Chapter 6: Ten Thousand Miles of Icefield
Baili Qingmiao took a bunch of treasures from Wenren'e and felt uneasy. She returned to the sect to meditate and practice for a night. She found that her realm had jumped from the second level of foundation building to the seventh level of foundation building. Her progress was very obvious. She thought it was the result of the guidance of the master.
Baili Qingmiao was taught by her childhood that a drop of water should be repaid with a spring. She couldn't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. She asked to see her master and told her that she wanted to go down the mountain to experience.
Baili Qingmiao's master, Elder Qingrong, was a female cultivator. Most of the female disciples were under her. The Shangqing Sect did not prevent disciples from practicing dual cultivation, but only warned the disciples that dual cultivation must be after the Nascent Soul stage. First, it gave disciples who were undecided a hope. If people have a thought, they will work hard for it. Second, after the Nascent Soul stage, the state of mind of the cultivator will enter another realm. The feelings of the budding period of youth will fade. Only the truly deep-rooted emotions can remain. It can also be regarded as helping disciples to see their hearts clearly so that they will not destroy themselves when their realm is low.
The Shangqing Sect has always believed that it is better to guide than to block. Instead of prohibiting disciples from falling in love privately, it is better to guide them so that they do not develop a rebellious mentality.
This sect rule has a good effect. Some disciples who have secretly developed feelings for each other work hard to practice in order to be with their loved ones openly. The whole sect is filled with a positive atmosphere.
When Elder Qingrong heard that his favorite little disciple was determined to go to practice alone, he showed a gratified smile, patted Baili Qingmiao's palm, and said softly: "I was worried that you would be reluctant to leave your senior brother and would not go out alone."
"Oh, Master~" Baili Qingmiao blushed and hugged Elder Qingrong's arm.
Elder Qingrong was relieved to see that his young disciple finally understood. He nodded and said, "It's good to be motivated. You are a rare genius. If I hadn't suppressed you and didn't want you to build your foundation too early, you would have built your foundation at the age of twelve or thirteen. After building your foundation, your body will not grow until the Nascent Soul stage. Do you want to practice for a hundred years with your body of twelve or thirteen?"
Baili Qingmiao was a little embarrassed. She was young at that time and didn't know anything. If she was only twelve or thirteen years old, and her senior brother led her like a father leading his daughter, it would be terrible.
Elder Qingrong told Baili Qingmiao not to go to too dangerous places after going down the mountain, and to crush the communication talisman immediately when encountering a critical situation, and to observe everything more and not to show off. After carefully instructing her on many things, he gave her a self-defense magic weapon that could withstand the full force of a master in the Spiritualization stage. After feeling that everything was complete, he let Baili Qingmiao take her own talisman to the Deacon Hall to register.
There are many disciples in Shangqing Sect, and everything must be clearly recorded. Baili Qingmiao's training this time is generally between half a year and a year. If she does not return on time, the elders of the sect will take action to deduce her whereabouts, which is also a kind of protection for the disciples.
As the disciple of the head sect, He Wenchao also holds some positions in the deacon hall. Recently, it was his turn to take over. When he took the token from Baili Qingmiao, he was stunned for a moment: "Junior sister, are you going down the mountain alone?" "
Yes, I can't always follow behind my senior brother," Baili Qingmiao said with a smile, "I want to cultivate into a Nascent Soul as soon as possible, and work side by side with my senior brother to slay demons and eliminate evil, uphold justice and ward off evil, and create a good story in the world of cultivation."
"Really? Well, well..." He Wenchao, who had a night of erotic dreams, was in a trance, and his mind was full of large patches of white. He felt a little guilty when he saw his junior sister, but when he heard that she was going down the mountain, he did not feel reluctant, but felt a little relieved.
Baili Qingmiao didn't notice He Wenchao's absent-mindedness. After registering, he lit the soul lamp. This is what the disciples who go down the mountain must do. If he encounters misfortune on the way and the soul lamp goes out, Shangqing Sect will be able to know his situation immediately.
After bidding farewell to his senior brother, Baili Qingmiao went down the mountain and came to the restaurant where he met Wen Ren'e and others before.
Wen Ren'e had already made an appointment with Baili Qingmiao. Seeing her coming, he nodded slightly and said, "You fly first, and we will catch up later."
At Baili Qingmiao's speed, it would take at least seven days to reach Wanli Icefield. It took Yin Hanjiang two hours, and Wen Ren'e half a quarter of an hour to arrive.
"These items still have to be returned to the senior. Baili feels unworthy of them." Baili Qingmiao took off the storage hairpin and placed it on the table. "I left the Fire Feather Cloak to prevent myself from getting hurt on the Wanli Icefield. With the guidance of the senior, Baili's skills have greatly increased. He has benefited a lot. It is natural to do things for the senior and I can't accept anything anymore."
