The ice ape hunters that Bing Ling'er refers to are a unique hunting team in the northern ice plains.
These people specialize in hunting ice apes and rarely hunt other monsters. Compared with ordinary monster hunting teams, they are indeed very different.
The climate of the Northern Icefield is cold, and there are a large number of ice-type monsters living there. Among them, the most powerful group of monsters is the ice ape family.
This is the only fifth-level monster group in the North Ice Plains. Its strength is comparable to that of Ice and Snow Villa, one of the holy places. It is the leader of the monster beasts in the North Ice Plains.
The reproductive ability of the ice ape family is not weak and is almost the same as that of the human race. Therefore, it is easy to see ice apes in the northern ice fields.
As for why there are monks who form a team to hunt ice apes, it is naturally because hunting ice apes can earn more spiritual stones.
Ice apes live in extremely cold places. Their demon bodies are full of treasures, and their demon bones can be used to refine weapons with cold attributes.
Demon skin can be used to refine cold-proof robes, allowing human monks to protect themselves from the icy air in extremely cold places.
Ice Ape's demon pill is the main ingredient for refining cold poison elixir, which is Ice Ape Pill. If a monk is injured by cold poison, he can take one pill to resolve it.
It can be seen that the demon body of the ice ape is very useful to human monks. An ice ape demon body can sell a lot of spiritual stones.
If you are lucky, you can also find thousands of years of cold marrow in the ice ape's lair, a rare elixir with thousands of years of ice properties, that would be even better.
Because the Northern Icefield is an extremely cold place, most monks are reluctant to set foot there. It is far less prosperous than the Central Plains, and there are more ice ape monster bodies, which cannot be sold at a high price.
Therefore, many ice ape hunters, after hunting a certain number of ice apes, will leave in the teleportation array and go to the Central Plains to sell ice ape monster bodies in order to earn more spiritual stones.
After the alliance between the human race and the barbarian monsters, the hunting of ice apes did not seem to be greatly affected. There are still a large number of ice ape hunters in the northern ice field.
After all, there were too many ice apes, and as long as they did not hunt down the royal family among the ice apes, they would not arouse the wrath of the ice ape rulers.
The life and death of some ordinary ice apes is not a big deal to the demon king who rules the ice ape clan.
Among the more than 300 ice ape hunters beside Ximen Changqing, there are thirty Nascent Soul monks, and the rest are all Dan-forming monks.
Such a large ice ape hunting team is enough to threaten an ordinary ice ape group.
These people were too violent. Ximen Changqing didn't want to cause trouble, so he took the initiative to stay away from these guys to avoid any setbacks in this trip.
"The four Taoist friends are very familiar with each other. It must be the first time to go to the Arctic Icefield!"
A middle-aged Nascent Soul monk who looked like a businessman walked over gently and greeted the four people from the Ximen family.
"Haha! That's right. It seems that Taoist friends often ride in this teleportation array and can actually recognize strangers."
Ximen Changqing responded.
"Four fellow Taoists, these are the deacons of the Mo Family Chamber of Commerce. They are responsible for transporting goods between Tianxuan City and Ice and Snow City. They have been running for more than a hundred years.
Therefore, I am indeed deeply impressed by the monks who travel between Ice and Snow City and Tianxuan City. However, I am sure that it is my first time to come to the Northern Icefield. This is not the main reason.
It's because fellow Taoists are actually full of curiosity about the people next to them. Only people who have never been to the Arctic Icefield will be curious about those ice ape hunters. "
The deacon of the Mo Family Chamber of Commerce said with a sly smile.
Hearing this, Ximen Changqing sighed in his heart, these slick businessmen were so shrewd, and a look in his eyes revealed that he had never been to the Arctic Fields.
He had never heard of the Mo Family Chamber of Commerce and had no idea what it was about.
Before asking, the deacon of the Mojia Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to tell Ximen Changqing all about the situation of the Mojia Chamber of Commerce.
It turns out that the Mojia Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce in the Northern Ice Plains, and has very little business in the Central Plains, only Tianxuan City and several other immortal cities.
This middle-aged deacon is also a member of the Mo family. His name is Mo Xinyang, and he is also considered the elder of the Mo family.
Letting a clan elder run errands between the two places in person is really because the goods transported between the two cities are of great value every time, and Nascent Soul monks must be involved.
The Mo family is a large family in the Northern Icefield. There are more than fifty members of the Yuanying clan, and they belong to the super Yuanying family. He is a third-level Yuanying clan member and is not particularly conspicuous in the family.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be allowed to run errands, but he has a great attitude and never complains. He lives a positive and optimistic life, but he talks too much.
"The clan leader has gone crazy recently. He suddenly asked me to send thirty clan members to Jiutian City to look for someone. They just use a portrait to find someone secretly. If they can find it, there will be a ghost."
