Ice Ling Ancestor: Who did you pick up on the road?
South of West Heaven Continent, after crossing many continents, lay a continent whose climate and temperatures were far colder than elsewhere, whether north or south. Because of this, its inhabitants were mostly beings adapted to such an environment, particularly creatures and Divine Beasts skilled in ice attributes.
The dominant force here was the Ice Ling Clan, which had occupied this land for tens of thousands of years. Though it had somewhat declined by now, a starving camel was still larger than a horse. With an ancestor at the Heavenly Supreme level overseeing it, it still counted as a regional overlord.
The three of them had come this time at the Ice Ling Clan's invitation, to attend a banquet.
Yet after enduring the hardships of travel and running into a fearsome fiend on West Heaven Continent, they looked somewhat travel-worn and disheveled when they arrived at Ice Spirit Continent.
They exchanged glances and shook their heads. The Ice Ling Clan was brimming with celebration, and an elderly figure approached them head-on.
"I truly did not expect the three of you to arrive together today. The journey must have been long and arduous. I should be the one welcoming you and washing away your travel dust."
Ice Ling Ancestor smiled, though he could vaguely sense that these three guests were somewhat strange compared to usual. Yet he could not put his finger on why, which left him puzzled.
Since Ice Ling Ancestor had spoken, the three naturally could not keep making unpleasant faces for their host. "We shall follow the host's arrangements."
"Everyone, please!"
While the Ice Ling Clan was making grand preparations for the celebration, someone was quietly waiting in an uninhabited region of Ice Spirit Continent.
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