Chapter 492 - The Arctic Wilderness (2/2)

On the Flying-cloud Stone, there were not only a lot of flowers, grass, and trees but also a courtyard. Outside the courtyard were tracts of flowerbeds and a pavilion with a chessboard placing inside…

The shopkeeper saw the surprised expressions on their faces and asked with a smile, “Dear guests, are you satisfied?”

Xiao Chen nodded. Although the price of this journey was a little expensive, it was also worth it. One should know that even many major sects didn’t have the Flying-cloud Stone that was as luxurious as this one. At once, he paid the remaining 170,000 Spirit Stones. Then, he got on the Flying-cloud Stone with Chu Qi, Yang Qing, and the others.

The speed of the Flying-cloud Stone was not bad. Only in the afternoon, they arrived at the Kunlun Mountains, which was known as the ancestor of ten thousand mountains. The towering snow mountains of Kunlun were endless, like a long dragon laying on this land.

Xiao Chen stood on the edge of the Flying-cloud Stone, looking down at the Kunlun Mountains below. He could even faintly see some snowbirds flying between the peaks of the mountains.

There were many myths about the Kunlun Mountains. It was said that that the Queen Mother of the West had a fairy tree, named Immortal Wood. Later, the Demon King caused a great disturbance within the Heaven Realm, which made the Immortal Wood descend to the Human Realm. It then fell on the Kunlun Mountain.

The place where the Immortal Wood landed gradually evolved into a Kunlun Fairyland that was hard to be found by the people in the world. There were many immortals and rare beasts in the Kunlun Fairyland, such as Bai Ze, who knew the feelings of all things and Hun Dun, one of the four fierce beasts.

However, these were only legends, after all. For thousands of years, countless cultivators had gone to the remote Kunlun Mountains to seek eternal fate. But none of them eventually had ever found the Kunlun Fairyland, and many of them froze to death there.

Of course, some Rogue Immortals once said that they had entered the Kunlun Fairyland, but the truth was not known yet. In fact, the real existence was the Kunlun Sword Sect, which was called the ancestor of those sword practitioners. It was also because of the legends of the Kunlun Mountains, people in this world called Kunlun disciples the Sword Immortals of Kunlun.

Xiao Chen took a deep breath. He didn’t know where the Kunlun Sect was either. He thought, “Perhaps it is hidden in the Kunlun Mystic Land (not the Kunlun Fairyland). I don’t know how Brother Yifeng and Muxue are doing now. Can I see them when I come back from the Wastelands?”

After flying about 30 minutes, they still hadn’t crossed the Kunlun Mountains, but the temperature was getting lower and lower. Even though this luxury Flying-cloud Stone had several layers of defensive barriers, they could still feel the bone-chilling coldness outside.

Although it was frigid, for some reason, Xiao Chen suddenly had some strange feelings in his heart. Somehow, when the Flying-cloud Stone arrived in the sky above this mountain range, he suddenly felt that the place below looked very familiar and friendly to him. This feeling became increasingly intenser, and it became so strong that he nearly wanted to go down there immediately.

“Brother Xiao, what’s wrong?” Aside, Yang Qing asked when he saw Xiao Chen’s strange expression.

Finally, Xiao Chen came to his senses and shook his head. “I’m fine.” He answered with some frustrating meaning in his tone. Xiao Chen didn’t know what was going on either, but suddenly, he felt… It was an indescribable feeling, which strongly attempted him to go down.

“Elder brother, can you please stop for a while? I want to stay here and watch for a while longer,” asked Xiao Chen, looking at a middle-aged man who was controlling the Flying-cloud Stone not far away.

The middle-aged man was dressed in a long green robe. When he heard Xiao Chen’s request, he seemed to be in a dilemma. Smiling bitterly, he said, “This is absolutely impossible. The mountains here are relatively high, and the physical features of this place are dangerous. Beyond these, it is very easy to encounter a cold current here. If we suddenly stop here, I’m afraid that the Flying-cloud Stone will lose control. That will come to no good end.”

“Is that so…” Xiao Chen couldn’t help feeling a little lost. Somehow, he suddenly had a feeling of attachment to this place.

Just as he finished speaking, the entire Flying-cloud Stone suddenly shook violently. Before he could react, Chu Qi had already activated his weapon in an instant and cropped up beside Xiao Chen to protect him. “Be careful, Master!”

Xiao Chen couldn’t help feeling a little startled. Her speed of reaction was much faster than Qingluan’s. The middle-aged man, who was controlling the Flying-cloud Stone, smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter. It’s just an ordinary cold current. My guests, please come inside and have a rest. Someone will send food to you later.”

Xiao Chen didn’t say anything more. He just looked at the vast expanse of whiteness below, but still, he had this uncanny feeling. Finally, at dusk, the Flying-cloud Stone ultimately passed through the towering Kunlun Mountains and arrived at the Arctic Wilderness, which was outside the realm of the Five Continents.

Looking from a distance, Xiao Chen found that it was a boundless ice plain. He couldn’t help feeling emotional. It had been thousands of years, but the Arctic Wilderness was still here. In previous, it was a vast land in the Immortal Century and hadn’t yet divided into five continents. But also, the ice plain of the Arctic Wilderness was there at that time.

At that time, Immortal’s Practice flourished, and so the evil demons withdrew and kept off. To avoid the Cultivators’ sect of the Immortal’s Practice, many small sects of the Devil’s Practice fled to the Arctic Wilderness to hide. As time went by, thousands of years had passed in the blink of an eye. Now, the sects of the Devil’s Practice could stand up to the Cultivators’ sect of the Immortal’s Practice as an equal. Thus, there was no need for them to flee to such a barren and cold place now.

At the thought of this, Xiao Chen took a deep breath. He couldn’t help feeling a little sad. After flying for a while, the Flying-cloud Stone slowed down. Below the floating yellow clouds in the sky was a vast glacier.

Xiao Chen walked to the edge and looked down, thinking, “Before the Yaoguang Temple, there were two lotus ponds, in which grew a few thousand-year-old wilderness Wilderness Ice-lotuses. Master said that she brought these lotuses back from the Arctic Wilderness when she was chasing after an evildoer of the Devil’s Practice. Did my master really come to this place in the past?”

At this moment, Xiao Chen’s heart was full of unspeakable bitterness, which had accumulated for seven thousand years. He really wanted to go down and see if there was any trace left by his master…

Just then, something glittered on the glacier ahead of them. Xiao Chen fixed his eyes on it, and then his face changed dramatically.

“Stop! Stop now!” He shouted.