"Hoo!"
After leaving the library of Dawn Academy, Ye Feng took a deep breath. He was a little restless at the moment...
Immediately, he quickly ran towards the outskirts of the City of Arcane...
...
In the evening,
After killing zombies for most of the day, Ye Feng felt much calmer. He returned to Tingfang Garden and found Shen Yun Yao there as well.
"Big Brother, you're back! Let's have dinner together~!"
Xiao Xiao's cheerful voice rang out.
"Oh, okay~"
Ye Feng nodded and strode towards the dining table.
"By the way, why isn't Senior Shen here?"
Ye Feng asked Shen Yun Yao with a questioning gaze while gnawing on a lamb chop.
After Shen Bo Tian successfully passed his tribulation, the grandfather and grandson had reunited. As Shen Bo Tian needed a period of recuperation, he was staying in a place arranged by Shen Yun Yao...
"Grandpa seemed to have something very urgent to attend to, he left without a word!"
Shen Yun Yao's face showed worry.
Although Shen Bo Tian had successfully passed the tribulation fire and become a true epic-level powerhouse, he had also been injured during the tribulation fire and was currently recovering...
"Something very urgent?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but frown.
...
After a sumptuous dinner, night had fallen.
"Ye Feng, Ye Feng!"
Ye Feng was resting on the balcony, contemplating and analyzing the events since entering the City of Arcane. Suddenly, an urgent yet excited male voice called out, it was Jiang Si Shan.
"What's so happy about?"
Ye Feng looked at Jiang Si Shan, who was panting, with a hint of bewilderment.
"My application has been approved!~"
Jiang Si Shan walked to the center of the living room, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it down in one gulp.
"Application?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly. "Are you referring to the matter of the City of Arcane's protective array?"
Earlier, Ye Feng had learned from Lan Yin that his arcane energy could have the same effect as an aura-concealing stone. He was very curious and wanted to see the core of the City of Arcane's protective array. Jiang Si Shan had said he would submit an application...
Originally, Ye Feng didn't hold out much hope, as he was an outsider, and the City of Arcane's protective array was a core secret of the City of Arcane... Unexpectedly...
"Ye Feng, let alone you, I was stunned when I got the news!"
"You know, only those approved by the City Lord can enter the core of the City of Arcane's protective array!"
As he spoke, Jiang Si Shan poured himself another cup of tea, saying excitedly, "The maintenance of the array is tomorrow. We can go in together then!"
"Oh, okay~!"
Ye Feng nodded and changed the subject. "By the way, do you know who the woman in the sky-blue long dress I mentioned to you this morning was?"
"This..."
Jiang Si Shan held his teacup and frowned deeply. "To be honest, I can't think of any teacher in Dawn Academy or Supreme Arcane Academy who matches your description..."
"However, Supreme Arcane Academy has many teachers, some of whom are reclusive and rarely teach. It's normal for me, with my current strength, not to have recognized them all..."
He paused and added.
"Is that so..."
Ye Feng became even more curious about the woman in the sky-blue long dress, and at the same time, he was quite wary...
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The next day, before sunrise,
Under Jiang Si Shan's guidance, Ye Feng arrived at a snow-covered area on the outskirts of the City of Arcane.
"Whoa... The core of the protective array is in such a remote place... I thought it would be in the central district of the City of Arcane~"
Looking at everything covered in snow, Ye Feng was quite surprised.
"Mm!"
Jiang Si Shan nodded. "I was also very surprised when I first learned about it~"
"Young Master Jiang, according to regulations, I can only escort you two this far!"
At this moment, an off-road vehicle stopped. A figure got out of a pickup truck in front and quickly ran to the outside of the off-road vehicle where Ye Feng and Jiang Si Shan were, and said.
"Whoa, it's you?"
Ye Feng turned his head and saw that the person speaking was the young man he had met several times before and who had bought quite a few arcane talismans from him.
"Mr. Lin?"
The young man flicked his shoulder-length hood and looked surprised when he saw Ye Feng in the car.
"You know each other?"
Jiang Si Shan turned to Ye Feng with a look of surprise.
"Mm!"
Ye Feng nodded. "His name seems to be Feng Shao. He bought arcane talismans from me before. He's a discerning person!"
"I dare not accept the praise. My name is Feng Bu Wang, and I work under Young Master Jiang!"
Hearing this, Feng Bu Wang quickly took off his snow-covered hood.
"Put it on. The cold in this area is not ordinary cold!"
Seeing this, Jiang Si Shan said to him.
"Okay!"
Feng Bu Wang didn't hesitate and put on his hood again, covering himself more tightly.
"This chill... ice-elemental arcane energy? It seems... a bit special..."
Ye Feng had woken up early and dozed off in the off-road vehicle. He hadn't felt much, but now he was fully awake, and with the car window down, he immediately realized that the surrounding cold was unusual.
"It is indeed ice-elemental arcane energy!"
Jiang Si Shan chimed in. "But it's also very special... The cold emanating from this area can even freeze arcane energy... At night, it gets even more terrifyingly cold... A cultivator of Golden Rank Seven once got lost near here at night and froze to death..."
"This is also why we had to set off before dawn..."
As he spoke, Jiang Si Shan opened the car door and got out, pointing to the front of the off-road vehicle. "The off-road vehicle can't go any further from here. The bad road conditions are only one factor. The most important thing is that the car's arcane energy can't function normally, and it can't be driven at all... We have to walk!"
"This chill... is truly special..."
As Ye Feng got out of the off-road vehicle, waves of cold air immediately attacked from all directions, seeping directly into his skin and muscles...
"So cold!~"
Ye Feng's body was far beyond that of ordinary people, but he couldn't help but shiver and put on the thick woolen coat Jiang Si Shan had prepared for him.
"This thick woolen coat... like the off-road vehicle, it's inscribed with fire-elemental rune arrays... It not only keeps warm but also provides heat!"
Ye Feng looked at the rune array with firelight surging on the inner side of the thick woolen coat and understood.
"Alright, you two can go back. Pick us up here at five in the afternoon!"
At this moment, Jiang Si Shan waved at Feng Bu Wang. After the latter acknowledged, he drove back to the pickup truck and the convoy left.
After the convoy drove away, Jiang Si Shan said to Ye Feng, "Ye Feng, we need to hurry. The road ahead is difficult, and it gets harder as we go deeper! We also need to return here before dark!"
"Oh, okay~"
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