Bing?"
The woman in the black hood said nothing and just stood up from her seat.
"Is it you, claiming to be the friend of the clan leader?" The male warrior looked at the woman who refused to show her face with an appraising look, and finally nodded slightly: "The clan leader wants to see you."
Duan Qing raised his head, but could only see a smile from the side of the woman with only her chin exposed. Then she turned her head and walked to the soldier's side under the scrutinizing gaze, indicating that he could lead the way.
Already.
With two flapping sounds of thick cloth, the two people walked out of the warm room one after another.
The ground made of clay evenly encloses rings in the round room, creating a very strange atmosphere in the whole room, reminding the people inside all the time that this is a place full of alien characteristics. But in
In the center of these rings, in the middle of the entire house, there is not furniture such as tables, but a fire, using its own light and heat to resist the cold outside. On the bright firelight, bursts of green smoke slowly
Slowly floated up, gathered at the center of the circle above the house, and then flew out from the reticulated skylight. And extending down the earth-yellow round houses, except for some beautiful and strange patterns, the rest
What's next are some simple tables, chairs and cabinets.
The whole room is decorated simply and quaintly.
"It seems..." Duan Qing withdrew his observation gaze and whispered to Nan Tieshan next to him: "This place has indeed existed for a long time."
"Ah? Oh, yes...yeah, hahahaha."
Nan Tieshan, who took off his coat, obviously didn't pay attention to Duan Qing's words, so he just smiled perfunctorily. Duan Qing looked at the other person's expression and found that the other person was obviously paying attention to the girl opposite who was shaking her legs.
, looking like he was hesitant to speak, so he had to sigh secretly.
You are so shy...do you want me to come?
"Um, Laura...right?"
"Yes!" The girl opposite immediately responded: "That's Laura's name!"
"Um, um..." Duan Qing scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. After holding it in for a long time, he remembered a suitable question: "Are you familiar with this snow-capped mountain?"
"Ah, I'm not very familiar with it. Laura has to find her own way every time she comes." The girl scratched Qiao's nose in embarrassment and smiled shyly: "But...every time
You can find them all.”
So which way did you come here... Duan Qing thought helplessly.
"Well...what do you think of the environment here?"
"Ah? Well..." The girl thought for a while with some confusion, and finally continued with a cheerful smile: "It's still very beautiful here!"
"Very...beautiful?"
"Yes! Look at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, how beautiful they are..." Through the field-shaped window, Laura pointed to the scene outside the window: "And such a heavy snowstorm, other places
But what you can’t see..."
So don't you think it's very difficult to survive in this place... Duan Qing held his mouth hard and finally did not spit out what he was thinking.
"Have you finished your business here? How long do you plan to stay here?"
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, Laura still has a lot of things to sell." Mentioning her business, the girl laughed happily again: "The patriarch said, this time he has more things to buy, and there is also the blacksmith uncle.
The brilliant star stone that Orem wants, the magic book that Orem wants, and Uther's magic steel sword..."
The girl sitting there counted her sales with her fingers, but the names she accidentally announced one after another made Duan Qing and Nan Tieshan present tremble with fear - the names of each prop
They had never heard of the name, and as soon as they heard those names, they knew they were powerful things. Nan Tieshan, who did not hide his temperament at all, his eyes were a little straight, but Duan Qing, who clenched his hands, was still more...
He was calmer, not only because his past experiences made him feel more calm when facing these things, but also because what the other party just said had already answered his previous question.
This mysterious businessman will stay here for a while, and they still have a chance to get powerful equipment from her.
"Well..." So Duan Qing wanted to fight for his own rights first: "Can I take a look at what you are selling first?"
"No - no." The girl turned her head like a rattle.
"Why -" Duan Qing asked wailing.
"No reason." The girl's originally very sweet smile seemed so desperate to Duan Qing now: "In short... I just won't sell it to you."
"Get out of the way, get out of the way! People are like that, so don't bother them all the time." Nan Tieshan ruthlessly opened Duan Qing's body and rushed forward, first rubbing his hands at the girl with a smile on her face.
