The Blazing Sun Mystic Ice Cavern was a rare sight, and Mystic Ice was also a cultivation resource. This naturally led cultivators to compete over it.
Fortunately, Mystic Ice was not an especially rare cultivation resource. There was no ten-thousand-year, or even hundred-thousand-year, Mystic Ice here. Though there was competition, it was not too intense. People only cared about this place because the Mystic Ice was easy to mine and could regenerate continuously.
The Xuanyuan Clan was not nearby, so logically, they should not have been able to compete for it—even if they could, they had no legal grounds to do so.
However, two local minor clans also wanted to occupy the resource, but their strength was insufficient, so they brought in the top-ranked clan as backing.
The three clans agreed that each would take turns mining it every year, choosing the period when the weather turned cooler—if it was not mined, the ice would gradually diminish.
This was not the Xuanyuan Clan's year to mine, and it was currently the season when Mystic Ice grew. If they had not been accompanying honored guests, the Xuanyuan Clan's disciples would not have come at all.
To outsiders, this was a wondrous spectacle, but the Xuanyuan Clan sent disciples here to mine ice once every three years. Many of them had seen it so often they were sick of it.
Still, since it was not the Xuanyuan Clan's mining year, they could not simply allow outsiders to occupy the place. Those who merely wanted to come in and admire the scenery were not much of a problem. Those who wanted to steal resources, however, would need to be taught a lesson.
But the Fire Spirit Sect members were not lacking in confidence either. "Elder Hu Lie, I respect you as a high-ranking