Chapter 42 Chapter 42 "I, of course I know you won't throw...
"Let it happen!"
Bi Qing's words broke Xuan Yi's solemn expression. She said, "This journey hasn't been peaceful. If everything goes smoothly for us, it might just be a sign of trouble."
Xuan Yi smiled helplessly: "You are actually quite open-minded at a time like this."
"I've always been open-minded! But when I was poisoned by a snake, I didn't expect you to save me, so I thought I wouldn't survive."
"I said I would take you to the foot of Mount Kunlun, and I will never break my promise."
During the time she spent with Xuan Yi, Bi Qing was no longer as afraid of him as she was at the beginning.
But his sudden serious look made Biqing feel a little helpless, and she even subconsciously tried to avoid the gaze of the person in front of her.
"Why are you being so serious..."
Biqing hesitated and said, "Of course I know you won't abandon me! But, but we weren't that close back then, so it's normal for me not to believe you, right?"
"I don't mean to blame you," Xuan Yi said, "Why haven't I seen you be so sensitive before?"
Bi Qing raised her eyebrows: "You and I have never been alone for such a long time before."
Xuan Yi was stunned. After thinking carefully for a while, he blurted out, "Yes."
The orange-red sky remained for a day, then gradually faded to a pitch black as time passed. Seeing that Xuan Yi had no intention of moving, Biqing rested her chin on her hand and waited quietly.
Biqing yawned, her head nodding like a chicken pecking at rice. She was so sleepy that she stood up and walked around in circles.
Ajiu, who was not far away, muttered to himself worriedly, "Could Sister Biqing be bewitched again?"
The night wind blew, making Biqing shiver uncontrollably. She rubbed her hands to keep warm, then heard Xuan Yi say, "Let's go. It's time to set off."
The wolf demons transformed into human form, lined up in a row, and followed Xuan Yi in an orderly manner.
Xuan Yi walked extremely slowly, taking each step steadily. In contrast, Bi Qing beside him kept slipping and nearly fell to the ground several times.
Not only Biqing, but also the clansmen behind Xuanyi could be heard slipping and making the sound of their soles rubbing against the ice.
Some even fell to the ground with a cry of “ouch”.
Mo Jue, who was following the rear of the team and caring for the wolf demon on Liao Ying's back with a spinal injury, saw someone fall and hurried forward to help. "Be careful. The ice is thick at night, but it has many cracks. Be careful not to fall and break the cracks, and fall into it."
Biqing heard someone fall and was about to turn around to look when she heard Xuanyi say beside her, "Take care of yourself. Ajue will take care of the rest."
Biqing hummed, and followed Xuan Yi's footsteps attentively.
Biqing tried her best to restrain herself from looking at the ice beneath her feet, but she could always catch a glimpse of it with her peripheral vision.
Especially at night, the ice surface is like an abyss, pitch black and bottomless.
The water droplets hanging upside down under the ice seemed to be deliberately attracting Biqing's attention, making her feel timid but still wanting to take a closer look.
A streak of silver light appeared faintly and passed through Biqing's feet.
Biqing thought she had seen it wrong, so she lowered her eyes and looked for a moment, but seeing nothing unusual, she thought she was too nervous and her eyes were blurry.
As they reached the center of the ice, the silver streak reappeared beneath Biqing's feet. She exclaimed in surprise and reached out to tug at Xuanyi's sleeve.
She wanted to remind Xuan Yi that there was something under the ice, but she saw Xuan Yi making a "hush" gesture at her.
Obviously, Xuan Yi had seen that thing early in the morning.
Biqing felt that she was being overly surprised: the wolf demon clan had the ability to see at night, so Xuan Yi must have discovered it earlier than she did.
"Ignore it and keep walking."
Xuan Yi looked calm, and he slightly increased his pace.
Now he can avoid it if he can, and it is not too late to take action if he really can't avoid it.
Biqing has never taken her eyes off the silver streak since she saw it.
She stared at the silver-white thing's every move and found that no matter where they went, the thing would appear not far from her and Xuan Yi's feet, keeping a distance of no more than five steps.
