On an icy plain in the extreme north of the Northern Ice Plains, violent cold winds swept up large snowflakes and caused strange whistling sounds to fill the air as they wreaked havoc on this icy plain. Apart from a vast expanse of white, there was no other color in the entire world.
However, in a remote icy plain in this barren land, the whistling winds seemed to encounter an invisible wall when they reached this place. Of the large snowflakes that filled the sky, not a single one fell into the icy plain.
Over ten cultivators of different appearances were currently standing in the icy plain. Most of these cultivators were elderly. Even Xiao Baiyu, who looked the youngest among them, was dressed like a middle-aged man in his forties.
These cultivators were gathered together, and each of them had a different expression and temperament. Some were domineering, some were refined, some were fierce, some were ordinary, some were dignified, and some were unremarkable … However, at this moment, they did not seem out of place at all.
Right at this moment, a tall old man around the age of fifty with a long face and a fierce and ferocious aura grunted angrily and said, "We only have six hours to converge. Now that half of the time has passed and everyone has already arrived, why hasn't that Northern Sea's Lu Taiping arrived yet? This junior is truly unreasonable. Could it be that his Northern Sea is even further away than the Old Man's Western Wilderness? "
To the side, Xiao Baiyu's fierce aura was even stronger than that of the long-faced cultivator. When he heard this, a slight smile appeared on his face and his eyes were half-closed. He said, "Fellow Ma, why are you in such a hurry? Only half of the six hours have passed!"
This long-faced Laozu was the former patriarch of the Pegasus Clan, Ma Zhen. He was also the father of Ma Chenguang, who had died at the hands of Lu Ping in the Sacred Settling Lake. It was obvious that this person had a deep prejudice against Lu Ping.
"Hehe!" Ma Zhen laughed coldly, but did not say much about this. It was obvious that he was wary of Xiao Baiyu.
Guangyuan Laozu of Wuxing School, who seemed to be in harmony, hurriedly tried to smooth things over. "Let's not quarrel. The channel formation is full of dangers. It's time for us to work together. Don't mess up!"
As soon as Guangyuan Laozu finished speaking, a rough voice rang out, "The situation we're facing right now is unprecedented since the beginning of time. It concerns the success or failure of the entire cultivation world's belief in longevity. How can we not be cautious!"
The one who spoke was a majestic old man whose arms were covered with brightly colored tattoos. His eyes, which were as big as copper bells, shone brightly when he opened and closed them. The vigorous and violent aura around him made people feel as if he was about to devour them. "Although we have contacted each other and discussed many plans in the past five hundred years, we are still restricted by the rejection of this world. We can only communicate with each other through the younger generation. We have never had face-to-face communication."
The old man's words had an imposing manner. His loud and clear voice even caused the dancing snowflakes around the ice col to move ten feet away.
"Six hours may seem like a long time, but we must set aside at least two hours to communicate and get used to each other so that we can take more effective measures against the unknown dangers after we enter the channel formation!"
The Multicolored Tiger Clan's clan leader looked rough, but his words were reasonable. Everyone present was shocked, but they also had no choice but to believe him.
"So, if that North Sea Water Sword Immortal still doesn't come, we might have to give up on this person and first discuss the matters of cooperation after we enter the channel formation!"
The Multicolored Tiger Clan's clan leader's last sentence made everyone somewhat speechless. After a moment of silence, the True Spirits present heard Laozu chuckle and say, "Clan Leader Tiger's words are quite reasonable. However, isn't there still less than an hour? Let's wait a little longer!"
The Tiger Clan's clan leader only made a sound of acknowledgment and did not say anything else. However, since he had already explained his reasoning, everyone knew that the Multicolored Tiger Clan's clan leader had already set the final time limit, and it was in a manner that no one could object to.
Right at this moment, Ancestor Long Huai who'd been the first to arrive here and hadn't spoken since the beginning suddenly opened his eyes, and a strand of awe-inspiring imposing aura flashed through the icy gorge along with his gaze. Everyone fell silent, and then they heard Ancestor Long Huai say, "Young Brother Lu, you're late!"
Everyone in the ice col was shocked. More than ten unparalleled divine senses swept across a radius of several hundred miles in an instant, but they found nothing.
However, not only did the crowd not look at each other, believing that the Longhuai Ancestor was deliberately mystifying things, but they looked at the Longhuai Ancestor with even more fear!
A clear laugh suddenly sounded around the ice col. "There are many things to do in the sect. After all, the Zhenling Clan is a newly established sect, and its foundation is shallow. This junior had to give a few words of advice, so I came a little late. Seniors, please forgive me."
At this point, the voice paused and said, "Fortunately, this junior has finally arrived within the time limit set by the Tiger Clan Leader. I believe the Tiger Clan Leader will not blame me!"
When this clear and bright voice sounded out, it wasn't just the Tiger Clan's Patriarch who turned pale with astonishment, the others were extremely shocked as well. Even Patriarch Long Huai who was as calm as an ancient well revealed a surprised expression.
