"This..." Yan Ningxiao hesitated, "Fang Xusheng, you are the backbone of the human race. It seems a bit inappropriate for you to personally participate in the war. If something goes wrong, all of us in the Ten Cold Ancient Land will be sinners of the human race."
Meng Jingye said, "I don't recommend Fang Xusheng to join the battle. The Blood Demon Barbarians are coming with great force this time. We are only trying to stop them instead of engaging in a direct fight. One more or one less person will not affect the battle situation. Fang Xusheng, instead of putting yourself in danger, you should stay in the rear, which will give our human army peace of mind."
"Fang Xusheng can choose not to participate in the battle of Wanxing Pass, but he cannot be absent from the battle with Han Jun. I also hope that Fang Xusheng can stay in Hancheng." Han Jun said.
"Yes, Fang Xusheng, you stay here, and we, the Grand Secretaries, can go ahead."
Many university scholars advised him.
Fang Yun said: "I am not going to the Seventh Cold City to fight the Blood Demon Barbarians to death this time, but I am stationed at Wanxing Pass, guarding this gateway for the human race with the Star Demon Barbarians. There is not much risk. What's more, I am not familiar with the environment of the Ten Cold Ancient Land. If I can fight the strong men of the Blood Demon Barbarians at Wanxing Pass, it will be a good thing for the battle of the Lord of Cold."
Kong Yingwei smiled and said, "Wanxing Pass is not too far from our Ninth Cold City. If Fang Xusheng is in trouble, we can arrive in a short time. However, Fang Xusheng, you must make three rules with us. Before our human army arrives, you must not leave Wanxing Pass to fight the monsters. If you disagree, we will ask Han Jun to seal you here and let you go after the Ice Emperor Palace appears."
Fang Yun said helplessly: "Okay."
Han Jun said: "It is a foregone conclusion that we will help the Star Demon Barbarians, so let's discuss how to lead everyone in the city to the Ice Emperor Palace."
There was silence in the side hall, and Fang Yun clearly felt that the atmosphere was very depressing.
Every time an ancient land is born and destroyed, a large number of deaths occur in various cities and tribes, and the number of survivors never exceeds one percent.
The most tragic birth and destruction in the ancient land caused the number of creatures of various races to drop sharply from 30 million to less than 30,000, with a survival rate of less than one in a thousand. If all kinds of creatures in the wild are included, the survival rate may reach one in ten thousand.
The conditions in the ancient land of Shihan are harsh, and the population has always been small. Surveys have been conducted in various cities in recent years, and the current total population of the ancient land is only about 21 million. Even for the human race, which is good at reproduction, the total population is only more than 700,000.
If nothing unexpected happens, after the ancient land’s creation and destruction, the number of surviving humans in the Shihan Ancient Land will not exceed 10,000.
Fang Yun's heart was heavy. There were many things that even the saints could not control, let alone himself.
Next, the great scholars and students from various schools discussed the details of going to the Ice Emperor Palace. All parties basically reached a consensus, but there were still some minor differences.
After listening to the end, Fang Yun discovered that everyone was only discussing the process from the Seventh Cold City to the Ice Emperor Palace, and no one discussed what to do after entering the Ice Emperor Palace.
Fang Yun recalled that the information the Yan family had given him was exactly the opposite. It barely mentioned how to lead hundreds of thousands of people to the Ice Emperor Palace. It only taught him how to compete for the Ten Cold Kings after entering the Ice Emperor Palace.
Fang Yun remained silent. After the meeting was over, everyone left the Han Palace. The other scholars took out their business cards and invited Fang Yun to participate in the literary gathering. After chatting, Fang Yun and Yan Ningxiao sat on a sleigh and slowly headed towards the Yan family mansion.
After getting in the car and sitting down, Fang Yun said, "Mr. Ning Xiao, there is something I don't understand."
"What's the matter? Tell me, you and I are not outsiders." Yan Ningxiao said.
