Chapter 276: Chapter 42: Binglan! Changchun is here to see for himself_1
The Mysterious Ice Palace.
The howling cold wind swept between the snow-covered peaks, where it seemed to continue its course since ancient times, imbuing this palace complex, seemingly carved from ice crystals, with a sense of desolation.
Snowflakes fell from the dense clouds, landing on the eaves and corner tiles as if they were forged from ice and snow, swiftly blending in with the entire architecture.
Looking from afar, a world of whiteness stretched across the horizon, vast and lonely.
Only the fluttering corners of robes among the undulating architecture hinted at some signs of life.
At the heart of this complex, which was positioned at the highest level, stood the Mysterious Ice Pavilion.
This place was famous as the location where Master Binglan of great repute often secluded herself for cultivation practice. Only the core disciples would have the rare chance to be summoned here for some guidance.
Without the summons from her, not even the direct disciples were allowed to enter at will.
The Mysterious Ice Pavilion seemed a bit different,
The brutal blizzards that usually enveloped its surroundings seemed to have dispersed quite a bit. A strand of golden sunlight managed to pierce through the thick layer of clouds, which illuminated the Mysterious Ice Pavilion, making it gleam brilliantly.
Outside the Mysterious Ice Palace’s main hall.
Besides various functional buildings, the most expansive area belonged to a plaza that resembled ice crystals.
On this plaza, several arenas were built. Among them, the largest and most robust one could even withstand the fighting of Tianren Realm Cultivators without being easily damaged.
Every day, the disciples of the Mysterious Ice Palace came to the arena for practice sessions, verifying each other’s progress in the Mysterious Ice Fighting Technique and Cultivation Technique.
This atmosphere of bravery and diligence was naturally quite different from the peaceful idyll found in Changchun Valley.
They were obsessed with cultivating and eager to fight.
The Mysterious Ice Palace’s lineage was commonly recognized as the strongest among the Purple Abode’s Academic Palace.
Many outstanding young people wanted to join the lineage of the Mysterious Ice Palace, however, the Palace was notoriously restrictive in admitting disciples, always opting for quality over quantity.
Over time, although the number of people in the lineage of the Mysterious Ice Palace was small, it was filled with elites.
Because of this, the disciples of the Mysterious Ice Palace take immense pride in their identity and place high importance on it. This naturally fostered a measure of condescension when interacting with disciples from other lineages and valleys.
In front of an ordinary arena,
An excellent disciple dressed in white was admonishing and assessing the newly admitted disciples, letting them spar against each other.
Although the new disciples this year only amounted to a dozen or so, every single one of them was among the elites of their generation. Each of them had middle-grade talent and had awakened a bloodline.
Among them, one of the most exceptional had achieved the Mid-Rank ‘A’ Level talent, just one step from reaching the Top Grade.
Such outstanding disciples are bound to become core disciples in the future and could even have the opportunity to be direct disciples.
Although the Mysterious Ice Palace primarily practises the ‘Mysterious Ice True Verses’, it doesn’t necessarily require a Mysterious Ice bloodline to join.
Firstly, the variety of inherent techniques in the Academic Palace is exhaustive.
Secondly, as long as the bloodline does not conflict too much with the Mysterious Ice attribute, practising ‘Mysterious Ice True Verses’ would still render impressive power.
Even if conflicting bloodlines exist, there would be other cultivation techniques available for practice.
Just like the Old Ancestor, Longyan, who joined the Mysterious Ice lineage, he had an Elemental Water bloodline rather than a Mysterious Ice bloodline.
Among these new disciples, two were familiar faces.
One was a shy young man dressed in white. This was Lady Bilian’s younger brother, Yuwen Jianye.
The other, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth, who despite his age had an unusually large stature and a body full of muscle, was the eighth generation male from the Wang family, Wang Zongsheng.
Because both were quite familiar with each other, they naturally stood together.
Neither of them had any arrogance in their hearts.
They had no choice; the dozen or so people all had awakened a single bloodline and there was no chance for them to be arrogant.
“Every disciple in our Mysterious Ice Palace lineage values persistence and is always striving for the best.” The excellent disciple with a cultivation base that had reached the Spirit Platform Realm sternly admonished, “Anyone who chooses to be lazy and complacent should join the Changchun Valley lineage instead. Understand?”
The new disciples stood up straight and answered loudly.
“Since you understand, anyone who makes a mistake will be expelled.” The excellent disciple admonishes according to the customary rules.
Not far away, several elegant young men dressed in white were passing by.
Each of them was handsome and had a powerful aura, like the real dragons among men.
The one leading them appeared to be in his twenties. His face was cold and solemn, surrounded by an icy aura, as if he had become one with the ice and snow, which made him seem unfathomable and awe-inspiring.
The excellent disciple’s face brightened when he saw these men, and he exclaimed in a low voice, “It’s Ji Mingyu, Senior Brother Mingyu.”
Then he saluted from afar, saying, “Greetings, Senior Brother Mingyu.”
“Senior Brother Mingyu?”
The new disciples all looked over with curiosity.
Ji Mingyu and his party stopped in their tracks.
A friendly smile appeared on his face, “So it’s Junior Brother Kangde. You have a hard job recruiting new disciples. Carry on with your duties. Later, I will bring them to visit the other Palaces.”
“Yes, Senior Brother Mingyu.” Zhou Kangde saluted excitedly, “I will definitely train them well so they won’t embarrass you.”
After encouraging them, Ji Mingyu and his party left and headed towards the inside of the Mysterious Ice Palace, gradually moving away.
Zhou Kangde watched them until Ji Mingyu’s figure disappeared. Then he turned around, puffed up with pride, and said, “You all heard that it. Keep your act together. Senior Brother Mingyu will be taking you on a tour in a few days. This is a matter of prestige.”