A thousand miles lay sealed in ice; ten thousand miles saw snow drifting through the air.
This was perhaps the best description of the environment surrounding the Lingyun Sect. At the end of the frigid plateau stretched an unbroken chain of snow-capped mountains, almost spanning the world and cutting off all passage.
The extreme climate left this place utterly uninhabited. No mortal could possibly set foot here.
The Lingyun Sect had been established atop such a plateau. The terrain here was extraordinarily high, close to the sky itself. Looking up, the clouds seemed within arm's reach, truly living up to the name Lingyun.
Unlike the cold outside, the Lingyun Sect, enveloped by formations, was unexpectedly warm as spring within, with an exceedingly pleasant climate.
As a disciple who had only recently joined the sect, Li Qing could not yet be assigned a cave abode, but he had been given a small courtyard of his own.
Though the courtyard was small, the spiritual energy he could enjoy was nearly comparable to that of a Second-order Spirit Vein. For a Rogue Cultivator, this was an extravagance beyond measure.
"So that's how it is. The Heavenly Desire Flower is actually such a precious blossom. If used alongside the art of Dual Cultivation, it can even help one break through a realm."
Within the courtyard, Li Qing held a borrowed sect tome in his hands and read it intently.
The tome recorded rare spiritual medicines found in the world, and the Heavenly Desire Flower Li Qing had been searching for was listed within.
Once this bewitching flower bloomed, it scattered a great quantity of pollen. That pollen could stir the desires of humans and demonic beasts alike. Even Core Formation cultivators found it difficult to resist the allure of the Heavenly Desire Flower's pollen.