The snowflakes fell silently, and the two of them just looked at each other in astonishment, and neither of them spoke for a while.

It should have been a surprise. But at this moment, the two of them were only surprised.

"Cousin, why are you here?" Jiang Yao couldn't help but ask.

Unexpectedly, it is such a coincidence that the world in Shanbei is so vast that I can meet Mu Yue.

All in all, I haven't seen you with Mu Yue for ten years.

I originally thought that he would be serving as the state pastor of the Zhou Kingdom in the Central Region, but who would have thought that he would end up like this.

"Dragon City." Mu Yue showed a bitter smile, threw down his hatchet, stood up and faced Jiang Yao.

He didn't expect that after eight years here, he would meet Jiang Yao.

Never dreamed of it.

"Yue Lang..." A woman in fur clothes came out of the thatched cottage, "Who are you talking to?"

This woman also has gray hair and a vicissitudes of life, but she can still see her beauty.

It turned out to be the ditch of Tiangou Gate, Quchai!

Qu Chai glanced at Jiang Yao and couldn't help showing surprise, "Is it you?"

Jiang Yao nodded and said in a quiet tone:

"It's me. I captured you in the Charming Tapir Army and then released you."

"Unexpectedly, you ran to Zhongyu and abducted him here."

How could he not know that Mu Yue was brought here by Qu Chai?

After the battle between Tiangou Sect and Jianmen failed, his entire clan defected to the Mei Tapir Clan and became a traitor to Shenzhou who helped the Mei Tapirs deal with the human race.

Therefore, she can serve in the Charming Tapir Army as a human being.

However, Qu Chai was born and raised outside the Great Wall. When she was born, the Sky Hook Sect had been working for Charming Tapir for thousands of years. Strictly speaking, she herself was not considered a traitor to the Divine Continent.

But if it weren't for her, how could Mu Yue come to this ghost place?

"Longcheng, don't blame your cousin." Mu Yue said with a wry smile, rubbing his calloused hands, "She didn't mean to lie to me."

Jiang Zhongda was speechless.

Okay, you said so yourself, so what else can I say? He nodded to Qu Chai as a greeting.

"I never imagined that you and I, brothers, could meet again here." Mu Yue sighed with emotion, showing an expression of both surprise and desolation.

Qu Chai flipped up his gray hair and said with a charming smile: "It's too cold outside, you brothers, please go inside and warm yourself by the fire."

After saying that, he leaned over and picked up the firewood that Mu Yue had split, pushed open the firewood door, and invited Jiang Yao in.

Jiang Yao and Xiao Hei entered the thatched cottage and saw that it was extremely simple, with only earthen kangs, wooden tables, wooden bowls, stoves, animal skins, dried meat and other items.

There was a big fire burning in the middle, with red flames jumping. Above the flames, a "gulu gulu" clay pot hung, emitting white hot steam.

There is also a window in the thatched cottage facing south, which is illuminated by the snow and is not dark.

This scene reminded Jiang Yao of the days when he was still a mortal.

It is full of the smoke and smoke of the mortal world.

Qu Chai moved a wooden pier and asked Jiang Yao to sit in front of the fire. He also used a wooden cup to brew a cup of "tea" made of unknown materials for Jiang Yao.

"Cousin, wait a minute." Her title was quite informal.

Mu Yue was not idle either. He took out a piece of dried meat, which seemed to be the hind leg of some kind of beast, and roasted it on the fire, and the oil was boiling.

Jiang Yao suddenly felt a lot warmer. The furry dog ​​guard squatted next to him and looked at the roaring flames.

Ah Jiu also quickly regained his energy, got out of Jiang Yao's sleeve, curled up into a ball on the fire, and spit out the letter.

After entering the forbidden space in the mountain, Jiang Yao lost his magic power.

It was really cold and tiring after eight days.

When I got here, I finally took a breath.

The two cousins ​​were warming themselves by the fire in front of the window, listening to the sound of snow and the sound of firewood burning outside, and they were silent for a while.

It was Jiang Yao who broke the silence first.

"Cousin, weren't you working as a herdsman in Xianzhou in Dazhou? Why did you come here?" Jiang Yao took off his damp coat, picked up a piece of firewood, and put it on the fire.

"Do uncle and aunt know you are here?"

He looked at Mu Yue's face full of vicissitudes of life, and of course he would not remain indifferent. Mu Yue was less than eighty years old, and was still a young man for a senior monk.

But now, he looks like an old man. He only has one pair of pupils, which are still clear and bright.

What has he experienced in these years?

This is a forbidden space. Jiang Yao has no magic power, and it is impossible to tell whether Mu Yue and his wife have become mortals.

"Eight years." Mu Yue said, "Your cousin-in-law and I have been here for eight years. We once gave birth to a child who froze to death."

"Your uncle doesn't know this yet."

Mu Yue's eyes reflected warm flames, but he could not hide the hint of sadness.

I don’t know if it’s because of the child who froze to death, or because of what he’s experienced over the years.

"Eight years ago, she came to me from the Western Region and asked you to let her go. She saw the cruelty of the Charming Tapir to the human race of Shenzhou, and decided to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side to resist the Charming Tapir for Shenzhou."