, and then asked a little embarrassedly: "Well, I bought you a pair of boxing gloves before, do you remember?"
"Of course I remember." The girl nodded: "I remember all my guests."
"That, that..." Like Duan Qing, Nan Tieshan, who was much stronger than the other girl, always felt a strange sense of oppression when facing this girl who always had a sunny smile.
After a long while, he made his request: "I tested it later and felt that those gloves were not very suitable for my fighting style, so..."
"Can I exchange it?"
"No - okay!" This time the girl shook her head more firmly: "The goods sold by Laura will not be returned or exchanged!"
"Ah? Uh... Well, it doesn't matter if you don't change it, it doesn't matter if you don't change it... But you see, it is a fact that these gloves are not suitable for me, and you were the one who took them at the time.
...Oh no, it was recommended to me. To make it up to me, do you think I can...choose another one myself?"
"Well..." Laura, who was shaking her feet, put a finger on her chin and looked up at the circle on the ceiling: "This is fine, since you want to buy another one so much.
If so..."
Under Nan Tieshan's flattering smile and the girl's hesitant steps, the two people slowly walked to the big backpack in the corner of the house, and started trading openly and openly, leaving Duan Qing, who was dumbfounded, sitting dryly.
Looking at the two disharmonious figures, one big and one big.
"I, I can't stand it anymore, I want to leave this place..."
Finally, he was so sad that he hid his face and rushed out of the room.
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The camp called Snow Embrace, just like its name, is trapped in this place by the snowstorm outside. However, the structure of this camp also makes it play the same role as its name, making this place
The people inside hugged to prevent them from being swallowed up by the cold. Because of this, there is no powerful storm inside this place like outside the slit. The huge bonfire burning in the central area also gives this area enough heat to make this place
People enjoy the warm firelight in a winter-like environment.
Walking in this long and narrow camp, Duan Qing did not take long to visit all the facilities in this place. Therefore, he is now sitting idle in the corner of the camp, waiting for the return of Xue Ling Huan Bing.
And what follows is their next fate.
The camp is not big, and there are not many people there, but perhaps because of the cold, the people here seem to be hiding in those mountain-like houses, with no intention of coming out to meet outsiders like them. The few who open the door
The attitude of the people inside his house was not very good towards him. It seemed that in their eyes, outsiders like him were as cold as the ice and snow outside.
He even found the blacksmith shop and grocery store in the camp near the house he walked out of, but the behavior of the blacksmith and boss inside was as cold and cold as the "Ice and Snow Clan" they were called.
They were tough and had no intention of doing business with Duan Qing. Every time Duan Qing went in to inquire, they would always cross their arms and look at themselves with cold eyes until they stared at themselves.
I gave up only when I was so dejected that I left.
"Using the terminology in the game, this should be called reputation, which is not enough."
Duan Qing, who was leaning against the corner, looked at the gloomy sky under the thin crack above his head and sighed helplessly - looking back, how did this inexplicable impulsive adventure get to this point? And it was so.
It was miserable. There was nothing gained along the way, but there were many fights, and I had no choice but to forge a grudge with a group of passers-by. No, in order to avoid the pursuit of the elements, I even gave up a possible road to the mountain...
...And there are still possible ancient ruins!
Now, even a young merchant girl who appeared out of nowhere is inexplicably hostile to him... This world is really full of malice.
"Shh..."
Duan Qing, who was extremely depressed, leaned against the wall and stared above blankly. His depressed mood made him seem to hear strange hissing. It was not until the sound gradually amplified and attracted his attention that he finally realized something.
He turned his head and looked in front of the wall of the house he was leaning against.
"Hey! Hey!"
It was a man also wearing a white fur coat, waving to him, and at the same time making a strange whistle that caught his attention.
Duan Qing looked around and made sure that the Nosier clan member was calling him. Then he stood up with some hesitation and walked slowly to the person: "You called me? What did you call me for?"
"
The man held his head by the door and looked around like a thief. After making sure that no one was paying attention, he looked up at Duan Qing's face, and then...swish,
He pulled him into the house.
This chapter has been completed!