Chapter 974: Divine Power of Luck

In the era of the Profound Mystery Ancient Emperor, although Wanggu was divided into Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern borders, the regional boundaries were not clear, and the Profound Mystery also intended to blur these borders!

It was not until the Profound Mystery left Wanggu and the Remnant Face descended that everything changed!

A catastrophe shrouded the Wanggu Continent, and the myriad races constantly experienced death and war; some races disappeared forever, while others rose against the trend, eventually evolving into the five great powerful races!

Among them, the Flame Moon Profound Heaven Race appeared in the East, the North Fate Royal Race rose in the North, the Red Earth Great Luo Race ascended in the West, the Nether Abyss Skeleton Race arrived in the South, and the first powerful race occupied the center of Wanggu!

These five great races stand tall in Wanggu, reaching the pinnacle of the current world!

Furthermore, because the Human Emperor Li Xia became a god, stepping onto the Divine Platform and leading the human race to rise, they allied with the Flame Moon Race to become one of the six great powerful races of Wanggu today, causing the power of the Eastern border to surpass the West, South, and North, for a time chasing the first powerful race!

Its formidable nature can be seen through the current war in the Holy Lands; the central region has no Holy Lands descending!

In the East, the battlefield is controlled outside the formations!

In the West, South, and North, the flames of war are pervasive, and both sides have suffered countless casualties!

Especially in the North, during these past six months, there have been frequent major battles with the four Profound-level Holy Lands that descended there!

Even if the North Fate Royal Race is strong, they have gradually begun to struggle!

Thus, looking around, the entire Northern ice field is no longer the white it once was; many areas within it... have been stained with blood!

Xu Qing and Chen Erniu walked into the Northern border in such an environment!

Feeling the cold wind of the Northern border, gazing at the endless glaciers of the Northern border, and smelling the bloodiness formed by death within the heavens and earth, even Chen Erniu spoke less!

The howling of the cold wind was more like a sob, conveying the thought of life withering away!

On the ice field underfoot, mixed with fresh blood, one could see many skeletons frozen into ice sculptures, which was a shocking sight!

They maintained their postures from before they died!

"Compared to the Eastern border, this place... is too tragic!"

Xu Qing gazed into the distance and whispered!

"So it is better not to go too deep!"

"How about we just stay here? Anyway, the place we need,"

"is beneath the glacier!"

Chen Erniu’s gaze fell upon a corpse not far away, and he sighed!

Xu Qing nodded, withdrew his gaze from the distant sky, and looked at the glacier under his feet; he raised his right foot, about to step down to collapse the glacier!

But just at this moment, his expression suddenly shifted!

The howling of the wind brought a sound that did not belong to the wind, which formed a picture within Xu Qing’s divine power!

Someone, in the distance... was being hunted!

The one being hunted was a middle-aged cultivator whose skin was bluish; he was clearly not of the human race, and his cultivation was at the first level of Void Returning!

He was dressed in luxurious clothing and wore a purple-gold crown, clearly someone of significant status!

His robes were embroidered with dark snowflake patterns; as he moved forward, these snowflakes formed illusions, circling outside his body and drawing in the cold air from all directions to form a storm, which bolstered his speed; the pursuers were two people with cultivation equivalent to his, also at the first level of Void Returning, wearing silver long robes, with scales on their foreheads, tails on their backs, and horns on their heads!

Their bodies contained a trace of starry sky aura!

This aura also revealed the identity of these two alien races; they were not native cultivators of Wanggu, but came from beyond the sky, from the Holy Lands!

At this moment, their eyes were filled with killing intent as they pursued rapidly, and while speeding, they formed seals, with various techniques flashing brilliant light as they bombarded the middle-aged cultivator in front!

Although he was being hunted and hit, with fresh blood spilling from the corners of his mouth, the middle-aged cultivator’s expression remained normal; he was not flustered in the slightest and was very composed!

Relying on his superior speed, he kept trying to widen the distance!

Even though the effect was minimal and the two sides were getting closer, with more and more techniques being used, causing him to be struck multiple times and spit out a large mouthful of blood, his expression still showed no panic, as if he did not care about his own injuries at all, nor did he take to heart the death that would soon come after being caught!

