Lu Ping and Su Tang continued to walk along the bottom of the glacial valley. They quickly discovered that the corpse they had just seen wasn't the only one. They didn't know what was going on with the layer of ice above them, but it seemed like people would fall down from time to time. Some people died at the bottom of the valley, but for most cultivators, this height wasn't hard to deal with. There were two shallow footprints in the shattered ice in front of them. This person's method was the complete opposite of Lu Ping and Su Tang's. The two of them used their powerful Soul Force to resist the impact of the fall, creating a large crater when they landed. This person's method was to neutralize the impact of the fall, and when they landed, only these two shallow footprints were left.
Su Tang squatted down and picked up a piece of ice from the ground. "It hasn't frozen to the ground yet. Someone just fell down."
"It's them." Lu Ping's hearing ability had already scanned the two footprints, and he heard a faint sound. It was exactly the same as the tracks they had left on the snowy plains.
"Chase!"
The two of them became spirited and immediately sped up. However, they didn't chase far before the ice valley split into two paths.
"Should we split up?" Su Tang said.
"Of course not." Lu Ping refused without even thinking about it.
"I'm just saying." Su Tang smiled. This was exactly what she wanted.
Lu Ping scanned the area quickly. However, the valley floor was made of solid ice, and even if he walked normally, he wouldn't leave any traces behind. Lu Ping hadn't used any special abilities since he had fallen down, and he didn't know whether he should go left or right.
Lu Ping stood at the fork on the left and punched forward with all his might. His Soul Force surged out, like a beam of light shooting out. Lu Ping immediately used his hearing ability and listened carefully to the sounds in this direction. Soon, he heard something different.
"It's this way." Lu Ping said.
"There's a reaction?" Su Tang asked as he followed.
"I don't know who it is, but it should be someone," Lu Ping said.
"It can't be our people, right?" Su Tang said.
"Aiya …" Lu Ping was stunned for a moment. He thought that it was indeed a possibility. Perhaps Xiao Lengqing or Morin from Xu Weifeng's camp had somehow come to this fork in the road ahead?
"Let's go take a look. Did we hit him?" Su Tang said.
"I think I hit a little," Lu Ping said.
"It mustn't be Morin," said Su Tang.
"No way!" Lu Ping had a rare look of panic on his face. With Morin's physique, he really didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if he was hit by this punch.
The two of them quickly rushed into the left fork. Not long after, they saw a figure standing there looking at them with an unfriendly expression, as if waiting for them to come. Lu Ping looked up and immediately heaved a sigh of relief. With a gratified expression, he said, "It's you?"
"Did I disappoint you?" Leng Qing said.
"No, I'm glad it's you," said Lu Ping.
"Are you worried that you would kill that weakling with that punch?" Leng Qing said.
"Yes." Lu Ping nodded.
"Are you okay?" Su Tang walked up at this time.
"I'm fine," Leng Qing said.
"We found the other party's whereabouts, but we encountered a fork in the road. We didn't know where to go, so we had to use this method," said Su Tang.
"Obviously, the other party is on another road," Leng Qing said.
"Let's go quickly," Lu Ping said as he turned around. After a few steps, he found that Leng Qing didn't have any intention of coming over.
"What about you?" asked Su Tang.
"Everyone goes their own way, didn't we agree on that?" Leng Qing said.
"Then why are you waiting for us here?" Su Tang said.
"That's because I was afraid you guys would keep chasing me." After Leng Qing finished speaking, she continued walking along the fork. Lu Ping and Su Tang immediately understood what she meant. This girl was very smart, she completely guessed the intention of Lu Ping's punch. If she didn't wait here, Lu Ping and Su Tang would undoubtedly keep chasing.
After returning to the fork, Lu Ping and Su Tang turned right. With this delay, they didn't know how much distance the other party had left them behind. Right now, they could only hope that there wouldn't be another fork like this. In the end, not to mention the fork, there wasn't even this road in front of them. After chasing for a short distance, there was an ice mountain cliff in front of them. This road had actually reached the end.
Where did they go?
No idea.
Lu Ping's Hearing Break swept across the three ice walls, but didn't find any traces of soul power.
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In the depths of the Boundary River.
It had already been several months since he left North Style Academy, Yan Ge had gradually gotten used to this world of ice and snow. Under the circumstances of limited conditions, the Lin family gave Yan Ge very good treatment. It couldn't be said that he lived like a prince, but compared to when he was only regarded as an ordinary disciple in the North Style Academy, Yan Ge finally found some of the feeling of a prince here.
But Yan Ge didn't care about this. The Lin family's intention didn't need to be stated, he was very clear in his heart. He, the second prince, was just an excuse for the Lin family to cause trouble for the Green Peak Empire, an important chess piece that could attract a lot of sympathy and support. Yan Ge wasn't naive enough to think that the Lin family really appreciated him and pledged loyalty to him, trying their best to help him ascend to the Green Peak Empire's throne.
On this point, the Lin family did not put much effort into it. They seemed to know that Yan Ge was not a naive girl who would be deceived by them. Both parties got along with each other in this state of tacit understanding. However, Yan Ge was ultimately alone and weak on this side. In the North Style Academy, although he was treated like an ordinary disciple, at least he was still free. But in this place, although he was treated like a prince, Yan Ge could feel that there were gazes staring at his every move. Until now, he didn't know how long the Lin family had been plotting for, what they were planning to do, and how they trained Lu Ping, this kind of person, they didn't even reveal a word to him.
But this was the biggest factor that Yan Ge could use to obtain Lu Chenfeng's support. Lu Chenfeng had absolutely no interest in the struggle for power. The only thing he cared about was cultivation. There was only one reason why he would become Yan Ge's greatest helper: Yan Ge had told him that in this bitter and cold place, she had once achieved an even higher realm that Lu Chenfeng had bitterly searched for but had never been able to achieve — the link of the six spirits.
Lu Chenfeng was still skeptical at first, but the appearance of Lu Ping had completely confirmed that what Yan Ge said was true.
From then on, Lu Chenfeng became Yan Ge's biggest helper. But Yan Ge didn't even think about controlling Lu Chenfeng. This was his cleverest point. He knew that an expert with such power could no longer be controlled by anyone.
What he did was to cater to Lu Chenfeng's interest, and try his best to make Lu Chenfeng pay more attention to him. So when they arrived at the bitter cold land, Yan Ge immediately fulfilled his promise. And this was undoubtedly equivalent to giving Lu Chenfeng, his biggest backer, to the Lin family. After all, the information and resources related to the Six Spirits Linked were all in the hands of the Lin family. It actually had nothing to do with him. At this stage, his existence could be said to be meaningless to Lu Chenfeng.
But he still did it in the end. Because when he decided to win over Lu Chenfeng, he had already observed Lu Chenfeng's character for a long time.
He knew what Lu Chenfeng wanted the most, and he also knew the best way to get along with Lu Chenfeng.
He treated Lu Chenfeng with sincerity, and this was precisely where he calculated the most.
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