Chapter 63

With the presence of the young city lord of Dengtian City, the blizzard had no effect on them. They were the first wave of people to reach the top of the mountain. The Frost Order was located in the lush branches of the dome tree on the top of the mountain, and was already within reach.

The disciples looked back and forth between Xun Jinzhi and Chu Jinhuai. Now, there were only two forces competing for the Frost Order: Dengtian City and Suxuan Sect. Suxuan Sect also took advantage of the young city lord of Dengtian City to go up the mountain. If they were asked to make a move at this time, they would really be unable to do anything.

Xun Jinzhi even rode in a lion-head carriage all the way, and the disciples looked at her silently, wondering how she would arrange it.

Xuan Jinzhi noticed his fellow disciples' gazes, a smile appeared on his lips, and he casually patted the body of the Lion Head Car, saying only three words: "I got it."

She said it so lightly that everyone's breathing stopped and they all looked towards the car.

Chu Jinhuai's lazy voice soon came from the car: "Take it."

Is it that simple?

Xun Jinzhi stepped lightly and jumped onto the trunk of the dome tree in a few steps, then reached out and picked up the Frost Order.

She estimated the time and did not come down from the tree. Instead, she sat down leaning against the trunk.

The disciples who had participated in the Frost Competition began to gather around the Dome Tree, but the disciples who were participating for the first time were confused.

Wei Shaoxin explained to everyone, "Starting from the moment we obtain the Frost Order, the next twelve hours are dedicated to the fight for it. The sect that obtains the Frost Order will become the target of public attack. All sects and palaces will target us. We can choose to fight or evade them, but the range is limited to Snow Return Frost Ridge. As long as we can hold out for twelve hours, we will win this competition."

After hearing this, the disciples also began to gather around the dome tree.

Xuan Jinzhi smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, newcomers."

Ji Tang leaned against the tree trunk. "Sister, does the Young City Lord want to wait until the very end to snatch the Frost Order?"

Xuan Jinzhi: "Of course, he is our biggest opponent."

"Why don't we form a temporary alliance?"

"Him? He's too lazy to do it."

A disciple asked, "Aren't we essentially helping him protect the Frost Order? If we can't defeat him in the end, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?"

Xuan Jinzhi's eyes were filled with confidence. "Now that the token is in my hands, there's no reason to hand it over!"

As she finished speaking, she put the token into her lapel, slowly stood up and looked into the distance, "Get ready, someone should be coming up soon."

The wind and snow continued to blow, and the vision was obstructed. People who came up had to almost reach the spirit shield of the young city lord before they could see the figures of the disciples of Suxuan Sect.

Xuanzong and his entourage climbed to the top of the mountain with the help of Chu Jinhuai. Although they had an advantage, they did not choose to take the initiative.

Xun Jinzhi said to the Lion Head Car, "Shrink the spirit shield."

Su Xuanzong could also win with his own ability.

Chu Jinhuai didn't answer, but the spiritual shield shrank to a range that could only protect the Lion Head Car.

Su Xuanzong and his entourage were instantly caught in a snowstorm, and a thick layer of snow soon fell on their bodies.

Xun Jinzhi shook his wrist and said, "I've rested enough, let's fight!"

One after another, moon-white figures drew their swords, spiritual power surged, they broke through the wind and snow, and attacked the people in front.

*

The melee lasted from day to night, and Xuanzong also descended from the top of the mountain to the middle of the mountain.

They found a place to rest under the cover of the blizzard. Although they were exhausted, they did not dare to sleep.

This battle left Ji Tang no time to think about the past. She was currently huddled in a pile of strange rocks to practice. Most of the nightmare energy in her body had been consumed in the more than four hours of fighting. Excluding the nightmare energy that she had to keep on protecting herself, there was not much nightmare energy left for her to use.

In order to prevent other sects from tracking her, Ji Tang devoted some of her energy to sensing the outside world and did not dare to practice too hard. When Xun Jinzhi came to her side, she immediately noticed it.

Xuan Jinzhi patted her shoulder and asked, "How is your recovery going?"

Ji Tang said conservatively: "It can last until tomorrow morning."

Xuan Jinzhi thought for a moment and said, "That's enough. You and Jinzhou will set off tonight and continue down the mountain."

Jitang: "Tonight?"

