Chương 219: Extreme Cold Palm Force and Yin-Cold Kung Fu

"Could these people be from a powerful merchant family?"

Zhao Rui frowned slightly, but did not make a sound. After the group left, he used the Maiden Without Form Heavenly Demon Technique to conceal himself and slowly followed them.

After descending the Tianshan Mountains, this group headed straight for the border regions, bypassing numerous border checkpoints and entering Central Asia.

"This Mr. Zeng is definitely suspicious."

Zhao Rui stopped at the border crossing and did not follow.

The Shang dynasty has occupied Central Asia for so many years that it has become an impregnable fortress. Not only are there many martial arts experts, but it also has a great deal of modern technology.

He would not get involved alone unless absolutely necessary.

Soaring into the sky, one can gaze into the distance and take in the entire landscape of the Shang Dynasty.

Several colossal cities could be seen rising from the ground in the distance, with all sorts of divine weapons and machinery shuttling back and forth, and the entire territory was under construction.

"Amidst the calm, are both the major merchants and the authorities waiting for an opportunity?"

Zhao Rui remained silent for a long while before turning around and returning to the meeting place he had agreed upon with San Chou in the Tianshan Mountains.

The Tianshan Mountains are covered in snow, presenting an extremely cold landscape, while the surrounding area is lush with green trees and vast plains, teeming with life.

It is indeed a beautiful place, a good place to cultivate immortality.

After waiting for several hours, the three ugly men suddenly appeared from a distance, each grabbing one person and running over at top speed with joy on their faces.

"My lord, we've captured a few interesting people."

Da Chou, as if seeking credit, threw the person in his hand to the ground and activated his pressure points.

"Hero, spare my life! Hero, spare my life!"

The man was wearing a thick down jacket, and his face was slightly stiff, so he was clearly not a martial arts expert.

"Speak, tell me everything you know, and I'll spare your life."

The ugly man threatened in a stern voice.

"Yes, yes, I'm a mountain climbing enthusiast. — That place was littered with corpses, and the blood had stained the entire mountain red. — I didn't know who they were, and I was so scared that I ran away immediately."

"By the way, later, an avalanche happened there, and they were all buried."

The man tremblingly finished recounting what he knew, then curled up on the ground, looking extremely nervous.

"My lord, hey, the one I caught is even more interesting. He says he's from the Tianshan Sect."

Er Chou chuckled as he woke the person in his hand, slapped him on the body, and said coldly, "Grandpa is kind and compassionate. If I ask you a question, answer the truth, or I'll let you experience the excruciating pain of playing with Gu again."

"Who... who are you people?"

This man was not old, about twenty years old, and had a handsome appearance. However, his clothes were tattered, making him look like a vagrant.

"You know the martial arts of the Tianshan School, so why don't you return to the mountain? Instead, you're reduced to living on the streets, acting suspiciously and hiding from the world."

Er Chou snorted coldly.

"I am not from the Tianshan Sect. The Tianshan Sect no longer exists."

The man looked around in fear, his body trembling slightly.

"The Tianshan Sect is gone?"

Zhao Rui was taken aback.

"Gone, gone, my senior brother is gone, my junior sister is gone, even my master is gone. Nobody cares, nobody asks—" The man's lips trembled, and his voice shook, as if he had witnessed something terrifying.

His mind gradually became unclear.

"Which Tianshan Sect are you referring to? Who is its leader?"

"I don't know, I don't know!"

The man waved his hands frantically and then, in a flash, ran down the mountain.

The speed was so fast that it was clear that they had used superb lightness skills.

"As expected, this is the style of the Tianshan Sect."

As Big Ugly frowned and spoke, Second Ugly stepped forward and quickly grabbed him back.

"Could it be that Zhang family from the Tianshan Sect?"

"Big Ugly asked in confusion."

"Hehe, my lord, this has fallen to the person I captured."

San Chou chuckled and pulled the person next to him over, who turned out to be an old man with a white beard.

He was dressed like a typical rural villager, wearing thick, inexpensive clothes.

"This old man is the personal disciple of that so-called Sect Leader Zhang. Their sect has long since disbanded. A large number of disciples have been recruited, and those like him who no longer want to stay on the mountain have been sent down by the Tianshan Sect."

"That's considered quite courteous."

"But is it the truth?"

"Hehe, I used a little trick."

"So, it wasn't the Zhang family's Tianshan Sect that was wiped out! It was the real Tianshan Sect that returned from Guixu."

"Exactly!"

"You did a good job."

Zhao Rui nodded in satisfaction. There's one good thing about unorthodox masters: they can use any means necessary and have no taboos.

The fact that they found so many clues so quickly shows that the three of them put in a lot of effort.

Zhao Rui's eyes gleamed with a dark light as he scanned the three of them. He then activated the Heavenly Demon Illusionary Sound Technique, instantly erasing their recent memories.

