The waves are surging and the sea is deep blue as far as the eye can see.
The smelly sea breeze blew over, and Mo Li stood on the bow of the boat, with a look of frost on his face.
He looked at the unchanging seawater in the distance and the dozens of ships floating on the seawater, with deep worry in his eyes.
It has been a year and a half since they went to sea. They walked against the waves on the sea and encountered many winds, waves, thunderstorms, whirlpools and tides along the way.
During this period, they also experienced a severe cold wave. Thousands of miles of sea surface in one area was frozen into an ice sheet, blocking their fleet in the ice and snow, unable to move for half a year.
Under the extreme cold, even if they are all monks and have magical powers, as the fleet gets closer and closer to the North Pole, the world becomes colder and colder.
With the entire world being engulfed in chill, even the monks found it difficult to resist.
The cold wave was more dangerous than originally expected. The supplies they prepared were consumed faster than expected, and their effect was more limited.
After only half a year at sea, and half a year stuck on the sea ice sheet, more than 80% of the cold-warming supplies brought by the fleet were consumed when they were only halfway through the journey.
But even so, the things they prepared to keep out the cold could not completely withstand the cold.
Under the bone-chilling chill that could extinguish life, many monks in the fleet had to mobilize the magic power in their bodies to keep out the cold. Even in worse times, they had to use magic power to expel the cold air.
But in this way, the cold air was temporarily driven away, but the mana in the monks' bodies was quickly consumed.
And they were at sea, drifting with the ship, and there was no cave for the monks to breathe out spiritual energy and restore their magic power.
So for them, if they use one point of this mana, they will lose one point.
In order to fight against the cold wave, many monks with low cultivation levels simply consumed all their magic power.
But even so, under the half-year-long freeze in the North Sea, there are still a large number of monks who failed to survive until the sea surface thawed.
Directly in the cold, he lost his life silently.
Fortunately, the cold winter is over now,
They finally made it to late spring, when the sea surface thawed and the shipping route became smooth again, and the fleet could continue to the Northern Underworld Capital.
"The road to immortality is difficult..."
Li Qiye sighed, feeling confused and confused.
When our colleagues from Kyushu went to sea together, there were dozens of boats and more than 200 people accompanying them.
But now, before the fleet reaches the Northern Underworld Capital, more than half of it has been destroyed, and more than twenty monks accompanying it have died.
They Feishuang said that there was also a junior brother who stayed in the sea forever.
When he thought of the dead junior brother, Mo Li's heart ached and he couldn't bear to part with him.
You must know that Feishuang Dao is only at the bottom of the seventeen immortal sects in Jiuzhou.
There are only seven monks in the sect up and down. Now that one has died, no matter how advanced the cultivation level is, one-seventh of the foundation has been lost.
How could such a loss not make him feel heartbroken.
"Friend Daoist Mo Li, he is watching the route."
At this time, a warm voice came from behind, and a figure came to Mo Li's side.
Without looking back, Li Li knew who was coming, and said bitterly: "The North Sea is difficult and dangerous, and the capital of Youdu is difficult to reach. Fellow Taoist Zhenxuan, the sea is boundless, and one can only roughly estimate the direction through the stars, and it is difficult to pinpoint the position accurately.
Now that the sea has thawed, we have been sailing for several more months.
Now we only know that we are getting closer to Beiming, but no one knows how close it is.
If we continue to drift for another two or three months and wait for a new round of cold wave to arrive, I'm afraid we will lose hundreds more fellow Taoists. "
Li Qiye looked very pessimistic.
The further north you go, the more extreme the weather becomes.
When they first went to sea, the cold winter only arrived in October. Even when they were wandering in the East China Sea, the sea was not frozen and ships could still pass through.
Although the winter was a bit cold, I got through it easily with the supplies I prepared.
But since leaving the East China Sea area and entering the North Sea, everything has changed.
Last winter, it came to the North Sea in mid-September and did not subside until the end of March.
It lasted for more than half a year.
Moreover, the cold wave in the North Sea is far more severe than that in the East China Sea.
In just one winter, more than twenty monks froze to death at sea.
At this time, they were continuing to walk north. The closer they were to the North Pole, the more terrifying the cold wave they would face would naturally become.
It is already May. According to this inference, maybe the Arctic winter will arrive in July or August.
Moreover, the winter here will definitely be colder and more unbearable than when we first entered the North Sea, and it will last longer.
By then, there are still more than a hundred monks left in the fleet, and it is not known how many will survive.
