Chapter 95: Concreate Direction


    Though Darcel and Ani''s guards slightly rxed, knowing this won''t lead to a fight. It didn''t help lessen the oddity on what stranger Innate Core cultivators would want with mere Nascent Core cultivators.


    Darcel and Ani''s eyes darted around the icy road, and it was clear as day these roads were expansive enough for crowds of people.


    The icy road was at least ten feet wide or so, allowing for groups of people to not get near each other.


    At first, Darcel and Ani had the reasonable idea to first speak out to this group. If they wereing specifically to them, then there''s no reason to not and try to speak.


    However, before either one of the duos could talk, they soon heard a gruff man''s voice.


    "What the.just two little Nascent Core kids? Really? Fruana, are you sure those Mages didn''t just pull a fast one on us?" The man''s tone was a slight bit usatory and a tiny bit annoyed.


    It was when Darcel and Ani heard the man''s voice that they could get a better image of their group. And already, a luminous white glowing shine made this group of four pop out.


    Darcel and Ani were able to make three men and one woman all wearing matching warm articles of clothing that would be suitable for the cold.


    They all wore long brown fur coats, with the fur appearing to be taken from a fluffy Spirit Monster wolf. Around their legs were simrly brown furry pants and even furry brown boots.


    With only one nce, anyone would immediately be able to guess this would be a Mage''s line of clothing.


    Typically most cultivators tend to wear superficialyers of articles of clothing as to mainly show their status or wealth.


    But what attracted Darcel and Ani''s eyes the most was the bright white glow spewing from their hands. The duo was able to make out four nk white pendants that were continuously exuding the luminous white glow.


    Before Darcel or Ani could question anything again, they soon heard another male voice say,


    "Don''t be in such a haste to judge Robert. Besides, if there''s one thing anybody knows about those Mage''s is they all value themselves and their works more than anything. They would never even bother with trying to sell a defective product. And who knows? Maybe those kids really can help."


    Now only several meters of distance separated Darcel and Ani from the fur coat group. The duo still stayed cautiously rooted in their spot and was able to make out the three men and one woman''s faces.


    The men all held the rough, harden appearances of experienced adventurers and warriors.


    While the woman kept a refined, calm look, clearly exuding her sober experiences in adventuring.


    "How about instead of trying to draw a pre-based conclusion, we actually take action." It was the woman that spoke this time, and her eyes, along with her other group members, lit up when once finally seeing Darcel and Ani''s full appearance and presence.


    "Excuse us, but do you two hail from a sect? I don''t think I or any of us ever saw such peculiar uniforms." The woman had continued on to talk and asked the duo.


    She, along with the men, had first noticed the clean, sleek design of Zakira''s Academy Core level uniform.


    Most obviously, that kind of elegant design would only mean they came from a sect.


    Yet none of them recognized the uniforms, and they all were very familiar with the whole snowynds here.


    But despite how suspicious they could be, the woman and the men were drawn into having a rtively slight positive base first impression of these kids.


    Mainly because their eyes were quickly sucked into Darcel and Ani''s alluring faces after noticing their uniforms.


    For a couple of youths, they all had to admit these two had spectacr appearances. Plus,pared to any other Nascent Core youths, the woman and the men could all immediately tell there was something special that set these kids Nascent aura apart.


    Ani gave the fur coat group her most charming smile, seeing how at least the woman was pretty civil.


    "Ah, we doe from a sect.but I doubt any one of you would''ve heard about it. Mainly because we''re not actually from around here. One minute, we were on a sect expedition to explore an ancient cave, but we had identallye upon a weird trap. And then, like magic, we were abruptly teleported in the middle of these snowy ins!"


    The men and women curiously raised an eyebrow at Ani''s story.


    Even for their mysterious cultivation world, that story seemed a bit odd. But then again, none of them truly knows what kind of uniform the two are wearing.


    Plus, none of them were that willing to question Ani''s story as she and Darcel had a weing, warm presence about them. And Ani''s voice was incredibly soothing to their ears.


    "That''s quite a story, isn''t it? Well, the snowy ins you''re describing is actually called the Plunged Tundra around these parks. And you two and us are smack dab right in the middle of this huge winter area. Specifically, you two are in the fourth rank Province." The woman smilingly exined to them.


    And Darcel and Ani were promptly taken aback a bit.


    Somehow, they suddenly jump up from the ninth rank Province all the way up to the fourth rank Province?


    Slight waves of turmoil panic coursed in Darcel and Ani''s minds. But neither let it be shown on their face. Their expressions remained rtively neutral, trying to sort this sudden information out.


    Darcel was quick to recover from the shocking news, and his eyes nced down at their pendants.


    From his soul, he could clearly sense those items exuded unique soul energy that Darcel assumed to be some sort of soul tracker.


    After taking a slight pause, an idea quickly formed in his mind, and he spoke up to the group next. "I see; thank you for the information. We never really got the time to read up on the geography of our region. But, I just have to say, before we continue on, those pendants in your hands. Are they soul items?"


