A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 202 The Far North

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Miaoyu was deeply shaken upon hearing this, and after a long while, she slowly spoke, her voice filled with disbelief: "There really is someone who can ignore the baleful aura in the blood essence of demonic beasts and cultivate the Blood Fusion Technique all the way to the Core Formation stage... Such perseverance and opportunity are truly rare."

But as she finished speaking, a complex and unfathomable emotion flashed deep in her eyes—curiosity, amazement, and above all, pity.

As the only daughter of the Grand Elder of Fengle Trading Company, she knew some extremely secret things.

The Blood Fusion Technique was not something the trading company obtained unintentionally; rather, it was "bait" deliberately released by a Nascent Soul elder within the alliance. Once this technique is cultivated to a deep level, one will lose control of their own body, being drawn by malevolent energy and secret methods, ultimately becoming a vessel for that elder to nourish himself.

The more amazing Luo Ming's talent and the faster his cultivation, the more tragic his future fate will likely be.

Miaoyu sighed softly, not revealing the secret, but simply said, "Some great opportunities in this world are often accompanied by great disasters. This person has such perseverance, so he is quite a character, but... the road ahead may not be smooth."

Shui Linglong took it as a casual remark and didn't think much of it, only regretting that she couldn't bring such a person into the business.

Meanwhile, after leaving Fengle Trading Company, Luo Ming put away the nautical chart and, after confirming that no one was following him, did not linger.

With a flicker of his body, he transformed into an inconspicuous streak of azure light, quietly leaving the protective array of Silver Shark Island. Following the directions marked on the sea chart, he sped toward Biling Island, which contained high-grade spirit stone mines.

This flight lasted for a full three months.

The sea ahead gradually widened, and the spiritual energy became increasingly dense. In the distance, a colossal island, seemingly endless, stretched between the sea and the sky. This island, spanning thousands of miles in circumference, was the northernmost island controlled by human cultivators in the outer seas—Thunder Sky Island.

Further north, there are no more places where human cultivators gather, but rather boundless forbidden lands of demonic beasts.

"This is Thunder Sky Island... It's quite large!" Luo Ming thought to himself as he hovered in mid-air.

This island is vast, with long spiritual veins. It is lush with vegetation, and in many places where spiritual energy converges, patches of spiritual herbs can be vaguely seen growing. Although it is not as prosperous and strict as Silver Shark Island, it has unlimited potential. In another thousand years, it may very well grow into an important outer sea town comparable to Silver Shark Island.

He had spent a lot of his magical power flying all the way, so he took this opportunity to rest and replenish his supplies. After all, if he flew any further, he wouldn't be able to find a place to trade.

Luo Ming suppressed his escape light, changed into the appearance of an ordinary middle-aged cultivator, disguised himself as a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and mingled among the cultivators on the island, finding a secluded inn to stay temporarily.

But the next day, as he was preparing to leave, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, a muffled howling sound came from the horizon, as if the heavens and earth were being torn apart.

The once clear sky was instantly obscured by a layer of gray-yellow haze, and a howling wind caused the entire island-protecting formation to tremble slightly.

"It's Tianfeng!"

"The wind seems to have arrived earlier this year than last year! Quickly, take cover inside the protective barrier!"

The low-level cultivators on the island stirred, each unleashing their magical artifacts and talismans, or rushing into the prepared cave dwellings.

Luo Ming immediately raised a layer of spiritual light to protect himself, remaining secretly vigilant.

He had encountered the Heavenly Wind several times in the open sea, but this time, the gale was mixed with a bone-chilling cold. The icy power seeped into the gaps in the spiritual energy, which was completely different from the violent but simple Heavenly Wind elsewhere.

"This chill..." Luo Ming raised an eyebrow. "Could it be that there's a frigid region hidden in the far north?"

Just then, the voice of Tianjing Sanren slowly echoed in his mind, carrying a trace of ancient solemnity:

"Kid, you guessed right. Further north lies an endless, frigid wasteland. I advise you, with your current strength, don't venture there lightly."

Luo Ming's heart skipped a beat: "Senior, you went there back then?"

"Of course I've been there." Tianjing Sanren sighed softly, as if recalling the thrilling experience of that time. "When I was still in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, my curiosity got the better of me. I wanted to see what was hidden at the northernmost end of the Chaotic Star Sea, so I flew north all the way."

"We flew for several years. The further north we went, the colder the air became, and the stronger the monsters grew. Along the way, we encountered many powerful demons that had taken human form, each one more terrifying than the last."

"The most dangerous time was when I personally witnessed a level nine ice wind battling a thousand-foot-long deep-sea behemoth. Its power was so great that it overturned rivers and seas. Even with my early Nascent Soul cultivation, I could only avoid it from a distance."

"They discovered me in the midst of their fierce battle and temporarily ceased their attack, chasing after me together. If I hadn't burned my essence blood and continuously used the Golden Escape Technique, I would probably have been devoured by them long ago, leaving not even my nascent soul."

Luo Ming's pupils contracted slightly when he heard the words "Ninth-Level Ice Phoenix".

The magical beasts possessing the bloodline of the phoenix are so powerful that even a level nine ice phoenix might not be able to defeat a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Moreover, a memory flashed through his mind: in the far north of the Great Jin Dynasty, there lived an ice phoenix, which later had some connection with Han Laomo.

With the near-endless lifespan of demonic beasts, and their slow but steady rate of advancement...

These two ice phoenixes are very likely the same one!

A wild guess quietly rose in his mind.

"Senior," Luo Ming asked in a low voice via telepathy, "if we travel north from Thunder Sky Island, through that extremely cold land... is it possible to reach the Great Jin Dynasty directly?"

The Great Jin Dynasty is rumored to be a true holy land of cultivation, even more vast than the Chaotic Star Sea, with abundant cultivation resources and countless experts.

Tianjing Sanren was silent for a moment, his tone complex:

"To be honest, I had the same guess back then. But that extremely cold place was so dangerous that even with my early Nascent Soul cultivation, I almost perished. I simply didn't have the ability to cross it."

"As for whether we can actually reach the Great Jin..." Tianjing Sanren paused, his voice lowering slightly.

"Unless one day you reach the late Nascent Soul stage, or even the Deity Transformation stage, and fly over there to take a look yourself, it will forever remain just speculation."

Luo Ming took a deep breath, suppressing the surging thoughts in his mind.

Although the Great Jin Dynasty is good, he can't even completely shake off the Black Wind Old Monster right now, and he hasn't even reached the Nascent Soul stage yet, so what's the point of talking about traversing the extreme cold land?

The most urgent task is to find the location of Biling Island, and then cultivate there in peace to break through to the mid-stage of Core Formation.

As for the far northern ice plains, the level ten ice phoenix, and the legendary Great Jin Dynasty... sooner or later, he will personally make a trip there.

Luo Ming suppressed the turmoil in his heart regarding the far north and the Great Jin Dynasty. Instead of hiding in the restriction with the others, he secretly activated the Concealing Yuan Technique and silently sneaked into the swirling winds.

He fled a thousand miles off the island, completely out of sight of the cultivators of Thunder Sky Island, before finally stopping.