Glacier Lake Center
“!!!”
“???”
ah?
The magic weapon is born?
Jiang Jingyuan was stunned. The magical weapon had appeared already?! What were we waiting for? Let’s go!
"Please, please take me..."
The girl in blue looked at her eagerly through the thin white gauze.
Jiang Jingyuan gritted his teeth secretly, "Bring it!"
Just like she couldn't even see the strange phenomena in the world when the magic weapon was born. If she was alone, the magic weapon might have been taken away by someone and she wouldn't have found it yet.
Even if it's a trap, she has to get to the bottom of it!
"Really?!"
"Yeah!"
The girl raised her hands happily.
Jiang Jingyuan looked at her tiredly as she lowered her head and searched for something.
"This is for you!" The girl in blue took out a thin white gauze from her storage space and handed it to Jiang Jingyuan. "Although it's dark on the snowy mountain now, you never know when it will be bright again, so it's best to take it with you."
"Thanks."
Jiang Jingyuan thanked him, took it, and without noticing anything wrong in his hand, he covered his eyes with it.
The scenery in front of her was still clearly visible, but she could clearly feel that this white gauze could appropriately reduce the brightness of light entering her eyes in a bright environment, and could also allow her to see things in a dark environment.
"Hehe, you're welcome."
The girl in blue couldn't help but turn around on the spot, her eyes curved as she smiled and said, "My name is Hua Simiao."
Jiang Jingyuan paused and said calmly, "Jiang Yunshu."
Upon hearing this, the girl excitedly turned around again, her aqua blue dress with a plush cloak fluttering in the air like a free and light butterfly.
She smiled and rummaged through her storage space, looking for something. Every now and then, she would raise her head and look at Jiang Jingyuan solemnly, assuring him, "My fellow disciples are very wealthy! Just ask for whatever you want, and they'll find it for you!"
Jiang Jingyuan remained indifferent to this, not even moving his eyes, just staring at the dark sky in the distance.
Although Jiang Jingyuan could not practice for eleven years, she was the daughter of Queen Rong after all, and she received all the monthly salary she deserved, and even more than others, so she had no interest in Hua Simiao's promise.
They couldn't give her what she wanted, and she didn't want what they could give her...
Jiang Jingyuan seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye, and subconsciously turned his gaze to look at Hua Simiao, and then he was completely stunned.
Jiang Jingyuan saw the girl beside him wave her hand——
A pair of cranes appeared out of thin air on the pure white snow in front of them. Their bodies were black and white, and every feather was delicate and beautiful, as if it had been carefully cared for.
The two cranes held their heads high, each holding a water-blue rope in their mouths. The other end of the rope was steadily pulling a mahogany carriage behind them, which was nimble and exquisite.
ah?
Jiang Jingyuan stared blankly, unable to believe what he saw.
Her mind was filled with the question, "Is this person truly innocent, or is he just pretending?" and then with the question, "Oh my god, I've never seen this before!"
Finally, after Hua Simiao stuffed a thick stack of yellow and black talismans into her hands, only one sentence remained in her mind:
"I finally lost all my eleven years of salary..."
Jiang Jingyuan looked at Hua Simiao, who was blinking her starry eyes, with mixed feelings.
Hua Simiao lowered her head, facing her two index fingers, opened only one eye and looked at her quietly, whispering: "I don't know how to fight. Master always told me to run away before. These talismans are all for you. If there is a fight, can you please not leave me behind..."
Jiang Jingyuan was silent.
She looked down at the thick stack of talismans in her hand and thought to herself that if she threw this stack of talismans out, it would be enough to knock everyone and horses to the ground...
What a “can’t fight”… Jiang Jingyuan didn’t know what to say for a moment.
But soon, Jiang Jingyuan regained his composure, collected his thoughts, and said to her expressionlessly:
"Don't show these in front of others in the future."
Since they had decided to go together, it was better not to point out some issues. However, she had to be more vigilant from now on. If there was any problem, she had to retreat immediately!
“Okay, okay!”
Hua Simiao was like a good student who had heard the master's teachings. She pursed her lips and responded seriously.
…………
The sky above Baizhu Mountain was covered with dark clouds. There was no sunlight, only silver-white lightning that swam like little snakes among the clouds, illuminating the sky and earth for a moment from time to time.
The thick snow on the ground, rarely seen in a thousand years, was a pale grey with a bluish hue, gloomy and gloomy. The occasional flash of lightning did not remind the people on these snowy mountains of the past brightness, but instead made them seem even more lonely and isolated.
In mid-air, a crane drove past at lightning speed.
A pair of cranes with black and white feathers spread their wings in the wind, flapping them from time to time, looking free and unrestrained.
In the carriage were two girls, one in white and one in blue. One kept gazing at the mountains below, not wanting to miss a single sign of something unusual, while the other closed her eyes, holding a compass and muttering to herself...
Three days later.
"There's someone in front." Jiang Jingyuan suddenly said.
Hua Simiao, who was beside her, opened her eyes in surprise when she heard this. Even the white gauze could not hide the light in her eyes: "Really?! Are we there yet?"
Under the dark sky, a pair of cranes with black and white feathers slowed down their speed in the air, and the two people in the carriage leaned out to look at the snow in front of them.
Amidst the icy snow, a boundless natural lake could be seen in the distance, its surface frozen in a layer of translucent ice. Dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of people stood scattered across the ice, all looking in the same direction, their bodies frozen, motionless for a long time...
The more Jiang Jingyuan looked at it, the weirder it felt. He subconsciously stopped the crane's movement and the carriage stopped in mid-air.
"What...what are they looking at...?" Hua Simiao opened her almond-shaped eyes, slightly opened her mouth, and her face was confused with a little anxiety and fear.
