Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 197: Wind Barrier
At this moment, twenty years have passed since Wei Zhong and Miaoli Shan entered the cave.

【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Late Jindan Period (31th level, %)]

【Shouyuan: 548/600】

Wei Zhong's cultivation level returned to the ninth level of Jindan, and Miaoli Shan's injuries were also completely healed.

The two were finally able to leave the protection of the cave and head south to find the location of the Linhai Ice Palace.

"In six months, no, five months we will have to start looking for shelter."

The existence of this frosty gale seriously hindered the actions of the two.

Even though the two magical talismans had been destroyed, after experiencing years of attacks from strong gale, Wei Zhong had understood that this gale was not unavoidable.

As long as you go deep enough underground in the ice field, you can also hide there.

"Linhai Ice Palace is located at the southernmost tip of the Arctic Ice Field. It will only take us about three months to fly there at full speed, but."

Miaoli Shan looked up and saw a vast expanse of white that blocked out the sun.

There was also strong wind in the sky, blocking the two people's progress.

"We can only escape at low altitude."

Miaoli Shan took out the spirit boat, and the two of them landed on it together, and then flew towards the south.

The spirit boat traveled for five months, but the two still did not see any signs of the Linhai Ice Palace.

But they had to stop and look for shelter.

It took several days to find a natural cave. The two of them took great effort to dig it more than sixty feet deeper. Then they set up a magic circle and waited for the icy gale to pass.

Wei Zhong's consciousness extended beyond the horizon, sensing the arrival of the frost gale. It was also a high wall reaching straight to the sky, wrapped in endless spiritual energy and white frost.

"No, this strong wind seems to be a little weaker."

Miaoli Shan was stunned when he heard this, and his spiritual consciousness also spread out. He felt that his Nascent Soul spiritual consciousness was floating in it, but it was still strong and there was no sign of collapse.

"It is indeed weak."

The two looked at each other and flew to the surface of the cave.

"The frost gale at this moment has already reached the level of a third-order disaster, and its corrosive effect on spiritual consciousness has become much smaller.

"With our strength, we can stand within the strong wind with just a little magic."

Wei Zhong stepped into the white high wall, black energy spread all over his body, and the black water spirit robe was added to it.

"really!"

Sensing the slowly dissipating strong energy around him, Wei Zhong was certain that with his current level of cultivation, he could indeed withstand this wind.

"but why?"

During the twenty years in the previous cave, Wei Zhong never noticed that the power of the strong wind had weakened.

But after going south for a while, there was such a gap.

“Is it really because of the regional changes that the difference occurs?”

"We need to ask the local monks about this."

Miaoli Shan looked towards the south, his Taoist robe glowing with light, resisting the erosion of the strong wind.

The two looked at each other and flew forward together.

Since the strong wind can no longer pose a threat to their lives, they must speed up and find the Linhai Ice Palace.

……

"Friend Wei, look."

Following the direction indicated by Miaoli Shan, Wei Zhong saw a group of ruins located on the glacier.

It seemed to be a continuous palace complex in the past, but now only some walls and pillars remain.

Flying up, the two of them examined the place carefully.

"Is this the location of the Linhai Ice Palace?"

Miaoli Shan was stunned.

"After all, it is a Yuanying force. Could it be that it was destroyed in this third-level strong wind?"

With suspicion in their hearts, the two men searched from the foot of the glacier to the top of the glacier.

Finally found some differences in one place.

Unlike the dilapidated places in other places, the buildings here are intact, and there are formations for protection on the outside. It is located in a crack in the Glacier Mountain Range, with mountain walls on both sides blocking it, so it is relatively safe.

Wei Zhong was just about to test the formation when a deep male voice suddenly came from it.

"Two seniors, are you here for something important?"

'And the monks!'

Miaoli Shan quickly stepped forward and saluted:
"May I ask if this is the location of Linhai Ice Palace? I know Daoist Zhu Xueling from your palace... We both fell into a disaster many years ago. Has Daoist Zhu returned to your palace?"

"So he is Elder Zhu's good friend. I will inform Elder Zhu right away. Please wait a moment, senior."

"He's still alive!"

Inside the formation, a male cultivator who had reached the Jindan stage held up a talisman and explained the whole story.

Then he slowly moved the array plate in his hand, and the protective aura of the array finally became transparent, allowing one to see inside and outside.

Only then did Wei Zhong recognize his appearance and found that he was actually the senior brother from the trip to Shuangwu Lingshan.

"May I ask why your noble palace has become like this, fellow Taoist?"

