Scam and Conspiracy
He Ping activated the power of the Second Heavenly Dao. With a single thought, his Primordial Spirit consciousness seemed to soar into the heights, condensing into a Heavenly Eye that hung over the spacetime of the universe. At this stage, he could reflect images from ten thousand miles away and perceive the heavens and earth.
There were also many thick fissures in the frozen soil, cracked like a tortoise shell. Each one was pitch-black and harrowing to behold, revealing a scene of utter desolation. Anyone bewildered by this ruined landscape would never imagine that all manner of demons lurked amid these barren hills and ruins, hiding every strange and grotesque form of ecology...
The furtive shadows He Ping had mentioned were, in fact, a leaf-shaped snail boat shrunk down to the size of a speck of dust and concealed in an exceedingly hidden location.
Within the snail boat were valleys, palaces, trees, herb gardens, springs, streams... Yun Zhongting, Qu Yingguang, Feng Feifan, Qiu Qiu'er, Fairy Lingbo Shang Yuge, and the others were all hiding in the minor world inside the vessel.
"'North Marsh Heavenly Roc' Yun Zhongting? Could that feather-robed Daoist in the azure crown beside him be Qu Yingguang of Daoxuan Xijie Mountain? Oh, and my bargain-sworn brother Feng Feifan as well..."
He Ping recognized them at once. This snail boat forged from jade must have been an extraordinary magical artifact, one capable of rivaling the war artifacts of the great sects.
"This artifact has some clever craftsmanship. It was most likely refined from the shell of an ancient strange beast known as the snail mother. The snail mother was an ancient exotic beast that dwelled amid strange overseas vistas, and it can no longer be found in later ages. It is said that such beasts