325: Chapter 325 Could it be the protection of our ancestors?

Gu Changsheng and Mu Qingxue Meet on the Ice Plain

The tip of the Profound Iron Spear stopped half an inch from Gu Changsheng.

The cold Qi was biting.

Gu Changsheng stood still, his dusty Daoist robe without a single wrinkle.

Coal Ball on his shoulder let out a deep, threatening growl, and the dark golden King's Mark faintly glowed beneath its fur.

It was about to open its maw and swallow this woman, who didn't know how to value her life, along with her spear, into the Great Void.

Gu Changsheng's fingertip lifted slightly, gently pressing on the cat's head.

Coal Ball instantly reined in its ferocity, obediently lay back on his shoulder, and lazily yawned.

"Scared silly?" Mu Qingxue snorted coldly.

She gripped the spear shaft with one hand and suddenly flicked it up.

The spear blade precisely hooked Gu Changsheng's collar, forcefully pulling him upward.

Gu Changsheng didn't resist at all, gracefully landing on the back of an empty Crimson Yao Horse, following the spear's momentum.

His movements were fluid and natural, completely devoid of a Mortal's clumsiness.

Mu Qingxue's gaze swept over his steady and firm lower body, and her suspicion suddenly arose.

"You're just a Mortal, how dare you wander around in this forest? Aren't you afraid of being swallowed whole by man-eating Old Yao Beasts?"

Gu Changsheng held the reins with one hand, and the emerald ring on his left index finger subtly flashed with a faint light.

"Passing through."

As the two plain syllables fell, Gu Changsheng's fingertip secretly tapped the saddle twice.

Divine Ability, Soul-Guiding Melody.

An inaudible sound wave, imperceptible, quietly drilled into Mu Qingxue's Sea of Consciousness with the wind and snow.

It had no destructive power, only a powerful, mind-bewildering suggestion that subtly calmed her emotions.

Mu Qingxue subtly trembled, and the vigilance that had lingered in her heart completely dissipated.

Looking at Gu Changsheng again, she only felt that this Mortal was pleasing to the eye, and she couldn't muster any defenses in her heart.

"Consider yourself lucky."

Mu Qingxue turned her horse's head and swung her long spear forward.

"Back to the city!"

A dozen Yao Horses galloped wildly through the snow, directly breaking through the swirling wind and snow.

Gu Changsheng rode beside Mu Qingxue. Amidst the howling wind and snow, he casually asked, "Which Family governs this ice plain?"

Mu Qingxue, completely unguarded, blurted out, "The Mu Family tribe. Eight hundred li in every direction is our Mu Family's territory."

Gu Changsheng's knuckles gently tapped the reins, and he spoke faintly, "Mu Family? Sounds familiar."

Mu Qingxue raised her chin, her brows and eyes showing clear pride: "Of course. My Mu Family's ancestors even produced a Purple Mansion True Person! It's just a pity—"

She changed her tone, her voice tinged with suppressed grievance, "Since our Old Ancestor perished outside more than ten years ago, the tribe has been declining day by day."

The green Qi flowed in Gu Changsheng's left eye, and he understood in his heart.

Purple Mansion legacy.

A tribe that had produced a Purple Mansion, even if it declined, its foundation was far from comparable to an ordinary Foundation Establishment Family.

Top-grade Spiritual Veins, high-level Formations, and even surviving rare heavenly treasures were all the resources he urgently needed for recovery.

"Internal strife and external threats?" Gu Changsheng calmly threw out four words.

Mu Qingxue nodded, completely unaware that she was revealing all the Family's secrets: "The tribes to the north have always been eyeing us, and several Elders in the clan are constantly quarreling over power and profit. If it weren't for the Protective Formation, the Mu Family would have been devoured alive long ago."

She fiercely cracked her whip, and the Yao Horse whinnied, rearing its hooves.

Just then, the snow dune ahead suddenly exploded.

Three Extreme Cold Snow Apes, pure white with single horns on their heads, savagely blocked their path.

