Chapter 149
“Are you going with us to the Snow Cold Jade Cave?”
After Chu Feng explained her intentions, Elder Qin expressed concern, “Master Chu Feng, about your injury…”
“It’s just a minor injury,” Chu Feng replied curtly, with an aura that made others not dare to offend her, distant and cold, like a distant mountain shrouded in snow. After her reply, Elder Qin hesitated to speak, eventually falling silent.
Song Pianxian’s gaze paused on Chu Feng’s slightly pale face, then she noticed that Chu Feng’s hand, which usually held prayer beads, was hidden in her sleeve.
“I heard that Master Chu suffered a hand injury. Is it not yet healed?” Song Pianxian asked, perhaps trying to prevent others from seeing her injury?
Chu Feng lowered her head slightly and glanced at her own hand. “It’s just a trace of demonic energy contamination, afraid of tainting everyone’s eyes.”
“So be it,” Chu Feng insisted on following, and no one could stop her. Song Pianxian nodded in agreement, then said, “Then I’ll trouble Master Tang to replace Master Chu here to oversee the competition.”
“Yes.”
Song Pianxian, Yu Yi, Chu Feng, along with various cultivators, totaling about ten people. Before setting off, they left a strand of divine consciousness on the jade tablet. If they were to fall in battle, the jade tablet could inform their masters.
Yu Yi disliked this omen and refused to let Song Pianxian leave it behind. Instead, she just pricked her finger and attached a drop of blood to it, then snatched the jade tablet prepared by Song Pianxian for attaching divine consciousness:
“As long as I’m alive, you won’t die.”
Song Pianxian seemed a bit helpless but smiled indulgently. Only then was Yu Yi satisfied. She raised the jade tablet and looked towards the misty sunlight outside the maze.
When the sunlight penetrated the translucent jade, it became a blurry white halo in Yu Yi’s eyes.
Suddenly, the white halo was blocked by a fluffy, black tail. Yu Yi flicked the kitten’s tail with her finger:
“Always causing trouble.”
“Oh, this isn’t mischief. The Wind Thunder Leopard is reminding its master that we’re approaching the Snow Cold Jade Cave,” Elder Qin chuckled.
The range covered by the maze was vast, and there were many restrictions within it. They had been riding the Wind Boat for a day and night, and now they were finally nearing the jade cave.
“Finally arrived,” Manzhi sighed leisurely. Traveling was troublesome, and it bored the child. They even played with a jade tablet for half a day.
Yu Yi responded and looked towards the direction of the jade cave while still in mid-air.
This place was supposed to be a vast plain, but now it was covered with spirit vines commonly seen in the cultivation world. Whether it was influenced by the maze or not, these spirit vines were much darker than those outside, almost impossible to discern their original color.
Looking into the distance, those vines growing towards the sky seemed like tangled, black limbs trying to drag people from the sky into hell, preventing them from reincarnation.
Yu Yi raised an eyebrow, “Is this the jade cave?”
The names in the cultivation world were named according to certain rules. Snow Cold Jade Cave, just by its name, should have a pure and icy image, at least it shouldn’t be so eerie and terrifying.
“Yeah, yeah, following the map passed down by our academy, we surely won’t…”
Elder Qin leaned over to take a look, but his words abruptly stopped, and an expression of doubt about life appeared on his face. His decisive tone became uncertain:
“…Did I grab the wrong map?”
For a moment, the Wind Boat carrying several people paused in mid-air, neither up nor down.
Song Pianxian simply jumped down, standing in mid-air, walking around to look everywhere. Her movement was extremely fast, and in just a few moments, she returned:
“I’ve found several entrances to the jade cave, and I haven’t made a mistake.”
Song Pianxian said, then took Yu Yi down from the Wind Boat. “Judging from this situation, the jade cave is now inseparable from the involvement of the demon cultivators.”
Elder Qin followed suit and disembarked, looking puzzled:
“But the jade cave in the memories of the demon cultivators doesn’t seem like this… In that case, there must be more than one entrance used by them.”
“Yeah,” Song Pianxian responded simply. A cultivator performed a spell, summoning a gust of wind that rolled up and opened all the spirit vines.
Now, looking at the Snow Cold Jade Cave again, it appeared spacious.
Indeed, it was spacious, but the gloomy atmosphere hadn’t decreased much. When they stepped on the ground, the cold air crawled up their calves, and only with spiritual energy could it be resisted.
Song Pianxian released her divine consciousness. In the area they could see, there were more than twenty large and small entrances, truly resembling the Nine-Nine Cave, and who knew how intricate and complex it was inside.
Since they were here, overthinking was of no use. Song Pianxian chose the nearest entrance and led the people towards it. Before entering, she turned to Yu Yi and reminded her:
“Stay close to me and don’t run around.”
She glanced at the kitten in Yu Yi’s arms and Manzhi at her feet. “You too.”
Yu Yi hugged the cat tightly and chuckled, “I’ve always been obedient.”
Song Pianxian felt relieved.
The other elders instinctively surrounded Yu Yi in the middle—this place must have anomalies. Not to mention that Yu Yi, this little girl, was strangely likable and pitiable, but even if something happened, Elder Song would be the first to react. They couldn’t let Yu Yi get into trouble.
If they encountered any danger, they would still have to rely on Elder Song to fight.
Chu Feng has always been silent. At this moment, she immediately walked behind Yu Yi, trailing behind everyone else.
With crossing the tribulation opening the way ahead and unity forming the rear, it made people feel extremely reassured.
Upon entering, it was discovered that this cave was unbelievably dark. After taking three to five steps, the light from the entrance disappeared behind them. Yu Yi released four automatically following spirit fire lanterns to illuminate the surroundings and took a look around:
“There’s no fog here.”
“Yeah, it’s finally a bit more comfortable.”
Not only did the cave isolate the light from outside, but it also prevented the pervasive mist from the maze from entering. The faint mist that had always pervaded finally dissipated, making the world in front of them clearer.
But this also meant that the cave became more sinister. Everyone understood this truth and proceeded cautiously, keeping their minds alert.
Yu Yi, as she promised, followed behind Song Pianxian like a shadow, obediently.
However, she contradicted herself after a quarter of an hour.
“I need to leave.”
What reached her ears was Manzhi’s transmission. Yu Yi kept walking, her expression unchanged, and replied:
“Where are you going?”
“You don’t need to worry about that much—I want to tell you, you need to leave too.”
Yu Yi paused in her steps.
“There are many demon cultivators hiding here, and even demon stones, far more than I expected. You want to become stronger, right?”
Yu Yi glanced at Song Pianxian’s graceful figure and the unknown surroundings, and made a decision:
“Not in a hurry, isn’t there still the Beique Immortal Palace?”
She didn’t want to leave Song Pianxian at this moment. It had nothing to do with safety but simply because she didn’t want to leave.
Manzhi clicked her tongue.
“Don’t blame me for not reminding you. Didn’t you see your enemies before? And that demon cultivator hiding behind the shadow puppet might appear too. With your current cultivation level, not to mention facing unity, you might not even be able to deal with the enemies from that academy.”
“And besides, they’re just demon cultivators. With me here, what are you afraid of?”
Manzhi spoke casually, lifting her sharp fox chin, exuding pride from her eyes.
As the Demon Queen, demon cultivators would always be her subjects. Before her, they had to bow and acknowledge her authority.
She glanced indifferently at the snow-white figure at the end of the team, the icy light from the azure spirit fire lanterns falling on her, making her appear even colder and more aloof, towering above others.
Only Manzhi knew that she couldn’t hold on any longer.
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Translator: Glariosa
Editor: Ruu
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