Chapter 106: Desert Labyrinth

  "As long as you defeat me, this seat and this green stone will all belong to you." Bai Hu added.

  "White Tiger, isn't this forcing someone to do something difficult?" Feng Zhan growled in a low tone, somewhat annoyed. The master might not be aware of the White Tiger's true strength, but he was very familiar with it.

  "Humans are not in a hurry, what's the rush for you bird?" White Tiger said calmly.

  "You..." Feng Zhan was stunned by that white tiger and was so angry that he couldn't speak.

  At this time, Leng Ruo Xue was observing the cyan giant stone that Bai Hu had mentioned. The stone was more than twice as large as Bai Hu's body, with a uniform cyan color and a smooth surface like jade. However, it wasn't jade. So what was it? She really hadn't seen such a stone before, but this stone was definitely something good.

  "Qing Jue." Leng Ruo Xue softly called out in her heart.

  "Sister, I'm here." Qing Jue replied.

  "Qing Jue, did you hear what that old tiger said? What is that stone?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity.

  "Let me see," said Qing Jue, and then he carefully observed and slowly searched his memory.

  "Ah! Sister, that's a Wind Spirit Stone, one of the main materials for refining divine artifacts." After observing it for a long time, Qing Jue finally confirmed it and couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "I never thought that there would be such a large piece of Wind Spirit Stone in the world, it's really too unexpected!"

  "Feng Ling Stone, it seems like it's of no use to me now?" said Leng Ruoxue thoughtfully.

  "Heh heh, sister, it's not much use to you now, but later on, it'll be very useful. And this large piece of Wind Spirit Stone is extremely rare." Qing Jue reminded her, this was indeed a good thing!

  "Master, don't mind this white tiger. Anyway, there's no danger here, let's just stay here and wait it out." Feng Zhan also transmitted his voice.

  "But I'm worried that Grandfather and the others will encounter the same thing." Leng Ruoxue replied with some concern in her heart.

  "Do I have to defeat you?" Thinking of this, Leng Ruoxue raised her head and looked at the giant white tiger, asking.

  "Yes, and you're not allowed to call the spiritual beast for help, okay? You can only defeat me by yourself." The White Tiger explained, a hint of smile flashing in his emerald green eyes.

  "I'm just a spirit, your strength is so much higher than mine, this is clearly an unfair fight." Leng Ruoxue said with a frown, slightly displeased.

  "It's okay if you don't want to fight, then just stay here and keep me company!" The white tiger said nonchalantly, it was a kind-hearted white tiger after all, and wouldn't force anyone to do anything they didn't want to!

  "Let's hit it off then!" Leng Ruo Xue said with some helplessness, not knowing why she always felt that this white tiger seemed to understand her thoughts, clearly knowing she couldn't stay here, yet still saying so.

  The white tiger slowly stood up from the giant stone, looking down at Leng Ruoxue with a complex mind. For thousands of years, it had been lonely here and was almost petrified. Today, it could finally move around.

  The white tiger stood on the rock, stretched its old arms and legs, then elegantly walked down from the rock.

  "Humans, I will control my strength to the level of a 9th-level sacred beast, so this match is very fair." The white tiger's massive paw gently stroked its own hair, speaking with great elegance.

  "Good." Leng Ruo Xue didn't expect that this white tiger was quite particular, so her good impression of it greatly increased.

  "Let's begin, you first." The White Tiger fully embodied its gentlemanly demeanor and said very politely.

  "Then I won't be polite, come on!"

  "Phoenix Feather!" Cold as Snow shouted, and a fiery red feather suddenly appeared, pouncing towards the gigantic white tiger.

  "Is this really the feather of that bird? It's so small! Haha!" The White Tiger couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Go ahead and laugh, you'll be crying soon! Feng Zhan suppressed his anger in his heart, humming. He was very clear about the power of this feather, after all, one shouldn't underestimate feathers either.

  Yes, just as Feng Zhan thought, the white tiger would soon be unable to laugh...

  The white tiger was stunned, staring at the increasingly numerous feathers that were flying everywhere, covering the sky and blocking its view...

  "Huh!" Looking at the white tiger that had fallen into a daze, Leng Ruo Xue was at a loss for what to do. Originally, she didn't want to hurt this white tiger, but it was clear that it was too busy being stunned to release any skills. So, did she need to continue fighting? Wuu... She was torn.

  "Feng Zhan, what's wrong?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, unable to help but ask.

