Sovereign to Immortality

The old Patriarch of the Ning clan roared loudly, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the strange howls of the world.    

However, the Ning Clan was still prepared for this. The moment Old Patriarch Ning's voice rang out, the other cultivators of the Ning Clan had already come to a tacit understanding and formed a formation. With a flick of the formation diagram, the entire formation was formed.    

Yang Junshan had been protected by the array this whole time, so he was taking a leisurely look at the array. Relying on the array to create a human formation was more like the elementary form of a Dao weapon formation, but it was much more simple and crude.    

After blocking the initial assault of the cold wave, the cold wave's might would be slightly weakened. Even though it would still make some Martial Disciples feel uncomfortable, at least the Ning Family's simple Dao-Soldier Formation would not need to be sustained any longer.    

Yang Junshan followed the Ning Family cultivators and headed north. Because of Old Patriarch Ning's caution, the speed of the Ning Family cultivators was extremely slow. However, this time, Ning Hanwu didn't show any signs of impatience.    

"Third Uncle, there really is something wrong with this cold wave. Normally, it wouldn't be so cold after the initial wave, but Little Chen and Little He can't hold on much longer."    

These two cultivators of the Ning Family with the lowest cultivation bases were taken care of by the cultivators of the Ning Family and were able to walk to the center of the group. However, they still had to circulate the spiritual energy in their bodies to protect themselves from the cold, and although they could resist the cold for a long time, the depletion of the spiritual energy in their bodies would inevitably become a burden to the small team.    

"It would be great if I could meet an ice fox!"    

Old Patriarch Ning sighed, but the nearby Ning Hanwu couldn't help but bitterly smile.    

Everyone knew that the Ice Fox Skin could be used to resist the cold. Even drinking a mouthful of Ice Fox Blood could be used to not be afraid of the Ice Frost Tide's invasion for a day.    

However, not to mention that this thing rarely appeared in the ice plains, even if they were extremely lucky, they might not be able to catch it. In fact, they might even be tricked by this cunning thing.    

"Ice Fox is also a fox? What does she look like?" A voice suddenly came from behind the two of them. Yang Junshan heard their conversation and asked.    

"Uh," Ning Hanwu was stunned for a moment before he continued, "The Ice Fox is actually similar to the White Fox, they both have a full body of white fur. Although the Ice Fox is small in size, it has the strength of a savage beast in itself, and the Ice Fox has the instinct to control snow and is extremely cunning.    

Yang Junshan was stunned, "That powerful?"    

Old Patriarch Ning nodded. "The Ice Fox is indeed hard to deal with, and its movements are extremely secretive, such that even the realms of realms are hard to detect. In terms of strength, the Ice Fox is naturally not as good as the Ice Bear, even I can withstand it, but this Ice Fox is extremely hard to deal with, and its speed is extremely fast.    

Old Patriarch Ning paused for a moment before continuing, "When I was young, I saw two Great Perfection Realm cultivators bringing a few of the clan's young disciples into the ice plains to gain experience. But in the end, they were eyed by an ice fox, and after escaping the ice plains with great difficulty, they were the only two Great Perfection Cultivators left in the group of ten."    

The Ning cultivators sucked in a breath of cold air when they heard the Old Patriarch's words. On the other hand, Yang Junshan had a slightly strange expression on his face.    

"However, an ice fox often means a huge amount of wealth. Aside from the ice fox's own skin and blood, an ice fox often also has the habit of collecting Aurora Stones in the icy plains. If one can find its nest, then that's really something."    

The Aurora Stone was a treasure that could be used to raise the quality of a flying magic treasure. It was said that a single Aurora Stone could raise a flying magic treasure by a level.    

The most important thing was that the Aurora Stone was said to be a treasure that was formed after the jade stone from the Arctic Icecap absorbed the Aurora from the icy land of the north. Yang Junshan was naturally very interested in it.    

Yang Junshan was still using a low-rank flying shuttle, which he had snatched from Xiong Xiying back when he was still a martial artist.    

Although Yang Junshan possessed the two great techniques of the Earth Escape Technique and the Earth Shrinking Art, when they were used, they would consume a great deal of the cultivator's true energy. Although the short term explosion was extremely fast, it was still incomparable to the long distance travel with the flying magic treasure.    

At this moment, Ning Hanwu finally realized something was wrong with Yang Junshan's face. He asked, "Brother Yang, is there something wrong with you?"    

Yang Junshan smiled unnaturally and said, "There seems to be an ice fox hiding nearby."    

