"The royal family of Snow Country is very powerful. They are the only royal family that has been standing for more than a hundred thousand years. You must know that dynasties change frequently. It is extremely rare for a royal family to appear after ten thousand years. I'm afraid they are the only royal family in the entire Hongmeng Universe that has lasted for more than a hundred thousand years."
Walking on the main road in the center of Snowmelt City, Ling Long told Su Chen many things about Snow Country. It was not her first time here, so she knew a lot about Snow Country.
Su Chen nodded.
"I understand, but isn't this Snow Country? Why is it as warm as spring?"
"The North Continent is formed by a huge piece of floating ice. No matter where you are, as long as you dig underground, you will definitely find a layer of ice. It's just that the depth of the ice layer is different. However, not all of the North Continent is ice. Although there are many ice fields, they only take up 60% of the surface area. The area where Snowmelt City is located is part of the Snowmelt Zone. The ice layer here is very deep, so the cold air cannot penetrate to the surface, so it won't cause much of an impact. Moreover, it is summer now, so it feels very warm. But you must know that even in the Snowmelt Zone, there are only three months of summer in a year, and the remaining nine months are all winter."
In that case, the North Continent was indeed different.
It was actually a huge iceberg.
"What should we do now? Go directly to the territory of the Snow Divine Dragons?"
Ling Long said, "The Snow Divine Dragons belong to the Beast Alliance, and they are the backbone of the Beast Alliance. They are at odds with Snow Country, so there is no teleportation formation between the two forces. We can only go up north."
Su Chen said, "Leave it to me. You only need to lead the way."
With the Great Leap Immortal Technique, this distance did not affect Su Chen at all. As long as he found the right direction, he would be able to reach it in ten minutes.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master Su. But let's stay in Snowmelt City for the night. It's going to be dark soon, and there will be a snowstorm in the Ice Field at night. The snowstorm in the North Continent is extremely terrifying. Even for Heaven's Equal Realm cultivators like us, it's not suitable for us to move around at night."
Was a mere snowstorm that scary?
However, Su Chen did not refuse Exquisite's suggestion. In any case, he was not in a hurry.
Su Chen stopped wandering around. He intended to find an inn to stay in. However, Su Chen quickly noticed a problem.
The inns and restaurants that had been established were all full.
Every restaurant was filled with guests. Many of the guests were even sharing the same room. All the restaurants and inns were so busy that they had no time to entertain the new guests. Even if Su Chen raised the price, he still couldn't stay in the inn.
After that, Su Chen asked around and found out that the Snow Melt City's annual Heavenly Lake Hunting Competition was about to begin tomorrow. Suddenly, a large number of hunters flooded into the city. These were all contestants who had come to participate in the competition. All the restaurants and inns had already been booked by them.
"Heavenly Lake Hunting Competition?" Su Chen was speechless. Why did it have to come at this time?
Exquisite seemed to have thought of something. She said, "I think I've heard of this Heavenly Lake Hunting Competition before. It's one of the biggest competitions in the Snow Country. The people of the Snow Country worship martial arts. Almost half of the people were born as hunters. However, because the Snow Country is in winter all year round, this short summer is the time when the hunters are most active. Most hunters need to rely on these two to three months to earn enough resources to survive the winter.
It is said that this Heavenly Lake Hunting Competition has been held for at least tens of thousands of years. The Heavenly Lake referred to the largest water system in the Snow Country. This water system was formed by hundreds of large lakes. The water system took up one-fifth of the Snow Country's land. However, during the winter, the Heavenly Lake was in a frozen state. Only in the summer when the snow and ice melted would the Heavenly Lake reveal its complete appearance. At this time, the water beasts living deep in the lake began to become active.
Because after more than half a year of breeding, the number of water beasts is very large. Even if all the hunters in the country were to go out, it would be difficult to catch all the water beasts in two to three months.
It can be said that the endless amount of water beasts in the Heavenly Lake feeds more than half of the people of the Snow Country. Without the Heavenly Lake, the abundant natural resources of the Northern Continent would not be able to support the food consumption of such a huge Empire. "
Hearing Exquisite's explanation, Su Chen was relieved.
"That is indeed a big event for the whole country to celebrate … Forget it. Anyway, it's only one night. Let's just walk around casually. Tonight, it seems that the Snow Melt City will be a sleepless night. There should be a lot of excitement to watch," Su Chen said.
Exquisite nodded. "Then let's listen to Prince Su."
In fact, she still felt a little regretful. It was rare for her to have a chance to be alone tonight. It would have been a very good time to devote herself to him. However, she did not expect to encounter the Heavenly Lake Hunting Competition. This excellent opportunity was probably going to be wasted.
It was not that Exquisite was in a hurry to give herself to Su Chen. It was just that Su Chen had helped her so much. He even had to escort her to the territory of the Snow Dragon God. She did not know what dangers they would encounter along the way. However, she could not provide Su Chen with any benefits or rewards. At present, other than her body, she had nothing to give to Su Chen.
Su Chen did not think too much about it. He walked all the way to the north of the city. The closer he got to the north of the city, the more hunters from all walks of life gathered. Among them, there were some with tyrannical strength. There were even some hunters that gave off an aura that he could not ignore.
After passing through the city gate and entering the northern suburbs, there was a sea of people. Bonfires were lit everywhere. There were tall and short tents that stretched as far as the eye could see. It was as if it stretched all the way to the lakeside of the Heavenly Lake. Countless hunters raised their wine glasses and surrounded the bonfires, hoping for good luck tomorrow. There were even many children who came with their families. They were playing around with weapons made from fish bones.
This was the first time that Su Chen had encountered such an atmosphere. He could feel that all the hunters here, and even the people of the entire Snow Country, attached great importance to this Heavenly Lake Hunting Competition.
Su Chen talked with these hunters along the way and inquired about some of the rules of this competition.
The rules were very simple. At sunrise tomorrow, the competition would officially begin. At that time, all the hunters would enter the Heavenly Lake to start hunting. The results would be evaluated according to the number and level of the water beasts hunted. Every day at sunset, the results would be calculated. The hunters who hunted the most and the highest quality would be rewarded handsomely. Until two months later, each city would select sixty powerful hunters. They would form a team and go to the Snow Country's capital, Blizzard City. They would enter the Snow Country's largest and most dangerous' Deep Water District 'together with the hunter teams of all the other cities. The targets of the hunting were the abyss water beasts whose average strength was above the Vast Heaven Realm. These water beasts' range of activity was below 100,000 meters underwater. Ordinary hunters would not be able to hunt them at all. Let alone hunting, ordinary hunters would not be able to dive to such depths.
The hunting in the Deep Water District was the most exciting part of the Heavenly Lake Hunting Competition. Every year, it would attract at least one billion people to watch the competition. The winning team would be summoned by the Royal Family and be conferred a title by the Emperor, becoming a warrior of the Snow Country.
Every warrior of the Snow Country had a very high status in the Snow Country and had great appeal among the people.
But every year, there was only one warrior of the Snow Country, but the number of competitors was more than ten thousand. These were the ten thousand powerful hunters who had competed and won in the first round of the competition. It could be imagined how hard it was to obtain the title of a warrior of the Snow Country.
Basically, the warriors of the Snow Country in the past years were at least at the Heaven's Equal Realm. Without the cultivation of the Heaven's Equal Realm, they would not be able to persist until the last day.