"She also decided to return to the Sky Hook Sect, take away the resources of the Sky Hook Sect, and take away her fellow sect members who are willing to return to Shenzhou."

"She is the hook of the Sky Hook Sect, and her status is second only to the sect leader. As long as she works hard, it is entirely possible for her to bring the sect back to the Divine Continent."

Jiang Yao understood a little better, "So, you will accompany her back to Tiangou Sect and come to the Shanbei World?"

Mu Yue nodded, "Yes. Because of the long journey, I didn't trust her alone. So I resigned from the post of state pastor, let Yaochai take over, and accompanied her back north."

"I have my father's command arrow, and she has the badge of the Charming Tapir Khan's court, so we left the fortress smoothly, passed through the abandoned grassland, and came to the Charming Tapir's ancestral court on the snowy land."

"All the disciples of the Tiangou Sect live near the Meixi Ancestral Court. Because it is the most prosperous place in the Meixi Khanate, it is also convenient for the Meixi Khanate to monitor them."

"When we returned to the Tianhou Sect, your cousin-in-law said it, and the sect master agreed. He decided to take thousands of people from the sect and secretly return to the Divine Continent. On behalf of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I promised an official position and a fiefdom."

"So, we faked the transfer order from the Charming Tapir Khan and headed south without arousing any suspicion, because the Charming Tapir Khan had recruited the human race who had taken refuge with the Charming Tapir many times."

"Originally, if things went well, we could return to the Divine Continent. There would be an army of Divine Continent in Taiyin Mountain. But unfortunately, we encountered a large forbidden space on the way."

"Thousands of people suddenly lost their cultivation and could only slowly move southward in the forbidden space. Their speed suddenly dropped sharply, making it difficult to escape."

"Not long after, before we could completely escape from the Forbidden Space, we were overtaken by a charmed tapir cavalry."

"Thousands of people shouted 'Return to the South' and fought bloody battles with the Charm Tapir Cavalry. But in the Forbidden Space, we simply can't defeat the Charm Tapir, which is incredibly strange and physically strong."

"It's pitiful that the sect leader of Tiangou Sect, a majestic and powerful man, was actually beheaded by a charming tapir soldier."

"Fortunately, there were only a few hundred chariots chasing the charming tapirs. Thousands of us worked hard together, with ten enemies to one, and finally surrounded and killed them. But there are only a few hundred of us left."

"The remaining people have no regrets. Now that things have come to this, they still want to go south. But after such a big incident, the Charming Tapir Khan's pursuit of us is getting tighter and tighter, and we can no longer go south."

"The possibility of going south has been cut off. We can only go west and hide in Beiwang Mountain. Beiwang Mountain has thousands of mountains and ridges. Once you hide in it, it will be difficult for the Charming Tapir pursuers to find you."

"So those of us who were lucky enough to survive fled here. Who knows, this is also a forbidden space. We have no cultivation, and we can only suffer like mortals."

"You see that I am so old because the Forbidden Magic Space not only makes you lose your cultivation power, but also slowly burns your energy and blood to resist the cold."

"Otherwise, if you stick to the fire to keep warm, you won't be able to withstand the bitter cold here."

"We have only been here for seven or eight years, and our energy and vitality have been greatly reduced, and our cultivation has also dropped drastically. I estimate that even if I leave this forbidden space, my strength will only be that of a Martial God."

"We once left the mountain in an attempt to go south again. Unexpectedly, we met the Charming Tapir Rangers halfway and lost more than 200 people. Finally, we fled back again. Now, there are only more than 100 people left."

"With these more than a hundred people, their strength has been greatly reduced. Once they go out of the mountain, even if they don't meet the Charming Tapir Cavalry, they will die from various dangers on the road. There is no chance of any luck..."

Jiang Yao understood the cause and effect and couldn't help but sigh and feel great regret.

This is the story of a group of people outside the Great Wall who hope to get rid of the control of the Charming Tapir Khan and work hard to return south.

Very sad and cruel.

They live in the bitter cold world of Shanbei all year round. They were originally traitors to the Divine Continent. But over the past few decades, they have seen many human beings brought back to the snowy region, eaten as food, and brutally killed.

This finally inspired their fear and hatred of the charmed tapir, and ignited their fighting spirit to resist the charmed tapir and return south to the death.

However, the carefully planned return trip to the south failed due to bad luck.

Out of thousands of people, only a hundred or so people were left, struggling in the forbidden space deep in the mountains.

Eight years of ravages in the Forbidden Space have turned Mu Yue and Qu Chai, a pair of talented monks in their prime, into a pair of miserable "old men" dependent on each other.

After Mu Yue finished speaking, he cut a piece of sizzling, oily brown barbecue with a knife, and handed it to Jiang Yao, "Eat it, this is the meat of the Snow Demon Deer, it tastes pretty good."

Jiang Yao picked up a piece of meat, took a small bite, and then couldn't help but take another big bite.

Mu Yue also started eating.

"Aww-" Xiao Hei, who was squatting on the side, looked at the two men eating barbecue, his eyes a little pitiful.

I don't?
To be continued...