Wen Ren'e raised his eyebrows: "Everything has cause and effect. I gave you the items for a reason. You are accepting the retribution now. It won't add to your involvement, don't worry."
"Ah?" Baili Qingmiao was slightly surprised. "I have a cause and effect with the senior? But I grew up in the Shangqing Sect and have never seen you?"
"Cause and effect may not be in this world, nor may it be in you, but in the previous life, or in your blood relatives." Wen Ren'e said, "I will not only give you these items, but also help you practice, help you become a god, and help you realize all your wishes."
Baili Qingmiao tugged at her belt and said shyly, "I dare not think about becoming a god, but I do have a wish. I want to cultivate into a Nascent Soul as soon as possible, so that I can..."
She didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Wen Ren'e could guess what she meant. He swallowed a mouthful of tea that had no spiritual energy in the mortal world with a sense of regret, and waved his hand: "Go quickly, we will meet at the entrance of the Wanli Icefield in seven days."
"Okay." Baili Qingmiao left the restaurant, and the hairpin was still on the table.
After she left, Yin Hanjiang's long sword made a sword flower in the air, and a simple illusion array appeared to protect the two of them. To outsiders, Wen Ren'e and Yin Hanjiang were still drinking tea, chatting and eating, while they could move freely in the array.
Wen Ren'e frowned and said, "Protector Yin, what is your wish?"
"I am the sword of the Lord. If the sword is alive, the man will live. If the sword is broken, the man will die." Yin Hanjiang said.
He said this instinctively without blinking or even thinking. It was as if he had recalled this sentence countless times in his mind and it had become an obsession.
"You are so boring," Shu Yanyan walked out of the corner and leaned lazily on Yin Hanjiang's shoulder and said, "The lofty power, the invincible strength, the charming and lovely men... well, women, which one is not desirable? Isn't it, Your Majesty?"
Wen Ren'e had a blank expression: "I haven't thought about it."
Shu Yanyan: "..."
Wen Ren'e and Yin Hanjiang were like two iron lumps, which reminded Shu Yanyan of some unpleasant memories.
Still remembering that more than 80 years ago, Wen Ren'e led Yin Hanjiang to the main altar of Xuanyuan Sect. Wen Ren'e challenged the old sect master alone and killed him after fighting for three days and three nights. Yin Hanjiang has been protecting him and not letting anyone get close.
Yin Hanjiang only had the strength of the first level of fusion, but the sword in his hand was a magic sword. He forced himself to merge with the magic sword, and instantly burst out with terrible power. In the main altar, he killed anyone who stood in his way. The mere fusion stage forced several masters of the realm of emptiness to not dare to step forward.
However, the demon cultivators would not only fight head-on, they had many methods. Altar Master Yuan asked Shu Yanyan to seduce Yin Hanjiang. She did not rely solely on her appearance to seduce. If a master of the realm of emptiness could use all the charm, all men, women, young and old below the realm of emptiness could become Shu Yanyan's servants. Male cultivators above the realm of emptiness would also find it difficult to resist. It would be easy to deal with a fusion stage cultivator.
So Shu Yanyan went up confidently. After Yin Hanjiang broke a tooth, she had a leak for more than a year and could not speak clearly until Wen Ren'e reused the original Xuanyuan Sect's talents and dared to use spiritual medicine to repair the tooth.
In that battle, Shu Yanyan was afraid of Wen Ren'e and Yin Hanjiang. They had no feelings. Wenren E cultivates the Way of Killing. When he sees a beautiful woman, he thinks about the difference between killing a woman and a man. As for Yin Hanjiang, he actually feels from the bottom of his heart that he is just a cold sword. He is blind and doesn’t care whether the person in front of him is a man or a woman, a human or an animal. Anyway, they are not Wenren E.
In Yin Hanjiang’s world, there are only two distinctions: Wenren E and everything else. Shu Yanyan is the “other” one. More than 80 years have passed. Every time Shu Yanyan sees Yin Hanjiang, she feels a toothache. This man is almost becoming her inner demon.
But she is a woman who becomes more courageous with every setback. How could she stagnate on such a small matter?
Just as Wen Ren'e thought, his subordinates' loyalty to him stems from that powerful force, and they are always thinking about pulling him down from the altar. Shu Yanyan is such an ambitious woman.
She came close to Wen Ren'e, her voice soft, like a temptation from the abyss: "My Lord, you have already gained strength and power, don't you want to think about other things? Baili Qingmiao is such a simple girl, do you want your subordinates to help you get her?"
Shu Yanyan didn't notice that as soon as she finished speaking, the blood on Yin Hanjiang's face faded, and he stood stiffly against the wall, like an emotionless puppet.
