Chapter 762
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Chapter 762 Entering the Far North Again!
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have come to this!
In just one day, everyone watched as the Tang family built a high tower, only to see it suddenly collapse and turn to nothing.
This incident also sounded an alarm bell in the hearts of various families in the secular world.
Never try to deal with martial arts families… otherwise, when you face retaliation, you will fall into an irredeemable abyss.
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The next morning, Fang Yu received a call from Huai Xu.
“Brother Fang, regarding the Taisu Snow Lotus… I can recommend someone to you, named Cang Lan. He is a professional explorer… He often ventures deep into forbidden areas to search for treasures,” Huai Xu said. “Yesterday I spoke with him for a while, and he said he once discovered traces of the Taisu Snow Lotus, but because the location was too dangerous, he didn’t dare to pick it…”
“Where is he?” Fang Yu asked.
“West District, Xiangshi Road, number thirty-seven,” Huai Xu answered.
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Half an hour later, Fang Yu arrived at the address Huai Xu had given.
It was an old three-story Western-style building that looked dilapidated from the outside.
Fang Yu stood at the front door and pressed the doorbell.
After waiting for two minutes, no one came to open the door.
Fang Yu frowned and pressed the doorbell several more times.
“Stop pressing, the doorbell is broken.”
At that moment, a head poked out from the second floor and spoke.
Fang Yu looked up and made eye contact with the somewhat elderly-looking man.
“Are you Cang Lan?” Fang Yu asked.
“What do you want?” the man asked impatiently.
“I was referred by Huai Xu,” Fang Yu said.
Upon hearing Huai Xu’s name, the man’s gaze toward Fang Yu changed.
A moment later, he came down one floor and opened the main door.
“Huai Xu mentioned you to me,” Cang Lan said.
His face was covered in stubble, he was unkempt, and his hair was grayish-white.
Winter had just begun, and it wasn’t very cold yet, but he was already wearing a simple cotton coat with several patches on it.
“I need to obtain a Taisu Snow Lotus,” Fang Yu said.
Cang Lan looked at Fang Yu, his eyes scrutinizing, and then said, “Come in first.”
So Fang Yu followed Cang Lan into the first-floor hall of his home.
The hall’s decoration was very simple and disorganized, with various items randomly placed everywhere.
“Find somewhere to sit. I won’t make tea,” Cang Lan said.
Fang Yu didn’t sit down and asked, “Huai Xu said you know where to find the Taisu Snow Lotus?”
“Yes, but unless he comes personally or sends an elite team with me, I don’t have the ability to go to that place,” Cang Lan said.
“Isn’t that why I’m here?” Fang Yu smiled. “You just need to take me to that place, and then I’ll have my own way to retrieve the Taisu Snow Lotus.”
“You?” Cang Lan frowned, looking at Fang Yu suspiciously.
No matter how he looked at it, Fang Yu’s aura wasn’t strong, and he seemed to have only reached the Qi Condensation stage.
With this level of cultivation, he couldn’t even reach that place; he would die if he encountered a single strange beast on the way.
“You probably don’t know how dangerous that place is,” Cang Lan shook his head and said, “Forgive my frankness, but with your level of cultivation, I cannot take you there. Because I can barely protect myself, let alone another person. If you’re the young master of some great family and want to find me through Huai Xu for an adventure, then bring your family’s elite forces. At minimum, they should be at the peak of the Yuan Ying stage or above.”
“Otherwise, there’s nothing to discuss. Even if it means disrespecting Huai Xu, I can’t risk my life.”
Cang Lan took out a bamboo tube and began smoking a water pipe.
Fang Yu didn’t speak but looked around.
“Huai Xu said you’re an explorer,” Fang Yu asked. “You’ve been to many forbidden areas to search for treasures, but why is your home still so…”
Cang Lan took a big puff from his water pipe, raised his head, revealed a slight smile, and said, “I have indeed obtained many rare treasures, but except for a few with collection value, I sold all the others.”
“Since you sold them, shouldn’t your life be more affluent?” Fang Yu asked.
“I donated everything,” Cang Lan squatted on the ground, sucking on the bamboo tube while exhaling smoke, and said, “I have no family, and money isn’t a necessity for me.”
Fang Yu nodded without saying more.
How anyone lives their life is a personal choice, and others have no right to judge.
“How did you and Huai Xu meet?” Fang Yu asked again.
Hearing this question, Cang Lan raised his hand to touch a scar on his forehead and said, “He once saved my life.”
“You should know Huai Xu’s identity?” Fang Yu asked.
“Yes,” Cang Lan replied.
“Then you should trust him, or you can call him now and ask if I have sufficient strength,” Fang Yu said.
Cang Lan looked at Fang Yu, narrowed his eyes slightly, put down his water pipe, and stood up.
“Are you sure you want to go? I really can’t guarantee your safety,” Cang Lan asked.
“Don’t worry, I can definitely protect myself. I urgently need that Taisu Snow Lotus to save a life,” Fang Yu said.
