Chapter 157: Close Contact at the Palace (Part 2)

  That fat monk was hiding in that big tree, motionless, as if he had entered a state of meditation, which made Yichen very curious.

  "What is he lurking here for?" Yi Chen was very puzzled, holding his breath and staring at the big tree where the fat monk had stopped.

  "I hope you can open the Ice Palace, just don't let Kong Ning down." The fat monk raised his legs, swung his hand, and a wine jug appeared in his hand, drinking with relish.

  "Kong Ning, is that his name?" Yi Chen's eyes flashed with a strange color, he observed carefully, and felt more and more suspicious. Was he just here to drink?

  Thinking of this, Yi Chen looked around and then quietly retreated, his toes lightly tapping the ground as he jumped silently onto a large tree.

  Gently lifting the branches, Yi Chen looked forward and found that there was a group of soldiers with fierce faces standing in a row, motionless.

  "This is a lockdown point." Seeing this scene, Yi Chen withdrew his gaze, and a thoughtful expression floated onto his face.

  The other party came to this blockade point, it's absolutely impossible that they just wanted to drink, there must be a problem with this.

  Although he had such a judgment, Yi Chen still couldn't determine what the other party was going to do. He turned his head towards Kong Ning's direction and looked over, slightly sunk into thought, then quietly stayed on the tree waiting.

  Time dripped away, night gradually approached, and the curtains were blown more fiercely by the cold wind, when suddenly a heavy snowfall began.

  "Not even moving, can't understand if he really came to drink?" Yi Chen had been waiting for several hours, but that Kong Ning was still drinking, which made him wonder.

  Yi Chen felt a bit disappointed, if the other party didn't make any unusual moves, then he would have waited in vain.

  "Night has come." Just as Yi Chen was about to leave, Kong Ning suddenly put the wine jug into storage and jumped down from that tree.

  Yi Chen, who had been paying attention to each other's movements all along, suddenly tensed up his nerves and shrunk his body to avoid being discovered.

  Under Yichen's gaze, Kong Ning emerged from the forest and walked towards the soldiers with an extremely calm demeanor, exuding a nauseating smell of alcohol.

  "What is he doing?" Yi Chen's face was filled with even more confusion, unsure of what Kong Ning meant by his actions.

  "Halt! This area is sealed off. No one is allowed in." The soldiers also spotted Kong Ning, brandishing their weapons and shouting angrily.

  "What a hassle." Kong Ning pursed his lips and didn't say anything else, his figure flashed and quickly disappeared from the original place, reappearing in front of many soldiers the next second.

  "Someone wants..." Seeing this situation, the soldier was greatly shocked, opened his mouth and wanted to shout loudly, but unfortunately his words were cut off halfway.

  Unlike Peng, Kong Ning was extremely fast, his arms leaving afterimages as he struck out, grabbing the soldier's neck and twisting it off with a slight effort.

  A soldier in the realm of Chen Hun was killed like this, and the remaining soldiers were shocked, raising their weapons to attack.

  "Let me help your souls ascend."

  Kong Ning didn't flinch, his facial fat squeezed together to reveal a smile, and his body suddenly shook violently, releasing a visible surge of energy in all directions. In an instant, the snowflakes on the ground were blown up, carrying strong winds that spread out in all directions.

  "Whoosh" Yi Chen was not far from the fighting place and was also affected by the ripple. He was directly pushed away by a burst of energy.

  "A huge fluctuation." He retreated over a dozen meters before stabilizing his figure, and Yi Chen's face revealed a look of shock. Afterwards, he quickly rushed back to the original location, looking in the direction of the previous battle.

  In an instant, Yi Chen found that Kong Ning had disappeared without a trace. On the ground lay dozens of soldiers, their pupils rolled back, and they were completely silent.

  Seeing this situation, Yi Chen took a cold breath. He had sensed it earlier that the cultivation of these soldiers was at least at the Zhenyuan boundary, and there were several who were close to the Huangyuan boundary. Yet they were taken down silently.

  "What a strong power." At the same time as secretly whistling, Yi Chen stepped forward and walked towards the front, treading on those corpses to pass through, quickly rushing towards the central area.

  This time I came here just to take a look at the environment in the central area, but because this place is blocked, Yi Chen found it difficult to enter.

  Nowadays, the soldiers here have been settled by Kong Ning, and the opportunity is quite rare. Yi Chen can't let it go easily.

  The central zone is vast in area, with complex terrain inside, and powerful magical beasts can be seen entering and exiting from time to time.

  Apart from the monster, there were some soldiers patrolling, but they wisely chose to avoid it when they encountered the monster.

  "The soldiers outside are killed, and it's believed they will be discovered soon, so act quickly." When he saw the patrolling soldiers, Yi Chen's face turned solemn.

  With a "whoosh", Yi Chen quickly dashed out, leaving behind a long afterimage in the air.

  On that day, he had seen the Ice Palace from a distance, but Yi Chen didn't know exactly where it was located. Now he could only search for it slowly.