Looking at Zhao Rui's appearance, San Chou had a strange expression. Sometimes, he really couldn't tell whether this Venerable Lord was a good or evil being.

The righteous martial arts reached their pinnacle, while the demonic arts were even more terrifying.

They had roamed the ruins for decades and never foreseen such a person.

Fortunately, they submitted not to the Qingcheng Sect, but to Zhao Rui. Whether the ruler is righteous or evil is irrelevant to them.

They just need to follow orders.

After striking the acupoints of the three people, Da Chou's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the top of Tianshan Mountain in the distance with some worry.

"The fact that they could wipe out the entire Tianshan Sect, and that they also had a top expert like Master Zeng, shows that their strength is truly terrifying."

"If the other side hadn't been wary, we probably wouldn't have been able to get down from Tianshan."

They had just come down from that place, and now that they thought about it, even experts like them felt a chill run down their spines.

"My lord, what should we do next?"

Da Chou asked.

Zhao Rui pondered for a moment and said, "Go back and report this to Sect Leader Weichen and Sect Leader Yu. After that, you will secretly keep watch at the foot of the mountain and guard the mountain gate well."

"Now that we've mentioned the Qingcheng Sect's name, there's no guarantee they won't take action."

"Yes, Your Majesty, where are you?"

"I have my own plans."

Zhao Rui's gaze was intense. He waved his hand, signaling the three of them to return quickly.

Seeing this, the three said no more, each picked up the person in their hands, and quickly descended the Tianshan Mountains.

After the three left, Zhao Rui glanced at the Tianshan Mountains of Xuan Yuan Ji Su, and with a flicker, he disappeared from the spot.

Night falls!

A full moon shines brightly.

The remaining snow shimmered with a clear halo under the moonlight.

Zhao Rui sat cross-legged on a snow-covered rock.

They quietly gazed at the Tianshan Sect's headquarters in the distance.

They stayed there for several hours.

Heavy snow began to fall, gradually obscuring his figure, making him appear from a distance like an ice sculpture.

Zhao Rui remained calm and composed, feeling the chill brought by the ice and snow.

The memory of being sealed by the power of ice by the ancestor of the altar is still vivid in my mind.

This is a good opportunity to experience the chilling power of nature.

They stayed there for the entire night.

No one from the Tianshan Sect went out or entered; the entire sect was silent.

The next morning, as dawn broke, Zhao Rui shook off the snow from his body and quietly descended the mountain.

For three days in a row, Zhao Rui patiently waited outside.

Finally, on this day, three disciples of the Tianshan Sect rode a sled straight down the mountain.

Zhao Rui followed silently.

The three of them glided swiftly through the undulating mountains, their martial arts skills making them many times better than the world champions of their previous lives.

Zhao Rui flew through the air until the three of them descended the mountain and entered the dense forest. Only then did he suddenly appear and use his Spring Breeze and Rain Domain to trap the three of them.

"Who is it?"

The three of them suddenly felt darkness before their eyes. Dark clouds filled the sky above the dense forest, and a figure suddenly appeared, launching an attack on them without warning.

All three were elite disciples of the Tianshan Sect, and they remained calm in the face of danger. They took turns defending themselves, each drawing their weapons to fight back.

"The Tianshan Tracking Step, a martial art technique, can be copied! Copy?"

"The Ice Soul Skill, a martial art, has been discovered that can be replicated!"

"Tianshan Sword Technique!"

"Ice Palm!"

Zhao Rui quickly recalled the martial arts techniques used by the three men.

Judging from the name alone, it is indeed a martial art with the attribute of ice and cold.

Zhao Rui unleashed his full domain power, his figure flashing as he launched a rapid attack on the three.

Since martial arts techniques can be copied, Zhao Rui naturally wouldn't immediately unleash a powerful attack.

His system replication is related to the frequency with which the opponent uses martial arts.

The faster the other party operates and the more times it cycles, the faster the copying will be.

This is also why Zhao Rui's martial arts replication speeds up after his strength improves.

In a battle between masters, dozens or even hundreds of exchanges can happen in the blink of an eye, so the replication process is naturally faster.

In fact, the lower the level of the system, the harder it is to replicate, since it takes longer to do so.

As soon as Zhao Rui increased his speed, the three of them were immediately terrified. They frantically activated their sword techniques and martial arts to the fullest extent, trying to resist Zhao Rui's attack.

After fighting for less than a quarter of an hour, Zhao Rui had learned all three of their martial arts techniques. Just as he was preparing to unleash a powerful move to end the battle...

Suddenly, the three of them threw away their sharp blades, and their hands instantly turned into ice sculptures, gleaming with a cold light, as they slashed at Zhao Rui in unison.

With each strike, an endless chill sealed off the space covered by the palm force, causing the flow of true energy within the entire space to slow down instantly.

Zhao Rui's eyes brightened slightly as he gathered his icy palm power and met the three of them.

