Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

"I am relieved to hear that."

"Be careful with this matter. If something goes wrong and we can't succeed, we can just retreat. Our own safety is the most important thing. Besides, our Ice Soul lineage already has very few talented people, and we really can't afford to lose any more manpower."

"By the way, I will also be keeping a close eye on the experts of the Ice Profound lineage and even the other branches within the sect. If they react to what you have done, I will do my utmost to stop them and send you a message so you can prepare..."

The Ice Soul Heavenly Lord's cold face showed a hint of complexity as he gave his instructions.

"Thank you for your trouble, Master."

Upon hearing this, the old Daoist Po Huan felt a warmth in his heart and immediately nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, the Ice Soul Heavenly Lord gave a few more instructions to the Soul Illusion Daoist Lord and told him the approximate location of Ling Pengyun's disappearance, thus ending the communication.

'I just hope that old bastard Po Huan can get this done smoothly.'

Ice Soul Heavenly Lord muttered something to himself, then began to focus all his attention on the powerful figures in the entire sect.

……

Half a month later.

other side

Just as Ling Pengyun left the territory of the Frost Immortal Sect and passed through the territory of another major power, he suddenly discovered that three cultivators had been following him.

One of them was a veteran at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and the other two were veterans at the late Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, they actually possessed an extremely rare Tier 5 top-grade flying boat.

Indirectly, his speed was faster than his.

The distance between the two is getting closer and closer.

'A fifth-tier top-grade flying boat? Those three must be extraordinary. Ordinary cultivators or even those at the Intercepting Realm wouldn't possess such resources. Furthermore, based on our investigation, they all cultivate ice-attribute techniques, making them truly unique.'

'I'm afraid that group of people is most likely from other factions within the Frost Immortal Sect.'

'It seems the factional infighting within the Frost Immortal Sect is more intense than imagined, and it certainly deserves our attention.'

"Fortunately, the other factions of the Frost Immortal Sect are unaware of my strength and haven't sent too many powerful enemies. This gives us a glimmer of hope in this situation."

After Ling Pengyun used his powerful divine sense to carefully investigate the movements behind him, a sharp look appeared in his eyes.

Although the three cultivators who appeared out of nowhere were all quite strong and possessed extremely fast fifth-grade flying boats, if an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator were to encounter them, they would probably only be waiting to die.

However, Ling Pengyun's methods were quite strong, and he had recently refined his own divine treasure, so he was more confident.

Moreover, after what has happened, he probably understands that as long as he remains in the Ice Profound lineage, he will likely be regarded as a thorn in the side by the other factions of the Frost Immortal Sect.

In addition, he was quite interested in the top-grade fifth-tier flying boats in the hands of the three cultivators.

He decided not to avoid the three cultivators, but rather to fight them.

A fifth-tier top-grade flying boat is an extremely rare item.

Because the materials used in its crafting are rare and require a large quantity, the crafting process is also quite difficult. As a result, even veteran fifth-tier top-grade weapon refiners have very little chance of successfully crafting such spiritual treasures.

Moreover, the spiritual materials used to refine one superior spiritual treasure are probably enough to refine three or four ordinary fifth-grade top-quality spiritual treasures.

With each passing year, such spiritual treasures became extremely precious. Even though Ling Pengyun possessed formidable weapon-refining skills and was quite wealthy, he had not yet managed to acquire such items.

Secondly, that-grade flying boat is extremely fast, even comparable to 20-30% of the escape speed of a Void Refinement expert, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Then, Ling Pengyun took out the "Netherworld Blade," a fifth-grade high-quality special spiritual treasure that he had already refined into his natal spiritual treasure.

Because in recent years he has continuously refined this treasure with spiritual power and some mid-to-high-grade fifth-order spatial spiritual objects.

This treasure's foundation has already reached the peak of the fifth-tier superior grade, and its aura is extraordinary.

If it were to have some more top-grade fifth-tier spatial treasures to solidify its foundation, it might be possible to directly attempt to reforge it to top-grade fifth-tier.

