C660 The war is at hand

Half of the trees were gone, and the few that were left were all over the garden.

This was the scene that the female emperor and the other higher ups of the Celestial Sect of Jade Pond saw after arriving at the Immortality Peach Garden.

The Immortality Peach Garden was protected by layers of array formations and was also monitored by spiritual will, making it considered one of the most difficult forbidden areas to enter. But now, not only was this forbidden area silently invaded, a large amount of fruits and spirit fruits were lost, making the upper echelons of the Celestial Jade Lake Sect unable to believe it, unable to accept it.

Some of the upper echelons of the Celestial Lake Sect, including the female emperor, were stunned, some had heartache, and some were furious. Their expressions all fluctuated, and in the end, all of their gazes shifted to the seven female immortals guarding the Immortality Peach Garden.

They knew that something like this had happened. As the overseer of the Immortality Peach Garden, they could not shake off the responsibility, so when the female emperor was enraged, she would definitely punish them. The lightest punishment would be to imprison her in the Yao Chi Forbidden Palace until she was old enough to be imprisoned, and the worst punishment would be to kill them on the spot.

"Speak, what happened?"

The female Emperor spoke slowly. Her expression was calm, and she was not as angry as she had imagined.

The seven of us let out a sigh of relief, and the red dressed female Immortal cried out, "Reporting to the Queen daughter, the seven of us were ordered to pick ten thousand spirit fruits and deliver them to the plaza for the ten thousand Divine Feathers Immortal Kings of the Jade Pool Immortal Guards to eat. We didn't expect to see the Immortality Peach Garden fall into such a state after leaving for just a short period of time … The seven of us have failed in our duties.

The red dress fairy spoke very skillfully. When she said "obey orders," she naturally did as the female emperor commanded. This was the same as pushing a portion of the blame onto the female emperor. When the female emperor was punishing them, she was too embarrassed to punish them too harshly.

The female empress's face darkened. Just as she was about to speak, an elder next to her said, "This has nothing to do with the seven of them. Furthermore, they are in the midst of using people right now.

The other higher-ups also began to plead on behalf of the Seven Fairies, all of whom were at the peak of the Immortal King, joining forces to fight against the Immortal Emperor. Currently, the Jade Lake Immortal Sect was confronting the Snow Palace's Ice Clan, and the Seven Fairies had a significant role to play.

The female empress pondered for a moment, then snorted coldly. "You can avoid death, but you can never forgive yourself for living! From today onwards, all seven of you will be demoted to service disciples.

To them, being demoted to a service disciple was the lightest punishment. With their cultivation, as long as they made a great contribution in the future, they could still return to the side of the female emperor.

As for who stole the fruit tree and the Peach of Immortality, the female emperor and the others all focused on the Ice Emperor.

He knew that with the powerful cultivation of the female emperor, as long as he was slightly relaxed, he would be discovered. The higher ups of the Yao Chi Immortal Sect were all here, if he were to reveal himself, he would definitely be attacked by a group of people. At that time, even if he had the greatest ability, he wouldn't be able to escape.

Ye Daoxuan heard the senior executives of the Celestial Sect of Wonders swearing and cursing at the Snow Palace's Ice Emperor, and couldn't help but laugh. He thought to himself, that Ice Emperor of the Snow Palace is also unfortunate, to actually be the culprit behind this.

Not long after, the female Emperor and the others left. Ye Daoxuan followed behind an elder as they silently returned to their own residences.

After the incident at the Immortality Peach Garden, the atmosphere in the entire Jade Lake Sect tensed up. The few forbidden areas that contained important cultivation resources had their defenses strengthened, so as to not be robbed anymore. The disciples of the Yaochi Immortal Sect, who were standing at the top, all had grave expressions on their faces, and from time to time, they could hear people cursing and denouncing the Snow Palace's Ice Clan.

Ye Daoxuan had stolen half of the Immortality Peach Garden, so he couldn't help but feel guilty. He didn't go out for several days as he cultivated in seclusion in his own hall.

