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Seeing that Old Ancestor Min had already walked far away in just a few steps, looking eager, Li Qingqing changed her mind and used the Nebula Space Step to follow him.

The Pavilion Master of Yihai Pavilion, the Pavilion Master of Jueying Tower, and the Island Master of Guiyin Island also quickly followed.

According to their thinking, if the spirit boat was struck by lightning, the scene would definitely be pitch black, and both the spirit boat and the people on board would be seriously injured.

But when they arrived, they found that things were not as they had imagined. After the spirit boat crashed, all that was left on the ground was a large snow crater, which looked empty.

Just as Li Qingqing was wondering, she saw Old Ancestor Min suddenly jump into the snow pit and start digging through the snow to look for something.

Although the snow pit was quite large, Li Qingqing didn't want to run down and compete with the seniors for their things, so she just watched from above.

The Pavilion Master of Yi Hai Pavilion also had no intention of going down that path, so he stood beside Li Qingqing.

However, when the island lord of Guiyin Island stopped, he slipped and knocked the unsuspecting Yihai Pavilion lord into the snow pit.

The Pavilion Master of Yi Hai Pavilion originally wanted to use his spiritual power to stabilize his body, but his spiritual power suddenly seemed to be restricted in some way and he couldn't use it at all.

Finally, he fell headfirst into the snow pit.

"Sect Master, are you alright?" Li Qingqing exclaimed in surprise.

She didn't make a move because she thought the Pavilion Master of Yihai Pavilion could stabilize himself.

Hearing the commotion, Elder Min turned around and pulled the Pavilion Master of Yi Hai Pavilion out of the snow. "What are you doing here?"

The Pavilion Master of Yi Hai Pavilion rubbed his face, which was almost frozen, and said awkwardly, "It was an accident. I think my spiritual power was restricted just now, and I couldn't even stand up straight."

Upon hearing this, Elder Min's eyes lit up. He immediately looked at the spot where the Pavilion Master of Yi Hai Pavilion had just fallen and then quickly began to dig into the snowdrift with both hands.

A short while later, he pulled a round object, about the size of a walnut, out of the snow.

"Excellent! Excellent! This Heavy Spirit Orb can sell for a lot of money; it wasn't a wasted effort!"

"I'm sorry!" The island master of Guiyin Island stood above the snow pit, looking apologetically at the master of Yihai Pavilion.

He didn't know what he stepped on, but it was so slippery.

"It's alright!" The Pavilion Master of Yi Hai Pavilion waved his hand, not taking it to heart.

Li Qingqing glanced back at the spot where the island master of Guiyin Island had slipped, then waved her hand to disperse the surrounding snow.

Soon, a fragment of the spirit boat emerged from the snow.

She bent down to pick up the fragment, looking around with a puzzled expression.

A spirit boat just crashed here, didn't it?

What about Lingzhou?

What about the people in the spirit boat?

The Lord of Jueying Tower was also thinking about this problem at the moment. So after staring at the fragment in Li Qingqing's hand for a while, his gaze fell on the heavy spirit ball in the hand of Ancestor Min.

Is this all that was left after the funeral boat exploded?

A moment later, having found nothing else in the snow pit, Elder Min patted the Pavilion Master of Yihai Pavilion on the shoulder and pulled him up into the snow pit with him.

The Pavilion Master of Yi Hai Pavilion cupped his hands in a gesture of apology and said sincerely, "Thank you, senior! Senior, what's that big snow pit all about? Down there, I felt like my spiritual power wasn't working properly."

Ancestor Min showed them the Heavy Spirit Orb in his hand, then put it away. "This thing is called a Heavy Spirit Orb. Only one will appear after each spirit ship with a flight license is destroyed. Because it was created by tribulation lightning, it contains the gravity of the tribulation lightning. As long as the gravity of the tribulation lightning does not dissipate, those with lower cultivation levels will naturally be affected."

The Pavilion Master of Yihai Pavilion: "..."

Therefore, he is the one with the lower cultivation level!

Sigh! He used to think he was quite strong, but he never expected that he would become the bottom one in the Hualing Sacred Sea.

"Senior, after the spirit boat crashed, why was only this thing left behind? Shouldn't there have been other things?" Li Qingqing asked, voicing her doubts.

Ancestor Min smiled slightly, "You mean, the crashed spirit boat should still be here, right? And the body of the cultivator who piloted it?"

Li Qingqing nodded; that was indeed what she thought.

Ancestor Min glanced at her, then pointed to the sky, “In the Hua Ling Sacred Sea, besides the mysterious wandering monks of the sacred land, there is another mysterious profession, which is the cleaners of the Hua Ling Sacred Sea. They are always able to clean up all the garbage in the Hua Ling Sacred Sea in a timely manner.”

He paused for a moment before saying, "Anything that is unclaimed can be called trash."

Li Qingqing was very surprised, "You mean, it was the cleaners of Hualing Sacred Sea who directly cleaned up the crash site of the spirit ship?"

Old Ancestor Min nodded, "That's one way to understand it. The Holy Land Cleaners are elusive and never show themselves to anyone; no one has ever seen their true faces. If we had arrived even a little later, I wouldn't have been able to pick up this Heavy Spirit Orb."

The island lord of the secluded island looked around and suddenly whispered, "So, if they can't show themselves, does that mean that if someone gets here before them, they won't be able to take anything?"

Old Ancestor Min waved his hand, "How could that be? They have priority in cleaning up everything that lands. It's just that they have a cleaning order, but I'm not too clear on the specifics. You just need to know about the cleaners; don't discuss it too much. Saying too much will only bring bad luck!"

The island lord of Guiyin Island immediately fell silent, not daring to speak.

Everything about Hua Ling Sheng Hai was so different from the others that he was genuinely afraid of inadvertently breaking some taboo.

Li Qingqing actually had many questions she wanted to ask, but seeing that Old Ancestor Min seemed unwilling to talk about them, she didn't say anything more.

The group continued their journey against the wind and snow, but their pace slowed down more and more.

Nothing else, it's just cold.

However, the coldest person was not Li Qingqing, nor the Pavilion Master of Yihai Pavilion, nor the Island Master of Guiyin Island, but rather Ancestor Min.

Old Master Min was leading the way at first, but he fell behind as they walked. His teeth were chattering, his face was pale, and he looked completely bloodless.

When Li Qingqing occasionally turned around, she even saw that his eyes were filled with tears, which turned into several ice beads as they rolled down.

This scene made her realize for the first time how cold the Hualing Sacred Sea was.

"Senior, should we stop, light a fire, and warm ourselves before continuing?" Li Qingqing asked considerately.

She felt that if Old Ancestor Min continued down this path, he would probably be frozen into an ice sculpture.

To everyone's surprise, Patriarch Min shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, "You can't stop, you can't stop. If you stop here, you won't be able to move. You are still young, you need to endure the cold more, you can't be too delicate. If you are too delicate, you won't be able to survive in the Hua Ling Sacred Sea."

Li Qingqing coughed lightly, "Um, senior, I feel like you're freezing. Don't you really need to rest and warm up?"