A familiar figure came into view, followed by a woman.
"Second Uncle, Qingcheng."
Ji Jiuying was overjoyed. She had guessed that her uncle would use a compass to locate her, so she removed the jade pendant from her body at the beginning.
"Xiao Jiu! Are you alright?" Feng Che turned around and checked on her.
"Second Uncle, I'm fine!" Ji Jiuying said with a smile.
"Little Sister Jiu, aren't Qingchen and the others with you?" Lian Qingcheng glanced behind Ji Jiuying, remembering how embarrassed she was to have just woken up on Feng Che's shoulder! Her expression immediately became somewhat awkward.
"We've gotten separated, and we're about to start looking for each other."
“Xiao Jiu, as I walked along, I noticed that no matter which direction we went, we were going downhill. Since the end of this ice cave is below, we might be able to find it if we go down.”
Feng Che said thoughtfully.
After hearing this, Ji Jiuying agreed to Feng Che's suggestion, since they couldn't get out anyway.
Along the way, I encountered many spiritual practitioners, which seemed to confirm what my second uncle had said.
Uncle Ji also spotted Jun Lintian and followed him.
Han Qianning followed the spiritual cultivators in their search for her family. When she saw Jun Lintian not far away, her eyes lit up and she ran over quickly.
"Jun Lintian, we meet again!"
Han Qianning came to Jun Lintian, panting, and said.
Jun Lintian glanced at her, "Han Qianning, you're like a persistent ghost!"
"I don't care, I'm going to follow you."
"Don't follow me, I'm just following Xiao Jiu too." Jun Lintian snorted coldly. This was the first time he had ever found clingy girls so annoying, except for his sister Jun Buhui, of course.
Xiao Jiu? Could it be that woman from before? Han Qianning was immediately annoyed. Hmph~ So what if she's my childhood sweetheart? As long as she's gone, that's all that matters!
Finally, Han Qianning followed Jun Lintian closely, using the excuse that she couldn't find her family.
As they continued down, they came to an underground palace. The palace was very large, with a sunken pit in the center, and inside the pit was a human-shaped ice sculpture!
A group of spiritual cultivators surrounded the area, none of them daring to approach rashly. On the front of the palace was a throne.
Ji Jiuying felt like she was looking at the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum in modern times.
"Xiao Jiu!"
Not far away, Ye Qingchen and Yingyue walked over carrying Qingling.
Seeing Qingling in Yingyue's arms, Ji Jiuying frowned slightly and checked Qingling's pulse. "Why isn't she awake yet?"
Then I pricked her a few more times with silver needles!
Um--
Qingling felt like she had slept for a long time. She slowly opened her sleepy eyes and was instantly stunned when she saw Yingyue so close to her!
A blush crept across her cheeks, and even her ears burned. She stammered, "Ying... Yingyue, you can... put me down now!"
Upon hearing this, Yingyue put Qingling down expressionlessly.
Qingling approached Ji Jiuying with a somewhat flustered expression, "Miss, what happened?"
Ji Jiuying glanced at Yingyue, who was as still as a wooden statue, and said helplessly, "Yingyue has been carrying you all the way. If you don't wake up soon, Yingyue's arms will get sore!"
Ji Jiuying made a joke.
"Ah?" Qingling felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this and turned to Yingyue, saying, "Yingyue, thank you so much for troubling me!"
"Need not!"
Yingyue replied calmly. He had heard what Ji Jiuying said. Although he had carried her all the way, his arms were not sore. After all, Qingling was too thin and small. To him, carrying her was like carrying a kitten.
After speaking, he glanced at Qingling. She usually eats quite a lot, so how come she's so thin and light?
Suddenly, Yingyue snapped out of his daze and looked ahead. What had he been thinking just now?
However, if Qingling knew what Yingyue was thinking, she would wish she could die on the spot!
"That's! That's Qingfeng!" Ye Qingchen pointed to the ice sculpture of a person not far away, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Ji Jiuying looked in the direction Ye Qingchen pointed and saw that it was indeed Gu Qingfeng. What had he gone through? How could he have turned into an ice sculpture!
"Look, that's my eldest brother!"
"My brother is here too!"
Where is my second uncle?
"So all the people who went missing before turned into ice sculptures! That's so bizarre!"
"·····"
The crowd was abuzz with discussion; some were panicked, some were grieving, and some simply watched with amusement.
"Qingchen, don't go near those ice sculptures yet. This place is very eerie. I have a feeling that there is a pair of eyes watching us from the shadows."
Ji Jiuying looked around, her expression turning serious.
As soon as the words were spoken, those who saw their loved ones turned into ice sculptures rushed down to try to save them, but their feet instantly turned into ice sculptures the moment they touched the ground.
The people on the platform stared in horror, taking a few steps back, afraid that they might fall off if they weren't careful.
A gust of cold wind blew by, like countless cold fingers gently caressing the back of the neck, sending chills down one's spine.
The chilling wind carried a nauseating stench, like a putrid, putrid smell permeating the air, a terrifying aura seemingly emanating from hell.
Some people who couldn't stand it were vomiting on the ground.
Hahahaha!
Suddenly! A sinister laugh echoed through the sealed palace, sending chills down everyone's spines.
Snowflakes were falling inside the palace!
"What's this?"
Everyone looked at the snowflakes with puzzled expressions, and Jun Lintian was about to reach out and catch them.
"Jun Lintian, don't touch it!" Ji Jiuying quickly pulled him over and waved her hand to create a defensive shield. "Don't touch these things!"
Not far away, Han Qianning watched as Ji Jiuying pulled Jun Lintian to her side and sneered, "Hmph~ Pretending to be something she's not, she's scared like this by a little snowflake!"
She didn't believe what this woman said. All she did was try to keep Jun Lintian away from her, and she wanted to prove it to him.
As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out and caught the snowflakes in front of him.
The next moment!
"ah--"
A scream came from Han Qianning's direction.
At the same time, the hand she reached out to catch the snowflake instantly became covered in blood. Her entire palm was cut beyond recognition by the snowflake, and that wasn't all.
At this moment, a woman appeared on the throne. To be precise, she was a half-human, half-demon with a human upper body and a snake lower body. The woman's skin was as white as if she had been dead for three days. Her blue hair swayed around with the twisting of her tail. Her blue, seductive eyes were slightly upturned, exuding a charming and bewitching aura.
"My God, look what that is!" someone in the crowd exclaimed.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the woman on the throne.
"Could this be the legendary fairy?"
"We have never heard of the existence of demons on the Cangming Continent."
"If it's not a demon, then is it a monster?"
Everyone swallowed hard.
"It's actually a seven-hundred-year-old snake demon."
The voice of the little boy in Ji Jiuying's arms came from there.
"Then how come she's in a half-human, half-demon form?"
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