Weird fantasy!

Even though the conversation between these two old men wasn't funny at all, it was like putting a dagger to an old man's neck, a live performance to entertain everyone.

But with Bai Youqianshan, the envoy, present, how could they lose their decorum and manners?

The Elders in the main hall laughed foolishly, though they didn't know what they were laughing at.

Yet, they still had to pretend to be calm and set the mood...

.......

A maid knelt respectfully outside the hall door, tightly clutching a blue token.

"Old Bai, those youngsters have all arrived."

As Li Yong nodded, the maid bowed and slowly retreated, and everyone's gaze collectively turned forward.

A group of young talents, both male and female, entered in an orderly fashion, each one extraordinary in appearance and outstanding in Aura.

Their eyes were filled with anticipation, and their already tall figures unconsciously straightened even further.

"Li Tan, come to your grandfather."

As Li Tan's right foot had just stepped into the main hall, he heard a familiar voice.

Following the sound, he looked over to see the immortal-like old man on the front seats, arranged in rows on both sides, greeting him kindly.

This person was none other than Li Yong!

The powerful Aura of the Elders made people unable to help but kneel and kowtow sincerely.

Li Tan's calm Heart-Nature also couldn't help but stir, surging like ocean waves.

He couldn't understand why Li Yong had called out his true name, or what scheme he was truly planning.

He walked forward uneasily, and as the distance closed, an invisible, cold and sharp Aura made him shiver.

This place wasn't like a main hall! It was more like a field of ice and snow!

The scene in his eyes slowly changed....

The biting cold threatened to freeze his blood, and huge ice cones hung inverted in the sky, ready to fall at any moment.

A group of savage snowmen appeared ahead! They were ten feet tall, with fangs bared!

Their entire bodies were blood-red, and their sharp eyes radiated a monstrous blood Qi!

Upon closer inspection, behind each large snowman was a small, pure white cub, about a foot tall, with a cute and naive appearance.

Their round, big eyes and comical noses were very adorable, and they hopped and skipped behind the terrifying snowmen.

The adorable little snowmen cried out, clamoring for food, their dissatisfied expressions very innocent.

The next moment!

He saw the blood-red large snowman holding a tattered iron bucket!

Then, it tilted the iron bucket, pouring its contents all over the little snowman, which was filled with viscous red liquid.

Even though they were far apart, the foul smell emanating from the viscous liquid still assailed his nostrils!

Li Tan's vision was covered by a thin layer of mist, making his sight blurry and impaired, and the cold air around him wantonly eroded his body.

He vaguely saw the drenched little snowman rapidly growing, its pure white color long gone, replaced by an overwhelming blood-fiend Qi.

Their eyes were full of mockery, their fanged mouths constantly moving their tongues, staring intently at Li Tan!

No one knew if they would rush forward the next second and tear Li Tan to shreds!

He clearly felt something pressing against his feet, and he looked down in confusion.

It was a frozen head, smiling at him!

His stiff back miraculously regained sensation, warm and comfortable, making him Can't help it want to relax.

Li Tan only felt as if there was a warm house behind him, a roaring fireplace, and delicious food waiting for him to feast upon.

"Grumble... grumble...."

His stomach uncooperatively rumbled twice.

He looked ahead at the massive snowmen charging directly at him! Each one with a strange smile on its face.

"Sorcery? This is truly interesting...."

Li Tan first tried to move his mind, but found he couldn't activate his storage ring, so he simply used his fists as weapons!

The biting cold made his movements stiff and clumsy, and his inability to mobilize his spiritual Qi made his Heart-Nature feel like dead ash.

More and more snowmen appeared before him, as if they could never be killed, and the warmth behind him tempted him from time to time, as if he could be safe just by turning and fleeing.

Li Tan's torn lips curved slightly, blood slowly flowing from the gaps in his missing teeth.

The snowmen tore at his body, enjoying this hard-earned feast, while the ice cones above fell indiscriminately.

But strangely, no matter how cruel the injuries Li Tan sustained, he would recover in the blink of an eye.

The snowmen before him were endless....

He smashed the snowmen's heads with his fists, quietly waiting for them to revive and fight again.

He didn't believe in the inexplicable warmth behind him, but he believed in his own fists and his own will!

"Even if the path ahead is a dead end, it is not necessarily impossible to fight, to glimpse a sliver of light from that darkness!"

......

As time passed, Li Tan had long lost count of how many times he had recovered, and how many snowmen he had killed.

It was as if this strange place had no concept of time, and before he could finish his lament.

A ten-foot-tall snowman instantly bit off his neck! Blood splattered, covering everything around.

He opened his eyes once more, but this time his gaze was not on the group of snowmen, but on the bright, warm house behind him.

Its door was open, the warm fireplace was inviting, and steam rose from the food on the table.

Li Tan stood there, even though one step would take him into the warm room, and everything would dissipate like smoke.

But his body remained motionless for a long time, standing tall and straight like a statue.

"Fragrant, extremely fragrant!"

"But I don't believe you are real; luring the enemy often accompanies annihilating them."

Li Tan's eyes were as dark as an abyss, and the indifference on his face was like a sword. He looked at his fists.

Then, without hesitation, he turned and charged towards the group of snowmen!

Outside the warm room, only a light whisper remained.

"Wind and clouds change, heaven is unpredictable, a bit of cold, a bit of frost, a bit of shock, a bit of injury."

.......

After an unknown duration of fighting, and countless resurrections, he opened his eyes again to find himself in the tranquil main hall.

Nothing had changed; everyone stood in their original positions.

Still the same expressions, the same demeanor; the sharp eyes of the young men and women were filled with anticipation, all looking at him.

The Elders' faces were also completely normal, as if the scene just now was merely his own imagination.

And he himself had somehow, at some unknown point, come to stand in front of Li Yong.

Conversely, where were the cruel injuries around his body? The terrifying gaping wounds?

He was clearly safe and sound, not a single scratch!

"What terrifying sorcery!"

"It nearly trapped me, trying to disturb my Dao Heart!"

Even though everything before him remained unchanged, Li Tan still held firm to his belief!

What he saw was real! In this cultivation world, what he believed in most was his own Heart-Nature!

"My will is unextinguished, my belief eternal!"

"If one cannot even believe in oneself, then this cultivation world would seem somewhat false."

Li Yong looked at the resolute Li Tan and nodded slightly in satisfaction.

The next moment, he pulled on Li Tan's robe and introduced him to Bai Youqianshan: "Old Bai, this youngster is my own grandson!"

"Li Tan."

"Whether in terms of Heart-Nature, Aptitude, or strategy, he can be considered excellent!"

Li Yong gave Li Tan a look, signaling him to greet the person in front of him.

And Li Tan understood in a second, his behavior humble and polite: "Junior Li Tan greets Senior Bai!"

"Qi condensation eighth layer, not bad. To have reached this level of cultivation at only twelve years old, he truly is a fine piece of unpolished jade!"