The eldest grandson Zijun and Yi Xichen rested for a night. They woke up early the next morning and told the inn's shopkeeper about the killing of the demon cultivator Mo Lingbo last night.
Mo Lingbo's room was in a mess last night after Mo Lingbo's tinkering, Yue Xiaorou's attack, and his eldest grandson Zijun's killing of demons. The innkeeper went to the door to take a look and was immediately overwhelmed.
Yi Xichen apologized: "Sorry..."
The shopkeeper waved his hands and sighed, "No wonder I vaguely felt the demonic energy spreading last night... It's our duty to exorcise demons and defend the way of life. What do you have to apologize for? Let me clean up."
The shopkeeper entered the room and started to clean up. Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson, Zijun, were about to leave when they heard the shopkeeper say, "Huh? This is..."
The two turned around and saw the shopkeeper picking up a piece of icicles from the ground. The weather in this winter town is cold, so it is normal for the icicles not to melt after a night.
Yi Xichen asked: "What's wrong?"
The shopkeeper said, "This is the Ice Flower from the Ice and Snow Valley in the north. Could it be that the demon cultivator has been to the Ice and Snow Valley?"
The two of them hurried back into the room. Yi Xichen asked, "Why do you say that?"
The shopkeeper showed them the icicle and said, "Look, this icicle has seven corners. Only the icicle trees in the ice valley in the north produce icicles with seven corners. The snow in our town doesn't produce icicles like this."
The eldest grandson, Zijun, asked, "Really?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Why would I lie to you? The Ice Demon Clan in the Ice and Snow Valley is very fierce and does not welcome outsiders, so cultivators rarely go there. I don't know what that demon cultivator is doing there."
The eldest grandson Zijun and Yi Xichen looked at each other. If this icy flower was really brought from the Ice and Snow Valley, it might not be because Mo Lingbo had been there. It is also possible that Yue Xiaorou had been there and it fell from her when she attacked yesterday.
Yi Xichen asked: "Ice Demon Clan? Don't welcome outsiders?"
"Yes." The shopkeeper sighed and chatted with them while cleaning up the mess in the house. "It wasn't like this before. The Ice Demon Clan has lived in the Ice and Snow Valley for two or three hundred years. There are many ice-attributed immortal materials there. In the past, many cultivators went there and lived in harmony with the Ice Demon Clan without invading each other."
He picked up the chair that had been knocked over. "About ten years ago, the Ice Demon Clan suddenly disappeared. Everyone thought they had offended someone and were exterminated. But in recent years, the Ice Demon Clan has reappeared in the Ice and Snow Valley, and has become very ferocious and repulsive to outsiders, so fewer people are now staying in the Ice and Snow Valley."
Yi Xichen pondered and said, "There is such a thing..."
He smiled and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper. We have something else to do, so we'll leave first."
"Hey, go ahead."
The two of them left the inn, and Yi Xichen said, "Let's go to the Ice and Snow Valley."
The eldest grandson, Jun, also said: "Let's go."
The icy flower was most likely left by Yue Xiaorou. Even if Mo Lingbo had been to the Ice and Snow Valley, he had been with them the day before. If there was any icy flower on him, it would have melted long ago. They had no clues to find Yue Xiaorou, so they had to go to places she had been to and try their luck, maybe they could find something.
After leaving Dongchun Town, heading north, the snow on the ground became thicker and thicker, a vast expanse of white, with no one or monsters to be seen. In the distance, there were mountain peaks on both sides, and the terrain in the snowy valley was flat, with a few small hills occasionally protruding.
It was not snowing at this time, but there were many tall icicles growing in the valley, and icicles dropped from time to time, which looked like small snow scenes everywhere, and was very beautiful.
Yi Xichen walked forward, stretched out his hand to catch a piece of icy flower, and took a closer look: "It is indeed a seven-cornered one."
The snow here was very soft, and it reached up to the knees when they stepped on it. Because the snow was too thick, in order not to miss any useful clues, the two of them walked slowly in the vast valley without swords. As they walked, they felt strange in their hearts. Didn't they say that the ice demons here hated foreign invaders very much? But why didn't they see any demons now?
Suddenly, Yi Xichen felt his feet slip and he fell down: "Ouch!"
The eldest grandson Jun quickly grabbed him.
Yi Xichen pulled his feet back and used a magic trick to blow away the snow where he had just stood. He found a small hole under the snow, just big enough for him to fall into. There was nothing at the bottom of the hole.
Yi Xichen muttered, "Why is there such a hole here?"
The two continued to move forward. The eldest grandson Jun took a step forward, but when he realized that he had not touched the ground, he pulled his foot back. He blew away the snow, and sure enough, there was a small hole underneath that was as deep as the one that trapped people.
