The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 1722 - 1719 Ice Blood Ginseng Banquet!

Chapter 1722: Chapter 1719 Ice Blood Ginseng Banquet!

Zhang Jianxing and Lin Bai left the riverside together and came to a high mountain behind the Sword Pavilion. Zhang Jianxing and Lin Bai sat down one after the other. Zhang Jianxing took out two pots of fine wine from his storage bag and handed one to Lin Bai!

"You come to this place often, it seems very familiar to you."

Lin Bai smiled lightly and sat beside Zhang Jianxing, saying with a smile.

Zhang Jianxing laughed and said, "I grew up here. Whenever Master scolded me, I liked to run here to be alone for a while, or if I was confused with my cultivation, I came here to clear my mind."

"Later on, I learned to steal Master’s wine and come here to drink secretly."

Zhang Jianxing laughed.

Lin Bai clinked his cup with Zhang Jianxing’s and said, "Zhang Jianxing, is that your real name?"

When Zhang Jianxing heard this, he chuckled, "Sort of, but not really... This name was given to me by Master, to wield the sword under heaven and walk the earth!"

Lin Bai smiled faintly, "Senior Guzhou is indeed a remarkable person."

Zhang Jianxing smiled slightly and said ambiguously, "You too, Brother Dongfang. With your cultivation, you will surely become famous in the East Continent and known under heaven one day!"

Lin Bai smiled slightly, shook his head, and said, "Fame and wealth are not what I pursue. What I want more is to seal my sword in the mountains one day."

Zhang Jianxing said, "It seems we both have unavoidable hardships!"

Lin Bai clinked his cup with Zhang Jianxing’s again and took a sip of the strong wine. Although this pot was not Enlightenment Wine, it had a unique flavor and was exceptionally spicy.

Zhang Jianxing and Lin Bai chatted on the mountain for a long time, and just like that, a day went by.

"The wine is finished, I should get going." Lin Bai shook the wine pot in his hand with a smile, and as the pot was slowly emptied by Lin Bai and Zhang Jianxing, Lin Bai got up and said.

Zhang Jianxing curiously asked, "Brother Dongfang, where are you heading next?"

Lin Bai smiled and said, "The Icebound Mountain Range! The Ice Family!"

Zhang Jianxing’s eyes lit up, and he asked curiously, "Oh? Brother Dongfang is also interested in the Ice Blood Ginseng? Are you going to participate in that so-called martial arts competition held by the Ice Family?"

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "No, I’m going to kill someone!"

"Brother Zhang, given Senior Guzhou’s status in the Lingnan Continent, your Sword Pavilion should have received an invitation long ago."

Zhang Jianxing stood up, brushed off the snow from his clothes, and laughed, "Haha, every year the Ice Family sends an invitation, but I never planned to go because basically, every year the Ice Family sends an Ice Blood Ginseng for my Master."

"But although the Ice Blood Ginseng is precious, a warrior can only consume it once in their lifetime. Consuming it a second time results in no effect at all, and I had already consumed the Ice Blood Ginseng when I was young, so I didn’t plan to participate!"

Zhang Jianxing said with a faint smile.

"A warrior can actually only consume the Ice Blood Ginseng once in their lifetime?" Lin Bai was somewhat surprised.

Zhang Jianxing said, "Yes, the Ice Blood Ginseng is called so because it contains not only extremely pure spiritual power but also possesses a very strong icy force!"

"Once a warrior consumes it a second time, the icy force will erupt, at best having no effect, at worst being counterattacked by the icy force, resulting in severe injury!"

Lin Bai suddenly understood and said, "So that’s how it is!"

Zhang Jianxing said, "Since Brother Dongfang has important matters to attend to, I won’t delay you any further. If Brother Dongfang needs help, feel free to send a message to the Sword Pavilion, and I will come to you promptly!"

"Thank you, Brother Zhang."

Lin Bai clasped his fists in gratitude.

