The Ice Sculpture Royal Capital.
Within the Ten Thousand Year Ice Lake.
Through the massive floor-to-ceiling windows, Cang Xu observed the ice lake outside the alchemy laboratory.
This was a world of profound silence. As a natural and colossal barrier, the ice layer isolated the noise and bustle of the surface royal capital. During the day, sunlight filtered through the uppermost surface ice layer, illuminating the entire body of water in a brilliant blue. The light refracted between the cracks and air bubbles of the ice, creating a flickering scene reminiscent of underwater auroras.
As night fell, stripped of the suppressing sunlight from the topmost layer, biological luminescence took center stage. The bio-light emitted by various mosses, aquatic plants, and winter fish converged into a pale green hue, infusing the entire ice lake from bottom to top.
This was likewise a world brimming with vitality. Between the various ice layers flowed the lake water at a leisurely pace. Possessing a unique ecosystem, the creatures that survived and multiplied here were not only extremely cold-resistant, but also possessed their own wondrous divine traits.
As far as Cang Xu knew, this was the consequence of being irradiated by the Time Divinity.
The creatures here alone could keep mages studying for countless years, while the lake water and ice layers held exceptionally high research value. Having secretly sneaked in here alongside Ship Ghost, Cang Xu continuously received outside information and already knew about the iced red wine, having also caught wind of the fresh news in the royal capital, which naturally included the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group.
Ship Ghost silently drifted to Cang Xu's side, his tone gloomy: "Stop looking, the Necromancy Instructor lord is summoning us."
Following Ship Ghost, Cang Xu entered the hub of the alchemy laboratory to pay respects to