Chapter 768
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Chapter 768: Taisu Snow Lotus!
“Do you think my father sent me here just to walk around in those icy snow lands and then go back?” Qi Ruoqing turned her head and asked expressionlessly.
The two attendants froze, not responding.
“If you are afraid, you can turn back immediately. I don’t need your assistance,” Qi Ruoqing said, her eyes glowing with a faint blue light. “Don’t worry, I’ll have my own explanation for my father and won’t implicate you.”
“Miss, how could we possibly do that?” The two attendants’ expressions changed as they hurriedly replied.
“Then stop wasting words and follow me,” Qi Ruoqing said coldly, walking onto the iron chain bridge alone.
The two attendants followed behind, their expressions constantly changing.
But seeing Qi Ruoqing walking further away, the two had no choice but to grit their teeth and follow.
After this group of three, one family team after another emerged from the narrow path and arrived at the cliff edge.
Seeing the iron chain bridge ahead and the obviously darker sky on the other side, each team showed some shock and hesitation.
Most of them had never been to this place before, nor had they ever imagined that the deepest part of the extreme north would present such a scene.
But having come this far, no one wanted to retreat.
They had all received the same intelligence that brought them here.
After enduring countless hardships, they were determined to secure a treasure to take back!
So, one family team after another crossed the iron chain bridge, stepping onto a land completely different from the previous icy snow world.
As these people carefully crossed the iron chain bridge, they didn’t notice that in the abyss below their feet, a pair of eyes glowing with red light was staring at them from above.
Every person who crossed the bridge was scanned by these eyes…
…
Fang Yu arrived at the cave entrance and strode in confidently.
While walking, Fang Yu tried to release his divine consciousness.
But just as he attempted this, he immediately felt a force, like a thick wall, blocking his divine consciousness, preventing it from spreading.
In that instant, his divine consciousness could only detect darkness.
Fang Yu had experienced this feeling once before, the last time he went to the boundary of the extreme northern depths.
At that time, he had tried to use his divine consciousness to track the voice that could control the emotions of countless beasts… After tracking to a certain distance, he encountered such a wall.
“Before crossing the iron chain bridge, I could use my divine consciousness… This means only this forbidden zone has the ability to block divine consciousness,” Fang Yu thought. “This also suggests that the source of the voice controlling countless beasts is within this forbidden zone.”
Since his divine consciousness couldn’t be used, Fang Yu activated his Eye of Insight.
Immediately, the previously pitch-black interior of the cave became bright in Fang Yu’s vision.
The space inside the cave wasn’t large; in fact, it was quite narrow.
Just two or three meters ahead was the end.
On the rock wall, a snow-white plant protruded from the middle.
The Taisu Snow Lotus?
In such an obvious place?
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then walked forward to the rock wall.
As he approached, he could smell a faint fragrance.
This was indeed the Taisu Snow Lotus.
The medicinal fragrance was subtle but extremely rare.
Fang Yu reached out, picked the Taisu Snow Lotus, and placed it in the storage space of his Void Ring.
“Is it that simple? Wasn’t there supposed to be a monster?” Fang Yu looked around, puzzled.
Just as this doubt arose, something strange happened before him!
“Rumble…”
The entire cave suddenly began to shake.
Then, the rock wall in front of Fang Yu suddenly pushed forward, crashing directly into him.
“Bang!”
The powerful force sent Fang Yu flying out of the cave.
While flying backward, Fang Yu opened his Eye of Insight wide, staring at the situation inside the cave.
He could see that inside the cave, the original rock wall was slowly changing shape, transforming into a human form!
“A stone person?”
Fang Yu’s mind raced.
He had been using his Eye of Insight the whole time, yet hadn’t detected anything unusual about the rock wall!
This meant that this stone person wasn’t a living being, nor did it have any internal mechanisms. It was simply a monster formed from pure stone in human shape!
Outside, this would be quite incomprehensible.
But in this forbidden zone… it was hard to say.
Fang Yu steadied himself about thirty meters outside the cave.
“Bang bang bang…”
At this moment, the stone person composed of grayish-black rocks charged out from the cave toward Fang Yu.
For a large and heavy stone person, its speed was quite fast.
But before Fang Yu, it seemed sluggish.
“Whoosh!”
Fang Yu moved swiftly, appearing behind the stone person.
Looking at the rock wall on the stone person’s back, Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and said, “So that Taisu Snow Lotus was growing from your buttocks? No wonder you’re so angry.”
Upon hearing this, the stone person immediately stopped and tried to turn around.
“Bang!”
But in the next second, its entire hard body exploded violently!
