Build the Traveler Alliance from Scratch.

Chapter 1013 Pretending to be a ghost
Yun Ye looked at the snow-capped mountains below and said softly, "It is because they are physically weak that they have to make adequate preparations in other aspects. To some extent, their survival rate is actually higher than that of Sean and Ku He."

Fan Xian nodded and said, "Indeed, judging from the results, 0.2% and 0.5% are indeed more than twice as high!"

At this point, Fan Xian paused, then asked with a smile: "So, how do you plan to deal with them?"

Yun Ye thought for a moment, drank the tea in the cup, then put it down and said, "Anyway, they are the pioneers of the human world to enter the Arctic. It's a pity to kill them like this."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Think it over carefully. They are all Tian Xiangzi's men!"

Yun Ye glanced at the five people who were struggling to move forward on the stone steps of the snowy mountain below, and said lightly: "Tian Xiangzi is already dead. After these people got the news that Bai Yujing was in the north, they did not continue to be my enemy."

"Plus, they went north, from a team of a thousand to a team of five. They went through countless hardships and suffered a lot. I'm not a devil. It's enough to hurt them to this extent. There's no need to be aggressive."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "So, you guys have settled your grudges?"

Yun Ye chuckled and said, "I'm even on my side, as for them..."

Fan Xian shook his head: "Their thoughts are not important. What is important is that your Baiyujing has not yet been built. Although everything at the moment is shocking enough for them, it is still far from what you expected."

"Are you sure you want to let them go back under these circumstances?"

Yun Ye fell silent, and after a moment he sighed and said, "If you have any ideas, just say them out!"

Fan Xian smiled slightly: "Such a large palace complex would be less lively if it were only robots. I think you could recruit some people and let them manage the palace for you."

"In other words, we will recruit some menial disciples and outer disciples. If someone comes here again in the future, we can let them deal with it, so that Baiyujinghao won't be able to handle it in time or it will be too rigid."

"After all, humans are much better at playing tricks than robots!"

As he spoke, Fan Xian turned around and looked at the five people marching on the snowy mountain with a chuckle.

"After going through numerous hardships and dangers on the Arctic journey, seeing the shock of the paradise and the steel giant, as well as the thousands of stone steps on the snow-capped mountains, it was a spiritual baptism for these people."

"After they pass this test, and then give them a little sweetness, are you still worried that they won't become Bai Yujing's believers?"

Yun Ye was slightly startled, then looked at the snow-capped mountains thoughtfully.

After a moment, he said softly: "In this case, thank you for your help!"

Fan Xian was stunned: "Ah?"

Yun Ye pointed at himself and said, "Xi Tong knows me, so it's not easy for me to show up. Only a handsome young man, a poet like Mr. Fan, can convince these ignorant mortals!"

"..."

Hearing Yun Ye's unabashed flattery, Fan Xian twitched his lips and sighed, "Okay, I'll let you succeed this time."

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"call--"

The whistling cold wind echoed around them, like a sharp steel knife, blowing across the faces of Xi Tong and others.

Xitong gritted his teeth, lifted his heavy legs, and moved forward step by step, silently but firmly.

Although he didn't know the significance of what he was doing, nor did he know what was at the end of the stone steps, these were no longer important to Xi Tong and others.

If they stepped onto the stone steps with confusion in their hearts at the beginning, now, as they continued to move forward, their state of mind gradually changed in silence.

Looking at the corner of the eaves protruding at the end of the stone steps, for some reason, they didn't want to give up.

Even though my legs felt as heavy as lead, even though my exposed skin had lost all feeling in the cold wind...

Just as Fan Xian said, for these people, suffering is not only suffering, but also a rare baptism.

In addition, these five people were the winners selected after brutal elimination. They were the best in both physical and mental strength.

If such a person can withstand this baptism, he will definitely be transformed.

In this way, the five exhausted people marched silently in the howling cold wind.

Although they all didn't want to give up halfway and wanted to climb to the top of the snow-capped mountain, even if they couldn't see the immortals, they wanted to see what the top of the mountain looked like. But unfortunately, in the materialistic world, the body is ultimately more important than the spirit.

So, after climbing more than 800 steps in a row, someone fell down. It was the big man with four broken fingers.

When Xitong and the other three heard the voice coming from behind them, their originally confused minds suddenly became clear and they quickly turned around to look.

When they saw the finger-severed man lying on the stone steps, the four of them, including Xitong, all looked sad.

The two who had escaped hesitated for a moment, turned around, and continued to move forward.

Xi Tong and another person stopped, as if they were planning to go over and check on the condition of the man with the severed finger.

At this moment, the iron puppets that had been ignoring them suddenly reacted.

More than a hundred steel puppets on the stone steps stopped their work, turned around, and shot out blue light from their eyes, piercing through the wind and snow on the mountainside, staring at Xi Tong and the other person who were trying to return.

