Qu Wan'er stopped talking immediately. She looked at the others around her, and no one seemed surprised, indicating that this wasn't the first time this had happened.

The few cultivators who hadn't been blown away by the gale also hurriedly slid down. They were still far from reaching even a fraction of the ice peak. If they continued to climb higher, the more dangerous it would become.

"No one can be sure if there are True God Flowers up there. If there aren't, wouldn't climbing up like this be a waste of effort?" a female cultivator said, looking at the towering ice peak.

No one answered her. Whether there were True God Flowers or not was something each person had to decide for themselves. Those who didn't believe it could leave, and each one who left meant one less competitor.

Hou Yucheng suddenly stepped forward and said, "Friends, I think it's hard to climb to the top alone. Even if someone manages to, it will be difficult to get down."

"What do you think you are?" A man with a full beard coldly swept a glance at Hou Yucheng. He was already at the Yuan Dan Realm, and seeing that Hou Yucheng hadn't reached that level, he dared to speak wildly here.

Hou Yucheng remained smiling, not angered in the slightest. "I am not a thing. I am Hou Yucheng of the Heavenly Demon Sect."

Hearing that Hou Yucheng was from the Heavenly Demon Sect, the bearded man didn't dare to continue targeting him. The Heavenly Demon Sect was one of the three Sky Sects, along with the Heavenly Sword Island and the Heavenly Music Palace. Despite being ranked last, the Heavenly Demon Sect was extremely strange. You could be killed without even realizing what happened.

"I wonder if Brother Hou has any good ideas?" Another person stepped forward and cupped his fists at Hou Yucheng.

"I dare not." Hou Yucheng politely returned the gesture, then said, "This ice peak is subject to constant gales, and the higher you go, the stronger they become. My idea is that we all work together to carve out ice steps. Only in this way can we ascend together in the most energy-saving and safest manner."

"Wouldn't that benefit those who come later?" The bearded man frowned.

Hou Yucheng smiled slightly, not answering the bearded man's question. The bearded man snorted, but despite his higher cultivation, he didn't dare to act out here.

A thin cultivator took the initiative to speak, "With the violent gales on this ice peak, it won't take long for the path behind us to be smoothed over. However, with so many of us going up, there probably aren't enough True God Flowers for everyone. How to distribute them will be a problem."

The bearded man glared. "How to distribute them? Whoever is capable can snatch them. Whoever isn't can scram."

Some cultivators who had just entered the Building Spirit Realm consciously retreated. Participating in carving steps with their cultivation would only be paving the way for others.

Seeing that Mo Wuji didn't seem to be backing down, Qu Wan'er frowned slightly, eventually taking the initiative to say, "Dan Master Mo, why don't you stay here for now?"

Mo Wuji smiled slightly. "No need. I'll participate in carving steps too. It's always good to contribute."

"Pfft!" A woman couldn't help but laugh when she heard Mo Wuji's words. Mo Wuji didn't have any spiritual energy around him, and he looked ordinary. As a cultivator, anyone could guess that Mo Wuji's aptitude was low and his cultivation was average.

The higher a cultivator's aptitude, the greater their spirituality. As cultivators, they were extremely sensitive to spirituality.

"Little brother, you're probably not even at the Building Spirit Realm yet, right? If you go up, you'll probably just be carving ice steps. You should stay here. Even if there are True God Flowers, there won't be many." The woman who had laughed added.

The woman was of average appearance, and her words carried some teasing, but Mo Wuji knew she didn't have much bad intent. She probably knew that someone with his cultivation would just be doing hard labor and might not even reach the top of the peak.

Mo Wuji chuckled. "Thank you for your kindness, sister. I've always loved helping people. I'm not even afraid of helping old people who fall down, so how could I be afraid of carving ice steps? It's an honor for me to contribute to my senior brothers and sisters."

Several cultivators who heard Mo Wuji's words exchanged glances. Even Hou Yucheng didn't know what Mo Wuji meant. However, everyone finally understood his last sentence: even though Mo Wuji's cultivation was low, he was willing to risk his life to carve ice steps.

The bearded man chuckled and said to Mo Wuji, "Kid, you have potential."

Then he glared at Hou Yucheng and said, "There are now more than sixty people willing to go up together. How do you plan to divide us? Let's start now."

The others also looked at Hou Yucheng, hoping that he would take the lead in suggesting a way to carve the ice steps.

Hou Yucheng cupped his fists and said, "I originally suggested dividing into two groups, but since there are only sixty-three people, I suggest we all work together to carve a twisted ice step path upwards. This ice peak is very hard. It's difficult for one person to carve. If we all work together, it will be more than ten times easier."

"Alright, let's do it that way." The bearded man clapped his hands, the first to summon his magical treasure, a delicate scale cone.

The others didn't object and took out their own magical treasures. Mo Wuji only had a Heaven's Halberd, so he could only take out his Heaven's Halberd.

