Chapter 977: Traveling Up North
The North Thearch had disappointed everyone. He simply circled around Stupa Mountain and returned to North Thearch City. The Wu Clan had also withdrawn all their members from the cities and returned. They had also returned the Ye and Xuan Clans’ members. Everyone was bewildered because Jiang Yi never appeared again for several days.
Could Jiang Yi have been killed by the North Thearch?
Many people were doubtful. The Wu Clan didn’t make any announcement and treated it as though nothing had happened. Logically, if Jiang Yi had been killed, the Wu Clan would surely announce to the world to calm their military and restore some reputation. However, if they didn’t kill him, why would they withdraw their experts while Jiang Yi vanished without a trace?
Everyone was waiting for information from the Wu Clan or for Jiang Yi to appear again.
The information had also swiftly traveled to G.o.ds Bestow Tribe, and the tribe was flared up. However, after Jiang Yi didn’t make an appearance after five days and without any follow-up news, everyone’s got worried.
The Shadow Emperor had ordered to search for Jiang Yi, but there was no news even after all the hidden scouts had been activated. They could no longer detect that green pearl anymore too.
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Jiang Yi had gone to the extreme north of the continent. That place wasn’t inhabited by humans, and there were no cities there either. The Shadow Emperor’s men naturally couldn’t find him, and the information of him going to the extreme north was only known by that mysterious elder. No one else.
“It is so cold!”
Jiang Yi was 30 million miles away from the North Thearch City. He had executed the Heaven Evasion continuously until he couldn’t stand it anymore. He tore out from the void and was prepared to dig an underground cave to rest. Once he appeared outside, he felt as though he was going to freeze up. This d.a.m.ned place was so cold that his blood was getting frozen solid.
The sky fluttered with snowflakes, and a single glance was nothing but a beautiful snowscape and also barren lands. There were basically no plants and trees, only unending snow mountains.
He circulated his essence force to expel the cold air from his body and took out a flexible sword to dig underground. The result was the clas.h.i.+ng of metallic objects which echoed. His flexible sword was actually repelled, and the acc.u.mulated snow on the ground had been scattered, revealing black soil. There was only a small pit in the soil.
“Is the land made of cold steel?”
Jiang Yi blinked his eyes. He then took out the Black Iron Sword and cleaved down after pouring in his essence force. Only by doing so was he able to cleave open a deep pit. He shook his head as he would need at least one hour to dig more than 30 kilometers into the ground, and it would be too tiring!
He sat cross-legged on the ground and extended his Divine Perception to examine the surrounding situation. After making sure that the North Thearch didn’t chase after him, he would then randomly find a place to rest. As a result, something had happened which had shocked him.
His Divine Perception could only extend up to a radius of a thousand miles. When he used his divine senses, he had realized that this d.a.m.ned place was just like the Purgatory Ruin. It seemed to have a mystical and natural restriction that limited the divine senses.
Hoo-Hoo!
His soul spirit was too exhausted, and he decided not to bother about it first. He flew and looked for a small valley. He then took out the Thearch Palace before flas.h.i.+ng inside. The weather on the outside was too cold, and if he slept outside, he would probably be frozen to death.
This sleep had taken three days and nights!
The North Thearch didn’t pursue, and there was no one in the vicinity. When Jiang Yi was awakened, he immediately scouted outside and noticed that the Thearch Palace had turned into a small snow mountain and had been completely covered by acc.u.mulated snow.
He released his Divine Perception again, and after confirming that he could only extend it up to 1000 miles, he felt a little headache. He looked through the map of the Savage Snow Region, and this region was simply too ma.s.sive. It was at least the size of 30 North Thearch Regions. If he couldn’t release his Divine Perception, how was he going to find the Heaven Hidden Sect?
“If I knew this earlier, I should have asked the Shadow Emperor’s men to investigate on the Heaven Hidden Sect!”
Jiang Yi sat in the main hall with worries and had nearly executed the Heaven Evasion to head back. When he recalled the mysterious elder’s warning, he didn’t dare to take another step back in the East Imperial Continent. Right now, the North Thearch was in a fit of anger, and if he was tracked by the North Thearch, Jiang Yi reckoned that the North Thearch would chase him to the ends of the world to kill him.
