Chapter 136: Breaking the Seal

  In the late afternoon, the sky was filled with sunset glow, and the earth was dyed red by the afterglow.

  The ground was covered with scars, deep gullies crisscrossing everywhere, like sword marks on a person's body. Under the radiant glow of the sunset, it seemed to be smeared with a layer of crimson blood, looking somewhat eerie.

  Inside the ditch, there were many plant roots, many monster and human corpses, a faint stench, wafting out from the ditches, smelling it made one want to vomit.

  A horse carriage slowly came to a stop in the distance on this piece of land.

  "We've arrived." The carriage driver turned around, looked at the carriage and hesitated for a moment before saying: "I'll wait for you here, it's best if you return early, I won't wait too long."

  The carriage door was opened, and Shi Yan poked his head out, tossing a small bag to the coachman. He smiled and said, "Wait for three days, and if we don't come back by then, you can leave on your own. Don't worry, we'll compensate you afterwards, and it won't be a waste of your time."

  The carman did not answer immediately, opened the small bag, carefully counted the crystal coins inside, and only then showed a smile "Alright, I'll wait for three days. If you don't come after three days, I'll leave by myself."

  Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan, who was veiled, slowly walked out of the carriage, ignoring the coachman, and headed straight for that torn earth.

  That piece of land is full of ditches and gullies everywhere, deep and bottomless, a horse-drawn carriage can't possibly pass through.

  Inside the ditch, the stench of the corpses of monsters and humans was too heavy, and it wasn't something that ordinary people could endure. The cart driver didn't want to come over either, which was reasonable.

  Shi Yan proceeded cautiously forward, along the way, there were also many warriors of varying realms, and like them, he walked on foot.

  This was once a small town, but due to the earthquake, all the houses collapsed, and many people were buried alive. Some low-level monsters in the nearby mountains also failed to escape disaster and became corpses in the ditch.

  All the way, Shi Yan was still calm, but Xia Xinyan furrowed her brow, covering her nose with her slender hand, clearly disliking the smell here.

  Gullies are everywhere, and two people need to be careful when walking, in the narrow and long gully ridges.

  Next to them, three teams of warriors also covered their noses, furrowed their brows, looked around cautiously while advancing forward.

  Three teams of martial artists, dozens of people, most of whom are at the Human Rank and Pre-Heavenly Boundary, with several hundred-year-old martial artists, but one is extremely old, with some even having white hair.

  These people are either warriors from Monroe Island or unknown forces from nearby islands, and they are not outstanding.

  Among them, several male warriors, as they marched, couldn't help but sneak glances at Xia Xinyan's body, and some even deliberately fell behind to ogle her slender waist and hips, drooling with desire.

  At first, Shi Yan didn't pay attention to it. It wasn't until he discovered that more and more male warriors, who had originally been in front of him, were slowly falling behind him that he noticed this strange phenomenon.

  His face sank, and Shi Yan quietly used his dark energy and essence to construct a magnetic domain field, silently releasing it.

  "Boom!"

  A fifty-year-old man with the most piercing eyes suddenly stumbled and fell headfirst into the ditch below, coming face to face with a rotting corpse.

  "Boom! Boom!"

  Many impure warriors fell one after another into the ditch, both yao corpses and human corpses were in close contact, their bodies were covered with a foul odor.

  Soon, the three teams of warriors around them all discovered this strange phenomenon.

  Among them, there were many who had refined their skills, but no one could see what was really going on.

  As a result, when they looked at Shi Yan and Xia Xinyan again, there was more reverence in their eyes. Those male warriors had all retracted the colors on their faces, each one looking dignified and proper, no longer daring to let their gazes wander randomly over Xia Xinyan's waist and hips.

  "You're something else." Xia Xinyan shook her head lightly, somewhat helplessly saying: "I've long gotten used to these kinds of looks. If everyone looked at me a few more times like you do, I'd have to take action, or else I'd be exhausted to death?"

  "Lao Tzu's women, they dare to look at them wildly!" Shi Yan sank his face, turned back and glared at those people fiercely, coldly snorted: "I haven't taken their lives, I've already been very lenient."

  "Who's your woman?" Xia Xinyan got a headache and rolled her eyes.

  Shi Yan hehe sneered and didn't answer.

  Xia Xinyan couldn't help but feel helpless towards Shi Yan's shamelessness and could no longer bother with him, so she continued on her way.

  One hour later.

  Two people arrived at a bustling place with dense shadows, where the ditches were bottomless and deep, each one resembling a giant pit, dark and profound, with unknown numbers of corpses buried within.

  A quadrangular glacier, two hundred zhang high, like a sharp sword, emerges from a deep valley and pierces the sky vertically.

  A cold and icy air, far away from that glacier, overflowed, the closer you get, the colder it gets to the bone.

  Many martial artists with low cultivation dared only to watch from a distance and did not dare to get too close to that icy glacier.

  Dozens of martial artists, dressed in luxurious attire, from the Lingbao Cave Heaven, Dongfang Family and Tianchi Sacred Land, were gathered near the glacier, about a kilometer away, looking puzzled, whispering to each other and discussing something in hushed tones.

  Xia Xinyan suddenly stopped.

  Shi Yan also stopped in his tracks, about 1,500 meters away from the glacier, and gazed up at the sky. The glacier was shrouded in a thin mist, and under the radiant light of the setting sun, it emitted a faint crimson glow. Within the crystal-clear ice, many strange symbols flowed and changed, these symbols seemed to be the source of some kind of mysterious technique, shining with a soft, colorful light, and emitting a faint energy fluctuation.

  The glacier is just a tip of the iceberg, with much larger ice masses hidden deep beneath the ground, and it's unknown how large they are.

