#497 - Arctic Icefield, Palm of Heaven Covering

Lu Qing steered the golden flying boat, continuing its swift journey north.

Before long, they entered the arctic region, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

Just as he was hurrying along with everyone.

Inside a cave surrounded by frost, an old man in a black robe was looking at a shattered jade tablet in his hand with a mix of shock and anger.

"Heng'er's life tablet shattered. He's dead? Who killed him?!"

Amidst his shock and anger, the black-robed old man immediately used a secret technique to deduce the truth with his mind.

However, the result of the secret technique was a chaotic mess; he couldn't deduce anything and couldn't find out who the murderer of his beloved disciple was.

One was that when Mo Heng was murdered, someone used a unique treasure to conceal and confuse the secrets of heaven.

The other was that the person who killed Mo Heng had a cultivation level far higher than his own.

This was why he couldn't deduce even the slightest clue.

Neither of these two possibilities was good news for the black-robed old man.

The former meant that the opponent had a deep background and extraordinary knowledge, knowing to use a treasure to shield the secrets of heaven before taking action.

The latter was even more terrifying, being even stronger than him, an evil cultivator who had just entered the Golden Core realm; it could only be one of the most powerful figures among the righteous cultivators.

"What exactly did Heng'er do outside to provoke such a deadly disaster!

I warned him long ago that the righteous forces are strong these days, and we should try to be patient and hide, accumulating strength so that we might contend with the righteous path in the future.

But he couldn't help himself after tasting the pleasure of refining human blood essence.

Now, he has indeed met his end."

If the black-robed old man had some thoughts of avenging his disciple earlier.

Now that he couldn't deduce any information, that bit of anger had completely dissipated.

Replaced by vigilance.

Because he didn't know if his good disciple had confessed his whereabouts before his death.

"No, I can't stay in this cave any longer!"

Although he knew that his good disciple was unlikely to betray him.

The black-robed old man didn't want to take the risk.

At this moment, he didn't have the slightest thought of avenging his disciple; he only wanted to leave as soon as possible and find a new place to hide.

He knew that because of the existence of the Holy Mountain.

The righteous forces these days are very enthusiastic about hunting down and exterminating evil cultivators like them.

So even though his cave was protected by layers of formations, the black-robed old man still didn't dare to risk staying here.

"Pack up and leave!"

The black-robed old man was a decisive person. After making up his mind, he immediately began to pack up the things in the cave.

The main things he packed were the materials for setting up formations in the cave.

He had been managing this secluded cave for a long time.

He had set up a total of five layers of formations, inside and outside the cave.

Most of the resources he had collected over the years were spent on this.

As long as he took these formation materials with him, he could set them up casually when he found the next place to seclude himself, and it would be another new cave.

The black-robed old man felt that he was decisive enough, deciding to leave as soon as he learned of his disciple's death.

However, just as he had collected the first layer of formation materials, his body suddenly stiffened.

Because he felt several auras suddenly appear in the sky above.

The black-robed old man stopped in place, completely afraid to move.

Although the auras in the sky were not strong, only at the Innate Realm level, he could easily crush them to death.

However, it was extremely unusual for mere Innate Realm cultivators to appear in the sky above.

In addition, someone appeared above his cave just after Mo Heng died, which was even more suspicious.

You must know that his cave was very hidden under the cover of the formation.

It was almost impossible for cultivators below the Golden Core Realm to discover it.

For a time, the black-robed old man did not dare to act rashly at all.

He was just extremely vigilant, sensing the movements above, hoping that the other party just happened to come here.

He didn't dare to continue disassembling and collecting the formation materials.

If the other party was really coming for him, then the formation in the cave would be of great help to him.

"Brother, you said the person is below?"

In the sky above, Xiao Yan looked at the vast ice field below, somewhat puzzled.

In her perception, the ice field below was ordinary and unremarkable, and there seemed to be nothing special about it.

"It can't be wrong."

Lu Qing looked at the causal red line activated by the Xuanji Eight Trigrams Disc, which fell straight down.

And also in his perception, the quite obvious formation energy flowed.

"The other party has set up a formation to cover up his cave."

But unfortunately, the formations that the other party knew obviously did not have the ability to shield cause and effect.

Moreover, the other party's formation skills were also average, and the formations he set up could still hide from Xiao Yan and other cultivators below the Golden Core Realm.

But the formation energy was too obvious in the eyes of a formation master like him.

Hearing Lu Qing's words, Xiao Yan suddenly understood.

She knew that her brother was extremely proficient in the way of formations, and since he said so, it must be true.

As for Mu Tian and others, listening to the conversation between the brother and sister, they immediately looked down and observed carefully.

But with their cultivation level, how could they see through the formation set up by a Golden Core Realm cultivator?

However, they knew that it was impossible for Lu Qing to just say things randomly.

Since they couldn't see anything, it must be that the other party's formation was brilliant, far beyond what they could see through.

Therefore, after a fruitless observation,

Mu Tian asked: "Then, Senior Brother Chen, the other party is hiding in the cave, how can we force him out?"

"It's very simple," Lu Qing said lightly.

With that, he stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and slowly reached out.

Seeing this, Mu Tian and the others were a little stunned.

Just as they were thinking about Lu Qing's intentions.

The next moment, their eyes all widened.

They saw that as Lu Qing's palm reached out, the wind and clouds within a radius of dozens of miles suddenly changed color.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth gathered extremely quickly.

The speed of its gathering even directly set off a spiritual energy storm!

Under the gathering of such a terrifying amount of spiritual energy, a huge magic palm was directly condensed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After a few breaths, a huge magic palm with a width of several miles, shimmering with five-colored glazed light, appeared in the sky.

At the moment when the giant palm was completely formed, an indescribably powerful pressure appeared out of thin air.

Completely suppressing all the surrounding space.

"This, this..."

Such a shocking scene directly shocked Mu Tian and the others so much that they almost didn't pop their eyes out.

They stared blankly at the scene in front of them, shouting several times incoherently, unable to say a complete sentence.

And also in their shocked gazes, Lu Qing's palm pressed down.

With his action, the huge five-colored glazed magic palm spanning the sky also set off countless gusts of wind, grabbing towards the ice field below with the power of the earth collapsing and the sky falling!