'If half of them survive, it's considered good. 'Moli felt bitter in his heart.
It has to be said that when the monks from all over the Nine Provinces gathered together and made a great ambition to ascend the world together, they were so high-spirited, but now they were so hesitant and desperate.
After experiencing a cold wave of baptism, many monks have woken up from the dream of ascending to the world and recognized the cruelty of reality.
This ascension is not so easy to ask for.
This Youdu is not that easy to get to.
Whether his group can successfully reach Youdu, how many people can reach Youdu, and whether Youdu can be activated normally like what was explored a few years ago after arriving are all questions.
"Fellow Taoist Mo Li, according to the records in the classics and confirmed by the fellow Taoists who came back from the last visit to Youdu, we have indeed reached the scope of Beiming Youdu.
Now as long as we explore more deeply in this sea area, we will surely find the land of Youdu.
By then we will restart the formation, and we will be able to follow the ancient path of the Immortal Saint and ascend to the Immortal Realm. "
Seeing Mo Li's dejected look, Zhenxuan couldn't help but frown and expressed relief.
Although Ziyun Dao and Feishuang Dao were enemies when they were in Yangzhou, they often fought overtly and secretly, and had intrigues.
Even when supporting the secular dynasty, one chose Ning and the other chose Chu. They fought against each other on the battlefield. It can be said that they are incompatible.
These are all choices made for the inheritance of the sect's tradition.
Apart from this, among the two sects, there is actually not much hatred between the disciples.
So after the inheritance of the Taoism in the sect was arranged, they put aside everything and chose to go out to sea together for their own path, to the Northern Underworld Capital, seeking to ascend to the immortal world.
The relationship between the two disciples of Feishuang Dao and Ziyun Dao quickly heated up and became closer.
Not only do we treat each other as Taoist friends and senior brothers, but we can also support each other if we have any troubles. It can be said that we are as close as a family, and it is no different from being from the same school.
The reason for such scenes is also very simple. Everyone is from Yangzhou and has the friendship of the same hometown.
And although there were some fights in the past, it was precisely because of this that the two factions had known each other for tens of thousands of years and knew each other well.
With these two points in mind, they are the best natural allies when there is no mortal enemy.
In contrast, the trust of those monks from other sects who had little contact with him in the past was naturally much lower.
There are also conflicts and entanglements among the immortal sects. When competing for some interests, in order to obtain more benefits, it is natural to form cliques.
The simplest example.
Just say that if we cannot successfully reach the Northern Underworld Capital and the fleet is waiting for another cold winter, then 80% of the cold-proof materials in the fleet will be consumed, and the rest is destined to be impossible for everyone to use, and some people must be released.
Who to give up, which side gives up more, which side can get more supplies, etc., all depend on the circles of power behind each other.
Therefore, even in order to survive, Feishuang Dao and Ziyun Dao, who both came from Yangzhou, had to unite together and unite more forces to strive for more benefits for themselves.
Therefore, seeing Mo Li so depressed at this time, Zhen Xuan was naturally dissatisfied and had to comfort him, lest the other party lead the entire Feishuang Dao into depression.
In that case, Ziyun Dao is the only one left in their Yangzhou camp, but they will be at an extremely disadvantageous disadvantage in the competition with other forces.
This is something Zhenxuan cannot tolerate.
"Fellow Zhenxuan, don't worry. Since I have decided to go north and ascend, I will no longer be afraid to retreat after going to sea.
On this trip, either we can successfully find the Youdu, or we all can ascend together.
Or we will be buried together in the vast sea, there is no second thought. "
Li Li knew what Zhenxuan was worried about, but now that he was here, even if he wanted to turn around and return to Kyushu, he didn't have enough supplies.
So now there is actually only one choice left for these Jiuzhou monks, which is to find the Northern Underworld Capital and then ascend.
Otherwise, just wait to be eroded by the cold wave, your mana will be exhausted, and you will freeze to death.
"Fellow Taoist can think so, I..."
When Zhenxuan saw that Li Li knew the stakes, he didn't really get dizzy. He was determined and was about to say a few words. Suddenly, a burst of cheers came from the leading ship in front, interrupting his words.
"What's going on ahead?"
Li Li also heard the movement in front and couldn't help being slightly stunned, then he and Zhen Xuan listened carefully.
"We're here, we're here."
"Ahead is the Sea of Beiming, do you see it?"
"That huge glacier is where Youdu is, and the formation is on it."