The latter smiled bitterly:
"It was because of that damn gale that it destroyed most of the buildings in my Ice Palace, and even most of the disciples in the palace died tragically..."

"But the gale we just experienced wasn't that strong, how could it be..."

After all, as a Nascent Soul-level force, they definitely have a fourth-order protective formation. With the strength of the strong wind just now, it is absolutely impossible to break through the fourth-order formation.

"You are talking about the seasonal gale. This little wind certainly cannot affect my Linhai Ice Palace, but please look to the south."

Following his guidance, Wei Zhong and Miao Lishan both looked towards the southern sky.

It was the same white sky, and there seemed to be no difference.

"No, the wind is from the sky to the ground?"

As they walked along, the sky above them was all white with no difference in color, which led to their negligence.

"This is a belt of frost gale winds, and it's a stable one."

Wei Zhong couldn't help but think of the frost wind that separated the Arctic Ice Field from the rest of the North Field. It turned out that this was the dividing line.

"This wind belt is not stable. It will occasionally emit sub-winds and invade the surroundings. The current state of my Linhai Ice Palace is mostly due to its unstable fluctuations."

Suddenly, the wind belt in the distance began to stratify, causing the male cultivator in the formation to change his expression:
"Not good, this wind belt is about to release another sub-wind." He turned to look at Wei Zhong and Miaoli Shan, "You two fellow Taoists, quickly find a place to hide. This gale is not comparable to the weak monsoon."

The two looked at each other, both at a loss. Where could they hide in this vast ice field?

Hearing what this person said, the power of this wind is most likely at the fourth level.

Based on past experience, the two of them would find a low-lying location and dig dozens of feet down to take shelter, but now that the disaster storm is imminent, there is no time to dig.

I was just thinking about the solution for a moment when a female voice suddenly rang out from the formation:
"You two fellow Taoists may as well come to my Linhai Ice Palace to take shelter for a while."

Then the protective formation was activated, and Wei Zhong and Miao Lishan saw the female Nascent Soul cultivator with her face covered again.

"Greetings, fellow Taoist (senior)."

"You two follow me." He instructed the male disciple to lead the way in front, and the three followed behind him.

Without saying much, the four of them came to the basement of the palace together.

I saw an internal magic circle surrounded by a small magic array.

Zhu Xueling waved her hand, and five medium-grade spirit stones flew out from her sleeves and fell into the five corners of the internal formation.

A familiar wave emerged.

"Teleportation circle?"

Miaoli Shan exclaimed in surprise.

Wei Zhong also showed a look of surprise. He had naturally heard of this magical way of communication in the cultivation world.

However, in this world, there is very little information about teleportation arrays. Even inside the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, Wei Zhong could not find a single array.

I didn't expect to see it for the first time in Beiyuan.

"It's just a small teleportation array that can teleport a few miles away. It's nothing rare."

"Only five medium-grade spirit stones were used. It is indeed as the other party said."

After setting up the magic circle, the two people from Linhai Ice Palace stood on it together, and Wei Zhong and the other person followed closely.

Zhu Xueling just tapped two fingers, and the outer magic circle was activated. Some frost began to spread inward, as if to form a semicircular protective shield.

"The teleportation array is fragile, and this array must be used to protect it from the erosion of the strong wind."

After he finished speaking, he clasped his hands together, and the teleportation formation flashed with light. The spiritual power of the five spirit stones was infused into it, and the teleportation officially began.

It's similar to the feeling of wandering in the turbulence of space.

However, this time there was an obvious pulling force, causing Wei Zhong's body to fall in a certain direction.

After a moment, everything around gradually changed from chaotic colors to regular shapes.

Wei Zhong then discovered that the four people were located on a stone platform with a teleportation array under their feet. There were also monks in Taoist robes surrounding them, who seemed to be guarding this protective array.

"I've met the elder!"

Zhu Xueling nodded and walked down from the stone platform. Wei Zhong and Miao Lishan followed closely behind her.

Only the man was shaking his head, as if he had not yet recovered from the transmission.

"Your spiritual power is truly outstanding. You can actually eliminate the side effects of teleportation so quickly."

"This person is a fourth-level weapon refiner from our Yunji Chamber of Commerce. Naturally, he is not comparable to an ordinary Jindan cultivator."

Zhu Xueling seemed a little surprised:
"Oh? I didn't expect you to be such a talented person. I still have a lot of rare spiritual materials in my Linhai Ice Palace. Can I invite you to help make a magic weapon?"