Mo Xinyang suddenly complained, but it attracted Ximen Changqing's attention.
However, with the lessons learned just now, he did not dare to show too much interest, but pretended not to care.
"Jiutian City? How could it be such a coincidence? The four of us came from Jiutian City. Maybe the four of us have seen what kind of people they are."
Ximen Changqing looked enthusiastic and pretended to help.
"It's not such a coincidence, but it doesn't hurt to show it to you."
Mo Xinyang took out the portrait and handed it to Ximen Changqing.
After just one glance, Ximen Changqing recognized himself. This was a forbidden god mask that he had used before, and the Taoist robe was also a fire-proof red robe that he had made himself.
In order to prevent Mo Xinyang from discovering the abnormality, he tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart and pretended to be thinking.
"This red Taoist robe is too conspicuous. If you have seen it, you will definitely recognize it. I definitely haven't seen it before, so I can't help my fellow Taoist."
Ximen Changqing smiled faintly and put the matter aside.
As for Pan Yulian and the others, none of them had seen Ximen Changqing's mask before, so they really didn't recognize that strange face.
"Haha! If it was really that easy to find, the clan leader wouldn't have asked me to send thirty clansmen to Jiutian City to search slowly with him."
Mo Xinyang shook his head and did not agree with the clan leader's decision.
Hearing this, Ximen Changqing was horrified. It turned out that the ninth elder of the Holy Demon Sect, who had had a close relationship with him, was actually the patriarch of the Mo family, and naturally the president of the Mo family chamber of commerce.
However, judging from Mo Xinyang's performance, he should not be from the Holy Demon Sect, let alone know that the head of his family is actually a demon cultivator.
But in such a large Mo family, it is impossible to guess how many clan members are demon cultivators. If you have time, you can go and investigate in person.
Not long after, the group arrived at Ice and Snow City, which is also the most prosperous city for cultivating immortals in the Northern Icefield.
This is the Holy Land Ice and Snow Villa, a city built by myself, which has a high reputation in the Arctic.
Compared with Central Plains Holy Land City, Ice and Snow City is much smaller and does not have so many requirements. Anyone with Nascent Soul influence can open a shop in City.
"What a city of ice and snow! The city wall should be built with ice stones! Only Ice and Snow Villa can get so many ice stones."
Seeing the Ice and Snow City, Ximen Changqing sighed.
"Four fellow Taoists, please leave in advance. If you encounter any difficulties in the Ice and Snow City, you can go to the Mo Family Shop to find me. If there are ice and snow monsters, spiritual flowers and spiritual fruits that need to be sold, I, the Mo Family Chamber of Commerce, will buy them at a high price. "
Mo Xinyang smiled and said goodbye to the four of them.
"Let me tell you some news. The patriarch of the Mo family is Mo Jiu, the ninth elder of the Holy Demon Sect. The person they are looking for is me."
Ximen Changqing told the three people around him this shocking news, which shocked them for a while.
"Oh my god! It turns out that the Holy Demon Sect is so close to us, so how can he find you?"
Ximen Changge asked curiously.
"Third brother, I met the Ninth Elder once in the Flame Mountain. He suspected that I had taken advantage of him, so he came to find me secretly. Fortunately, he used the Mask of the Forbidden God."
Ximen Changqing didn't explain too much. Ximen Changge knew about Yanlong's affairs.
The four of them sighed and inspected the Ice and Snow City in two ways, preparing to let the family settle here and do business in the Ice and Snow City.
The business environment in Ice and Snow City is not particularly friendly. The Ice and Snow Villa is the only one here, monopolizing almost 80% of the business in each category.
Doing business honestly here, excluding the cost and the cost of renting a shop, generally won't make much profit.
This makes the four Ximen Changqing people quite disappointed. If they bring out the family's top spiritual objects, they can naturally seize the market.
However, doing so is equivalent to snatching food from the tiger's mouth in Ice and Snow Villa, which will bring danger to the family.
Those top-notch expensive spiritual objects can only be sold at auctions, or sold on street stalls, or on the black market, but they cannot be related to the family.
"Ice and Snow City is the only one. It's too dangerous to snatch food from the tiger's mouth. Opening a shop here will not be as profitable as Jiutian City. It is better to choose a foothold with better conditions."
"Changqing, why don't we go to Binghai City! That's where my master is. I haven't been back for so many years, and I don't know how many people still remember me."
Although Bing Ling'er is a native of the Arctic, it is her first time to enter the Ice and Snow City, and she is not very familiar with the Ice and Snow City.
Now, seeing that everyone was not very satisfied with Ice and Snow City, they proposed to try their luck in Ice Sea City.
After all, it was the sect established by several Nascent Soul forces such as Binghai Sect, and it was also the place she was most familiar with.