That is why its power is quite good.

'Soaring Through the Netherworld... A technique to conceal one's breath!'

'Freeze!'

As Ling Pengyun raised his hand and gently waved the Netherworld Blade in his hand, it immediately unleashed an extremely subtle spatial power, concealing Ling Pengyun's aura.

Even seasoned Nascent Soul cultivators at the peak of their cultivation might not be able to see through his current existence.

Immediately afterwards, Ling Pengyun used the Netherworld Blade to tear through the void, creating a short spatial passage, and then darted into it, disappearing from sight.

……

Far away, tens of thousands of miles away.

A stretch of sky.

'Where are the people? '

The old Daoist Po Huan, who was using the fifth-grade top-quality flying boat to pursue Ling Pengyun, was greatly alarmed when he discovered through his divine sense that Ling Pengyun's whereabouts had mysteriously disappeared.

After all, he had deeply inherited the true teachings of the Ice Soul Old Daoist, and had extremely high attainments in the field of divine sense.

In addition, he is also skilled in a sophisticated method of investigation, which indirectly makes his investigation ability extremely strong.

Even ordinary veterans at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage find it difficult to escape his detection.

He had been very successful in using this tactic to pursue powerful opponents in the past.

But he really didn't expect that this move would fail on Ling Pengyun, a 'newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator'.

Moreover, Ling Pengyun's sudden disappearance is undoubtedly due to the discovery of his tracking of the other two veteran late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for Ling Pengyun to do that.

Furthermore, he and the other two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators all used special concealment techniques, and even affixed a fifth-grade top-quality concealment talisman, making their aura extremely hidden.

Under such circumstances, given Ling Pengyun's abilities, there's no reason why he should have been able to detect anything.

For a moment, the old Daoist Po Huan became much more wary of Ling Pengyun.

"This person is probably not simple."

The old Daoist Po Huan frowned immediately and quickly took out three fifth-grade special natal spiritual treasures he had refined in his early years using the power of the old Heavenly Lord Bing Po and his own cultivation technique, the "Po Huan Treasure Scripture": the "Po Huan Flying Needle", the "Po Huan Treasure Realm", and the "Po Huan Magic Shield".

The "Soul Illusion Manual" is similar to the "Ice Soul Profound Art" of the Ice Soul lineage, both being ice-attribute and divine sense-based techniques, but they are slightly different.

The Ice Soul Mystic Art leans more towards ice-attribute techniques, with divine sense serving as a supplement.

The Soul Illusion Manual, on the other hand, leans towards spiritual sense techniques, with ice attributes serving as a support.

The two are reversed.

The reason why the old Daoist Po Huan could cultivate this technique was naturally because his aptitude in spiritual sense was much stronger than that in ice attribute, making him more suitable for that technique.

Moreover, he was extremely skilled in illusion.

His Taoist name also came from that practice.

In addition, the Illusion-Breaking Shield is incredibly thick, while the Soul Illusion Treasure Realm is a spiritual treasure of divine sense, capable of amplifying the power of illusion techniques. Furthermore, after being nurtured for a thousand years, it can unleash a Soul Illusion Light that can threaten the soul.

This is also its strongest tactic.

As for the Soul Illusion Flying Needle, it is a rather insidious spiritual treasure. Its aura is obscure, and it possesses illusionary power, which makes it even more elusive.

In addition, its sharpness makes it an excellent weapon for surprise attacks.

Therefore, the old Daoist Po Huan did not let it appear and attack immediately, but secretly hid it in his sleeve, ready to launch a sneak attack if things went wrong.

In addition, the two veteran late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators he brought with him this time were his disciples, his right-hand men, and also the grand-disciples of the Ice Soul Heavenly Lord.

They were two brothers, whose Taoist names were Po Ping and Po An, and they were skilled in combined attack techniques.

In addition, like the old Daoist Po Huan, they are extremely skilled in special ice-attribute illusion techniques, and they also possess some powerful fifth-grade high-quality natal spirit treasures.

