As the foremost peak of Upper Star Prefecture, Blue Star Mountain naturally towered into the clouds, as though it wished to stand shoulder to shoulder with the heavens.
Though it was midsummer and scorching heat reigned everywhere, the summit was blanketed in gleaming snow, clothed in pristine white. Even the trees were draped with long crystalline icicles.
Xiao Yuanhao walked in front, while Ye Tengchuan followed behind. They remained three or four steps apart—not too close, not too far—a distance that was deeply suggestive.
At this moment, Ye Tengchuan did not display much wariness. Instead, his gaze swept toward the distant spirit mountains, including the Fu Family's Yuanbai Mountain and the Mo Family's Mo Sand Peak.
It truly answered the saying: once one stood atop the highest peak, all other mountains seemed small at a glance.
One had to know that the affiliated powers were actually quite far from here, spread across more than half of the human race's prefectural territories, yet they could still be vaguely seen.
That alone was enough to prove that Blue Star Mountain was far taller than it had appeared from outside.
Perhaps there were even formations above that gave everyone else a false impression.
No wonder the successive sect masters of the Blue Star Sect have coveted the surrounding affiliated powers so greatly. They can see them every day, so naturally such thoughts take root in their hearts, Ye Tengchuan mused.
When Xiao Yuanhao saw Ye Tengchuan's expression, a trace of pride could not help rising between his brows.
It was as if he felt that Ye Tengchuan, despite being a Spirit Transformation cultivator, was nothing much after all—he did not even understand the mysteries of such a spirit mountain.
Yet he acted as though he had seen something astonishing.
Xiao Yuanhao even felt