The male supporting character was actually myself.

"Ha, trying to sow discord again." The other side showed no sympathy, hurling an ice blade at them. "You outsiders won't take this opportunity to cause trouble!"

Both of them were genuinely at the Tribulation Transcending stage. Since the other party didn't even give them a chance to speak before launching a sneak attack, they naturally wouldn't be polite anymore.

"Whoosh!"

Jiang Chen didn't even dodge. With a slight twitch of his index finger, the long sword on his back was drawn and collided with the opponent's ice blade in mid-air, creating a sonic boom.

The opponent was thwarted, and the icy wings carried him backward, sending him flying into an iceberg.

"Warning! Warning! Enemy attack!"

The other party coughed up blood, crushed the communication jade slip in his hand, and then scrambled into the ice cave on the mountaintop.

"Are all the cultivators on Thousand Island crazy?" Jiang Chen asked with a look of disgust.

Chi Ling grinned, "A bunch of idiots, no wonder Lang Bei took advantage of their weakness."

"Is he calling for reinforcements?" The little white cat curiously peeked out.

Zi Ling had been chased by the Ice Feather Clan before, and was now trembling with fear, too afraid to come out. She whispered in the pendant, "Thousand Ice Island is rich in natural treasures with water and ice attributes."

In the past, some outside cultivators wanted a share of the spoils and started wars under various pretexts.

The Ice Feather Clan inevitably harbors some hostility towards outsider cultivators. Furthermore, they are accustomed to ruling Thousand Ice Island with absolute authority, making them naturally domineering and intolerant of others.

As they were talking, the Illusionary Butterfly suddenly perked up and whispered, "Sister Bai, there are evil cultivators in the city below!"

I once met a wicked cultivator in Lanlingzhou who would refine the remains of young girls and evil plants into pills, adding crystal orchid honey to them. I remember that smell very clearly.

Someone in this city is making the same thing; I can smell it!

Chapter Twenty-Four: Anyone who has seen a bit of the world...

"boom!"

Just as Jiang Chen was about to descend on his sword to have Zi Ling and Huan Ling point out where Lang Bei was, he heard a roar in mid-air.

"Junior Brother Chen, be careful!"

Bai Yu reacted swiftly, casting a spell to freeze an iceberg that had flown in from nowhere. Seeing this, Jiang Chen followed up with a sword strike, instantly shattering the massive iceberg that had intended to crush them into mud into dust, which then scattered and drifted away with the gust of wind.

Someone had already sounded the horn in the city, and people on the street quickened their pace and hid in the nearest house, closing their doors.

Some of the bolder ones peered out the window, trying to catch a glimpse of the gods fighting.

However, apart from the strong winds and the vast expanse of white snow, nothing could be seen.

If all the dust from an iceberg blasted into the city were to fall into it, it would probably bury the entire snow city alive.

This action was contrary to the teachings of the Qingfeng Sect, so Bai Yu and Jiang Chen immediately used a spell to blow the snow and ice fragments into an uninhabited place at sea. As more and more powder accumulated, it eventually formed an iceberg.

"Fellow Daoist of Thousand Ice Island is so unreasonable!"

Jiang Chen rebuked in a deep voice: "Without asking the reasons; without distinguishing right from wrong, no wonder you condone evil cultivators harming the people, while letting innocent water ghosts take the blame."

His voice, enhanced by magic, became deep and clear, instantly carrying far.

The Ice Feather Clan royal family, who built an ice castle on a crystal-clear ice mountain in the center of Thousand Iceland, received the news almost at the very beginning of the battle.

"The message was delivered hastily; who knows where these Tom, Dick, and Harry have come from, trying to cause trouble again." A handsome male Ice Feather Clan member with long silver hair slung a golden feathered arrow over his shoulder and strode out of the Ice Palace, laughing, "I'll go and slaughter them all; I guarantee they won't dare to do it again!"

The beautiful girl who was playing with a lively and cute snowman pet stood up upon hearing this.

Her tall and slender figure appeared even more graceful under the beautiful silver armor. She wore a light blue headband, and her long silver hair was as smooth as water. Her voice was ethereal and melodious, "Seventh Brother, is it from Snow City again?"

