"With those words from you, I can rest easy."
"One more thing: be careful. If something unexpected happens and you cannot succeed, retreat at once. Your safety comes first. Our Ice Soul Lineage is already short on talent; we truly cannot afford to lose anyone."
"I'll also keep a close watch on the Ice Profound Lineage and the experts of the other branches here in the sect. If they react to what you're doing, I'll do everything I can to stop them and send word so you can prepare..."
A complicated look crossed Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch's cold face as he gave these instructions.
"Sorry for the trouble, Master."
Warmth stirred in Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord's heart. He nodded at once.
Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch gave him a few more instructions, then told him the approximate location where Ling Pengyun had been sighted. With that, the transmission ended.
"I only hope that old fellow Po Huan can pull this off."
Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch murmured to himself, then devoted his full attention to watching the sect's experts.
Half a month later.
Elsewhere.
Ling Pengyun had left the Frost Immortal Sect's territory and was passing through the lands of another major power when he suddenly discovered three cultivators following him.
One was a veteran at Spirit Transformation Full Completion; the other two were veterans at Spirit Transformation Late Stage.
They even possessed an exceedingly rare Fifth Grade Peak flying vessel.
That made them faster than him.
The distance between them steadily shrank.
"A Fifth Grade Peak flying vessel? Those three must be no ordinary people. Common cultivators or bandits in the Clear Mist Realm don't have resources like that. And from what I can tell, all three cultivate ice-attribute techniques. That's rather distinctive."
"They're probably from