C543 ice palace
C543 ice palace
Originally, Yang Junshan thought that the Pure Yuan Daoist meant that the forces of the Snow Wind Sword Sect were considered the weakest amongst the Liang Prefecture's Northern Three Prefectures. But now, it seems that the Pure Yuan Daoist clearly had his own intentions at that time, and probably did not know that the Snow Wind Sword Sect was about to split up.
It seemed that this time, the interior of the Snow Wind Sword Sect had split apart, and those who had betrayed the sect had the shadow of the Black Scale School behind them. Yang Junshan would never believe that the Snow Wind Sword Sect was a sect with a Daoist Realm ancestor guarding it, if not for the interference of a larger power from the outer region.
The person leading this split event was one of the original Snow Wind Sword Sect's three supreme elders, the current palace master of the Ice Palace, and an Astral Reaching Realm cultivator, Daoist Master Ye Hua.
Accompanying Ye Hua were two Heavenly Dipper Realm elders, seven Profound Handle stage and Qi Condensation stage deacon hall masters, and three True Disciples of the Spiritual Master stage. Altogether, there were thirteen high stage cultivators of the Spiritual Master stage and above.
Adding on the several hundred Martial Disciples and Mortal Realm disciples that were brought out from the Snow Wind Sword Sect, Ye Hua's rebellion this time had weakened the Snow Wind Sword Sect by a third. He had taken over a county of the Ning County and openly declared war against the Snow Wind Sword Sect.
At the same time, the three major sects of the Southern Prefecture of Liangzhou all called for restraint. With the invasion of the alien cultivators and the sudden change in the Arctic State that could affect the entire Liangzhou, the battle between the Snow Wind Sword Sect and the Ice Palace would only cause pain to the enemy.
At this time, the news of the glacial changes had spread. Almost all of the cultivators from the other realms who had died in the ice plains had their own forces that tried to enter the ice plains to find out the truth of the matter. However, the Extreme North ice plains only bordered the Liangzhou region; if any external forces wanted to enter the ice plains, they would have to pass through the Liangzhou region first.
Not only would the Snow Wind Sword Sect not agree to such conditions, even the other three sects of the Liang Prefecture and the ice palace that had just split apart would not agree.
However, right at this moment, Spiritual Master Ye Hua actually stood out and pointed out that the Snow Wind Sword Sect had long noticed that the ice plains were going to undergo a drastic change, and had evacuated most of the high level cultivators that entered the ice plains in advance. However, they did not notify the other cultivators that entered the ice plains.
Very soon, the various sects found out that before the drastic change in the glacier occurred, the Snow Wind Sword Sect had indeed recalled the disciples that roamed the ice plains. Although there was still no evidence that the Snow Wind Sword Sect did not know about this, just this abnormal action alone made it impossible for the Snow Wind Sword Sect to get rid of the suspicion. There were even rumors that immediately spread around, saying that there was an unspeakable transaction between the Snow Wind Sword Sect and alien cultivators.
It was said that for this reason, the Snow Wind Sword Sect had no choice but to send out two squads led by Heavenly Dipper Sovereigns to thoroughly investigate the truth. In the end, both squads were intercepted by Frozen Plains Desolate Beasts midway, and they had no choice but to retreat back to the Liangzhou region. One of the two Heavenly Dipper Realm cultivators was also heavily injured.
After this series of incidents, the Snow Wind Sword Sect no longer had the time to invade the rebel forces led by Ye Hua. The Ice Palace also gradually took over the Ning County, which originally belonged to the Snow Wind Sword Sect.
However, even though the two sides never had a major conflict, the smaller the conflicts on the border, the more intense the enmity between the two sides, as low-level cultivators who originally belonged to the same sect fought back and forth on the border.
After Yang Junshan escaped from the ice plains and came to Ning County, he had already understood more or less about the grudge between the Snow Wind Sword Sect and the ice palace. After Yang Junshan had escaped from the ice plains and came to Ning County, he had already understood more or less about the grudge between the Snow Wind Sword Sect and the ice palace.
Although the Ice Palace had taken over Ning County due to the benefits of the external environment, the Snow Wind Sword Sect's thousands of years of operation was still deeply rooted. Who knew how many powers had connections with the Snow Wind Sword Sect, but if the Ice Palace wanted to completely transform the Ning County into its own sphere of influence and combine all the forces of the sect for its use, they would still have a long way to go.
However, on this day, Yang Junshan passed through half of the agglomeration. When he was about to enter the Pure County in just one or two days, he met a familiar person in a small skirmish between martial artists.
This time, there were about thirty Martial Disciples on both sides. The weaker one was led by more than ten Martial Disciples by two Martial Disciples, while the other side had about twenty Martial Disciples. The leader was three Martial Disciples.
