Yu Wenkai and the other three led the horses outside the ice cellar. Yang Hu looked around but did not see the old guard.
"Hey, where is Lao Zhou?"
The old guard's surname was Zhou, so Yang Hu called him Lao Zhou.
"Let's warm ourselves by the fire in the room?"
Tan Wenyue walked under the eaves and knocked on the door, but there was no response.
When I opened the door, there was no one inside.
"If you're not here, did you go out to buy some drinks?"
Tan Wenyue closed the door.
Yu Wenkai said: "It doesn't matter, we'll just go in. That beast must be inside."
The ice cellar is very large, and you can walk a horse through the entrance, and three people can lead the horses down.
It was dark under the ice cellar, and the horses walked very slowly, and some were even reluctant to go down.
Yang Hu calmed the war horse and walked down slowly to prevent the horse from missing its front foot.
Walking inside, Yu Wenkai saw the holy beast sitting on the ground, with the old guard sitting in front of him, and the two were chatting.
"Don't be nervous, I've got something for you."
When Yu Wenkai and the others came down, the holy beast immediately stood up and got ready to fight.
The holy beast is very hostile to Yu Wenkai.
The old guard immediately stood up and saluted Yu Wenkai and the others: "I have seen three generals."
In summer, the temperature in the ice cellar is low, making it a good place to escape the heat.
In winter, the temperature in the ice cellar is higher than outside. Wear more clothes here and don't need to warm yourself over the fire.
"Lao Zhou, I thought you went to buy wine, but you turned out to be hiding here."
Yang Hu smiled and took down the bag and threw it next to the holy beast.
The old guard laughed and said: "King Wu asked the little one to chat with it more. It was too cold outside and there was no room to sit in the house, so I came down."
The holy beast prefers the snow and wind outside, but the old guard can't stand it, it's too cold outside.
Let's go into the house. The holy beast is too big. If you're not careful, the house will collapse.
Therefore, the old guard chose to chat in the ice cellar, which was not too cold and had enough space.
"You go back first."
Tan Wenyue said with a smile, "The old guard will go out immediately."
The old police officer is just an old man, and he cannot afford to offend either the Holy Beast or Yu Wenkai. If a fight breaks out, he will suffer disaster here.
"Get used to being here, old beast."
Yu Wenkai walked over with a smile.
The dark red eyes of the holy beast are very conspicuous in the dim ice cellar.
"Yu Wenkai, your teeth are not strong enough. If you want to eat me, your teeth will break."
The holy beast now speaks very skillfully, and Yang Hu and Tan Wenyue are both surprised.
"This beast speaks so fluently."
Yang Hu said in surprise.
The holy beast said coldly: "You are the fools. I understand what you are saying, but can you understand what we are saying?"
Yang Hu thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case. The holy beasts had learned the language of humans, but they did not know the language of the holy beasts.
"Ignore it, why do we humans have to imitate the barking of animals?"
When Yu Wenkai saw that Yang Hu was involved, he immediately reminded him not to fall into the trap.
"I'm not here just to eat you, but to give you a few bags of food. The martial saint and the ghost girl have already come out of the ice field."
Tan Wenyue threw another bag of ice jade over.
The holy beast has noticed the ice jade in the bag, but it has not relaxed its vigilance. It does not trust Yu Wenkai.
"Not much else to say. That boy Long Chen has already said it. I am here to tell you that I have thought about eating you, but since we have joined forces, I promise not to kill you."
Yu Wenkai went straight to the point and said everything he wanted to say.
The holy beast said coldly: "You alone want to eat me!"
Yu Wenkai didn't want to talk to the holy beast anymore, pointed to the bag on the ground, and said: "Recover well, we will take action soon."
After saying that, Yu Wenkai left with Yang Hu and Tan Wenyue.
"Leave these two horses to me."
The holy beast suddenly spoke. Yang Hu and Tan Wenyue stopped. Yu Wenkai glanced at the war horse and nodded slightly.
Yang Hu and Tan Wenyue let go of the reins and followed Yu Wenkai out of the ice cellar.
After confirming that Yu Wenkai was far away, the holy beast opened the bag and found a whole piece of ice jade inside.
Grabbing the ice jade, the holy beast put it in his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it, just like a person eating ice.
Soon, the two bags of ice jade were eaten, and the holy beast exhaled a mouthful of white steam in comfort.
After eating the ice jade, the holy beasts made a sound to their war horses, and the war horses retreated anxiously. They sensed danger.
The holy beast walked over, grabbed the war horse's head, opened its mouth and bit open the neck, sucked the blood dry, and then swallowed it all, including the skin and bones.
The two horses finished eating quickly, and the sacred beast lay comfortably in the corner and slept.
...
North of the grassland.
Wu Sheng and the ghost girl were sitting on a sleigh, and a dozen snow wolves were pulling the sled forward.
Li Chengdao led 30,000 Dragon Slayer troops in front, 100,000 ghost soldiers behind him, 10,000 barbarians and 100,000 puppets at the back.
After coming out of the Hera Pass, the warrior saint walked on foot and the ghost girl rode in a sedan chair.
Later, his subordinates captured more than a dozen snow wolves and made sleds. Wu Sheng and the ghost girl rode on the sleds.
"Husband, if we keep going at this rate, it will take us almost a month to arrive."
The ghost girl was a little impatient, and the journey was very boring.
Wu Sheng said: "There is nothing we can do. The distance between the Holy Land and Yanmen Pass is so long that the war horses can't stand the cold and they all froze to death."
War horses were originally prepared, especially when the three major tribes came to join us. They had hundreds of thousands of war horses.
Unfortunately, they all froze to death and no one survived.
As for the sleds, they can't find hundreds of thousands of wolves to raise the wolves they need to pull the sleds.
"Li Chengdao walks very quickly."
The ghost girl couldn't see Li Chengdao's team, which was almost two days' journey away.
"Those people are more accustomed to walking in the snow. The warriors of the Holy Clan have never walked on such a road. It is normal for the speed to be slower."
Wu Sheng looked back at the ghost soldiers behind him. These ghost soldiers looked around and whispered to each other, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
Many ghost soldiers left the ice field for the first time and felt very strange about the outside world, and everything they saw was new.
Hundreds of miles ahead.
Li Chengdao led 30,000 dragon-slaying troops forward through the snow, followed by three lieutenants.
"General, I have a request."
Ma Chenglong, who was walking behind, suddenly caught up quickly and said with an anxious expression.
Li Chengdao continued to walk forward and said, "Do you want to go back to Acropolis and see your old family?"
When they first entered the ice field, Li Chengdao promised to let them go back to the Acropolis to see their families and see if their families were still there and whether they had been killed by Long Chen.
Li Chengdao told a set of lies at that time to deceive these people and make them believe that the ghost soldiers did not kill their families by eating people.
It was Long Chen who later killed their family members.
Of course this is nonsense, but these people just believe it.
"The general is wise, please let me do it."
Their family is their obsession, and Ma Chenglong really wants to go back and see them.
Li Chengdao looked back at Feng Yang and Han Hu, who also wanted to know if their family members were there.
"The king ordered us to be the vanguard. How can we detour around the Acropolis? You miss your family, so I have to let you go."
"In this way, you each select a few confidants to go to the Acropolis to find out the news, while the others continue to move forward."
Li Chengdao knew very well the situation in Acropolis and how these people missed their families.
Therefore, Li Chengdao agreed that they would send people back to investigate, and the large force continued to move forward.
Ma Chenglong was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, General!"
The three lieutenants ordered a dozen people and sent them back to the Acropolis to see if their relatives were still there, while the rest continued to move forward.