Amidst the dust and smoke, Fang Yu leaped back to the hillside.
Cang Lan, seeing the stone monster that had terrified him being blown apart by Fang Yu with a single punch, was once again shocked.
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier that the Taisu Snow Lotus was growing on that stone person’s body?” Fang Yu asked.
“The Taisu Snow Lotus was on the monster’s body? I didn’t know…” Cang Lan’s eyes widened as he said, “I was just passing by the hillside when I saw a rock wall inside the cave with a Taisu Snow Lotus growing on it… So that rock wall was actually the stone person?”
“That’s right, and it was growing right on its buttocks,” Fang Yu laughed.
After speaking, Fang Yu walked toward the Imperial War Chariot and sat down.
“Now that we’ve obtained the Taisu Snow Lotus, we should take a casual tour around this forbidden zone,” Fang Yu said. “With so many people coming here, what exactly are they looking for?”
Cang Lan ran over and sat in the back of the chariot.
“Which direction should we go now?” Fang Yu asked.
“I… don’t know. Last time I just came here and then returned the same way,” Cang Lan said.
“In that case, let’s just follow our intuition and choose a direction randomly,” Fang Yu said, controlling the chariot to rise and charge forward.
No matter how many places they passed, the surrounding scenery didn’t change much.
The ground was covered with grayish-black rocks, with occasional small hills.
If they weren’t sitting in the chariot, moving quickly, but walking on the ground instead, they would surely feel despair.
This forbidden zone was like the deepest part of the ocean, endless to the eye, yet completely desolate.
The Imperial War Chariot continued northward for nearly twenty minutes.
Although they hadn’t increased to top speed, they had traveled at least two to three hundred kilometers.
They discovered nothing and saw no other groups of people.
“Do you know how large this forbidden zone is?” Fang Yu asked.
“I think… no one in the current world knows the answer,” Cang Lan replied.
“I see…” Fang Yu nodded and said, “I feel our current direction is wrong. We should first find a team, then figure out how to follow them… That way we’ll have a chance to find what those people are looking for. Continuing to drive aimlessly like this, who knows when it will end.”
After speaking, Fang Yu turned the chariot around and headed in the opposite direction, suddenly accelerating.
Another nearly twenty minutes passed.
Fang Yu wasn’t sure if the direction was correct, as the surrounding scenery still hadn’t changed much.
He still hadn’t seen any human teams.
So, Fang Yu changed direction again and traveled for another twenty minutes.
Going around in circles, they still found nothing.
“Where did all those people go?” Fang Yu frowned, stopping the chariot in mid-air, standing up to look into the distance.
“Bang!”
Just then, an explosion came from the direction he was looking.
Then, a very faint shouting sound also reached Fang Yu’s ears.
“Finally found people,” Fang Yu’s face lit up with joy as he immediately controlled the chariot to charge toward the source of the sound.
“Whoosh!”
The chariot streaked through the air, leaving a trail of golden light in the gray sky.
…
“Help… I don’t want to die!”
At this moment, in a low-lying basin, four men wearing yellow robes were desperately fleeing.
A completely black monster, shaped like a python or a flood dragon, was chasing them!
The monster had a huge bloody mouth, with some human remains still inside.
The four yellow-robed men all had early Nascent Soul cultivation levels.
But facing this monster, they didn’t even have the ability to resist!
From discovering this monster, to eight teammates being brutally killed, to fleeing for their lives… all these events happened within just two minutes!
“Help us…” The four were terrified, crying out for help, begging for a response.
“Ah!”
Just then, the monster caught up and swallowed one man who had fallen slightly behind!
“Crunch…”
The sound of bones being crushed and blood splattering made the three men running ahead tremble uncontrollably.
In this place, due to the overwhelming pressure and spell restrictions, they couldn’t use much true energy, couldn’t fly using qi, and could only run with their physical strength.
“Help us…”
Another person was caught by the monster and swallowed in one gulp.
In an instant, only two people remained fleeing for their lives.
The monster easily swallowed the person in its mouth and lunged forward again.
“Swoosh!”
At this moment, a blue sword light appeared in mid-air, slashing down toward the monster’s body below!
“Bang!”
With an explosion, the sword energy struck the monster just below its head!
However, the monster merely shook its head slightly and still lunged forward!
“Crunch!”
Another person was swallowed and chewed to pieces!
“Ah… I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die…”
The last remaining person completely collapsed mentally, sitting paralyzed on the ground, unable to move.
The monster swallowed the person in its mouth in just a few bites, then extended its head again!
“Swoosh!”
At this moment, a figure flashed out from behind, accompanied by a blue sword light slashing out!
