Following True Person Jianyun's order, the queue in the square began to move in an orderly manner, along the several hanging light ladders, and one after another climbed onto the giant Cloud Shuttle Boat hovering in mid-air.
Qin Tiexin boarded the spaceship with the logistics team. The space inside the ship was far more open than it looked from the outside, and the space was expanded with formations. The cabin he was assigned to was located in the middle and rear of the spacecraft. It was a four-person room with simple furnishings, with only four fixed beds, a small square table and a few There was a storage compartment, but it was kept clean and tidy. There were three people in the same room, two were Alchemist, a veteran alchemist from Qi Refining Late Stage, and one was senior brother Foundation Establishment Early Stage who was good at making array plates. They briefly greeted each other and settled in their respective places.
Not long after, everyone had boarded the boat. The cabin door of the airship was closed and the light ladder was retracted.
Through the porthole, Qin Tiexin saw in the square below, the remaining disciples and elders looked up and watched, their figures getting smaller and smaller. Then, a low humming sound came from under the feet, and the entire spaceship trembled slightly.
The five pairs of huge metal flying wings on both sides of the boat began to vibrate rhythmically at the same time! The complex cloud patterns on the wings lit up one after another, flowing from the wing roots to the wing tips, the Azure Gold colored light became more and more intense, and finally converged into a dazzling light curtain, completely wrapping the huge boat body.
"Buzz--!"
With a longer and thicker sound, the flying boat shook violently, and then turned into a huge stream of Azure Gold color, breaking free from the shackles of the earth, and shot towards the northern sky! At such a speed, the clouds outside the window were instantly torn apart, and the mountains, rivers, and towns below quickly retreated and shrank, turning into blurry blocks of color.
Qin Tiexin stood in front of the porthole, holding on to the bulkhead, steadying his body, looking at the scene that was thousands of miles away, and his heart was unavoidable. This was his first time on such a large and fast flight Law Artifact. The southern part of Azure Xuan Region where Flowing Cloud Sect was, and Northern Frontier The distance between Wind and Snow Pass is more than thousands of miles. If you rely on your own weapons or on foot, it will take many years. And this Cloud Shuttle Boat is said to only take five days to arrive.
A five-day flight is enough to do a lot of things.
The flying boat stabilized soon after it took off. Qin Tiexin returned to his bed and sat down cross-legged. Although there was a stable formation inside the flying boat, after all, the space was limited during high-speed flight, and it was not suitable for practicing martial arts that required large movements. He quickly made a plan: practice "Primordial Unity Instruction" and "Cauldron Eating Art" every day as usual, and spend the rest of the time studying and preparing.
He first took out the white jade token distributed by True Person Jianyun. Divine Sense sank in, and a large amount of graphic and textual information emerged again. This time, he no longer just browsed roughly, but carefully read, memorized, and understood word for word.
In the jade tablet, more than ten common Devil Race known to the human race are systematically recorded. The information is far more detailed than the rough understanding before:
Blood Devil: One of the most common mid-level Devil Race. It uses life-absorbing Essence Blood to strengthen itself. Qi and Blood is strong, and its physical strength is at the same level. Outstanding among others. When he becomes an adult, he can grow tough fleshy wings on his back, gaining the ability to fly and quickly maneuver. Its weakness is that the connection between the roots of the wings is relatively fragile, and it is too dependent on Blood Qi. Excessive blood loss will lead to a sharp decrease in strength.
Horned Demon: Huge in size, with rough skin and thick flesh, and a single horn on its forehead. It is good at straight-line charges and brute force collisions, and is a pioneer in breaking through difficult formations. Its weaknesses are its relative clumsiness and weak internal defense of its eyes and mouth.
Shadow Devil: Fuzzy in appearance, good at sneaking in shadows and stealth assassinations, extremely fast, and tricky in attacks. However, the defense is generally weak, and he is afraid of sun-flame Law Technique and talismans.
Flame Demon: Controls a very high-temperature, corrosive green magic fire with strong long-range attack and range damage. The core of its power lies in the "magic fire source" in the body. If it can be crushed accurately, it can kill it instantly or seriously injure it, but it is usually well protected.
Ice Devil: Northern Frontier has a unique Devil Race, which is naturally compatible with the power of ice and cold. Its strength will be significantly increased in wind and snow environments. It can control Frost to attack and create ice barriers. It needs to be restrained by attributes such as fire and thunder...
In addition to these, there are also "Heart Devil" who is good at mental shock, "Corrosive Poison Devil" who can spit poisonous mist and corrode Spiritual Qi, "Iron Armor Devil" whose carapace is as hard as iron, etc. Each of them has a relatively clear image, description of habits, analysis of main attack modes, as well as countermeasures and weakness points based on countless battles.
Qin Tiexin took it very seriously, especially Devil Race, Blood Devil, Horned Demon, and Shadow Devil, which are the most likely to be encountered, and repeatedly memorized their characteristics.
The second half of the jade card outlines the overall strength division and characteristics of Devil Race:
Devil Race is divided into Devil Soldier (corresponding to the human race Qi Refinement Realm), Demon General (Foundation Establishment Realm), Devil Marshal (Golden Core Realm), Devil King (Nascent Soul Realm). Their physical bodies are naturally strong, and their strength, speed, and defense are often superior to humans of the same level. Most of them have a "companion talent" derived from blood, which can enhance certain abilities or have special effects. With the same level of cultivation, if a human monk fights with him in close combat, the chance of winning is often not high.
But Devil Race also has its shortcomings: they are not good at refining fine Law Artifact and talismans, and the way of formation is even rougher, relying more on instinct or simple totems. In terms of Law Technique, they rely more on several fixed talents Law Technique inherited from the bloodline, which may be extremely powerful, but change less, and lack the ever-changing flexibility of human Daoism.
