Sovereign to Immortality

When Yang Junshan left Yuzhou, it was still summer. Along the way to Liangzhou, it took him close to a month to travel all the way to Ningxia. Along the way, he battled with the alien cultivators, and it took him another two months.    

    

However, after Yang Junshan went over the snowy mountain ridge, what appeared in front of him was already like a world of ice and snow.    

    

"Haha, little brother Yang, with one look, you are not a member of our Northern County, Liangzhou. Only you three from the Southern County wouldn't care about the cold tide!"    

    

After an elderly Great Perfection cultivator said this, the surrounding eight to nine Martial Disciples all laughed out in good will.    

    

Yang Junshan had stumbled upon this group of cultivators after traversing the Snow Ridge. They were from a Prominent Class family of Condensing Mountain County's Ning.    

    

When Yang Junshan met them, the Ning Family's ten Martial Disciples were surrounded by a pack of hungry wild beasts and wolves on the ice plains.    

    

There were roughly thirty wolves in total. Possessing the power of a savage beast meant that the wolves had a cultivation level comparable to that of Martial Cultivators. In addition to the hunger, the wolves wanted to kill the human cultivators as food, even if it meant paying a price.    

    

At that time, among the ten cultivators of the Ning family, besides the leader of the family who was at the great circle of perfection and a middle-aged man in his thirties who was at the fourth level of the Martial Cultivator Stage, the other eight were all below the aura of death.    

    

If they were to fight head on, of course they would be able to defeat the wolf pack. Although the wolf pack was scary, they did not have the intelligence, but the hungry wolf pack was not afraid of death after all. If they were to fight, they would probably have to hand over three or four of their forces.    

    

At this moment, Yang Junshan, who had hidden his presence and disguised himself as a Great Perfection Stage cultivator, suddenly attacked from outside the encirclement of the wolves.    

    

When the Ning Family cultivators received such powerful reinforcements, the Patriarch immediately ordered them to break out. He cooperated with Yang Junshan and dispersed the pack of wolves, but only two disciples on his side were injured by the huge wolves due to lack of experience. Fortunately, their injuries were not serious.    

    

On the ice plains, if a cultivator that they did not know approached them, both sides would have to be on full alert. However, Yang Junshan had saved the lives of the Ning Family cultivators.    

    

Because of this, the Ning Family's gratitude and Yang Junshan's affinities became harmonious. Yang Junshan quickly blended in with the cultivators of the Ning Family and learned a lot about the Northern Frozen Plains from them.    

    

Hearing the laughter of the crowd, Yang Junshan did not mind and instead asked seriously, "I would like to seek your guidance, Senior Ning."    

    

Patriarch Ning did not explain directly to Yang Junshan. Instead, he stroked his beard and asked, "Although Fellow Yang is not a cultivator from the three counties, I presume you have heard of the Ice Crystal Jade Spring. I've heard that it was actually here a few months ago?"    

    

Yang Junshan was stunned. He didn't know why Patriarch Ning mentioned the Ice Crystal Jade Fountain. Could it be that the Arctic Icecap in the Northern Icecap had something to do with this?    

    

When Patriarch Ning saw Yang Junshan's doubtful expression, he smiled and continued, "The frost energy in the Ice Crystal Jade Spring can be used to purify the cultivator's internal energy, and every time the Arctic Icecap erupts, the frost energy will also be drawn into it."    

    

Yang Junshan suddenly understood, and then said, "Could it be that every cold wave is accompanied by frost energy, and it can also be used by cultivators to purify the zhen yuan in their bodies like the ice crystal jade spring?"    

    

Of course it's impossible, "Ning Hanwu, the fourth level Martial Disciple who was second only to the old chief among the ten Martial Disciples of the Ning family, continued," Only the frost wave in the Arctic Icecap will be mixed with frost energy, which also makes the frost wave in the Arctic Icecap extremely terrifying.    

    

Looking at Yang Junshan's shocked expression, Ning Hanwu continued, "And the natural energies in the Arctic Icecap are extremely mixed. Although they are mixed with the icy energies, they are impossible for cultivators to absorb. Even if a powerful cultivator is able to suppress and separate the icy energies in the frost, it would usually cost a lot, it's not worth it at all."    

    

"Then …" Yang Junshan glanced at the rest of the Ning Family's cultivators, and his expression was clear. Since the cold wave was so powerful that even a late stage Martial Disciple could not handle it, then why did he bring the early stage Martial Disciples of the Ning Family into the Arctic Icecap?    

    

Ning Hanwu smiled proudly and said, "Brother Yang, you want to ask why we are going to enter the Northern Frozen Plains if the cold wave is so powerful?"    