The strange behavior increased Biqing's doubts.
It's really strange.
After walking for a moment, Xuan Yi stopped and exhaled a breath of white air: "We are surrounded."
Biqing was stunned and lowered her eyes to look under the ice around her.
Her eyesight was far inferior to Xuan Yi's, and she could only see a faint silver-white light under her feet.
A little further away, you can't see anything.
Behind them, the sound of weapons being unsheathed filled the air. Biqing frowned and asked, "What's under the ice? A dragon?"
She had heard that dragons lived in water, but strictly speaking, dragons were half-gods and should not appear in the demon world.
The dragon couldn't be as unlucky as her and fall here, right?
Xuan Yi said, "It's not a dragon. It's a fish."
"fish?"
Biqing repeated, then asked, "Why is the fish silver? And only one strand?"
"It's his spine."
Xuan Yi's eyes were filled with frost as he stared intently at the ice. "It must be a transparent ice fish. I've only heard of it from other people before. This fish lives in extremely cold lake water..."
"Do you like eating meat? Do you feed on monsters all year round?" Biqing asked.
"You actually knew this? Could it be that there are ice fish in heaven?"
Xuan Yi asked without thinking, causing Bi Qing's eyes to darken. "It's about to attack us! It must like to eat meat!"
How come my brain doesn't work well after I got injured?
Biqing didn't dare to breathe, staring at the ice fish surrounding their feet.
The spine of the ice fish is like a fairy ribbon wrapped around the arms of fairies, curved and slender with a sense of elegance.
Biqing touched the hydrangea tied around her waist. After she seriously injured Xuansi that day, the hydrangea returned to her hands.
She took it off silently and put it into the hands of the person next to her: "Xuan Yi, this."
Xuan Yi's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he took the embroidered ball in his hands and tied it around his waist: "Stay closer to me, so that I won't be distracted."
There was a source of heat beside him, Xuan Yi raised the corners of his mouth, then slowly let them fall.
Xuan Yi and his group waited vigilantly for a long time, but the ice fish under the ice showed no sign of breaking out.
"Tread lightly and keep moving forward."
Xuan Yi gave orders in a low voice, moving very slowly with the wolf demons behind him.
The ice fish still circled around him. Xuan Yi was on guard, glancing at the darkness below from time to time.
The ice fish showed no intention of attacking, so Xuan Yi quickened his pace and led the tribesmen behind him towards the mountains that appeared and disappeared.
The pitch-black night sky, coupled with the endless ice surface, made the wolf demons panic.
Xuan Yi didn't know how much longer it would take to reach the other side.
Before he knew it, the sky at the end of the lake was a dazzling orange-red, and Xuan Yi felt as if he was falling into an abyss.
“Crack.”
There was a sound of shattering under his feet. Xuan Yi stopped in silence and stared at the direction of the sound with his eyes lowered.
Xuan Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered that it was an ice fish that accidentally scraped off an icicle hanging upside down below the ice surface with its back while swimming, causing it to break and sink into the bottomless lake.
Xuan Yi ignored the ice fish surrounding them and quickened his pace to move forward.
The more obvious the orange-red color in the sky, the more majestic the mountains in front of us, and the more deafening the sound of ice breaking.
Xuan Yi's brows furrowed even tighter.
Fortunately, the ice beneath his feet showed no signs of melting. Xuan Yi considered for a moment and said, "Hold tight to the talisman paper I gave you."
The wolf demons following behind him clenched the talisman paper, and a violent vibration came from the soles of their feet.
The originally tranquil ice surface was cracked like a tortoise shell, much like dry land, with countless crisscrossing cracks.
A series of "crackling" sounds echoed on the vast ice surface, shaking the wolf demons to stagger. Only by relying on their demonic power could they barely stabilize their bodies and avoid falling into the abyss-like dark green lake water below their feet.
The ice floating on the lake was like a broken mirror, broken into pieces and floating on the lake in different shapes.
Biqing's body tilted and she quickly spread her arms to keep her balance.
Suddenly, there was a huge force on her arm, like an iron clamp, which hurt her and tears welled up in her eyes.