  "I don't know." Feng Zhan shook his head, how could this white tiger be so out of line? Which beast would space out during a battle, fortunately the master didn't intend to kill, otherwise that stupid old tiger would have been burned to ashes!

  Feng Zhan emitted a fiery red spiritual energy that landed squarely on Bai Hu's buttocks...

  "Aaaaah!" A loud howl rose up, deafeningly loud...

  "Which son of a bitch dares to sneak attack my butt!" The White Tiger, who had come back to his senses, roared angrily.

  "Grandpa, I'm fine." Feng Zhan said calmly with her arms wrapped around herself.

  "You damned bird, how dare you launch a sneak attack on me!" White Tiger bellowed with rage, completely forgetting about the battle and everything else. His only thought now was to thoroughly teach this stinking bird a lesson.

  "You're not focused yourself, yet you blame me!" Feng Zhan said with a 'no good deed goes unpunished' expression, he was just trying to do something good!

  "Hmm!" The White Tiger looked at the feathers flying around it and said directly to Leng Ruoxue, "I'm not going to fight you anymore, I want to fight this stinky bird."

  "How can we? The outcome is still undecided!" said Leng Ruoxue unyieldingly.

  "Alright, you win! Drop it!" said White Tiger indifferently.

  "This is what you said, since I won, then both you and that green stone are mine." Cold Snow reminded very kindly.

  "It's all yours!" The white tiger said with certainty, in fact, it had wanted to leave this place for a long time. However, seeing a human shadow was not easy, and it was also a bit bored, so it would want to have a fight with her first. After all, it needed to test whether this human was qualified to be its master! But if this human didn't even dare to accept its challenge, then it would rather stay here forever, waiting for the next human, and it wouldn't choose to leave either.

  "Then acknowledge allegiance!" Cold-as-Snow withdrew her spiritual power, secretly laughing in her heart. Being able to subdue a powerful spiritual beast without a fight was more than she could have asked for!

  "Good." Bai Hu replied, his heart also racing with excitement, he could finally leave this place, wooo...

  The White Tiger actively signed a soul contract, and with the arrival of the contract array method, their main beast relationship was formally established.

  "Stinky bird, let's have a fight." After making the bet, White Tiger looked at Feng Wu with a hint of provocation.

  "Bring it on, who's afraid of whom!" Feng Zhan said nonchalantly. Although Bai Hu was a water attribute, but as for attribute restraint and the like, it would never happen to him. The Southern Spirit Fire of their Phoenix clan wasn't just any ordinary fire that could be restrained.

  The phoenix returned to its true form, flying in mid-air, with dark red eyes coldly staring at the beautiful white tiger and said: "Begin!"

  "Good." Bai Hu responded and took the lead in launching an attack.

  For a moment, two figures, one red and one white, entwined in combat, their red and pale blue spiritual energies flying about, dazzling the eyes...

  Leng Ruo Xue lay on the green giant stone, looking somewhat helpless at the pair of phoenix and tiger fighting together. Alas! One flying in the sky, one running on the ground, yet they could fight so fiercely, it was truly unbelievable.

  Wow! How can this be? Leng Ruo Xue suddenly discovered that the smooth, jade-like Feng Ling stone beneath her seemed to have the effect of gathering wind attribute spiritual energy. Because, she had only just lain down for a short while, and already felt it - an endless stream of wind attribute spiritual energy was eagerly pouring into her body. This was truly unexpected!

  With this discovery, Leng Ruo Xue abruptly closed her eyes and began to meditate...

  Leng Ruo Xue was deep in thought, while Feng Zhan and Bai Hu were getting more and more intense, to the point where they were on the verge of losing control!

  Phoenix Feng, who was fighting with Baihu, stood still in mid-air, looking down at the white tiger on the ground with a provocative expression.

  "Kitty, if you've got the guts, come and bite me!" Feng Zhan flew triumphantly in the air, leaving behind a trail of beautiful seven-colored light wherever he went. His long tail feathers drew a dazzling arc.

  "Don't call me kitty." The white tiger glared with its big emerald eyes, roaring loudly. This dead bird actually dared to call it kitty, which really hurt its self-esteem.

  "You're just a little kitty! Come, call out to me twice and let me hear it." Feng Zhan said with a smile, at the beginning, he was still a bit wary of this white tiger, but when his fighting spirit was fully ignited, he instead let loose, and since this tiger was already the master's contract beast, he wasn't afraid anymore, heh heh!