    This time, the man in the middle, who was the tallest of the four, smiled at the duo and answered Darcel.


    "You would be right in thinking these are soul items. More specifically, they''re pendants used to seek out soul treasures, among many other uses. And abruptly, all four of our pendants went haywire and led us to you two. Seeing as you could already identify these as soul items, I assume one of you have something soul rted on yourself?


    Before answering, Darcel and Ani shared a brief look between them.


    At this point, it truly wasn''t such a bad idea to try and tag along with this group of Innate Core warriors.


    They all seemed friendly enough and obviously have a specific reason for approaching them. But most of all, Darcel and Ani simply have no other sense of direction and could only hope to get lucky in finding civilization without them.


    "Mnh.ah! Well, actually, we are always told by our mentors that our souls are extraordinary and powerful. So those Mage''s pendants, well, it just picked up on our special souls!" Ani spoke in an assured, confident tone that left no room for argument.


    Still, the three men and woman had some slight doubts on their faces.


    "Special souls?"


    They all questionably said as they all first thought Darcel or Ani may just have a unique soul artifact on themselves. Plenty of Sects are known to have such items.


    But genuinely having their own special souls? It was a bit hard to believe!


    After all, even though the men and the woman live in a much stronger Province. They only know about rare talents that would have extraordinary and powerful souls.


    Seeing the apparent doubts on their faces, Darcel and Ani decided it wouldn''t hurt to show off a bit. Though, they were only going as far enough to convince them of their souls being special.


    "Special like this." Darcel confidently stated while he and Ani began slightly surging their souls.


    "You two.ah?"


    The middle man was going to talk again until his, and his other group members'' nk pendants began rumbling!


    The bright white glowing radiance had only be more robust as if they just encountered a spectacr treasure.


    All of their eyes snapped back to Darcel and Ani, only to be slightly stunned. Wisps of beautiful white light sparked out of the duo like shes of electricity.


    In this situation, the men and women could only conclude that somehow these kids truly can mobilize their souls!


    Their pendants still directly pinpointed on them and couldn''t be mistaken for it just being a mere soul artifact treasure. Even for the men and woman, they could feel their souls'' slightly stir from the duo''s special soul powers.


    The three men went silent and into deep contemtion.


    While the women decided to boldlyment on them, saying, "That.that indeed is pretty special. At least, I have never seen someone using their souls like this!"


    "Hehehe~, by the fact you even need these pendants, I can tell you four seem to be in some need. Darcel and I could possibly help with this as you see we''re pletely lost. Oh! By the way, my name is Ani."


    This time the three men and the woman fell silent. Now they are armed with the knowledge that it wasn''t idental that their pendants led them here.


    And going by their pendants, their help would actually be remarkably valuable.


    So, the woman decided to step up to the te and introduced her whole group. She gave the duo a warm smile while telling them, "It''s a pleasure to meet you both, Darcel and Ani. My name is Fruna, the man to my right is Hurey, and those two are Robert and Reyney."


    As Fruna was on the left end of the ground, she went in order to introduce them.


    Darcel and Ani saw she pointed at Hurey as the middle man, beside him was Robert, and beside him was Reyney.


    "We''re all heading to a rtively special ce where you can only get through if your soul is strong enough. However, this doesn''t exclude the usage of soul items or soul rted items. So if you want to help us, you''ll have no need to worry about regr cultivation level."


    Fruna went to thoroughly exin where they were heading. And following in her lead, Hurey nodded and picked up, saying,


    "If you truly want to help us, then I suppose you two could help us fuel the barrier these pendants will form. Ourbined soul powers should be enough then. Oh, and don''t worry. We''ll see to it you''ll be handsomely rewarded if we get through that ce."


    Though a bit sudden, Fruna, Hurey, Robert, and Reyney knew enlisting these kids'' help wouldn''t be such a bad idea.


    Their pendants already proved their worth; furthermore, their cultivation is so low they''re practically not a threat in any shape or form. They simply had nothing to lose.


    "Well then, if it''s just doing that, it''s no harm to us. By the way, do you four all hail from a certain group?" Darcel spoke up to ask this time since they did all seem to be at least coordinated.


    "Ah, wee from a rtively powerful band of adventurers known as The Nobe''s Fang group. And our motto is that we''re always willing to take in new adventures who may want to join."


    Fruna suggestively exined, leading the kids for some road in the future.


    Frankly, if these youths could actually get them through that special area, Fruna and the others would most definitely want these talents to join their groups.


    And even then, their pendants'' reactions already gave them a referral about joining.


    "Oh? Well, isn''t that just a great motto, Darcel? Let''s get to it then! Don''t worry about us Fruna, we''ll follow right behind!" Ani brightly shed them a broad smile, and even Darcel gave an elegant smile to them.


    Hurey, Robert, Reynay, and Fruna were really starting to quickly like Ani''s bombastic, energetic energy.


    Nodding the duo, Hurey had then told them, "At our distance, it won''t be long before we get there. While we walk, we''ll inform you more about this special ce. It''s quite.perciluar."