Shu Yanyan knew that she didn't have the charm to seduce the Lord, but it didn't matter. As long as Wen Ren'e was willing to be emotional, his defenses would be weakened. Wouldn't she have an opportunity to take advantage of him?
"Shu Yanyan," Wen Ren'e pressed his palm on the top of Shu Yanyan's head, not gentle at all, and the force seemed to crush Shu Yanyan's skull with one palm, "I have always admired your ambitions and let them develop, and I don't mind you plotting against me."
"Hehe, my Lord is magnanimous." Shu Yanyan was so scared that she dared not breathe.
Wen Ren'e emphasized: "But don't do things beyond your ability. Use your ambition on the righteous. I am still waiting for the battle between the righteous and the evil to improve my strength."
The killing way, every time the power has improved, it is in the battle. At Wen Ren'e's current realm, the battles among the mortals are no longer of any help to him. Only the struggle that affects the entire cultivation world can help. This time it was the righteous who took the initiative to attack, and Wen Ren'e just used this incident to break through the realm.
"Yes, yes." Shu Yanyan felt a sharp pain on the top of her head, and a few warm blood flowed from her forehead. The thoughts that had just risen completely dissipated.
Wen Ren'e saw that he had been taught enough, so he withdrew his hand. Yin Hanjiang handed him a handkerchief. Wen Ren'e wiped the blood off his fingertips and threw it on the ground.
Shu Yanyan didn't dare to wipe it off. With blood all over her face, she said to Wen Ren'e: "I will do my best to find out. The day when the Lord returns from the Wanli Icefield is the day when the battle between good and evil begins!" "
There is one more thing. Try to make He Wenchao loyal to you. I want Baili Qingmiao to give up on this man." Wen Ren'e said.
"Yes!" Shu Yanyan's hair was spread out, and she lowered her head like a female ghost.
After waiting for a while, there was no sound in front of her. She raised her head and saw that the two men had left. Then she sat down on the ground, patted her chest, and was afraid.
After treating her wound, she saw He Wenchao hurriedly passing by from upstairs. It seemed that he was going to her house. Shu Yanyan sneered secretly. Ha, man, so impatient, he came here just after my junior sister left. I don't know how many days he can endure.
But it is still such a man who makes people feel accomplished, the Lord and the Left Protector...
Shu Yanyan shook her head, forcing herself to forget the painful experience and concentrate on dealing with He Wenchao.
Wen Ren'e brought Yin Hanjiang to the entrance of the Wanli Icefield. Seeing that Yin Hanjiang's face was very pale, he took the initiative to shake his hand. As expected, he was as cold as an ice corpse, so he said: "I will go in alone. You have a cold body and can't stand the cold. Wait at the entrance."
Yin Hanjiang looked at the endless icefield and shook his head and said: "It is rumored that there are scattered immortals living in seclusion in the Wanli Icefield. It is extremely dangerous. I must follow the Lord."
"I order you to wait here." Wen Ren'e said.
"I will not deceive the Lord. After the Lord enters, I will follow."
He was as stubborn as a sword that didn't know how to turn, and his honesty moved Wen Ren'e.
Wen Ren'e stretched out his finger, cut his wrist, and brought it to Yin Hanjiang, saying, "Although the Way of Killing is despised by the righteous, it is the Way of Yang. The passion and tragedy of war, as well as the murderous aura that even evil spirits dare not approach when tens of millions of men fight, make my blood full of Yang. If you take some of the hot blood, my power can protect you all the way in the vast ice field."
"My Lord, you are injured. How can I be worthy of it..." Yin Hanjiang's ruthless eyes showed a trace of pain.
"The magic sword is cold. You can't exert the power of the unity of man and sword in the vast ice field. Do you want me to save you? Besides, no matter virtue or ability, it is up to me to decide. What right do you have to say that you are unworthy and incompetent?" Wen Ren'e said, "If you don't agree, I will seal your magic power and throw you at the entrance of the ice field."
Blood slowly flowed from his wrist. Yin Hanjiang closed his eyes in pain, then opened them, gritted his teeth, leaned close to Wen Ren'e's wrist, and drank the hot blood.
A warm current flowed into Dantian. Wen Ren'e used his true energy to stop the bleeding. He pinched Yin Hanjiang's fingers and felt that they were finally warm. He nodded with satisfaction.
Yin Hanjiang's expression was a little unnatural. He touched his warm chest and always felt that there was a strange feeling in his heart. This is not right. The sword of the master should not have its own ideas.
He suppressed the messy feeling and looked at Wen Ren'e in silence. He waited for ten days before Baili Qingmiao finally arrived.
