In that distant little black house

On top of the snow peak, it was chilly to the bone.

Even though Zhu Yan's spiritual fire was protecting Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu, they could still feel the chill coming from the air.

Lu Guijiu's cultivation base was not as high as Zhang Jingmo's, and he felt a cold wind piercing through the bone crevices before he walked a few steps, and he felt unbearable pain after a while.

But Lu Guijiu was used to the pain, so he didn't express his feelings, he just pursed his lips tightly and didn't take a slow step.

Zhang Jingmo seemed to know Lu Guijiu's feelings, he paused slightly, turned his head towards Zhu Yan and nodded his chin.

Seeing Zhang Jingmo's instructions, Zhu Yan opened his mouth and screamed, and the next moment, the spiritual fire surrounding Lu Guijiu became more vigorous.

Seeing this, Lu Guijiu hurriedly said: "Master, I'm fine. The aura in this mountain is so precious, don't waste it on me."

Zhang Jingmo didn't pay attention, but replied in a flat tone: "You don't have to worry, I have my own measure."

Lu Guijiu showed a hesitant expression, but in the end he accepted Zhang Jingmo's kindness.

Zhang Jingmo said again: "If you feel uncomfortable somewhere, you must tell me, do you understand?"

Lu Guijiu stared at Zhang Jingmo, and after a long silence, he nodded.

Before Zhang Jingmo entered the mountain, he had done it alone, and had never brought other people, let alone a foundation-building monk like Lu Guijiu.

With Lu Guijiu, many uncertainties were added to the itinerary.

Just after entering the mountain, Lu Guijiu was in unbearable pain from the strong wind, which meant that Zhu Yan's spiritual fire was not enough to help Lu Guijiu resist the cold. If Zhang Jingmo didn't let Zhu Yan strengthen the spiritual fire, Lu Guijiu might not be able to use it It will be cold into the body in a few days.

And the cold air above the snow peak is also different from the general cold air. It is extremely difficult to get rid of after entering the body. Zhang Jingmo doesn't want to spend any more effort on this matter.

Although the aura is precious, it will never be at the expense of Lu Guijiu's health.

The mountain road is rugged and slippery, and there are several deep pits under the foot of the non-stop heavy snow all year round. The two of them walked hard for a few days but they are still at the foot of the mountain. Obviously Zhang Jingmo said that it will take several years to climb this mountain, and he does not want to climb it. Not an exaggeration.

Because of the cold weather, the days should have been tough, but for Lu Guijiu, he felt very happy - to be able to see Zhang Jingmo every day, and to be alone with his master, there is nothing happier than this live.

Lu Shu was completely convinced by Lu Guijiu, he said: "Lu Guijiu, Lu Guijiu, I am really convinced by you, I think Zhang Jingmo will say that he wants to use your skin for clothes one day, I'm afraid you will be happy too." Dian Dian peeled off his batch and sewed it up for him."

Lu Guijiu said: "I think, if it really becomes Master's clothes, I will be able to cling to Master every day."

Lu Shu said quietly: "Then wear it out and throw it away?"

Lu Guijiu said seriously: "No, Master loves me so much, even if it is worn out, he will mend it well."

Lu Shu: "..." He really wanted to refute, but he couldn't find anything to refute, because Zhang Jingmo really loved Lu Guijiu very much, the pain was so painful that he even died.

Thinking about it this way, this pair of master and apprentice is quite a good match.

Above this snow mountain, looking up, there is a vast expanse of white scenery, except for stones and snow, there is no trace of a tree.I don't know if it has never existed or has existed, but it has been buried by the heavy snow.

Zhang Jingmo walked in front, Zhu Yan, who was dozing off, rested on his shoulder, and Lu Guijiu followed behind him, almost walking forward in Zhang Jingmo's footsteps.

Such days are extremely boring day after day. When Zhang Jingmo climbed the snow peak alone, he would chant Buddhist scriptures in his heart while walking on the road.Relieve anxiety and uneasiness in your heart.