She pouted: "It hurts!"
Xuan Yi let go of his hand: "It was a moment of urgency, I'm sorry."
"Sister Biqing! You have to be careful!" Ajiu behind her reminded.
Ajiu was supposed to follow Liaoying and Mingzhu, but Liaoying was carrying the injured wolf demon on his back, and Mo Jue was taking care of him, so Mingzhu was really worried.
In Mingzhu's opinion, instead of letting Mo Jue carry the wolf demon on his back, it would be better for him to go into battle himself.
She has plenty of strength!
Ajiu was arranged to follow behind Xuanyi and Biqing.
Biqing's arm lost its strength. She rubbed the painful spot and looked at the relatively small gap in the ice before her. She asked Xuan Yi beside her, "Should we jump over?"
"It can only be this way."
Xuan Yi led the wolf demons behind him: "While there's still room to step through the gap, let's get out of here quickly. Don't wait until the sun comes out and the ice melts, leaving us with nowhere to stand."
The wolf demons behind him bent down in tacit understanding, carried the wolf cubs who had transformed into human forms on their backs and continued on their journey.
Biqing looked back at the wolf demons' actions and asked Jiu, "Do you want me to carry you?"
"I can do it myself!"
Ajiu shook his head like a rattle, jumped onto the ice floe before Biqing, and went to Xuanyi's side.
Biqing was afraid that he would fall into the water, so she quickly caught up with him, holding up her skirt: "Ajiu! Don't run ahead of Xuanyi!"
She held Ajiu's hand to prevent him from running too fast and distracting Xuanyi.
She handed the hydrangea to Xuan Yi, firstly for his safety.
The second reason was to see how Xuan Yi had recovered.
Xuan Yi didn't use the power of the hydrangea, and it was obvious that his body had not recovered well.
Biqing did not ask Xuanyi any further questions. She was afraid that Jiu would be frightened after hearing the news, and was afraid that if she let the cat out of the bag, it would cause panic in everyone.
The orange-red color on the horizon became more and more obvious, the ice floes melted slightly, and the distance between them became slightly larger than before.
Jumping onto the ice wasn't a difficult task for the wolf demons, but the slightly melted ice made their feet slippery. Furthermore, the ice fish lurking in the water occasionally stirred up some water, which further widened the gaps between the ice floes.
It's difficult to move forward.
Biqing was nearly splashed by the splashing water more than once, but fortunately she was quick-witted and created a little barrier.
Although it is not as powerful as Xuan Yi's barrier, it is enough for Bi Qing.
The ice fish in the lake were still surrounding their feet. Biqing had no idea what the next move of these fish, whose spines could only be seen, would be, so she could only keep Ajiu tightly by her side.
The continuous mountain ranges were infinitely enlarged before their eyes. Even before reaching the foot of the mountain, everyone could still feel the majestic oppression.
Only Biqing felt that the mountains in front of her were unremarkable, just a little higher and with less snow than the Yuluan Peak where her aunt practiced.
Xuan Yi tried his best to choose an ice floe that he could step on without having to go around too far.
Until he finally took a step with difficulty, he was ready to use his demonic power to float into the air.
Waves hit the ice floes from time to time, causing them to sway and be pushed farther and farther away by the waves.
Xuan Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his hand to signal the wolf demons behind him to stop.
The silver light surrounding my feet had long since disappeared.
Xuan Yi looked at the other side, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face turned cold as he stared at the calming lake.
“Crash.”
The sound of an object breaking out of the water shattered the silence. Xuan Yi looked up as a dark shadow passed over his head, bringing with it countless water droplets.
Xuan Yi floated in the air, dodging the falling water droplets.
The ice fish that jumped out of the water was just as Xuan Yi had said, transparent throughout, with only its spine appearing silvery white.
The only thing Xuan Yi didn't mention was that the ice fish was huge, with its open mouth as tall as a person.
The ice fish fell into the water, creating a huge wave that overturned the ice floes floating on the water.
Without exception, the wolf demons flew up with the ice floe and fell into the water.
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