"Heh, it turns out I should call you older sister!"
Ye Qianqian crossed her arms, looking at Zhou Ruoxi with playful almond eyes, and chuckled, "Mother-god once told me she had a biological daughter, I never expected it to be true."
Zhou Ruoxi's face was grim. She shot Ye Qianqian a sideways glance with her autumn eyes and said coldly, "Are you afraid I'll snatch your position as Cult Leader?"
"Yes."
Ye Qianqian didn't hide anything, smiling. "After all, you are Mother-god's daughter, by rights you are the successor to our Demonic Cult, and you are also his confidante. If you really wanted to compete with me for this position, I truly might not win."
"Hmph."
Zhou Ruoxi snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry, I won't join your Demonic Cult, nor will I try to snatch your Cult Leader position."
"Truly?" Ye Qianqian narrowed her eyes.
Wan Yunting chuckled, "With the current influence of your Demonic Cult, who do you think would covet your position?"
"Uh..."
This remark caused Ye Qianqian's pretty face to fall. She pouted and huffed, "If it weren't for Mother-god consistently not wanting to expand, I would have already led the Demonic Cult to develop overseas."
Wan Yunting shook his head and smiled, pulling Zhou Ruoxi as he turned. "You keep watch for now, Ruoxi and I will go back to the tent to rest. We'll take over from you in the latter half of the night..."
"Hey, are you telling the truth?" Ye Qianqian called out.
"Yes, develop your Demonic Cult well in the future, and strive to become bigger and stronger," Wan Yunting replied with a smile before leading Zhou Ruoxi into the tent to rest...
Chen Qiuyun and Zhang Xian'er slept in another tent, leaving Ye Qianqian outside with her arms crossed, shivering from the cold night wind. However, she could tell that Zhou Ruoxi had no intention of competing with her for the Cult Leader position, which put Ye Qianqian's mind at ease.
After all, Zhou Ruoxi was the biological daughter of Mother-god Yin Baisu, and she was the true heir to the Cult Leader. If she had truly wanted to compete, Ye Qianqian probably wouldn't have stood a chance.
"So cold..."
Seeing everyone go into their tents, Ye Qianqian had no choice. She looked around the pitch-black surroundings. Fortunately, they were in a spot sheltered from the wind. Outside, the cold wind was howling, like countless wild beasts roaring, making Ye Qianqian a little nervous, especially since she urgently needed to relieve herself.
So she walked a few steps forward, and while Wan Yunting and the others were in their tents, she quickly took care of her urgent need...
Crack!
Suddenly, just as Ye Qianqian squatted on the icy surface by the rock face to relieve herself, the ice beneath her feet made a cracking sound. Ye Qianqian's expression instantly changed...
"Ah...!"
The next second, she immediately cried out.
"Hmm?"
Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi in the tent were startled by Ye Qianqian's cry and sat up. Not knowing what had happened, they quickly unzipped the tent and went outside...
"What's wrong? Who's calling?"
Zhang Xian'er and Chen Qiuyun also came out, saying nervously.
Everyone looked vigilantly at the dark surroundings, thinking they were under attack...
"Ye Qianqian, where are you?"
Wan Yunting shouted immediately, asking Zhou Ruoxi and Zhang Xian'er to search.
"I'm here...!"
Suddenly, Ye Qianqian's shout came from the right. Hearing it, Wan Yunting and the others immediately went over. They saw a not-very-large crack in the ice, its depth unknown. Ye Qianqian had fallen about seven or eight meters and was holding tightly onto a protruding ice block.
"How are you?"
Wan Yunting, disregarding the darkness, looked down at Ye Qianqian. A faint icy blue light emanated from the crack. Zhou Ruoxi and Chen Qiuyun also saw her.
"I'm fine."
Ye Qianqian looked down, then looked up at Wan Yunting and said, "There seems to be something down here, I'm going to take a look..."
"Something? What is it?"
Zhang Xian'er became interested and asked. Ye Qianqian then leaped, using the ice surface on the other side to steady herself as she slid down.
"Be careful..."
Watching Ye Qianqian disappear into the crack, Wan Yunting and the others felt uneasy. "You guys wait here on top. I'll go down and take a look."
"Be careful..."
Zhou Ruoxi cautioned. Wan Yunting nodded and jumped directly into the crack, sliding down the icy surface. After about ten meters, he finally landed on the ice. Ye Qianqian was already standing on an ice surface, and by the faint icy blue light, she was examining the rock face encased in ice before her.
"Hmm, why did you come down?"