"Your magical treasure is a staff?" Qu Wan'er was speechless. It wasn't unheard of to use an iron staff as a magical treasure in the cultivation world, but it was rare. For someone with Mo Wuji's cultivation to dare to use an iron staff as a magical treasure was unprecedented.

"Good, you have personality, haha." The bearded man laughed and took his position.

Hou Yucheng was also a little stunned. He thought Mo Wuji's magical treasure might be related to lightning, but in the end, Mo Wuji took out an iron staff.

He quickly recovered and said loudly, "Everyone, let's begin."

"Boom boom boom boom..." The combined force of the many magical treasures striking the ice peak at the same time was tremendous. With the addition of Yuan Power, they broke through a shallow layer of the ice peak in just one strike.

Everyone was overjoyed. This ice peak really did require everyone to work together. The effect was definitely not one plus one, but far greater.

Because Mo Wuji's cultivation was the lowest, he was assigned to the outermost edge, the most dangerous place, but he had no way to refuse. After learning that there might be Limitless Soul Severing Crystals here, Mo Wuji was determined to climb up.

Fortunately, Mo Wuji's Heaven's Halberd was quite powerful, so no one refused to let him participate. After all, for the others here, Mo Wuji, who was only at the Vein Opening Realm, had no chance of competing for the True God Flowers. He was basically free labor.

The roar continued upwards, ice chips flew everywhere, and everyone slowly moved towards the top of the mountain. Behind them was a twisted ice path, winding upwards in an 's' shape on the ice peak.

In just one day, the group reached the halfway point of the ice peak. The 's' shaped ice path behind them gradually became blurred.

"Friend, I think everyone here has underestimated you. I am Sheng Qiyu, from the Golden Spear Sect." Closest to Mo Wuji was a young man of medium build, who became increasingly astonished as they ascended. The ice step path that Mo Wuji had created was no smaller than his own, and even a bit larger. What confused him even more was that Mo Wuji would always create a slightly deeper ice hole with his iron staff before carving the ice path, which would waste more Yuan Power. This made him realize that Mo Wuji's strength was not as simple as it seemed.

"Mo Wuji, a rogue cultivator. Brother Sheng's name is quite unique." Mo Wuji also smiled slightly. After carving all the way up, he could see that Sheng Qiyu's strength should be around the Building Spirit fourth level. However, his endurance didn't seem to be much better than his own. He hadn't taken any pills along the way and still had energy to spare, while Sheng Qiyu seemed somewhat tired.

Sheng Qiyu smiled self-deprecatingly. "I changed my name myself. My original name was Sheng Qiyu. The Sheng family produced a genius cultivator named Sheng Heshen, so they wanted us to give up most of our cultivation resources to pile them all on him. I wasn't willing, so I left the Sheng family and was lucky enough to enter the Golden Spear Sect."

Mo Wuji was somewhat puzzled. Where did Sheng Qiyu get the quota to enter the Five Elements Wasteland? However, he wouldn't ask about such things.

"Brother Mo, for a rogue cultivator to be able to get this far..." Before Sheng Qiyu could finish speaking, a blast of icy wind swept over.

The gust of wind came suddenly, without any warning.

Having spent a day carving the ice peak without encountering any gales, everyone thought that perhaps their previous fears were overly cautious. Unexpectedly, just as everyone was relaxing their guard, this violent gale suddenly struck.

More than a dozen figures were swept away by the wind, disappearing directly from the 's' shaped ice path. Being swept away from this place meant there was virtually no chance of survival.

Mo Wuji and Sheng Qiyu were also caught in the violent gale. Mo Wuji reacted extremely quickly. He fell flat on the ice steps almost as soon as the gale hit, and at the same time, pulled out his sharp knife and inserted it into the ice hole. The entire action was smooth and fluid, without wasting even half a breath, clearly something he had practiced many times in secret.

After doing this, Mo Wuji had enough time to reach out and grab backwards.

Sheng Qiyu, who had already been swept out of the ice steps by the gale, was lucky. One of his feet was grabbed by Mo Wuji, and his entire body fell back onto the ice steps.

Once he fell down, the force of the gale was much less. Sheng Qiyu quickly grabbed onto the grooves in the ice steps behind him, not daring to let go.

The howling icy gale came quickly and went quickly. When the gale disappeared, everyone realized that more than a dozen cultivators were missing from the ice steps, leaving many empty spaces.

"Big Brother Mo, thank you." Even though Sheng Qiyu's cultivation was higher than Mo Wuji's, he bowed excitedly to Mo Wuji, calling him Big Brother.

Mo Wuji had just saved his life, and his thanks came from the bottom of his heart. He knew that in that situation, even if someone had the chance to reach out, they definitely wouldn't. Reaching out to save someone in that situation was the same as putting yourself in even greater danger.

Mo Wuji patted Sheng Qiyu on the shoulder and smiled. "Don't worry about it. I told you, I'm most happy to help others. Look at me, I'm carving ice steps for everyone here, aren't I?"

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