Ling Zhenfei picked up a broom and began sweeping as well, Uncle Wu said: "The snow on the road must be cleared in time, otherwise if it's compacted by cars, it will be difficult to clean up."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Yeah, we must clean it up properly because our villa is supposed to open after the New Year, and it wouldn't be convenient if cars can't come up when we open."

"Don't worry, Boss Ling, we have been prepared for a long time. Now there are still people up and around, and once everyone wakes up, there will be people specially responsible for clearing the snow on our roads."

After spending some time sweeping with Uncle Wu and clearing all the snow from his yard and the adjacent roads, Ling Zhenfei put down the broom and walked alone towards the mountain.

The road up the mountain is now equipped with a wooden walkway, although it's covered with snow now, it's still much easier to walk than before, and at least there are no hindrances.

With Northern Spiritual Energy coursing through his body, Ling Zhenfei's body was as light as a feather. Truly, he seemed to leave no trace as he walked in the snow and not a bit effort was needed.

But after reaching the mountain, it wasn't as easy. The snow below reached the knees and the snow on the mountain was even deeper, with very dense vegetation making it impossible to see the road in places where grass piles gathered, one misstep could bury a person in snow.

But none of this was a problem for Ling Zhenfei. With powerful spiritual energy lifting his body, he moved like a large bird, leaving only the shallowest footprints on the snow.

Quickly, Ling Zhenfei broke free of the Xi Shan boundary and reached the range of Xianling Mountain.

Ling Zhenfei found a large rock and stood on it, looking towards the distance, surrounded by expanse of white snow-covered ground. Beneath the snow was densely growing trees, making it impossible for ordinary people to move even a step.

Once he had found a direction, Ling Zhenfei used Northern Spiritual Energy to lift his body and dashed towards Xianling Mountain using the Blooming Step Technique.

Chunyu said Bai Mei was chasing a muntjac he had caught, so even if he went into Xianling Mountain, it wouldn't be too deep, so there was no need to venture far.

Frankly speaking, even if Ling Zhenfei was asked to go deep, he wouldn't be foolish enough to do so. Going into Xianling Mountain at this time was simply courting death.

Even though Ling Zhenfei's strength was formidable now, he dared not search deeper in Xianling Mountain only to make trouble for himself.

Ling Zhenfei's strength might be at the Realm of Reaching Wisdom, but the eagle and snake he encountered at the Xianling Mountain last time both possessed power in the later stage of the same realm, still stronger than him, so these matters are not to be taken lightly. Who knows what powerful spiritual beings might be encountered if one ventures inside?

The two major spiritual beings encountered last time were just guardians of a cliff within Xianling Mountain, Ling Zhenfei certainly did not know how much stronger other spiritual beings might be compared to these two.

Having located a cliff, Ling Zhenfei sped towards it using the Blooming Step Technique, ahead there were indeed large tracts of cliffs, but even so, finding a fruit tree among these cliffs was quite difficult.

Ling Zhenfei didn't think he'd definitely find it, but since he was there, he decided to search thoroughly.

This area belonged to the outskirts of Xianling Mountain, where spiritual energy was dense, and with snow falling, the air felt exceptionally refreshing and comfortable.

However, no matter how busy he was, there seemed to be no peach tree to be seen, perhaps as Chunyu mentioned, the fruits on it have long since fallen and been hidden by the heavy snow.

But Ling Zhenfei was somewhat unwilling to give up, so he used his Divine Sense to cover a large area and began searching using it.

Ling Zhenfei's method was indeed effective, soon he found a tree that seemed somewhat similar.

It was a peach tree, but it was not growing in a visible place, rather it was on a precipice.

This meant, it could only be seen from above, Ling Zhenfei hurried towards the location and reached the edge of a cliff, looking below, there was indeed a peach tree growing on a nearby cliff.

The tree wasn't large, but despite it being winter, it was still lush, albeit now mostly covered by snow.

Ling Zhenfei, having grown up under Xianling Mountain, was somewhat familiar with the vegetation on the mountain, but this peach tree was a species he had never seen before.

Ling Zhenfei examined the peach tree; there were no fruits on it at this time, perhaps they had matured and fallen to the ground.

Thinking for a moment, Ling Zhenfei decided to have a look below the cliff, because although there were no peaches on the tree, there might be peach seeds fallen beneath the cliff.

If he could find these peach seeds, it would be easy to grow similar peaches.

Upon this thought, Ling Zhenfei leapt forth, but as soon as he landed he felt a sudden gust of cold wind blow from behind.

Startled, Ling Zhenfei quickly dodged to the side, as a cold breeze grazed past his side.

"Someone is attacking."

A thought emerged in Ling Zhenfei's mind, but this was Xianling Mountain, who could be there?

Nervously turning around, Ling Zhenfei saw that at the top of the cliff, there was a small cave, and the cold gust had originated from within it.

Ling Zhenfei peered into the cave, which was now quiet as if everything that had happened was his imagination.

However, Ling Zhenfei was certain his intuition wasn't wrong, the cold gust was clearly someone releasing spiritual energy, but he managed to evade it just in time preventing any harm.

Ling Zhenfei called into the cave: "Who is in there, come out."

However, there was no response from within, yet Ling Zhenfei was sure someone was in there, so he could not just pretend there was nothing. He started moving inside, but not blindly, making preparations ahead including forming a shield using Northern Spiritual Energy before him.

If someone attacked him, the shield would block it first.

Thus, Ling Zhenfei entered the cave step by step. Inside, it was pitch black, but Ling Zhenfei's eyes could see clearly in the night, making it no challenge to see everything within the cave.

Ling Zhenfei saw that it was a stone chamber, with no signs of human chiseling, likely it was a naturally formed cave, and its small size made it easy to take in everything at a glance.

At a corner of this stone chamber sat a ragged person cross-legged, seemingly in cultivation, though everything on this person looked so tattered.

Ling Zhenfei was surprised because when he scanned with his Divine Sense earlier, he hadn't detected anyone inside.

Now, even as he scanned with his Divine Sense, he couldn't sense any breath coming from this person, everything about them seemed ordinary as if they were a dead person. Yet if they were dead, how did they release the spiritual energy just now?

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