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It was already late at night, and snowflakes filled the sky, dancing in the wind. This was because the cave was located on the leeward side. Not long after, the entrance was already filled with half a foot of deep snow.

This cave was about five zhang deep, it was one of those gourds with a narrow exterior and a wide interior. The cave entrance was only five feet high and three feet wide, but the center of the cave was ten feet high and thirty feet wide. It was extremely spacious.

This was the cave of the Royal Spirit Beast, Little White. However, Lu Que knew that Little White rarely lived in this cave and usually stayed in a tree hole on top of that huge green tree. Only when he came to the island, would he accompany Lu Li to live in this cave, all the way until he left. However, even if Little White didn't live here often, no living being would dare to occupy this cave. Even mosquito ants would avoid this place, so no living being would dare to challenge Little White even if it was still an infant.

There was a stone couch at the bottom of the cave. Lu Que had made this with a piece of mountain rock inside the cave. There was a black bear skin on the stone bed and the girl was sleeping peacefully. Other than her slightly furrowed eyebrows and occasional short breaths, she was sound asleep.

Not far from the stone bed, there was a bonfire. On the bonfire, there were a few pieces of wood used to make a simple frame for the stove. On the fire, there was a tall iron pot that was about the size of a kettle.

Every time he read a passage, he would raise his head to look at the empty cave wall and think of something. It was obvious that the contents of the bamboo scroll were too difficult for a fourteen year old Lu Que. After a while, Lu Que shook his head with a bitter smile, rolled up the bamboo scroll and placed it next to him. He picked up another bamboo scroll from his side and read it with relish.

Little White, who was lying in Lu Que's arms, raised its head and glanced at Lu Que. When it realized that Lu Que was still reading, it yawned in boredom and nudged Lu Que again before closing its eyes and napping. The only sounds that could be heard were the crackling of the fire, the gurgling of the wok, and Lu Que flipping through the bamboo slips. Even the sound of the wind and snow outside seemed to be blocked by something, making it hard for them to get inside the cave.

Just as Lu Que was getting excited, his ears suddenly twitched. He noticed that the sleeping girl's breathing seemed to have changed. He knew that she was about to wake up, so he didn't pay too much attention to it and continued looking at the bamboo scroll in his hands.

The girl slowly opened her eyes. It was unknown whether it was because she had not slept well for several days, or because of the miasma, but her head was still a little dizzy. After a long while, she finally felt a little more awake. He wanted to pull out his sword as if it was a conditioned reflex, but when he flipped his hand, he felt nothing. He immediately looked around, only to discover that his beloved treasured sword was safely leaning against the mountain wall beside him. He extended his hand to grab the treasured sword, and just as he was about to ask, he suddenly heard a young boy's voice.

"You're awake. Your body is a little tired, probably because you were too weak earlier. There's some meat porridge in the pot, so you should use some to replenish your body first." Although Lu Que did not look back, his voice still revealed a hint of concern.

"I'm not very hungry, please excuse me ~" When the girl saw that the figure was only a thirteen-fourteen year old child, she couldn't help but secretly feel relieved and let down the guard in her heart. When she heard the boy telling her to eat first and just as she was about to evade, she wanted to ask where this place was, but the rumbling in her stomach made her blush as she lowered her head in embarrassment.

Lu Que turned around and looked at the girl who was a few years older than him. She was still holding onto her sword scabbard tightly. Her eyes were filled with caution as she stared at him. He understood in his heart. He carefully put Little White, who had already fallen asleep, on the beast skin underneath him. He stood up, walked up to the pot, lifted the lid, took a clean spoon from the rack, and stirred in the pot.

He then took a bamboo cup from the wooden shelf and scooped a spoonful of meat porridge. After blowing on it for a while, he finished the porridge bit by bit. He then took a bamboo cup from the wooden shelf, scooped up half a cup of meat porridge and placed it in front of the girl.

"Eat some. You must be hungry." Lu Que didn't pay any attention to the girl's vigilance and said with a smile.

