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Chapter 165 12．Snow and Ice Tavern
The gust of wind swept across, and the white snow was flying. Looking around, it seemed that there was only a piece of light left in the universe.

It is only September now, but for the snowfields in the north of Shangjing County, it has entered deep winter early.

The ground was snow-white, as if it had been covered with a thick quilt.Only a few withered and yellow grass roots were still struggling hard on the snow.

On the snow, three footprints, two deep and one shallow, are stretching forward, as if wandering aimlessly in this wilderness.

Walking in the front was a young man in a white leather jacket, not too tall, with a gentle look on his face.Even though he put his hands into the thick snow fox fur and had a thick fur around his neck, judging from his expression, he was not cold at all.

It was no wonder that no one would feel cold in such an outfit as his.

Two men who looked about his age followed behind him.One was dressed as a scholar, with a three-foot long sword hanging from his waist.The other looked much stronger, with a machete in his hand and a hunting bow on his back.

Different from the young people in front, the two behind are dressed much thinner, but like the one in front, the two of them don't seem to feel cold at all.

These three people were naturally Shen Yunfei, and his two personal attendants - Zou Yi and Hong Lie.

That day, in the Juyi Hall of Hongyunzhai, Shen Yunfei only said one sentence to Zou Yi and Hong Lie: "If you want the blood of the families of the four great servants to continue, then follow me."

The shock in the hearts of the two of them at that time is difficult to describe in words, but there is no need to think about how to choose.It wasn't until then that Zou Yi finally understood what Shen Yunfei meant by "not letting anyone go".

After leaving Hongyunzhai, Shen Yunfei did not follow the big team, but was led by Hua Yingyue and continued towards the capital.But he brought Zou Yi and Hong Lie all the way north to the white snow field.

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Hong Lie swept away a piece of snow, revealing the dark well mouth below, and turned around and shouted: "My lord, there is a well here, there must be a village nearby."

"Yeah. Yi, go and have a look." Shen Yunfei nodded and said slowly.

"Yes!" Zou Yi nodded, pulled out the long sword on his waist, and slashed down hard. A red light like blood rose from his feet, causing his whole body to soar into the sky, rushing to Liuqi Zhang height.

He stayed in the air for a while, and his body started to fall.He smoothly drew the long sword downwards in two oblique arcs, and two clusters of red light suddenly rose, supporting him to fall down slowly, and landed safely on the ground.

But he didn't stop because of this, but charged again.After repeating this three or four times, he wiped off the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and walked in front of Shen Yunfei.

"I can see clearly that there is indeed a village nearby, but it has been deserted. However, there is another village twenty miles away that looks like it is inhabited."

"Well, let's go in that direction." Shen Yunfei touched his chin, turned his head and walked northwest.

"Huh? I didn't say that the village is in the northwest direction." Zou Yi put away his long sword and said with some puzzlement.

"What a fool." Hong Lie walked behind Zou Yi and patted him on the shoulder: "Do you really think that with my lord's current strength, we need the two of us to explore the way? Let alone twenty miles, this snowfield hundred In Li Nei, what else can be hidden from the eyes of the lord? He did this only in the hope that the strength of you and me can improve faster."

"That's true." Zou Yi rubbed his neck a little shyly: "If it weren't for the sliver of divine power poured into us by the lord, I don't know how long it would take for my setting sun to break through the second level. It's good now, it's almost time It's the fourth level."

"Arriving to the fourth level?" Hong Lie was a little surprised: "Quick enough. My Moon Shooting Art has just broken through the fourth level, and you are here so soon. It seems that I have to practice quickly, so as not to be caught by your kid!" dropped."

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That's right, Shen Yunfei didn't follow the main force, the main purpose was to improve the strength of Zou Yi and Hong Lie.

God knows how excited he was when he found out that Zou Yi and Hong Lie, the two descendants of courtiers who were not weaker than the ancient blood.

Every ancient god clan had its own courtiers, and each of these courtiers also had their own unique martial skills or soul skills.Just like Shenmuzong, he is actually the courtier of the Kunlun Fuxi clan.

Although these courtier families are not as powerful as the blood of the ancient gods, they are all strong enough to dominate one side.Once he has a courtier, the strength of any ancient bloodline inheritor will be greatly improved.

There is no other reason, that is, the cultivation of the family of courtiers can be directly shared with the masters they obey, which is similar to the soul dependence of Shen Yunfei and Hua Yingyue.

When Gong Gong fell, the four major courtier families were also convicted, and their original strength has long since disappeared.It's just that although their strength is gone, their blood and skills are still passed down, but they can't practice because they don't have divine power.