Noticing the iron puppet's gaze, Xi Tong and the others immediately stopped, with large patches of cold sweat oozing from their foreheads. ...What does this mean?
Are they not allowed to rescue their companions, or are they unable to return?

No matter which the true situation is, they have no intention of testing the bottom line of these iron men.

Xitong exchanged a glance with the man, turned around silently, and continued to climb the stairs.

Seeing this scene, hundreds of steel puppets withdrew their gazes and continued to work busy with their work.

After the backs of Xitong and the other three disappeared in the wind and snow, a steel puppet came over, helped the unconscious man on the ground up, and then injected him with a shot of milky white liquid.

After doing this, the iron puppet let go of the big man and turned away silently.

Not long after, the big man lying on the ground moved his eyelids slightly, and suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the surrounding scene blankly.

"How is this going?"

The big man got up from the ground and looked at his hands blankly. He felt as if a warm current was surging in his body, constantly nourishing his spirit and body that had already reached the limit.

Not only that, he even felt a slight itching sensation on the severed finger that had long lost all feeling...

The big man stood there for a while, then looked up after a while, muttering to himself as he looked at the fierce snow and wind in front of him.

“…Is this Baiyujing?”

After saying this, the big man's expression became firm, and he took another step and continued to move forward.

In the snowstorm next to him, a young man in white was suspended in the air, quietly staring at the big man's back.

The next second, a snowstorm came and blew away the figure of the young man in white, leaving only the whistling sound still echoing.

……

Afterwards, the four Xitongs who were leading in the front also fell down one after another.

Every time someone fell, a robot would stop others from rescuing them, let them continue to move forward, and then wait until they were farther away before injecting the fallen person with the milky white liquid.

During this process, the young man in white, or Fan Xian, would watch from the side until the other party continued on his journey, and then quietly disappear.

He was certainly not here to watch the fun. While the robot was injecting [Flesh Repair Agent] into the fallen people, he had actually explored the souls of those people and grasped their past.

Strictly speaking, among these five people, only Xi Tong could be considered a remnant of Tian Xiangzi's army.

Although the other four people also participated in this trip to the Arctic, they were not the same group as Xitong.

They came from different forces, some from the Tang Dynasty, and some from the Western Regions, but without exception, these major forces inside and outside the Tang Dynasty were secretly supporting Tian Xiangzi, wanting to use Tian Xiangzi's power to seek immortality.

These were all things Fan Xian had expected, and he was not interested in these forces.

What really interests him is the driving force that has supported these people to where they are today.

Take Xi Tong for example. He had nothing and no worries, and he was not eager to seek immortality. It was only because he was grateful to Tian Xiangzi and regarded him as his teacher that he resolutely embarked on the journey north, just to see for his teacher what Tian had been fanatically pursuing during his lifetime.

For example, the man with the broken finger, his name is Mou Feng, he is 32 years old this year, and he used to be a swordsman in Guanzhong, with superb martial arts, not inferior to Xi Tong. But later his family suffered a disaster, and an important figure valued his martial arts and avenged his blood revenge. From then on, he became that man's retainer and loyal soldier.

This time I came here because that person asked me to do so. It can be said that my desire to repay my gratitude far outweighs my desire to seek immortality.

As for the remaining three people, they each had their own reasons that they did not want to tell outsiders.

The two who escaped were named Pan Wu and Yan Fu, both from the Central Plains. They still had relatives in the Tang Dynasty and were concerned about them, so their desire to survive was the strongest among the five.

The last person was named Kuilang. He was the only person from the Western Regions among the five and also the one with the strongest desire to make the pilgrimage.

After being injected with the [Flesh Repair Agent] and climbing up from the cold stone steps, Kuilang's state of mind had changed. He firmly believed that this trip was meaningful, and he became fanatical about climbing to the top of the stone steps.

Fan Xian felt that this guy had the potential to become a fanatic...

Of course, no matter what these people's purposes were before, after climbing these 4,999 steps, there will be quiet changes in their hearts.

Finally, Xitong, who had fallen twice, was the first to reach the top of the stone steps.

What appeared before his eyes was a continuous palace complex, with tall courtyard walls and a brown gate standing in front, surrounded by wisps of white mist that still lingered even in the cold wind.

Xi Tong stared blankly at the scene in front of him, his thoughts surging like waves.

At the same time, the four people behind arrived one after another, stood beside Xitong, and looked ahead with complicated expressions.

Kuilang was the most excited. After climbing the last step, he knelt down without hesitation and kept worshiping the gate in front of him and the palace behind the gate.

Perhaps it was because the five people were detected gathered together, at this moment, the tightly closed door suddenly opened slowly.

A leisurely voice floated out from the crack of the door and fell into the ears of everyone.

"come in……"

"You have already obtained the qualifications..."

(End of this chapter)