When the two of them work together, their strength becomes extremely powerful, even stronger than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.

This is also the main reason why the old Daoist Po Huan brought them along. Secondly, they have recently been short of spirit stones and are trying to purchase breakthrough spiritual items to reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

The old Daoist Master Pohuan also intended to use this incident to help them earn more profits and indirectly support them in gathering the spiritual items needed to break through to the next realm as soon as possible.

After all, if this matter succeeds, not only will their paths to enlightenment be smoother, but it will also benefit the entire Ice Soul lineage.

At this moment, reminded by the old Taoist Po Huan, they quickly took out various powerful natal spiritual treasures.

They remained vigilant and slowly moved towards the spot where Ling Pengyun had disappeared.

But at that very moment, the space within a thousand miles of them began to change inexplicably, becoming not only incredibly solid.

Moreover, those spaces began to purify the surrounding天地力量 (heaven and earth power).

Ultimately, those spaces even formed a desolate wasteland stretching for thousands of miles.

In this way, ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators would be unable to draw upon the power of heaven and earth to aid them in the battle, and their strength would be reduced by at least 10% or 20%.

Moreover, a huge, thick spatial light curtain appeared at each of its boundaries, isolating it from the outside world.

It was as if this place had been transformed into an independent little world.

Most importantly, this "small world" is incredibly sturdy. Even when the three disciples of the old Daoist Po Huan realized something was wrong and used various methods to bombard the boundaries of the small world, they were temporarily unable to shatter it and escape to the outside world.

They too were trapped, like birds in a cage.

'A confined space technique? That's quite rare.'

'Moreover, judging from its power, it probably already possesses the power of one or two stages of the Void Refinement realm.'

'Furthermore, that technique still retained a considerable amount of the aura of Miao Ziling Pengyun, a core guest elder of the Ice Profound lineage. It's likely that this technique was unleashed by him, but how could someone of his cultivation level unleash such a powerful attack?'

'Just who is this person?'

As the old Daoist Po Huan gazed at the special confinement space technique that trapped him, alarm bells rang in his mind, and he became even more wary of Ling Pengyun, who had suddenly disappeared.

Meanwhile, in a hidden spot within that strange, confined space, a cultivator with an air of otherworldly grace, dressed in a blue Daoist robe, stood in the air, watching the three masters and disciples of the Soul Illusion Elder Daoist with great interest.

This person was none other than Ling Pengyun.

The strange spatial manipulations around him were his innate trapping technique, "Netherworld Domain," which he used with the Netherworld Blade.

After all, this method was his strongest way of trapping enemies.

"The legacy of the Ice Soul lineage?"

"It seems my guess was correct."

Looking at the various powerful natal spiritual treasures that the three masters, Po Huan, Po Ping, and Po An, had taken out, Ling Pengyun immediately guessed some possibilities.

The three of them, master and disciples, had their natal spiritual treasures crafted through the "Soul Illusion Treasure Manual".

Furthermore, that precious manual is a rare inheritance of the Illusionary Path, seldom seen even in the entire Qingxia Realm.
Even within the Frost Immortal Sect, only the Ice Soul lineage possesses it, and it is considered one of its core inheritances, making it a unique lineage.

In addition, Ling Pengyun had recently heard about the delicate relationship between the Bingxuan lineage and their Bingpo lineage, which often resulted in friction.

Indirectly, their identities become quite obvious.

"Since the three of them have chosen their own path to death, it's time to send them on their way."

Immediately afterwards, Ling Pengyun took out the powerful natal divine treasure, the "Five Elements Magic Bead," which he had refined some time ago.

"A top-tier divine ability... the Five Elements Thunder Dragon Technique!"

"Congeal!"

As Ling Pengyun continuously performed hand seals, he exhausted all his spiritual power and channeled it into various incantations and the Five Elements Magic Beads.

The Five Elements Magic Beads immediately flashed with spiritual light and rapidly changed.

