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Chapter 1104 - Chapter 1104 Chapter 969 Cloud Gate Guard

Chapter 1104: Chapter 969: Cloud Gate Guard Chapter 1104: Chapter 969: Cloud Gate Guard The brook babbled, ripples washing over the smooth-worn stones, shimmering with a soft luster.

In the water, a playful boy was frolicking, splashing around. But getting carried away, he slipped with a splash and struggled to get up several times without success.

A middle-aged man at his side laughed heartily, intentionally letting the boy flounder for a while before reaching out his large hand to pull the boy out.

The boy was clearly annoyed, desperately slapping at the water, splashing the man beside him to soak him through and find some emotional balance.

The middle-aged man didn’t seem to care and just stood there, grinning.

Alongside the stream, a solitary man with a distant look passed by the father and son without purpose. After seeing them, he paused slightly, his pupils contracting…

The middle-aged father felt someone on the bank and turned around. His complexion turned ashen the moment he saw the stranger, hurriedly shielding his child.

The boy didn’t understand what was happening, but he could feel his father trembling all over, and his eyes were filled with fear upon seeing the person on the bank.

Thus, there was a long standstill before the person on the bank averted his gaze, slightly bowing his head, eyes not on the path ahead but on his own feet, and continued forward.

“Dad, who is that man? Why are you so afraid of him?” the boy asked, puzzled.

“He is a very frightful person,” the middle-aged father said softly.

“He’s walking towards where the clouds are,” the boy said, pointing at the strange clouds on the horizon.

The clouds on the horizon took on a very peculiar shape, looking like a Cloud Gate towering amidst the ice and snow.

The father and son were at the foot of the melting snow mountain. As they lifted their heads, they could see a giant mountain so immense that it completely obscured their entire view. The mountain thrust high into the Long Sky, its towering presence so awe-inspiring that it was an insurmountable Heavenly Mountain!

The Heavenly Mountain was covered with snow and ice. The entire iceberg looked like a Sky Curtain stretched in front of them. And within the Glacier Tianshan, the lone suspending Cloud Gate seemed like a channel connecting to another “World,” allowing one to look straight through the massive mountain and see the blue sky beyond the clouds.

The Cloud Gate wasn’t a Space Channel; it was just the only gap in the vast mountain range, with Cloud Gas swirling around it, shaping the Cloud Gate. Unless one had the strength to reach an extremely high realm, enough to traverse the Glacier Tianshan, one would have to pass through the Cloud Gate to continue their journey.

However, the people living on the other side of the Glacier Tianshan knew that the Cloud Gate was a Boundary, and crossing it without the Boundary Master’s permission was prohibited.

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Ice Cones hung like Stalactites in a Cave, one after another, suspended from the rugged ice rocks.

The entire mountain was a scene of icy hues, with no blowing wind or snow, making the Glacier Tianshan seem exceptionally silent, like the simplest still-life painting placed before one’s eyes.

In the painting, a trail of shallow Footprints traced up along the ice slope, gradually heading towards the location of the Cloud Gate.

The cloud vapor was from the melted snow and ice at the location of the Cloud Gate, the only place where it wouldn’t freeze together, forming an Ice Wall that wouldn’t thaw for a thousand years.

The Cloud Gate was very high, and by comparison, the man and his Soul Pet who entered Under the Cloud Gate were like black dust beneath a tall door.

The man did not ride his Soul Pet but continued to walk beneath the Cloud Gate, entering a path flanked by towering glaciers. Even sunlight here could only reach the path through the reflection from the glaciers, casting a dim light.

In the dim light, a semi-old man in coarse clothing squatted there, his eyes full of vicissitudes and solitude.

He felt the black-clothed man pass by, and a glimmer of light flickered in his stagnant pond-like eyes.

“I remember you,” said the semi-old man.

“About thirty-four years ago, you rushed past me like an untethered young leopard, without so much as a greeting. Then, a few years later, you returned there brimming with confidence. At that time, I felt that you shouldn’t have gone back so soon…”

“Roughly ten years ago, you were like a wounded old horse that also passed by me silently. Your eyes were veiled with hatred, sorrow, despair, but deep in your bones burned an unyielding conviction to become stronger…”

“Ten years have passed in a flash, and now, you’re like a calm, frightful tiger, hiding all your emotions in those merciless eyes, in that cold heart of yours…”

The semi-old man’s words left the black-clothed man stunned.

Thirty-four years ago, ten years ago, now…

Has time really flowed by so quickly? Why do the events of thirty-four years ago and those of ten years ago feel as if they just happened yesterday?

The black-clothed man looked at the semi-old man who was speaking to him for the first time after a long while and finally said with a voice as cold as a glacier, “Why have you always been here?”

“If you don’t know why I’ve always been here, it means you’re not ready to go back yet…” said the semi-old man.

“Is that so? But I have reasons I must go back,” the black-clothed man said.

“I’ve already given you two chances–three strikes and you’re out. Until you have the permission of the Boundary Master, you cannot pass through the place I guard.”

At this moment, the semi-old man stood up, and his originally hunchbacked frame instantly appeared as towering as an iceberg, large enough to overshadow the entire vast Cloud Gate!

The black-clothed man’s brow furrowed, and the pitch-black war beast Mo Ye beside him let out a ferocious roar!!

The roar shook the glacier, and cracks startlingly appeared on the glacial surface!!

The momentum was like thunderous Wan Jun, such a ferocious beast could likely cause mountains and earth to shatter!!

However, facing such a powerful beast, the semi-old man did not summon a Soul Pet but rather gazed intently at War Beast Mo Ye with a pair of piercing eyes. His formidable aura transformed into an entire massive iceberg, pressing heavily upon both War Beast Mo Ye and the black-clothed man!

War Beast Mo Ye was forced back several steps by this pressure, and the black-clothed man showed a face of shock, his eyes firmly locked on the semi-old man!

“You are just a typical representation of the myriad Soul Pet Masters, longing for reachless strength, filled with pursuits that will never be realized in your head. I’ve given you two chances to become a true Strong One, but you did not cherish them. I am very disappointed…” said the semi-old man.

“My affairs are not for you to worry about!” the black-clothed man said with a stern face.

“I have no time to concern myself with an inconsequential person. Now, I will act according to regulations. Without a permit, do not even think about passing through here, unless you can defeat me,” the semi-old man said, his words turning sharp.

(This chapter is a bit short~~~~~~~ I’ll make it up in the evening, it seems like I’ve hit a small block~~~) (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to come to Qidian (NovelFire.net) and vote for recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)