187 Sky Lock
One day’s journey later, Su Yuan followed the Dragon Sect members to a cave on a certain mountain in the Snow Burial Mountain Range.
The scene inside the cave was unclear; only countless light blue chills were gently flowing within.
The leader of the Dragon Sect, Pan Long, spoke, “This is one of the many entrances to the Snow Burial Plain and the one our Dragon Sect most frequently enters. Everyone, be on high alert and follow me inside.”
After speaking, Pan Long took the lead and stepped into the cave. His figure was swallowed by the light blue glow, and in just a moment, he vanished from everyone’s perception.
Most members of the Dragon Sect had been here more than once. Without hesitation, they followed in succession.
Qin Lianyun greeted, “Su Yuan, Miss Situ, let’s go in as well!”
Because Su Yuan had narrowly won a sparring match earlier, Qin Lianyun had quite a bit of respect for him and the two chatted a lot along the way.
Su Yuan asked about the Black Wind Domain and surrounding areas. Qin Lianyun, in turn, showed great interest in the Great Flame Country.
According to Qin Lianyun, his mother was once a genius Star Card Master of the Great Flame Country.
“Alright, let’s go.” Su Yuan responded, leading Situ Qingyin into the cave.
The weather suddenly turned cold, frost and snow danced in the air, as the group stepped into the Snow Burial Plain Secret Realm.
“Awoo, awoo…!”
From the side came howls of misery. Su Yuan turned his head to see Pan Long leading some people in slaying a few Snow Cloak Wolves near the entrance.
After entering the Secret Realm, being alert of the surroundings and clearing out dangers was fundamental quality.
Within the Dragon Sect, tasks like these were usually handled by the stronger individuals, which was why Pan Long was the first to transport in.
“It’s definitely much colder than last time!”
Feeling the bitter cold wind, everyone in the Dragon Sect frowned.
Su Yuan surveyed the surroundings. All he could see was a boundless snowfield, mountain ridges, and occasional scattered ice and snow Star Beasts.
Su Yuan took out the map copy given by Lin Yue and quickly determined their current location based on the markings.
“We are currently in the southwest direction…”
The Dragon Sect planned to explore some newly appeared areas deep within the Snow Burial Plain, to the east.
He and Situ Qingyin needed to go to resource points marked on the map where ice elements were rich and potentially born ice and snow materials, which spread in multiple directions.
Seeing Pan Long and others sweeping away the Snow Cloak Wolves nearby and returning, Su Yuan spoke, “Then, everyone from the Dragon Sect, we’ll take our leave first.”
Pan Long nodded, “Brother Su, be extra careful.”
“Brother Su, are you sure you don’t want to come with us?” Qin Lianyun asked, frowning. “The Snow Burial Plain is indeed more perilous than before. If we stay together, we can support each other if anything happens.”
Su Yuan shook his head, “We need to go to several places to gather materials, and it’s not quite along your path.”
Qin Lianyun pondered for a moment but did not press further, nodding, “Alright, then be very careful!”
Su Yuan smiled, “Don’t worry, remember, you’re my defeated opponent. Worry about yourself more.”
“Yes indeed, Master Lianyun, it’s been less than a day!”
“You couldn’t even touch a hair of Brother Su!”
The Dragon Sect members laughed and jeered.
It was clear that Qin Lianyun, as the young master of the Dragon Sect, had a good relationship with these ordinary members. Otherwise, they wouldn’t dare joke like this.
Qin Lianyun’s face was slightly red. He pursed his lips, “That was just a simple spar. I didn’t go all out; it doesn’t count!”
“Then let’s have a full-strength match back at the Dragon Gate City to convince you,” Su Yuan smiled and led Situ Qingyin away from the group, “We’re off!”
“See you later!”
“Alright~”
…
“Snow Crystal Stone forms in places covered with snow year-round, with ice spiritual power gathering into a snow-like material. It usually exists in mountain ravines and valleys.
But glaciers or simply icy surfaces can’t form Snow Crystal Stone.
So here, here, and here… these few resource points can be directly excluded.
As for the Snow God Lotus Flower you need, this spirit plant descends from the heavens but cannot root on the ground.
It exists between the two, so it can only be on cliffs or high peaks.
This way, these few points can also be directly excluded… We are left with these seven locations!”
After parting from the Dragon Sect members, Situ Qingyin analyzed the map copy while holding it.
This map had around fifty or sixty resource points marked by the Dragon Sect.
Among them, there were nearly twenty points where ice elements were rich enough to potentially produce third-level ice materials.
Now, Situ Qingyin’s analysis quickly narrowed the target locations to seven.
Su Yuan praised, “Amazing! As expected of an Artifact Refining Master, this will save us a lot of time.”
Situ Qingyin couldn’t help but smile happily.