Gu Di and twenty disciples of Tianyan Faction set off from Jingdu on horseback, and it was already nightfall when they reached Mount Fuyue.

To ensure the health of the horses, they ran and rested along the way, and they were in a good mood without the threat of the spies of the Honor Guards.

When they arrived at the destination, they looked up at the sky and saw the stars shining brightly and quietly.

The twinkling stars were reflected on the lake water at the foot of the mountain, and the light and shadow were rippling.

The hazy moonlight seemed a layer of light gauze, draping over the towering snow-capped mountains.

It was the season when the maple was red, and the trees under the mountain were densely covered with vegetation. The three colors of red, green, and golden yellow echoed each other, and the scenery was magnificent and spectacular.

When the night wind passed, the autumn flowers were about to fall, and the shadows of the trees swirled. When people were in it, they felt like coming to another world that was far away.

Gu Di had no intention of enjoying the night view, so he rested for a while, and then he and his subordinates exerted their abilities and climbed to the top of the tall and steep mountain.

They knew that the top of the mountain was covered with snow and ice all year round, which was the best place for Snow Toads to hibernate.

However, the closer they got to the peak, the steeper the mountain became. While climbing, they must be careful. If they were not careful enough, they would fall to pieces.

With levitation, Gu Di was the first to enter the snow belt on the mountain, followed by seven or eight of his men.

At this time, the climate suddenly changed.

There was a heavy cloud over the sky, completely obscuring the moonlight.

The night wind was as cold as a knife, and the snow on the ground was frequently rolled up, causing the skin to hurt.

"Where are the others? Haven't they caught up yet?"

Standing on the higher place against the wind, Gu Di found the thin air suffocating and his temples throbbing.

Resisting the discomfort of a splitting headache, he looked around at the blurry frost and snow, breathing heavily and telling them, "Don't wait for them. Let's go to find Snow Toads' caves... Just remember. Once you catch it, go down the mountain immediately... Absolutely... No delay."

The longer a person stayed in such a high terrain, the more danger of confusion or coma there was.

Snow Toads were a rare species. As long as one was used as medicine, it could cure hundreds of poisons.

The seven or eight disciples of Tianyan Faction agreed. They teamed up in twos or threes and acted separately.

Under the moonlight, Gu Di led one of his men to walk in the deep snow for a long time but didn’t find anything, so they climbed higher.

Noticing that the master's face was cold, the subordinate asked, "Your Highness, what's the matter? Do you want to stop and take a break?"

He thought that the abnormality of his master's expression stemmed from the extreme terrain and climate.

The veins on Gu Di's forehead twitched continuously. He shook his head in distress and kept walking, "I somehow feel like we’re being followed by someone..."

His subordinate was surprised, "The fifty spies of the imperial court? Haven't we wiped them out in Jingdu?"

Gu Di was silent, and then he said, "The rest of our men, why haven't they caught up?"

The subordinate bowed his head and said nothing. He bent his body and groped for another 100 meters in the snow, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Your Highness, there is a hole here!"

His voice was filled with uncontrollable joy. He had probably made a major discovery.

Gu Di hurriedly ran over, crouching down in the blizzard to take a closer look.

The round black hole about the size of a fist was bottomless, and it was eye-catching in the thick snow.

"Well, we’ve finally found it. This is the cave of a Snow Toad!"

Gu Di rejoiced, reaching into his pocket with one hand and taking out a large packet of salt grains.

He tore open the kraft paper and sprinkled salt into the cave.

Soon, a small crystal four-legged thing jumped out from the inside and fell half a meter away from the entrance of the cave, staring at the two of them who were still with its big bulging eyes.

"Snow Toad! Catch it and go back to detoxify Gu Yunxi!"

Gu Di jumped up and took the lead by levitation.

The Snow Toad was small but extremely agile, and it was born silver, a color close to the snow, so it was very difficult to catch it when it jumped.

The two moved around in the ice and snow in cooperation with each other, and finally caught it alive and put it into a black cloth bag.

The two were so tired that they sat back-to-back in the snow for a long time.

