After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply-Chapter 743 - 514, four Commanders, Lin Da makes an appearance

"Keep it up, brother! I only recently grasped my first Rule Fragment myself. Once you take that first step, the rest comes faster."

Under the bright morning sun, the Cultivation Square was blanketed in snow. The willow trees and shrubs planted along the edges were dressed in silver, their emerald leaves shaking off the frost in the soft breeze, radiating vitality.

Amid this picturesque scene, a man wearing a scholar’s robe with short golden hair laughed heartily, saying: "If we both redouble our efforts, breaking through to the Sacred Rank is not out of reach!"

The man’s name was Wenqi, hailing from Proclamation Wind City.

A year and a half ago, he assisted the Phoenix Tail Flower in rescuing Monica and made an agreement with Lin Da to meet again in Cyan City.

However, so much time had passed that Wenqi had mostly forgotten the events of that year.

Speaking of which, the Ice Abyss truly was formidable. Wenqi believed his chances of breaking into the Light Rank were slim, but in this uniquely cold environment, his potential was repeatedly stimulated. Last month, he accumulated enough points to apply to the faction for entry into a B-grade Cultivation Room.

Persistence paid off, and after spending a year and a half, Wenqi had finally managed to condense his first Magic Law Fragment!

Though the Magic Law was the most basic and easiest Law to comprehend, it had an advantage: it could be transitioned into other Laws mid-journey.

For Wenqi and other ordinary Light Rank practitioners, this was a tremendous boon.

Unlike those monster-level prodigies who mastered their own Laws early on—such as Bailuo’s "Rapid Flow Law" or Lia, the White Dove United leader, with her "Starfire Law"—they could only start with the Magic Law and slowly find their own path.

Upon hearing this, the Birdman adventurer sighed again: "You talk big, but you’ve only condensed two Rule Fragments.

Even if luck is on your side and you keep breaking through in the World Tree, advancing to level 59, without condensing 10 Rule Fragments, there’s absolutely no way to ascend from the Light Rank to the Sacred Rank.

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Level 51 is my limit. I’m going to apply to quit the Ice Abyss. Staying here is just a waste of time."

Watching the Birdman Mage leave dejectedly, shoulders slumped, Wenqi opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Even with the unique environment of the Ice Abyss aiding practitioners, many still failed to sense the myriad Laws present in the void.

Absorbing Law Runes and engraving them into one’s spiritual world—only then could one claim to have mastered their first Rule Fragment.

But Laws were like an obscure and difficult-to-understand book; the deeper you ventured, the harder it became.

Wenqi had mastered two fragments now. The third seemed impossibly far away.

"Those Ten-Star-rated monstrosities almost always grasp 10, even 11 Rule Fragments before level 59—it’s infuriating to compare yourself to them. Why is it that, despite all my efforts, I’ve only condensed two? Has my limit already been reached?"

Wenqi found himself slipping into discouragement as he mulled over these thoughts.

Morning passed by in the blink of an eye as he meditated.

"Huh? Are those the three leaders of Dark Rose?"

Hearing the whispers around him, Wenqi opened his eyes.

The leaders of Dark Rose? Why were they here?

Most of those cultivating openly in the square were Ice Abyss’s lowest tiers.

The three Dark Rose leaders, all Ten-Star-rated, had access to private snow huts and could even spend points for exclusive lessons from Sacred Rank Commanders.

Their appearance here was as incongruous as nobles visiting a slum.

"Poor bastards, move aside! This area’s been requisitioned by Dark Rose!"

A mouse with large ears wearing black adventurer garb shouted angrily, glaring at Wenqi and the others: "Scurry off! Or do you want to make an enemy of Dark Rose?"

Wenqi’s face darkened at those words, but he obediently moved aside.

The others followed suit, gritting their teeth in frustration but not daring to speak out.

Dark Rose was a massive faction, far beyond what low-tier Light Rank practitioners like them could afford to provoke.

Wenqi retreated to the far edge of the Cultivation Square. From a distance, he watched the mouse, now showing excessive servility, move chairs over for the Dark Rose leaders to sit upon.

Oren, Alexander, Mi San—three of the most prominent names within the Ice Abyss—all present.

Wenqi’s heart tensed with alarm. Something major must be happening.

Rumble… Accompanied by tremors, one of Dark Rose’s Water Mages began chanting a spell, creating a square snow-and-ice platform in the center of the square.

Moments later, a purple-haired woman with a slender waist and voluptuous figure stepped onto the square, wearing a leather jacket.

She took a document from the mouse and scanned it briefly, nodding slightly.

"That’s... McCarthy! She advanced to Commander level last month. She must be here as an adjudicator, right?"

A sharp-eared, blonde elf with braided hair said, "I see now—it must be a bet between Dark Rose and White Dove United, and McCarthy is here to oversee it!"

Wenqi blinked in confusion. "What’s going on? Everyone seems to know about this. "

After asking around, he learned that Dark Rose and White Dove United were wagering three A-grade Cultivation Rooms and 30,000 points.

Wenqi clicked his tongue in astonishment. Thirty thousand points—it would take completing an unimaginable number of wilderness Magical Creature elimination missions to earn that much.

Ordinary Light Rank practitioners like him could only acquire points in two ways: through monthly fixed allocations and mission completions. The most common tasks involved eliminating Magical Creatures or mining in the deepest areas of the Ice Abyss.

At most, Wenqi could earn 100 points monthly, meaning it would take him around 30 years to accumulate 30,000 points. And in the Ice Abyss, anyone who failed to graduate within three years would be expelled. For most people, 30,000 points was a figure that existed only in dreams.

Someone whispered: "That arrogant mouse—it’s Shu Li, isn’t it? Isn’t he one of Lia’s lapdogs? Why’s he joined Dark Rose?"