In fact, Zhang Jingmo didn't know how he survived this period of time, but he finally survived.

There are too many things that Zhang Jingmo has survived in the past, and this is just one of them.

This time he brought Lu Guijiu to the snow peak. Zhang Jingmo was still a little worried about whether Lu Guijiu would become agitated, but what he didn't expect was that Lu Guijiu was not only not at all agitated, on the contrary, he showed an exceptional mood. good.

After all, Lu Guijiu is someone who can accomplish great things, Zhang Jingmo was still thinking in his heart, the first time he entered this snow peak, his heart was not shaken at all.

But he didn't know that Lu Guijiu was secretly muttering in his heart at this time: Master is so beautiful, hehehehe, his eyes are beautiful, his nose is beautiful, and his mouth is also beautiful. I can't get tired of watching it for several years.

Lu Shu was already going crazy, he said: "Lu Guijiu, I have been in the secluded cave for so many years, and it is not as difficult as this time, can you—can you stop talking?"

Lu Guijiu said lightly, "I can't."

Deer Book: "..."

Lu Guijiu said: "Well, Master's back is also pretty..."

Deer Book: "..."

The two stopped and stopped like this, and it took half a year to finally complete one-tenth of the distance.During this journey, they seldom have a break, and they are almost on their way no matter day or night.

In order for Lu Guijiu's physical strength to keep up, Zhang Jingmo prepared a lot of pills to restore spiritual power, and Lu Guijiu would eat one almost every day.

The journey was so torturous that Lu Guijiu didn't say a word of distress. He seemed to be completely used to the discomfort and pain brought by the cold, and walking forward had become a habit.

After driving for more than half a year, Zhang Jingmo stopped and rested with Lu Guijiu for more than ten days.

During this period, he took out the fresh meat of the spirit beast from the Xumi ring, and then took out a pot, and ate it by stewing it with snow water.

The meat was paired with extremely strong spirit wine. Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu sat on the floor. They ate meat and drank alcohol to dispel the cold in their bodies.

Zhu Yan hadn't looked for food for a long time, and he also took a piece of meat. Standing on the meat, he bowed his head and pecked at it, while listening to Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu with his head tilted.

Zhang Jingmo was also gnawing on the meat, he took another sip of the wine and let out a mouthful of white air, he said: "After here, it will be even more difficult."

Lu Guijiu swallowed the food in his mouth and said with a smile, "Master, I'm not afraid."

Zhang Jingmo said lightly: "I know you are not afraid, but I am a little bit afraid."

Lu Guijiu was taken aback.

Zhang Jingmo sighed: "The road ahead will be even more difficult...you have to be mentally prepared."

Lu Guijiu hummed, and then said: "As long as Master is by my side, I won't be afraid."

When Zhang Jingmo heard this, an indistinct smile flashed between his brows, and then he poured another glass of wine into his mouth: "Enjoy this wine and meat, there is nothing left to eat for the rest of the journey."

Is Lu Guijiu afraid?He is really not afraid as he said - as long as Zhang Jingmo is by his side, he feels that even if it is hell, he is willing to go.

After the wine was exhausted, Zhang Jingmo stood up from the snow. He took out a set of clothes from Xumijie and handed them to Lu Guijiu: "Put it on."

Lu Guijiu took the clothes, but found that the clothes were made of unknown fur, and they were extremely soft to the touch.

Zhang Jingmo said: "This is clothes made of snow mouse skin. Zhu Yan can't accompany us for the rest of the journey." He doesn't have so much spiritual power to support Zhu Yan, so he can only let Zhu Yan return to the Sumeru Ring , "You change your clothes and listen to me."

Lu Guijiu nodded, took the clothes, and listened to Zhang Jingmo while putting them on.

Zhang Jingmo said: "After the foot of the mountain, there will be no strong wind on the mountain, but because of its extremely low temperature, we must also use spiritual energy to protect the body, and the consumption of spiritual energy will be quite large. But I brought a lot of elixir and elixir Shi, bring it with you when the time comes, and add it at any time."

Lu Guijiu nodded obediently.

