Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2249: Chapter 2246: Opening, Ice Palace Fourth Layer

With the fall of Lu Long’s words.

It also signifies that this competition has come to a complete and final end.

All around, there was an instant uproar.

”Defeated, even Senior Sister Lu was defeated.”

”The most outstanding martial arts prodigy in the history of Endless Snow Mountain was also defeated.”

”Just how monstrous is this Xiao Yi?”

The young heavenly talents exclaimed in surprise.

In the Sword Pavilion’s seats, those dozen young women looked utterly incredulous, ”Senior Sister, she actually lost?”

In the Ice Emperor Palace’s seats, Ice Barbarian and others gritted their teeth, ”Even that woman lost?”

On the Ice Crystal Martial Arts Arena.

Xiao Yi straightened his expression and said, ”When can the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace be opened?”

Lu Long answered, ”Anytime.”

”Is now possible?” Xiao Yi frowned and asked.

”Of course.” Lu Long nodded, ”Master Xiao Yi, follow me to the Third Layer of the Ice Palace.”

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The Third Layer of the Ice Emperor Palace.

Lu Long, Xia Yifeng, Guardian Bing, Guardian Nangong, and the nine elders from both sides were all present.

Besides that, only Xiao Yi was there.

”Master Xiao Yi.” Xia Yifeng approached with a light smile, ”You concluded the battle much earlier than I anticipated.”

”Please wait, in about a few hours, the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace can be fully opened.”

In front of others, Xia Yifeng still addressed Xiao Yi as ’Master’.

”Thank you.” Xiao Yi cupped his hands.

The Third Layer of the Ice Palace is a place where only elders and protectors can stay.

At this moment, the four great protectors walked to the end of the Third Layer of the Ice Palace, and the four of them simultaneously made hand seals, unleashing a tremendous aura.

”Such a strong aura.” Xiao Yi’s eyes were filled with astonishment.

This time, he could entirely ascertain that the strength of these four was formidable.

While they might not match the level of the eight Masters of the Main Hall, they were definitely close.

Among the Black Demon Six Evils, only the Heartless Inn Master could compare to these four.

As for Lu Long, his unleashed aura even completely surpassed the level of the Heartless Inn Master and the Changtian Wine Demon.

Beside him, Xia Canglan chuckled, ”The four great protectors of the Ice Emperor Palace naturally possess formidable strength.”

”Otherwise, how could the Ice Emperor Palace and the Ice Storm Sword Pavilion stand strong in the Central Region, even to the point where the Hidden Hundred Families dare not provoke us?”

Xiao Yi laughed, ”Originally, I thought that the Ice Emperor Palace was at most within the top tier of the hidden world.”

”Now it seems, I severely underestimated it.”

”Just the four protectors alone might have the power equivalent to that of an entire main hall.”

”Indeed.” Xia Canglan laughed, ”The four protectors are the strongest guardians of the Ice Emperor Palace and the Ice Storm Sword Pavilion.”

”The years they have lived are longer than you can imagine.”

”My Xia Family Patriarch Xia Yifeng is known as a Hidden Master, and there’s no need to say more about that.”

”Or let me put it this way, even though the eight Masters of the Main Hall are powerful, that’s only because they bear the heritage of the Eight Palaces Main Hall.”

”Among them, besides Senior Luoo, the other seven, if reckoned, probably haven’t lived as long as the four great protectors.”

”Oh?” Xiao Yi’s face was full of surprise.

Xia Canglan explained, ”The Ice Venerate Ancestor belonged to the same era as Senior Luoo.”

”And the four founders of the Ice Storm Sword Pavilion and my Ice Emperor Palace are of a generation younger than Senior Luoo, but they are from the era of the first generation of the Master of the Main Hall.”

This is understandable since the era of the Six Venerables predates that of the Eight Palaces.

Xia Canglan continued, ”And as for Guardian Lu Long and the others, the current protectors, they are the second generation of protectors, the direct descendants of the four founders.”

”You can imagine, with the countless years they have lived through, what kind of astronomical cultivation accumulated within them.”

”Hiss.” Xiao Yi drew in a breath of cold air, ”Doesn’t that mean the years the four protectors have lived are...”

Xia Canglan waved his hand, interrupting, ”When the four founders passed the legacy to the next generation, they were no longer young, almost at the end of their lifespan, only then did they have the thought of passing it on.”

”Therefore, the current four protectors were born long after the end of the Ancient Times.”