  "Damn it, you dead bird, I'll make you regret this!" The White Tiger roared in anger, but couldn't help cursing in his heart. Hmph! Dead bird, relying on your ability to fly, what's so great about that?!

  "I'm waiting, let's see how you make me regret it." Feng Zhan said calmly.

  "Alright, open your eyes a bit wider." Bai Hu reminded, and immediately, the wind attribute spiritual energy in the air all rushed towards his body, gradually gathering more and more of the wind attribute spiritual energy, condensing into a pair of huge cyan wings...

  The White Tiger flew into mid-air with a pair of cyan energy wings and faced off against Feng.

  "Dead bird, I told you that you would regret it, but as long as you admit your mistake now and show some respect to the master, I will be magnanimous and not bother with you!" White Tiger suggested in a very kind manner.

  "Daydreaming! But how do you have wind attributes? Could it be that a mutation has occurred?" Feng Zhan asked curiously, the White Tiger clan was all water-attribute, but this one in front of him actually had two attributes, which was truly unimaginable!

  "Mind your own business!" Bai Hu wouldn't satisfy this dead bird's curiosity anyway!

  "Have you had enough?" came Ling Xue's voice, calm and serene.

  Lying on the Wind Spirit Stone, Leng Ruo Xue meditated for a while before slowly opening her beautiful eyes, faintly scanning the phoenix and tiger flying in the sky, with a flash of helplessness in her gaze.

  The two beasts looked at each other and simultaneously said: "Enough fighting."

  After finishing, the two beasts obediently descended from mid-air and directly transformed, their faces full of flattery as they looked at Leng Ruo Xue, "Hmph... is Master angry?" The two beasts were anxious in their hearts...

  Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but laugh at the two beasts' cautious expressions, and with a very serious tone, said: "Companions must take care of each other, so from now on, you're not allowed to fight anymore."

  "Yes." The two beasts replied obediently.

  "As my beast, you must unite and present a united front to the outside world." Leng Ruoxue added once again, of course, she was mainly saying this for the new white tiger who had just joined.

  "Yes."

  "Then let's continue our journey!" said Leng Ruoxue after putting away the Wind Spirit Stone into her cuff.

  The White Tiger and Feng fought, nodded, and one person with four beasts continued to move forward.

  "White Tiger, do you have a name?" asked Leng Ruoxue as she walked.

  "My name is Bai Xu." The white tiger thought for a moment before answering, alas! This name has not been called out in a long time, if the master hadn't asked, even he himself would have forgotten it.

  "Bai Xue, what's in front of us?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity.

  "I don't know, but in this forest, I should be the most troublesome one." Bai Xu said with a proud face.

  "...how did others pass you?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, unable to hold back.

  "Look at my mood! However, since I came here, the master is the first human being I've seen." Bai Xu said somewhat depressingly.

  “……”

  Cold as snow, speechless now, it seems this white tiger has been stunned into silence.

  "Master, it seems like there's nothing ahead," Feng Zhan said, looking at the small road that had already reached its end.

  "Hmm." Cold-as-snow nodded, it seemed that the first trial had indeed ended. Because not far from them were two golden transmission gates, but who knew where these two gates would transmit to?

  "Master, we are the first ones to come out, the other two teams should not have exited yet." Feng Zhan speculated, he didn't want his master to get any wrong ideas!

  "I thought so too." Leng Ruo Xue looked at Feng Zhan's tense appearance and couldn't help but want to laugh, was she really such an impulsive person?

  "Master, there's no great danger in this forest, so as long as you're not extremely unlucky, you can walk out of it smoothly." Bai Xue explained, already knowing that the master had split up and was walking separately.

  While they were chatting, Leng Ruohan had already led his team out from inside.

  "Xue Er!" As soon as he saw his sister, Leng Ruo Han couldn't help but get excited and loudly called out.

  "Brother, Feng Da Ge, haven't you guys encountered any danger?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with concern.

  "Hmm! Danger hasn't been encountered, but physical labor has been done in abundance." Leng Ruo Han said with a wry smile, this group of people can be said to have finished all the physical labor for their lifetime.

  "What... have you all been doing manual labor?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, unable to contain her curiosity, because she had just discovered that her brother and the others were all dirty and covered in dust.

  "Ah, Lass! We've dug up a lot of mineral materials and countless herbs... Waaah..." The old man wailed in anguish, only realizing today that looking at the piles of refining materials was also a painful thing, because they all had to be dug up.

