Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 424 - 236. Xu Yuanzhen’s Journey Back_3

Lei Jun also smiled upon hearing this. "I likewise hope it will be so."

Unfortunately, if everything went as everyone wished, that wouldn’t be Xu Yuanzhen.

Lei Jun and his companion continued to head northward, without getting any news of Xu Yuanzhen’s return to the Mortal World.

As they moved further north, with the winter season in full swing, the climate grew colder and colder.

The scenery of the Northern Country was a realm of snow stretching for thousands of miles.

Lei Jun and his companion had crossed Youzhou and entered deeper into the Northern Border territories.

In these regions, the land was vast with sparse populations, and demonic beasts grew more common.

Ordinary people only settled in a very few areas with particularly special climatic conditions. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Aside from those rare habitable areas, other places in the Northern Border were forbidden zones for most life forms. Even cultivators of the Middle-Low Realm might encounter danger in such an environment.

On their journey, Lei Jun and his companion parted ways halfway, one heading towards Dragon Bone Ridge, the other towards Long Sky Lake, leaving Great Black Mountain aside for the moment.

Although Long Sky Lake was a well-known large lake in the Northern Border, by the time it neared December, its surface had already been largely frozen over.

Upon arriving at Long Sky Lake, Lei Jun looked around at the surrounding snow-capped mountains and ice-covered trees, observing carefully and unhurriedly.

Covered by the triple disguise of the Wind-Thunder Talisman, Teng Snake Bone, and Breathing Soil Banner, Lei Jun concealed his form and checked around the entire Long Sky Lake.

But within this white and icy world, there were no traces of Jiangzhou’s Lin Clan cultivators or any other people.

Not here, or is it merely not the right time? Lei Jun pondered.

According to fate, there might be a Fourth Rank Opportunity hidden here, but there was still time before the thirtieth of November, so Lei Jun remained undisturbed and patiently waited.

He had always been diligent in his practice. Even in such an environment, he still sat in meditation, quietly practicing his Breathing Skills, regulating his breath, and visualizing with concentration.

After a period of secluded cultivation on Dragon Tiger Mountain, Lei Jun had further organized and integrated all that he had learned throughout his life into the Tao Seal.

By now, his cultivation practice at the Sixth Heavenly Layer could be considered as having reached perfection.

His cultivation was based on the Yin Yang Sacred Body, and his Comprehension had also risen to the Tranquil Level. Aided further by Chu Kun’s Immortal Spirit Primordial Seed and his own Celestial Master Seal, Lei Jun’s speed of accumulation and perfection in this realm far surpassed his peers.

However, being complete in the Sixth Heavenly Layer and confidently facing the Heavenly Moat Tribulation between the Sixth and Seventh Heavenly Layers were undoubtedly two different matters.

This barrier marks the divide between cultivators of the Middle Three Heavens and the Upper Three Heavens.

Since ancient times, countless individuals have perished attempting the Heavenly Moat Tribulation between the Sixth and Seventh Heavenly Layers, among them many who were exceptionally talented.

The Longhu Mountain Celestial Master’s Mansion itself currently has Sixth Heavenly Layer Elders from the generation above Lei Jun, Zhang Jingzhen, and Lin Shan.

Over many years of accumulation, there were naturally those among them with fully complete Tao Seals, yet they remained at the Sixth Heavenly Layer.

This was because taking that final step might lead to their demise and the extinguishing of their paths.

There had been previous instances before, not just one or two.

Such matters, like drinking water, are best understood by the one experiencing them.

As for Lei Jun, he actually already had significant confidence at this moment.

At the current stage, it was a matter of continuously adjusting his mind and body, bringing his essence, energy, and spirit to the pinnacle of perfection, and then, in one fell swoop, breaking through the dangerous pass. This aspect of cultivation could involve seeking a suitable place for secluded meditation, unconcerned with external affairs. Alternatively, it could involve traveling the world, observing the mountains and rivers, and comprehending the heavens and earth, allowing enlightenment to come naturally in a flash of insight.

Therefore, when Lei Jun set out from the mountain this time, neither Yuan Mobai nor Tang Xiaotang were worried about him for this reason.

In the path of cultivation, Lei Jun himself had always been hard-working and clear about his own capabilities.

At the moment, Lei Jun sat on the snowy peak by Long Sky Lake, with accumulating snow gradually burying him.

His eyes were closed, as if he were in deep slumber, merging with nature as one.

The coldness from the heavens and earth continued to be absorbed by Lei Jun.

Then, this coldness was transformed into a warm current, circulating within him.

In the alternation of cold and warmth, it also manifested the way of Yin and Yang and the interdependent transformations of Liangyi.

The vast coldness of the Northern Border was extremely chilly but not dark and evil.

As Lei Jun refined it, he actually felt it contained Yang Qi; his cultivation practice mainly involved converting Yang to Yin, continuously interweaving and circulating.

At that moment, the profound mysteries of heaven and earth filled his chest, giving him a unique insight.

Although the Tao Seal was not hovering above his head at the moment, it was merged with Lei Jun’s soul, faintly trembling.

His mind and body grew more and more exalted.

As time gradually passed, it was Noon on the last day of November.

At Long Sky Lake, it was a day of swirling snowflakes with dark skies, devoid of sunlight.

But Lei Jun could sense that it was nearing Noon.

He opened his eyes and gazed at Long Sky Lake before him.

The lake’s surface was frozen, and all was quiet.

There was still no sight of others around.

Until...

BOOM!!

A thunderous roar suddenly came from afar!

Lei Jun looked in the direction of the sound.

Towards where Dragon Bone Ridge was located.

Was it Tang Xiaotang’s doing, or someone else’s?

Lei Jun sat at the peak of the snowy mountain by Long Sky Lake, gazing into the distance. Amidst the swirling snowstorm, a hint of gold suddenly appeared.

Despite the white expanse, the sharp and dazzling golden light was still faintly visible.

The surrounding heavens and earth trembled in response.

Lei Jun sat still in his place but extended a hand, pointing towards the ground at a diagonal from him.

On that spot, one of his Heaven’s Sight Earth’s Hearing Talismans had already been placed long ago.

Through the Spirit Talisman, Lei Jun could clearly sense the flow of the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi around him, which was undergoing a drastic change at this moment.

It was as if an angry dragon was rolling beneath the ground, bursting out from afar, traveling stealthily through the abyss, and now heading directly towards him.

The "angry dragon" passed beneath Long Sky Lake, which was not its final destination; instead, it continued to extend far into the distance.

The snow-capped mountains it passed through trembled, and in a moment, gigantic avalanches erupted everywhere.