Wen Ren'e was not surprised. It was normal for the heroine to encounter some minor accidents on the road when she was training alone.
Baili Qingmiao said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, senior, I met a village cursed by ghosts on the road. I was delayed for several days to help them exorcise the evil spirits. It was Baili who broke the appointment." A
village cursed by ghosts?
Wen Ren'e understood and knew that male No. 5, Baili Qingmiao's little apprentice was about to appear.
This young disciple was born with a stillbirth. It happened that Baili Qingmiao was exorcising demons. The wounded evil spirit did not actually disappear, but hid in the newly born dead fetus, full of hatred for Baili Qingmiao. Eighteen years later, he met Baili Qingmiao again, who was already in the Nascent Soul stage, and became her disciple, waiting for an opportunity to devour her soul. Later,
Baili Qingmiao's kindness, simplicity, beauty, and gentleness moved the ghost cultivator, and he was willing to be her apprentice. He hated He Wenchao for making his master cry, and secretly assassinated He Wenchao but was killed. After his death, he revealed his identity as a ghost cultivator. The vicious female supporting role took the opportunity to put the blame on Baili Qingmiao for colluding with evil demons.
The purpose of his appearance was probably to give He Wenchao a better reason to abuse the heroine.
Wen Ren'e didn't care about this little detail. Anyway, after Baili Qingmiao didn't like the male protagonist, all this was not important.
The three of them entered the ice field. In order to make it easier for Baili Qingmiao to find the Snow Flame, Wen Ren'e only cast a tracking spell on her and ordered Baili Qingmiao to wander around in the vast and endless ice field. He and Yin Hanjiang just watched from a distance.
Baili Qingmiao's skills were low. Even with the protection of the Fire Feather Cloak, she was still frozen purple and walked alone in the ice and snow. On the contrary, Yin Hanjiang, who was in the fusion stage, drank Wen Ren'e's blood. Wen Ren'e gave him a stream of true energy from time to time. Over the past few days, his face was ruddy and his body cold symptoms improved a lot. Compared with Baili Qingmiao, it was tragic.
Yin Hanjiang observed Baili Qingmiao's movements and wanted to ask something several times, but he held back.
He followed for five months. Baili Qingmiao relied on the dangers of the ice field to cultivate to the great perfection of foundation building. He was just short of using the Jindan stage mental method to practice and advance, but he had not seen the trace of Snow Flame.
Wen Ren'e didn't expect that they would spend so much time on the Wanli Icefield. He was puzzled and said, "It shouldn't be. The Snow Flame is Baili Qingmiao's destiny. How could it be gone?"
He recalled the plot and found that the current timeline was consistent with the timeline in the book. It was the time when Baili Qingmiao found He Wenchao who was sucked dry and took him to find medicine.
In the book, Baili Qingmiao didn't have the protection of the Fire Feather Cloak. She froze her limbs after only three days in the icefield. She used all her true energy to protect He Wenchao and climbed on the ice with him on her back. When she was about to die, a ball of fire appeared in front of her. She grabbed the flame with all her strength and shed tears of sweetness after suffering.
"Does she have to be on the verge of death to see the Snow Flame?" Wen Ren'e guessed.
The Demon Lord was a man of action. He thought about it, and the Fire Feather Cloak on Baili Qingmiao appeared in his hand. The woman who was only in the Foundation Establishment Stage was instantly shivering with cold.
Seeing the Demon Lord do this, Yin Hanjiang opened his mouth again.
Wen Ren'e noticed his expression and asked, "You have been hesitant to speak all the way. What do you want to ask? I order you to ask."
With Wen Ren'e's order, Yin Hanjiang was easier to speak. He said, "Doesn't the Lord have a good impression of Miss Baili? Why..."
Why didn't he look like he had a good impression, and let Baili Qingmiao freeze to death.
"Who told you that I like her?" Wen Ren'e felt that this matter was very important and he couldn't let Yin Hanjiang misunderstand him like in the book. He stretched out his finger and tapped his forehead and said, "I deduced the secrets of heaven and calculated that Baili Qingmiao and I had the grace of enlightenment in her previous life. In this life, I want to protect her and help her. That's why I helped her."
"I see," Yin Hanjiang felt relieved for some reason and pointed at Baili Qingmiao and said, "But Miss Baili is dying now."
"It doesn't matter," Wen Ren'e said, "There are so many mental methods in the world. After death, you can still become a ghost cultivator. Who stipulates that you must cultivate the Tao?"
Yin Hanjiang was silent and nodded. What the master said always made sense.
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Wen Ren'e put the fire feather cloak on Yin Hanjiang: You are not in good health, keep warm.
Baili Qingmiao, who was wearing only one piece of clothing in the distance, hugged him and said: Help, help TAT