"We're finally here, woo woo... ascending..."
"I can survive."
Excited words came from the front.
After hearing these words, Li Li and Zhen Xuan couldn't help but look at each other, seeing ecstasy and excitement on each other's faces.
Just at this time, the ship they were on also sailed to the position of the previous pilot ship, and the line of sight became wider. From this, they could clearly see a building covered with ice and snow under the distant skyline, with a hint of snow-white. The huge blue glacier island stands in front of the fleet.
"Youdu, we have finally arrived..."
Li Li looked at the majestic and mysterious deep glacier and murmured in his mouth.
Zhenxuan, on the other hand, had already been calling his disciples, asking them to speed up the boat, and together with the fleet of boats around him who were also excited and cheering, they rushed towards the Youdu that he yearned for.
The way to life is right in front of you, your ascension is right in front of you, and the great road is right in front of you.
Under the huge temptation, no monk is willing to stay on this damn sea. They all just want to get ashore quickly and face a better future.
More than a hundred monks worked together, and the speed of the more than 20 ships immediately increased a lot. After traveling on the sea for more than an hour, the fleet finally arrived at Beichuan, the capital of Youdu.
"Is this where Youdu is?"
Mo Li got off the boat and stepped on the glacier before he came into contact with the ground. Even with the thick boots blocking it, he could still feel an extremely cold feeling seeping from the ground.
Moreover, on the surrounding glaciers, the cold air was thick and turned into wind, blowing continuously on the ice sheet, blowing on the person's body, penetrating through the clothes on the body, and drilling into his body.
After just a few breaths, Mo Li felt his body stiffen and his blood coagulated.
This terrifying cold wind immediately frightened Mo Li and he quickly activated his magic power to move around his body, using his magic power to protect his whole body to drive away the cold wind.
The other monks on the island also discovered this and quickly activated their magic powers to resist the cold air.
"It's extremely cold in Youdu. It's a bit colder than the severe winter we've experienced before."
At this time, among the crowd, Taoist Master Mu Yun from Jizhou in the north said loudly: "Fellow Taoists, I am waiting in this cold wind, and I have to expend mana every moment to keep my body warm. Those Taoist friends with low cultivation level will definitely not last long.
Now that they have arrived in the Northern Underworld Capital, how can they be allowed to fall in front of the Ascension Gate without entering?
In Pindao's opinion, we should quickly enter the core of Youdu, activate the formation immediately, and carry out the task of ascending to the world. We cannot delay it. "
Among the monks, Master Mu Yun has the highest cultivation level and is close to the threshold of condensing two qi.
The Yudie Dao where he was located was also the largest immortal sect in Jizhou, with twenty-three monks at the time.
Although two people were lost during the last freeze, the number of monks still ranks first among all sects, making them the number one immortal sect in Kyushu.
Such a person spoke and considered the lives of many low-level monks. Naturally, he won applause from everyone and no one objected at all.
So a group of immortal monks from Jiuzhou, led by the monks who had been to Youdu last time, flew towards the core formation of Youdu and hurried away.
Youdu Glacier is very large, vast and pale as far as the eye can see.
According to records in classics, the glaciers here were three thousand miles wide in ancient times, comparable to half a county in Kyushu.
But now the restrictions on Youdu's formation are leaked, the cold air is coming out, and the nearby sea area has turned into ice sheets, and it is still expanding.
No one can tell how big the Youdu Glacier is at this time.
However, after the Jiuzhou monks traveled two thousand miles to reach the core of Youdu, they all came to a rough conclusion. The current Youdu Glacier should be no less than ten thousand miles wide.
Fortunately, for monks, even if they have not yet gathered their energy, with the support of magic power, their physical fitness is very comparable to others.
Even the top masters in the world are still inferior.
Therefore, a mere two thousand miles was covered by the monks in just three days.
As for the monks in the team, even the ones with the lowest cultivation level still had some energy left and did not consume too much mana.
Although they successfully arrived at the core of Youdu, looking at the journey through the ice field, some of the more kind-hearted monks couldn't help but feel a little worried about the creatures in Kyushu.
Now that the cold air has only been leaking for ten years, and the restriction of Youdu Formation is still in effect, the glacier has expanded by nearly ten thousand miles.
It is unimaginable to imagine what the expansion of this glacier would be like if they waited for them to activate the formation, exhausting the last trace of active spiritual energy in the world between heaven and earth, making the Youdu formation completely useless, and all the cold energy pouring out without any hindrance.