Ye Qianqian turned to look at him. Wan Yunting nodded and walked over, saying, "I was afraid you might be in danger, so I came to take a look."
"Tch."
Ye Qianqian glanced at him, saying nothing more, and pointed to the rock face in front of them. "Look, is there something carved on this rock face?"
After all, she wasn't like Wan Yunting, who could see without the night.
"It seems to have carved patterns!"
Wan Yunting narrowed his eyes, carefully examining the carved patterns on the rock face. Overall, it looked like a totem. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed, "It's the totem of your Demonic Cult!"
"Really?"
Ye Qianqian was surprised and then overjoyed, saying, "Could it be that this is where the old site of our Demonic Cult can be accessed?"
Suddenly, Wan Yunting looked around the cave beneath the ice. On the left side of the rock face, there was a faint opening, its destination unknown...
However, with the totem of the Demonic Cult carved on this rock face, perhaps this was the entrance to the former site of the Demonic Cult, only to be sealed by ice later!
"Shall we go in and have a look?" Wan Yunting asked Ye Qianqian. She nodded, "Okay, call them all down."
Wan Yunting nodded and shouted up at the crack, "Ruoxi, pack your things and come down! This might lead into the old site of the Demonic Cult!"
"Okay, we're coming down..."
Zhou Ruoxi, hearing him from above, also shouted back, then called Zhang Xian'er and Chen Qiuyun to quickly pack their things and then slid down.
The flashlight was turned on, illuminating the space within the ice crack with a faint icy blue glow. Everyone looked at the Demonic Cult totem on the rock face and the dark, deep cave entrance. Wan Yunting, Zhou Ruoxi, Chen Qiuyun, and the others exchanged glances and said, "We don't know for sure if this leads to the old site of the Demonic Cult, we can only try."
"Let's go in and look around," Zhang Xian'er said indifferently.
"Let's go..."
Ye Qianqian, holding the flashlight, was the first to enter the bluish crack and walked forward.
"Be careful..."
Wan Yunting cautioned Zhou Ruoxi, Chen Qiuyun, and Zhang Xian'er, telling them to follow behind him as they all entered the ice cave...
"Are you sure this leads to the old site of the Demonic Cult?"
The group walked for about ten minutes but were still in the ice crack. Occasionally, they saw raw stones frozen within the ice, but there was no end in sight...
"Let's go in a bit further..."
His intuition told him that the end of this ice crack should lead to something, and Ye Qianqian felt the same, insisting on going to the end.
So everyone walked cautiously. After another ten minutes or so, they finally saw an ice wall ahead, with an original cave entrance inside!
"As expected, this can lead to the old site!" Ye Qianqian exclaimed excitedly upon seeing this.
Wan Yunting stepped forward and touched the ice wall, which was about a few dozen centimeters thick. Inside, there was an entrance over a meter high. It was pitch black, and even Wan Yunting couldn't see what was inside.
"This ice wall needs to crack," Zhou Ruoxi came up and ran her jade hand over the ice wall.
"Let me do it."
Wan Yunting asked everyone to step back. He channeled his energy, and a surge of qi erupted from his dantian, circulating through his meridians before transferring to his hands.
With a muffled grunt, he placed his hands on the ice wall. A terrifying internal force penetrated the ice wall.
Crack!
With a crisp cracking sound, the ice wall, dozens of centimeters thick, began to show cracks originating from Wan Yunting's hands.
Bang!
The next second, the ice wall made a dull thud and instantly shattered into ice fragments, revealing an opening large enough for a person to crawl through.
After all, this was underground ice. If Wan Yunting had directly blasted the ice wall with brute force, the commotion would have been too great, potentially causing the ice underground fissure to collapse.
"Amazing...!"
Ye Qianqian stared at Wan Yunting's mastery of internal energy with admiration.
Zhou Ruoxi and Zhang Xian'er also nodded. Wan Yunting's ability to control his internal energy with such ease was truly extraordinary.
"I'll go in to check the situation. You all wait here."
Wan Yunting immediately crawled into the ice cave alone. His feet landed on the rough stone ground. Disregarding the darkness, he entered the cave. On either side, it was pitch black and endless.
"How is it?"
Ye Qianqian and Zhang Xian'er peered into the ice wall opening and asked impatiently.
"Hmm, come in."
Wan Yunting nodded. Ye Qianqian was the first to enter, followed by Zhang Xian'er, Zhou Ruoxi, and Chen Qiuyun.
"Which way do we go?"
The four women also looked at the dark openings on either side. Holding flashlights, they could only see about ten meters ahead. They couldn't see as far as Wan Yunting, who could disregard the darkness and see much further.