He could feel a very faint power pulsing beneath the ice, as if something was sleeping.
“Did you feel it?” Jiang Xuelan walked to his side.
“I feel it.” David stood up. “There’s something beneath the ice. Very ancient, very powerful.”
Jiang Xuelan was silent for a moment, “Perhaps it is the remains of the Ice God’s bloodline. The records in our ancestral hometown mention that there is an ancestral land of the Ice God’s bloodline far away on Sixteenth Heaven.”
David nodded. “Let’s go and gather information first. We don’t know anything about this place, so we can’t act rashly.”
The two of them hid their presence and walked towards the edge of the ice field.
The ice layer was very wide, so wide it stretched as far as the eye could see.
The two walked for a full day but still saw no signs of life.
There was only ice, snow, wind, and two moons that never set.
David’s chaotic power circulated in his body, preventing the cold from entering.
Jiang Xuelan herself had the Ice God bloodline, so the coldness of the icy plains had no effect on her; on the contrary, it made him feel very comfortable.
“Your Ice God bloodline is much more active here than on Fifteenth Heaven.” David noticed that the ice blue light surrounding Jiang Xuelan was brighter than usual.
Jiang Xuelan nodded. “The heaven and earth spiritual energy here contains a trace of the power of the Ice God. Although it is very weak, the power does exist. This shows that there is indeed the bloodline of the Ice God on Sixteenth Heaven.”
The two continued their journey.
After walking for about half a day, we finally saw signs of human settlement ahead.
It was a caravan.
There were more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages and dozens of people, including demi-beasts, humans, demons, and some ghosts.
They wore thick clothes made of animal skins, wrapped themselves tightly, and trudged across the icy plains.
The carriage was loaded with goods, covered with a tarpaulin, so that the contents could not be seen.
David narrowed his eyes slightly.
The cultivators in this caravan were not very strong; the highest among them was only at the sixth rank of the True Immortal Realm.
In a place like Sixteenth Heaven, such a cultivation level was barely enough to protect oneself.
“Come on, follow them,” David said in a low voice.
The two of them followed the convoy of vehicles quietly, maintaining a safe distance.
The caravan members looked very alert, occasionally some looked back, but David’s chaotic power completely hid their presence, and they didn’t notice anything.
The caravan traveled across the icy plains for about two hours before a small town appeared ahead.
The town was small, having only a few dozen households.
The house was built from blocks of ice, crystal clear, and shimmered with a faint blue light under the moonlight.
The city was surrounded by a tall wooden fence filled with defensive runes.
Two guards stood at the entrance of the city, one was a demi-beast and the other a human, both of them had a cultivation level around the fourth rank of the True Immortal Realm.
The group exchanged a few words with the guards before entering the city.
David and Jiang Xuelan waited a while before coming out of their hiding place and heading into the city.
“Stop!” The orc guard raised his spear, blocking the two men. “Who is there?”
David put his hands together in a salute: “A wandering cultivator passing by. Looking for a place to rest.”
The beastman guards looked the two of them up and down, their gazes stopping for a moment on Jiang Xuelan.
This woman was extremely beautiful, and her temperament was extraordinary; he didn’t seem like an ordinary wild cultivator.
“Where did you come from? Where are you going?” asked the human guard, his tone full of caution.
“I came from the south,” David casually mentioned the direction, “I was thinking of trying my luck in the north.”
The human guard was silent for a moment, then stepped aside. “Come in. The town isn’t big; there’s only one inn. Don’t cause trouble.”
David thanked him and took Jiang Xuelan into the city.
The streets in the city were narrow, and the shops on both sides sold all kinds of foodstuffs.
Potions, magical artifacts, materials, and intelligence. There weren’t many people on the streets; most were independent cultivators, but there were also some merchants from the beast and demon races.
They saw David and Jiang Xuelan, but only glanced at them before looking away.
In this remote place, foreigners were not uncommon.
David found the inn.
The inn is small, only has a few rooms, but very clean.
The shopkeeper was an old demi-beast, a rank six True God, with a scar on his face that stretched from his forehead to his chin. He looked fierce, but his tone was very gentle.
“Two people checking in?”
“Stay.” David took out a handful of crystals and placed them on the table. “Two rooms, one night.”
The old beastman took the crystals, counted them, and nodded. “Upstairs on the left, there are two rooms next to each other.”
He paused, then lowered his voice, “Is this your first visit to the Ice Plains?”
David looked at him: “How do you know?”
The old orc chuckled: “I know everyone on the Ice Plains. You two are unfamiliar faces; you’re obviously from outside the city. Let me give you a piece of advice: The Ice Plains have not been peaceful recently. There are three times as many Protoss patrols as usual, as if they are looking for someone. If you have nothing else to do, you’d better leave as soon as possible.”
FAQ Novel
Q: What challenges did David and Jiang Xuelan encounter in the void?
A: They braved a chaotic spatial rift and a terrifying spatial storm, enduring immense pressure.
Q: What striking features characterize the new realm they entered?
A: The realm boasts a greyish-white sky, dual moons (one silvery, one dark red), and an exceptionally high concentration of spiritual energy.
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