"Hmph, Qin Jian thought far too highly of himself. Over the past few years, he had often released bits of ambiguous information to lure Daoist cultivators over, then ambush and kill them! And those disciples who knew neither the height of heaven nor the depth of earth were strange as well. They clearly knew something was amiss, yet insisted on walking straight into the trap, as though only they could see through it and only they could kill Qin Jian!" Li Zongbao explained. "This information came from a senior who was on duty at the Council Hall."
"Mm, so that was it! The bounty from the Yanxi Mansion Council Hall must be at work, then?" Xiao Hua nodded, though inwardly he grumbled. How was Li Zongbao's conduct any different from those disciples who knew neither the height of heaven nor the depth of earth?
After flying for another half day, the mountains and rivers below the flying boat gradually vanished. Enormous ice lakes and continuous glaciers began to appear. The solid ice upon those lakes was hard as iron and exceptionally crystalline, like enormous mirrors reflecting the brilliant sunlight into the sky!
The glaciers were even more like jade-carved ribbons coiling across the ice plains, a magnificent sight indeed!
Far in the distance, a place shrouded in faint mist could vaguely be seen, covering half the sky!
"That is where glacial geothermal heat lies." Seeing Xiao Hua gaze into the distance, Li Zongbao explained, "As the saying goes, there is yin within yang, and yang within yin. Yin and yang have always coexisted. In places as bitterly cold as Huan Country, geothermal heat often emerges from beneath the earth and creates hot springs. Their waters are warm, remaining unfrozen even in such extreme cold. They stand in stark contrast to