Chapter 517: White Barbarian Girl (2/2)

When in the Manifestation Realm, a martial practitioner would work hard to establish a total of nine natal palaces in order to break through to the Netherpassage Realm.

Yet, upon reaching the Netherpassage Realm, one no longer had to think about these natal palaces and instead only had to focus on tempering and nourishing their True Soul. This would be the case until after the Fulfillment Realm.

However, upon entering the Fragmentation Realm, a martial practitioner would have to destroy their nine natal palaces and merge them together, allowing that martial practitioner to find another opportunity to break through…

“Each realm has its own requirements and focuses, but you don’t need to worry about them too much. Everything will come to you naturally once you reach those realms,” Du Xiangyang said with a grin, then stood up. “We still have a long, difficult path ahead of us. Since we currently have no need for it, let’s not think about reaching the Fragmentation and Nirvana Realms just yet.”

“If you don’t have anything else to say…” Luo Chen said coldly. “Let’s move out.”

Qin Lie couldn’t help but scratch his head because of the strange events that occurred in his dantian’s spirit sea. As if possessed by a devil, he continued to go over everything in his head.

In the state of Thoughtless Tranquility, he seemed to be able to adapt his mind and calm down. He could distance himself from the danger.

Since the crisis had been solved for the time being, Qin Lie put it out of his mind and nodded in response, saying, “Let’s go.”

He once again took out the Demon Sealing Tombstone.

As soon as the Demon Sealing Tombstone appeared, it began trying to fly in a certain direction. Qin Lie allowed the tombstone to pull his hand, and once he determined which way it wanted to fly, he said, “That way!”

Everyone’s eyes lit up. Now that their course had finally been set, they all hurried to follow.

In another area of the Forbidden Land of Ice, Xiahou Yuan caressed a token.

“They’re moving!” he cried icily.

The group consisting of martial practitioners from Black Voodoo Cult, the three great families, Celestial Armament Sect, and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain were less than twenty five kilometers away from Qin Lie’s group. As a result, their tokens immediately notified them of their movements.

“Ye Yihao still hasn’t returned. Should we wait for him?” Su Yan asked.

“We wait!” Huang Zhuli ordered harshly.

Feng Yiyou and Yu Men remained silent, brows furrowed as they continued recovering their spirit energy.

A few minutes later, Ye Yihao returned with a smirk on his face.

“I didn’t find Sen Ye and his black barbarians, but I did encounter white barbarians led by a woman. The moment I told her where Qin Lie’s group was, she immediately moved to pursue them! It seemed like she already knew that Qin Lie had the Pure Soul Springs.””

“Let’s wait for them to get a head start,” Huang Zhuli said.

Relying on the faint connection between all of the tokens in the area, they silently stayed where they were. Only after confirming that the white barbarians left to find Qin Lie’s group did they finally move out.

A day later, following the guidance of the Demon Sealing Tombstone, Qin Lie and his group of people found themselves rushing along a path within the Forbidden Land of Ice when, all of a sudden, a token at Qin Lie’s waist began to sound off.

“It can’t be Black Voodoo Cult and their people, so it must be the eastern barbarians! Based on the detection of the token, they’re behind us. They must already be on our tail. Should we speed up and try to throw them off?” Du Xiangyang asked.

“The eastern barbarians are a mixed group of skilled and unskilled martial practitioners. Many of them don’t posses high realms. If we increase our speed, their lower realm martial practitioners shouldn’t be able to keep up with us.” Song Tingyu thought for a moment, then continued, “This way, even if the higher realm martial practitioners catch up to us, their number will definitely be smaller. If we really end up having to fight, this will at least reduce the pressure on us somewhat.”

“Then let’s increase our speed!” Qin Lie said.

Everyone quickly reached a tacit agreement and immediately picked up the pace.

Four hours later, they reached a forest of cedar trees. Snow covered each enormous tree, forming a blanket of pure white on top of them.

Using their tokens, they knew that the eastern barbarians were hot on their trail. However, the majority of them had fallen further behind, unable to keep up because of their lower realms. This left around ten of them in pursuit.

Qin Lie’s group silently heaved sighs of relief.

“Hehehe!”

A soft chuckle resounded from a dozen or so meter tall tree right in front of them

Everyone quickly swung around to look at its source.

A slim girl leisurely stood under the cedar tree in front of them almost as if she had been waiting for them. She wore a mixture of white fur and leather clothing, and her skin was as white as snow.

Beside her, hands and neck imprisoned in a silver pillory, was Gao Yu.

Bound by a leash that the girl gripped in her hand, he resembled a prisoner awaiting execution. His head was lowered, but a cold darkness filled his eyes.

“Gao Yu!” Qin Lie exclaimed in shock.

“You know him?” The white barbarian girl laughed as she gestured toward Qin Lie’s group and said, “This… Gao Yu fellow told me he was Qin Lie’s friend. Then Sen Ye told me that very same Qin Lie had taken the Pure Soul Springs our people had long since planned to acquire…”

She then took out a silver sword of ice, the blade of which was two fingers wide, and held it to Gao Yu’s throat. She flashed Qin Lie a smile and asked, “This person… is he worth three Pure Soul Springs to you?”