Zhang Jingmo continued: "But the most dangerous thing on the mountain is not the cold, but the wind."

Lu Guijiu asked doubtfully, "Wind?"

Zhang Jingmo nodded: "The wind is very strong, if we are not careful, the two of us may be blown away by the wind, so I will connect us with a rope."

Lu Guijiu's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Zhang Jingmo didn't notice the little change in Lu Guijiu's expression, he looked solemn: "When climbing up, you must remember to follow my footsteps every step, if you take a wrong step, it may cause an avalanche. "

Lu Guijiu said, "Yes, Master."

In fact, Zhang Jingmo wanted to say a lot, but he didn't know how to start. After all, there were too many variables when going up the mountain, and it was impossible to give an exhaustive plan.

Zhang Jingmo encountered different situations when he went up the mountain several times, so even if he wanted to tell Lu Guijiu something, it was a bit impossible to say.

Lu Guijiu said: "Master, no matter what happens, I will stay by your side."

Zhang Jingmo didn't take Lu Guijiu's words to heart, but he didn't expect Lu Guijiu's words to be a prophecy.

When they set off again, Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu had an extra rope around their waists, which tightly connected them together.

After Zhang Jingmo put on the rope and turned around, Lu Guijiu immediately showed a bright smile, and he even showed off to Lu Shu happily.

Lu Shu had completely given up on Lu Guijiu, this time he didn't even reply.

Lu Guijiu didn't care that Lu Shu ignored him, anyway, Zhang Jingmo just ignored him.

Although there is no gang wind, the place where the two of them are going is becoming more and more dangerous.First of all, without Zhu Yan's spiritual fire body protection, Lu Guijiu once again felt the feeling of the cold wind piercing into his bones inch by inch.

This feeling was very unbearable, Lu Guijiu could only grit his teeth, his whole face was pale with cold.

Zhang Jingmo also felt sorry for Lu Guijiu, but he had no good way to help Lu Guijiu, the most he could do was let Lu Guijiu take some body-warming pills to relieve the chill in his body.

Lu Guijiu's "Blood Prison Book" in the early stage produced an extremely domineering aura, and because of this, when he was walking in this snow-capped mountain, he only felt cold, and he was not directly frozen and unable to move.

But no matter how well Lu Guijiu practiced "Blood Prison Heavenly Book", he was only in the foundation building stage, and it was still too much for him to enter this snow-capped mountain.

Zhang Jingmo also knew the reason for this, so he took great care of Lu Guijiu. He paid attention to the situation of Lu Guijiu almost all the time. As long as Lu Guijiu slowed down a little, he would also slow down his own speed.

There are no traces of previous people on the rugged mountain road. If Zhang Jingmo had not known the road, I am afraid that at their speed, they may not be able to climb to the top of the mountain in ten years.

The clothes on the two of them slammed violently in the wind mixed with snowflakes in the mountains. Because the wind and snow were too heavy, the two seldom spoke in order to save their spiritual energy. Only when they reached extremely dangerous places would Zhang Jingmo remind Lu Guijiu Twice.

Lu Guijiu's body was covered with ice and snow. Before, it was enough for him to take one elixir a day, but now he had to take two or even three elixirs a day to barely maintain the aura to protect his body.

But even so, Lu Guijiu still didn't cry out in pain. What right did he have to complain? If it wasn't for him, his master would not have taken the risk here.

The two walked slowly to the mountainside. Although it was very difficult, there was no accident after all.

Lu Guijiu's whole body was numb, he only knew that he was following Zhang Jingmo's footsteps and kept moving forward, his face and body were covered with snow, if you didn't look carefully, it looked like a snowman.

Half of Zhang Jingmo's spiritual energy was gone, and his condition was not bad. If he was the only one, he might be able to go on forever.But considering Lu Guijiu's situation, he had to stop.

During this year, Lu Guijiu and Zhang Jingmo hardly communicated, and his consciousness was a little blurred when he walked to the back, and he only knew to follow Zhang Jingmo numbly.