The two exchanged glances. One hole could be a coincidence, but two holes appeared on the road they were walking on, and the size was just right. It seemed that there was something strange under the snow.
They stopped and looked closely at the white snow.
Soon, they found that the snow in front of them was shaking slightly. They had not noticed it before because the wind and their footsteps could shake the soft snow.
Yi Xichen reached into his bag and pinched a few spirit stones in his hand. He was just about to set up a small formation to force the guy under the snow to show up when he suddenly heard a noise from above.
They were standing under an ice tree, and the thick snow on the ice tree suddenly fell towards them like a small snow mountain!
Just as they were about to be crushed, the eldest grandson, Zijun, grabbed Yi Xichen's waist and jumped up, flying out from under the ice tree. With a loud bang, the snow fell to the ground, raising snowflakes all over the sky!
A white eagle flew up from the icy tree and flew away. It was obvious that the snow that had suddenly fallen was his masterpiece.
Yi Xichen didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "These ice monsters... are so naughty."
Digging holes in the ground and collapsing the snow cover are not so much a means of harming them as a means of driving them away.
They didn't care about the escaped demon eagle. Yi Xichen threw a few spirit stones around the slightly shaking snow and silently chanted a spell. The shaking gradually moved northward, but when it reached the boundary of the spirit stones, it stopped, as if it had hit a wall. After a while, it turned south and hit the wall again. Then it began to panic, and the shaking of the snow became more and more obvious.
Yi Xichen was watching with great interest and was in no hurry to catch the troublemaker.
The trembling became stronger and stronger, faster and faster, bumping left and right, and it was obviously getting more and more panicked. Finally, with a light "puff", a small snowball popped out of the snow!
Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson, Zijun, took a closer look and realized that what popped out was not a snowball, but a snow-white little demon rabbit! The little demons of the Ice Demon Clan all had white fur and their demonic aura was not very strong. Hiding in the snow, it was really difficult to find them.
The demon rabbit emerged from the snow and saw Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson, Zijun. It panicked and turned to run. It was trapped in the formation by Yi Xichen and could not get out of the boundary of the spirit stone, so it had to bury its head in the snow again.
There was no way the eldest grandson, Jun, would let it escape. He jumped up, grabbed its two ears and lifted it up.
The little rabbit's ears were grabbed and it kicked desperately, but its four legs were short and round, so it couldn't reach its eldest grandson Jun at all.
Yi Xichen walked forward with a smile: "Little rabbit, why did you dig a hole for us to step on?"
The little rabbit kicked for a long time, but found that it couldn't get away, so it simply closed its eyes and started pretending to be dead.
"Okay, let's change the question." Yi Xichen said, "Have you ever seen a beautiful sister who carries an ice-blue sword?"
The little rabbit suddenly opened its eyes, its big black eyes filled with panic, and began to struggle again.
The eldest grandson Zijun frowned slightly: It is obvious that this demon rabbit has seen Yue Xiaorou, and it is probably more than that.
Suddenly, the demon eagle that had just flown away flew back and swooped down towards Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun!
The demon eagle came with great force, its sharp claws scratching towards the hand of the eldest grandson Zijun that was holding the rabbit's ears! Yi Xichen quickly scratched the soft fur of the demon rabbit, and the eldest grandson Zijun immediately let go.
The demon eagle missed, and the demon rabbit regained its freedom, and immediately disappeared into the snowdrifts. The demon rabbit ran away, and the demon eagle circled in the sky for a while, knowing that it was no match for these two people, it spread its wings and flew away again.
Yi Xichen nodded to his eldest grandson, Zijun, and telepathically said, "I put a listening bug on it." The little rabbit demon obviously knew Yue Xiaorou, but for some reason it was hostile to them and refused to tell them where Yue Xiaorou was. Yi Xichen came up with this method, waiting for the demon beast to let down its guard, and perhaps he could find out something.
The eldest grandson, Zijun, said, "Let's go first and come back later."
The two of them then flew out of the ice and snow valley with their swords.
After leaving the snowy valley, Yi Xichen opened his mind and began to listen to the sounds of the listening insects. However, for a long time, he could only hear the rustling sounds of the demon rabbits shuttling through the snow. Gradually, there was no sound at all.
They continued to wait patiently.
After an unknown amount of time, Yi Xichen suddenly heard footsteps again. Walking in the snow would not make any footsteps, and it seemed that the little rabbit had reached a place where there was no snow.
Then he heard a childish and cheerful voice calling out, "Sister Xiaorou!"
Then Yue Xiaorou's voice came out: "Tuan Tuan."
Yi Xichen immediately perked up, grabbed the sword and said, "Yue Xiaorou is here, let's go!"
The listening bug was raised by him and was connected to his consciousness. He could not only hear the sounds around the listening bug, but also find out its whereabouts. The two of them immediately drew their swords and flew towards the ice and snow valley!
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