At this moment, Xiang Laozu of the Ba Gui Clan's expression changed as if he had caught something. He also smiled and said, "It really is the North Sea Lu Daoyou, the North Sea Water Sword Celestial. You really live up to your reputation!"
There was still no trace of Lu Ping in the ice col, but Lu Ping's clear voice still lingered in the ears of the cultivators present. He said, "Is this the Ba Gui Clan's Senior? Please forgive this junior for being too far away and not being able to greet you!"
Xiang Laozu smiled and raised his voice. "It's fine!"
As soon as Xiang Laozu finished speaking, he saw an old man in luxurious clothes suddenly snort. "The Old Turtle is used to showing off!"
Xiang Laozu's expression changed. He was about to speak, but the old man did not give him a chance to interrupt. He continued, "Lu Xiaoyou, do you still remember the Old Man?"
Lu Ping's voice became clearer in the ice col. He smiled and said, "Are you Senior Yang?"
The luxurious Laozu stroked his beard with satisfaction and said, "Yes, it is the Old Man. This time, I came to the North Sea because the Old Man's useless little brother asked the Old Man to greet you!"
Lu Ping repeatedly said he did not dare to.
The two beastkin True Spirits had used the Void Sound Transmission Technique to reply to Lu Ping, which obviously stimulated the True Spirit Cultivators of the Human Clan. A skinny old cultivator in a green robe seemed to have sensed Lu Ping's presence in the air. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a dense sword intent rushing into his mouth.
The green-robed old man obviously did not expect that someone would sneak attack him at this time, but he was an old True Spirit Cultivator after all. Even in this situation, he was still able to react in time. He stood in the ice and did not move. He suddenly spat out a stream of air from his mouth and collided with the sword intent that was coming at him. Both of them disappeared.
However, at this moment, Xiao Baiyu, who was standing opposite him, said loudly, "I haven't seen you for hundreds of years. I didn't expect Brother Lu's achievements to be so high. I admire you …"
"Humph!"
Just as Xiao Baiyu said the last word "convinced", he heard a cold snort from the green-robed cultivator. The air trembled, and the last word from Xiao Baiyu's mouth was drowned out by the void.
"Senior Xiao is too polite!"
Lu Ping first responded to Xiao Baiyu, and then said, "How has Senior Green Sword been all these years?"
The green-robed old man was actually the True Spirit Cultivator of the Zi Yang Palace, Green Sword Laozu. It was no wonder that Xiao Baiyu would take the initiative to provoke him.
Green Sword Laozu looked deeply at Xiao Baiyu, who was also smiling at him. A smile suddenly flashed across his face, and he said, "Thank you for your concern, Lu Xiaoyou. The Old Man has been very good these years!"
… ….
If it was said that the various True Spirit Cultivator s in the ice col were able to discover where Lu Ping was, this was a competition of the various True Spirit Cultivator s' Divine Sense covering their cultivation. This could only be considered a side effect of a cultivator's strength, then this ability to directly transmit his voice into everyone's ears through space was the true embodiment of the True Spirit Cultivator's own strength.
Therefore, after Longhuai Ancestor discovered that Lu Ping was heading towards the Northern Ice Plains and spoke first, until Lu Ping and Green Sword Laozu's conversation ended, in a short period of time, Lu Ping had consecutively answered five True Spirit Cultivator s, but it had become a method for the many True Spirit Cultivator s present to compete with each other, to display and measure their own strength.
For Longhuai Ancestor to be the first to discover Lu Ping's arrival and use a void sound transmission technique to reply to Lu Ping, this was undoubtedly an announcement that the current Longhuai Ancestor was still the strongest out of all the True Spirit Cultivator present.
Although this made everyone feel fear in their hearts, everyone present had some guesses about Longhuai Ancestor's identity. Adding on the fact that the power of Longhuai Ancestor five hundred years ago was already deeply rooted in their hearts, the title of number one True Spirit Cultivator was not just for show. Therefore, although they were worried and unwilling to accept the strength that Longhuai Ancestor had displayed, they could still accept it.
Although Xiang Laozu, who was born after Longhuai Ancestor, was ranked second, the time between him and Longhuai Ancestor was the longest among the five True Spirit Cultivator s that spoke in the ice col.
This meant that although Laozu's strength was ranked second in this competition, the difference in strength between him and Longhuai Ancestor was clearly greater than the difference between him and the three True Spirit Cultivator s that were following closely behind.
Of course, this ranking was only suitable for the five people who spoke. Although most of the other True Spirit Cultivator s that did not speak were unable to discover Lu Ping's tracks before the five of them due to their strength, it did not mean that no one was intentionally hiding their strength.
At the very least, when Lu Ping was talking to the Peacock King of the Peacock Race, he had already sensed an unfamiliar Divine Sense sweep past him, and when he was talking to the Peacock King, another Divine Sense swept past him, but this Divine Sense was extremely familiar to Lu Ping, it was the Wise Giant Ape's Ape Laozu.
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