A few hours later, the Bone-Eating Old Demon took the magic weapon rope with one hand and led the forty-eight captured masters. Holding the Tiandao Pearl tightly with the other hand, he quietly left the Snow Stream Ice Road with the hammer-carrying old man.
, and then disappeared.
A few days later, the flame on the Qibudala lamp jumped several times frequently and returned to normal.
On the icebergs that are eight thousand miles away in the ice field, countless big monsters hovering at the foot of the icebergs retreated one after another, fleeing further and further away.
A few days later, the demonic energy began to dissipate at the crack in the snow stream ice field, leaving only a pit of several tens of meters in diameter, which was gradually filled again by the blowing wind and snow.
…
In the Taishang Qing Palace, Han Rong frowned as he looked at the flames of the Qibudala lamp that kept beating. Then he returned to the room and appeared on the iceberg again with the help of a secret teleportation array.
Han Rong circled the iceberg for more than an hour, his face quietly turning cold. Then he stood on the iceberg to determine the direction and chose to fly back to Taishang Qing Palace.
On the way back, Han Rong saw the once-blocked Snow Stream Ice Road. Several pieces of it had melted through the valley, leaving obvious traces of someone's presence.
Han Rong stayed in the snow stream for most of the day, then ran as fast as he could back to Taishang Qing Palace, and prepared to meet Snow Emperor Han Sheng, who was about to retreat.
And when Han Rong returned to Taishang Qing Palace, he suddenly heard two monks talking in front of the Yuxu Palace.
"Hey? Brother Xu, do you feel that the Taishang Qing Palace has been much deserted in recent days than in the past?"
"Really? I don't feel anything. Isn't it the same as usual?"
"Is it the same? Didn't you notice that Master Longgu Xu hasn't appeared recently? There are also Taoist Master Tiexu and Master Cangyan. Why do I feel that many of them are gone these days?"
"Huh? Don't say it yet. As you said it, I also discovered that the Taoist friends who often appeared in Taishang Qing Palace a few days ago are no longer here. But this is not abnormal, do you think?
I think it’s normal that everyone is tracking the evil monster in the ice field and disappearing for a while from time to time.”
"Then we can't lose so many people all at once. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's just talk about Tong Tianren of Yunhai Pavilion. He talked to me a while ago. He seemed to have found the fierce demon he was looking for, but because
He has not dared to take action without the elixirs, and he said that the Taishang Qing Palace’s reserves of some elixirs are insufficient recently, so he has to wait until the elixirs arrive before setting off?"
"Well, you and Tongtian have a good relationship. I'll tell you this."
"We do often discuss things. If anything happens, Tongtian will talk to me a few times. Don't you think it's strange that he is waiting for the elixir and is gone now?"
"Is there anything else?"
"..."
Han Rong walked quickly in the Taishang Qing Palace. At first, he heard the two talking about each other. He just stopped and listened for a while, but didn't take it seriously. But as he walked, Han Rong slowly felt that something was wrong.
Yes, because along the way, many people are talking about such and such a Taoist friend who has disappeared inexplicably in recent days, and there are many people saying this. It seems that the entire Taishang Qing Palace is discussing who is missing.
thing.
But just as the person before said, those who can come to Yuxuxuan of Taishang Qing Palace are all here because they want the answers in their hearts, and the conditions offered by Yuxuxuan are also relatively difficult, so some people have been missing for several days in a row, and several people have been missing.
Months, even years, decades are not considered strange events.
But this kind of thing doesn't happen often. Dozens of people disappeared at once, which was enough to make the thoughtful Han Rong feel something unusual.
Until, when he returned to the study immediately, he was blocked by a monk at the door. This man's cultivation was only in the Miaodu realm. He was a personal follower of a disciple of the Tianzong with a good background. In fact, this man's
Due to his status, there was no chance to talk to Han Rong, but because he couldn't find his owner, the man had no choice but to stop him.
"Manager Han, I'm here Rui, has the manager met my young master?"
"Wen Rui?" Han Rong frowned and looked at Wen Rui, wondering: "Your young master is..." Han Rong knew all the famous people, but he was not very clear about some people's subordinates.
When Wen Rui heard this, he quickly saluted and said a few words lightly: "Lingwai, Gujie, Fengshi, Qingxiao."
"Oh, you are from Mr. Qingxiao."
"Well, yes, may I ask Manager Han, have you seen my young master?"
Han Rong shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see Mr. Qingxiao." After finishing speaking, Han Rong seemed to think of something and said, "That's not right. Mr. Qingxiao asked the question when he arrived here a month ago.
I didn't give him a price. Emperor Zun was studying the Dharma at the time, so I asked him to wait in Taishang Qing Palace. Isn't he here?"
Hearing this, Wen Rui said anxiously: "That's right. The young master once mentioned to the villain that he wanted to live in the Qing Palace for a while. He asked the young master to go down the mountain to prepare some chalcedony to come back. After the villain came back, he
I can’t find the young master, Mr. Han, will the young master enter the ice field?”
Han Rong thought for a moment and said in denial: "No, why would he leave Yuxuxuan without the conditions offered by me?"