“Should I look around first? I will go to Sin Island to investigate the Heaven Hidden Sect if I truly cannot find it.”
Jiang Yi had silently made his decision. It was mainly because Qi Tianyu and his men had perished, and he didn’t have the face to go look for the Shadow Emperor’s men. He took out rations and clean water and ate his fill in the main hall. After he finished eating, he took out the Smelting Divine Furnace and let out an expression of pity. “This ancient artifact is a cardinal treasure. It is a pity that I am unable to use it anymore because all my power of stars is depleted! However, it is truly worth it to kill five DemiG.o.ds.”
Jiang Yi was satisfied with the Smelting Divine Furnace’s prowess, and he was even more motivated. He imagined when he could activate the Smelting Divine Furnace as he desired after he cultivated his essence force to the peak stage of the Heaven Monarch Realm and DemiG.o.d Realm. He got secretly excited as he would be able to kill groups of DemiG.o.ds by then.
“Hurhur, wait until I reach the DemiG.o.d Realm. I will surely return to the East Imperial Continent and incinerate all the Wu Clan’s Half G.o.ds!”
Jiang Yi muttered and quickly let out a bitter smile. Without the 100 times and 1000 times cultivation rooms, he would need an unknown amount of time to cultivate to the peak stage of Heaven Monarch. There were certainly no cultivation rooms in this Savage Snow Region.
“Time to go and find Ruoxue first!”
He teleported out of the Thearch Palace and stored before preparing to execute the Heaven Evasion. He didn’t know why Su Ruoxue at the Heaven Hidden Sect was, but he trusted the mysterious elder’s words without any doubts. Ji Tingyu finding a fake Su Ruoxue was originally a big risk. If Jiang Yi had discovered that it was a fake from the start, he would surely plot against them. Hence, Su Ruoxue shouldn’t be in the Wu Clan.
Chi! Chi!
He tore the void and executed the Heaven Evasion. His soul spirit was now tough enough for him to travel over 30 million miles and wouldn’t be overly exhausted. If he was desperate, he could execute the Heaven Evasion for two consecutive times.
“d.a.m.n!”
However, Jiang Yi had suddenly flown out from the void after traveling over 10 million miles, and his face was filled with fatigue. The spatial zone here was especially steady. He could only travel over 10 million miles, and his soul spirit would be abnormally exhausted.
He scouted the vicinity and rested for half a day before executing the Heaven Evasion again. He ended up traveling further north, and his speed was getting slower. This time, he only traveled five million miles before he had to stop as his soul spirit was already very tired.
The surrounding was still a horizon of snow plains that didn’t have a border. Jiang Yi looked at the sky which was having a heavy snowfall. He stood on the mountain staring blankly. In this vast snow region, where was he going to find Su Ruoxue?
He took out the Thearch Palace and slept for another two days before continuing his travel up north.
Since the Heaven Hidden Sect had the word ‘Hidden’, it should be in a concealed place. This place was getting colder, and Vajra Realm martial artists wouldn’t be able to withstand it. The further north he went, the colder it got. It was also more dangerous and concealed. He had a premonition that the Heaven Hidden Sect was in the northernmost place.
This time, he had only executed the Heaven Evasion for 500 thousand miles before he was forced to stop. The spatial zone here was too steady, and Jiang Yi’s Divine Perception could only scout for a few hundred miles. His divine senses could only scout for over a dozen miles.
“How am I going to find them like this?”
Jiang Yi let out a long breath and noticed that the astral winds during nighttime in this place was especially concentrated. There would be astral winds just ten meters above, and the concentration was ten times more than the East Imperial Continent!
Dong! Dong!
Just as he wanted to enter the Thearch Palace to rest, there was a slight tremor that could be felt from the ground. Immediately after, a black shadow penetrated his barrier and rushed into his body. Even with Jiang Yi’s current strength, he couldn’t react in time.
“What monster is this? It can actually attack the soul spirit directly?”
Jiang Yi noticed that black shadow rus.h.i.+ng straight for his soul spirit and had astounding speed. He was so shocked that his body s.h.i.+vered before he quickly controlled the soul swords to attack that black shadow!
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