After observing for three to five days straight, Wang Quan decided to use escape techniques to return to the Lower Court.
But just then, he saw pristine white snow suddenly appear on a mountain ahead.
The snow spread downward, rapidly engulfing the entire mountain.
The Spirit Monsters, birds, and beasts on the mountain scattered and fled.
Even so, many were swallowed by the ice and snow, turning into ice sculptures.
"Was someone practicing Dharma Refining? Practicing a technique? Or refining a Magic Treasure?"
He shook his head and prepared to go around.
Then a golden cloud rose from the mountain and came whistling toward him. "Fellow Daoist, please stay!"
Wang Quan shuddered and instinctively sped up.
But the golden cloud was even faster, and it soon caught up with his killing intent spirit light.
"Fellow Daoist Wang, I'm Ma Qingqiu of the Great Simplicity Gate!"
"Didn't we meet a few days ago? That makes us friends, too!"
"Why run so fast?"
Wang Quan...
"Fellow Daoist Ma, we really aren't that close!"
"Besides, I'm a heterodox cultivator, while you belong to the Orthodox Mystic Sects. We aren't on the same path."
"What's more, I hate hearing those words-'Fellow Daoist, please stay.'"
Ma Qingqiu laughed heartily. "Fellow Daoist, once you could withstand a Magic Treasure's Immobilization power, we became fellow Daoists."
"Fellow Daoist Wang, have you mastered [Dao Seals] too?"
Wang Quan smiled without speaking.
Seeing this, Ma Qingqiu instantly understood that Wang Quan was also a [Dao Seal] cultivator.
A thought stirred in his mind, and he gave a laugh. "Fellow Daoist, let me tell you, your brother here has had it rough!"
Acting as though they were old friends, he rattled on to Wang Quan about his troubles, eventually coming around to [Beautiful Lady Yu].
"Fellow Daoist Wang, you must