This strange scene was perceived by Xu Qing, and shortly after, it was also seen by Chen Erniu!

"This person’s clothing is from the North Fate Royal Race; this is interesting. Does he know we are here? Or does this person have other means hidden? Otherwise, how could he be this composed!"

Chen Erniu was curious!

Xu Qing’s expression was calm, his gaze fixed on the three people chasing in the sky!

These three soon approached in the sky, but with their cultivation, they naturally could not detect the hidden Xu Qing and Chen Erniu!

But whether it was a coincidence or not, the moment they neared the two, the two pursuers from the Holy Land unleashed their killing moves; amidst the roar of techniques, the hunted North Fate Royal Race cultivator could not dodge in time, his body shook, and he spat out blood!

As his figure stumbled, his path was blocked, and he had no choice but to head straight for the ice field ground!

As the two Holy Land cultivators approached with killing intent, these three actually began to fight directly a hundred feet in front of Xu Qing and Chen Erniu!

The sound of roaring echoed, and the light of techniques erupted!

This strange scene made both Xu Qing and Chen Erniu frown!

"This is too much of a coincidence, to actually start fighting in front of us!"

Chen Erniu narrowed his eyes!

Just looking at the moves of these three, they were indeed all trying to put the other to death, and judging by their expressions, they clearly really did not notice anyone nearby!

So Chen Erniu decided to continue watching to see if these three would really end up dead!

After all, the appearance of these three was full of coincidences, and when a coincidence reaches a certain degree, it is eerie!

However, after Xu Qing looked carefully, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly raised his right hand and waved it!

With this wave, the sounds produced by the three fighting cultivators seemed to be cut off, disappearing in an instant, and then formed an invisible killing force that erupted in a moment!

Wherever it passed, it became a sonic boom; the two cultivators from the Holy Land changed their expressions in horror, wanting to dodge but it was too late, and they were instantly enveloped by the sonic boom!

Amidst the booming sounds, their bodies collapsed, torn to pieces, and their forms and spirits were destroyed!

Only blood rained down, staining the ground red!

As for the middle-aged cultivator of the North Fate Royal Race, he was also shaken by this sudden change, instinctively retreating a bit and looking around rapidly!

He perceived nothing!

The concealment of Xu Qing and Chen Erniu made everything in the eyes of this cultivator appear empty!

After a long while, the North Fate Royal Race cultivator took a deep breath and bowed toward the sky!

"I am Long Jiu, a disciple of the North Fate Royal Race; many thanks to the senior for saving my life!"

"Since the benefactor does not wish to appear, this junior will not force it, but I will keep this kindness in my heart. If the benefactor comes to my North Fate Royal Race in the future, you may use this token to find me; if there is any task, Long Jiu will do his utmost!"

The middle-aged cultivator’s attitude was sincere, but his expression was neither humble nor arrogant; as he spoke, he took out a silver-white token shining with brilliant light and placed it on the ground!

Then he bowed again, waited for a moment, and after seeing no response from the surroundings, he took a deep breath, stood up, flickered, and headed straight for the horizon!

After a while, the token left behind by Long Jiu flew up on its own and landed in Chen Erniu’s hand!

"Interesting."

"This token is actually made of ice crystal, and the quality is top-notch. This Long Jiu... judging by his temperament, he is also quite extraordinary, and his actions are like this... he should have some status within the North Fate Royal Race!"

"If we go to this race in the future, this person might really be of some use!"

"However, everything before was still too coincidental. Little Ah Qing, why did you act just now?"

Chen Erniu played with the token in his hand and looked at Xu Qing!

Xu Qing looked in the direction where Long Jiu had left toward the horizon and slowly spoke!

"This person is indeed not simple; on his body... there is a trace of divine power fluctuation!"

"Divine power?"

Chen Erniu’s gaze sharpened!

"It should be an extremely rare divine power... it is in a state of being about to bloom and will need some time to fully manifest. After we finish dealing with the matter of Feng Lintao, I plan to go and explore it!"

