The Great Snow Mountain lay an unknown distance away. Fang Qianyuan had set aside a full month and more for the journey, intending to travel while reflecting and cultivating.
The sect had arranged everything well. During this period, he would stay clear of the whirlpool of public opinion and keep his feathers unsoiled.
Meanwhile, they would let controversy build and doubts run unchecked until they gathered into a sweeping tide.
Once he returned from cultivation, he could settle the matter with a single hammer blow and silence every discordant voice!
There was a method to drawing near and pulling away, and unique techniques for spreading word of his deeds. But the key to everything still lay in Fang Qianyuan's own strength!
Thus, Fang Qianyuan needed to fulfill his earlier bold declaration and devote himself to advancing to Earth Rank.
Fortunately, the entrance through which he had arrived lay in the central region of the Snow Realm. Traveling more than a hundred thousand li over a month or so should bring him close to the Great Snow Mountain.
In just over ten days, Fang Qianyuan flew nearly a hundred thousand li, taking in the scenery of this realm and reflecting on his cultivation along the way.
On the road, he encountered a type of insect that looked carved from ice crystals, its entire body transparent. It could crawl through the snow, hunt, and reproduce.
Once it died, however, it quickly turned into clear water and melted away without a trace.
Fang Qianyuan stopped for this, catching several of these strange insects himself, yet he could never work out exactly how they were constituted.
There were also ice bears and snow leopards covered in thick fur.
These animals bore snow-white coats that nature had fashioned since time immemorial, allowing them to blend