"Well, although the wind and snow can cover our path, there are too many ways to track us. They will catch up before tomorrow morning. I plan to lead a team to disrupt them. Wei Shaoxin and the others will stay here to confuse them about who has the Frost Order. You and Jinzhou are less conspicuous, and with the wind and snow covering us, continue down the mountain under cover of darkness. We will meet at the foot of the mountain tomorrow morning."

Xun Jinzhi handed the token to Jitang, "According to my usual personality, I always carry the token with me. He also knows my personality, so he came to find me first. Although I am not as strong as him, I can still fight for hundreds of moves. I will do my best to delay him. By the time he notices, you will almost reach the foot of the mountain. By then, it will be time to hand over the Frost Order. We can meet up and fight together."

Ji Tang didn't take the token. "Senior Sister, you said the Young City Lord knows your personality. Does that mean he can also think what you want?"

*

The next morning.

Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou hid at the foot of the mountain and waited for their fellow disciples to meet up.

The time to submit the Frost Order was almost up, but they still hadn't waited for their fellow disciples.

Jitang couldn't help but worry.

Su Jinzhou: "Let's wait for another stick of incense. If we still can't get there, we'll go to the flag station where we submitted the Frost Order."

Jitang nodded.

A stick of incense passed quickly.

Jitang looked at Su Jinzhou.

Su Jinzhou: "Let's go."

The flag station is located on the only way out of Xuegui Shuanghan Ridge. Like the aerial buildings of Dengtian City, it floats above the ground and is surrounded by the Dengtian City flag on all sides, making it very easy to identify.

It was almost time to submit the Frost Order. Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou looked at each other and flew to the flag station on their swords.

After they walked for a while, they suddenly felt that the blizzard had stopped.

Jitang looked up and saw that the Lion-Head Chariot was rising above them, blocking the snowstorm and slowly descending.

"Here I come."

The two lions landed in front of them before the car, crouching low and uttering deep roars. Ji Tang had no doubt that as long as Chu Jinhuai gave the order, they would rush over. Judging from their ferocity, they were obviously ready to tear them to pieces.

Chu Jinhuai slowly lifted the bead curtain and walked out of the car with a smile.

Ji Tang was ready to take action. As long as Chu Jinhuai made any move, she and Su Jinzhou would take action immediately.

However, a voice came from the car before Chu Jinhuai, "Jitang."

The voice actually belonged to Xun Jinzhi.

Xun Jinzhi emerged from behind Chu Jinhuai and helplessly spread his hands towards the two of them, "We lost."

Jitang suddenly looked at Chu Jinhuai and saw a token slip out of his sleeve. He turned his wrist, grabbed the token in his hand and tossed it up and down.

Chu Jinhuai blew a whistle, and the two roaring lions suddenly became silent.

Chu Jinhuai: "What you can think of, I can think of too. Jinzhi knew that I understood her, so she wanted to give you the token, but you are not stupid. You guessed that I would not fall for it, so you simply did not take the token. Then it is self-evident who has the token."

Xun Jinzhi waved his hand: "You guys should follow the Lion Head Cart. The winner has already been decided. There is no need for us to go out and endure the wind and snow."

Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou approached the lion-head car and sat on the platform extending from the front of the car body.

Chu Jinhuai returned to the car. Ji Tang pulled Xun Jinzhi, who was also about to get in, over and whispered in her ear, "Is Senior Brother Shaoxin injured?"

Xuan Jinzhi shook his head.

Ji Tang: "It's good that you're not injured. If the token is lost, it's lost."

After she finished speaking, she leaned against the outside of the car, relaxed, and stopped trying to hold her voice. "Senior Sister, where are the other brothers and sisters? Why didn't they follow?"

Xun Jinzhi winked at Jitang and then shook his head.

Jitang said no more.

The Lion Head car was much faster than the Yu Jian car, and Ji Tang saw the flag station in a short while.

She shook the beaded curtain behind her and asked, "Young City Lord, aren't you going to submit the token?"

Chu Jinhuai closed his eyes in the car and rested, "There is still time, I will give the younger generations a chance."

Jitang curled his lips.

Bored, she sat by the car, her legs dangling in the air and swinging back and forth. After a while, she lifted the beaded curtain again and said, "Young City Lord, the lion cub you brought is very cute. Can I go in and play with it for a while?"

Allen Chu was silent for a moment before he lazily said, "Come in."

Ji Tang propped himself up and stood up, winking at Su Jinzhou before going in.

The bead curtain swayed, Jitang walked in, and saw the lion cub lying beside Chu Jinhuai's boots.

She squatted down and called out, but the cub only slightly raised its eyelids to look at her without moving.