He no longer had immortal crystals or pills with him, so he naturally cultivated using the Immortality Peach Spirit Fruit. Before he cultivated, he set up a formation around the hall to prevent the aura of the Peach of Immortality from leaking out and being detected by others.

The six large immortal elemental planets in his aura sea were like six spirit beasts that couldn't be fed. No matter how much celestial energy Ye Daoxuan absorbed from the outside world, it would all be devoured by them. Take this cultivation session for example, after ten days of closed door cultivation, the tens of thousands of Immortality Peach Spirit Fruits he stole from the Peach of Immortality were already consumed. If word of this spread, countless people would be shocked.

If it were any other peak Immortal King, they would have to eat tens of thousands of Immortality Peach Spirit Fruits within ten days. However, even the Jade Lake's female emperor did not have the courage and boldness to do so.

Ten days later, Ye Daoxuan came out of seclusion and continued to inquire about Gu Xueyao's news.

When Ye Daoxuan first joined the "Jade Lake Immortal Guards", it was for the sake of cultivating resources. When he later found out that Gu Xueyao was also a disciple of the Yao Chi Immortal Sect, he wholeheartedly inquired about her. Although he couldn't find her, he could sense that she was still alive and well, so he wasn't as anxious and worried as before.

Ye Daoxuan was prepared to wait for him to get to know each other in the Celestial Sect of Jade Lake so that he could try to get in touch with the upper echelons of the sect and ask them where Gu Xueyao was. Especially Gu Xue Biao's Master, Elder Wu Yuerong.

Within the Celestial Sect of the Jade Lake, there were many martial artists who wanted to form a dao companion with Gu Xueyao. Therefore, when Ye Daoxuan asked around for news about Gu Xueyao, other people thought that he just admired Gu Xueyao and didn't care about it at all.

A few days later, the female emperor suddenly summoned the ten thousand Immortal Kings of the Yao Chi Immortal Sect. They gathered in the main square in front of the palace, claiming that they had received a message from a disciple of the Yao Chi Immortal Sect. A hundred thousand members of the Snow Palace's Ice Clan gathered at the 'Snow Ridge Ice River' area, seemingly intending to invade the territory of the Yao Chi Immortal Sect.

The "Snow Ridge" in the "Snow Ridge Ice River" referred to a mountain range that stretched for millions of miles and was covered with glaciers and snow. The temperature was extremely low and experts below the Immortal King Realm could enter the Snow Ridge.

Although there was no ice on the river surface, the river water was thousands of times colder than ice and snow. The "Ice River" was the boundary between the territory of the two great forces of the Yao Chi Immortal Sect and the Snow Palace, so if the experts of both sides were to cross the "Ice River", it would be considered an act of aggression.

For the sake of competing for cultivation resources, the Jade Lake Sect and Snow Palace's Ice Clan had been in a conflict for a long time. Both sides had powerful cultivators guarding them near the glacier in the Snowy Mountains.

Recently, a group of a hundred thousand members of the Snow Palace's Ice Clan suddenly gathered at the Snow Ridge Ice River region. The news immediately spread to the Jade Lake Immortal Sect's Female Emperor Palace, attracting the attention of the female emperor.

Just like the "Jade Lake Immortal Guards", the "Ice Legion" was an elite division of the Snow Palace's Ice Clan and was also made up of Immortal Kings. However, due to the large proportion of Immortal Kings, their overall combat power was greater than the "Jade Lake Immortal Guards".

"Immortal Kings, the Snow Palace's Ice Clan's army wants to invade my territory. Just in case, I need you all to go out and fight!"

The female emperor's gaze swept across the ten thousand immortal kings in front of her, then she said, "I will first hand out ten thousand green immortal crystals as a reward for this expedition. If the two sides were to clash, which immortal king managed to slay more opponents? The more rewards he would receive, the more rewards he would receive! It was the same as before. A head of an Icemountain Immortal King could be exchanged for 10,000 azure Immortal crystals! I hope that all the Immortal Kings will fight bravely, for the sake of protecting the interests of our Jade Lake Immortal Sect! "