Chapter 15: The Long and Difficult Journey (Part 1)

  The sound of cracking grew more frequent, and Xin Zhaolun also became more cautious. He was scouting ahead, and even if the glacier cracked open and fell, as long as he noticed it, it wouldn't be able to hurt him. With his abilities, resisting the shattered ice layer wasn't a big problem at all.

  Boom!

  A three-meter-long and one-meter-wide ice block fell from the air, was directly shattered by Xinzhaolun, and then another block of ice fell down.

  Everyone was busy fending off the attack, and Leixing Peak also swung his shield to smash the falling ice blocks on his head.

  Everyone soon left the collapsing ice wall and turned to another road. As everyone turned to the new road, they suddenly let out a sigh of relief, and no longer had to worry about falling ice blocks on their heads. Unless it fell like a mountain, it was difficult for them to pose a threat, but the constantly falling ice blocks from above could still cause injury if they were not careful.

  Boom!

  Another ice wall collapsed, instantly blocking the way forward. Fortunately, most people were cultivators, and even the local indigenous people were not bad off. The group of people did not hesitate and stepped on the broken ice blocks, quickly moving forward.

  A faint cry for help came from afar.

  Xin Zhaolun shouted: "Fast speed!"

  Lei Xingfeng understood that they had to leave the rescue signal as soon as possible. Who knows what those people would encounter? With their strength, although they were not afraid of anything, once they were entangled, it would be a big trouble.

  Everyone in their hearts also understood this truth, so when Xin Zhaolun said to speed up, no one opposed it. One by one, they quickened their pace. Some of the uneven and bumpy ones directly flew over, while Feng Ying and Shi Hu protected Lei Xingfeng from front and back. Although flying was absolutely not allowed here, if they encountered a slightly larger ice crevice, they could fly over it directly without worrying about falling in.

  Seven people share a rope; even if one is blown away by strong winds, others will pull him back down.

  At first, the seven people walked in a line with some bumps, but before long, the seven people gradually became tacit. If someone saw them from the air, these seven people were like a multi-legged centipede, moving extremely fast and harmoniously on the ground, very harmonious and very tacit.

  A low, rumbling sound came from a distance, and everyone felt the ground shaking beneath their feet. Xin Zhaolun couldn't help but curse as he turned around with the crowd. The cracking sounds continued to echo all around them, making people's scalps tingle with fear. This was an instinctive terror that even if the ice wall collapse didn't pose a threat to them, the fear still emerged involuntarily from deep within their hearts.

  As the rapid departure, the surrounding ice wall also gradually calmed down, only the sky's wailing wind and the crackling snowflake impact sounds still lingered in my ears.

  After walking for about ten miles or so, Xin Zhaolun raised his hand to signal everyone to stop. He said: "There is a large ice crevice here, let's take a rest."

  Seven people squeezed into the gap in the ice, and suddenly it was a bit quieter by their ears, and that howling sound wasn't so piercing anymore.

  Able to avoid the biting cold wind, everyone felt a little better.

  Xin Zhaolun said: "Eat something before leaving, unfortunately there's no way to drink some hot soup, it's too damn cold."

  Even Xin Zhaolun was called cold, it can be imagined how low the temperature is here.

  "How much further can we get through?"

  Hammer said: "We've taken a bit of a detour, but we'll be there soon."

  Lei Xingfeng said, "Good fellow, in such a cold climate, I've never seen it before." Even during the coldest time at Hu Yanbao, it wasn't as cold as to make one's heart skip a beat. Let alone ordinary people, even if a true master of the first ring came here, they would definitely not be able to hold on for long.

  This break was only about fifteen minutes, and there was no way to do otherwise. The place was too dangerous, and they had to get through it as soon as possible. There wasn't much time to linger. Fifteen minutes was enough for everyone to eat a little food. Leixingfeng ate ten pieces of braised meat the size of his fist, but this bit of meat only slightly filled him up, and he was still far from being full.

  In fact, Lei Xingfeng also knew a way to supplement physical energy, which was to eat sweets or directly eat sugar. However, sugar was scarce in this world, not because it couldn't be afforded, but because it couldn't be found. Of course, there were still sweet foods, most of which were made with honey. This world had many places that produced honey, and there were many varieties.

  After emerging from the ice crevices, everyone continued on their journey, and it was clear that they felt much better. When there is a lack of food in the stomach, under such weather conditions, one cannot withstand the cold at all, and must consume their own physical strength to avoid freezing, which is also the reason for frequent eating.

  Nor did he know how the hammer head found the right way, this way, Lei Xingfeng had long lost his direction, if no one guided him, he would not be able to find the right way at all, and getting lost here, even if you are a nine-ring true body, is almost doomed.

  This is also the reason why the local indigenous people can still live so well, otherwise even if their bodies are strong and powerful, they will be killed by outsiders. In this place, these indigenous people are living maps, and outsiders cannot leave without them.

  Another frantic sprint, despite the chill in the air outside, people's bodies were slightly sweating.