Ji Tang had no choice but to move closer. She stretched out her hands and picked up the lion cub. When she stood up, she looked at Chu Jinhuai who was leaning on the chair. He had his eyes closed and did not move immediately when Ji Tang approached. After a few breaths, he slowly opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ji Tang walked away a little and said with a smile: "Young City Lord is so handsome!"

Allen Chu raised his eyebrows and pointed to the side, "Stay away."

Ji Tang was obedient. He stood further away and said frivolously, "Young City Lord, has no one ever praised you in person?"

Chu Jinhuai slowly closed his eyes: "Nagging."

Ji Tang shrugged, carried the lion cub back to Su Jinzhou and sat down.

"Brother, this little lion looks like a doll, much cuter than the two lions in front!"

Su Jinzhou caught the word "doll" and was sure that Chu Jinhuai inside was not his real body. He smiled and touched the lion cub's head, "If you like it, I'll catch one for you when I get back."

Ji Tang narrowed his eyes: "That's great!"

At this time, a monk from the flag station poked his head out and reminded, "Young City Lord, you can submit the token now!"

Ji Tang said regretfully, "Time flies by so fast. The Young City Lord wanted to give the younger generation more opportunities, but in the end, no one showed up."

She called out Ji Yao, "Brother, Sister, the Frost Competition is over. Should we go back to the inn directly, or wait here for the other brothers and sisters?"

Su Jinzhou said, "You've been cold for so long, go back to the inn first."

Jitang: "Alright."

She stepped onto the flying sword with a smile, turned around and bowed to the people in the car: "Young City Lord, we will leave first."

Just as she was about to stand up, she felt a heavy pressure on her body. She tried several times but failed to get up.

Chu Jinhuai's voice came slowly, "Jitang, I underestimated you."

Ji Tang pretended to be surprised, "Young City Lord, what does this mean?"

He walked out, lowered his eyes to look at Ji Tang, who was being pressed down. He looked at him coldly for a moment, then suddenly smiled. "How long are we going to test each other?"

Xun Jinzhi suddenly seemed to be frozen, and the next moment a shadow appeared on his body, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Ji Tang felt his body lighten, and then he straightened up, "Young City Lord, has he found my Senior Brother Shao Xin?"

The lion cub not far from her quickly turned into a shadow and disappeared.

Chu Jinhuai didn't answer her, but only said: "Still want to confuse people? The token is on you."

Ji Tang: "Then the Young City Lord guessed wrong, the token is not with me."

She had previously discovered that Xun Jinzhi was fake, so she took the opportunity to convey to Chu Jinhuai the false news that the token was in Wei Shaoxin's possession. As long as Chu Jinhuai suspected it and investigated, she could buy some time.

She also found an excuse to go to the car to see if Chu Jinhuai was the real person or his clone. As a result, she confirmed that the person in the car was not Chu Jinhuai's real body. Since he could create a clone to find Jitang and others, he could also go to Xun Jinzhi and Wei Shaoxin.

Jitang speculated that Chu Jinhuai still didn't know who had the token, and he was still testing it.

Ji Tang looked at Chu Jinhuai's sleeve and said, "The token that the Young City Lord snatched from Senior Brother Shao Xin is right in your sleeve. You even took it out to show it off just now."

She looked up along Chu Jinhuai's arm, and then met Chu Jinhuai's eyes, and asked knowingly: "Young City Lord, Senior Sister is fake, and the young lion is also fake, so what about you, are you fake too?"

Allen Chu was not affected by her, "When I get the token, you will know whether I am real or fake."

"I guess it's fake." Ji Tang said to himself, "Otherwise, if I was so close to you just now, you would have reacted a long time ago."

After Jitang said this, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.

That is the direction of Su Jinzhou.

Ji Tang shuddered all over, not daring to look back, and said to Chu Jinhuai: "I'm not sure if I can face the real one, but if I face the fake one, I can still struggle."

Chu Jinhuai took a step forward and said, "Your cultivation is still too shallow. This self-confidence will only harm you."

Ji Tang didn't waste any more words and used the vine-wrapping technique. Several thick vines shot out in an instant and wrapped around Chu Jinhuai's body.

Chu Jinhuai snorted and laughed, not taking the suddenly tightened vines seriously at all. He stretched out his arms and all the vines broke.