Fang Yun said: "Just now you only discussed bringing everyone to the Ice Emperor Palace, but you didn't mention anything about what will happen after entering the Ice Emperor Palace."
Yan Ningxiao's hair was gray, and his face was covered with fine wrinkles. His eyes were extremely complicated. He sighed softly, put down the teacup, and said, "Even we, the great scholars, can only protect them to the gate of the Ice Emperor Palace, because once we enter the Ice Emperor Palace, we may not even be able to protect ourselves."
"Once they enter the Ice Emperor Palace, we can only leave them to fend for themselves?" Fang Yun's tone was very heavy.
"The phrase 'survive and perish on your own' sounds bad, but it is true. In fact..." Yan Ningshan hesitated for a moment and continued, "In my mind, everyone except you who enters the Ice Emperor Palace can only be left to fend for themselves."
"The reason you didn't tell me the details is because you were worried that I would do something you didn't want me to do?" Fang Yun asked.
"Yes, we are afraid that you will give up Han Jun in order to save them. However, we believe that you will make the right choice. Many times, we can't save anyone, and even more often, we can't even save ourselves!" Yan Ningxiao said.
Fang Yun was silent for a while, then said, "I understand. I know the priorities."
"That's good." Yan Ningxiao turned his head and looked out the window.
The ancient land of Shihan always has only two colors, gray in the sky and white nearby, a land of cold and ice, a land of death and silence.
Fang Yun said: "How many days will it take to prepare for going to Wanxing Pass?"
Yan Ningxiao said: "If nothing unexpected happens, you can set off in three days at most. By the way, you don't need to worry about the Lei family or other human beings trying to harm you. In the Shihan Ancient Land, they dare not!"
When Yan Ningxiao spoke, he couldn't help but hold his head high and chest out, full of confidence.
“Well, it was with this in mind that I entered the Shihan Ancient Land.”
"You can take a rest today, and walk around Hancheng tomorrow to get familiar with the place, and then prepare to go to Wanxing Pass. Someone will take care of everything else for you." Yan Ningxiao said.
Fang Yun nodded slightly.
After entering the Yan family mansion, Yan Ningxiao transported Fang to the well.
After settling down, the Yan family held a banquet to welcome Fang Yun. Most of the scholars from various families came. Han Jun did not come but sent someone to send greetings. Even the Zong family sent a university scholar, but the university scholar did not say a word from beginning to end.
After the banquet, Fang Yun returned to Jingzhai to begin studying. Even coming to a new world did not interrupt the good habits he had developed.
There is no such thing as night or day in the Shihan Ancient Land. The sky is always filled with heavy snow, and all time is synchronized with that of the Shengyuan Continent.
It was a little after four in the morning when Fang Yun was writing "History of Ancient Demons" stroke by stroke. Suddenly, the heaven and earth shook. Just as the pen tip was about to press into the paper, he suddenly lifted the pen to prevent what he had written from being wasted.
Fang Yun felt that there was something wrong with this earthquake, because not only the ground was shaking, but even the sky was shaking. So he walked out of the study, looked up, and his eyes showed strange colors.
Strange and colorful rays of light formed a gauze curtain and hung down from the sky. They swayed and twisted gently as if blown by a breeze.
Fang Yun had seen this kind of scene before. This was the aurora, which only appeared in the polar regions. However, the aurora before him exuded an inexplicable power, as if the sky was sending down light and making all the arrangements to welcome a divine saint.
An urgent letter arrived at the official seal, and then Fang Yun heard the sound of snow crunching in the Yan family mansion.
Fang Yun picked up the official seal and looked down at it.
"The connection between Shengyuan Continent and Shihan Ancient Land is completely cut off! This is the legendary Ice Emperor's curtain, covering the sky and the earth. It is not an ordinary aurora. Every time the Ice Emperor's curtain appears, it means that the Ice Emperor Palace is about to be born, and all places will make final preparations. The trip to Wanxing Pass is imminent."
Fang Yun stood there thinking after reading it. Not long after, Yan Ningxiao hurried in. (To be continued)