Chapter 1232: New Place, New Life
When they arrived a bit far from the snowy mountain, Po Tianyuan immediately jumped down from the celestial fortress and punched the ground, leaving a large and deep hole there. Even so, her attack did not cause the slightest tremor, so not a single living creature experienced its impact.
Xiao Yin promptly placed the celestial fortress in the hole once it had formed. Po Tianyuan then did something else, and the fortress was quickly buried in the ground, leaving Yunlong Zhuzhai and the forest above it.
Even though they landed quite far from the snowy mountain, the air temperature in that area was freezing, and the forest surrounding the Yunlong Zhuzhai quickly froze.
At first, Ling Yun wanted to take the fortress into subspace, but he changed his mind after he confirmed that there were no cultivators living in that area. However, he found hundreds of humans and beasts living in the middle of the mountain, especially since the temperature at the top was too cold, even for ice element possessors.
Ling Yun decided that they had been living in hiding for too long, and they needed to improve their fighting abilities through actual combat. Moreover, a strong barrier covered their residence, and the forest concealed it from outside view.
Besides, they had Taiyang Jinwu and the others, and they were strong enough to protect them from the natives of the Boundless Heaven Domain.
Ling Yun did not immediately let all the people in the celestial fortress out, especially since their numbers were so large. He brought their leaders along with all his wives, children, and friends to look around the area they would be staying in for a long time.
"Brother, this area is too cold." Jiang Chen spoke as he rubbed his palms together.
Yi Shi nodded in agreement before pointing towards the snowy mountain. "This area is already so cold; I don't dare imagine the temperature on that mountain."
"Why don't we find another area to stay, Brother?" Zhang Bing asked Ling Yun.
"There are too many powerful cultivators in this realm, and most areas are already filled with the natives of this domain. If we go to other areas, we will directly clash with them, and your strength is far from enough for that." Ling Yun then looked at the snowy mountain. "Moreover, I have some matters on that mountain peak, and it will probably take me a long time to complete them, so we will stay in this area for now. After we are more familiar with the situation in this domain, I will bring you all to move to other areas."
"I think that is the best choice for now." Xiao Feng spoke as he looked at the surrounding area.
Long Wei then added. "Moreover, the fortress is still the best place for us to cultivate and train, especially since time flows ten times faster there. If we want to fight with beasts, we only need to go to the area near here."
"For now, we should focus on reaching the Five God Realms, and we will explore other areas after that." The other cultivators from Earth agreed with Qin Shuang, especially since all of them were still far from that stage, and only a few of them were already close to it.
Ling Yun then turned to the cultivators from the upper realms. After all, they had all reached the Five God Realms, so it was not difficult for them to wander around in other areas of the domain. "What about you guys? Do you guys want to stay here or look for another area?"
"We will stay here for now." Tian Yueling's father, Tian Kong, was the first to answer. "After you finish your business on the mountaintop, we will discuss our next move."
"Where do you plan to set up your sect?" Tian Ya asked him.
"We just arrived at this domain today, so I haven't decided on that yet." Ling Yun then pointed at the snowy mountain. "For now, I will focus on this mountain first, and I will start thinking about the sect after that."
Fu Yu, the leader of the Buddha Sect, then asked Ling Yun. "Can we go with you to the mountain? Our former sect is at the top of the mountain, and I want to see if the situation on this mountain is suitable for us."
"I think that's fine, but you guys might not be able to get past the middle area of the mountain, especially since the temperature there is freezing." Ling Yun then asked the others. "Who else among you wants to climb that mountain?"
"We'll join you." Shen Tianxi and Shen Yangzhu of the Tianyi Immortal Sect answered him. The leaders of the sects and clans from the upper realms decided to follow them, including Meng Xianzi, Wang Tianshi, Jian Xian, Yun Liang, and some others.
Bai Zhongyi, the Snow White Crane, decided to go with Ling Yun, especially since she was the only one with the ice element among his followers. Moreover, the others had to protect their master's residence and the people living in it, so Peng Tianlei and the others decided to stay.
Since his main purpose in climbing to the top of the mountain was to search for the corpse of the Yin Dragon, Ling Yun naturally had to bring Ling Ling with them.
Ling Yun then spoke to all his wives. "All of you must stay here and wait for us to return. If you guys want to practice fighting, all of you can look for beasts in the area around here, but you should not venture too far. Although Jinwu and the others can protect all of you, the natives of this domain are different from the others, especially those who live on the floating islands."
"How are they different from the other cultivators?"
Huang Hao directly explained to them some information about those people. "Jinwu and the others are indeed strong, and they can protect you all. However, there are individuals in this realm who can defeat them, particularly those from the Heaven Heart Plateau. Therefore, you must listen to him and not venture too far, or you will all face big trouble."
"All right, we will stay here."
After that, Ling Yun led the people to the snowy mountain, and Ling Xi decided to join them, especially since the Yin Dragon was her old friend.
Since Huang Lingzhu hid Long Yin's corpse there, and Ling Yun's quests indicated that her soul remnant also existed there, Ling Xi wanted to meet her once again.
At first, Zhou Yu wanted to join them, but Ling Yun already had the void element, so she gave up and chose to stay behind.
Yi Mingxia and the others did not return to their residence, and they went out together with the cultivators from Earth to look for opponents to practice with. They also brought the five children with them because their cultivation was already quite high, but they had never experienced direct combat.
Even though the Boundless Heaven Domain is in the supreme realm, it does not mean that all the beasts in the domain have reached the Five God Realms or the Three Immortal Realms; there are still a lot of them in the ten mortal realms, whether they are humans or beasts.
Unlike them, the cultivators from the upper realms did not leave the fortress. Moreover, they already had enough experience in actual combat, so they focused more on improving their cultivation and soul level.
According to Ling Yun's orders, the female beasts escorted them to practice, and they divided the tasks of protecting them. Taiyang Jinwu focused on protecting the five children, and she taught them how to properly fight against beasts.
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Soon, they reached the foot of the snowy mountain, where thick snow blanketed the entire area. As they arrived, the temperature dropped, forcing them to use their Qi to protect their bodies.
"Leader, can we fly to the top of this mountain directly?" Bai Zhongyi asked Huang Hao.
Huang Hao shook her head and explained. "Huang Lingzhu hid the corpse of the Yin Dragon at the top, so she set up a formation from the middle to the top to protect it. Thus, we have to climb it manually, and it will take quite a lot of time, especially since the peak is hidden behind the clouds."
"All right, you don't have to think about that, Zhongyi." Ling Yun turned to the others. "Let's go; we have to climb now, but you must be careful because I detect many beasts on this mountain, and they might attack us suddenly."
They immediately followed behind Ling Yun, but Ling Lin felt a strange feeling as soon as she climbed the mountain, and she was sure that it came from the Yin Dragon, especially since her bloodline trembled because of that feeling. 'Yun'er, the dragon is calling me from up there.'
'I knew you would feel that.' Ling Yun then told her. 'I know you want to get Long Yin's corpse, but it won't be easy because we might have to fight her soul remnant first. I don't know how strong her soul is, but I will help you fight her, and I will make sure you can inherit her corpse.'
Ling Ling nodded at him. 'I'll be counting on you for that, Yun'er.'
Ling Xi, who was sitting on Ling Yun's shoulders, kept staring at the sky. 'Old friend, it's been a long time, and I can't wait to see you again.'
- To Be Continued -