95: She's quite sensitive to heat.

"Oh, oh, oh..."

After speaking, Chen Qingxuan suddenly had a realization;

Facing his Beloved Disciple's astonished gaze, he quickly changed the subject, "That... Qian You, we're about to enter the Land of Extreme Cold... stay focused, it's very dangerous."

With that, Chen Qingxuan took the lead and flew forward.

"?"

Ji Qianyou's eyes darted around.

Recalling the flash of guilt on Chen Qingxuan's face, the next moment, her eyes suddenly lit up.

As if she had guessed something.

Bad Revered Master!

After entering the Land of Extreme Cold;

A terrifying force of cold power landed on their bodies, so powerful it felt like an avalanche raging on their shoulders.

At the same time, the bone-piercing chill penetrated through the layers of protection from their Magical Artifacts, causing goosebumps to rise on Chen Qingxuan's skin.

"This power...?"

Chen Qingxuan's face showed astonishment;

Although he had long anticipated the dangers of the Land of Extreme Cold, only by personally experiencing this eerie pressure... did he understand why no one was willing to occupy the North Ming.

That strange yet distinct pressure of cold power was like a sacred, inviolable force, issuing a final warning to those who dared to tread here.

Ji Qianyou also felt a slight chill in her heart, "Revered Master, where does this power pressure come from?"

Chen Qingxuan shook his head, "Be careful. Our threats aren't just this pressure, but also some Strange Beasts hidden in the shadows."

"How can Strange Beasts exist in such a harsh environment...?" Ji Qianyou thought she misheard.

Chen Qingxuan nodded, "According to some rumors, Human Race great powers have encountered Strange Beasts here before. But unlike the Strange Beasts we usually see, their strength is even greater... they're hidden within the Land of Extreme Cold."

"How could that be...?"

Ji Qianyou looked utterly incredulous.

At this moment, she seemed to understand... why Chen Qingxuan initially didn't want anyone to accompany him here.

Not to mention the eerie pressure that falls upon you after stepping into the extreme cold, just the fact that Strange Beasts can survive in the Land of Extreme Cold... means they are definitely no pushovers.

Ji Qianyou, who originally hadn't taken it seriously, couldn't help but become serious now.

Crack——

After venturing about a dozen miles deeper, a strange cracking sound suddenly erupted.

A fissure appeared in the hard, frozen earth, and then, that fissure was forcefully pried open by something thick and powerful... Roar——

A hundred-zhang-tall Ape-like Creature, covered in snow-white fur, climbed out from the depths of the earth, its hands gripping the hard fissure in the ground.

Its deafening roar, like a sonic attack, scattered the snowflakes for dozens of miles around.

"What kind of monster is this?"

Ji Qianyou was dumbfounded.

Looking at the hundred-zhang-tall Ape-like Creature before her, she felt a dreamlike daze.

Although she had never left the Demon Emperor Palace to travel since childhood, it didn't mean she didn't learn about things on the Cangyun Continent through books.

But the strange beast before her... was something she had never heard of.

Whoosh——

While Ji Qianyou was stunned, she saw Chen Qingxuan had already drawn his divine phoenix sword and charged over like a shooting star.

The piercing Sword Qi was suppressed by the wind and snow, but its sharp, cold gleam remained indestructible. As Chen Qingxuan's figure passed through the ape-like strange beast, a bloody peak suddenly appeared on the beast's snow-white chest!

Immediately after, the beast's massive body was severed at the waist, and its unsupported upper half crashed heavily to the ground, shaking the earth.

Roar, roar, roar——

But after the ape-like strange beast fell, several other Strange Beasts sleeping deep underground, fused with the mountains, also awakened simultaneously.

Fortunately, the master and disciple pair were quite capable and were not afraid of these beasts.

"Revered Master... are these Strange Beasts really something the Cangyun Continent could nurture?" Ji Qianyou asked as she slaughtered the awakened beasts, moving closer to Chen Qingxuan.

The species and strength of these Strange Beasts had never been recorded before.

"Hard to say!"

