Li Yan's expression flickered at what he heard, but he was not particularly surprised. When Cheng Wenming had explained the origins of the Northern Underworld Demon-Suppressing Tower, he had already suspected that the thaw caverns might have something to do with Li Hun. Sure enough, he had been right.
So that's how it is. Even the restrictions were refined by Li Hun. That's a first for me. High Person Bloodleaf did say that several of them entered together, but it turns out this was another reason for it. My soul certainly isn't as powerful as those of three Foundation Establishment cultivators combined. In that case, I really will have to borrow someone else's strength, Li Yan thought.
Then a thought stirred in Li Yan's mind: the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief in his storage space. It was a mysterious ancient treasure. Although he could not claim that it could ignore every restriction, it had never failed in his few tests. Perhaps it could likewise ignore restrictions refined by Li Hun. Over the past few days, he had encountered only three cultivators, and he had not yet visited the immense wall of ice and snow stretching between heaven and earth. He therefore had no idea how many cultivators were waiting there to form groups and open a passage together. If there were many, he certainly could not take out the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief. The three sides of the thick, recessed wall of ice and snow were outrageously long, but with the cultivators' divine sense overlapping, who knew how far he would have to fly before he could avoid everyone and use the kerchief? Besides, he would still have to find others afterward.
Having reached this conclusion, Li Yan made up his mind. He first cupped his hands to Cheng Wenming and his two companions, then