Then Lin Bai went to bid farewell to the Old Man of the Lonely Boat and left the Sword Pavilion.

Leaving the Sword Pavilion, stepping onto the flying sword, Lin Bai flew straight to the Icebound Mountain Range.

Now, there were only a few days left before the Ice Blood Ginseng Banquet held by the Ice Family, and Lin Bai had to reach the Ice Family before the banquet started, preferably to find Zhao Hansheng!

"Zhao Hansheng!"

Lin Bai rode his flying sword in the terrifying blizzard of the North Frost Dynasty, rushing all the way towards the Ice Family. The closer he got to the Ice Family, the colder his eyes became.

The Ice Blood Ginseng Banquet, held almost every year by the Ice Family, would present an Ice Blood Ginseng as a reward and invite the strong ones from the Seven Major Sects and the Seventy-two Dynasties to compete, handing the Ice Blood Ginseng to the strongest warrior!

Three months ago, the Seventy-two Dynasties and the Seven Major Sects basically all received invitations, and both dynasties and sects sent quite a few experts to the Ice Family!

The Icebound Mountain Range, stretching for a hundred thousand miles, has been the refuge of the Ice Family for nearly thousands of years, fortifying the range like an impregnable fortress. Even if the Azure Dragon Empire deployed an army to besiege, the Ice Family could rely on the natural advantages of the Icebound Mountain Range to resist for ten years!

Now, in the span of a month, the flow of warriors within the entire North Frost Dynasty was basically all headed towards the Icebound Mountain Range.

Three days later, Lin Bai arrived at the Icebound Mountain Range on his flying sword!

"We are about to enter the Icebound Mountain Range. My god, look at these mountains, how majestic they are, and the fortresses built on the mountains, how grand they are..."

"Tsk tsk, the Icebound Mountain Range has indeed established the Ice Family’s status on the Lingnan Continent."

Two young men slowly flew into the Icebound Mountain Range!

One of them, with a warm smile on his face, was Lin Bai!

The other blue-robed man was Yue Yang, a warrior Lin Bai met by chance on the road. Knowing that Lin Bai was also going to the Icebound Mountain Range to attend the Ice Blood Ginseng Banquet, Yue Yang volunteered to accompany Lin Bai.

Lin Bai agreed, but then regretted it, because Yue Yang turned out to be a complete chatterbox, talking non-stop in Lin Bai’s ear along the way.

"Bai Shaoxia, why don’t you say something? Don’t you think the Icebound Mountain Range is so majestic and grand?" Yue Yang said to Lin Bai with a smile.

Lin Bai’s face darkened, his eyes looking downcast, "Indeed it’s very grand, but Brother Yueyang, we’ve just arrived at the Icebound Mountain Range. For now, we should quickly find a place to settle down."

Yue Yang said, "Hehe, the Ice Family has already prepared a place for us to settle down. Bai Shaoxia, didn’t you do any research before coming to the Ice Family? Didn’t you learn anything?"

Lin Bai said, "Indeed, I know very little about the North Frost Dynasty."

Yue Yang said, "Let me tell you then..."

Lin Bai secretly groaned inwardly, as Yue Yang’s chatter resumed.

"The Ice Family specifically built three cities to host guests: the City of Heaven for the imperial clan of the Seventy-two Dynasties, the City of Earth for the outstanding disciples of the Seven Major Sects, and the City of Humanity for ordinary warriors!"

"When the imperial clan of the Seventy-two Dynasties arrives, they directly stay in the City of Heaven."

"When the outstanding disciples of the Seven Major Sects arrive, they go to the City of Earth!"

"And for warriors like us without invitations, we usually go to the City of Humanity!"

"Once we arrive in the City of Humanity, naturally, the warriors of the Ice Family arrange a place for us to stay, and when the Ice Blood Ginseng Banquet begins, we proceed to the martial arts competition!"

"..."

Yue Yang continued to chatter non-stop in Lin Bai’s ear.