"The martial art 'Snowy Frost Palm' can be copied. Copy it?"

Snowy Frost Palm, a good name.

Zhao Rui felt the bone-chilling cold and the solidified true energy space, and was overjoyed. He quickly chose to copy it.

It seems this is their specialty.

The four exchanged blows, all using the Frost Palm Force. Although Zhao Rui's Frost Palm Force only had Frost True Qi attached to it, it did not have the same miraculous ability as their martial arts.

However, since it belongs to the same category of ice-based martial arts, its resistance is naturally stronger than that of other martial arts.

Most importantly, Zhao Rui possessed the extremely cold Nine Nether Profound Water Scripture, so he was not afraid of the opponent's extremely cold palm force.

Zhao Rui was completely unafraid, exchanging palm strikes with them and attacking them back. In a short while, two hundred moves had been exchanged.

The three of them used the same method, which greatly increased Zhao Rui's copying speed. Soon after, the system notification sounded that the copying was successful.

With a thought, Zhao Rui's body surged with energy, and he instantly grasped the Snow Frost Palm Technique. Boundless icy power began to permeate his entire body.

"Freeze!"

Zhao Rui's figure flickered, and the Blonde Formless Heavenly Demon Technique was activated instantly, with six figures occupying six different positions.

The Snow Frost Palms were unleashed simultaneously, twelve extremely cold palm strikes instantly freezing the space around the three of them.

Not to mention moving objects, even internal energy was frozen by this extremely cold palm force.

The three people remained in their attacking stances, thus becoming three lifelike ice sculptures.

Zhao Rui was in high spirits after his move proved effective; this Extreme Cold Palm technique was far more powerful than the Frost Palm.

What a surprise.

Withdrawing the "Girl Without Form Heavenly Demon Technique" and unifying his six forms, Zhao Rui stepped forward to stand before the three.

Although the three were frozen, their spirits and consciousness remained. After all, it was their specialized martial arts, so their resistance was definitely much stronger than that of ordinary martial artists.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, being frozen by Zhao Rui's powerful and extremely cold palm strike would probably have already killed them.

"Do you want to live or die?"

Zhao Rui shouted a question, but after asking, he realized that the three of them were unable to move. He couldn't help but laugh, then grabbed a Tianshan Sect disciple and leaped into the dense forest ten feet away.

Then he unleashed the Fiery Heart-Shattering Palm technique on the man, using his exquisite control over true qi to melt the ice on his body little by little.

Unfortunately, the speed was far from what I had imagined.

Zhao Rui frowned slightly and hurriedly used the Nine Nether Profound Water to soak the ice.

In a short while, the ice on the man's body began to melt rapidly, and soon he collapsed to the ground as if he had been completely exhausted.

"It seems that the cold power of the Nine Nether Profound Water can actually melt the Snow Frost Palm Force, making it much stronger than the Blazing Fire Palm."

Zhao Rui seemed to be thinking about something, then reached out and grabbed the other person from a distance.

"Speak! Who are you people? Tell us, and we'll spare your life."

Zhao Rui asked in a cold voice.

"Bah! You dare to commit violence at the foot of Tianshan Mountain? You must have a death wish! The sect leader will avenge us!"

The man spat, clearly unmoved by Zhao Rui's threats.

Zhao Rui didn't bother to ask a second time. He unleashed the Heavenly Demon Illusionary Sound Technique and instantly controlled the other party's mind.

"Tell me your origins—" Zhao Rui's pupils gleamed with black light, and strands of divine soul intent surged into the other's sea of consciousness like a tide.

"The Snow Mountain Sect? It really is the Snow Mountain Sect. Interesting!"

After a few dozen breaths, Zhao Rui gave the other person a strange look.

When we went up the mountain before, we joked that since the Tianshan Sect liked to build on the top of the snow mountain, they might as well call themselves the Snow Mountain Sect.

As it turns out, this faction really is called the Snow Mountain Faction.

The Tianshan Sect, which had actually come to Tianshan, had long been wiped out by them, and replaced by a group of people from the Snow Mountain Sect.

What surprised Zhao Rui the most was that the Snow Mountain Sect was not a sect from the Central Plains, but a sect from the Great Zhou Dynasty of Guixu.

It is not a major Shang dynasty, but an organization under the command of a certain master of the Great Zhou dynasty, and a sect formed by some of its members.

"If that's the case, then the Song territory might be in dire straits—" With such formidable infiltration capabilities, and martial arts skills that are virtually identical, it's hard to say whether certain sects within the Song realm will remain unreplaced.

Zhao Rui followed the same method, unsealing the other two as well, and used a secret technique to investigate their backgrounds.

Just as expected, the situation was the same as the previous person's.

"This is a plan to undermine our foundation."

Zhao Rui narrowed his eyes, feeling a pang of fear. If these people from the Great Zhou were allowed to gradually infiltrate, the consequences would be unimaginable should a major battle break out between the two sides.