  Shi Yan and the other person furrowed their brows, sizing up the glacier, then quietly glanced at the three Bo people closest to the glacier, their expressions solemn.

  "The Tianwei elder of Lingbao Cave Heaven, Chen Feng, the Holy Maiden of Tiandi Sacred Land, Di Yanjing, and Dongfang Jing of the Dongfang family..." Xia Xinyan pointed to the three people over there, explaining softly, telling their backgrounds one by one.

  As Xia Xinyan's fingers moved, Shi Yan quietly glanced at those three people.

  On the other side of Lingbao Cave Heaven, there was a Tianwei elder named Chen Shi, who was a big fat man with a smile on his face, small yellow bean-like eyes, and a full face of fatty flesh. When he spoke, the fatty flesh on his face shook and quivered. Beside him stood twelve warriors from Lingbao Cave Heaven, whose cultivation levels ranged from Xiantian to Nieyuan realm, each with different boundaries.

  The holy maiden of the Tianchi Sacred Land, Huo Jingjing, wore a pure white palace dress, with her skirt hem adorned with three-cornered beautiful jade. Her figure was plump and moving, her skin as white as snow, and her face was as calm as ever. However, her temperament was deep and quiet, making it impossible for people to see through her. By her side were seven warriors from the Tianchi Sacred Land, all of whom were beautiful women. Five of them had reached the Earthly Realm, while two had reached the Nirvana Realm.

  A figure in a green robe sat on the eastern throne, his expression cold and detached. He had cultivated to the realm of the Three Realms of Heaven. Behind him stood twelve warriors, one of whom was an old man with white hair and a youthful face, without a single wrinkle, who was also a heavenly cultivator.

  Lingbao Cave Heaven, Tianchi Sacred Land, and Dongfang Family, these three forces did not come specifically for this purpose. They were all active in the nearby sea area when they suddenly heard about the anomaly on Menluo Island, so they rushed over hastily.

  "Saintly girl? Don't be ridiculous." Shi Yan curled his lip after hearing her explanation.

  "You damn bastard." Xia Xinyan's voice was hoarse from laughter. "You only remember to look at women, and you're no different from the stinky men who've been fooled by you."

  Shi Yan smiled slyly.

  "Jiāng Yīn Jīng is a famous beauty of the endless sea, but she usually wears a thin mask in her daily life and rarely reveals her true face. As the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Pool Sacred Land, she cannot fall in love with men for her entire life, so the Holy Maiden never shows her true appearance to men. You can forget about seeing her true face this lifetime." Xia Xīn Yuān said softly.

  "Can't be with a man for life?" Shi Yan shook his head and sneered: "Holy crap!"

  Xia Xinyan gave Shi Yan a cold glance and stopped explaining.

  "So many people."

  The gentle laughter of Gujian Ge suddenly came from behind.

  Soon, Gujian Ge and the four ancient warriors of Nie's boundary crossed the scattered warriors around them, step by step approaching the glacier. A thousand meters away from the glacier, they stood on the side of the glacier with the people from Lingbao Dongtian, Dongfang Family, and Tianchi Sacred Land, forming a quadrangle.

  "Jian Ge, you're here too?" Dong Fang Kong glanced at him and forced a smile on his cold face. "Is there anyone else?"

  "Nice to see you, Uncle Ke." Gu Jian Ge bowed slightly and smiled: "No need for formalities, just the few of us. I happened to be on nearby Tuo Luo Island and heard that something was amiss here, so I came over to take a look. Uncle Ke, you arrived early, have you discovered anything?"

  Many warriors on the periphery, upon hearing the ancient sword song's inquiry, all concentrated their spirits and looked towards the Eastern Gate.

  "Mysterious symbols in the glacier, circulating the power of confinement. We three have joined forces to attack the confinement several times, but each time we returned without success." Dongfang shook his head "The power of confinement is not ordinary, we tried a few times and this confinement power has just shown signs of loosening. In a while, we will continue to try, hehe, you also come out and make an effort."

  "With great pleasure." Gu Jian Ge smiled and nodded slightly.

  The conversation ended, Gujian Ge's gaze searched through the crowd and soon found Xia Xinyan and Shi Yan.

  Gu Jian Ge's eyes lit up, and he and Chong Shi Yan smiled and nodded at each other, as if they had exchanged greetings.

  Shi Yan smiled calmly and nodded towards the mountain peak.

  Xia Xinyan's expression was indifferent, as if she hadn't seen him, unmoved.

  Gu Jian didn't mind, still with a warm and gentle smile on his face.

  "We'll keep trying." Chen Feng suddenly spoke up, his chubby face full of bitter smiles. "Let's uncover the secret of the glacier as soon as possible, so we can return and report back sooner. Otherwise, if more forces arrive, even if there is something inside the glacier, it will have to be shared with more people. What do you all think?"

  Chen Feng said so, but his eyes only fell on Dongfang Que, Huo Xingjing, Gu Jian Ge and others, and didn't even glance at the scattered warriors thousands of miles away.

  In his heart, even if glaciers really have secrets, it's none of anyone else's business.

  "Alright." Dongfang nodded and said to the warriors behind him, "Let's all do our best in a bit."

  Di Yanqing, Gu Jian Ge and others also nodded in agreement one after another.

  "Let's get started."

  Chen Feng saw that the three parties had agreed, and without even looking at anyone else, a small silver dagger suddenly flew out of his sleeve.

  A vast and powerful heavy breath burst forth from the small silver hammer, which suddenly grew larger in mid-air, resembling a small silver mountain, and fiercely smashed down onto the exposed glacier.

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