  "Ah, give me all your rings!" Leng Ruoxue let out a soft sigh and said sympathetically. Fortunately, before they entered, she had the foresight to have them empty their ring slots and gave them many empty storage rings instead; otherwise, it would probably not be enough to hold everything.

  "Hmm." Leng Ruohan and others handed over the storage rings in their hands, which were all filled to the brim, to Leng Ruxue.

  Leng Ruoxue took over the ring and put everything in the ring into the bangle, handing it to Qing Jue for sorting. Then, she returned the ring to them.

  "Xue Er, why haven't Grandfather and the others come out yet?" Leng Ruo Han couldn't help but ask with some concern.

  "Don't worry, I've said it before, there's no danger here, they must have encountered the same thing as you." The butterfly fluttered in front of Leng Ruo Han, comforting him, and asking him to trust its sincerity.

  "Brother, don't worry, Grandfather's team is stronger than yours, there won't be any danger." Cold Snow also comforted.

  The crowd waited for a while longer, and Leng Qing Tian and the others also walked out from inside. However, every single person's face and body were covered in dust, looking extremely disheveled.

  "Grandfather, what's going on here?" Ling Ruo Xue's eyes were filled with question marks. What had Grandfather and his group done? Why did they look even more disheveled than her brother and the others?

  "Xue'er, Grandpa's treasure! Grandpa won't catch rabbits again, waaah..." Leng Qingtian couldn't help but burst into tears as soon as he saw his beloved granddaughter.

  "What's going on? Why didn't they catch the rabbit? This is even more confusing, what exactly did Grandpa and them encounter?"

  "Oh, little doll! Our group of over ten people, along with our beast, caught over a thousand rabbits. And those damn rabbits, they can actually ignore the pressure." The old man explained, wiping away both his snot and tears.

  “……”

  This time, Leng Ruo Xue was truly speechless. The sympathy from Grandfather and the others was like a boundless river, endless and continuous, it was really too pitiful.

  "Wow! Rabbit! The rabbit in the secret realm is the most delicious food, you are so lucky!" The butterfly exclaimed excitedly, its wings fluttering even faster.

  "Get out!" Leng Qing Tian couldn't bear it anymore and roared, now whenever he mentioned rabbits, he felt like vomiting, how could he still eat?!

  "Girl, your grandfather is so fierce!" The butterfly's black and shiny little eyes were filled with tears, hiding in Leng Ruo Xue's hair, saying somewhat fearfully.

  "Who allowed you to speak nonsense?" Cold as snow, she didn't show any sympathy for that tactless butterfly.

  "Grandpa, let's take a rest in space for a while! After we've rested, we can continue on our journey." Leng Ruoxue suggested, looking up at the sky.

  "Alright." Leng Qingtian nodded repeatedly, he had this intention all along.

  "Ah, Snow Xiaotou! Here, this is our harvest." Lin Liang handed the ring in his hand to Leng Ruoxue.

  Leng Ruo Xue took over the ring and sent all of them into the hoop.

  "It's still great here!" Ling Tian said with a deep breath, sighing in admiration.

  Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing what Leng Qing Tian had said, and then they all went their separate ways back to their own homes.

  Leng Ruo Xue didn't rest and directly came to the warehouse.

  Qing Jue is categorizing all items in the warehouse.

  "Sister." Qing Jue saw Leng Ruoxue and hastily greeted her.

  "Qing Jue, here are some more, you've worked hard." Leng Ruo Xue handed Qing Jue a few more rings.

  "It's not hard work, it's easy for me." Qing Jue said disapprovingly, he was a divine instrument after all, with just one thought, the entire space would be perfectly arranged.

  "How was the harvest?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity.

  "Not bad, we've collected a lot of herbs and mineral materials. However, I don't understand why there's so much food?" Qing Jue said with confusion, aside from rabbit meat, there were many fruits, he couldn't figure out why these things would be in the secret realm.

  "Hmm! This... probably because they're afraid we won't have anything to eat later!" Leng Ruoxue randomly guessed.

  "Bingo, girl, you're absolutely right." A butterfly flew out of Cong Lings' icy hair and danced in front of her.

  "These fruits and rabbit meat are all prepared for your future life, but not everyone is lucky enough to have such good fortune! Some people may only be able to pick fruit, some can only get meat, and the most perfect ones can get both, just like you." The butterfly continued to explain.

