Chapter 90

Six figures descended from the sky, each with outstanding beauty and captivating charm. The one at the forefront had a cold expression, none other than the head of Tianzi Peak, Ice Fairy.

"Pay respects to Head of Peak Ice!" countless people shouted.

Many still did not know the details of Amu's and Han Zixiang's challenge. The fact that Ice Fairy had personally arrived shocked all the Beihan disciples present. The Beihan preliminary exam usually did not attract the attention of the heads of peaks, so Ice Fairy's presence must be for the life-and-death battle.

It seemed that the main event of the day was not the selection of disciples, but the battle between Amu and Han Zixiang. Many people were pondering this in their hearts.

Accompanying Ice Fairy were the sisters Ziyun and Ziyu, known as the "Tianfeng Twin Purples," with their beautiful appearances and enchanting allure, naturally drawing the gazes of countless male Beihan cultivators. However, Ziyun's expression was calm and composed, while Ziyu's beautiful eyes only glanced at Amu. Any cultivator who met Ziyu's cold gaze would awkwardly look away.

Behind them were two blue-robed female cultivators, both beautiful and at the peak of the Ninth Stage of Initial Cultivation. In the middle was the white-robed Liruo. At this moment, Liruo looked haggard, her eyes slightly tearful, as if she had just been crying, looking pitiful and endearing.

As Ice Fairy approached, she coldly glanced at Amu and Lishui. However, when her gaze fell on Lishui, her expression changed slightly, and her brows furrowed.

Ice Fairy was a cultivator at the peak of the First Stage of the Spirit Realm. Lishui's method of concealing his cultivation could not escape her eyes, especially since the Tianzi lineage had secret techniques to discern cultivation levels.

"Hmm?" Looking at Lishui, Ice Fairy's eyes suddenly emitted two cold rays, a secret technique of Tianzi to probe cultivation levels.

Amu and Lishui remained calm, and Lishui accepted it calmly. He knew that his concealment technique could not fool a Spirit Realm cultivator, so he did not plan to hide anything. Both bowed and greeted, "Pay respects to Head of Peak Ice!"

However, Ice Fairy seemed not to hear their words, staring at Lishui for a long time before finally retracting her gaze, her brows furrowing even more.

It turned out that Ice Fairy wanted to see Lishui's immortal root and cultivation level, but for some reason, her usually infallible secret technique could not penetrate Lishui's dantian. All she could see was a vague green aura within Lishui's dantian, indistinct and unclear.

Ice Fairy, being a Spirit Realm cultivator, had cultivation and knowledge far beyond the ordinary. This was definitely not a concealment technique but a peculiar immortal root. From this, she already knew that Lishui was no ordinary young cultivator. Ziyu's words that day were undoubtedly true. At the same time, Ice Fairy recalled a bit of legend about Lishui that Bai Yifeng had occasionally mentioned.

"Ziyun, go to Sunset Peak and invite Head of Peak Bai personally. Tell him I have important matters to discuss!" Ice Fairy turned and said solemnly.

"Hmm?" Ziyun was taken aback but quickly replied, "Disciple obeys!"

As she spoke, Ziyun nodded slightly at Amu and Lishui, then leaped and transformed into a streak of light, clearly using a flying secret technique. She knew that if it were not for something important, her master would not have her personally invite Head of Peak Bai, so she did not dare to delay.

Then, Ice Fairy turned to Ziyu and said, "Take your junior sister Liruo and speak to Lishui for a moment!"

Ziyu, upon hearing this, quickly pulled Liruo to Lishui and kept winking at Amu and Lishui, signaling them to speak quickly.

"Liruo!" Lishui called softly, but for a moment, he did not know what to say. The name "Liruo" carried too much emotion.

"Brother Lishui, don't fight that monster! I'll die if I have to! You are no match for him!" Liruo's eyes were filled with tears. "Senior Brother Amu, don't get involved either!"

Amu smiled and said, "Junior Sister Liruo, don't worry. We will definitely win this battle! You must believe in Senior Brother Lishui!"

Lishui's heart ached at the sight of Liruo, but at this moment, he did not show too much sentiment. He forced a smile and said, "Liruo, don't worry! My heart has not changed! I am no longer the same!"