Ji Tang took advantage of this time to change his spells. The Nightmare Clan's low-level spell, the Nightmare Beast Spell, was used. Two Nightmare Beasts with dark purple flames burning all over their bodies attacked Chu Jinhuai under Ji Tang's hit. One bit Chu Jinhuai's shoulder, and the other bit his left leg. The sharp teeth tore fiercely, and the dark purple nightmare energy quickly surrounded Chu Jinhuai.

Su Jinzhou seized the opportunity and when Chu Jinhuai was shrouded in smoke, he decisively flew towards the flag station on his sword.

Chu Jinhuai said in a deep voice: "So it's here with you."

At the same time, the smoke covering Chu Jinhuai was blown away by pure spiritual power, and the intermediate water spell Water Roaring Cage shot out from the dissipating smoke and trapped Ji Tang.

Ji Tang experienced a small-scale tsunami in the spherical cage. Her body kept rolling and she swallowed several mouthfuls of water rich in spiritual power. As soon as the spiritual power entered her body, it was repelled by the nightmare energy. A string of bubbles gurgled out of her. She barely made a hand gesture, and the two nightmare beasts turned into four, struggling to bite the ball to rescue their owner.

Chu Jinhuai quickly caught up with Su Jinzhou. He grabbed the air with his hand and stopped Su Jinzhou's forward momentum, pulling him back.

Su Jinzhou quickly made hand gestures with both hands.

Chu Jinhuai raised his eyebrows, "You are hundreds of years too early to fight with me."

Flames started from Su Jinzhou's hands, which were clasped together, and quickly spread throughout his body. Finally, even the sword at his feet was engulfed in flames.

The water magic cast by Chu Jinhuai counteracted the fire magic cast by Su Jinzhou. When the two magics were about to collide, the flying sword under Su Jinzhou's feet suddenly shot towards Jitang.

Chu Jinhuai looked closely and saw two flames under Su Jinzhou's feet, which was why he did not fall.

The flying sword landed on the spot where the nightmare beast was biting, and finally opened a gap in the water cage.

Ji Tang was able to escape, "Brother, let me help you!"

She shouted anxiously, and Ji Yao quickly came to her feet and took her to fly towards Su Jinzhou.

Chu Jinhuai's brows were filled with impatience, "What a hassle."

He raised his left arm, and a curtain of water came between the two of them.

Ji Tang continued to move forward without slowing down. When she was about to get close to the water curtain, she suddenly changed direction.

Chu Jinhuai's eyes narrowed slightly, and when he looked sideways, Ji Tang had already bypassed the water curtain.

This is not flying in the direction of Su Jinzhou.

Chu Jinhuai's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw her intention. "You are still playing tricks on me now."

His target shifted from Su Jinzhou to Jitang.

Jitang’s strength is not enough for Chu Jinhuai to see, so she cannot reach the flag station.

Jitang saw the flag station right in front of him, but was caught by a water snake chasing him from behind.

She struggled hard to break free, and the hands that broke free first made hand gestures again. At this moment, a moon-white figure suddenly appeared in her sight.

Her eyes flashed, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Senior Sister!"

"Be good." Xun Jinzhi flew over on his sword and met Chu Jinhuai's astonished eyes - although the astonishment only lasted for a moment, Xun Jinzhi still caught it.

Chu Jinhuai spoke each word with pause: "Xun, Jin, Zhi."

Xun Jinzhi looked down at him and said, "You're really capable of bullying two youngsters."

The water snake that was holding Ji Tang dispersed, and Ji Tang fell down due to weightlessness, and was caught by Su Jinzhou who came rushing over.

Chu Jinhuai's situation when facing Xun Jinzhi was not as easy as when facing Jitang and the others.

Both of them became serious and launched a powerful attack. The dazzling fire dragon and the huge water dragon collided in the air. The flames fell down along with the water. Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou were forced to get caught in a hot rain. The nightmare and spiritual power covering their bodies were diluted a little by the hot rain.

While fighting with Chu Jinhuai, Xun Jinzhi landed in front of the flag station.

The floating flag station was reduced to nothing in the battle between the fire dragon and the water dragon, leaving only the monks in the flag station standing alone in the place. They were affected by the huge force, and the spiritual power protecting their bodies was much weaker like Ji Tang and the others.

Xun Jinzhi took out the token from his inner garment and handed it to the monk with a smile.

"Trace back to Emperor Xuanzong's submission of the Frost and Cold Order."

The monk watched her take out the token from her lapel. When he thought of where the token was placed before, his face turned red. He looked at the token but didn't dare to take it.