  "Oh, butterfly, do you know where those two transmission arrays lead to?" asked Leng Ruoxue, nodding.

  "I don't know, the transmission arrays are all random, and each time the transmission location is different. You'd better be transmitted to the mountain range, where the danger will be relatively less. The desert is one of the most dangerous places, so never go to the desert!" Butterfly reminded.

  "I'll try my best!" said Leng Ruoxue calmly. Since it was random, where she would be transported to wasn't something she could decide anyway.

  "Qing Jue, sister go rest for a while, don't be too tired!" said Leng Ruo Xue with concern.

  "Uh-huh, sister, you should go rest now!" Qing Jue urged.

  Leng Ruo Xue left the warehouse and went straight to her temporary bamboo hut, where she lay down on the bed without changing her clothes.

  "Xiao Diao, let's sleep for a while!" Leng Ruo Xue said to Xiao Diao in her arms.

  "Hmm." The silver fox snuggled into Leng Xue's embrace, found a comfortable position, and then contentedly closed its eyes.

  Leng Ruo Xue woke up to find it was already the second day.

  After leaving the bamboo house, Leng Ruo Xue saw that Grandfather and others were already waiting for her. She was surprised to find that she was actually the last one to wake up.

  "Where's Ballball?" Cold-as-Snow scanned the crowd, but didn't see the chubby little Ballball anywhere. She had let him out of his collar yesterday, and now he was nowhere to be found?

  "Sister, I'm over here!" shouted Ball loudly from high up in the tree.

  Everyone looked up and gazed at the source of the sound. At this moment, Ball was lying on a creamy white spirit fruit that was more than twice its body size, with an expression of having everything it needed in life.

  "Qiuqiu, aren't you coming down to accompany your sister on a treasure hunt?" asked Leng Ruxue with feigned sadness.

  "Ah! I want to stay with my sister!" Ball exclaimed, flapping its small wings and flying down from the tree to land on Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder.

  "Grandfather, you all stay inside for now! Wait until we reach the transmission location, then you can come out." Leng Ruoxue said with satisfaction, stroking the soft fur of Ballball, to Leng Qingtian and others.

  "Alright, Xue'er, be careful yourself!" Leng Qingtian reminded.

  "I will," said Cold-as-Snow, and with that, she left the courtyard alone.

  Looking at the two teleportation arrays in front of her, Leng Ruoxue hesitated, which one should she choose?

  Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, just go ahead and enter one!

  After making up her mind, Leng Ruo Xue directly walked into the teleportation array closest to herself.

  As a dazzling light flashed by, Leng Ruoxue subconsciously closed her eyes. When the light disappeared, she opened them again, but what caught her sight was something that left her utterly shocked and discolored...

  In front of her, and all around, were densely packed venomous snakes and scorpions. Each snake was as thick as an adult's arm, while the scorpions were as large as a washbasin. Moreover, whether it was the snakes or scorpions, their bodies were glossy black, emitting greedy, sinister cold glows from their eyes...

  "Heh heh, finally another human has been delivered right to my door." A venomous snake spoke in a human voice and let out a lewd laugh.

  "It's been a long time since I've tasted human flesh, but just one isn't enough to go around!" The largest scorpion in the group, with an air of slight dissatisfaction, swung its massive pincers.

  Leng Ruo Xue listened to the snake and scorpion's discussion, feeling depressed in her heart. Alas! How unlucky was she? She had been transported to the desert, and to make matters worse, she had become a delicacy being discussed by two sacred beasts...

  At that time when the two sacred beasts were discussing heatedly, Leng Ruo Xue's beautiful eyes quietly observed the situation and environment in front of her.

  In this vast desert, the venomous snakes and scorpions are undoubtedly the kings. However, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, but these venomous snakes and scorpions can surprisingly coexist peacefully and even become friends, which is quite magical.

  The venomous snakes and scorpions in front of him were all sacred beasts, with hundreds of ninth-level sacred beasts among them, which could be considered extremely powerful. However, unfortunately, they encountered her, hum! Want to eat her? Then let's see if they have the ability to do so.

  "Do you want to eat me?" Cold as snow, her face wore a smile, she said softly.

  "Isn't it obvious? You're already our next meal! Haha!" The venomous snake laughed maniacally.

  "But I'm afraid you won't have enough to eat!" Leng Ruoxue said with a hint of sympathy and a regretful expression.

