Northern Zhou's secondary capital, Flying Geese Mountain, Earth Immortal Lake.
This was a mountain lake as vast as a Heavenly Pool, stretching for hundreds of miles.
Legend had it that it had been created by two immortals fighting at the end of the Primordial Age.
The center of the lake had remained frozen year-round.
The Cao Family's designated forbidden ground was precisely that frozen region. Rumor had it that they had obtained the Earth Immortal Remains here, thereby building their fortune.
Outside the ice layer of Earth Immortal Lake was a tourist attraction open to the public.
Earth Immortal Lake was simply too vast, and the Cao Family could not go too far. It was enough for them to guard the core area.
Because of Xu Yue, Qi Zhengyan, Qing Ying, and Luo Shengyi were now considered peripheral members of Immortal Traces.
Thus, after arriving at Flying Geese Mountain, they had Xu Yue personally arrange a meeting with Cao Xianzhi.
"I never expected you to come to Northern Zhou so quietly. Is something major happening?"
Although Cao Xianzhi had already broken through to the Grandmaster realm and cultivated the supreme art known as the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts,
his combat strength might not have matched Xu Yue's or Meng Qi's, but even as a newly advanced Grandmaster, he was unquestionably among the stronger Grandmasters.
Yet Xu Yue and Meng Qi were now utterly different from before, both in strength and status.
Therefore, Cao Xianzhi took their arrival extremely seriously.
"Qingyuan, I asked you out this time mainly because I have a deal to discuss. Since I'm personally handling it, the deal naturally won't be small. But the item is within your Cao Family's forbidden ground."
Since Cao Xianzhi himself was well versed in the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, he naturally understood both