Chapter 1 The Beginning

The northernmost part of Zhongzhou.

Snowflakes danced in the air.

As the sky filled with snowflakes, a figure slowly appeared.

The moment he appeared, the snowflakes in the world seemed to freeze.

Each snowflake fell slowly, as if possessing intelligence, not landing on the man, but falling to the side.

Lu Changsheng quietly watched the snow falling from the sky.

He stood silently in the vast white world.

The ancients said that snow scenes were beautiful, indescribably beautiful.

But if these snowflakes truly had intelligence, they would probably say, "It's not the snow that's beautiful; it's the person. The snow is only beautiful because the person is beautiful."

Lu Changsheng stood in the snowy landscape, his handsome appearance beyond words, a million times more beautiful than the scenery.

It was truly hard to imagine how such a handsome man could exist in this world.

Plop.

Plop.

Plop.

The sound of footsteps in the snow rang out as Lu Changsheng headed west.

The Beiming Palace was to the west. To save time, Lu Changsheng didn't admire the scenery but rode his flying sword towards the Beiming Palace.

Stepping on the Violet Azure Twin Swords—the Violet Spirit Sword—Lu Changsheng flew through the air.

At this moment, Lu Changsheng was flying on a sword for the first time.

It had to be said that flying on a sword was both handsome and fun, unlike standing on the Azure Lotus, which lacked that sense of freedom.

In the far north, a beam of purple sword light moved extremely quickly, arriving at the foot of the Beiming Palace mountain in less than an incense stick's time.

Although the Beiming Palace was not as powerful as the Ten Great Sacred Grounds, it was still a force to be reckoned with. As the saying goes, "Even a mighty dragon can't suppress a local snake." The fact that the Beiming Palace could establish itself in the far north meant that it naturally had some foundation.

Lu Changsheng didn't act rashly. Before understanding the situation, he couldn't act cocky.

He needed to be amiable, refined, and easygoing, discussing matters rationally without acting impulsively.

"Lu Changsheng of the Great Luo Sacred Ground has come to pay a visit!"

Lu Changsheng shouted loudly at the foot of the Beiming Palace mountain, notifying the people of the Beiming Palace.

But the next moment...

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

The surrounding snow-capped mountains collapsed in an instant because Lu Changsheng's voice caused an avalanche.

In an instant, figures appeared from the Beiming Palace.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Someone, seemingly in a panic, shouted loudly, causing the avalanche to worsen.

But soon, spiritual light spread out, instantly stabilizing the avalanche.

At the same time, outside the Beiming Palace...

Figures appeared, men and women, standing outside the Beiming Great Hall, looking at Lu Changsheng at the foot of the mountain.

"Is that Lu Changsheng?"

"Heavens, how can there be such a handsome man in this world?"

"So handsome, so handsome. I didn't expect that Liu Qingfeng looked so ordinary, yet his senior brother is so handsome?"

"Hiss! Is that Lu Changsheng? As expected, his reputation precedes him."

"No wonder they say Lu Changsheng is a Qilin child. Just his appearance is extraordinary."

"Senior Brother Zhang, seeing how handsome he is, let's be polite when we speak to him later."

The crowd spoke. However, the Senior Brother Zhang they mentioned was already flying down the mountain on his sword, arriving in front of Lu Changsheng.

"This one is Zhang Ren, greetings, Fellow Daoist Lu!"

Zhang Ren came to Lu Changsheng and respectfully bowed, appearing very polite, with a hint of unconcealable excitement in his eyes.

"Lu greets Brother Zhang."

Lu Changsheng was a little surprised. He thought the people of the Beiming Palace would try to intimidate him, but he didn't expect them to be so polite. This was really... unexpected.

"Brother Lu, quickly come up the mountain. It's freezing cold; be careful not to catch a chill."

Zhang Ren was extremely courteous, even taking the initiative to invite Lu Changsheng up the mountain to rest.

"Alright, Brother Zhang, you don't have to be so polite. I've come this time mainly because of my incompetent junior brother. I'm not sure what Qingfeng has done to offend the Beiming Palace."

Lu Changsheng followed Zhang Ren up the mountain and, noticing how reasonable the other party was, put the Rebirth Bliss Subduing Demon Pill (Wangsheng Ji Le Xiangmo Dan) in his hand into his Qiankun Ring, while asking curiously.

"Ah, Senior Brother Lu, actually, this matter was our Beiming Palace being rash, but we were forced to do so. Senior Brother Lu, let's go up the mountain first and talk slowly."

Zhang Ren led the way and continued to speak.

"A few days ago, our Beiming Palace disciples accidentally discovered Senior Brother Lu's junior brother practicing qi in the snow and ice while hunting beasts outside. Later, I don't know how your junior brother found out that our Beiming Palace Lord was seriously injured, so he boasted that he was the second-best alchemist in the world and insisted on refining pills for our Palace Lord. We were originally unwilling, but your junior brother said that you taught him his alchemy skills. We had also heard of Brother Lu's alchemy rumors, so we let him try."

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng understood what had happened.

"Let me state in advance, I didn't teach him." Lu Changsheng said very seriously.

Zhang Ren was stunned but quickly said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you taught him or not. After your junior brother refined the pill, the Palace Lord ate it."

He said this.

"Your Palace Lord ate the pills refined by such an amateur?"

This time, it was Lu Changsheng's turn to be surprised.

Eating any kind of pill? Regardless of whether it's good or bad?

That didn't make sense.

"The Palace Lord thought so at first, so he had someone test the medicine and found that there were no problems before swallowing it."

Zhang Ren said this.

"Then what was the result? How is he? He should be alive, right?"

Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

"The result?" Zhang Ren sighed and then said, "He's still alive, but his brain is a little... not working properly."

Zhang Ren said this.

Lu Changsheng: "..."

That was probably worse than death.

"In short, Brother Lu, we invited you here this time out of desperation. I hope Brother Lu will lend a hand. If you can save our Palace Lord, the Beiming Palace will forever be on good terms with Brother Lu. If Brother Lu needs anything in the future, our Beiming Palace will definitely not refuse."

Zhang Ren said this.

But Lu Changsheng could only nod his head.

He didn't know anything about alchemy.

And the pills he refined all had problems. What if his brain became good, but he lost his life? That would be the end.

Soon, Lu Changsheng arrived at the Beiming Palace.

"Greetings, Brother Lu!"

"Greetings, Brother Lu!"

"Greetings, Young Master Lu!"

"Greetings, Young Master Lu!"

The male cultivators looked a little excited, while the female cultivators cast beautiful glances at him, and some bolder ones even sent secret signals, calling him Young Master Lu, making people's hearts flutter.

But Lu Changsheng's composure was still extremely high.

Perhaps it was because he was handsome, so he was used to this kind of situation.

Lu Changsheng often wondered if every handsome man would be surrounded by a group of women.

But now was not the time to think about this.

After greeting the crowd, Lu Changsheng said, "May I ask, where is my incompetent junior brother?"

Lu Changsheng asked curiously.

"Brother Lu, he's over there."

Zhang Ren raised his hand, pointing to a building made of ice sculptures in the southwest direction. Liu Qingfeng was sitting in the room, eating heartily.

He even seemed very happy, which made Lu Changsheng inexplicably angry.

However, one could see inside from the outside, but one could not see outside from the inside, so Liu Qingfeng did not know that Lu Changsheng had arrived.

"Brother Lu, should we ask him to come out?"

Zhang Ren asked.

But Lu Changsheng shook his head and said, "No need."

Then, he asked, "May I ask, does your Beiming Palace have any particularly cruel punishments?"