  "Hmph! The desert is our domain, and any human who comes here will never leave alive." the venomous snake said confidently.

  "Then let's prove it with facts!" Leng Ruoxue said, and then she summoned all her divine beasts.

  "Ah! So many divine beasts!" The pressure of this level made the group of venomous snakes and scorpions somewhat panicked. They could not fear the strong among humans, but they could not help but be afraid of the pressure of the divine beasts. This fear was innate, an irresistible existence in their blood.

  "What? Want to eat my master?" Feng Zhan said with a cold tone, her dark red phoenix eyes narrowing slightly.

  "Ah! Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! How dare we eat the master of adults?" The venomous snake immediately changed its attitude and spoke in a very flattering tone.

  "Hey, hey! We're not going to eat her, you've got it wrong!" The largest and most venomous scorpion, also pretending to be a grandson, said with a flattering tone. However, its somewhat dull small eyes kept turning around, seemingly thinking of some other mischievous idea.

  "Feng Zhan, stop wasting words with them, let's just eliminate them!" Leng Ruo Xue said emotionlessly. Although she didn't like fighting, if violence was the only way to solve the problem, she would never show mercy.

  "Alright, Master." Feng Zhan hastily replied, and prepared to release his Southern Spirit Fire.

  "Wait, you can't kill us! We are allowed to live here according to the rules of this secret realm. If you kill us, then you will get nothing!" The poisonous scorpion suddenly became clever and shouted loudly, while also continuously sending out a silent plea in its heart: "Your Majesty, where are you? Please come quickly and save your subjects! Woe..."

  "Really?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a faint smile, her voice soft and gentle.

  "Yes, yes, absolutely yes, so you can't kill us, at worst, we'll let you go." That poisonous scorpion said cleverly, hum... where did this freak come from? How does she have so many divine beasts?!

  "But I think what I know is different from yours! As far as I know, even if you all die, it doesn't matter, because after a thousand years, when the secret realm reopens, new poisonous snakes and scorpions will replace you in this desert. So, I'll still do some good deeds! I believe those newly born little guys will thank me." Cold Snow decided to carry forward the spirit of doing good deeds, so these annoying things can go see God!

  As soon as Leng Ruo Xue's voice fell, all the divine beasts took action at once, flying and dancing in the sky, their colorful spiritual powers instantly blasting that group of venomous snakes and scorpions into dust.

  "It's much clearer now." Leng Ruoxue exclaimed, without those venomous snakes and scorpions blocking her line of sight, the view ahead was much broader.

  Leng Ruo Xue only left Mei and Feng Zhan, sending all the other beasts back into their restraints, and then moved Grandfather and the others out from inside.

  "Snow." The silver fox kit had just come out and was occupying the soft, snowy bosom of Xue with an air of arrogance.

  "Sister." Ball came out and leaned on Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder, very well-behaved.

  Mei then leaned on the other shoulder of Leng Ruoxue, while Feng Zhan naturally transformed into a human figure and followed beside Leng Ruoxue.

  "Grandfather, let's set off!" Leng Ruoxue said to Leng Qingtian and the others.

  "Girl, the Snake King and Scorpion King haven't appeared yet, so you guys need to be careful." The butterfly flew beside Leng Ruoxue, reminding her.

  "Hmm." Cold as snow nodded and then led everyone together towards the unknown depths of the desert.

  A group of people walked for several hours in the desolate desert, but they didn't find anything.

  "Xue Er, it's so hot here!" Leng Qing Tian complained non-stop, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hand.

  "Grandpa, let's take a break!" suggested Leng Ruoxue.

  "Alright, everyone take a break where you are!" Leng Qingtian shouted to everyone.

  Upon hearing Leng Tian's words, everyone hastily sat down on the ground.

  "Everyone share, let's have some fruit!" Leng Ruoxue said to everyone as she took out the fruits they had picked in the forest from her sleeve.

  "Xue Er, this fruit doesn't have much spiritual energy, but it's quite juicy." Leng Qing Tian said while biting into the fruit.

  "Grandpa, I have a feeling that all of this was arranged by the Secret Realm beforehand." said Leng Ruoxue, expressing her own doubts.

  "Haha, girl, everything in the secret realm is under the jurisdiction of the spirit of the secret realm. Otherwise, how could the first pass let you do so many things?"