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved, the sun rose into the sky, and then he raised his right foot and stepped on the ground!

Immediately, the glacier on the ground shattered silently, collapsing over a large area, and his figure sank down!

Chen Erniu blinked and also walked into the ice cave in the ground!

Their figures disappeared inside!

Beneath the glacier, within the ice river, they sped downward!

The place they needed to go was cold to the extreme, and they could not have even the slightest bit of heat energy, so that it would meet the requirements of the inheritance hidden within Feng Lintao’s soul!

Therefore, they had to head to the bottom of this ice river!

And the sun dial above the ice cave in the outside world reversed at this moment, the power of time spread out, and immediately the shattered glacier ground returned to its original state!

The sun dial blurred and disappeared!

Time passed slowly just like this.

Seven days passed!

In the Northern ice field, tens of thousands of miles away from the place where Xu Qing and the other disappeared,

there was a huge glacier!

Compared to other places, there was slightly less foreign matter here, so it was originally a gathering place for many small sects, but with the arrival of the war, some were conscripted and some migrated, so now only one Ice River Sect remained!

This sect was very small, with fewer than a hundred disciples; they lived very hard lives on weekdays, and the appearance of the war made them even more miserable!

At this moment, a figure whistled from the horizon and flew into the main hall of this sect, revealing his form!

It was actually Long Jiu, who had been saved by Xu Qing!

Now, the composure on his face was replaced by pride; after sitting down in the main hall, a disciple walked in from the hall and bowed to him with a worried face!

"Greetings, Master!"

This was Long Jiu’s eldest disciple!

Noticing the worry on his eldest disciple’s face, Long Jiu raised his eyebrows!

"What happened?"

"Master... today, eleven more disciples in the sect chose to leave. Now the entire sect only has thirty-seven people left, and everyone is seriously lacking in cultivation resources. If this continues..."

Long Jiu smiled upon hearing this!

"It doesn't matter; everyone has their own aspirations. Your master is about to succeed!"

Upon hearing this, the eldest disciple sighed, knowing that his Master had fallen into an obsession and was beyond persuasion, so he asked a question!

"Master, how was the harvest from this trip?"

Long Jiu laughed heartily!

"For every ten times I go out, I am bound to encounter danger once, and whenever I encounter danger, I meet a benefactor."

"This time, my luck exceeded the past; throughout the journey, I encountered three waves of benefactors."

Looking at his Master's smug expression, the eldest disciple thought of the sect's hard times and couldn't help but try to persuade him again!

"Master, the spirit stones for the disciples' cultivation are all gone. How about... we sell one of the tokens? Just one..."

Long Jiu heard this and frowned!

"Short-sighted."

"I am relying on my own luck to make a name for myself."

"You must know that those benefactors who saved me are all big shots. Once they take my token and sense my extraordinariness, they will surely think of me when they pass by the Northern Fate Royal Clan in the future, and thus mention me to the experts of the clan!"

"At first, the big shots in the clan might not know who I am!"

"But as more benefactors go and mention me more often, the big shots of the Northern Fate Royal Clan will naturally have a deep impression of me, and they will also let more clansmen know who I am!"

"Moreover, every benefactor is my connection. I must repay the debt of gratitude for them saving my life; this is karma."

"If I make all the big shots my benefactors, then tell me, can I not be renowned? And once I have such fame, what could I possibly lack?"

After speaking, Long Jiu glanced at his eldest disciple, thinking that the other had indeed suffered while following him all these years, so he offered some comfort!

"Just wait a little longer. I estimate that once the seven tokens I have left are all given away, the timing will be just about right. Enough said, I am going to rest and nurse my injuries, then I must continue to go out and find benefactors!"

The eldest disciple was silent; he wanted to say something more, but seeing his Master like this, he could only comply!

However, thinking of how his Master's luck had indeed been extraordinary all these years—encountering life-and-death crises many times while being hunted, yet always being helped by noble people—

it led his Master to come up with such a method to make a name for himself...

"I hope it works!"

The eldest disciple sighed!