[Devil Core]: The magic crystal that can only be condensed in Demon General and above Devil Race is one of the cores of its power and is of extremely high value. In Wind and Snow Pass, Devil Core is a harder currency than Spirit Stone and can be exchanged for various scarce resources. In addition, the horns, claws, bones, skin and other parts of some Devil Race are also excellent materials for refining weapons or alchemy because of their special materials.
Seeing this, Qin Tiexin thought of the Blood Devil he had killed. The battle was fierce at that time, and he was nervous when gathering the body. He did not carefully search whether there were any Devil Core residues. Later, the body was also taken away directly by the sect leader, but it could not be confirmed.
The jade plaque also mentioned at the end that the aura-rich flesh and blood and carefully refined elixirs of human monks are also great tonics for the demons. The magical weapons refined by the human race, especially those of high quality, are also highly sought after trophies among the demons.
Putting down the jade token, Qin Tiexin was silent for a moment. Behind these cold and detailed messages were countless fights, blood and sacrifices. The human race and Devil Race had been confronting and fighting in this Northern Frontier for an unknown number of years, accumulating such mountains and seas of hatred and experience.
In the next few days, in addition to practicing, Qin Tiexin repeatedly studied the jade tablets, and combined with his actual experience of fighting Blood Devil, he simulated strategies to deal with various Devil Race in his mind. Occasionally, he would also take out "Artifact Refining Fundamentals"" and "Introduction to Spirit Rune" and other Jade Slip reviewed the past and learned new things, thinking about how to forge and repair Law Artifact more efficiently in the environment like Northern Frontier. Seeing that he was working so hard, several senior brothers in the same cabin did not bother him much except for necessary exchanges.
In the afternoon of the fourth day, there was a gentle knock on the cabin door.
Qin Tiexin opened the door, and standing outside the door was Nangong Yao. She seemed to have just come off the deck, and her hair was still covered with a bit of the unique chill of high altitude.
"Sister?"
Nangong Yao walked into the cabin and handed over something in his hand. "Here, try to see if it fits."
Qin Tiexin took it, and it was a thick gray-white fox fur cloak. The fur was soft and smooth, and the lining was dense cotton. If you look carefully, you can see that the lining was embroidered with some simple but smooth patterns with silver-white silk thread., vaguely forming a small thermal insulation circle, exuding a faint, stable warmth. This is clearly a Lower-Grade Law Artifact level cloak. Although it has no defensive capabilities, it should be effective in resisting the severe cold.
"Northern Frontier, I heard that your breath turns to ice. Although you have Body Tempering foundation, it doesn't hurt to have an extra layer of warmth." Nangong Yao looked at him with a smile in his eyes, "I took the time to make it, give it a try."
Qin Tiexin stroked the soft fur of the cloak and the carefully embroidered Spirit Rune on the lining, and felt warm in his heart. He knew that with Nangong Yao's level of craftsmanship and ingenuity, refining this "crude" Law Artifact would probably take more effort than refining a fine product. Just because the materials were relatively ordinary, the exquisite Spirit Rune design was needed to make up for it.
"Thank you, senior sister. It's very useful." He put on the cloak. The size was just right, and the warmth instantly wrapped around his shoulders.
Nangong Yao nodded with satisfaction, and said a few more words about paying attention to safety and completing logistical tasks on time, and then left. She seemed to have come specifically to give this cloak.
The fifth day, early morning.
After several days of high-speed flight, the speed of the spaceship slowed down significantly. Outside the portholes, there was no longer a monotonous sea of clouds or a blurry land, but instead a vast expanse of gray-white. The temperature of the air could be felt through the bulkhead. It dropped significantly.
Qin Tiexin After finishing his morning practice, he stood up and straightened his robes, tied up the gray and white fox fur cloak, opened the hatch, and walked towards the passage leading to the deck.
The closer you get to the deck, the colder it becomes. When the hatch is opened, a cold wind as sharp as a knife blows into your face, mixed with fine ice crystals, and hits your face painfully. There are already many disciples standing on the deck, most of them wrapped in thick winter clothes or robes, looking ahead with curiosity and shock.
Qin Tiexin stepped onto the deck, stood firm, and looked up.
In front of you is an extremely vast ice field, and it seems that there are only two colors left between the sky and the earth: white and gray. And at the end of the horizon, a majestic white wall, like a sleeping ancient dragon, stretches between the sky and the earth, spreading left and right until the end of the field of vision, as if it divides the whole world into two!
The city wall is extremely high, at least a hundred feet tall by visual inspection, and its entire body presents a cold, pale color that seems to be integrated with the ice and snow. It is unknown what kind of rock it is, or it is covered by the hardest black ice all year round. The wall Heaviness is like a mountain, and its surface is covered with mottled traces left by time and war.
And at the highest point of this endless white giant wall, facing the direction from which the flying boat came, stands an even more shocking giant statue.
The statue was completely carved from some kind of crystal-clear ice crystal and was more than dozens of feet tall. Under the rising sun, it reflected a colorful but cold and solemn light. The statue was a woman, wearing armor and holding a long sword, facing In the boundless ice fields in the north, her long hair and clothes seemed to be still fluttering in the eternal cold wind. She raised her head slightly, her face blurred in the reflection of ice crystals and wind and frost, but she had a majestic momentum that stood firm on the sky and would rather break than bend!
On the deck, all the disciples who saw this scene for the first time, including Qin Tiexin, held their breath.
This is...Wind and Snow Pass!
Human race Northern Frontier, the front line against Devil Race, blood and fire intertwined in countless years of war!