Chapter 20 Warmth and Reassurance Now, when I lean on her back again, I feel…
She gathered some spiritual energy in her palms, making her hands warm, and used it to warm the cold cheeks of the person in front of her.
It wasn't until Shen Zhengyuan came to his senses and took her hand that she pulled her hand away, smiled slightly at him, and continued, "Alright, now let's go find the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus. It's better if you heal your injury as soon as possible, so that the cultivation world can be rebuilt sooner, and you'll have fewer worries on your mind."
Shen Zhengyuan looked at her, his lips moving slightly as if he wanted to say something.
But in the end, he didn't say anything, silently closed his eyes, gathered his energy, and mobilized the spiritual power within his body.
In an instant, spiritual energy from all directions surged toward Shen Zhengyuan from the Xue Mang Mountain.
The most powerful aspect of magic cultivators is that even those who have not yet cultivated to the Golden Core stage can use the spiritual energy from all directions to unleash power surpassing that of Golden Core cultivators.
It is precisely for this reason that even though the world of magic cultivators is both righteous and evil hundreds of years later, and often likes to provoke people from other cultivation worlds, few people dare to confront the people of the magic cultivator world head-on, simply because these people are truly protective of their own and difficult to kill!
Even though close combat is a weakness for those in the magic cultivation world, as long as the distance is far enough, even if people from other cultivation worlds use their most familiar moves, they will still be seen as weak points by those in the magic cultivation world.
In addition, there is Shen Zhengyuan, who has spent hundreds of years making some improvements to the original secret techniques and creating many spells and formations. These techniques are not only easy to learn but also very powerful, making them extremely troublesome.
Li Chen looked down at his feet. The intricate patterns formed by spiritual energy beneath their feet gradually took shape and expanded outwards. As the runes became more complex, the area covered by the formation grew larger and larger, eventually covering nearly 80% of the Snowy Mountain range.
In the blink of an eye, a light blue glow enveloped the world. Shen Zhengyuan slowly opened his eyes, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and then his body fell down uncontrollably.
Li Chenjin steadied him, then bent down and carried him on his back.
After making sure he was lying down properly, I asked, "Which way is it?"
Shen Zhengyuan leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Let's head east first..."
Li Chen nodded and slowly moved forward in the direction he pointed out. Shen Zhengyuan lay on her back, only saying a word or two when he needed to give directions, otherwise he remained silent.
This wasn't the first time Li Chenjin had carried him on her back. When they first met on the beach, Li Chenjin had taken him to find shelter from the rain, and he had woken up once, but at that time he was only full of wariness and disgust, and just wanted to leave as soon as possible. But now, when he was on her back again, he felt extremely warm and at ease.
All he could hear along the way was the sound of wind and snow, but the snow falling on him now did not make him feel the cold. Even the snow water that melted in his clothes seemed to turn into a stream of spring water, bringing a strange warmth.
He didn't know what he was thinking or what kind of feelings he had for Li Chenjin. He only knew that after learning that Li Chenjin wouldn't leave, he instantly felt at ease.
But it doesn't matter what he thinks in his heart. As long as she doesn't leave, he will eventually figure things out.
However, Li Chenjin was completely unaware of all the thoughts he had on his mind. He was focused solely on finding the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and paid little attention to anything else, even ignoring the snow wolves he encountered on the road.
Finally, as the saying goes, heaven rewards those who persevere, and following the guidance of the magic array, they arrived at the edge of a cliff.
Actually, calling it a cliff isn't quite accurate; it's more like a crevice between two adjacent snow-capped mountains. However, the distance is quite high, and there doesn't seem to be any good foothold on the edge, making going down and coming up both difficult tasks.
Li Chen was peering down the cliff when he suddenly heard the person on his back say, "I'll go down and get it."
Li Chen exclaimed, "You just forcibly circulated your spiritual energy. If you forcibly circulate it again now, it may damage your heart meridian. Now that we are on a snow mountain, where the cold is biting, even if there is a thousand-year-old snow lotus, it will not be of much use, but it will leave lasting damage."
Shen Zhengyuan said, "But aren't you the same as me?"
“Although my injuries are similar to yours, mine should be a little lighter,” Li Chen said slowly. “In any case, I know what I’m doing, so don’t worry. Besides, although this cliff looks high, it’s not a problem for me. I used to jump over cliffs that were much steeper when I was still in the sword cultivation world, so I have experience.”
"Moreover, we've traveled over mountains and valleys to get here, and three days are almost up. Once the scent of the snow demon on you dissipates, the situation will only get worse. Don't forget, we saw quite a few snow demons on our way here. We don't know why, since snow demons are supposed to live alone, there are so many gathered here. In short, to avoid any unforeseen complications, it's best to resolve this matter as soon as possible."
Since Li Chenjin had already said so much, Shen Zhengyuan couldn't argue with her anymore, so he had no choice but to agree to let her go down and bring up the thousand-year-old snow lotus.
