Solstice.
A thin layer of ice has begun to form on the river.
This is located in a relatively remote area of the island, with few trees and few people. At this time, the temperature has dropped to about ten degrees below zero.
The solstice is the coldest time before the Moon Shadow Festival. There is no lunar calendar on this island, so the calendar is formulated by the Moon Shadow Temple, and the winter solstice is equivalent to the winter solstice of the lunar calendar.
At this time, a group of people is slowly approaching.
Most of the people in this team are young people in their twenties, and most of them wear cotton jackets, but even with gloves on, many people still rub their hands in the cold. After all, because of the "death of the living", there is no animal fur on the island to keep out the cold.
Luo Heng walked at the front of the team, and beside him, there were also two other mentors, both of whom were experienced. This training camp, the headmaster repeated orders to be careful, how dare he be careless. What's more, there are two clerks' children, Xu Yun and Jiang Ziyue, in his class. Plus... Huang Shanyun...
At this moment, Xu Yun and Huang Shanyun followed him less than one meter behind. He knew that Huang Shanyun was the biggest unstable factor right now. After much deliberation, the best way was to keep her in his sight. And he has repeatedly emphasized that the Moon Shadow Temple has not declared Huang Shanyun as a "blasphemer". If anyone makes trouble because of Huang Shanyun's situation, he will have to report it directly to the principal!
"Mr. Luo, would you like some hot water?"
Seeing the slightly haggard look in Luo Heng's eyes, a long-haired female tutor beside him asked with concern.
Of course, there are no facilities on this island that can keep warm and heat, but as a Qi trainer, as long as you release the "Qi" on the water cup to keep the temperature of the water from dropping, you can still do it. It's just that if this method is used to drive out the cold, the released qi will increase, which is not conducive to the subsequent training work. Luo Heng himself also brought hot water, but he has already finished drinking it now.
"No need," Luo Heng waved his hand and said, "Anyway, we're almost at Panlong Mountain."
At this time, in everyone's sight, a towering but barren mountain appeared on the horizon. It seems that there are only a few kilometers to go. It is estimated that in about half an hour, you will be able to enter Panlong Mountain.
Along the way, the distance traveled is estimated to be about ten kilometers, and the departure time is in the morning, and it is now around four o'clock in the afternoon. The sky was getting dark, so they naturally wanted to set up camp on Panlong Mountain as soon as possible before the sun went down.
"Teacher Luo," another middle-aged male tutor with a beard beside Luo Heng asked, "I also heard something. Two students in your class are missing?"
"Yes... However, the principal has already communicated with the Moon Shadow God. They will return during the Moon Shadow Festival, so don't worry."
"Really? Then there's no problem."
On this island, as long as "Moon Shadow" is mentioned about anything, no one will raise any objections. Otherwise, you are daring to question Moon Shadow. Here, punishment with words is completely established. To put it a little bit exaggerated, even if Yue Ying said that she wanted to commit suicide alone, that person would have to die happily. If you want them to kill, you have to kill without hesitation, even if the other party is your parents or close relatives.
And Xu Yun behind Luo Heng, that is, Ye Xiang, naturally heard these words.
The other two tutors, the male is Fang Jizhong, and the female is Liu Changling. Both of them are tutors who are responsible for teaching the preparatory qi trainers who are about to graduate, especially Fang Jizhong, who is the tutor with the longest teaching experience in Hongluo Academy, not one of them, even if the principal sees him, he still considers himself a junior. And even this Instructor Fang also believes in Yueying thoroughly, and doesn't even think about the two missing people.
Yes... besides Lu Lingshan, another person is also missing.
That is Yao Shaxue.
Yao Shaxue, who had locked herself inside the door all this time, finally found out... that there was no one inside the door after Yao Shichen forced the door open.
Yao Shaxue disappeared completely just like that.
However, her disappearance was also informed by the will of the Moon Shadow God, and she will return at the Moon Shadow Festival. Therefore, members of the Yao family can no longer look for their sister, otherwise they will be questioning the words of the Moon Shadow God. No one dares to bear the title of "blasphemy" on this island, just look at Huang Shanyun.
