The periphery of Xixue Valley is actually an open-air flat land. Several sheds are simply built according to different patients. Many female doctors shuttle back and forth, carefully caring for each patient. They also draw out geothermal heat and the temperature is moderate, making it an excellent recuperation.

place.

Yun Xiao approached carefully. At this time, there were more than 20 unconscious people lying on the open space in the center. Judging from their clothes, they must be locals from Jialuo. However, I don’t know what shocking change happened. Some of them

Broken hands and some broken legs are in a state of coma due to severe injuries.

The owner of Xixue Valley squatted in front of an injured person to examine carefully, and uncovered the bloody clothes. She saw that the man's entire chest was sunken, and several broken ribs were pierced through the skin! She suppressed her surprise and gently pressed his injuries.

, I just feel that my skin is soft and slumped, like a puddle of mud.

She continued to check calmly, and touched the wounded man's throat with her palm. It seemed that he was still breathing intermittently. His heart was obviously not beating, so why was he still breathing?

"Auntie..." Yuxu had never seen such a situation before. Her face turned pale with fear. She quickly squeezed nervously to the side of the Valley Master and said tremblingly: "What should we do? Are they dead?"

The master of Xixue Valley ignored his niece and asked the middle-aged man who came with him, the only one who still maintained his emotions: "Are they all your tribesmen? What happened to them? Who took them?"

Injured like this?"

The man was sitting against a tree in the valley, with several thick layers of bandages wrapped around his head. He had dark skin, looked old, and was not in good spirits. Several doctors were still treating his injuries.

Applying medicine on his upper body, when he heard the question from the valley owner, the man hurriedly sat up and replied: "We are from Shelley Village. The village is located on the wasteland on the border of Jialuo and Yangchuan. Every year at this time, we have to go east from there.

Migration, we will go back when spring comes. Our village...Shelley Village is very poor, and no one cares about the life and death of the wastelanders. We can only find a way by ourselves. It is autumn now. If we don't leave now, we will wait until winter.

If there is no food, everyone will starve to death. I am the village chief. According to the village's practice, I leave all the food to the old people and children who can't walk. I take the walking people across the Weeping Snow Plateau and then to the Glacier Forest.

when……"

At this point, the village chief's whole body was shaking violently involuntarily, and his eyes lost focus in fear. Several doctors around him quickly held him down, fearing that he would get emotional and break his wounds again. He calmed down for a while, and his tone was also

Weeping: "There are...there are monsters in the forest! We have walked that road for decades, and it is impossible to get lost with our eyes closed! But that day, that day we got lost, and we couldn't get out.

At night, there were cries from below the glacier, and the ice began to crack!"

The village chief grabbed a doctor's hand and instantly made a deep mark on her arm. He said in horror: "There are many corpses under the ice. They are so powerful that they can tear people's bodies apart with their bare hands! And they eat them."

Human flesh! Many people who couldn't run were caught by them... We wanted to go back to rescue people, but there were more and more corpses. In the end, even the young and strong men couldn't hold on. There are twenty people here now.

Multiple people, that’s all…”

"Corpse?" Yuxu covered her mouth in surprise. The owner of Xixue Valley also had a numb scalp, and then asked, "How did you escape? From the Glacier Forest to Xixue Valley, you have to cross the glacier, right?"

"That's right, Binghe!" The village chief then recalled and added, "We were running around in the forest like headless flies. At first, there were more than fifty people, but as we walked, there were fewer and fewer people.

I didn't even see clearly where the disappeared people had gone, and I somehow managed to pass through the entire forest. When it got light again, the glacier was already in front of us. We escaped all night, and we didn't care if we saw the glacier.

When there were not many left, I rushed over to find water, and then the corpses did not dare to chase them, and turned back to the forest."

"Are the corpses still in the forest?" Yu Xu asked quickly, with goose bumps all over her body. The Glacier Forest is not far from the Snow Valley. Will those corpses also attack the Snow Valley?

"It's still there, it's still there." The village chief gasped and looked at the mouth of the valley in horror. The outer valley of Xixue Valley is open to the public all year round. Since Xuecheng is under the control of the imperial capital, it will not treat foreigners and wastelanders.

Snow Valley has become the only life-saving straw. There is a group of helpless women here. If those monsters come in, they will undoubtedly die again after finally escaping!

"Aunt, aunt, why don't we go hide in the inner valley..." Yuxu suggested in a tearful voice. The valley owner's face darkened and he cursed, "No, those monsters can't even cross the glacier.

How is it possible to come to Xixue Valley? Go get some hemostatic medicine quickly and bandage these people first."

