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Chapter 4543: 5.0295 The Real Snow Ridge

The old man's departing figure looked a bit pathetic. Everyone silently watched him, offering a sympathetic tear in their hearts.

Offending Master Qiao Qiao probably meant he wouldn't have many good days ahead for a while.

Over the next few days, Qiao Mu and the others meticulously searched every inch of the desolate island.

Traveling westward, one could see rolling snow ridges that stretched so far, their end was difficult to discern.

The old man, when he had a moment, told them that the terrain deep within this snow ridge was extremely complex.

When old ghost Tianjizi occupied the ridge as his domain, he set up many cunning formations in various passages throughout the snow ridge. One misstep, and you'd likely fall into old ghost Tianjizi's trap.

"The direct entrance to the secret realm you found on the beach was set up by old ghost Tianjizi himself," Hao Guang said with a pout, while busy with his work, he couldn't help but repeatedly criticize old man Tianjizi.

"It's said that one day, he returned after three months at sea and got lost in his own snow ridge formation," Hao Guang sneered. "To break his own formation, that guy spent seven days and eight nights, barely managing to scramble back to his old lair."

Everyone: ...

Why do all the old seniors seem so unreliable?

"After that, old ghost got worried that if he had to go out for a few months again, he'd end up trapping himself. So, he set up a fast passage by the sea," Hao Guang grunted. "Otherwise, what did you think? How could there be a secret realm entrance right by the beach?"

"That was for old ghost Tianjizi's own convenience!"

Qiao Mu said expressionlessly, "No matter how cunning he is, he wouldn't mess up his own formations. You must have sabotaged the snow ridge while he was away, right?"

Hao Guang: ...

"I did it. Don't even mention that he's already kicked the bucket; even if he stood alive in front of this old man, this old man wouldn't be afraid to tell him to his face."

"So, you must have drawn a map of the complex formations inside the snow ridge, right?"

Hao Guang: ...

How did you know? Second Generation Sect Master.

"Aren't you the master of drawing maps?" Qiao Mu extended her small hand towards him. "Let me see it."

"According to the map provided by the old man," Qiao Mu held up a rather crude line drawing, studying it carefully for a long time. "If we keep going forward, we should reach a flat valley."

In fact, the area of this snow ridge was extremely vast, extending forward to semi-encircle the entire Wangchuan.

From a distance, it looked like a continuous, undulating snow mountain, standing permanently on the sea, which was quite peculiar.

Qiao Mu and the others traveled along the way, avoiding the formations Tianjizi had originally set up in the snow ridge.

The map drawn by old man Hao Guang was quite reliable. The mechanisms and formations were basically marked, with only minor omissions that weren't a big problem.

"I didn't expect the desolate island could actually connect to the depths of the snow ridge," Young Master Rong sighed softly.

This place appeared desolate, but who would have thought that the snowy paths inside were truly intricate and led everywhere.

From the desolate island, they traveled across more than ten miles of sea and successfully traversed into the depths of the snow ridge.

"So, at first, when we entered Tianjizi's secret realm through that secret realm entrance on the beach of the desolate island, we were actually teleported this far?" An Wushuang asked curiously.

"That's right," Mo Lian nodded. "If it weren't for Hao Guang's guidance, we probably wouldn't have been able to find Tianjizi's secret realm."