  As he went deeper, Yi Chen could feel an increase in the number of soldiers and a tense atmosphere lingering in the air.

  "They had actually set up a camp ahead." About half an hour later, Yi Chen discovered that countless tents appeared in front of him, densely packed together to form a camp.

  "They actually set up camp in the central area of the Dongyu Snow Plains." Yi Chen's eyes widened, this was simply too crazy.

  However, when he observed carefully, he found that the magical beasts passing through the camp had a deep fear in their eyes, and then seemed to sense danger, turning around and leaving directly.

  "It's the smell of Beast-Repellent Incense." Those demonic beasts' movements made Yi Chen extremely suspicious, he sniffed his nose and immediately smelled a very foul odor, with a look of surprise on his face.

  The Longyuan Continent is full of fierce beasts, and it's extremely dangerous to go out. Therefore, some cultivators have developed a beast-repelling incense.

  It is made from the powerful fur and bones of a magical beast, and when ignited, it releases a terrifying aura like that of a powerful magical beast, intimidating other magical beasts.

  "I don't know where the Ice Palace is." Yi Chen quickly withdrew his gaze, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. The central area was extremely vast, and finding the Ice Palace wouldn't be an easy task.

  "It was him." Just then, Yi Chen discovered a familiar figure, who was quickly moving forward, as if he was very familiar with this place. It was Kong Ning, who had led the way in earlier.

  "Could his goal also be the Ice Palace?" With eyes fixed on him, Yi Chen thought for a moment before quickly following behind.

  Kong Ning seemed extremely familiar with the place, constantly avoiding soldiers and advancing towards the depths of the central area. Yi Chen followed closely behind him.

  "Hiss" another two kilometers ahead, Kong Ning suddenly accelerated his running speed, and disappeared from Yi Chen's sight in a few flashes.

  "What a speed!" Yi Chen widened his eyes and quickly chased forward, but the figure in front had already disappeared.

  Now he could only move forward, Yi Chen carefully looked around and then quickly rushed forward.

  "It's a corner of the Ice Palace." Continuing to move forward for a moment, Yi Chen suddenly saw a protruding object, and if he wasn't mistaken, that was the top of the Ice Palace.

  This discovery made Yi Chen extremely surprised, he sped up and rushed forward, when he arrived not far from the Ice Snow Palace, he was completely shocked by the scene in front of him.

  All that can be seen in front is a huge pit, which has long been covered with ice and snow. A palace-like structure stands upright in the pit, looking extremely magnificent. Occasionally, flowing light flashes through the transparent walls.

  Although it looks transparent on the surface, nothing can be seen inside, and at the same time, he feels a very overbearing majesty, giving him an urge to worship.

  This scene was really too grand, such a magnificent building Yi Chen had never seen before, and what's even more shocking is that it wasn't made of earth, but rather seemed to be carved out of ice blocks.

  "Is this the Ice Palace?" When he saw it from a distance that day, Yi Chen didn't have much of an impression. Now, being in close proximity to it left him utterly shocked.

  Soon, Yi Chen came back to his senses. He didn't rush in to investigate, but with his keen intuition, he sensed that there were many extremely terrifying auras within the palace.

  The two great empires' people fleeing in disarray on that day, he still remembers now, especially the shocking beast roar, making one's heart tremble with fear.

  Along the way, Yi Chen didn't see too many magical beasts, but the number of magical beasts that chased and killed humans that day was terrifying. From this, Yi Chen suspected that those magical beasts might have rushed out from the Ice Snow Palace.

  "Roar!" Suddenly, a furious roar came from the palace, and a visible sound wave spread out in all directions. The deafening sound made Yi Chen feel like his eardrums were going to burst.

  The terrifying beast roar made Yi Chen's heart startled, from here it can be judged that there is indeed a terrifying demon beast in the Ice Snow Palace.

  "This shout is quite fierce." A figure was wandering around the foot of the Ice Snow Palace, he dug his ears and sneaked around, doing something mysterious.

  "It's that Pong Ning." Yi Chen stood on top and discovered him, the person in front of him was extremely powerful, Yi Chen didn't dare to be careless for a moment, crawling on the ground, preventing himself from being found.

  "What is he doing there?" Looking at his movements, Yi Chen's face showed confusion. The other party came here, wasn't it to open the Ice Snow Palace?

  "The legendary Ice Palace, I've spent many years searching for you. This time, I must open it." Kong Ning took out a carving knife and began to carve something at the bottom of the Ice Palace, muttering to himself.

  "It's a pity that there are countless powerful demons inside, otherwise I wouldn't have spread the news." Kong Ning's face occasionally flashed with helplessness.

  "What is he carving?" The distance between the two was too far, and Yi Chen couldn't see what he was carving, his curiosity was piqued.

  Kong Ning quickly stopped carving, patted his hands, and reluctantly looked at the ice palace before flashing out of the deep pit and leaving directly.