Wen Rui also shook his head and said: "We didn't bring Han Bayu with us when we came out, so the young master was afraid that he would be separated, so he couldn't wander around. Besides, even if he left, the villain would be summoned, but the villain has summoned the villain in recent days.
, I haven’t heard from the young master.”
After Wen Rui finished speaking, Han Rong said: "Don't worry, Yuxuxuan's eyes are all over the mountains and outside. Nothing major has happened recently. I think Mr. Qingxiao must have gone to do other things. Just wait, I will send someone to help you find it."
try to find."
"Then I'll trouble Mr. Han."
After saying this, Wen Rui left, and Han Rong didn't take it seriously. But after he returned to the house, he temporarily gave up the idea of meeting the Snow Emperor. Instead, he found a servant and gave a few casual instructions.
, just sitting in the room and waiting.
Within three hours, the servant came back to reply and compiled a list for Han Rong. There were about seventy or eighty people on it.
Han Rong took the list and glanced at it twice, then hurried to the Snow Emperor's residence and met Han Sheng in the secret room.
"Emperor, something has happened recently. This disciple feels very suspicious. Please take a look at it." He said and handed over the list.
Snow Emperor Han Sheng glanced at the list twice, then threw it on the table and asked: "What do you want to do after picking out so many people's names?"
"Back to Emperor Zun, my disciple recently discovered that there was something strange about the Qibudora lantern. I went to the iceberg twice to investigate, but there were no suspicious traces. However, when I returned from the road a few days ago, I discovered that there were several ice valleys on the Snow Stream Ice Road.
The ice and snow melted.”
"Well, what do you want to say?" Snow Emperor Han Sheng always maintained an attitude that would not change even if the mountain collapsed.
Han Rong's throat rolled, and he continued: "After returning to the Taishang Qing Palace, the disciples heard colleagues in the Qing Palace talking about many people missing in recent times, so they drew up this list. After screening, some of them,
He was supposed to stay in the Qing Palace, but he disappeared for no reason. Emperor Zun..."
Whoosh!
Halfway through the words, Han Sheng closed his eyes and waved his hand to interrupt: "Are you sure of what you said?"
"Definitely." Han Rong said very carefully: "There are some people who should not have disappeared mysteriously, and there are some people who, after listening to Benxuan's letter, should not leave, but inexplicably, they all disappeared.
"
The Snow Emperor was silent and didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, his eyes opened slightly and Han Sheng said: "Go to the Jade Dragon Pavilion, take the emperor's decree with you, and tell Feiqin, Yi Nian and Erjun to follow you into the ice field and search as much as possible.
Inquire about their whereabouts, and if you can’t find them, come back and inform me.”
"Yes." After hearing this, Han Rong bowed and was about to retreat.
At this time, Emperor Xue picked up the list on the table again and asked: "Wait a minute, how many of the people on this list are from the Taishang Tianzong?"
"It's not too much, not too much. The problem is that there are a few people with very sensitive identities, like Feng Qingxiao from the Feng family in the ancient world, Bei Mingyu from the Beiming family... Oh, and Wan Qiruo from Huayu Zhai.
Water..." Han Rong basically didn't read the list and read out some more important names from memory.
Emperor Xue slapped the list on the table and said in a very clear tone: "Look, if you can't find anyone, just ask around, something must have happened."
"Yes." When Han Rong heard this, he quickly bowed and left. When he went out, he went straight to Dongshan. He went to Yulong Pavilion to find two extremely high-level masters. After half an hour, he went down the mountain and rushed straight to the mountain.
ice fields.
…
A few days later, nine thousand miles away from the ice field, there was an endless sea of ice...
A ship with a simple shape and a huge sail of a green-faced troll hung on the bow, riding the wind and waves in the ice sea covered with endless ice caps.
Nine thousand miles to the north of the ice sheet, there is an ocean of ice. In the depths of the ocean, there are many secrets that have not been touched since ancient times. No one knows.
But here, it is almost impossible to see the monks walking on the ice field, because the place is full of extremely terrifying ferocious monsters, and the climate is cold and cold, far exceeding the Xuanxiao cold air that fills the air on the Xuejian Icefield.
Under the huge sail, the Bone-Eating Old Demon stood at the bow of the ship, sitting on a huge chair and looking at the forty-eight masters crowded together on the deck. The old man carrying the hammer was beside him, but he stood at the bow of the ship.
Go up there and stare at the endless sea of ice in a daze.
The Bone-Eating Old Demon has been holding the Tiandaozhu in his right hand without saying a word, playing with it with a strange expression on his face.
"Where are you going to take us? Let's talk. If you want to kill us, kill us. If you want to cut us into pieces, I will never frown. But if you want to use us to do evil for you, don't even think about it."
On the cold deck, Wan Qixiang's little face turned green with cold. After all, their divine power was almost completely exhausted, and the old devil did not give them a chance to adjust their breath, so these people could only rely on their own strength.
Physical fitness to resist wind and cold.
The ice sea was so cold that people shivered in the cold. Even the old devil rarely put on a thick animal skin cloak and sat on the bow of the boat blowing the cold wind.