Some time later, ninety miles north of the Wind Moon Sect, at the Mysterious Ice River.
This was a forest blanketed in snow and frost. Thick layers of snow weighed heavily upon the tall trees, while every outward-stretching branch was encrusted with crystalline icicles. The wind current swept through, shaking the branches; ice crystals struck one another, instantly producing a continuous crackling chorus.
Rustle, rustle.
Qi Chuan, dressed in the Wind Moon Sect's Inner Sect Disciple Robes, walked across the snow-covered forest floor. Before long, his view suddenly opened up, revealing a vast expanse of white ice stretching into the distance.
No, this was not an ice lake, but an ice river. Beneath the Mysterious Ice, flowing water still coursed along. It was simply so broad that it resembled an ice lake.
"So this is the Mysterious Ice River?"
Gazing at the sight before him, Qi Chuan revealed a trace of amazement. This place had not originally been a world of ice and snow, but because of the Mysterious Ice Spirit Vein beneath the Mysterious Ice River, such a localized frozen world had appeared in land that was not naturally bitterly cold.
"There really are ice-attributed demon beasts beneath this Mysterious Ice!" Qi Chuan lowered his head and looked at the ice surface, as though his gaze had pierced through it to see the shadows leisurely swimming through the frigid river below.
At times, the fierce sounds of demon beasts fighting rose through the river water and the Mysterious Ice. Then, beneath the ice, clouds of blood would burst through the river. The victorious demon beasts would ravenously devour the defeated creatures' remains with scarlet eyes.
"However, the Spiritual Qi Concentration in this stretch of river is only at the Tier 1 Low Grade. The Ice Glass Dragon-Scale Carp is