Chapter 0009: Glacier Encounter (Part 2)

  Hearing the arrival of a vehicle, a dark-faced man in his forties emerged from the workshop and directed them to park the car properly. He then came over to ask what they were doing there.

  Liu Fengling had been there before, gave the other party 100 yuan, said to go up the mountain to play, the other party said a few words to pay attention to safety, must get off the mountain early, and then drilled back into the workshop.

  "This man is specifically here to block tourists from continuing up the mountain, inside it's completely undeveloped, there's only a relatively dangerous narrow path." Liu Fengling explained to everyone.

  "Is it dangerous?" Xiaoxue hesitated a bit. She had put on her newly bought sports suit especially for mountain climbing today, and wore sports shoes on her feet. But after all, she was a girl who didn't exercise much normally, so when she heard there might be danger, she felt a little scared.

  "Look at the sunny weather, what's there to be afraid of? The endless scenery is on the dangerous peaks. Not far, just over an hour and we can reach the glacier." Liu Fengling was determined to go into the mountains, otherwise it would have been a waste of the opportunity to come out with Xiaojing.

  "Alright, let's go into the mountain." Yang Du Ning grasped Xiao Xue's hand and encouraged her.

  Xiao Xue felt Yang Du Ning's determination and encouragement, and said: "Alright, let's enter the mountain."

  Yao Jing wasn't a girl who was afraid of trouble, and she ran briskly to the jeep to get her backpack.

  Several people shouldered their backpacks and headed towards the mountain path.

  Indeed, the infinite scenery is on the dangerous peak. Although the mountain road is difficult to walk, there are a few places that can only accommodate one person to pass by sideways, but it is the best place for the scenery on the road - looking up at the blue sky with a few white clouds, the lush green trees and purple red wild flowers all over the mountain, underfoot the cliff river water rushing like a white dragon, the air is fresh with the fragrance of flowers. If it weren't for the danger underfoot, Xiaoxue would have cheered and jumped for joy.

  The four of them arrived safely and without incident at the outer reaches of the glacier ruins.

  From a distance, Yang Dunning, who came for the first time, was involuntarily shocked by the grandeur of this glacier.

  Before our eyes, the mountain peaks were like shallow blue crystals covered with thick ice layers. When the sun shone on them, they reflected a dazzling light and colorful hues that pierced deep into our minds. The icy ridges had been eroded by glaciers to resemble sharp blades, yet they also gave us an unconscious sense of their thickness and antiquity. A chilling gust of icy air hit us in the face, making everyone shiver involuntarily.

  "Alright, let's set up our tent first," said Xiao Chengdong, pointing to a relatively flat area below the glacier.

  "What tent?" Liu Fengling and Yao Jing both asked.

  "Can we still head back today?" Yang Du Ning took out three pairs of sunglasses from his backpack, put one on himself, and then gave one each to Xiao Xue and Jing Er. He then said to Liu Feng Ling, who looked a bit disappointed: "Brother, I only prepared three pairs, there isn't one for you."

  Liu Fengling had a bitter complaint that couldn't be expressed, how could he have forgotten to bring his sunglasses? He was so angry that he walked alone towards the flat area.

  At this time, Yang Dunning took out a pair of sunglasses from the bag and handed them to Yao Jing. She made a face at Liu Fengling's back and signaled her to send them over. Then, smiling, she held Xiaoxue's hand and followed.

  When Liu Fengling got the sunglasses, he glared at Yang Dunning with some ferocity and let out a long sigh, lamenting that he had been careless in making friends.

  Liu Fengling and the others didn't bring a tent, but Yang Dunning took out two tents from his large mountaineering backpack that was much taller than himself, as if by magic, and handed one over.

  In Xiao Jing's teasing and sarcastic tone, Liu Fengling finally finished setting up his tent. However, seeing that his own tent was crooked and looked like it would be blown away by the wind, and then looking at Yang Dunning's standard tent which had been set up long ago, he felt only bitterness and extreme regret for inviting Yang Dunning to go mountain climbing with him. Wasn't this just asking for trouble? The spotlight had all been stolen - was this something a ladies' man should be doing?

  Yang Du Ning didn't mind letting Liu Feng Ling suffer a bit, thinking that if he wanted to pursue his own sister, he had to make some sacrifices. However, Liu Feng Ling ended up sacrificing his glorious image instead.

  Everything was arranged properly, and the four of them began searching for those easily climbable ice gullies to head up onto the glacier.

  Yang Du Ning is quite familiar with this aspect, and can even move quickly in such poor conditions. Now it's really too easy. Along the way, he also helped three others climb up the slope, without much effort.

  Xiaoxue and Yaojing were wearing new down jackets, it wasn't until now that Xiaoxue understood why Yang Dunning wanted to buy down jackets when they were preparing, because this glacier was really too cold.

  Yang Dunning and Xiao Xue both changed into professional mountain climbing equipment, which was snow gear. This made things difficult for Liu Fengling and Yao Jing. Yao Jing was okay, wearing a down jacket, but Liu Fengling had not prepared anything and naturally felt extremely cold.

  Finally climbed a glacier, several people decided to stop here, and come back next time if there is a chance.

  Yang Du Ning pulled Xiao Xue away from Liu Feng Ling and Yao Jing, creating a world of two for them. After all, brothers should give each other some convenience.

  With the little snow swirling around, Yang Dunning felt a sudden surge of energy in his Reverse Heaven Technique as he sensed the majestic coolness brought by the ancient glacier. Without warning Snow, he sat down cross-legged on the icy floor, carefully examining the flow of his internal energy.

  Internally viewing the meridians, I discovered that the flow of internal energy is much slower than usual. However, when pushing forward, the sensation brought about is like a surging river, unstoppable and powerful. After one cycle, the internal energy returning to the dan tian seems to be slightly more abundant than before, and it no longer feels as violent as it used to.

  "Could this chilliness be helpful for practicing?" Yang Dunning had long discovered that the Inverse Heaven Technique was somewhat unorthodox, mainly because he felt more and more anxious in his heart as he practiced, and his internal energy circulation was also rough and out of control. So, over this period of time, he had intentionally relaxed his daily practice, sometimes not practicing for several days at a time. He remembered what his master said when they left the capital: "This Inverse Heaven Technique seems to be a Supreme Yang Internal Skill, but there should be a gentle technique to balance it out, yet I've been unable to find one that's suitable."

  Just as he was about to run another lap and observe carefully, Xiao Xue suddenly let out a surprised "eh" beside him and said, "It seems like there's someone opposite us."

  Yang Dunning opened his eyes and looked in the direction where Xiaoxue was pointing. Indeed, there were several human figures climbing on the ice peak hundreds of meters away. If they went over, ordinary people would need at least a few hours, but for Yang Dunning, it would take less than ten minutes. Moreover, the ice on the opposite ice peak should be older than the one he was on, as the color was bluer. Those people seemed to have received training and were quite professional, with swift movements.

  Was happy to have met these people in such a place, but felt something was off after taking a closer look.

  Yang Du Ning observed carefully and found that these people were not climbing up, but down. Through his professional judgment, he felt that several actions seemed a bit flustered, as if there was something on the top of the mountain that made them panic.

  Yang Du Ning let Xiao Xue go find Liu Feng Ling, himself not afraid of shocking the world, used extremely fast speed to return to the campsite where the tent was located, took out a pair of binoculars from his backpack and climbed up this ice peak again.