Cang Lan turned to look outside, then glanced at Fang Yu again, nodded, and said, “Alright, let’s depart immediately.”
“You just need to tell me the exact location, and I can take you there, taking at most two or three seconds,” Fang Yu said.
Hearing this, Cang Lan looked at Fang Yu with surprise in his eyes.
But he didn’t say much, turning to go into the inner room, seemingly gathering tools.
Soon, he returned with a storage pouch at his waist.
“Tell me the location,” Fang Yu said.
“This place is actually not far from North City,” Cang Lan took out a large map from his storage pouch.
The map was very old, covered with markings.
Cang Lan pointed to an area in the north, which had a red circle drawn on it.
Fang Yu’s eyes moved slightly as he saw the exact location of the red circle.
It was north of North City.
The Far North region.
“I was at this place a few months ago,” Fang Yu said.
“Even if you went there, you were only in the outer area… The point I’ve marked is in the deepest part of the Far North,” Cang Lan said solemnly.
The deepest part of the Far North?
Fang Yu recalled the strange voice that had come from the depths of the Far North back then.
“Have you been inside there before?” Fang Yu asked.
“Very close, but I couldn’t go any further,” Cang Lan answered.
“Why?” Fang Yu frowned and asked.
“Because… there are incredible monsters guarding that place,” Cang Lan recalled, fear showing in his eyes.
Fang Yu narrowed his eyes at Cang Lan, then placed his right hand on Cang Lan’s shoulder.
“Since the location is confirmed, let’s depart,” Fang Yu said.
Fang Yu silently recited an incantation, activating the teleportation talisman in his Space Ring, directly targeting the deepest part of the Far North.
The next second, the Space Ring emitted a strong light.
“Whoosh!”
Fang Yu and Cang Lan disappeared from the spot.
…
Two figures appeared at the boundary between the Blizzard Tribe’s territory and the deepest part of the Far North.
It was Fang Yu and Cang Lan.
Fang Yu had been to this location before.
It was where he had battled a group of beasts.
“I clearly targeted the deepest part, why did we end up here?” Fang Yu frowned, puzzled.
He looked ahead to see a vast snowy forest and layers of snow-covered peaks.
“Could it be that the boundary formation set by the Blizzard Tribe blocked me out?” Fang Yu thought.
“We’re currently around this position,” Cang Lan took out the map again and pointed to a location.
Fang Yu glanced at it and saw that their current position was at least a thousand kilometers away from the red circle.
“That’s too far, isn’t it?” Fang Yu looked at Cang Lan and asked, “How did you get to that place back then?”
“I spent about half a year, all of it in here,” Cang Lan looked at Fang Yu and said, “That’s why I doubted your strength… You should know that once you go in, it’s completely different from the outside world. Without a strong physique and mind, you’ll either turn back after a few steps or… never come out again.”
After speaking, Cang Lan put the map back into his storage pouch and said, “I’ll ask you one more time, do you want to enter? Once inside, it won’t be so easy to get out. Even if you’ve mastered teleportation techniques, they likely won’t work in there.”
“No need to warn me again. When I was young, I explored no less than you did,” Fang Yu smiled.
Cang Lan shook his head, dismissing Fang Yu’s words, and said, “Let’s go then.”
Afterward, Fang Yu and Cang Lan walked out of the snowy forest marking the boundary of the Blizzard Tribe’s territory and truly entered the core area of the Far North.
As soon as they crossed the boundary, Fang Yu immediately felt a powerful pressure bearing down on him.
“The further in we go, the heavier the pressure will be. Be prepared,” Cang Lan said beside him. “But on this journey, we need to pick up our pace. However, be careful not to make too much noise, and don’t reveal too much of your true energy, or it will attract many beasts.”
After speaking, Cang Lan released a bit of true energy and rushed forward at an extremely fast speed.
Fang Yu followed behind him without using any true energy, yet his speed was not slow.
After running like this for about ten minutes, a vast expanse of white snowy forest appeared before them.
Cang Lan suddenly stopped, looked up, and his expression changed slightly.
Fang Yu also looked up and saw a face with distorted features, filled with terror.
The face and the blood on it had frozen into ice, especially the blood that appeared to be dripping, which looked particularly eerie.
Fang Yu stepped back a few paces and looked up again to see that this was a corpse… or rather, half a corpse.
The man had been cut in half at the waist, with only the upper body remaining, hanging upside down by the intestines.
Fang Yu looked to the right and saw that the trees in a row all had similar half-corpses hanging from their branches, looking extremely bizarre.
“A total of thirteen corpses, all missing their lower bodies, with the upper bodies hanging from tree branches,” Fang Yu said.
“Shh!” At this moment, Cang Lan’s expression suddenly changed, and he turned to make a gesture for Fang Yu to be quiet.
Fang Yu also noticed that from behind a tree trunk ahead, there came a small but somewhat grating sound.
It was as if someone was grinding their teeth…