"We can’t stay here for a long time. Let's go down the mountain to meet with the others."

After gaining some strength, Gu Di got up, shook off the snow on his clothes, and half-glided down the mountain with his subordinate.

Before reaching the middle of the mountain, the two of them were blocked by a fierce fight.

A dozen disciples of Tianyan Faction were fighting fiercely with a group of men in black.

Those men in black were wearing black veils, and their origins were unknown. They outnumbered the disciples of Tianyan Faction.

None of them was weak in martial arts, and they were agile and ruthless, and the long blades in their hands glowed a dazzling white light in the snow.

A man in a black coat, with a hood on his head, looked unrecognizable, and he seemed to be the leader of them.

His movements were as fast as the wind, and every time his sword was thrown, it slashed and swept easily, and it could directly kill the opponent in just one stroke, which showed that his martial arts were really excellent.

From time to time, disciples of Tianyan Faction fell to the ground. Blood splashed, and the thick snow was dyed red.

"Stop, who are you? How dare you be so presumptuous here?" Seeing this, Gu Di's subordinate felt sorry and couldn't help yelling.

The man in a black coat pierced a disciple's chest with his sword, kicked the corpse down, and looked up at the peak with a bloody weapon in hand.

Hostility burst out all over his body, and it seemed the dense snow froze at this moment and turned into thousands of thin long needles in an instant and shot at Gu Di and his subordinate under the control of the man’s strong internal strength.

Killing intention welled up suddenly.

Sensing the crisis, his subordinate hurriedly stood in front of Gu Di, flicking his wrist and defusing the opponent's attack with the true spirit of his steel knife.

"Your Highness, hurry up and leave." Without waiting for the enemy to make another move, the subordinate whispered to Gu Di, used levitation to rise into the air, and raised his palms from the steep hill to attack the man in a black coat suddenly.

Before the attack was landed, just by listening to the sound of the wind getting closer and closer, the man in a black coat knew that the opponent's palm contained a lot of internal strength.

The man in a black coat stabbed his sword into the snow without dodging.

He bent his arm to lift the cloak to reveal half of his body in Kungfu suit and drew a half arc out of thin air with the other arm to directly meet the opponent's offensive after accumulating power.

"Boom!" There was a thunderclap between the heaven and the earth, and the shadowy sky seemed to be torn apart, and the snow turned around in an instant, rushing straight into the sky.

Under the feet of everyone, the top of the mountain trembled a few times.

The subordinate's fighting skills were no match for the opponent's, and he was shaken back by a palm, and his body rolled back in mid-air until he was caught by Gu Di's big hands.

Gu Di squinted his eyes, and his half-smiling eyes flashed a dark light. While looking at the man in a black coat, he handed the black cloth bag to his subordinate, "You're no match for him. You should leave with the Snow Toad and go back to Da Yi earlier."

The man in a black coat looked up slightly at the two and smiled coldly, "Is it the Snow Toad that can cure hundreds of strange poisons? Let me guess. You are not the real Ninth Prince Huanan He, and Concubine Yun of Jingyang Palace is not dead."

This man's voice sounded so familiar!

Gu Di didn't have time to think about it and ordered his subordinate in a deep voice, "Don't delay. Just go!"

Jumping down, Gu Di stabbed the man in a black coat with his sword.

They immediately started to fight fiercely in the heavy snow. Sometimes, they fought in the air. Sometimes, they fought on the ground. They kept fighting as if two dragons had been fighting in the heavy snow.

Gu Di swung his blade fiercely, and his moves were violent and ruthless.

When the swords touched each other, sparks splashed, and it sounded harsh.

The last bit of sword light swept across the opponent's chest coldly. Gu Di hurriedly stepped back several feet and then shook his arm.

The cloak of the opponent was shattered, revealing the man's handsome and beautiful figure.

He simply didn’t need to hide himself. His eyes locked on Gu Di with a sinister smile, "It's been a long time, Prince Xian, isn’t it?"

Gu Di stared at him blankly and opened his mouth in astonishment, "It's you. It’s you... Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot, Yue Xilou!"