Still, the two remained very cautious, mostly sticking to the main roads and stopping to look around any towns and cities along the way.
Their days passed pleasantly, without any conflicts along the road.
Heading north all the way, they reached the northern end of the Kunlun Mountain Range safely and smoothly.
Then they headed west, and the scenery along the way began to change. Greenery grew sparse, and the mountains grew taller.
The people also became fiercer, and they began encountering disputes and deadly fights along the road.
On remote stretches, Li Dalong and Ke Xialing even encountered several robbery attempts.
But Li Dalong was quite skilled at playing the pig to eat the tiger. The blackhearted robbers became corpses.
Those with a little kindness in them were instead stripped of their equipment and let go.
These encounters with robbers excited Ke Xialing, who was usually something of a good girl, so much that she even looked forward to someone coming to rob them.
Watching her left even Li Dalong speechless.
Nothing major happened as they continued west, ever west.
Snowflakes began drifting down from the sky. All around were withered weeds and dead trees, snowflakes clinging to the bare branches and weeds buried in the snow.
The air also became dry and cold. Cultivators barely felt these changes in air temperature, and it did not affect their movements in the slightest.
But Ke Xialing, seeing such a desolate world filled with snowflakes for the first time, was very curious and excited.
She flew back and forth through the falling snow, playing to her heart's content. Her silvery laughter brought life to this frozen world.
Li Dalong smiled as he watched Ke Xialing dancing through the snow, his eyes full of tenderness.
When they reached the edge of the