As he spoke, Lishui extended his hand and released his cultivation power, causing cold air to condense in the air, forming a crystal-clear, lifelike ice lotus in his palm.

"This is for you!" Lishui smiled at Liruo.

The people far away did not notice, and Liruo, with her short cultivation time, did not fully understand. She was slightly stunned, but Ziyu and Ice Fairy saw clearly.

Releasing cultivation power to form a lotus, though not a great secret technique, required extremely high control over cultivation power, usually only achievable by cultivators at the Intermediate Stage of Fixed Cultivation.

"Foolish girl, this is the cultivation level of the Intermediate Stage of Fixed Cultivation! Take it quickly!" Ziyu hurriedly whispered to Liruo. Although Lishui was currently at the peak of the Initial Stage of Fixed Cultivation, his control over cultivation power was definitely at the Intermediate Stage level. So Ziyu directly referred to Lishui as an Intermediate Stage cultivator. Although this cultivation level was still far from Han Zixiang's, it was a world apart from that of a young cultivator.

"Ah!" Liruo, upon hearing Ziyu's words, was momentarily at a loss for words, while Lishui nodded and smiled at her, then placed the ice lotus in her palm.

Everything happened so suddenly! Liruo could hardly believe it.

"My heart has not changed! I am no longer the same! Has Senior Brother Lishui successfully nurtured his root and leaped to the Intermediate Stage of Fixed Cultivation?"

At this moment, Ziyu could not help but look at Ice Fairy, indicating that her words about the two of them flying were not exaggerated!

Ice Fairy looked at Lishui intently, her eyes flashing with surprise, then nodded slightly, "Very good! Let's go!" She then headed directly to the prepared seats for the heads of peaks and elders on the Cloud Descending Cliff. Although cultivators above the Spirit Realm usually did not appear during the preliminary exam, the seats were still there.

Ziyu pulled Liruo, making her take the ice lotus, then said to Amu and Lishui, "We can't stand here. Be careful later!"

"Brother Lishui, if anything happens to you, Liruo will not live alone!" Liruo, holding the ice lotus, felt a cool sensation that shook her heart, but she was still worried and looked deeply at Lishui.

"Liruo, what you fear will not happen!" Lishui nodded, and Liruo had no more chance to speak, following Ziyu away.

The arrival of Ice Fairy at the Cloud Descending Cliff caused a stir. The head of a peak coming to the Beihan preliminary exam greatly excited the young cultivators waiting to be selected.

"Heh, who would have thought that a head of peak would attend our preliminary exam this year!"

"Don't get too excited! I heard that the battle between Amu and Han Zixiang is because of a woman from Tianzi Peak. Ice Fairy is probably here to watch the life-and-death battle!"

"That's right! I heard it's that white-robed woman! She is quite beautiful, but her fate is unfortunate, meeting Lishui who cannot nurture his root!"

"Amu is quite loyal, willing to fight on the life-and-death platform for his brother!"

The young cultivators chattered, while the more sensitive high-level cultivators sensed something different. It seemed that today's battle between the Purple Snow monster and Amu and Lishui had touched the nerves of Beihan. Otherwise, how could Ice Fairy, the head of a lineage, personally attend?

Sure enough, as Ice Fairy arrived, many important figures of Beihan also arrived one after another.

The first to arrive was Elder Li from Tongtian Peak and another Spirit Realm cultivator in a gray robe, with a leopard head and ring eyes, not a good person, who was Deng Yan's master, Lu Yunjian.

Lu Yunjian had just emerged from his Spirit Realm cultivation and heard his beloved disciple's complaints. How could he not come to see today's life-and-death battle? His gaze swept over Amu, but Amu was not afraid at all.

"Hmph! Brat, if you don't die on the life-and-death platform today, I will definitely seek justice for my disciple!" Lu Yunjian said coldly.

"Heh! Junior Brother Lu, you won't have to bother! Amu will definitely die here today!" Elder Li said sinisterly, glancing at Han Zixiang in the distance.

Their eyes met, and Han Zixiang smiled and nodded slightly.