After deciding to jump off the cliff, Li Chen didn't linger. He glanced down at the cliff face, found a place where he could barely grab a foothold, and then leaped down like a swallow. His toes barely touched the cliff face two or three times before his figure quickly disappeared into the snow.
When she landed at the bottom of the cliff and regained her footing, she felt a sharp pain all over her body. She couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the pain, but it felt like every part of her body ached.
She clenched her teeth, closed her eyes, and tried to endure the excruciating pain.
As the pain gradually subsided, she coughed lightly, spitting out the blood that had just risen to her throat. She casually touched the corner of her lips, her gaze slowly searching through the white snow.
After looking around, her gaze fell on a certain spot at the bottom of the cliff.
Amidst the white snow, a patch of snow had been cleared away, revealing the rocks and earth beneath.
On that spot, there was a snow lotus in full bloom, its petals as if carved from crystal-clear white jade, its body brimming with spiritual energy that was almost tangible.
However, it was obvious that someone had deliberately cleared away the snow around the snow lotus, and the snow lotus also looked like it was being cared for by someone, growing exceptionally delicate and well.
But there shouldn't be any people living here, otherwise you should be able to see signs of human habitation.
But at this moment she couldn't care less about anything else. Since she was already here, she had to pick the snow lotus first, no matter what.
She had just taken about ten steps toward the snow lotus, bent down, and was about to pick it when she suddenly heard some sounds coming from the surrounding snow.
The sounds rustled and blended together, seemingly coming from all directions.
She slowly lifted her eyelids and looked around. In her vision, snow fairies, their bodies as white as snow, slowly rose from the snow. Among them, one snow fairy was particularly huge. When it stood up, it was as tall as four or five people, forcing Li Chen to look up at it.
This snow demon looks so unique, and judging from the extremely respectful and fearful attitude of the other snow demons around it, this must be the legendary Snow Demon King.
Because the snow demon was born with too much malevolence, it was difficult for it to break through its cultivation level. However, there were always a few exceptions. Although these exceptions were able to break through their cultivation level, it was not because they had cultivated themselves and reformed their ways, but because they had some kind of fortuitous encounter that helped them break through their bottleneck.
Judging from the current situation, the Snow Demon King's adventure was due to this thousand-year-old snow lotus.
It cultivates by absorbing the spiritual energy emanating from the snow lotus, and the snow lotus grows smoothly thanks to its care; otherwise, it would have been eaten by some animals in the mountains long ago.
It is precisely because many small animals in the mountains love to eat snow lotus that although snow lotus is abundant in Xue Mang Mountain, very few thousand-year-old snow lotus can appear. This is because most snow lotus have not yet had time to grow to a full thousand years before being eaten by those small animals.
The Snow Demon King hasn't made a move yet, clearly to scare her away and prevent her from harming the thousand-year-old snow lotus. It's just a pity, though, that she came specifically for this snow lotus.
With lightning speed, she plucked the snow lotus. The instant she plucked it, a deafening roar almost engulfed the entire Snow Mountain, and even Shen Zhengyuan on the mountain felt the ground tremble.
The worst part is that the snow that has accumulated on the snowy mountain for years has begun to loosen due to the Snow Demon King's roar, and there are signs of an avalanche.
Just as he was about to jump down, a white light flashed in his eyes. Li Chenjin, holding a snow lotus in his hand, flew straight up from the foot of the mountain to the summit. Then, he used the momentum in mid-air to step on something, and while he was suspended in mid-air, he threw the snow lotus in his hand towards Shen Zhengyuan.
When Shen Zhengyuan caught the snow lotus, he finally saw what Li Chen had stepped on with her strength—it was a snow demon that had followed her up from the bottom of the cliff.
After he saw the snow demon, hundreds of snow demons followed closely behind Li Chenjin, and the roars and stomping sounds of snow demons could be heard from other mountains around the area. It was the sound of snow demons from those mountains being summoned to come.
Li Chen landed beside Shen Zhengyuan, kicked a snow demon away, grabbed a snow lotus, quickly refined it into a pill, and stuffed it directly into Shen Zhengyuan's mouth. He then said, "The snow demon heart you swallowed probably can't fool the Snow Demon King. You'll need some time to refine the medicinal power. If the Snow Demon King doesn't die, we're afraid we'll all die."
As soon as she finished speaking, an extremely large snow demon appeared in Shen Zhengyuan's line of sight.
At this moment, Li Chenjin slapped him on the chest, pushing him away. Then, he turned around and slapped the Snow Demon King, who had just come up, back down. At the same time, he grabbed the neck of a Snow Demon who was being commanded by the Snow Demon King and was about to attack Shen Zhengyuan, and flew off the cliff.
Shen Zhengyuan was well aware that Li Chenjin's body could not withstand so many uses of spiritual power in a short period of time.
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