I am afraid that within ten to twenty years, the Sea of the North Underworld will turn into a glacier, and the Youdu City will expand southward, completely bordering the northernmost grasslands of the continent, the Xuanyu Snow Forest, and the Western Gobi.
And the three states of Yan, Ji, and Xu, which are close to these three regions, may also fall in less than ten or twenty years after the three northern regions turn into ice sheets.
Jiuzhou monks and Lu Yuan's predictions about Youdu's formation and this cold wave finally went wrong.
The time left for the countries in Kyushu, especially the countries in the North, is not the one hundred years imagined, but only sixty or seventy years.
Even now, because the Jiuzhou monks activated the formation and exhausted the last bit of energy in Youdu, this time will be advanced a few minutes.
In the end, there are only forty or fifty years left, and the cold wave may flood the entire Northland.
However, the monks on the Youdu Glacier who are about to ascend to the immortal world and become "immortals" will naturally not consider the suffering of these nine states and the creatures of the nine states.
Maybe some people have thought of this, but in the face of ascending to immortality, no one will use their life to exchange for the ten or twenty years of preparation time that mortals have.
Everyone is selfish, even monks.
So after arriving at the core of Youdu, I looked at the huge magic circle that was flashing with blue spiritual light, exuding a vast aura and covering the entire valley for more than a hundred miles.
All the monks in Jiuzhou were attracted and could not move away.
"The Ascension Formation has arrived. Comrades, time is of the essence and cannot be delayed. Let us activate the formation immediately."
After a while, it was Master Mu Yun who came to his senses first and made a suggestion.
"good!"
"What Fellow Taoist Mu Yun said is absolutely true."
"I'll activate the formation immediately."
Mu Yun suggested that the other Taoist masters of the Immortal Sect present, including Mo Li, Zhen Xuan and others, also agreed.
Now that we have reached this point, and ascension is imminent, no one will choose to back down.
Either ascend or die.
So even if everyone still has doubts and concerns about ascension, they will not give up on this path.
Those who are truly afraid are like Lu Yuan at this moment, huddled in Kyushu and enjoying the glory and wealth.
Those who can be here are all people with a firm heart.
"Then let's start according to the original plan!"
Seeing that no one had any objections, Master Mu Yun and the other Taoist masters came to several formations at the core of the formation. Other monks also entered the center of the formation.
Then, under the command of "Get up" from Master Mu Yun, they all moved the magic formulas together and input all the magic power in their bodies towards the formation.
"Buzz!"
In the valley, the earth seemed to make a sound, and then began to tremble violently.
The magic power of the Jiuzhou monks is like a key, reawakening this formation that has been dormant for hundreds of years and showing its power again.
And as the formation started to operate, the massive spiritual energy between heaven and earth was extracted from all directions and north of Kyushu, following the set original trajectory.
Countless spiritual energies gathered and swarmed into the formation.
The monks were immersed in this ocean of spiritual energy, just like fish returning to the sea after being thirsty for a long time on the shore, and all the cells in their bodies were making cheering sounds.
Everyone's face was flushed with excitement.
With this abundance of spiritual energy that they had never experienced before, they no longer had any doubts about whether they could ascend to the fairy world and were full of yearning.
Only the fairy world has such a massive amount of spiritual energy.
A spiritual energy that you can freely absorb as you please.
Many of the Kyushu monks who had lived a hard life couldn't help but shed tears when faced with these countless spiritual energies.
Fortunately, the time for the formation to extract spiritual energy did not last too long.
After about a moment, after 99% of the external spiritual energy was drained, the Beiming Youdu Array finally accumulated enough spiritual energy.
boom!
A pillar of light rose from the formation, instantly illuminating the sky, and huge spiritual pressure emerged. Before the monks from Kyushu could react, their figures disappeared between heaven and earth when the spiritual light soared into the sky.
After more than ten breaths, as the last trace of spiritual power was exhausted, the sky-high light pillar slowly disintegrated and dissipated, and finally became invisible.
The formation in the valley also completely lost energy due to the depletion of spiritual energy.
The spiritual light flickering on those ritual lines dimmed one after another, and the spiritual pressure that shrouded the valley also disintegrated.
After the spiritual pressure disappeared, the suppression was lost. Where the formation was, countless white cold air turned into howling winds and blew outside the valley.
Everything he passed was covered with ice and snow.
The cold wave has really arrived in Kyushu.
This time, it’s endless.