"Of course I am happy to do so, but my means are limited and I am afraid I will not be able to satisfy you, Senior."

"Just go ahead. My Linhai Ice Palace is at the end of its rope now. Let's just give it a try."

After saying this, he led the two of them out of the stone chamber.

Wei Zhong saw that this place was similar to the underground of Shuangwuling Mountain, full of winding caves, and it seemed to be a natural cave.

"This is a cave inside the mountain where my Linhai Ice Palace is located. We use it to resist the erosion of the strong wind..."

Listening to his introduction, Miaoli Shan couldn't help but speak:
"Fellow Daoist Zhu, do you know what happened in the Frost Wuling Mountain cave at that time? Why did it cause large-scale space fragmentation and then lead to space turbulence?"

Zhu Xueling seemed to be lost in memories after hearing this:

“Friend Miao was not there at the time so he really didn’t understand, but I was also equally confused when I was there.

"When we were heading towards the middle of the cave, the two from Tianshan Goshawk and Fellow Daoist Shao Jie were making the fastest progress.

“It was only ten feet away from the Silver Sky Jade Dew, but an accident happened within this ten feet.

"Shao Jie seemed to want to use fire to absorb the spiritual liquid from a distance, and Tianshan Cang Ying and others had similar ideas. But when the two of them were only half an arm's length away from Yinxiao Yulu, the space cracks in the cave began to expand without any signs.

"The cracks merged with each other and gradually turned into larger space cracks. I sensed the danger and followed my own spiritual perception to directly throw myself into a space crack.

"After a series of spatial turbulence, I woke up in the northern plains. At that time, the Arctic ice field had not suffered such a storm, so I returned to the palace easily."

Miaoli Shan asked:

"Has the Silver Sky Jade Dew been obtained by someone?"

Zhu Xueling shook her head:
"I don't know. I left in a hurry. I fled without waiting for the final result. It's really..."

"Senior, you are so brave and skilled that you can actually take the initiative to jump into the dangerous space rift."

Wei Zhong recalled the other party's almost abnormal insight, and became more convinced that Linhai Ice Palace had a secret method or special inheritance to seek benefits and avoid harm.

Zhu Xueling was unable to explain and could only say:
"It's not easy for you two to survive the space turbulence."

As they were talking, the three of them had already crossed the long passage and arrived at a wide underground cave.

Wei Zhong was attracted by the blue flame above the cave at first sight.

The core of the flame is almost white, and the blue gradually deepens as it goes outward, with the outermost part appearing as light blue as the sky.

The light it cast illuminated the entire cave, making this place not much different from the ice field outside.

'Just as cold.'

Thinking of this, Wei Zhong realized that the flame emitted cold air, not heat.

"This……"

“This is one of the treasures of my Linhai Ice Palace, the Mysterious Heavenly Ice Flame.

"It is different from the ordinary spiritual fire of heaven and earth. This fire gathers heat instead of dissipating it. It is a very unique flame."

Wei Zhong and Miaoli Shan both looked at the flames in the sky curiously.

This kind of strange spiritual fire from heaven and earth can perhaps only be seen in this far north.

"Uncle Master!"

A female cultivator in a blue robe came over. Wei Zhong looked down and found that she was the cultivator with a very sharp spiritual perception whom he had seen in Shuangwu Lingshan.

Sure enough, when he saw Wei Zhong among the three people, his expression changed slightly.

He frowned deeply, causing Zhu Xueling to ask:

"what happened?"

"It's okay, just a little uncomfortable."

But secretly he sent a message to Zhu Xueling:

"Uncle Master, be careful of this person. He is not a simple Jindan cultivator."

The latter nodded secretly:
"Don't worry, this person is a fourth-level weapon refiner. He may have many fourth-level skills. Otherwise, he would not be able to survive in the space turbulence."

After comforting her own disciples a little, Zhu Xueling turned to look at Wei Zhong and the others.

"Follow me, both of you." Taking the two of them deep into the wide cave and into some small compartments, Wei Zhong saw a number of refiners who were polishing tools.

'Making magic weapon parts?'

Wei Zhong had once participated in the refining of a fourth-order puppet, so he was naturally familiar with this process.

Following Zhu Xueling's guidance, the four finally arrived at the largest stone chamber.

There is half a magical instrument shaped like a spirit boat hanging here, and many monks are surrounding it, filling in various parts and spiritual patterns.

The opportunity to reach Nascent Soul stage is coming.

Da Jin’s identity and the reason for the sudden thunderstorm will be revealed in the next few chapters.

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(End of this chapter)