Chen Qingxuan wasn't sure either.

Just as he was about to charge out again, he suddenly heard his Beloved Disciple guess, "Could they be... pets raised by the person Revered Master is looking for?"

"Hmm?"

Chen Qingxuan's footsteps halted, and he sharply looked at his Beloved Disciple.

Ji Qianyou blinked in confusion, "What's wrong, Revered Master?"

"Ahem... let's retreat."

"Aren't we going to kill them first?"

"We have a mission on this trip, can't linger in battle."

"...Is Revered Master afraid these Strange Beasts really belong to someone else?"

"Don't say anymore, Qian You. We haven't seen them."

After speaking, Chen Qingxuan turned back.

Boom——

After activating the Nine Profound Pupils, their profound pupil power covered the strange beast corpses, turning both bones and bloodstains into ashes, merging them into the Snow and ice all around.

After doing this, Chen Qingxuan returned again, "Alright, Qian You, let's speed up and go deeper inside... the remaining beasts won't catch up to us."

"..."

Ji Qianyou covered her mouth, secretly laughing.

Not long after.

The master and disciple pair successfully shook off the pack of Strange Beasts.

But the scene that greeted their eyes next left the two of them unable to calm down.

"Revered Master, look!"

"Hmm?"

Chen Qingxuan followed his Beloved Disciple's pointing finger and his pupils slightly contracted.

In the center of the Land of Extreme Cold, everything was encased in ice, but there existed a city that was completely frozen over.

Rows of buildings, city walls, streets, etc., were completely out of place in the frigid North Ming.

The master and disciple pair flew to the top of the city.

Getting closer, they discovered the surfaces of these buildings were already covered by thick layers of ice, as if wearing a transparent, hard armor.

Ji Qianyou's small mouth fell open, "Revered Master, did people used to live here before?"

"It seems so."

Chen Qingxuan nodded without denial.

After scanning the surroundings, he said gravely, "It seems this place wasn't originally like this environment. It was more like those areas in Central Continent, already developed into a clustered urban area."

"Then why did it become like this?" Ji Qianyou asked, puzzled.

"..."

Chen Qingxuan didn't speak. Instead, he took out the myriad things codex to consult, and as expected, there was no record of this matter at all;

Even if there was some content about the North Ming, it was very bland, even You can talk nonsense.

This situation was something Chen Qingxuan had already noticed.

However, after I saw it with my own eyes those Strange Beasts and discovering this frozen city... his intuition told him that things probably weren't that simple.

Many secrets that occurred in the North Ming weren't recorded in the myriad things codex. This probably wasn't accidental... but someone deliberately erased them.

But who could achieve such a thing?

The more one thought about it, the more terrifying it became!

"Qian You, we're not here to explore the North Ming... let's go find that person first!" Chen Qingxuan snapped back to reality, grabbed his Beloved Disciple's hand, and flew away.

Ji Qianyou asked curiously, "Revered Master, how much longer do we have to search?"

"Almost there."

Chen Qingxuan replied.

According to the clues provided by the System, their current location in the Land of Extreme Cold would soon lead them to a canyon.

Sure enough.

After flying another dozen miles, a frozen canyon, resembling the earth's butt crack, came into view.

"This is the place..."

Chen Qingxuan's heart raced as he accelerated into the canyon;

But the moment they entered the canyon, the cold force pressure that had been bearing down on them seemed to instantly smooth out.

The frozen canyon was extremely narrow at first, barely allowing passage. After advancing several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up... Several miles away, within ice layers as pure as crystal, an exquisite jade body that had slumbered for tens of thousands of years... burst into the master and disciple pair's field of vision.

"Huh?"

Ji Qianyou stared in a daze;

Then, she hurriedly raised her small hands and flew up, blocking Chen Qingxuan's line of sight, "Revered Master, don't look~~ don't look!"

"You're blocking me."

Chen Qingxuan, without thinking too much, pushed his Beloved Disciple aside while sighing with emotion,

"Wow... she's quite afraid of the heat!"