Snowflakes still drifted down across the entire area, but compared to the conditions back at Hilly Nursery, this snowfall was nothing worth mentioning.
After all, the temperature had now risen to minus thirty or forty degrees, and the falling snow no longer froze into ice as it landed. Over in the hills, the moment a snowflake fell, it froze solid. Here, the snow remained snow after falling, still relatively loose and soft.
Of course, when traveling in this kind of environment, frozen snow was naturally better, because then they would not sink into it. Otherwise, every step sank deeply into the snow, consuming considerable stamina. But in the hilly area, everything had frozen into an ice layer, so they could walk atop it without affecting their speed.
To avoid sinking into the snow, all the Martial Artists could only expend Qi to travel over its surface. Fortunately, they had just rested for a while, and during their escape—no, their journey—their Qi had remained sufficient.
The farther they went, the warmer the environment became and the thinner the snow grew. After traveling for less than half an hour, the wind and snow had stopped completely, the ground had begun to dry, and the temperature had risen above freezing.
"Elder, it seems we've left the region covered by wind and snow," Qian Wantong said to Qian Ying ahead of him.
"Mm. The environment in The Valley truly surprises me. I never expected there to be a method capable of controlling the temperature of a small area. What an extraordinary technique. I wonder how it was achieved. It would be wonderful if we could find a way to control environmental temperatures," Qian Ying said.
In truth, once they mastered such a method, altering the environment within a small area would not only benefit