Jiang Jingyuan didn't answer, but just stared at the group of people standing stiffly on the ice.
After a long while, she blinked her eyes and asked in a slightly dry voice:
"Look, have they moved?"
Have they moved?
Have their movements and postures changed at all?
Almost at the same time, Hua Simiao's face turned pale, and her lips moved. After a while, she seemed to have found her voice again and said in a trembling voice, "No, I didn't see it!"
After she finished speaking, she was so scared that she grabbed the corner of Jiang Jingyuan's sleeve with one hand and hid behind Jiang Jingyuan.
"Are there any of your fellow disciples there?" Jiang Jingyuan asked again.
Hearing this, Hua Simiao's pretty face showed a hint of resistance. She really didn't want to watch anymore!
But she thought that the current situation did not allow for hesitation, so she had to muster up the courage, grit her teeth, and look again.
“Hoo! Hoo…”
After just one glance, the girl in the light blue dress shrank back into the mahogany carriage.
She was gasping for breath, tears welling up in her eyes, as if she had seen something extremely horrifying and unbelievable. She wanted to scream but forced herself to hold it back.
"Yes! Yes!" Her pupils unconsciously dilated. "She's a very powerful senior sister from our sect! She has three other senior sisters and brothers beside her, all of whom were among the top 50 in last month's sect competition!!!"
She trembled for a moment, then mustered up the courage to stick her head out again to look, saying as she looked, "And, and, there are two more junior brothers further away!"
After saying this, the girl quickly retracted her head, not daring to linger any longer—she couldn't make out anything further away...
"This is the road." Jiang Jingyuan pursed his lips, his face calm, and said, "The others took the same road. They must have encountered danger on the lake. The strong ones stayed behind, and the rest continued forward."
"Yes, yes..." Hua Simiao said, "Especially that powerful senior sister. She has always been very kind to everyone. Whenever there is danger, she always lets other junior sisters and brothers leave first..."
Jiang Jingyuan turned his head and looked at the girl in blue beside him with a calm expression.
To the girl, this scene was like an invisible breeze slowly blowing across her anxious heart.
Jiang Jingyuan asked, "Do you think this is the way to the birthplace of that magical weapon? Is it the only way?"
In fact, she already had the answer in her heart...
Hua Simiao looked down at the brass compass tightly held in her hand, swallowed hard, raised her head and looked at her as if she was about to cry and said:
"yes!"
You can reach a place by going straight through the ice lake, but you may not reach the same place by going around the lake - this is the case in some ordinary spaces in the outside world, not to mention that this is the Daytime Mountain which is the closest to the concept of "miracle"!
Do you want to give up?
So many people are here...
No, she was unwilling.
If you give up this time, you may not have such an opportunity next time!
Jiang Jingyuan thought about this, his face remained calm, and said:
"I'm going to keep going. What's your decision?"
Hua Simiao opened her mouth:
"I……"
Before she could finish her words, the two heard a cry of surprise from below: "What is this?!"
The two men suddenly lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked over.
The sound came from the center of the ice lake. The two people could only see the backs of more than thirty people in the air by the lake, and did not directly see anything that could frighten these people.
In the center of the ice lake, people dressed in clothes from different sects gathered from all directions - their desire for magic weapons prevailed, and even when they saw dozens or hundreds of people standing there inexplicably, they were not allowed to retreat.
Only when magical instruments appeared before them would they tear their faces apart and fight to the death. But in this strange situation, even people from different sects who had never met before were more inclined to cooperate temporarily.
"Let's step back a bit, don't get close!"
"Yes, yes, yes, let's step back and observe for a while!"
"Quiet, quiet, don't make too much noise!"
Everyone crouched down, their heads raised, their eyes fixed on the fenced-off area. Step by step, they slowly retreated towards the perimeter...
"Fuck!"
Suddenly someone yelled, "Fuck, fuck, fuck, I saw it, I saw it!!!"
The people nearby were startled by his shouting and angrily said, "I told you not to make too much noise, why are you yelling?!"
"No! No!" The man danced around for a long time, opening and closing his lips but unable to say anything. Finally, he turned around and ran away without caring about anything.
His fleeing footsteps made a dull "dong dong dong" sound on the ice, which seemed particularly earth-shattering in the silence...
The others looked at his sudden crazy behavior with confusion and puzzlement on their faces, but curiosity and luck finally got the upper hand, and they all gathered in the central area with puzzled expressions to take a closer look.
“Ahhhhhhhhh—”
The two people driving the crane saw only one person's figure suddenly collapse, and the others immediately screamed and turned around and ran away.
"Go, go!!!"
"Ahhh, don't push me! Let me go--"
"Go, go, go!"
Circles and layers of people pushed and shoved each other as they fled in the opposite direction, completely unconcerned about whether they were stepping on ice or living bodies - or rather, they thought it would be better to step on living bodies, and after stepping on a few more pads, they would have time to run further.
Jiang Jingyuan and Hua Simiao looked extremely unhappy when they saw this scene from afar.
There were many disciples from famous sects among this group. What on earth had they seen that made them not fight back, not even attempt to defend themselves, but simply decide to run away?!
Fortunately, they didn't rush forward. Now they were in this position and could see what was going on... Jiang Jingyuan was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Hua Simiao shouting in panic: "Defend! Defend!"
“Wow—”
“Clatter—”
The ice on the boundless lake surface was covered with spider-web-like cracks in the blink of an eye, and shattered with a snap. Dozens or even hundreds of people on the ice fell stiffly into the lake.
A strange head, so huge that even the smallest scale on its face was as big as a human face, broke out from the surface of the lake.
It twisted in the air and discovered a conspicuous black spot in the sky.
The head pulled the upper body along as it rushed forward, opened its bloody mouth, exhaled a fishy hot air, and bit straight at the only crane floating in the air!
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