The pressure of the Early Foundation Establishment Stage erupted, and Demonic Qi soared into the sky.

"Prepare for battle!" Mu Qingxue roared, her Profound Iron Spear sweeping out at high speed.

A dozen guards drew their bone blades, tacitly forming a defensive Formation.

But the Snow Apes were exceptionally fierce, giving them no chance to catch their breath.

The leading Snow Ape suddenly leaped into the air, its arms carrying immense force, smashing directly at Mu Qingxue.

Mu Qingxue gritted her back teeth, her long spear thrusting upward at high speed.

Bang!

The spear blade and the Snow Ape's iron arm crashed together, sparking blinding fire.

Mu Qingxue, both person and horse, were shaken back several zhang, her tiger's mouth instantly split open, and blood dripped down the spear shaft.

The remaining two Snow Apes cruelly pounced on the guards, instantly tearing through two men's defenses, and screams suddenly erupted in the wind and snow.

Gu Changsheng sat steadily on the horse's back, his dusty Daoist robe not even stained by a single snowflake.

He watched the slaughter indifferently; saving people was never something he would do, but this struggle was truly disturbing his peace.

The Death Qi in Gu Changsheng's right eye subtly churned. He casually placed one hand on the saddle, his index finger lightly flicking.

Three faint strands of Wither and Flourish Qi, following the accumulated snow on the ground, silently pierced into the shadows of the three Snow Apes.

In mid-air, the Snow Ape that was about to smash Mu Qingxue, person and horse, suddenly froze.

The violent demonic power within its body was instantly drained by pure Death Qi, and its life force rapidly disintegrated.

Bang!

The Snow Ape's massive body crashed straight into the snow, turning into a rigid ice sculpture.

The other two Snow Apes didn't even let out a scream, their bodies crumbling inch by inch, shattering into a pile of ice shards.

The entire scene was silent.

Mu Qingxue held her long spear, staring in shock at the ice sculpture on the ground, while the guards were even more terrified.

Who made a move?

Three Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts died in less than half an instant!

"Could it be ancestral blessing?" A scar-faced guard excitedly knelt in the snow, kowtowing repeatedly.

Mu Qingxue looked around in surprise and uncertainty. Her gaze swept over Gu Changsheng, only to see the Mortal quietly hunched on his horse, the black cat on his shoulder still snoring.

It definitely couldn't be him.

"Don't just stand there!" Mu Qingxue forcefully suppressed the shock in her heart and decisively ordered, "Dig out the demonic cores and return to the city at full speed!"

This ice plain was becoming increasingly strange.

The guards skillfully cut open the Snow Apes' heads, retrieved three demonic cores shrouded in cold Qi, and the team set off again, their speed doubled.

Gu Changsheng, with one hand behind his back, faced the biting wind and understood in his heart.

This was like a pillow delivered when one was sleepy.

A declining tribe, leaderless, still possessing a foundation, and desperately needing external help to break their predicament, was most suitable for him to leverage and lie low.

His combat power had recovered by ninety percent, but under the shadow of the Golden Core Old Monster, he absolutely could not expose himself too early.

Using the Mu Family's protection to safely gather resources was the best strategy.

"What level of Cultivator can your Protective Formation block?" Gu Changsheng continued to casually probe.

Mu Qingxue's tone carried a hint of pride: "No one below the Second Divine Ability of the Purple Mansion can force their way through!"

Gu Changsheng's lips curved into a cold, faint smile.

Block the Second Divine Ability of the Purple Mansion?

Before him, a Cultivator at the Perfection of the Five Methods of the Purple Mansion, this Formation was nothing more than a thin sheet of paper.

But he did not expose it, merely echoing faintly, "A good Formation."

The team galloped on the ice plain for two hours, and the wind and snow gradually weakened.

A magnificent Blackstone City stood majestically between the glaciers.

The city walls were dozens of zhang high, with intricate defensive Dao Pattern carved into their surface. Above the city walls, a faint green Formation light slowly flowed.

This was the outer Mortal city controlled by the Mu Family tribe—Blackstone City.