The girl took the bamboo cup awkwardly and was about to say something. He realized that the boy had already returned to the place he had previously been, but wasn't sitting on the beast skin that he had just sat on. He probably didn't want to disturb the sleeping beast on the beast skin, so he just sat on the ground.

The girl sized Lu Que up from head to toe. She knew clearly that the boy's action just now was to prove to her that there was no poison in the porridge. She heaved a sigh of relief and could not help but shake her head. Smelling the fragrance of the meat porridge in the bamboo cup made her even hungrier. It had been three or four days since she had last eaten. Even though her cultivation was considered top-notch among her peers, her body still felt a bit uncomfortable.

The girl sighed and placed the sword in her hand not far from her. She held the bamboo cup with both hands and sipped on the porridge in the cup. When the meat porridge entered her mouth, the girl's eyes couldn't help but light up. Since she had been extravagant since childhood, it wasn't difficult for her to distinguish the ingredients within the porridge. The rice in the porridge should be the ivory rice grown in the Moon Lake County of the Northern Frontier. The rice was full and thick and long, and famous for its light, sweet, soft, sticky and fragrant taste.

After the founding of the Great Gan Country, although its literary style was flourishing, it was different from the previous dynasties' when they were busy with idle chatter. The Great Gan People were more pragmatic, with the royal family as the leader.

He looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, two years older than her younger brother, but he was much taller, his qi and blood was abundant, and his skin was not very white, but his face was handsome, and the light in his eyes was concentrated as they opened and closed. He was clearly of the high-level Foundation Establishment stage, and his cultivation technique was definitely not ordinary.

However, the young man's clothes did not match his temperament. His clothes were made of beast skin, and the tanning of the beast skin was rather rough. The leather was sewn together with twine. His hair was tied back with a piece of white cloth. Just by looking at their clothes, they seemed to be more like the sons of hunters in the mountains.

Moreover, from the way the youth acted just now, it was obvious that he was a very meticulous person. His movements were also quite organized, and it was obvious that he had been well-educated.

"Did this young man save me after I fainted?" He was already outside of the mountain? However, before he had fainted, he had been followed closely by a group of Blade Masters. Judging by their speed, he had only walked a quarter of an hour. Then how did this youth break away from those people and rescue him from the mountain of no return? Although the Unreturned Mountain was known as the number one danger zone in the Cyanwood Continent, a forbidden area for humans, outside of the mountain, the danger was actually not that great. Occasionally, there would be people who were bold enough to try their luck. However, I clearly remember that I've already traveled a hundred kilometers deep into the mountain. According to the records of the《 Secret History of the Cyanwood Mountain》, no one has ever been able to come out alive after five kilometers deep within the mountain. " The girl said as she let her thoughts run wild.

It must be known that since ancient times, countless experts from previous dynasties have wanted to find out the secrets of the mountain. But without an exception, no one was able to leave the mountain alive, just like the Emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty who had activated two hundred thousand slaves and fifty thousand soldiers to break into the mountain. No one knows what kind of terrifying thing happened in the middle of it. In the end, only one person escaped, but just when the plate had reached the edge of the mountain, which was only a few hundred feet away from the outer edge of the mountain, the shadow of a beast appeared on top of the mountain, and with a single palm strike, it shook the emperor to death. A few shadow wolves appeared and dragged the corpse back to the depths of the mountain. However, that was also the closest thing to a successful escape from the mountain of no return that had happened to the humankind in all its history. His own cultivation was far weaker than the Coiling Armor back then. The young man before him was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't leave the mountain. Am I still in the mountains? But how could there be such a young man in the Unreturned Mountain? Or could it be that the young man in front of him was not a human? Was it the legendary ginseng spirit? Or are you the spirit of the mountains? "

Just as the girl was indulging in her fantasies, the youth's voice sounded from not too far away.

"There's still some congee in the pot, you can take it out. If you continue to boil the soup, it will be boiled dry."

Seeing that the young man did not even turn his head, the girl stood up gloomily and lifted the pot off the fire. But when she saw that the pot was supported steadily with only a few pieces of wood, the girl's eyes lit up and meaningfully glanced at Lu Que.

