Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 624 Meeting
After walking for another ten days in the snow, they finally arrived at Nuanhu Lake. All the escorts in the escort team breathed a sigh of relief. Gu and Zhang were also filled with joy. Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan took the rescued little girl and said goodbye to Gu and Zhang.
"My husband and I came here to see the beautiful scenery of the North. We will not delay your sale of goods. We will say goodbye now!"

The two of them did not force it, but just said,
"We two will stay here for about seven or eight days. If you want to go back with us, please come and find us here!"

Gu eleven nodded and clasped his fists.

"In that case, see you later!"

"See you later!"

There are actually nine warm lakes, some large and some small, scattered on this snowy field. The largest one is also the one where the most people gather. At this time, many tall and short houses have been built by the lake, and there are more than a thousand people living there!
The term "warm lake" came from the mouths of these people. However, according to Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan, this place should be called a volcanic lake or a hot spring lake. It should be due to geothermal heat, so the ground within a radius of 50 miles around the lake is not frozen. Due to the upwelling of hot air, the wind and snow will take a detour here. The ground here is all fertile black soil, and some crops can be grown to feed the whole family. Although it is very hard work, there is no exploitation by the government, and life is better than outside!

But thinking of this place, one has to trek through the three hundred miles of snowfield on foot. Those who can get here have survived a life-threatening situation. If they can't survive outside, the people are reluctant to leave their homes and go far away from their homeland!

The water in this warm lake is warm and pure. People drink water directly from the lake. The lake is also rich in a kind of small scaleless fish, whose meat is edible and whose bones can be used as medicine. Gu and Zhang come here to sell goods for the bones of this fish. If they transport the bones here to other places, the price can be increased five or six times, and the two make money from the difference!
There were scattered houses along the lake and no inns to stay in, but the two men didn't care. They found a place to set up their tent. After settling in, they asked around if anyone had seen a group of people here. Unfortunately, the residents by the lake said they didn't know. Seeing that they could not find out their whereabouts, the two men left the lake the next day and headed north.

One hundred miles to the north, there is another lake. There are only about 100 to 200 people living there. After asking around, there is no news. Another 50 miles to the north, there are only about ten families living by the small lake.

"Yes, there were more than 30 people living on the north side of the lake yesterday. I saw that they were not dressed like ordinary people, nor like a caravan. I saw... some of them seemed to be fishing in the lake with weapons..."

Gu Shi thanked the people who told them the news with a leg of lamb. Pu Yanlan was overjoyed.
"He was still here last night. I think it won't be long before we catch up!"

The further north you go, the more frequent the spiritual storms become. In the snowfields, they occur once every few days, but here they occur once every two hours. Monks with high levels of cultivation can resist them, but for those with lower levels, every step becomes difficult!

Although the two were not afraid, if they wanted to fly in the air, they would be disturbed by the chaotic spiritual energy in the air and would not be able to fly far. Therefore, when they arrived here, it was safer to walk on foot!

They stayed by the lake for one night and continued their journey the next day. Sure enough, in the evening of the second day, they caught up with the people from Tianyi Sect!
Pu Yanlan saw the team staggering in front of her from afar, and felt a little timid, so she could only pull Gu Shiyi and
"Eleven, you...you go and help me check...are they..."

Gu Shiyi understood her thoughts, patted the back of her hand soothingly, and handed Wang Xuying on his back to her.

"You keep an eye on my disciple, I'll go take a look!"

Wang Xuying lay on Pu Yanlan's back obediently, poking her little face out from the thick fur hat, staring at her master with her big eyes. She leaped a few times and disappeared in the wind and snow.

"Little Master, where is the Great Master?"

Pu Yanlan said softly,

"She's gone ahead to explore the way. Don't worry. Your master is very skilled!"

Even if she doesn't use her demonic powers, she can defeat a Yuanying stage master with just her fists and feet!
Over there, Gu Shiyi was in the snow, and with a few leaps, she caught up with the team in front. Someone noticed her approaching, turned around, and shouted,
"Who?"

Gu Shiyi looked from a distance and found that this person was not someone he knew, so he asked loudly,
"But you are from Tianyi Sect?"

The person on the other side seemed to have not expected that someone in this extremely cold northern land would know their origins. He was silent for a moment, and then asked,
"Who are you?"

Gu Shiyi laughed and stood on tiptoe.
"Old friend!"

As they were talking, they had already reached the front of the team. She glanced at the faces of the crowd, both men and women, young and old. She had seen some of them before, but she was not familiar with them. In the last few decades after she joined Tianyi Sect, she had left the mountain gate to practice in the valley. She was not familiar with the younger generation here, and the older ones were not from Jinyuan Cave or Flame Valley. Some of them looked familiar but she could not remember their names. However, some of the people opposite her also thought she looked familiar and looked puzzled. Gu Shiyi smiled and said,

"I am Pu Yanlan, a member of the Eighteenth Cave of the Jinyuan Cave of the Tianyi Sect. Do you recognize me?"

