"The Great Snow Mountain blessed land?!" Zhao Lianyun cried out in shock.
She looked up and saw a female Gu Immortal standing before her.
The woman lay upon a cloud bed, her features plain, clad in a silk gown. Her long cyan hair was strikingly eye-catching, flowing like a river from the crown of her head, winding around the cloud bed as it cascaded downward, nearly covering the entire floor tiles.
The female immortal, seeing Zhao Lianyun's expression, found it did not seem feigned. Slightly puzzled, she asked: "It appears that the five of you crashing into the Great Snow Mountain blessed land was not intentional?"
"Five people?" Zhao Lianyun looked around and only then realized she was inside a great hall—and she was not alone. Four fellow Gu Immortals stood beside her.
The four companions awakened one after another.
Though Zhao Lianyun had only recently become a Gu Immortal, she found that she knew all four of these fellow Gu Immortals.
The one she was most familiar with was Bu Zhenzi, a Supreme Elder of Lingyuan Studio, a Seventh Transformation Gu Immortal, tasked with guarding Zhao Lianyun's safety.
Yu Yiyézi, the youthful-looking beautiful Gu Immortal, came from the Ancient Soul Sect. Though his cultivation was only at the Sixth Transformation, his attainment in the Refinement Path was excellent and widely acknowledged.
Shi Zhengyi was another youth, with thick brows and large eyes. He had been at the very top of the Wind-filled Tower alongside Zhao Lianyun. Although Zhao Lianyun had not spoken with him, she had met his father, Shi Ge, and because he had gone completely blind due to the pitch-black darkness, the impression was quite deep.
The last one, Zhao Lianyun did not recognize. It was their first meeting.
However, it was clear that Shi Zhengyi knew this person. He immediately rushed to their side and called out: "Senior Mu Linglan, how did we suddenly end up here?"
It turned out this person was Mu Linglan, a Water Path Gu Immortal from Spirit Butterfly Valley, with Seventh Transformation cultivation.
"I was wondering the same. Space suddenly shattered and ejected the five of you." The female immortal spoke, her tone calm. "Trespassing into the Great Snow Mountain blessed land—I was waiting for you to give me an explanation."
"The Great Snow Mountain blessed land... so this is the Great Snow Mountain blessed land?" Shi Zhengyi exclaimed loudly. Through the hall's windows, he could see the outside world—sure enough, it was blanketed in white snow. In the distance, over a dozen snow peaks stood tall.
At the same time, Shi Zhengyi realized that the great hall he currently occupied sat atop the summit of one of those snow peaks.
The Central Continent Gu Immortals quickly grasped the situation.
Bu Zhenzi hurried to Zhao Lianyun's side and stared intently at the female immortal before them: "If I'm not mistaken, you must be Fa Ji, the Ninth Peak Master of the Great Snow Mountain blessed land!"
"The Great Snow Mountain blessed land... Hong Yun is here!" Zhao Lianyun's eyes blazed with intensity.
The female immortal sat upright, her face turning solemn and tense: "So you really came for Ma Hong Yun!"
"That's right—hand over Ma Hong Yun!" Zhao Lianyun shouted.
Fa Ji gazed deeply at Zhao Lianyun: "Ma Hong Yun is not here with me. If you want to find him, I'm afraid you'll have to fight your way all the way to the First Main Peak. But the Ten Thousand Years Lady and Ancestor Snow Beard are stationed there. The five of you probably wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth."
"Where there's a will, there's a way!" Shi Zhengyi clenched his fist and shouted.
"Even if I die here, I will save Hong Yun!" Zhao Lianyun declared with unwavering resolve.
Mu Linglan stepped forward several paces: "Of course, the five of us are merely the vanguard. Behind us are Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals to provide support. Though your Great Snow Mountain blessed land holds the advantage of terrain, in the end you only have a single Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal."
Mu Linglan was bluffing.
In truth, the ancient Gu Immortals who remained in the Interdimensional Farmland were likely mostly doomed.
The only ones who might truly have been saved were these five people from Zhao Lianyun's group.
By the power of the Love Gu, driven by Zhao Lianyun's obsession, the five Gu Immortals had fallen directly into the Great Snow Mountain blessed land.
Fa Ji's expression shifted slightly. She was merely a Sixth Transformation Gu Immortal, and the five Gu Immortals before her were not only numerous but also had two Seventh Transformations present.
Within the Great Snow Mountain blessed land, there were a total of fifteen snow peaks.
Fa Ji was located at the Ninth Snow Peak and had not expected the tranquility to be suddenly shattered—five Gu Immortals had appeared before her without any warning.
"I'll take the main assault. Fall back," Mu Linglan secretly transmitted through sound transmission. He took it upon himself, deciding to step forward.
Fa Ji sensed danger and hastily raised her hand: "Hold, hold your attacks. We are friends, not enemies."
"What do you mean?" Bu Zhenzi restrained the restless Mu Linglan.
Fa Ji said: "Did you really think I would willingly serve Ancestor Snow Beard? For his own selfish gain, Ancestor Snow Beard has been forcing us to scourge immortal materials. We suffer terribly but are too intimidated by his tyrannical power to resist."
"To tell you the truth, I have long wanted to defect. I had thought the Righteous Path Gu Immortals from the Northern Plains would be the ones to attack. I never expected it would be you Gu Immortals from Central Continent."
"I have no intention of fighting you. If you want to cause trouble for Ancestor Snow Beard, I could hardly welcome it more."
"Oh? Is that so..." Bu Zhenzi and Mu Linglan exchanged glances, somewhat hesitant.
Fa Ji continued: "Since you intend to attack the Great Snow Mountain, you must have gathered relevant intelligence. To be frank, there has long been dissent within the Great Snow Mountain. Ancestor Snow Beard, in order to refine the Hong Yun Qi Tian Immortal Gu, has already fallen into madness, completely disregarding our feelings as Peak Masters. Unfortunately, we are bound by him and cannot resist. We can only wait for outside help."
The five Central Continent Gu Immortals fell silent. They had not expected things to develop in such a way.