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Chapter 772 3. Filth in the Ice Abyss

The pitch-black bat wings plowed two deep furrows in the snow, and a young man in a blue-gray cloak sat cross-legged around its neck.

The pilgrim team followed behind a hundred feet, because Nightmare created wind and snow in front and brought down the imperial domain. The team's trekking speed increased significantly, and soon they passed the territory that originally belonged to the Demon King and entered deeper into the snowfield.

Li Xian breathed in the cold air in the wind and snow, and felt a sense of emptiness.

This is the ninth year since he came to this universe. This body is weak, and he is a Mobei person who died in the Jigong Heavenly Tribulation. His magic attainments are only at the Jigong level, and his cultivation level is only at the Yangshen level. He has not successfully entered the threshold of the Imperial Way. However, his spirituality has escaped into this body, and he can finally use various means to deal with various crises.

In the past eight years, Li Xian has visited many famous mountains and rivers, looking for another possibility in this universe, but unfortunately all his efforts have ended in failure, including the ancient mountains of Taihang, Changbai, Qinling, and other holy places of humanity such as Longhu, Wudang, and Laojun. As for Kunlun Mountain, the ladder to heaven has never been opened.

Li Xi'an inquired about many historical records about the rebellion of the old ancestors in the era of rise. Unfortunately, due to the long time and frequent disasters, very few people survived, and the recorded history was even more chaotic. Li Xi'an could not tell which crowned king was himself.

This is the ninth year, and Li Xi'an learned that the crowned king of Beiyuan will start a coronation ceremony.

The Guiyuan Law Saint, who is called "Nine Sky God" by all spirits, will crown the new crown prince.

So Li Xian set out to follow the pilgrims to the ice field.

It is rumored that this "Nine Sky God" was transformed from thunder above the nine heavens and possessed the power of heavenly punishment on the ice field. This Nine Sky God did not have a high presence in the Rebellion of the Old Ancestors. He only fought against Jinghe Yuhuo together with the Wolf King Zhunosali. This is why Li Xian did not come to the ice field at the first time.

During the Rebellion of the Old Ancestors, the most powerful one to inherit the throne was the Holy King of the Ten Thousand Mountains. He fought to the death with the two old ancestors, Chunyang Fuyou and Zhangyao Duozu, in Tianzhu and finally died on the battlefield. His remains released the last of the universe and banished all hostile creatures on the battlefield, including the two arrogant old ancestors.

In addition to the "Nine Sky God", there is another suspicious point in this trip to the ice field, and that is the coronation ceremony.

The crowned king of Jiuzhou is analogous to the Demon God of Creation, who will only appear when the dragon veins revive in the era of rise. The Jiuzhou of this universe has been finalized, and logically speaking, no new crowned creatures will appear. The crown prince who will inherit the throne of the Jiuxiao God is called the new crowned king. This coronation ceremony on the ice field is very intriguing.

"Tell me about it." Li Xian brushed off the ice crystals on his gray cloak, and rolled over Nightmare's violently throbbing temple with the heels of his deerskin boots. "This is the rule of the Far North coronation."

The bat wings trembled violently, and the demon king forced out a flattering smile from his throat, "Master Feng, please be wise. There was no news before the coronation ceremony. Just a month ago, the news suddenly came out that Jiuxiao Divine Lord had come out of seclusion. The King of the North walked out of the palace above the nine heavens and announced to the world that he was the crown prince of the Icefield. He said that he would be the future crown prince of the Icefield, and that a coronation ceremony would be held to crown the crown prince. All people in the universe can make a pilgrimage, but if you disturb the coronation ceremony, you will surely incur divine punishment!"

"Do you know the name of the King in the North?"

"I don't know, but my old senior knows! He is the Zhenyi ancestor who followed Lord Jiuxiao during his rising era! If Lord Feng wants to know the name of Lord Jiuxiao, I can introduce him, I can introduce him!" The Nightmare Demon King nodded and bowed.

"Master Feng, don't worry about delaying your trip. The Taoist lineage of Master Jin Mo Fenglu is very close to the central area of ​​the coronation ceremony. He once made great military achievements and is still guarding the southwest part of the royal city for Lord Jiuxiao."

The bat wings cut through the wind and snow, and Li Xi'an narrowed his eyes.

He brushed gently against the ice below.

The ice cliff in front exploded, and dozens of frozen pale corpses rolled into the bottomless ice crevice. Each corpse remained in a posture of looking up to the sky and howling in sorrow, with long black iron nails inserted in the chest.

