Chapter 429: Chapter 231 Ice Soul Demon Thunder
Facing these patrol teams, Yu Yuanhua, a seemingly violent man, was unexpectedly kind.
Everytime he was inspected, he proactively revealed his identity, never displaying the slightest arrogance that high-tier cultivators often show towards low-tier cultivators.
Just after sending off a team of patrolling soldiers, Yu Yuanhua seemed to notice the crowd’s surprise.
He looked around at everyone, his voice somewhat deep, a desolate tone sounded: "These people have paid a price far beyond what you imagine, they deserve respect! You all must act like me and absolutely cooperate when being inspected."
"Yes!"
The crowd’s expressions became solemn, Yu Yuanhua’s meaning was clear.
For a sect elder to say such words, it was evident that the frontline soldiers had made significant contributions to the Shenxiao Dao Sect, and suffered heavy losses.
With such military achievements, even Golden Core Realm cultivators must obey inspections and cooperate absolutely when encountering those executing duties!
Arriving here, Li Yunjing had not yet experienced a battle, nor had he seen an enemy, but an inexplicable change had already appeared in his heart.
The oppressive and iron-blooded environment here made Li Yunjing feel somewhat heavy-hearted.
A sense of responsibility and duty seemed to be slowly emerging within him, perhaps this is what a Shenxiao Dao Sect disciple should be like.
Rather than enjoying the comfortable, superior, and luxurious life seen in the sect on ordinary days.
"Let’s go! The mountain area ahead is truly dangerous territory!"
"This is the edge of the no-man’s-land!"
"Our mission targets a mining vein of the Yin Mountain Sect!"
"From now on, everyone must remain silent, restrain your aura as much as possible, to avoid attracting people from other forces in the mountains, which could affect our plan."
"We will walk all the way, traverse the mountain range, and reach the destination."
Looking at the bewildered team members, Yu Yuanhua sighed and continued to instruct.
What he did not say was that within the entire mountain range, far beyond eighteen squads, were cautiously heading toward the same attack points as them.
This was not an isolated operation, but a large-scale raid on this barrier that hindered the Shenxiao Dao Sect’s conquest of the Southern Heaven Continent.
Thus achieving the goal of occupying this mountain range and pushing the border forward by several hundred miles.
That was the real strategic objective!
Yu Yuanhua’s team members listened to his words, each of them solemnly restrained their aura.
Li Yunjing and the others hid all their traces, appearing just like ordinary people.
The group, led by Yu Yuanhua, trudged arduously through an endless expanse of white snow mountains like mortals.
Leaving the City of Glory, the icy, bone-chilling cold air brushed against Li Yunjing and the others’ faces like knives.
If they were not cultivators, surviving in such a place would truly be impossible.
With temperatures reaching hundred degrees below zero, no ordinary life forms could survive here.
This Transverse Mountain Range stretches across the land, isolating all forms of life.
Except for the cultivators and demon beasts of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, no life form can traverse such a magnificent mountain range.
The snow-covered land connects to the heavens above and reaches the mountain ranges below.
The endless snow, bone-chilling wind, whistles through the air.
Sharp sounds of wind howling like the maniacal laughter of demons brought a deep sense of cold to Li Yunjing and his group.
In the midst of the mountains, Li Yunjing’s group moved low-key along a special route, continuously advancing.
In this mountain area, thick snowflakes fluttered, covering the sky, creating an endless expanse of white without boundaries.
This kind of frigid climate was unprecedented within the Great Ming Dynasty territory.
Everything iced over, frozen solid, the snow-white world was not a peaceful place.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As Li Yunjing’s group continued their trek, the howling wind and fluttering snowflakes formed layers of icy blades.
These icy blades swept towards Li Yunjing and his party from all directions.
"Bang!"
In the blink of an eye, Li Yunjing was surrounded by hundreds of blades of snow as thin as knives.
Seeing this, Li Yunjing hurriedly made gestures, casting a Seal Technique, using the Nine Yang Fire, he instantly melted the snowflakes.
The melted snowflakes turned into droplets, fell to the ground, and instantly froze into chunks of ice.
In a place like this, cultivators below the sixth layer of Qi Refining Realm could not traverse this icy and snowy world.
They would only become ice sculptures frozen in this desperate situation.
Such is the plight of cultivators, let alone ordinary people.
"Everyone be careful! In this icy and snowy world, there might be some cold ice attribute demon beasts appearing."
Yu Yuanhua paid no attention to the wind and snow but still reminded everyone about the potential appearance of demon beasts.
The crowd remained silent, but their expressions grew more serious.
Being specially reminded by a high-tier Golden Core Realm elder, evidently, Yu Yuanhua believed that the demon beasts that might appear had the capability to harm this team of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
After advancing dozens more miles, everyone started to feel that something seemed off around them.
The all-white forest seemed exceptionally cold and eerie.
Unknown demon beasts were howling in the mountains, terrifying white figures swiftly crossed the forest and snow fields, gradually encroaching towards Li Yunjing’s group.
The killing intent, though restrained, brought an unspeakable oppressive atmosphere over the snowfield.
This was the sign of a demon beast attack.
"Prepare to face the enemy!"