In the end, it transformed into a five-element thunder dragon, about ten feet in size.

It has a dragon-like head and a snake-like body, soaring in the air. It seems to be transformed from the five elements of destructive lightning. Its whole body is covered with terrifying lightning power, which is pure and strong, containing infinite destructive power, and has a bit of the flavor of tribulation lightning.

Moreover, its body is covered with an incredibly thick layer of scales, like a natural armor, and its eyes are particularly sharp and piercing.

Upon closer inspection, it resembles a real dragon in the world, possessing immense power.

It is not even slightly inferior to ordinary early-stage Void Refinement demon beasts.

"go with!"

Roar!
The Five Elements Thunder Dragon was extremely ferocious. It soared into the void and charged towards the three disciples of the Soul Illusion Old Daoist not far away.

'not good! '

'To unleash a technique at the Nascent Soul stage with the strength of a fully-fledged Nascent Soul cultivator?'

'Five Elements-based innate divine abilities and magical treasures? And top-tier Five Elements divine abilities that have been mastered to perfection?'

'How is this possible?'

Not far away, the three disciples of the old Daoist Po Huan, who were controlling the flying boat, were terrified when they saw this. They quickly used various methods and even some high-level talismans to barely block the thunder dragon.

In addition, they came from prestigious families and had exceptional insight, so they immediately saw through the true nature of the Five Elements Magic Pearls and the Five Elements Thunder Dragon Great Divine Power.

Although Five Elements Thunder Dragon and other Five Elements Great Divine Powers are relatively rare, the Frost Immortal Sect is a force that mainly cultivates ice and snow techniques and does not have many of these top-level Five Elements Great Divine Powers.

But there are still some.

Therefore, the three old Daoists were not surprised that Ling Pengyun could master such methods.

However, they were surprised that Ling Pengyun had cultivated it to perfection.

Such great supernatural powers are extremely complex.

For ordinary cultivators, reaching the pinnacle of spiritual transformation is already quite an achievement if they manage to comprehend it to a high level throughout their lives; to comprehend it to perfection is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Moreover, according to the Ice Soul lineage's information channels, Ling Pengyun's cultivation speed was relatively fast, so his cultivation time was not long.

Logically speaking, it would have been impossible for Ling Pengyun to comprehend such a technique to the perfect level in such a short period of time.

This incident undoubtedly proves that Ling Pengyun is not only good at cultivation, but also good at comprehension.

In addition, he possesses extremely high skill in cultivating spiritual plants and refining weapons, making him practically a polymath.

Such figures are especially rare.

Even among all the Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire Frost Immortal Sect, they are few and far between.

Moreover, such individuals generally have a much higher probability of reaching the Void Refinement stage than ordinary cultivators.

Secondly, a fifth-tier top-grade innate divine magical treasure is a rare and precious item.

Even the main lineage of the Ice Soul Immortal Sect, a long-established sect, has very few of them.

It is even rumored that there are only two or three pieces.

Moreover, those two or three top-grade fifth-tier natal divine treasures were all crafted by the ancestors of the Ice Soul lineage based on the Ice Soul lineage's clan-protecting techniques and inheritances, and ordinary people simply cannot use them.

In addition, their power is relatively strong, which is of great help even to those who have reached the Void Refinement stage.

Therefore, those things were all in the hands of the Ice Soul Clan's Refining Void Ice Soul Old Heavenly Lord.

The same applies to most of the other main branches of the Frost Immortal Sect, and even other forces.

Under such circumstances, it is particularly strange that Ling Pengyun, a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator from a small place, could possess such a skill.

For a moment, the three old Daoists, including Po Huan, couldn't help but suspect that Ling Pengyun was not a core guest elder of the Bingxuan lineage at all.

Rather, they were the core Void Refinement seedlings they were secretly cultivating.

Or perhaps... Ling Pengyun is a spy sent by other forces, or perhaps he possesses a great opportunity.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how Ling Pengyun possessed such a substantial fortune and so many formidable abilities. (End of Chapter)