The girl scooped another half cup of meat porridge, turned around and walked back to her stone bed to sit. She cupped the cup with both hands and blew gently, guessing at Lu Que's identity. What made her a little disappointed was that this boy seemed to have neglected her. His eyes were only filled with the bamboo scroll and he had no intention of speaking anymore.

"Excuse me, young master, did you save me?" The girl asked after organizing the words in her heart.

Hearing this, Lu Que looked at the girl and nodded his head. He then looked at the book in his hands and sighed in his heart. He could not finish tonight's book. He rolled up the book and put it together with the rest of it into a cloth bag.

"Thank you, Young Master, for saving my life." The lady put down the bamboo cup in her hand and bowed to Lu Que seriously.

Lu Que was surprised to see the girl in such a state. He quickly returned the greeting.

The girl continued, "May I ask Young Master's name? Where is this place?"

"This is the place where one doesn't return to. As for me …" A glint flashed across Lu Que's eyes as he said this, "You can call me Little Sparrow."

As expected, she was still in the mountains of no return. The girl was a little disappointed, but she did not show it on her face.

"May I ask lady's name, where did you come from, and how did you come to the Immortal Mountain?" He needed some information to confirm the conjecture in his mind.

"Me? "My name is Lu Xiang and I am a student of the Phoenix's Nest Palace. During my training, I stumbled into the mountain and somehow passed out. If it wasn't for Young Master's help, I might have already been eaten by tigers and leopards in the mountain." As he spoke, he bowed towards Lu Que.

Lu Que leaned to the side, moving aside with his feet. The way he raised his head to look at the girl was a little strange. His lips curled up into a smile. At this moment, he was 80% sure of the girl's identity. At this moment, Lil 'White seemed to be woken up by their conversation. It arched its body and stretched before leaping onto Lu Que's shoulder. Its fluffy head rubbed against Lu Que's face.

Lu Que's face felt itchy from being rubbed. He quickly carried Little White in his arms and used his hands to gently stroke the fur on its back. Walking around the fire, he raised his head and said to the girl with a smile that was not a smile, "Since you kept calling me your savior, I didn't want you to repay me. Why is it that your words are true?"

The girl looked at the leopard that she had never seen before in Lu Que's arms and was filled with joy. However, when she heard Lu Que's words, she was surprised and quickly said, "The Young Noble saved me, how could I dare to lie to him?"

Looking at the girl's twinkling eyes, Lu Que could not help but smile even more. He took two steps to the side and leaned his back against the wall of the cave.

"First of all, when you call yourself by your words, you don't say 'I', 'concubine', or 'little girl,' or even 'I'. This means that these words are not what you normally use."

Hearing Lu Que's words, the girl's expression changed. Without waiting for her to refute Lu Que, she continued speaking.

"Secondly, you did not enter the mountain by mistake. Although you do not have any bloodstains, you have the scent of blood. The smell of blood does not originate from the beasts or forest, but from human blood. Moreover, when you were unconscious, you were holding a jade pendant in your left hand. On the jade pendant, there was a moth carved on it. A moth flying into a flame, indomitable and unstoppable, this is the symbol of a brave warrior. This is the tradition of the Scarlet Dans in the northern plains. Furthermore, the design of the jade pendant was not low. It would require at least a thousand men to wear. Since it's a Captain, then there must be quite a few people around him. At the very least, it should be an elite squad. Seeing the incredulous expression on the girl's face, Lu Que retracted the smile on his face.

"How did you guess? Who exactly are you? " The girl did not care about the surprise in her heart. She did not care about the young man in front of her, who was younger than her by a few years, picked up the sword by her side and held it horizontally in front of her chest.

Lu Que didn't pay any attention to the girl's actions. He patted Whitey's head with his right hand and comforted the Spirit Beast that was a little agitated from the girl's actions. He continued, "Since King Lemon wants to dispatch a Captain to kill you, it proves that your identity is not simple."