Ning Hanwu was stunned, but then he laughed and said, "Brother Yang, you can't joke with me …"    

As soon as Ning Hanwu finished his words, a pile of snow foam about a hundred feet away from them exploded. A white shadow flashed past and instantly disappeared into the snow.    

"Ice Fox," Old Patriarch Ning's tone changed. "Everyone, be on your guard and don't move forward. Gather together and prepare to retreat. Retreat towards the south!"    

The Ice Fox's fame caused the Ning Family cultivators to be slightly flustered. However, at this moment, the Ice Fox that had been standing in front of the group suddenly appeared behind them. A white light rose up and rushed towards the last Baleful Qi Cultivator.    

That baleful spirit cultivator's spirit sense was unable to catch the ice fox's figure. When he lifted his eyes to look at it, he was blinded by the reflection of light in the snow. From within the white light, a pair of sharp claws extended and grabbed towards the baleful spirit cultivator's eyes.    

Zheng, followed by a short hissing sound, everything became silent once more.    

The originally closed eyes of the baleful cultivator suddenly realized that his eyes weren't blind. After opening them, he heard a surprised voice from behind him: "Many thanks to Fellow Yang for your help, otherwise Han Chao's two eyes wouldn't have been able to protect him."    

Ning Hanwu's voice also followed up, and he asked with uncertainty, "Brother Little Yang, you, you can find traces of the Ice Fox?"    

Not only him, but the other cultivators of the Ning Family also looked at Yang Junshan in disbelief. The ice fox could borrow the power of the extreme north ice plains to avoid being caught by the cultivators' spiritual sense. If they could capture the ice fox, wouldn't that mean they could escape the ice fox's pursuit?    

In fact, when they found out that the Ice Fox had already set their sights on the Ning Clan cultivators, including Old Patriarch Ning, they had already mentally prepared themselves for the majority of the losses they had suffered. However, hearing Ning Hanchao's question, didn't that mean that most of them didn't have to die?    

"Be careful!"    

Yang Junshan didn't bother to explain to them. He waved his hand and a screen of light condensed in front of Ning Hanwu, and with two cracking sounds, cracks appeared on the curtain of light formed by Yang Junshan's martial art. The moment the white shadow was blocked by the screen of light, it paused slightly, then jumped into the snow and disappeared.    

The fear on Ning Hanwu's face had not disappeared yet, but Old Patriarch Ning was looking at Yang Junshan with a meaningful gaze as he said, "Fellow Little Yang, you really can catch the tracks of the ice fox."    

Yang Junshan smiled and said noncommittally, "The family head also said the Ice Fox is cunning. This junior had blocked two attacks from the Ice Fox, would it retreat just like that?"    

Patriarch Ning shook his head gloomily. "No, the Ice Fox may be sly, but it is not intelligent. Unless we harm it or make it truly feel danger, it will still stick to us like dog skin paste."    

Yang Junshan smiled and said, "Since that's the case, let's think of a way to kill it!"    

Yang Junshan saw the stupefied look on both Patriarch Ning and Ning Hanwu's faces, and laughed: "What, you also said that this thing is at most the strength of a savage beast, now that we can resist its sneak attack, why not try to kill it? If so, the Ning Family won't need to rush back to Liang Zhou so quickly, and if we can find the ice fox's nest by luck, then Brother Hanwu won't even need to worry about the resources needed to cultivate in order to reach the realms of the Daoist Master."    

What Yang Junshan said stirred Ning Hanwu's heart. However, Patriarch Ning was apparently more serious. He shook his head and said, "That's not appropriate. We can't take the risk. We should take this opportunity to leave …"    

"Senior, if you keep defending for long, you will definitely lose. Although I have blocked a few of the ice fox's sneak attacks, once I do not, it means that someone will definitely be injured or even fall!"    

"But …" Old Patriarch Ning was obviously hesitating.    

"Third Uncle, let's give it a try." At this time, Ning Hanwu said, "If it doesn't work, we can continue to retreat. If it does, we won't have to die anymore!"    

Old Patriarch Ning was still hesitant. "Fellow Daoist Little Yang might be able to track its tracks, but its speed is still extremely fast …"    

"I have a divine ability that can slow it down!" Yang Junshan promised again.    

To be able to capture the tracks of the Ice Fox, to have a Divine Protection Technique, and to have a divine ability to restrict the speed of the Ice Fox, was this something that an ordinary Martial Disciple could do?    

Old Patriarch Ning's eyes met Yang Junshan's confident and calm gaze. He couldn't help but nod and said, "Okay, then let's give it a try. But it's just for this one try!"    

Yang Junshan smiled and said, "Don't worry, he won't be able to escape!"