”But no matter how you calculate it, they have lived far longer than the current Masters of the Main Hall.”

”Of course, the cultivation realm of the four protectors does not match that of the Masters of the Main Hall.”

”But besides these eight contemporary legends, it’s only our four great protectors of the Ice Venerate’s lineage that are the strongest.”

Xiao Yi nodded.

The Ice Emperor Palace and the Ice Storm Sword Pavilion indeed have a long and profound heritage, and their foundation is quite astonishing.

Just these four protectors alone are enough to ensure that these two great forces endure for ages, with few in the world able to shake them.

”Speaking of which,” Xia Canglan chuckled, ”Guardian Lu Long, that old fellow, is quite overbearing but not unreasonable.”

”It’s just that typically, even Guardian Bing and Guardian Nangong can’t do anything about him.”

”Yet you managed to subdue him, that’s impressive.”

Xiao Yi laughed, ”Guardian Lu Long is indeed a straightforward person.”

”He is straightforward,” Xia Canglan laughed, ”That old fellow only acknowledges strength, and if he recognizes it, everything else is negotiable.”

”This time when you enter the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace, if that old guy was dead set against it, even I, the Xia Family Patriarch, wouldn’t be able to help you.”

”Everyone from the Lu Family throughout the generations has quite a fiery disposition.”

”Oh no, there’s still one more.” Xia Canglan suddenly remembered something and gave a playful smile.

”Who?” Xiao Yi asked in confusion.

Xia Canglan shook his head, ”I’m not telling you, otherwise that old guy will come looking for trouble with me.”

Xiao Yi pursed his lips and didn’t press further.

Xia Canglan briefly explained the affairs of the two great forces to Xiao Yi.

In the past, the Ice Emperor Palace was meant to be inherited collectively by the four disciples of the Ice Venerable.

However, the ancestor of the Lu Family later obviously disagreed with the other three, had quite a fiery temper, and simply left to establish his own sect, the Ice Storm Sword Pavilion.

However, despite the disagreement, they did not bear enmity towards each other.

Regarding the Ice Venerate lineage’s heritage, all four valued it as their life.

Their divergence lay in the inheritance itself.

The differences between the Ice Emperor Palace and the Ice Storm Sword Pavilion can reveal this divergence.

The Ice Emperor Palace clearly shows disciples with various techniques.

They include Palms Dao, Sword Dao, Beast Dao, Soul Dao, Body Cultivation Dao, and so forth.

While the Ice Storm Sword Pavilion solely follows Sword Dao, the purest form of Sword Dao.

...

A few hours passed in an instant.

At the end of the Third Layer of the Ice Palace, the hand seals made individually by the four protectors were all different.

The Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace indeed requires the combined efforts of the four protectors to open.

After a while, the four protectors collectively withdrew their auras.

And at the end of the Third Layer of the Ice Palace, a spatial rift appeared.

”Alright, the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace is open, go in.” Xia Canglan said.

Xiao Yi nodded and with a flash of his figure, he moved to the end of the Third Layer.

Xia Yifeng looked at the other three and cupped his hands, ”This time, I will follow Master Xiao Yi into the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace.”

”Hmm?” The three of them frowned at the same time.

Xia Yifeng explained, ”Next, I need to guide Master Xiao Yi in future cultivation.”

”I, as a Hidden Master naturally...”

”No way, Hidden Master or not?” Lu Long coldly interrupted, ”According to the Ice Palace’s rules, we four protectors cannot accompany a disciple into it.”

”The opportunities on the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace must be obtained by the younger generation through their own abilities, and outsiders cannot interfere.”

”If you go in there and intervene, or secretly assist, wouldn’t that desecrate the inheritance?”

”Exactly.” Guardian Bing and Guardian Nangong called out coldly, ”If you allow this kid to cause chaos on the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace, and something goes wrong, if there is any problem with the Ice Venerate’s inheritance, wouldn’t we all be sinners?”

”Who could bear such a consequence?”

”Xia Yifeng, if you want to go in, you can.” Guardian Bing said coldly, ”But the other three guardians must also enter, to prevent you two from causing mischief in there.”

”You...” Xia Yifeng’s face twitched, then he waved his sleeve, ”Fine, as you wish.”

Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh...

Xiao Yi first stepped in, followed by Xia Yifeng, and the other three guardians after exchanging a glance, hurriedly followed.

Five figures instantly disappeared at the end of the Third Layer, entering the Fourth Floor of the Ice Palace.

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The third update.

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