Carrying Fairy Yun Hua on his back, Su Shi'er did not take to the air again, choosing instead to tread through the snow.
The chill in the surroundings was astonishing, and an invisible pressure lurked within it. The higher one went, the more pronounced that pressure became.
Perhaps it had been caused by the long seclusion of the legendary Old Man of Heavenly Pond, though it was more likely intentional.
A cultivator's place of seclusion was naturally not somewhere they wanted others to fly about freely, apart from themselves or fellow Daoists of comparable cultivation.
In the territories of many lineages and sects, even in markets and cities used for trade, no-flight formations were set up to restrict cultivators from flying.
Under such circumstances, flying through the air required not only resisting the cold but also circulating one's cultivation to contend against that invisible pressure.
Su Shi'er intended to conserve his strength, so naturally, he had no desire to expend more Immortal Essence resisting the invisible pressure here.
Traveling on foot through the snow was naturally far slower than flying through the air.
Yet compared to mortals, his speed was still faster by who knew how many times.
Moreover, with the Southern Bright Leaving Fire within the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella continuously releasing scorching energy, Su Shi'er could travel onward with hardly any expenditure of strength.
Along the way, he even had the leisure to silently absorb the dense spiritual energy from the spirit crystal in his palm.
As time passed.
Su Shi'er carried Fairy Yun Hua over one mountain peak after another, steadily closing in on the Summit of the Heavenly Pond.
Meanwhile, Baili Chen, trapped within the Ten Thousand Year Cold Air and frozen in ice.
The circulation of true essence within him grew increasingly smooth, more and