"Oh." Although Yu Xu was dissatisfied with her aunt's words, she could only obey. She turned around and saw Yun Xiao waving to her in the corner, gesturing for her to come over.

"What are you doing here!" Yuxu sneaked over and pointed at her aunt secretly, "My aunt has a bad temper. Don't let her see you and get scolded again."

Yun Xiao obviously knew the temper of the Valley Master, so he dragged her to hide, and asked Yu Xu in a low voice: "I just heard that person say what corpses were in the forest?"

"You're not interested in this, are you?" Yuxu looked at her strangely, "You Central Plains people like these weird things. Even the Zhongyuan Ghost Festival was passed down from your Central Plains and held every year.

There are a bunch of weird people around the Weeping Snow Plateau, the Glacier Forest and the glacier. They are burning paper and setting off lanterns. It is so eerie and scary. Oops, it’s the Ghost Festival again, right? Those corpses

Could it be that you were attracted by your Ghost Festival?"

Yun Xiao looked at her awkwardly, not knowing how to explain the traditions of the Central Plains to her. Yuxu continued to complain: "You, you, you, you must not have any thoughts about those corpses! Just stay in the inner valley.

Just stay there, the inner valley is protected by the Frost Sky Phoenix, so nothing will happen to you."

"Why doesn't Neigu let the patients in?" Yunxiao asked her puzzledly. Yuxu muttered, wringing her fingers, and rolled her eyes, "It's said that Neigu is one of the three holy spirits, Frost Sky Phoenix.

Naturally, outsiders are not allowed to come in easily. Xixue Valley relies on everyone’s kindness to treat illnesses and save people. All the patients that Xuecheng refuses to accept come here. There are only a few doctors in the valley, and most of them are orphans saved by their aunts.

The apprentices I taught myself were extremely busy every day, and the patients who came were basically poor, and the consultation fees were low..."

Yuxu stuck out her tongue, realizing that she had said something wrong, and quickly explained: "It's not that I don't charge too much, it's that I want to charge people who don't have enough money, but I can't just ignore them... You, you are different, anyway, the military pavilion

The master will not be unable to pay for the consultation fee, and if I charge more, I can make everyone live a better life."

Yun Xiao pretended to be serious and said: "Then if you charge me so much for the consultation, you have to tell me what the origin of Xixue Valley is, right?"

"It's the hometown of Shuangtian Phoenix!" Yuxu looked at her strangely, not knowing why she was asking this at this time.

Yun Xiao frowned and looked at the injured people in Shelley Village. She always felt that something was wrong with these people.

She had flipped through Feiyuan's map in the past few days. The Weeping Snow Plateau was very large, occupying half of Jialuo. It was said that the snowfield and the glacier before falling into the sky were actually one. The destruction of the foundation caused the glacier forest.

It fell off from the Weeping Snow Plateau, forming a height difference of nearly 600 meters. The source of the glacier is in the Glacier Forest. It climbs up to the snowfield at a height of 600 meters and winds through the entire Garo!

Xixue Valley is located at the junction of Jialuo and Dongming. It is not even too far from Tianyu City, the imperial capital. Twenty miles away is the "Snow City", one of the three major cities in Feiyuan. If the villagers of Shellai Village go there on foot,

If Dongming spends the winter, they must set out at least a month ago so that they can reach the forest when autumn arrives. If nothing else happens, it will take them at least three days to pass through the glacier forest and reach the glacier, including the time to cross the river.

Time, no matter what, it is impossible to reach Xisue Valley so quickly!

This group of injured patients seems to be unable to move on their own. How can an old village chief who is over fifty years old bring them to seek medical treatment? But if it is not the old village chief, then who is "secretly helping" behind him?

?

Yun Xiao secretly thought about it. Xiao Yibai once said that Shen Yue was equipped with tracking skills from the royal family. If the other party's goal was only her own, then she would at least be able to protect herself. But if the other party's goal was Xixue Valley, then she would have to

It is indeed difficult to protect the defenseless doctors in Neigu.

When she was still puzzled, a familiar voice suddenly came. The master of Xixue Valley had already seen the two of them. As he walked, he said, "Why did Miss Yun come out? There are not enough people in the valley. Can Miss Yun come to help?"

A hand?"

"Ah? Auntie..." Yuxu's eyes widened, suspecting that she heard wrongly. What happened? This bad-tempered aunt not only didn't scold her, but also asked her to go over and help?

"Well, it just so happened that I also learned some medical skills from Uncle Qingqiu when I was in Kunlun." Yun Xiao heard what the Valley Master was saying and quickly agreed to follow her. Yu Xu didn't dare to say anything, so she had to hold on.