"What is that?" Li Xian said.

The Nightmare Demon King's bat wings quickly fluttered up a hundred feet, and his speech speed suddenly increased: "You said those corpses, it's not a big deal, but have you seen those iron stakes? They are the nails that the ancestors used to seal the filth during the rebellion of the old ancestors. Many of the fallen creatures that invaded the Vast Sea were dealt with in this way. There are too many of these things, so there are countless corpses buried under the ice. We ice monsters have seen a lot of this kind of things."

"Hiss... this place. I heard that last year the Snow Girl tribe went on a pilgrimage and when they came to this rift valley..."

The Nightmare Demon King suddenly stopped talking, his eyes wide open and he looked into the depths of the Ice Abyss in horror, because before this, there was no such Ice Abyss. Li Xi'an looked around, but couldn't see anything clearly. It was blurred by the spreading snow fog.

"Go." Li Xian ordered softly.

Suddenly, it was like a thunderclap exploding above the ice, dispersing the snow fog that never melted all year round. In the ice abyss floated an altar carved from ice crystals, with the ice sculptures of people kneeling on the altar holding their hearts, and crystal blood-red ice flowers blooming in the hollow of their chests. The skin inside the ice sculptures was charred black, and their chests were strung together with iron chains, connected to the huge stone pillar in the center of the altar.

The Nightmare Demon King shuddered, "Is it true?"

"Go on, what happened to the Snow Girl Tribe's pilgrimage?"

“Yes, yes, yes!” The Nightmare Demon King trembled like a sieve. “I heard that this is just what I heard from others. A Snow Maiden from the Snow Maiden tribe went on a pilgrimage and encountered a mysterious altar on the way. She was very evil and swallowed all the creatures and became the altar’s servants. A Snow Ancestor with the cultivation level of True One came to look for her, but couldn’t find any clues. The Snow Maidens all said that there was a fallen creature hidden in the rift that had not been killed, and the missing pilgrims from the Snow Maiden tribe were eaten by filth!”

It paused deliberately and stole a glance at the young man's reaction on its back.

The strong wind blew ice chips towards him. Li Xian patted Nightmare's horns and said, "Let's go down and take a look."

"Lord Feng, every second counts in the coronation ceremony. If you go too late, you may not be able to find a high-quality medium." Nightmare's voice was weak.

"Ahhhh——!"

A shrill scream exploded from the rear of the team.

Li Xian looked back and saw the old shaman's human bone staff stuck in the heart of a strong man. What burst out of his chest was not blood, but gurgling black smoke, which was stinking. Thousands of human faces appeared one after another in the black smoke, as if they were grinning.

"Filthy!" the Nightmare Demon King was horrified.

Li Xian glanced at the altar under the ice abyss. One of the ice sculpture corpses had disappeared. Only melted ice water and an empty iron chain remained at its original location.

The black fog dissipated, and at the same time, the iron chains on the altar swung violently, like a huge black python constantly hitting the ice, making a deafening roar.

"Not dead yet?" Li Xian frowned. Is the method of the King of the North to deal with filth so despicable?

It seems that the ghosts and gods were driven to break the seal outside the Ice Abyss, inadvertently awakening those fallen creatures.

Li Xian shook his head and jumped off the neck of the Nightmare Demon King.

The sky and the earth were covered in white.

Suddenly, Li Xian swung his fingers together like a sword and lightly passed through the black fog. The flying snow in the sky froze at this moment and turned into a lit lotus lantern. The black smoke dissipated in the fire, and the pale and burly humanoid creature that appeared in the black smoke was killed by the sword and fell straight down, and soon melted into ash like the black smoke.

"Mr. Feng!"

The look the old woman and the man with the knife gave to Li Xian could no longer be described as gratitude, but a look of piety and respect, like the demon gods worshipped by the Five Immortals.

The fall of the pale creature seemed like some kind of signal.

The sound of the chain breaking echoed throughout the icy abyss.

The shadows crawling under the ice surface wailed like a crying baby, and dozens of ice cracks appeared at the same time. From each crack, pale arms wrapped with scriptures emerged. Everyone hugged each other, each holding their weapons tightly, but everyone's face was bloodless and their muscles were shaking uncontrollably.

Their eyes subconsciously turned to the man who stood up in the wind and snow.

Li Xi'an jumped up on the Demon King's head, his blue-gray cloak fluttering in the wind like a battle flag, revealing the embroidered picture of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea on the lining.