North of Yanmen Pavilion was Yandang Mountain. The continent and the bitterly cold lands were separated by this towering and continuous mountain range. There was a nameless valley among the mountains, the only path between the two places. Later on, Yandang Pass was built here. At first, it was said to prevent the beasts of the bitterly cold lands from invading the continent. But as time passed, they found that the conditions of the bitterly cold lands were so harsh that even most of the beasts could not survive. The rare beasts that could survive there had long since adapted to the living conditions there. The fertile land south of Yandang Mountain was the most dangerous place for them to survive.
Yandang Pass was gradually abandoned. But around Yandang Pass, the guards from the early years began to multiply into a few villages, and then a small town.
During the Second Great War of the World of Cultivators a thousand years ago, the Dark Academy fled from here to the bitterly cold lands. Since then, Yandang Pass was picked up again. The four great academies led the inner academy to guard it together.
Later on, the Dark Academy did have some counterattacks, but they were stopped outside of Yandang Pass. The harsh living conditions caused them to weaken day by day, and they finally did not have the strength to fight back on a large scale. As time passed, the academy's protection of Yandang Pass became routine, and they did not place as much importance on it as before.
Today, Yandang Pass was within the borders of the Green Peak Empire. Be it the pass or the nearby villages or small towns, they were all governed by the Green Peak Empire. With the support of this great country, the lives of the people here were much better. It was much livelier than at Yanmen Pavilion.
Second of February.
Three travel-worn youths came to the northernmost town of the continent, Yanmen Town. They asked around the town, and finally, like all the other travelers who came to Yanmen Town, they had no choice but to enter the only inn in the town.
The inn was so shabby that it did not even have a name. There were very few travelers who came to Yanmen Town. As a result, Lu Ping saw a familiar face as soon as he stepped into the inn.
Ying Xiao, who stayed with him in the same five academies in the North Style Academy, was sitting at a table in the corner of the lobby. The table was covered with wine bottles, and the inn's waiter waited on them closely. Ying Xiao would pour a bowl and drink it, then look outside until Lu Ping and the other two walked in.
"Three guests, would you like to have a meal or stay?" Perhaps it was rare for so many customers to appear at the same time, the waiter looked very excited and instantly moved from Ying Xiao's table to the three of them.
"Let's eat something first, then we'll think about staying here," Morin said.
"Alright, what would you like to eat?" The waiter said as he pointed to the wall behind the counter. There were a few bamboo plates hanging on the wall, and the names of the dishes were written on them.
"That's all?" Morin took a look. There were only seven or eight bamboo tokens.
"Oh, oh." The waiter took a look and hurriedly ran in. He raised his hand and plucked the two pieces. "I don't have these two."
"Give me one of each of the remaining dishes," Morin said snappily.
"Alright, please take a seat!" The waiter clearly felt that this was a big business, and shouted with all his might before rushing to the kitchen. At this time, Su Tang had already noticed Lu Ping's expression. After poking him, he secretly asked, "Do you know him?"
"Yes." Lu Ping nodded. "He probably didn't recognize me."
"Aren't you looking down on Draconis's mask a little too much?" Morin said somewhat speechlessly.
"Are you guys talking about me?" Ying Xiao, who was in the corner, suddenly shouted.
"Brother, you have a good capacity for alcohol. Admirable." Morin didn't even blink and quickly answered.
"Drink?" Ying Xiao asked the three of them as he picked up a bowl. The three of them shook their heads.
"Go to the side." After Ying Xiao finished speaking, he raised his head and drank, ignoring the three of them.
The three of them found a place to sit down. Before the food was served, they saw a young girl angrily rushing out of the kitchen. In a flash, she was already standing next to Ying Xiao's table.
"Drink, drink, drink, you only know how to drink. How many days have you been here? You've already drunk all the wine! "The girl roared at Ying Xiao.
"What are you panicking for, it's not like I'm not paying you." Ying Xiao said disapprovingly.
"Idiot, there's no wine, how can you pretend to be an inn?" The girl shouted.
"You also know it's a disguise? Why are you shouting so loudly, can't you see there are guests? "Ying Xiao said.
"I'll just kill them." When the girl talked about this matter, her tone was exceptionally relaxed. Of course, it wasn't that she didn't notice there were people, but under her perception, she felt that they were sloppy and ordinary, so she didn't take it to heart. When she turned her head to look at the three of them, she was immediately stunned.
"Lu Ping?" She opened her mouth to call out.
Lu Ping and the other two were also stunned. Lu Ping had long recognized that the girl was the one Ying Xiao brought in with a box during the Seven Stars Examination. The two of them weren't familiar with each other at all. He didn't think that she would recognize him at a glance.
"Lu Ping?" Ying Xiao was also stunned. He looked up at the three of them and sneered. "Are you blind?"
"The blind one is you, right?" The girl was Leng Qing, who was known as the Little Demoness in the Dark Academy. She walked straight to the table of the three of them and stared straight at Lu Ping.
Lu Ping sighed and turned to look at Morin. "Do I have a reason to look down on Draconis's mask now?"
"Rubbish." Morin was indignant.
"The mask is not bad, it's because I'm more unique in this area." Leng Qing said a fair sentence.
"Long time no see." With his identity easily exposed, Lu Ping quickly abandoned his disguise. After nodding at Leng Qing, he waved at Ying Xiao.
"What's going on?" Ying Xiao stood up in surprise and walked over with a bowl of wine. He looked at Lu Ping in disbelief. "How did you end up like this?"
"It's a disguise mask, you idiot." Leng Qing scolded.
"What I mean is, why do you need to disguise yourself?" Ying Xiao was obviously not as stupid as Leng Qing said.
"Of course it's to not be recognized." Lu Ping said.
"Then what do we do now?" Ying Xiao said.
"Can you not tell others?" Lu Ping asked.
"First tell me what you came here for." Ying Xiao said.
"Crusade against the Dark Academy." Lu Ping was very honest.
Leng Qing and Ying Xiao looked at each other. They were obviously not surprised by this answer. Ying Xiao seemed to have made up his mind and drank the wine in one gulp.
"You didn't expose me in the North Style Academy, so I have a reason to help you keep your secret." Ying Xiao said.
"Thank you." Lu Ping nodded.
Leng Qing was still hesitating. After a while, she said: "What if I'm not willing?"
"Kill him?" Lu Ping said after hesitating for a while.
"Then there's no other way." Leng Qing sighed. "In order to live, I can only keep this secret."
"Thank you." Lu Ping smiled.
"But there's still one more troublesome guy." Ying Xiao said and looked up. Lu Ping followed his gaze and saw Xu Weifeng hanging at the top of the stairs. With a flip, he came down from the second floor.
"Come out and fight with me." He said while walking out. "As long as you win, everything will be fine."
"What if I lose?" Lu Ping asked.
"If you can't even beat him, why would you crusade against the Dark Academy?" Leng Qing said.
"Makes sense." Lu Ping nodded and stood up.
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