burn snow

Long Ying is not an eloquent person, usually, if he can not speak, he will not speak.

This is related to his childhood experience.

Generally speaking, people who talk a lot develop the habit of talking, mostly because there are people around who are willing to listen, or because others have to listen to him, he has the power to give orders.

Long Ying was just the opposite. When he was young, he had no one to rely on and had no one to take care of him. Naturally, no one gave him a good face and patience. He listened to him talk about his own thoughts, and he learned how to be wise without a teacher. The bitterness is swallowed in his stomach, and he can't let it out at all, because he still has a dragon heart beside him. He is nothing, but he is the pillar of his sister, so he can't show his timidity.

Long Xin is thin and weak, not squeamish, but timid, like a wilting yellow weed that can freeze to death in a single winter snow, Long Ying is really afraid that she will die, and occasionally coaxes her, but she doesn't talk much, just talk more After a few words, Long Xin was about to cry, and when she cried, Long Ying's mood became even worse.

For several years, the brother and sister had no place to live, and they lived in a dilapidated house with a group of beggars. There were many people in the room and the space was small. The sound attracted the attention of those bully-like old beggars, and they were beaten.

After many years like this, Long Ying naturally grew up to be a quiet and reticent person. Even after he had the power to give orders to others, he didn't like to talk.

He probably told Jiang Baizhou the most words in his life.

Although strictly speaking, that level can't be considered "too much", Jiang Baizhou still called him a little dumb back then.

In front of Jiang Baizhou, he always tried his best to please him, but what he showed was only one or two tenths of what he thought in his heart.

He took Jiang Baizhou's hand and said again: "Don't hate me."

Jiang Baizhou froze for a moment, glanced at him, and then smiled.

Jiang Baizhou's appearance is extremely outstanding, and good-looking people look good no matter how they smile, but the helplessness and surprise hidden in this smile seem to say "I am relatively new to you, so there is no such thing as liking or hating you".Long Ying turned her face away, pretended not to understand, and said to herself: "I have missed you so much these years, brother Zhou, and I have reunited with you countless times in my dreams, and every time I was happy, today... are you real?"

"Well, I'm real."

Long Ying suddenly became enthusiastic, and Jiang Baizhou couldn't be too cold, but he couldn't understand what Long Ying said, waiting for him for six years?Day and night?Is it the truth or a deliberately exaggerated greeting during communication?

Human beings are difficult to understand, Jiang Baizhou lacks experience in dealing with people.

But he didn't want to show timidity, so he patted the back of Longying's hand skillfully pretending to be a brother, and said softly, "I miss you too."

"..."

Long Ying was taken aback for a moment, her heart blossomed after being coaxed by his lies, her cheeks became hot, as if all the meridians in her body were suddenly unblocked, her energy and spirit improved.

Jiang Baizhou said: "Unconsciously, so many years have passed, when we separated last time, you were only this tall." He raised his hand and gestured at the position of his heart, "It's not up to my shoulder. Now—"

Jiang Baizhou took another step forward in order to be taller. His breath invaded Longying's nasal cavity, entangled with the fragrance of flowers in the air, and it was difficult to distinguish each other. Longying took a sniff absently, and her eyes flickered.

Jiang Baizhou didn't notice it, he raised his hand and wanted to stroke Longying's head, but Longying was no longer the thin boy he was back then, Jiang Baizhou couldn't easily touch his head, but rashly touched a grown man's. Head, not very polite.

Jiang Baizhou withdrew his hand regretfully: "You grow so fast, how old are you this year?"

"21." The joy in Long Ying's heart sprung up like mushrooms after rain, "It's been six years since I saw you. I've changed so much, and my brother is still the same as before."

"Well, is it? In fact, I have changed too."

Jiang Baizhou walked away from him, looked around, and his eyes fell on the burning snow in front of the statue again.

"How do you feed it?"

"It's a long story. Let's talk slowly in another place, okay? I'll take care of my brother."

"..."

He said "brother" one by one, well-behaved and affectionate, Jiang Baizhou had no choice but to nod, and followed Longying out.

They went out of the temple one after the other, Long Ying's sweat was blown dry by the cold wind, his mood was unprecedentedly light, he seemed to come alive suddenly, his whole body was filled with the heat of a living person.

They walked along the Dead Man's River, and before they left the Remnant Star Formation, Jiang Baizhou suddenly noticed that the emotions inside the formation had changed.

For some reason, those lifeless dead trees became kind to him. When he approached, they were even scratched by the branched branches. The branches were like human hands, gently brushing his long hair.

……gentle?

How is it possible, the branch is a dead thing, he just scratched it unintentionally when he walked, there will be such an illusion, it is probably caused by the array master.

But when Jiang Baizhou turned his head to look, Longying looked innocent and blinked quietly.

Jiang Baizhou didn't intend to pursue it, he just thought he was funny, like a mischievous child.

The road is not far away, after walking for a while, I left the deserted forest and came to the edge of the official road.

The grass was luxuriant on both sides of the official road, Jiang Baizhou looked left and right, and there were pedestrians in the distance, all of them were refugees who had fled from Luodu.