When she mentioned Pu Yanlan, everyone in Tianyi Sect was stunned at first, then suddenly realized, and then someone said in surprise,

"It's you!"

The voice of the person who spoke sounded familiar. He took a few steps forward and took off his hood, revealing an extremely handsome face. Gu Shiyi was surprised and delighted when he saw him.
"It's you!" Who do you think it is?
Of course, he was the dream lover of all the senior sisters and brothers in Tianyi Sect back then, Yan Rufeng, who was the most handsome man in Tianyi Sect, also known as Brother Yan!

But now Yan Rufeng is no longer a little brother, but an old brother!

But a beauty is a beauty, even if she becomes an old brother, she is still an old brother with a sage-like appearance and handsome looks!
Gu Shiyi smiled when he saw him.

"It turns out to be Yan Shuai... cough... Yan Rufeng!"

This is really like meeting an old friend in a foreign land!

Gu Shiyi smiled and bowed to him.

"How is Brother Yan?"

Yan Rufeng didn't expect to see Gu Shiyi here, but he was more surprised than happy.
"You... aren't you the maidservant who served Senior Sister Pu? You... you are not dead?"

"Uh...this..."

Gu Shiyi smiled and touched his nose.
"Not dead, that... I have had a wonderful experience, and now I am on the same path as Brother Yan!"

After she said this, Yan Rufeng finally noticed the strong demonic aura on Gu Shiyi.

"You...you have become a demon?"

"Well... how should I put it? I am a half-demon... a half-demon..."

Yan Rufeng didn't know whether to believe it or not, he nodded and asked anxiously,

"You are someone who follows Senior Sister Pu. Now... Senior Sister Pu... Where is Senior Sister Pu?"

Gu Shiyi smiled and turned around and pointed.
"It's in the back!"

As she spoke, she looked up and let out a long howl behind her. The sound spread far away. Pu Yanlan's face lit up with joy when she heard it. She carried Wang Xuying on her back, took a deep breath, and then quickly walked forward. Among the remaining disciples of Tianyi Sect, only a few had actually seen Pu Yanlan, and most of the remaining disciples had only heard of her name. This senior sister who was accepted into the sect by the head and the elders and was loved and cared for, disappeared in the war and her life or death was unknown. Everyone knew that she was the best among the new generation of Tianyi Sect, and they guessed that she was probably killed by the enemy first. Unexpectedly, she was safe and sound until now, and met them in this extremely cold place in the Arctic!
Everyone was surprised and happy when they heard this. From afar, they saw a petite woman carrying a child on her back walking slowly towards them. Yan Rufeng saw that the woman's features were not Senior Sister Pu, so he was overjoyed and quickly walked over to her, bowing deeply.
"Senior sister!"

Pu Yanlan smiled slightly, but tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, which turned into a drop of ice tears when the wind blew.
"Junior brother, long time no see!"

Yan Rufeng stood up and also sighed.
"Senior Sister, long time no see, you are still as charming as ever!"

Yan Rufeng had aged a lot, but Pu Yanlan and Gu Shiyi were still as young and beautiful as they were in Tianyi Sect. He knew that this was because his senior sister was a rare genius alchemist and had taken anti-aging elixirs. After the catastrophe in Tianyi Sect and the years of suffering afterwards, when he saw Pu Yanlan's unchanged face, he remembered how they, the younger generation, practiced in Tianyi Sect, how they played and fought, and how they talked about their senior sister's outstanding temperament and talent behind her back. It all seemed like yesterday. Yan Rufeng couldn't help but tears welled up in his eyes.
"Senior sister!"

Pu Yanlan sighed, tears falling, and looked at the people behind him.

"Are you all okay? Is Grand Elder Jin here?"

Yan Rufeng's expression froze when he heard this. He nodded slowly and then shook his head slowly.
"The Grand Elder is still here, but he..."

……

That night, Gu Shiyi and his companions, along with the people from the Tianyi Sect, set up camp beside a small warm lake. Yan Rufeng invited Pu Yanlan to the tent to talk. As soon as Pu Yanlan entered the tent, she saw an ice coffin placed in the tent. Inside the ice coffin was the Supreme Elder Jin with his eyes closed and a pale face!
Yan Rufeng said with a heavy expression,

"Senior sister, Rufeng was incompetent and could not wake up Grand Elder Jin. I had no choice but to lead my fellow disciples to this far north, one to avoid the pursuers, and the other for Grand Elder Jin..."

Pu Yanlan was also startled when she first saw the ice coffin, but then she regained her composure and sat cross-legged in front of the coffin. While carefully examining the Grand Elder, she asked softly,
"After so many years, how did Tianyi Sect reach this point? Tell me slowly!"