Great Snow Ridge Visitor

There were about thirty of them, led by a white-furred middle-aged man and three elders. They were the four great External Affairs Elders of Great Snow Ridge of the Far East, all of them masters whose Innate Primordial Spirits had reached completion. In a daze, they seemed like moving glaciers, carrying a chill that seeped into the heart.

Another seven blue-clad men with stern faces and not a trace of expression followed behind the four experts. They too had entered the Innate realm and reached the stage of spirit manifestation as shadow, roughly on par with Yan Qiu.

The rest were all exceptional Acquired experts, one in a hundred. They wore thick white lapelled garments and were smeared with a bright yellow oily substance that gave off a pungent smell.

These white garments were made from a special fabric of the Far East Region. They could insulate against cold and heat and block the power of lightning.

The butter-like substance smeared over them further enhanced that effect, allowing them to avoid lightning strikes to a great extent within Thunder Lake.

Besides these people, three others stood out sharply, conspicuously detached from the main force.

One was the red-clad person who had agreed with the thin-faced man to go to Great Snow Ridge and report the news. A fragrant fan covered the person's face, making it impossible to tell male from female. The sight was rather eerie.

Another was Chu Canglan, dressed in white and covered in dust. His confidence had been crushed, and he had sunk into utter dejection.

He stood there like a dumb goose, occasionally drawing startled looks and gloating smiles from some of the Snow Ridge disciples.

Chu Canglan's heaven-blessed advantages had not only made outsiders like the thin-faced man unable to stomach it; even some disciples