After leaving Binghaimen for so many years, she also wanted to meet her former classmates, especially her master.
She believed that she could help the Ximen family to successfully establish themselves in Binghai City.
"Binghai City? Third sister-in-law is a disciple of Binghai Sect. I almost forgot. Then go to Binghai City. Where is it? Is it far?"
Ximen Changqing asked.
"Fifty million miles from true north is still quite far. However, Ice and Snow City has a teleportation array that can teleport directly there."
After Bing Ling'er finished speaking, she continued to add: "The teleportation array in Ice and Snow City is very expensive, five times the cost of teleportation, and is much more sinister than those sects in the Central Plains."
Hearing this, Ximen Changqing said: "Then let's go directly! Take the Phantom Shuttle and you can arrive in ten days."
After upgrading to Lingbao, the speed of the phantom shuttle has been greatly increased, and it can now travel more than five million miles per day.
"In that case, let's set off!"
Everyone left the Ice and Snow City and took the phantom shuttle to the Ice and Snow City, fifty million miles away due north.
The climate in the Northern Icefield is extremely bitter and cold. The four people standing on the shuttle could clearly feel the biting cold and had to use their true energy to fight against it.
Otherwise, once the cold poison enters the body, it will damage the monk's body and greatly reduce the monk's strength. He needs to take pills to solve it.
"The Northern Icefield is an extremely cold place and is not suitable for human beings to survive. Even low-level monks have difficulty resisting the ubiquitous cold poison.
In all sects in the Northern Icefield, disciples below the level of pill formation need to wear cold-proof robes, especially the cold-proof robes made from ice ape skin, which have the best effect.
The master gave me one back then, and I have been keeping it for a while. You can try it to see if it can resist the cold poison. "
Halfway through, Bing Ling'er took out his cold-proof robe and handed it to Ximen Changqing.
"Lian'er, try the effect"
Ximen Changqing personally put it on Pan Yulian.
"It's as good as the third sister-in-law said. There is no need to use real energy to resist. No wonder there are ice ape hunters here."
Pan Yulian nodded and returned the robe to Bing Ling'er.
"Although the cold-proof robe made of ice ape skin is good, the most valuable thing about the ice ape's body is the demon pill, which is the main material for refining the ice ape pill and can dissolve the cold poison."
After Bing Ling'er finished speaking, he continued: "In the Arctic plains, the ice ape robe has the best effect, followed by the Arctic ice bear, which is also very effective.
Thirdly, there is the Bloodfang Seal, and the effect is also very obvious. Almost all Arctic monsters and monster skins can be used to make cold-proof robes. "
"It's too troublesome to resist the cold poison, so let's open the shuttle's protective shield!"
The most important thing that Ximen Changqing lacks is the spirit stone. Opening the defensive shield will have the effect of the energy of the spirit stone, which can give the four people a rest.
"Lang..."
A piercing scream suddenly came over.
"That's Ice Feather Wither, or the fourth-level low-grade Ice Feather Wither! It's one of the top monster beasts in the Northern Icefield. It's very good at sneak attacks. It seems like there's going to be a fight."
Bing Ling'er is very familiar with Bingyu Wither, and knows the habits of this kind of demon bird, and a bloody battle is inevitable when they encounter it.
"It's just a withered ice feather. Does the third sister-in-law need to be like a powerful enemy?"
Ximen Changqing asked doubtfully.
"It can't be just one. There should be many nearby. Ice Feather Withers are monster beasts that live in groups. They are very different from other withers. There are at least several hundred in one group."
Bing Ling'er looked around cautiously.
As flying demon birds, Ice Feather Withers are very fast, and it is very difficult to use speed to get rid of them.
However, the speed of the wind phantom shuttle has reached the terrifying five million miles per day, which can at least compare the speed.
"Then let's test the speed with them. If you sit still, the shuttle can still speed up." Ximen Changqing ignored the threat of Bingyu Withering and made the shuttle travel at the highest speed.
"Lang..."
Soon, more and more screams of Ice Feathers were heard all around, and hundreds of Ice Feathers were chasing the shuttle at full speed.
"Chang Qing, your shuttle is incredible! It's actually as fast as the fourth-order Ice Feather Wither. Please refine one for us when you have time."
Ximen Changge fell in love with the shuttle and wanted to own one of his own. Previously, Ximen Changqing refined the Lingbao flying boat for him, which could only travel two million miles per day.
"Third brother, it's not that I'm stingy, it's that the materials are very rare, and you can only come across them but cannot ask for them. Third uncle also wanted it last time. I gave him a list of materials, but he hasn't come to me for more than ten years."
Ximen Changqing smiled and shook his head. There was nothing he could do about it. The family's heritage was still not strong enough. Even if he wanted to refine the Phantom Shuttle, he couldn't get the materials together.