The iceberg magic array that my elder brother set up a while ago has been activated, and it will surely annihilate those troublemakers in one fell swoop.

"Do you really need to go there yourself?"

“There are traces of me on that magic array. I sensed that the array was destroyed just now. It should not be able to deter those outsiders. If I don’t go, the generals guarding Snow Town will probably be killed or wounded.”

The seventh prince strummed the bowstring with his right hand and said in a deep voice, "Tell Father and Mother that I will be right back."

"I want to go too!" The Ice Feather Clan princess followed closely behind, whispering, "I've never seen outsiders before, Seventh Brother, please take me to see them!"

"We'll keep a distance then," the Seventh Prince said confidently.

In addition, her younger sister has amazing talent. Although she has never stepped out of the inner island, she has already cultivated her strength to be stronger than herself. She does lack combat experience and should also see what she can do.

Therefore, the Seventh Prince did not stop her, but only told his younger sister to be careful.

The two flew to the huge array on the mountain peak outside the hall. A dazzling light shot into the sky, and a few breaths later, their figures disappeared and instantly appeared in the newly built teleportation array in Snow City.

A while ago, the Snow City steward reported that a water ghost was causing trouble. The guard team tried to kill it several times but failed. Instead, the cunning water ghost roamed the underground water veins of Snow City, causing dozens of innocent girls to disappear without a trace. To this day, they have been neither found alive nor dead.

To avoid being a trap set by outside cultivators, the Ice Feather Clan royal family dispatched special personnel to quickly establish a teleportation array here, so that they could provide immediate support if any situation was discovered.

At this moment, the teleportation array indeed came in handy.

"Who goes there, daring to invade my Thousand Ice Island!" The seventh prince and princess had just arrived at the battlefield when he drew his bow and shouted menacingly.

The white cloak and feather-like decorations fluttering in the wind made his dashing figure appear even taller.

Jiang Chen immediately noticed the royal insignia on the other party's chest. Holding his sword in his right hand, he said in a deep voice, "We are disciples of the Qingfeng Sect. We have come here to search for the evil cultivators hiding in Snow City."

Upon hearing that he was a disciple of the Qingfeng Sect, the Seventh Prince immediately loosened his grip on the bow and arrow and asked in a loud voice, "Do you have any proof?"

A sect leader's disciple's waist token flew from Bai Yu's hand.

The other party quickly cupped their hands and said, "We were unaware that our distinguished guests had come from afar. My arrogant and ignorant subordinates have offended you greatly. Please forgive us."

He is a member of the royal family, not some lowly guard or steward who gets arrogant and forgets his place because of a little power.

The Seventh Prince knew the weight of the name "Qingfeng Sect" and therefore dared not be negligent, so he quickly had his younger sister step forward to exchange greetings.

Unlike the original story where the protagonist showed off and led his harem to conquer the royal inner island before finally sitting down to talk, Jiang Chen and Bai Yu did not engage in any major conflict. However, both stories involved the Seventh Prince leading the Ice Feather Clan's only princess to meet the visiting cultivators.

Jiang Chen also summarized the beauties that the protagonist seduced using the system.

Apart from the "stepping stones" who were initially only there to gain rewards, all the other women who were truly brought into his harem and stayed by his side had one thing in common—they were simply innocent and had never been in a relationship.

Especially the Ice Feather Clan princess, who was the only daughter among the seven boys born to the Ice Feather King and Queen, and was pampered from a young age.

Having grown up like this, she had never seen the people and scenes outside.

When he met the protagonist Qin Xiuer, he already had a lot of travel experience. The strange and wonderful stories he told when he was alone with the innocent and curious little princess made her yearn for it.

When the environment is limited and the girl's heart is restless, Qin Xiuer can naturally take advantage of the situation.

If the Ice Feather Clan princess had seen more of the outside world, she wouldn't have been easily fooled by his sweet talk.

"The evil cultivator is behind this, and the water ghost is actually the manifestation of the girl he harmed?" The Seventh Prince's expression turned cold after hearing their story. "There's no time to lose. Please, Miss Ziling, show yourself and find the whereabouts of that evil cultivator!"

Only then did Zi Ling cautiously float out of the pendant, her eyes filled with timidity as she looked at the Seventh Prince and the Little Princess. "My home is at No. 9, Baishuang Lane, Snow City. My father is a boatman..."

