Medical Sage

Tianchi Snow Mountain, located on the northernmost border of Jilin Province in Huaxia Land, is a place composed entirely of ice and snow. Since ancient times, it has carried a mystical Xianxia aura.

It is said that many years ago, Tianchi Snow Mountain did not exist. However, after a strange and sudden meteorological anomaly one night, the originally ordinary mountain range began to grow unusual, becoming completely covered in ice and snow. Even the Ancient Martial Artists of Huaxia, who possessed extraordinary martial power, generally avoided the place. This was because even Strong Innate Ancient Martial Artists could be frostbitten there, which was scientifically baffling. After numerous fruitless expeditions by their predecessors and ancestors, more and more people began to keep their distance. No one dared to enter lightly.

Yet, in that extremely harsh, ice-and-snow environment, the Immortal Ascension Valley somehow emerged at an unknown time.

The Immortal Ascension Valley opens once every twelve years, and when it does, it becomes the grandest event for the top young Ancient Martial Artists and rare Qi Practitioners in all of Huaxia Land. This was because the Immortal Ascension Valley of Tianchi Snow Mountain held a true opportunity for ’ascendance to immortality’. For all who knew of Qi Practitioners and cultivation, this was a fatal attraction.

Similarly, for the various powers, large and small, across Huaxia Land, this was an event significant enough to excite them, even drive them to madness. After all, the other side of the Immortal Ascension Valley connected to the legendary ’Arcadia’—a world composed entirely of true cultivators. To them, it was a completely new world. If one of them could be selected by the great figures of that world, it would be incredibly worthwhile, even if it meant not being able to return for twelve years. That was because almost every person who returned from that world after twelve years became one of the top experts on Earth.

As such, this grand event had already set Huaxia Land abuzz, a secret known only to a very few.

When Chen Fei left Capital City and arrived at Tianchi Snow Mountain, it took him less than three hours—a speed that admittedly impressed him. The Central Guard Bureau is truly on another level. Their efficiency is so much higher than that of ordinary people. If it were me, even at full speed, it would probably take at least half a day to get here, right?

Later, under the guidance of an Innate Expert from the Central Guard Bureau, Chen Fei plunged headlong into Tianchi Snow Mountain. They went directly to the location of Immortal Ascension Valley. However, it was only when they truly set foot on the ice-covered mountain that they discovered it was indeed a bit strange.

”Senior, do you feel it? This snow... even I feel a slight chill,” Chen Fei said. He was wearing just a long-sleeved shirt and jeans as he walked through the icy landscape with the Innate Expert from the Central Guard Bureau. When the snowflakes fell on his palms and the exposed skin of his wrists, he couldn’t help but feel a jolt of surprise, his eyes flashing. After all, with my current cultivation at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, ordinary natural snowflakes shouldn’t make me feel cold at all. And I have the Thirty-Six Paths of Sanyang True Fire Sword Qi inside me. Although it is Sword Qi in substance, its essence is still Sanyang True Fire! It’s impossible that I can’t even withstand the chill from mere natural snow, right? This is really strange.

”This place is a bit strange,” Zhen Jingkong also found it odd, murmuring to himself within Chen Fei’s sea of consciousness. I wonder if it has anything to do with those three jade artifacts...

As an ice-attribute cultivator himself, he knew very well that ordinary snow shouldn’t make a Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator feel cold. Moreover, even he found the three jade artifacts in Chen Fei’s possession strange, and they were pointing somewhere within this great snowy mountain. He couldn’t help but connect the two. Could there really be some astonishing secret hidden in this mountain?

Chen Fei had the same question in his heart, but he didn’t want to delve into it at that moment. After all, his primary goal this time was the Immortal Ascension Valley; he wanted to understand the situation there. Several hours later, they finally arrived.

Is that Immortal Ascension Valley?

When Chen Fei and the Innate Expert from the Central Guard Bureau arrived at the southernmost end of Tianchi Snow Mountain, they reached the area where Immortal Ascension Valley was located. He immediately saw that the region between two towering snow peaks was shrouded in a thick white fog, hovering in midair. The Spiritual Energy and energy fluctuations hidden within were astonishing. As the white fog churned, even Chen Fei felt a palpitation in his heart.

A Formation? Chen Fei murmured, squinting at the rolling white fog between the two towering snow peaks.

”It is a Formation,” Zhen Jingkong said dismissively from within his sea of consciousness. ”It looks somewhat decent, more than enough to handle any cultivator below the Foundation Establishment True Person Realm.”

Although such a formation could likely sweep through Qi Refining Realm Cultivators, to him, it was a mere trifle, not worth mentioning.

”Mr. Chen, Immortal Ascension Valley is inside the white fog between the snow peaks. Shall we go in now?” the Innate Expert from the Central Guard Bureau asked.

Inside the white fog? Could Immortal Ascension Valley be suspended in midair? The expert’s words made Chen Fei pause.

”I... I don’t know about that. But the entrance to Immortal Ascension Valley is indeed there,” the expert replied.

”It’s just a trick of the eye,” Zhen Jingkong gave a somewhat disdainful answer. ”Those two snow peaks look separate, but in reality, it’s just an illusion created by the formation. There should be flat ground up there.”

So that’s how it is... Chen Fei nodded, still slightly astounded. Such a realistic illusion. It seems the one who set up this formation had considerable skill.

”Let’s go,” he said, no longer marveling, and began to ascend the snow peak.

Before long, the two of them had climbed one of the two snow peaks. At that moment, the white fog, now close at hand, began to churn even more violently. Then, as if sliced by a blade, a path wide enough for several people to walk abreast opened up. The end of the path was a stretch of impenetrable white.

So, it’s in here? Chen Fei murmured once more before stepping onto the path. His figure soon vanished into the white expanse at the end.