    

In fact, Yang Junshan didn't want to ask that question, but since he dared to bring his family's Middle Martial Stage disciple here, he must have some way to resist the cold. Maybe it was his secret, so he nodded and said: "I need to ask!"    

    

Ning Hanwu smiled, but just as he was about to speak, he heard the surrounding clansmen suddenly shout in alarm. When they looked over, they saw a ray of light flash across the night sky to the west of where they were camping. It was not a shooting star, but a light escape.    

    

"How many times has it been already? This season's extreme north ice field's cold wave appears to have a rather large number of cultivators at the Mortal Realm!"    

    

Old Patriarch Ning had entered the Northern Frozen Plains several times and experienced the cold season several times as well, but this time he appeared to be worried.    

    

Yang Junshan was struck by a thought and said, "The cold season?" Are there a lot of cultivators in the realms of the Celestial Realm heading to the Arctic Icecap during the season of the cold tides? "    

    

Old Patriarch Ning shook his head and said, "There are indeed a lot of them, but there are many paths for these cultivators to travel through. Normally, we would encounter them two or three times when the season of the cold wave arrives, but in the five days since we entered the ice plains, we have already encountered them about seven or eight times."    

    

Yang Junshan hurriedly asked, "Then what attracted so many cultivators to the Northern Frozen Plains?"    

    

"Of course it's all kinds of treasures!" Ning Hanwu continued, "Every season, there will be many treasures appearing in the extreme north of the ice plains. Since those powerful cultivators are able to enter the depths of the ice plains, the greatest benefit will naturally be from them, and us martial artists have no strength to enter the depths, so we can only pick up loopholes in the periphery of the ice plains, or collect some treasures that the cultivators look down on."    

    

Ning Hanwu paused, and said with some doubt, "Brother Yang, don't tell me you don't even know about the cold season? Then why did you enter the extreme northern ice plains at this time? "    

    

Yang Junshan blinked his eyes and said, "If I were to say that I just happened to meet him, would you believe me, Brother Hanwu?"    

    

Seeing Ning Hanwu's shocked expression, Yang Junshan smiled and said, "Brother Hanwu, you should tell me more about the cold wave!"    

    

Yang Junshan got a lot of information about the Arctic Icecap from Old Patriarch Ning and Ning Hanwu. Although they had never been to the depths of the Icecap because of their cultivation, they knew a lot about the outer regions of the Icecap. They even knew a lot about the relationships between the four great sects in the Northern and Northern Liangzhou.    

    

On the night when Yang Junshan camped with the Ning Clan cultivators on the ice plains, the Ning Clan cultivators were amazed to discover that three cultivators of the Celestial Realm were flying towards the depths of the ice plains.    

    

However, Yang Junshan knew that it wasn't just three cultivators that had entered the depths of the ice plains, there were at least three of them, either hiding their traces of flight, or hiding outside the range of the Ning Family's cultivators' perception. There was even a person that had been wandering around the Ning Family's campsite until Yang Junshan accidentally revealed the aura of his cultivation level, causing him to be scared and run away.    

    

The next day was very late. The sky was still gloomy like evening. Old Patriarch Ning looked towards the far north and said, "The season of the cold wave is about to come!"    

    

Ning Hanwu said, "Third Uncle, let's continue heading north. After all, the further north we go, the more likely it is that we will find something good."    

    

Old Patriarch Ning looked moved, but he still shook his head. "No, we will not leave for another day if we continue heading north!"    

    

"Why?" Ning Hanwu's expression showed some reluctance as he said, "Third Uncle, if we can find some good things this time, we can exchange them from the Snow Wind Sword Sect for a batch of cultivation resources. It will be enough to greatly increase the strength of our Ning Family."    

    

Yang Junshan could tell that Ning Hanwu was already at the peak of the fourth level of the Martial Saint Realm, just a step away from the peak of the Martial Warrior Realm. Moreover, from the attitude of the people of the Ning family, he could tell that this Ning Hanwu was without a doubt the next Patriarch of the Ning family, and it was also said that he was once recognized by a Snow Wind Sword Sect cultivator.    

    

Because of this, Ning Hanwu placed great importance on this season. He hoped to make use of this opportunity to break through the bottleneck, and even take a peek at the realms of the Real Realm.    

    

"We still have to survive!"    

    

Old Patriarch Ning's expression was extremely solemn as he said, "Ever since we entered the Arctic State, we have already seen the escape of countless realms." You've also experienced the cold tide of the ice plains three times, have you ever seen so many cultivators in person? "    

    

Old Patriarch Ning paused, and tried his best to use a calm tone to speak. "Han Wu, listen to third uncle's advice, third uncle has experienced at least eight cold waves on the ice plains. This time, something big is definitely going to happen.