Finding the evil cultivator was the priority; the matter of guarding the reckless was put aside for the time being. The Seventh Prince quickly organized a force to surround Snow City to prevent the evil cultivator from escaping.

Then everyone descended from the sky. The Seventh Prince and the Little Princess put away the Ice Feather; Jiang Chen and Bai Yu returned their flying swords to their sheaths.

The catgirl, the red spirit, and the phantom spirit all took human form.

A group of handsome men and beautiful women walked by on the street, attracting the attention and admiration of the residents of Snow City who looked out their windows.

Zi Ling's figure floated through the street, quickly leading everyone to the courtyard where Lang Bei lived.

“No one lives here.” Jiang Chen shook his head and frowned. “He must have abandoned this place and found another place to stay.”

The seventh prince ordered his men to break down the door, only to find that the place was indeed deserted.

Judging from the amount of snow in the courtyard, it's likely that Lang Bei abandoned the courtyard not long after Zi Ling escaped.

"How did Senior Brother Chen know that no one lives inside?"

The little princess believed that her cultivation level was not low, and that even her older brothers could not catch up with her.

But just now she tried to sense it, and the auras of the many residents in the nearby houses and courtyards were chaotic and disordered, so she couldn't sense it at all, and asked out of curiosity.

Jiang Chen took the opportunity to offer some advice, "There are countless cultivation methods in the world, and different choices will lead to different strengths."

My senior sister and I practice swordsmanship together. Since we specialize in attack, we naturally also focus on perception.

However, he had only practiced some techniques and had relatively keen senses.

Compared to my fellow disciples who excel in this field, I am far inferior. They possess the ability to perceive minute details and are adept at precise control.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Fulfilling a Wish

"Brother Chen, what does 'knowing the subtle and penetrating the minute' mean? Do the cultivators outside Thousand Ice Island really have so many different cultivation methods to choose from?" The little princess felt as if a door was opening, and behind it was a completely new world that she had never seen before.

The little cat girl seized the opportunity to help, saying, "My master isn't good at this, so he probably can't explain it to you clearly either."

If you're curious, you can go and exchange ideas to learn more.

I think you guys in Thousand Iceland are too closed off from the past, as you can tell from the behavior of that guard just now.

Arrogant, rude, and conceited. If my master hadn't shown mercy, he would have been dead long ago!

The infiltration of heretical practitioners, which is known to everyone outside, is something you all cannot detect.

They're still using management methods from tens of thousands of years ago to govern Qianbing Island; they're far behind established and reputable families. They should go out and see the world more often.

"The outside world?" The little princess couldn't help but yearn for it.

While the others were busy searching for clues, the catwoman whispered in her ear, "Let me tell you, this evil cultivator hiding in Snow City couldn't make it outside, so he came here to cause trouble."

The evil magic outside is much more powerful.

There's this guy named Qin Xiuer who's practiced a kind of evil magic specifically for dealing with girls, which can make you unconsciously develop feelings for him..."

"This place has been completely cleaned up, leaving no trace." The Seventh Prince stood in the courtyard, shaking his head in disappointment. "Now my biggest worry is that Lang Bei has already left Snow City for other cities. That would be a huge problem!"

A woman dressed in a pure white dress and holding a white fan said softly, "The lingering scent here isn't very strong. Perhaps I can try to follow the scent to find traces of the evil cultivators."

But... I'm not sure if I can find it.

“The evil cultivators know that their actions are against the will of Heaven, so they hide everywhere and are very cunning.” Bai Yu encouraged them softly, “We can only investigate through clues. If Huan Ling can help, we should be able to find more traces.”

Huanling nodded, her cheeks slightly flushed. "Then I'll give it a try."

Her fair hands clasped together, her dress fluttering as countless tiny white butterflies flew out from the huge bow on her back, fluttering out of the courtyard and spreading throughout the entire city.

The Seventh Prince had never seen magic that controlled butterflies before, and he looked at her in amazement. "Miss, aren't your butterflies afraid of blizzards?"

The weather here is so cold that even normally cold-resistant animals can't survive, let alone butterflies. I hope your butterflies don't freeze to death.