Scalp together.

The old village chief glanced at Yun Xiao with a strange expression, his throat gurgling as if he had something to say.

Yun Xiao glanced at the old village chief, and her heart sank - there was something slightly wrong with his aura, which made her feel uncomfortable all over.

"Miss Yun, help me save this one first. This one is the most seriously injured." The owner of the valley calmly pulled her over. On the straw mat in front of her lay a young man covered in blood, with his mouth slightly open.

There was air coming in but not coming out. The Valley Master signaled a few assistants to pull up the screen and said softly: "Miss Yun, to tell you the truth, I briefly checked the twenty-some wounded people and found that their heartbeats were gone.

But there is always air in the throat. I have never seen anything like this in my more than 40 years of medical practice! Frankly speaking... I don’t even know whether these people are alive or dead."

"No heartbeat?" Yun Xiao was startled. She carefully put her hand on this person's heart, and suddenly with a "pop", the breath of the spirit phoenix exploded into a string of fire!

"This..." the Valley Master whispered. At this time, the wounded man's eyes suddenly widened, but his eyes were unfocused, leaving only the whites of his eyes!

"Shh..." Yun Xiao quickly made a silent gesture to signal the Valley Master not to act rashly. In fact, the breath of the spirit phoenix was not under her control. The strange phenomenon just now was undoubtedly caused by her own influence on the body of the wounded person.

conflicted.

Then, with her toes as the center, a weak sword wind blew up, and the sword formation formed silently. Yun Xiao was startled, and lightly touched the wind sword in her sleeve. This time, the sword formation was created by Xiao Yibai.

The spiritual power bound by her Wind God is obviously much stronger than that of Qing Mei Sword!

"Well..." The wounded man made a series of strange sounds, opened and closed his mouth, raised his hands to scratch, and his body began to convulse and twist.

Master Xixue Valley skillfully grabbed the wounded man's hands and pressed them directly to the ground so that he could not move at all. He asked nervously: "What's going on?"

"This is Kunlun's evil-killing sword array, which can suppress the things in his body." Yun Xiao simply explained. The wind god fell into his palm, and the weathered sword could not see its outline. Yun Xiao could only rely on his feelings.

He cut the wounded man's chest open with his sword, and saw that the blood from the wound did not flow out, but solidified like a pool of blood. Only then did the Master of Xixue Valley change his expression, and hurriedly squeezed it with his hands, and said in surprise

, "This blood has already coagulated. Judging from the color, it seems that it has been dead for several days!"

"There is something in my heart." Cold sweat broke out on Yun Xiao's forehead. The sword formation under her feet was not stable. It seemed that there was another mysterious force competing with her, trying to break through the Evil Executing Sword Formation.

"Let me do it, don't force it, just hold his hand for me." The Master of Xixue Valley saw her face darken suddenly, and took the initiative to take out the lancet from the pocket on her waist. She was skilled with her hands.

He reached into the chest, grabbed the heart and pulled it out of the body. With the other hand, he raised the knife and cut the heart with the sharp lancet.

Sure enough, a string of gray-white smoke came out of his heart. Yun Xiao quickly grabbed it with quick eyes and hands, and the breath of the spirit phoenix burned again, and it burned into ashes with a "pop".

"Oops! This..." Yun Xiao waved her hands repeatedly. This thing was out of her control. She originally wanted to catch one to check what the smoke was about, but she didn't expect it to be burned as soon as she touched it.

The master of Xixue Valley did not dare to touch those evil and obscure things easily, so he could only ask: "Miss Yun, what is that?"

"It's a bit like the techniques of controlling souls in the Central Plains." Yun Xiao held her chin and thought. Although the Kunlun sect is mainly focused on swordsmanship, there are also many books recording some strange techniques. It is rumored that there is a snow valley under the Kunlun Mountains.

The immortals under the throne of the Queen Mother of the West were particularly proficient in the art of souls. It is said that they have four major branches of "soul control", "soul sealing", "soul refining" and "soul destruction", which can take out the souls of living people.

, use a special method to refine imps for your own use. This technique is extremely cruel, so the imps trained also have cruel personalities. They can be attached to objects to hurt people invisible, or they can be attached to dead people to make them

The dead become "living corpses"!

"Spells like soul control? You, you mean these people are already dead, and then their souls were controlled and found in Xixue Valley?" The owner of Xixue Valley felt her scalp numb when she heard that. The orthodox medicine she had learned was actually very

She was disgusted with these mythical words, but when these words came from the mouth of a Kunlun disciple, she had no choice but to believe them.
To be continued...