Lu Guijiu continued to walk forward in a daze. He didn't feel that the person in front of him had stopped, so he bumped into Zhang Jingmo's body directly. He called out, "Master?"

His voice was extremely hoarse, apparently he hadn't spoken for a long time.

Seeing that his face was covered with snowflakes, Zhang Jingmo could no longer see his original appearance. He sighed softly, but stretched out his hand to caress Lu Guijiu's face, and slowly brushed off the snowflakes on his face.

Lu Guijiu's expression was in a trance, and he didn't recover a little sanity until a little warmth touched his face, and he called again: "Master?"

Zhang Jingmo said: "Is it okay?"

A bright smile appeared on Lu Guijiu's face, which was incompatible with his pale complexion, and he said, "It's very good, Master, don't worry."

Zhang Jingmo felt that the skin on Lu Guijiu's face was cold, and he helped Lu Guijiu pat off the snowflakes on his body, and said, "If it doesn't work, you must tell me."

Lu Guijiu smiled and nodded.

Zhang Jingmo took out a bottle of elixir and a Qiankun bag from Xumijie, and handed them to Lu Guijiu: "Is there not much elixir left? There are also spirit stones...don't waste it."

Lu Guijiu smiled and said, "Naturally he was unconscious." If something happened to him, Zhang Jingmo might be in even more trouble.

The rustling of the surrounding wind made the voices of the two of them indistinct, and Zhang Jingmo didn't dare to stay here for too long. After giving the elixir to Lu Guijiu, he changed and went on the road again.

Lu Guijiu let out a breath in his heart, and took another step.

Both the master and the apprentice are strong-minded people. After a year of asceticism, they have not given up the slightest sign of retreating. Zhang Jingmo is fine, but Lu Guijiu behaved like this the first time. ——Thinking about it, he didn't get such a great achievement casually.

Zhang Jingmo also knew that even if Lu Guijiu said that he was fine, he couldn't just keep walking like this. After thinking twice, he stopped again at the mountainside.

Lu Guijiu was in a daze, and Zhang Jingmo pulled him to a shelter from the wind by the rope around his waist.

Zhang Jingmo ignited a spiritual fire in front of the two of them, drying up all the snow on Lu Guijiu's body. Lu Guijiu slowed down for a while, before he recovered, he murmured: "Master..."

Zhang Jingmo hummed, and said, "Let's rest for a few days."

Lu Guijiu reacted for a while before he understood what Zhang Jingmo was talking about. He was taken aback and said, "But Master...wouldn't this be a waste of time?"

Zhang Jingmo said softly: "No problem, it's only a few days."

Lu Guijiu hummed in a low voice, and he didn't know if it was because of the coldness that he seemed a little sluggish. He silently looked at Zhang Jingmo in front of him, and the two looked at each other speechlessly for a while.

Zhang Jingmo said lightly: "You can't drink here, the wine will be frozen as soon as you take it out."

After he finished speaking, he heard Lu Guijiu ask softly: "Master, have you been here alone?"

Zhang Jingmo said: "That's right."

Lu Guijiu pursed his lips, but the scene of Zhang Jingmo walking on the snow peak appeared in front of his eyes.White clothes and black hair, traveling in both wind and snow, walking alone in the snow all over the sky, stepping towards his goal, step by step, no matter how difficult the road is, he never gave up.Is it because the nature of the heart should be like this?Or do you know that taking a step back will lead to an abyss?

The more Lu Guijiu knew about Zhang Jingmo, the more he cherished the person in front of him. He didn't know how much Zhang Jingmo had suffered to become what he is today.

The spirit fire slowly took away the chill in his bones, Lu Guijiu finally regained some vitality, his face was not as pale as before, but after all, his breath was still a little weak.

Zhang Jingmo saw that it was almost done, so he asked Lu Guijiu to tie the rope around his waist again.

Lu Guijiu tied the rope, and Zhang Jingmo turned around to move on, but not long after he stepped out, he suddenly heard a piercing scream.