The origin of the conflict between the two was an open-air spirit material mine. The ten or so cultivators on the weaker side were obviously guarding this mine previously, while the other side had successfully ambushed the cultivator guarding the mine. It seemed like they not only wanted to loot the spirit materials from the mine, but also wanted to take this mine as their own.
"Haha, Ning Hanwu, with just a mere disciple at the Great Perfection Stage, you actually managed to be taken in as a Successor Disciple by the Ice Palace. This really makes one laugh out of the blue."
One of the two Great Perfection cultivators was the Ning family's Ning Hanwu that Yang Junshan had met when he first entered the ice plains. That person's cultivation was only at the fourth layer, and he hadn't seen him for three or four years.
Ning Hanwu said loudly, "Kaolin, if you have the ability, just come at me. You're just like a woman, making people feel tired listening to you!"
After a pause, Ning Hanwu continued saying loudly, "Don't worry, when these bastards from the Three Ultimate Martial School attacked us, I already sent out the distress talisman. Our sect will be here soon, and the unlucky ones will be the ones on the other side!"
The latter referred to him by the name of the cultivation world. On the contrary, in Liang Prefecture, the vast majority of cultivators called the Snow Wind Sword Sect the 'Three Extinction Sect', and most of them called themselves the 'Snow Wind Sword Sect'.
The cultivator on the other side, who was called High Alkali, laughed and said, "The Ice Palace's rebellion will take at least an incense's time to arrive at the nearest encampment. Ning Hanwu, do you think you can hold on until then?"
As soon as Gao Jun finished speaking, a half foot long talisman brimming with purple mist appeared in his hand. It was a talisman with a precious technique sealed within, and he smilingly said, "I don't know how many clans and families have their hearts set on this sect, but we have long since found out about your rebellious plans in the vicinity. Therefore, I asked Master for a treasured talisman so that all of you would perish here today!"
As he finished speaking, he looked at the expressions of despair on the faces of the group of Ice Palace traitors and activated the treasure talisman in his hands.
Snow began to fall and instantly covered the bodies of Ning Hanwu and the others. They were about to turn into ice sculptures.
However, Gao base's proud face froze on his face after a short while, because at the same time as the ten Martial Disciples in the Ice Palace were frozen by the treasure talisman, Yang Junshan, who had been hiding on the side, was also frozen.
How could there be a f * cking cultivator hiding in the corner? Even if he was hiding, how could a cultivator be hit by a treasure talisman activated by a Martial Disciple? Even if it hit, how could it be so easily frozen by a mere treasure talisman?
There had always been a rule in the world of cultivation. Unless it was a war to exterminate the sect, high level cultivators would never take the initiative to attack low level cultivators. This was because the moment they tore off their pride to kill the low level cultivators, the two sects would be prepared to exterminate their own inheritances.
Of course, 'not taking the initiative' didn't mean that high level cultivators wouldn't attack low level cultivators. If low level cultivators took the initiative to 'provoke' high level cultivators, then they deserved to be killed. Even if it was a cultivator, as long as it wasn't a large-scale massacre, there would be one or two low level cultivators killed.
On the contrary, he was able to become a direct disciple of the Snow Wind Sword Sect when he was at the Great Perfection Stage. It was not only because of his cultivation, but also because of his sharp brain.
The moment he saw this, he knew that he had been tricked. Moreover, the person who did this was a cultivator, the type who had nowhere to argue. He immediately turned around and ran, not even having the time to greet his companions.
An overwhelming aura instantly erupted from the layer of ice that had frozen Yang Junshan. The magnetic treasure swept out horizontally, and the Snow Wind Sword Sect cultivators who wielded the magic tools instantly felt as if they had been cut off from their respective magic tools, and then an overwhelming pressure descended from the sky, causing the cultivators with low cultivation level to instantly squat on their butts. Even if those with a baleful cultivation level or higher were able to stand, their hands still trembled with difficulty.
The true disciple called Gao Yishan had a quick reaction and had used all of his strength to run away, but under the suppression of the magnetic light, his movements were instantly increased by several times. When Yang Junshan leisurely walked to him, he was still trying his best to run forward, even the light under his feet was tenaciously soaring.
"S-senior, I did not mean to do that. Spare me, spare me, I am the direct disciple of the Snow Wind Sword Sect's Xie Guangpeng …"
Yang Junshan smiled sinisterly and said, "Threatening me?"
"No, no, senior, have mercy, please …"
Yang Junshan reached out and slapped his dantian. Yang Junshan tried to operate his martial art to block the attack, yet Yang Junshan's palm struck his abdomen as if nothing happened.