Chapter 450: Chapter 167: Seeds of Divine Skills! Martial Arts Saint!_1

“Crack crack crack!”

A shockwave emerged, and the ice crystals nearly a zhang thick in front of them shattered to the ground like broken glass, yet the narrow valley passage did not vibrate or collapse.

“Hong Xiang’s mastery over strength is too exquisite… With one punch, he shattered the ice crystals that are as thick as a zhang and as hard as iron blocks, yet the force of the punch did not dissipate!”

Bai Yunhe and the others were secretly astonished; clearly, Hong Xiang’s physical strength was tremendously powerful, and he was no brute but rather someone who had an exquisite control over his own power.

“Bang bang bang!”

Hong Xiang punched time and again, clearing a path in front, smashing the layers of ice crystals consecutively into pieces, advancing steadily at a rate much faster than Elder Tan previously did with his Treasure Sword.

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The members of the East Cloud Sect exchanged looks but were happy to save time and effort, allowing Hong Xiang to lead the way ahead.

Su Changkong, on the other hand, remained very low-key on one side. Whether it was the four Martial Artists of the East Cloud Sect or the three people from Wind Sun Moon who came later, they were all in one group. In comparison to these two forces, he seemed isolated and alone.

However, Su Changkong’s purpose in coming here was not to create enemies; he simply wanted a wisp of Innate Qi. Therefore, staying low-key still offered him opportunities, of course, with his own safety being the utmost priority!

Hong Xiang, seemingly tireless, continued to pave the way. After two or three hours, they had pushed forward another li or so, and Hong Xiang stopped, his eyes, as well as those of everyone else, revealing a trace of surprise!

At the end of the narrow passage, it suddenly opened up to a vast underground valley. Both sides were mountain walls covered in ice crystals, but what attracted the most attention was the revealing of a colossal building.

It was a magnificent palace, also covered with ice crystals—at first glance, more like a miniature city, capable of accommodating twenty or thirty thousand people.

At the spacious bottom of the valley, there were four ice columns, each three zhang wide and a hundred zhang tall, rising straight from the ground and supporting the mountain walls above.

“Chi Dragon Hall…”

Su Changkong gazed into the distance and discovered that directly opposite the entrance of the passage, on the plaque of the ice-covered palace gates, were engraved the three big characters of ‘Chi Dragon Hall’!

“Chi Dragon Hall?” Su Changkong was astonished inside. He had never heard of the name Chi Dragon Hall before, but the fact that someone could build such a grand palace in this valley and create this unusual sight of an underground ice palace indicated that Chi Dragon Hall must have been extremely powerful and once magnificent.

“Chi Dragon Hall… It’s actually Chi Dragon Hall!”

Zhong Yue, the man as round as a meatball, saw the ice crystal palace in the distance and his eyes showed a hint of shock and joy.

“Chi Dragon Hall? What sort of power is that?” Hong Xiang, who had been breaking the ice along the way, also grew interested when he heard these three words and asked.

“Chi Dragon Hall was once a very flourishing major sect in Central State, very active during the early days of the Great Flame Empire. It is said that at the height of Chi Dragon Hall, the number of Innate Martial Artists was no less than a hundred. Hall Master Han Chi of Chi Dragon Hall was ambitious, but eventually, Chi Dragon Hall made a wrong decision and suffered a heavy blow. Hall Master Han Chi moved the sect and retired from the martial world, thereafter severing all worldly affairs.”

“This Han Chi is said to have unlocked twelve Heavenly Pulses, reaching the ultimate Innate level, a top fighter at the stage of Five Qi towards the Yuan! Such a figure retiring from worldly affairs would surely be seeking further advancement, hoping for a comeback. However, looking at this scene, both he and his Chi Dragon Hall have become the dust of history, buried within Snow Abyss Mountain!”

Zhong Yue, the corpulent man, demonstrated considerable knowledge, revealing the background of Chi Dragon Hall.

Chi Dragon Hall, in its heyday, had nearly a hundred Innate Martial Artists, an astonishing number indeed!

But no power remains at its peak forever, and Chi Dragon Hall had eventually declined. It seemed that the Hall Master faced some threat and had to relocate the elite of Chi Dragon Hall and go into hiding, with Snow Abyss Mountain being their place of seclusion.

Based on the ice crystals covering the path along the way, it was clear that there were no living people in Chi Dragon Hall anymore. The Chi Dragon Hall, which was active during the early days of the Great Flame Empire, was already two to three thousand years removed from the present day.

“Let’s go!”

The man with a dark red bone mask, Wind Sun Moon, seemed to think of something, excitement evident in his eyes as he set off toward the direction of Chi Dragon Hall without saying a word.

Bai Yunhe’s eyes also shone with light; they had previously guessed that the anomaly here might be related to Chi Dragon Hall, but they did not expect it to be true!

Bai Yunhe and the other four were not willing to fall behind and also headed towards the direction of Chi Dragon Hall.

Su Changkong followed at the rear; in this place, he was the most solitary and powerless, and he needed to be cautious and act with discretion!

The grand doors of Chi Dragon Hall were tightly closed, covered with ice crystals, but they were carved with dragon-shaped patterns and were as thick and tall as the city walls, allowing one to glimpse the once-glorious past of Chi Dragon Hall.

“Boom!”

Hong Xiang continued to lead the way, his body coiled like a bow, his right fist shot out, smashing furiously against the gate, producing a heavy thundering sound.

With a loud explosion, the thick palace doors shattered from the ice crystals, blasted open by the punch, revealing the interior of the palace.

Inside the palace, ice crystals also covered everything, and everyone slowly filed in one by one.

Streets and buildings exuded a silent beauty, as if time had stopped, with everything frozen and sealed in ice.

And within the palace stood individual figures; all were wearing white garments embroidered with Chi Dragons, likely all disciples of Chi Dragon Hall.

But these disciples of Chi Dragon Hall had long been dead, their bodies frozen within the ice crystals, turned into ice sculptures. However, almost uniformly, they looked in one direction with fear on their faces, but more so despair and unwillingness, as if just before death, they witnessed a sight that filled them with hopeless despair and a loss of all desire to live.

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