Lu Que pointed to the sword in the girl's hand and said, "This sword should be made according to the style of the Feng Xiang Army's general's sword, but it's a bit heavier than the master type general's sword, and its materials and craftsmanship are more exquisite. It should be made of black iron cold iron mixed with other metals. Looking at the craftsmanship, a blacksmith should be from the Feng Clan of Lian Cheng County, which is known as the Hundred Smelting Clan. There was also a circular city carved on the back of the scabbard near the hilt of the sword. It was carved using the Southern Sect jade carving technique, and the carving technique was extremely exquisite. Since ancient times, cities had always been square or rectangular in shape. Only a thousand years ago, during the era of the famous empires, had built a few circular cities. "For thousands of years, the world has seen great changes, but only two things have survived until now, and that is Fragrant Sky city and Fragrant Sky city." For thousands of years, the world has seen great changes, and only two things have survived until now, and they are Fragrant Sky city and Fragrance city.

At this point, Lu Que paused for a moment before continuing, "The most important thing is that on the front of your sheath, there is a phoenix emblem made of many different metals. That is the symbol of the Great Gan Imperial Family." At this point, Lu Que straightened his body. Although his facial expression did not change, there was a trace of uncontrollable excitement in the depths of his eyes. If my guess is correct, you should be the Great Heaven's Incense princess, Yu Tian Xiang, from the moment you were born, using the name of the city as your name. "

With just a jade pendant, he was able to guess so many things with a single sword. Although the words spoken by this young man just now were spoken in the imperial capital of Qianyuan City, as long as it was a child from an influential family with great knowledge, he would be able to say it out loud. However, this was not the place where he came from.

"Princess Tian Xiang is a close sister of mine in the Academy. I borrowed this sword from her when I was out on my experiential learning." Yu Tian Xiang's eyes flickered slightly as she quibbled.

Moreover, he had really saved his life earlier. One must know that in the entire Greenwood Continent, even if he was swimming with the giant shark in Dongfang Han Hai, he still wouldn't be in any danger of fainting in the Unreturned Mountain. The title of being the head of the Nine Great Jedi wasn't something that could be obtained so easily. It was formed from the corpses of countless outstanding heroes. Even so, Yu Tian Xiang still wanted to quibble with him. After all, the feeling of being dragged along by the nose while being spoken was not pleasant at all.

Seeing Yu Tian Xiang's expression, Lu Que couldn't help but laugh, and jokingly said, "When I carried you back, a golden seal fell from your backpack. You're not going to tell me that Princess Tian Xiang even lent you her private seal, are you?" After saying that, Lu Que gestured a seal with his hand.

"How could it be in the backpack? I was clearly in my embrace..." Upon hearing Lu Que's words, Yu Tian Xiang hurriedly turned the sword in her left hand, her right hand extended towards her bosom. As soon as her hand touched her clothes, she suddenly reacted and raised her head to look at Lu Que. He shouted in anger, "Lad! You lied to me!"

"Ai ~ Ai ~ Ai ~ Ai ~" Lu Que hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How can you call this lying down? This is a wise move and he doesn't understand it. "Besides, you are a great princess, how could you say such malicious words? I want you to do the same to me, you want me to do the same for you?"

Yu Tian Xiang took in a deep breath before regaining her composure. She then drew her sword with a 'clang' and pointed it at the ground as she said expressionlessly, "Speak, who are you?"

Seeing Yu Tian Xiang's expression, Lu Que's eyelids jumped. He quickly bowed and greeted, "Brother Lu Que greets Princess Sis?"

"Who are you calling big sister?" Yu Tian Xiang's face changed as she said in dissatisfaction, "Lu Que? How come I seem to have heard of this name before? "

"Before I was two years old, I also have a name, Lu Que." Lu Que said again.

"Lu Que? Lu Que. What if there was a shortage of people? What if there was a shortage of people? You are the son of the royal aunt and Marquis of Martialism, Lu Que? " With a clang, Yu Tian Xiang's hands loosened from the shock. Her long sword and scabbard fell to the ground.