Chapter 1507: Cold Ice City

Whoosh! With a violent jolt, Zhang Xuan spurted a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

Just like before, his entire body ached as if it were tearing apart, and numerous bloodstains appeared on his skin.

In reality, given his current strength, it was incredibly difficult for him to set up a teleportation formation. However, Zhao Ya's situation couldn't be delayed. In desperation, he had no choice but to forcibly endure the combined attacks of Master Zhan and the others, then skillfully use the force and timing to transfer into the formation.

The combined attacks of the Saint Child Hall's many elders and the Saint Child Grand Formation, which even a peak Saint 9-realm Flaming Qilin Beast couldn't withstand, were all channeled into the formation. This immediately allowed the formation to be successfully established and provided it with ample power to operate.

Only then did he successfully teleport away.

However, despite the success, his injuries were more severe than ever before.

Aside from the spatial attacks generated by long-distance teleportation, merely redirecting the force of the combined assault caused his internal organs to violently shake, leaving him gravely wounded.

These injuries, imbued with the aura of so many individuals, were difficult to heal quickly, even with Heaven's Path True Qi.

Struggling to get up, he immediately heard another dull thud. Turning his head, he saw Chen Leyao had also fallen nearby, her injuries even more severe than his.

Covered in bloodstains, her breathing was barely perceptible, as if she could expire at any moment.

Chen Leyao only possessed Out-of-Body realm strength. The teleportation formation Zhang Xuan had set up, which involved Heaven's Path cultivation techniques, was more stable than ordinary formations, but it was still beyond what someone of her strength could withstand.

Had Zhang Xuan not used all his strength to form a protective True Qi barrier around her body before the teleportation, she would likely have been pulverized into dust, with nothing left.

Even so, she was left with barely a breath and could die at any moment.

"Thank goodness..." Seeing that her injuries, though severe, were not difficult to treat, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up.

The moment he moved, his injuries flared up, and he again spat out two mouthfuls of blood.

Truthfully, this was arguably his most miserable experience since he began cultivating.

He knelt beside Chen Leyao, flexed his fingers, and flicked them. Several streams of True Qi immediately flowed into her meridians, repairing the damaged areas within her body.

Seeing her complexion gradually improve and her wounds begin to close, Zhang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly began healing himself.

After circulating his energy for three cycles and more than ten minutes had passed, he finally felt the pain subside and a wave of relief wash over him.

Although not yet fully recovered, he was close enough.

"I can't risk this again," he thought. "A slight misstep, and I might be dead before even reaching the destination..."

He exhaled, and Zhang Xuan shook his head.

Although he had successfully set up the teleportation formation and teleported them away, it had been extremely dangerous. A single misstep in any of the many steps could have rendered all his efforts futile and led to his demise.

To put it plainly, his success this time also involved an element of luck.

He looked at Chen Leyao, who was lying to one side, seeing that although she was still unconscious, her breathing was much smoother, and her previously ghastly wounds had now completely healed.

He flipped his wrist, took out a silver needle, circulated True Qi through it, flicked his finger, and inserted it.

Having read all the Saint Child Hall's books on eight-star physicians, his medical skill was on par with a nine-star physician's, even without the aid of the Library of Heaven's Path. Chen Leyao had merely fainted from the spatial shock, and now that her external injuries were gone, waking her was quite simple.

As expected, the moment the silver needle was inserted, Chen Leyao's eyebrows twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes.

"I'm not dead..." Sitting up and feeling herself, the girl was filled with disbelief.

She had been certain that entering an unfamiliar teleportation formation this time would lead to her death, never expecting to still be alive.

"I need you to lead the way to the Glacier Palace, so naturally, I wouldn't let you die!" Seeing her reaction, Zhang Xuan chuckled lightly, cutting short her relief. "Alright, take a look around and tell me where we are and how far we are from the Glacier Palace!"

"Oh..." Chen Leyao stood up, her slender body swayed, and she floated into the air. She looked around, her face full of disbelief. "This is the outskirts of Coldstone City. We're here already? That fast?"

Everyone experienced a feeling of disorientation the first time they used a teleportation formation; Zhang Xuan was no exception, let alone her.

"Coldstone City?" Zhang Xuan frowned. "How far is that from the Glacier Palace headquarters?"

He had strictly set up the teleportation formation according to the location she had given him. Could something have gone wrong?

"The Glacier Palace headquarters is located within Coldstone City itself," Chen Leyao explained. "It's protected by a formidable sect-guarding formation, so it's impossible for outsiders to teleport directly inside. That's why I gave you the address on the outskirts of the city. I never expected you'd actually teleport us here, perfectly accurate!"

Chen Leyao's face was filled with astonishment.

As a top-tier power on the continent, the Glacier Palace certainly wouldn't allow anyone to teleport directly inside. If that were possible, they might cause chaos and a huge disturbance before even finding the Young Palace Mistress.

Precisely because of this, she had told him the location on the city's outskirts. She just hadn't expected that the teleportation formation he had set up for the first time would be perfectly accurate to the location she had described!

To be perfectly accurate over millions of kilometers without a single error—even a peak nine-star formation master would find that incredibly difficult to achieve!

It should be noted that when ordinary nine-star formation masters set up teleportation formations, they would always leave a teleportation platform at the desired destination beforehand to better determine the location and target.

This kind of one-way teleportation, with no pre-existing target or anchor, achieving perfect accuracy purely through calculation... his understanding of formations had already surpassed imagination.

This guy... had he really never known anything about teleportation formations before?

And he only learned it in a few minutes?

"Since we've arrived, that's good," Zhang Xuan said. "Let's enter the city quickly. We need to find a way to gather information. What exactly happened to Zhao Ya!"

"Okay!" Seeing how this person before her had no fear of offending the Saint Child Hall for the sake of rescuing his student, Chen Leyao understood his resolve. She immediately said nothing more and led the way, flying towards the city wall nearby.

Coldstone City, with the Glacier Palace situated within it, was still one of the continent's most notable large cities, despite being covered in perpetual snow and ice. Its gates closed at dusk, refusing all visitors.

However, Chen Leyao possessed a core disciple token from the Glacier Palace, allowing them to enter with ease.

Inside the city, snowflakes drifted down, and the ground was covered in knee-deep snow. Despite the biting cold, the streets were still bustling with people coming and going, and carriages filling the thoroughfares.

"Teacher Zhang, should we go to the Glacier Palace now?" Chen Leyao turned to look at him.

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

"Why not?" Chen Leyao asked, puzzled.

He had rushed here so urgently, sparing no expense, yet now that they were here, he wasn't eager to go?

"The top priority isn't to go there immediately," Zhang Xuan explained. "Instead, we need to find a way to gather information about what exactly happened so we can be prepared! Otherwise, if we rush in blindly and something goes wrong, not only will we fail to save anyone, but we'll also cut off all other opportunities!"

"Something went wrong? What could possibly go wrong by going to the Glacier Palace? Teacher Zhang, do you mean..." She paused, startled, feeling as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her. "Is there an internal problem with the Glacier Palace?"