As for the sudden disappearance of their sister, it was impossible for Yao Shichen and Yao Chunxue not to be worried at all. However, they could only bury this worry in their hearts. After all, with Moon Shadow God's promise, my sister would come back. But after that day, Yao Chunxue, who was always carefree, became reticent. Fortunately, Lingxi (Yueguang) was by her side, which relieved her a lot.
"Shi Chen, I really don't understand why Lu Lingshan and Sha Xue disappeared at the same time? Didn't a man and a woman elope?"
Han Lingxi and Yao Chunxue have a marriage contract, so Lingxi naturally treats the affairs of the Yao family as her own, let alone Yao Shaxue, the future sister-in-law
"Oh..." Yao Shichen sighed, "I'm also puzzled, where did they go? After Gu Yejie came back that night, Shaxue locked herself in the room..."
"Didn't she say that she was with Su Qingchan at night?"
"Hmph!" Yao Chunxue suddenly pointed at Su Qingchan who was walking in front of the team, and said through gritted teeth, "Su Qingchan, a bastard, something must have happened that night. After Shaxue disappeared, he never came to see me and my wife." my brother!"
"what?"
Moonlight stopped talking, strode up, grabbed Su Qingchan's collar, and said, "The surname is Su! Are you still human? Isn't Shaxue your girlfriend? You bastard, what did you do to her?" What did you do? She was with you the night of the Bone Night Festival, and when she came back..."
"what happened?"
The commotion in the team immediately attracted the attention of the three instructors. They were about to reach Panlong Mountain, and such a thing happened suddenly, which naturally made them frown. After all, they were rushing to enter Panlong Mountain as soon as possible. Panlong Mountain is a famous and dangerous place on the island, so there must be no slightest mistake in this action.
"Han Lingxi, it seems that it's not your turn to take care of Yao Shaxue and my affairs."
Su Qingchan's attitude was arrogant, and she was completely indifferent to Yueguang's questioning.
"What? Haruyuki is my future wife. You say it's not my turn to take care of it? Don't think that you can be defiant just because you have good grades in this year's reserve qi trainers! I'll teach you a lesson today!"
Moonlight has long been able to figure out the character of Han Lingxi's character. He has the passion and impulsiveness unique to young people, and he often does things irrationally. At this time, his performance was also very penetrating. Seeing that he raised his fist with the "Qi" condensed, Ye Xiang, who had already been rushed over, stopped him in advance!
"Lingxi! Don't be impulsive!"
"Xu Yun, this is my business, don't worry about it!"
"Enough!" Luo Heng yelled angrily, "Han Lingxi, what time is it? You didn't hear what I said this morning? We must enter the outskirts of Panlong Mountain before five o'clock! You know where Panlong Mountain is. What are the consequences of hacking in?"
At this time, most of the students in the team began to criticize Han Lingxi. After all, they were on the road all afternoon, and the closer they got to Panlong Mountain, the lower the temperature. Everyone was looking forward to arriving at their destination early and taking a good rest. In addition, Han Lingxi had always helped Xu Yun speak for Huang Shanyun, and everyone didn't have a good impression of him.
"That is, you are responsible for the progress of the team being delayed?"
"Let's go, why are you arguing? Wait until you have enough arguing at night!"
Ye Xiang forcibly pulled the moonlight away, and said, "Lingxi, now is not the time to quarrel, bear with it for now."
After all, Han Lingxi is not a person who doesn't know the seriousness. Looking at the current situation, it is obvious that there is no way to make a fuss. So, he gritted his teeth and said, "Just wait for me, this matter is not over!"
When he walked back to Shichen and Haruyuki's side, both of them comforted him with concern.
"Su Qingchan is a bastard, when I went to find him, he had the same face," Yao Shichen said bitterly, "It's just... he is the best of this year's reserve Qi trainers..."
"Are you worried that he will enter the Moon Shadow Temple in the future?"
After all, it would be absolutely unwise to offend a priest who might enter the temple in the future. This island is by no means a place of honest folk customs. A major premise of honest folk customs is that everyone is in the same class. When there are different classes, the so-called "sincere" is just a joke.