But now, although Shen Yunfei has not officially ascended to the throne of Gonggong God, he has obtained a lot of ancient divine power from Hong Xi.For Shen Yunfei, these divine powers were nothing more than the cultivation of spiritual roots, but for Zou Yi and Hong Lie, they became the key to open the door to the road to the strong.

To put it bluntly, what Shen Yunfei lacks most now is manpower.In terms of governance, there are 20 people sent by the prince. Although it is a bit small, it is barely enough.But this Shangjing is not a peaceful place after all, without a team that can compete with the strong, it is really difficult to gain a foothold here with only Shen Yunfei and Hua Yingyue.After all, they can't just guard one Shangjing City, the entire boundary of Shangjing County needs to be governed.

Training the army is naturally necessary, but there is no rush.Not to mention that Huangfu Hua didn't come over now, and Shen Yunfei himself didn't have the ability to lead troops.Even if there is, an army of [-] civilians can sometimes be no match for a powerful master. Shen Yunfei is a typical example.

Therefore, in addition to asking Hua Yingyue to collect and suppress those refugees who escaped natural disasters and wars and turned into grass bandits along the way, Shen Yunfei also personally took Zou Yi and Hong Lie all the way north, cleaning up the remnants of Hong Xi's previous forces, On the one hand, it can also take this opportunity to quickly improve the strength of the two.

You must know that the soul energy attributes of the courtiers' families are not affected by their cultivation methods, but only by the attributes of their masters.That is to say, even if Zou Yi and Hong Lie practice daily with Yinshen Absorbing and Devouring Technique, as long as Shen Yunfei's soul power is not a problem, then they don't have to worry about going crazy at all.

That being the case, Shen Yunfei would of course choose to let the two use the fastest method to improve their strength, and this method is to nourish their souls through battle!

If he really wanted to change places, perhaps Shen Yunfei would still be worried that he would not be able to find someone he could use to train Zou Yi and Hong Lie. However, in Shangjing County, which has been ungoverned for many years, it can be said that wild monsters are everywhere, there are many fierce monsters, goblins and monsters. If you catch a lot, you really don't have to worry about having no place to practice.

No, all the way to the north, in just a few days, the strength of Zou Yi and Hong Lie has already risen to a very impressive level.In comparison, even Shen Yunfei himself probably didn't have this speed at the beginning.

There is no way, after all, not everyone has the cultivation method of the courtier family that has been passed down from ancient times and is only suitable for their own use; not everyone has the opportunity to obtain the ancient divine power that can absolutely improve cultivation.Of course, the ancient direct bloodlines like King Yan, the Princess, and Ji Xiaobai are exceptions.

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On such a snowy day, almost no one would go out in the field, whether it was the hunters or others, they were all hiding at home at this time, not to provoke the terrible snowstorm.

Ice Lake Town is a small town located in the south of the Ice Lake.It is said to be a town, but it is actually just a settlement of some hunters, which may be smaller than ordinary villages.

There were no more than thirty or forty families in the whole town, and there were no other shops except a small tavern that doubled as a general store and a post house.

At this time, the only tavern in this town was already full of guests.Everyone was drinking hot shochu, chatting and laughing loudly.

Even though there were few small dishes on the table to go with the wine, the people here didn't mind at all. Instead, their faces were flushed from drinking, and they were dripping with sweat, as if the storm outside the door had nothing to do with them at all.

The owner of the tavern is a middle-aged man, about forty years old, with an obvious scar on his right face, which was left a long time ago.

His ancestor was originally a postman at the Ice Lake Station, but that identity was meaningless.Because Shangjingcheng has never given this post any salary, and no one has ever taken over this position.

Therefore, the postman converted the inn, which had been built for an unknown number of years, into a tavern, and it was inherited by his descendants.

Scarface looked at the people who were drinking and chatting, and a smile appeared on his face: "Thank you for the weather, almost all the wine in the tavern is sold out. I just hope these guys don't cause trouble after eating and drinking, otherwise ...that's not easy to clean up."

His gaze swept across the store in a hurry, and finally landed on the ledger in his hand.Who cares, as long as it's not too much, I believe there won't be any troubles, they are all old customers.

That's right, the people sitting in this tavern are all old customers of the tavern, and they are also residents of Ice Lake Town.However, they are not pure hunters.Anyone with a discerning eye would be able to tell that these hunters had an arrogance on their faces, and they were by no means as simple as ordinary hunters.

In the vicinity of Binghu Town, ordinary hunters have no room to survive.

(End of this chapter)