He asked Long Ying: "Where are you taking me? Do you know martial arts?"

Long Ying was taken aback.

Jiang Baizhou guessed that he didn't know, so he told Long Ying about when he arrived here, met the old coachman's family, etc., which naturally included the part when they were arrested in the Huiwu camp.

Jiang Baizhou said: "I was pretending to be the son-in-law of the old coachman and I was sitting in the carriage, but you didn't see me."

"..."

Long Ying was dumbfounded, the person in the car last night was Brother Zhou?

He didn't see Jiang Baizhou, but Jiang Baizhou saw him, what was he doing then?Is there anything wrong with your words and deeds?

Long Ying thought about it carefully, but couldn't remember anything.

At that time, he hadn't passed the potency of the medicine, so he wasn't very sober... But he probably had it. The "Long Zuoshi" was cold and vicious, and he was always disgusting.

Feeling a little flustered, Long Ying quietly glanced at Jiang Baizhou.

Fortunately, Jiang Baizhou looked normal, and he didn't seem to notice any difference between his performance last night and now.

Long Ying breathed a sigh of relief, her throat tightened, and she said in a low voice: "We won't go to Huiwuying, there are too many people there, so it's inconvenient. I have a private house in Buixing Town, although it's a little rough, it's still clean Brother Ruozhou doesn't mind, I'll take you to live there for a few days."

"Thank you." Jiang Baizhou said.

"Don't thank me." Long Ying said sincerely, "Brother and I have a great friendship, and it is only natural for me to run for you."

"..."

So, from Dead Man's River to Buried Star City, Jiang Baizhou thought all the way, what is meant by "great friendship".

Along the way, they chatted while walking. At first, Long Ying was afraid that Jiang Bairi would be bored, so she tried her best to find something to say. Later, she found that Jiang Bairi was in a good mood. Maybe it was because he was unfamiliar with this place and everything he saw was novel. So she asked him why there was black fog in the sky?Why is the grass and trees on the ground withered?And why did Luodu flood in winter, almost submerging a city, but no one cares about it?

What he asked, Long Ying answered one by one.

It's a long story, the black mist is a natural disaster, it is said to have existed for nearly a thousand years, the exact time of its appearance is unknown.

It looks like a layer of mist-like floating dust, floating on its own without wind, stopping in mid-air, neither going up nor down.At the beginning, people panicked, and after realizing that it would not fall, they got used to it, ignored it and left it alone.

But there are always some people who cherish their lives more than ordinary people, and they also have the capital to cherish their lives.

These people are descendants of aristocratic families. They believe that the black mist is an irresistible disaster that will swallow the earth sooner or later, so they started to build high-rise buildings, trying to build a "city in the sky" above the city of buried stars. above, in order to avoid natural disasters.

Great idea, but extremely difficult to build.

Counting from the day when the foundation of the first building was laid, it took 200 years to complete the construction of the "City in the Sky", which is what people call Shangcheng District today.

The upper part of the city and the lower part of the city are bounded by black mist. The upper part is populated by dignitaries, while the lower part is full of poor people. Since the division, there is still a natural barrier between the rich and the poor, which ordinary people cannot cross.

Apart from the gap between rich and poor, the climate is also different.

In the early years, the influence of the black mist was not obvious. Later, it may be that the black mist destroyed the purity of the rainwater. Once the water quality changed, everything on the ground changed, the disease increased, the yield of the cultivated land decreased, the vegetation withered and turned yellow, and the animals became extinct year by year...

Originally, all of this developed very slowly, like a blunt knife cutting through flesh and grinding it finely.

But from a certain day five or six years ago, the disaster broke out suddenly, and the black mist began to sink for some reason, blunting the knife and turning the sharp edge——

The rainwater has turned into acid rain that can corrode the skin and flesh. There is no food to grow on the cultivated land. All the plants and trees are dead. There are not many animals left, and people are not spared. It can only be burned out with a big fire.

Up to now, in just six years, the world has become more and more sparse. Leaving aside the small-scale remote villages, what can be called "cities" are now only Luodu, Yangcheng, Buixingyi, and Luodu. Being submerged by a flood, I am afraid that it will also be reduced to ashes in the future.

In the past two years, it may be because people and beasts have almost died. With fewer people, the disease has also decreased, and people have a chance to live on their last days. The poor people are getting poorer, and the world is getting worse.

Who will take care of it?

Thousands of years of troubled times cannot be unified, Feiguang Temple is not a court regime, and neither is Wildfire.

Jiang Baizhou asked: "Then what exactly are Feiguang Temple and Wild Fire? Are they sects?"

Long Ying shook her head: "On the surface, Feiguang Temple is a merchant, and Huanghuo is a bandit, but a merchant is not an ordinary merchant, and a bandit is not an ordinary bandit either."

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I'm here, I'm finally here, good afternoon qaq

Due to the deletion of chapters in this book, the small numbers before the chapters are inaccurate. Don't worry about it. The order of chapter x is correct.