Lu Guijiu didn't notice it for a while, and was dizzy by the screaming head. When he came back to his senses, he saw Zhang Jingmo's face turned pale, as if he had seen a ghost.

Lu Guijiu was about to ask what happened, but Zhang Jingmo suddenly pulled the rope that tied the two of them, and then quickly retreated to the leeward place.

Lu Guijiu was carried back by Zhang Jingmo, and he was dizzy. Before he could stand still, he heard a loud rumbling noise.The loud noise seemed to be collapsing, coming from the top of the two of them.

For the first time, Zhang Jingmo took the initiative to hug Lu Guijiu tightly. He shortened the rope between the two to the shortest, and said to Lu Guijiu who didn't know what happened: "Guijiu, listen carefully."

Lu Guijiu knew that it must be unusual for Zhang Jingmo to react so strongly. He could only nod heavily as he felt Zhang Jingmo's body pressing against him.

Zhang Jingmo said: "Hold me tight, no matter what, don't let go..."

Lu Guijiu hummed.

Zhang Jingmo frowned, but released Zhu Yan from the Sumeru Ring.As soon as Zhu Yan came out, he felt a dangerous aura. It grew rapidly, and instantly turned into a big bird, wrapping Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu in his arms with its wings.

The loud noise was getting closer to the two of them, Lu Guijiu didn't know what happened, he and Zhang Jingmo hugged each other tightly, and when Zhu Yan just wrapped them up, he felt a huge force.

It was as if the body was hit hard by something, and the soul was about to be hammered out of the body. Lu Guijiu spit out a mouthful of blood and fell into a coma.

But Zhang Jingmo, who had endured most of the strength, was no better than Lu Guijiu. He smiled wryly, but through Zhu Yan's eyes, he saw the vast white snow that kept rushing towards them.

The avalanches on Xuefeng are completely different from ordinary avalanches. Zhang Jingmo has only experienced it once so many times.But that time, he failed to get out of here alive.

Zhang Jingmo looked at the unconscious Lu Guijiu in his arms, knowing that even Zhu Yan couldn't last long, he took out the medicine bottle from Xumijie, and poured the whole bottle of pills into his mouth.

Zhu Yan cried out in mourning.

Zhang Jingmo said with a wry smile: "I know I have wronged you... Hold on for a while..."

The avalanche on the snow peak can last for several days due to its special environment. Back then, Zhang Jingmo survived for four days with his mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, and died on the fifth night.

But now, although Zhang Jingmo is in the late stage of Jindan, he is carrying a Lu Guijiu of the foundation stage.He didn't know if he could survive this avalanche, he could only grit his teeth and hold on for a little longer...

Zhu Yan's form became smaller and smaller under the impact of the avalanche, and its cry became more and more mournful, as if seeing the end of Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu.

Zhang Jingmo could only grit his teeth and inject spiritual power into Zhu Yan's body to make it last longer.

However, these seemed to be in vain. In less than two days, Zhu Yan could no longer protect Zhang Jingmo and Lu Guijiu. Its originally prosperous wings became dimmed, and its whole body was crumbling.

Seeing this, Zhang Jingmo sighed softly, "Come back."

Zhu Yan let out another high cry, but he didn't shrink his figure, as if telling Zhang Jingmo that it could last a while.

Zhang Jingmo gritted his teeth, and poured another bottle of elixir into his mouth.

The flames on Zhu Yan's body turned red again.

But for Xue Beng, these behaviors were nothing but a drop in the bucket. On the afternoon of the third day, Lu Guijiu woke up from a coma. He was seriously injured by the shock wave. At this moment, the water aura was healing the wounds in his body .

As soon as Lu Guijiu opened his eyes, he saw Zhang Jingmo's face as pale as paper. He was startled and called out, "Master."

Zhang Jingmo smiled helplessly when he heard the master, and said, "Gujiu, as a teacher, I'm afraid I can't protect you."

Lu Guijiu's heart trembled violently. Although he didn't know what happened, he began to hate his own weakness again - he couldn't help anything, and even dragged his master back.