Hu Guanyu

"I don't know, but I'll try every method I can think of anyway."

At this moment, Liao Pantu, who was resting in Lin Xiao's embrace, suddenly transmitted a voice message to him:

"I already know exactly where my soul entity is. For now, let's just make sure we can find a way out."

Lin Xiao smiled and said to Hu Guanyu:

"It's been two days already. Haven't you finished trying all the methods you could think of?"

Questioned like this, Hu Guanyu paused, then asked with a hint of embarrassment and annoyance:

"What do you mean by that, little brother?"

Seeing that he was somewhat displeased, Lin Xiao quickly said:

"Why don't we act together? More people means more ideas, right?"

Realizing that Lin Xiao wanted to team up with him, Hu Guanyu's expression softened slightly and he nodded.

"Seeing as you are quite young, although you have concealed it, your cultivation base shouldn't be very high. Just obediently follow behind me. If you have any ideas, you can tell me, and I'll see if they are feasible."

Lin Xiao felt no embarrassment at being treated as a weakling and nodded in full agreement:

"Alright!"

Seeing the two of them chatting so animatedly, Jiang Cheng, who was standing to the side, quickly chimed in:

"Can I join you guys too?"

Seeing him act like this as well, Hu Guanyu nodded noncommittally.

"In that case, we are now a three-person squad. Since you both want to follow me, you shouldn't object to me being the captain, right?"

Lin Xiao nodded rapidly, "No problem!"

Jiang Cheng, on the other hand, hesitated for a moment before nodding.

Seeing that both of them agreed, Hu Guanyu continued:

"Since that's the case, for the upcoming period, you both must listen to my arrangements. Of course, as the captain, I won't let you risk your lives. You don't need to worry about that."

After saying this, he recalled the times in the sect when Senior Brother Xi acted as captain. Feeling that he hadn't said anything wrong, he mimicked Senior Brother Xi's usual posture by placing his hands behind his back and said to Lin Xiao and Jiang Cheng:

"Then let's go."

Seeing this, Lin Xiao immediately spoke up:

"Captain, I haven't finished digging here yet."

Seeing that he was still stubbornly wanting to dig, Hu Guanyu frowned and tried hard to think about how to handle such a situation in a team. After a while, he finally said:

"Well, the team cannot be delayed by you alone. Digging a hole won't get you out. Senior Yuan's final letter also mentioned this, but if you insist on trying it out yourself, I won't stop you.

You can keep digging here for now. Anyway, there's no danger in this ice cave. When you're done—"

Saying that, he took out a small white paper crane from his robes and handed it to Lin Xiao, saying:

"When you're finished, just use this to find me."

Lin Xiao took the paper crane, put it away, and thanked him.

Then Hu Guanyu and Jiang Cheng left the area.

There were a few Foundation Establishment cultivators around who had come over after hearing the noise earlier. Seeing that these three were just kids with low cultivation, they didn't reveal themselves. Later, upon hearing the contents of Hu Guanyu's final letter, they lost all interest in bothering with these children and quickly scattered to find a way out.

Before long, Lin Xiao was the only one left in the surroundings.

He tossed the paper crane into his private storage, picked up his spirit pickaxe, and resumed his grand project of digging out the house.

Not long after, this house, which covered an area of just over fifty square meters, was completely separated from the ice on the ground by Lin Xiao.

After repeatedly confirming that there was no one around, Lin Xiao quickly released the spiritual energy from his body to wrap around the entire house made of Frost Condensation Jade. In the blink of an eye, he stored it in his private storage.

That's right, to collect such a large item, he needed to completely envelop it with his spiritual energy before he could put it into his private storage.

When he first learned about this condition for collecting large items, Lin Xiao had quietly complained about how inconvenient it was.

The system stated that this was the rule of the private storage, and there was nothing it could do about it.

Looking at the large Frost Condensation Jade house lying completely intact inside his private storage, Lin Xiao was very happy.

Liao Pantu, who had been secretly observing the outside from within the Soul-Nourishing Pendant, saw that he had indeed collected the house.

At this time, Lin Xiao transmitted a voice message to ask him:

"Senior, although these houses are too large and others cannot collect them entirely without a storage space with a large enough entrance, couldn't they just dismantle them into pieces? But I see that these houses are all intact and have no damage anywhere."

Hearing this, Liao Pantu replied:

"That is natural. This is Frost Condensation Jade. Those who enter this Ice Plains Mystic Realm are either Qi Condensation or Foundation Establishment cultivators. Very few of them have even heard of Frost Condensation Jade. Even if some have heard of it, the vast majority have definitely never seen the real thing. Even if they saw it, they might not recognize it as Frost Condensation Jade.

Furthermore, as you heard earlier, there aren't many people who are unlucky enough to enter this ice cave each year."

"Is Frost Condensation Jade really that little-known in the cultivation world?" Lin Xiao was somewhat surprised.

"It's not exactly little-known, just little-known among those below the Golden Core stage. From the Nascent Soul stage and above, most cultivators know of its existence. If you can get out smoothly this time, just this high-grade Frost Condensation Jade house alone will make you a huge fortune."

Hearing his words, Lin Xiao couldn't help but shift his gaze to the nearby houses built from what Senior Liao called ordinary grade Frost Condensation Jade, which were nestled among the large and small icebergs.

He decisively raised the spirit pickaxe in his hand and walked toward them with shining eyes.

Meanwhile, in a very hidden corner of this huge ice cave.

Yuan Zhiyun had been walking in this ice cave for two days before discovering this place.

She walked in cautiously.

Yesterday, she met a ninth-level Qi Condensation cultivator who told her the truth about this ice cave.

Knowing that if she couldn't get out before the mystic realm closed, she would very likely freeze to death here, she was extremely shocked.

After all, this wasn't her first time entering the Ice Plains Mystic Realm, but she never expected that there would be such a hidden secret inside.

Initially, she didn't quite believe it, but unexpectedly, the Qi Condensation cultivator who told her the truth actually took out the final letter of her younger uncle, who had vanished without a trace after entering this Ice Plains Mystic Realm three years ago!

After examining the handwriting and the blood on it, she was certain that the writer of this final letter was undoubtedly her younger uncle.

Therefore, she immediately believed the young man's words at the time.

Originally, she wanted the Qi Condensation cultivator to take her to her younger uncle's remains so she could collect his body. However, the cultivator said that he had already collected her uncle's remains, and because he had inherited karma from her uncle, he had to personally bring the remains out and give them to her uncle's son.

Since he said this, Yuan Zhiyun had no other choice. Moreover, seeing that this person didn't look like an atrocious villain and was just a Qi Condensation cultivator, she figured he wouldn't use her uncle's remains for any nefarious purposes. Thus, she could only instruct him to take good care of the remains.