Chapter 403: Seal

Chapter 403: Seal

As the flying carriage continued onward, the rumbling up ahead grew louder and louder, and all of the nearby seawater was also churning incessantly.

At the same time, the rock tunnels were beginning to tremble, and chunks of rocks of different sizes were occasionally clattering down from above.

Lights of different colors were flashing through the space up ahead, and at the same time, bursts of spiritual sense were sweeping forth from all directions in a blatant fashion, making no attempt at subtlety and secrecy.

This was certainly not something that Han Li and the others had expected to see.

The flying carriage continued onward, reaching the end of the rock tunnel in the blink of an eye.

Up ahead was an enormous underground cave, the roof of which was riddled with countless blue stalactites, and it seemed that this was a naturally forming karst cave that was several dozen kilometers in size.

At this moment, there were also dozens of cultivators gathered in the cave, all of whom were viciously bombarding a certain part of the cave with attacks.

They were collectively attacking a dense black light barrier, beyond which one could just barely make out the entrance of a cave. There were some cultivators standing deep within the opening of the cave, but it was impossible to see them clearly due to the black light barrier in the way.

One spirit treasure after another crashed into the black light barrier, causing it to shudder incessantly, and it was unclear whether this cave had been artificially fortified or if it was this resilient to begin with, but it remained completely unscathed despite the powerful shockwaves released by the barrage of attacks.

"How dare you seal the entrance of the immortal manor!"

"The Infernal Frost Immortal Manor doesn't belong to your Northern Glacial Immortal Palace! Remove these restrictions right now!"

Some of the cultivators were yelling to vent their fury as they continued to rain down attacks upon the black light barrier.

Han Li and the others were ecstatic to see this, and Daoist Hu Yan flipped a hand over to produce the Infernal Frost Scenic Painting.

As soon as the painting was summoned, the blue light radiating from it instantly brightened before pointing in the direction of the black light barrier. Due to the restrictions, it seemed that the painting was only able to detect the entrance of the immortal manor from very close proximity.

"It looks like the entrance of the immortal manor really is here!" Daoist Hu Yan said as he stowed his Infernal Frost Scenic Painting away, then cast a fervent gaze toward the black light barrier, and Xu Yangzi and the others were also looking very excited.

Han Li was also quite elated, but not as much as the others, and he quickly calmed down before turning his attention to the other cultivators in the cave.

There were 34 cultivators present, all of whom were at or above the True Immortal Stage.

They were dressed in different attire and split up into three factions, the most eye-catching one of which was situated at the edge of the cave.

The group consisted of around a dozen blue-robed cultivators, led by a benevolent-looking middle-aged man.noveLb1n

This man was none other than the master of the Vast Flow Palace, Luo Qinghai.

As for the people standing beside Luo Qinghai, Han Li had no recollection of any of them aside from an effeminate young man.

Luo Qinghai took a glance at Han Li's group, following which a hint of disappointment flashed through his eyes, and he quickly averted his gaze.

The other two factions temporarily ceased in their attacks before turning to Han Li's group as well.

Meanwhile, Daoist Hu Yan and the others feigned surprised expressions and stopped not far away from everyone else.

The pockmark-faced man put on a hideous smile as he approached Han Li's group, and after taking a glance at Daoist Hu Yan and Yun Ni, he greeted, "I didn't expect to see you here, Fellow Daoist Xu Yangzi. Who are these two fellow daoists? I don't recall ever meeting them before."

As for Han Li, he was just a True Immortal, so he naturally didn't attract much attention from the elderly man.

All of the other black-robed cultivators also approached Han Li and the others behind the pockmark-faced elderly man.

"Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Chen. These two are good friends of our True Flame Sect, and they've come to explore this Infernal Frost Immortal Manor with us. Fellow Daoist Gu, this is Sect Master Chen Pi of the Ghost Wail Sect," Xu Yangzi introduced.

Han Li raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. The Ghost Wail Sect was a sect on the Ancient Cloud Continent that was comparable in power to the True Flame Sect.

Its members were proficient in all types of ghostly and devilish cultivation arts, and they had a notorious reputation, often killing others to take their souls for the sake of cultivating certain ghostly abilities and even going as far as to completely slaughter some smaller sects, for which they had always been frowned upon by the Blaze Dragon Dao.

However, the sect was situated very far away from the Blaze Dragon Dao, so as long as they didn't do anything to harm the Blaze Dragon Dao's interests, there was naturally no incentive for the Blaze Dragon Dao to target them.

"I've heard much about the Ghost Wail Sect. My name is Gu Yan, and this is my Junior Martial Sister, Gu Ni. Both of us are itinerant cultivators," Daoist Hu Yan said with a smile, while Yun Ni merely nodded at the Ghost Wail Sect cultivators in silence.

"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, fellow daoists," Chen Pi said.

He seemed to be eager to recruit Xu Yangzi, Daoist Hu Yan, and the others as allies, and the feeling was very much mutual, so the two sides quickly struck up a pleasant conversation.

As for the group of foreign race cultivators, they remained standing on the spot in silence, displaying no intention of approaching Han Li's group.

"Could it be that the entrance of the immortal manor is in there?" Xu Yangzi asked as he cast his gaze toward the cave beneath the black light barrier.

"That's right. The people from the Northern Glacial Immortal Palace are all in there, and they've set up a restriction to seal the entrance so that they can keep it to themselves! Other people may be scared of the Northern Glacial Immortal Palace, but I'm certainly not scared!

“You came at just the right time, Fellow Daoist Xu Yangzi. Our three factions should work together to blow this restriction open and give the Northern Glacial Immortal Palace what they deserve!" Chen Pi said with a cold smile.

"Three factions? Are you counting in those people over there?" Daoist Hu Yan asked as he cast his gaze toward the foreign race cultivators.

"Precisely. They're cultivators of the Southern Dawn Race from the westernmost border of the Northern Glacial Immortal Region. They don't mean any disrespect, they simply don't like to interact with people outside of their own race," Chen Pi explained.

Daoist Hu Yan wasn't bothered at all.

All races were generally quite apprehensive toward those of other races.

However, as long as there wasn't any animosity beyond that, Daoist Hu Yan certainly wasn't opposed to working with those Southern Dawn beings.