  At last, Hammerhead exclaimed with joy: "Haha, we're almost out... Ah, I nearly took a wrong turn..." Everyone's hair stood on end when they heard this. If this guy got lost, they'd all be doomed.

  Everyone entered a very large ice crevasse, and along this ice crevasse, an ice wall appeared soon. What's most puzzling is that there was just an ice wall in front of them, with no road at all.

  Xin Zhaolun said: "Is it from above or below?"

  Chui Tou said: "We can't get through from above, the snow is too deep, it's too hard to go up, let's go through from below."

  "Have you found it?"

  Hammerhead and Battle-axe conferred for a few words, then led the crowd down along the ice wall.

  It was just a moment's work for the hammer to find a smooth patch of ice, and he tapped it lightly with his hand, nodding: "This is it."

  "Kuang Fu Dao: 'I'm here.'"

  Hammerhead nodded and retreated, saying: "Let's back off a bit."

  Kuang Fu untied the rope, held up his giant axe and walked forward. After a brief examination, he suddenly swung his axe in a circle. In an instant, the giant axe emitted a faint golden light. Kuang Fu let out a loud roar as he chopped down at the ice wall with one swing of his axe.

  One axe chopped down, the mad axe flew quickly back.

  Boom!

  The ice wall suddenly burst open, a hole appeared, and Kuang Fu said: "Alright, it's open! Let's get in quickly."

  Lei Xingfeng found that this ice wall was very peculiar. The giant axe chopped open the ice wall, which quickly closed in, and it would take only a few minutes for the entrance to disappear.

  The hammer led the way, and with a crowd of people rushed into the cave.

  This is a sloping cave entrance, small at the entrance and large inside. Since it's all ice, some light refracts in, so this ice cave isn't particularly dark. Leixing Peak was surprised to find that this ice cave seemed to be man-made, as the ice on the ground was stepped down in a regular pattern of icy stairs.

  "Is this what you excavated?"

  "It's not entirely true."

  Xin Zhaolun said, "Half natural, half man-made. This kind of cave is only known to the local indigenous people and outsiders can't find it. If you don't believe me, look at the entrance, it should be closed already."

  Lei Xingfeng turned his head and saw that the cave entrance had indeed closed.

  The air temperature in the ice cave was very comfortable, and after everyone came in, they all let out a sigh of relief. In the cold climate, even with fur covering their mouths and noses, the icy air still strongly stimulated their nostrils, requiring slow inhalation and exhalation to adapt to the extreme cold.

  Lei Xingfeng grabbed his hat with one hand, took a deep breath and said: "Ah, finally able to breathe freely. Shall we rest here?"

  Xin Zhaolun smiled and said, "Originally, we planned to stay here for a while, at least one night. Hehe, this is the first real rest stop after crossing the glacier. If we move forward a bit more, we'll know."

  The underground ice path was very long, and the crowd walked for about twenty minutes before arriving at a spacious ice hall. The ice hall was very large, with an area of over 300 square meters. In the corner, there were stone-built fire pits, with remaining charcoal ash, as well as several discarded tattered animal hides.

  "Alright, we can start a fire now. I didn't expect there was a fireplace here, haha, and I have no idea who left it behind."

  Hammerhead laughed and said: "This is what my clansmen left behind... this..." His eyes were fixed on Lei Xingfeng again.

  "Don't look anymore, there will be food!"

  Hammerhead and Battle-axe both showed a satisfied smile.

  It's been freezing all day, being able to eat a hot meal and drink a big bowl of hot soup is absolutely super enjoyable.

  This time, Leixingfeng didn't use charcoal, but instead used tung oil to burn fire. Tung oil is particularly durable and can boil a large pot of water with just three slightly larger pieces. This is a very good fuel, and adding some charcoal is enough for heating and cooking.

  Boiling a big miscellaneous soup has become Leixingfeng's specialty dish, simple, convenient, practical, easy to operate, and especially delicious, everyone likes to eat it.

  The temperature in the ice hall was much warmer compared to outside, and when the oil wood in the fireplace started burning fiercely, everyone took off their fur coats.

  Lei Xingfeng was cooking a big mess while asking: "Where are we going tomorrow?"

  Xin Zhaolun said: "We still have to cross a snowy mountain... and then we'll be there, hehe, if nothing unexpected happens, it's just two days' journey, very soon..."

  Lei Xingfeng nodded and said: "Is it about mining last time?"

  Xin Zhaolun let out a bitter laugh and said, "This is also unavoidable. Originally, I planned to wait a bit longer, but I feel that the timing isn't right. I have a bit of unease, fearing unexpected events. You should know, this material is quite rare, only produced in this area. If we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to find such materials again next time."

  "Can't buy it?"

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  These days have been a mess, probably because my browser has a problem, I couldn't log in to the author's backend no matter what, changed several browsers but still didn't work, can only try my luck, occasionally can come up.

  Considering Lao Xiao's hard work, let's give him some encouragement, this is today's first update.