Half a day later, Shen Yunhao recovered to his best condition. He came to the ice gate, gently raised his palm, and the runes in his palm emitted a hazy blue light. For the first time, the ice gate in front of him showed signs of melting.
The old man hovered above the ice platform in the center of the cave. "I would like to remind you that this matter is a transaction between us. I have not forced you, and you do not need to force yourself. If you know that it is impossible, you may retreat as soon as possible. I will wait for the next person who is destined to be with you!"
"Thank you, senior. I will try my best!"
After saying this, he clasped his hands in a salute again, opened the ice door, and walked in with Mo Yan.
This ice gate was much longer than Shen Yunhao had imagined, reaching a depth of several tens of meters. Given the hardness of these blue ice crystals, it was unlikely that a cultivator at the Soul Control Realm would be able to forcefully break through the gate.
After walking for quite some time, white light finally appeared before our eyes, shining through the ice.
"Be careful, we should be approaching the Ice Abyss Corridor!"
Take good care of yourself!
Mo Yan glared at him, annoyed.
Shen Yunhao was speechless.
He could have predicted that his little sister would get angry with him, but he didn't expect her to still be angry half a day later.
After thinking for a moment, Shen Yunhao stopped.
The absent-minded little girl bumped into the boy's back and immediately frowned, complaining, "What are you doing? You have to bump into me just to walk!"
Shen Yunhao turned his head, poked the girl's cheek, and said playfully, "What if... I really wanted to try it?"
"???"
The girl stood there stunned for a moment, her face instantly turning red. She subconsciously took a step back, pointing at Shen Yunhao and stammering.
"You you you you you!"
Shen Yunhao stepped forward with a smile, "I think the danger level of the later secret realms is quite high, so we need to be fully prepared... First of all, you really need to cleanse the cold poison in your body!"
"ha?"
Mo Yan was completely dumbfounded. "Here? Are you kidding me! You stinky brother, are you out of your mind? Fine, I'll let you touch me, but stop messing around!"
So even my bratty little sister can be this timid one day...
Shen Yunhao pursed his lips. "With that Senior Han Xiaozi around, nowhere is safe for us... This place is actually the most suitable, as it connects the two secret realms and no one can sense it!"
"..."
The girl's face was so red it was almost dripping with water. She took two steps back again, but ended up leaning against the ice.
There's no turning back now...
"Does it have to be now...?"
But then, Shen Yunhao suddenly stepped forward, pulled the girl, who was trembling with nervousness, into his arms, and his words immediately took on a different tone.
"Does it still hurt?"
"ah?"
"Tell me, do the vines that were cut before still hurt...?"
"..."
Mo Yan then realized that Shen Yunhao had already seen through the fact that the vines that had just been severed originated from her true form...
Generally speaking, most of the vines created by Mo Yan are condensed using magic, while some are extensions of her true form. The strength of the vines created by her true form is naturally much higher than that created by magic, but she will still feel them when they are destroyed.
For plant fairies, this form of "injury" has almost negligible impact on their main body. Over the years of battles, they have lost countless lives, but Mo Yan has never cared.
I just didn't expect... that my stinky older brother would actually feel sorry for me.
The girl's heart softened, and her body relaxed.
"So what if it hurts? You're the one who cut me..."
"How about you cut me too?"
"puff……"
Mo Yan slapped him lightly, annoyed. "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm already in enough pain, do you want me to feel even more pain?"
"But right now, I'm the only one who feels sorry for you..."
"you……"
The girl pouted and remained silent.
Forget it, I can't argue with that anyway, so I might as well not say anything.
Inside a small ice cave within the ice gate, the two embraced for a long time before Shen Yunhao finally said, "I'm serious. I won't feel at ease until the cold poison in your body is completely cleared!"
The girl blushed and pouted, "You've said all the nice things, do I still have the right to refuse?"
“There will always be…” Shen Yunhao turned his head and gently bit the girl’s ear. “It might be useless to others, but it’s absolutely useful to me, because you’re my little sister…”
"You lousy brother! You're so lame!"
...
The ice door closed silently behind me, and a bone-chilling cold washed over me like a tidal wave.
The white breath exhaled by Shen Yunhao condensed into fine ice crystals in front of him. The ice surface under his feet was as clear as a mirror, and the deep blue spiritual veins in the depths flowed slowly like living things. Each pulse caused strange ripples to appear on the ice.
The chilling air seemed to freeze the soul, and even the breath exhaled instantly turned into ice powder and scattered.
This is the first level of the Frost Marrow Secret Realm, the Ice Abyss Corridor!
"According to that old fellow, this place is full of spirit arrays and traps..."
Mo Yan stepped forward first, and the vines in her sleeves quietly emerged, covering the ice surface with a layer of white frost the moment they touched it, making a faint cracking sound.
"Spirit Array..."
Shen Yunhao's expression was solemn. He reached into his robes with his right hand and touched a fox tail.
His eyes were slightly closed, and when he opened them again, a faint light shone from them.
In his view, the entire corridor resembled a giant spider web. Beneath the seemingly smooth ice surface, dark red patterns writhed like blood vessels. With each contraction, a wisp of spiritual energy was drawn from the air, condensing into deadly ice spikes beneath the ice.
"Sure enough, a spirit array was right in front of us as soon as we stepped out of the ice gate..."
"Which way to go now... I can test the formation with the vines!"
Shen Yunhao chuckled and patted the girl's head. "Sure enough, the cold poison has gone away, but she's become stupid. The spirit array isn't a trap or mechanism. If it's activated, won't we still be implicated?"
Mo Yan was slightly taken aback, and after realizing what was happening, she immediately spat.
"Tch! I used to just tough it out when I encountered spirit arrays of this level, there's no need for all this trouble!"
"Alright, alright, come with me. It's very cold here, so it's best not to stay too long!"
A pale blue halo emanated from the soles of Shen Yunhao's boots, leaving a strange spiritual mark on the ice with each step. Mo Yan's vines wove a fine net behind him, shredding the occasional ice needles that pierced out.
However, just as they were about to touch the glimmer of light at the end of the corridor—
"Snap!"
The entire ice wall suddenly shattered like glass, and countless prismatic ice crystals reassembled in the air, transforming into a sky full of ice cones.
"It's not that simple after all, be careful!"
Shen Yunhao drew the Guixue Sword, and the patterns on the sword shone brightly. The sword energy he unleashed collided with the ice cone, exploding into countless tiny hexagonal ice flowers.
"I told you to mind your own business, you brat!"
Mo Yan casually raised her hand, and the purple vines wove a verdant barrier in the rain of ice crystals. The vines that were hit instantly crystallized, and then shattered into dust under the entanglement of the new vines.
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