  "And also, the first trial is not life-threatening at all, just tiring. However, you must understand the painstaking efforts of the Secret Realm's Spirit. These fruits, meats, herbs, and minerals are extremely useful to you. At least with them, your survival in the Secret Realm will be greatly increased. Of course, luck and strength are also important, but at the very least, you won't starve or die of thirst." The butterfly flew into Leng Ruo Xue's hair, explaining.

  Leng Ruo Xue nodded, Hu Die's words made a lot of sense. After all, not everyone could have an extraordinary space like hers, and it was impossible for others' storage rings to be filled with food. So, survival was indeed the biggest problem.

  "Xue'er, when are we going to get out of this desert?" Lin Liang suddenly couldn't help but ask.

  "I don't know, probably just like in the forest, we can only leave after completing the task." Leng Ruoxue thought for a moment and said, this desert seems to be circular, they walked around and around, but actually they were all walking in circles.

  "The entire desert is barren and empty, where can they go to complete the task?!" Lin Liang felt depressed, in front of him was a vast expanse of yellow sand that seemed endless, they couldn't find their target at all.

  "Ah!"

  Suddenly, a cry of surprise rose in everyone's ears, and they all looked in the direction of the sound, only to find that Hu Bin, who had been sitting not far from them, was gone...

  "What? Where did Hubin go?" The crowd was shocked and wanted to go over to see what had happened, but they were stopped by Leng Ruxue.

  "Everyone stay where you are, no one is allowed to move!" Leng Ruoxue said as she walked forward herself.

  "Xue Er, what's going on?" asked Leng Qing Tian with some concern.

  "It's nothing, just a hole appeared and Hubin fell in." Leng Ruoxue squatted down and looked into the hole, but it was pitch black inside, and she couldn't see anything.

  "Grandfather, you all go back to space first, I'll go down and take a look." Leng Ruoxue said, directly sending everyone back to the ring.

  "You guys hold on tight." Leng Ruoxue said to Mei and Qiuqiu, nodding at Feng Zhan before jumping down without hesitation.

  Feng Zhan also followed closely behind, jumping down from that hole.

  "Mei, Qiuball, Fengzhan?" In the dark cave, it was pitch black, and when he stretched out his hand, he couldn't see his fingers. Cold as snow, he touched the two small beasts on his shoulder and called out softly.

  "Master, I'm here." Feng Zhan ignited a cluster of flames, and the entire cave was instantly lit up.

  "What kind of place is this?" Cold as snow, she looked around under the bright light.

  This was actually a house, and the whole room was empty, without any furniture. The walls were covered with dust, and there was a musty smell inside, as if no one had lived here for a long time.

  "Hu Bin!" Leng Ruo Xue found Hu Bin, who had already fainted, in the corner of the room. She rushed over to him, helped him up and stuffed a pellet of medicine into his mouth.

  "Miss, where is this?" Hu Bin asked with some confusion as he slowly came to.

  "I don't know, I'll send you back to your space to rest first," said Leng Ruo Xue, and then she sent Hu Bin into the ring.

  "Xue'er, let Grandfather out to accompany you." Leng Qingtian transmitted his voice, how could he be at ease with his precious granddaughter adventuring alone in this unknown place?!

  "Xue Er, brother is coming out too." Leng Ruo Han also echoed.

  "Hey, little girl! Let us all out!" The old man also spoke up.

  "Alright then!" Leng Ruo Xue knew that they wouldn't be willing to stay quietly in the space, but for those below the Spirit Venerable level, it was still possible to temporarily stay inside.

  "Xu'er, this house is so strange?" After coming out, Leng Qingtian also looked around the room he was in.

  "Hmm, it is a bit strange." Lan Xue agreed, she had jumped directly from the cave, but after coming down, there was no sign of any damage to the house at all. Then how did she get in?

  "What's the point of thinking so much? There is a door, let's go out and take a look!" Lin Liang pointed to a door.

  "Let's go out then!" said Leng Ruo Xue, glancing at the people present.

  "Xue'er, you hide behind Grandpa, Grandpa will take the lead." Leng Jing Tian pulled his granddaughter behind him and walked out first.

  Leng Ruo Xue smiled helplessly and then followed closely behind her grandfather, walking out.

  When everyone in the room had left, a very mechanical voice sounded in their ears.

  "Welcome to the Desert Labyrinth, you are the fifth batch of adventurers today. Good luck." The voice then disappeared.

  "What a broken toy, doesn't even say what the rules are." The old man cursed.

  "Butterfly, why did that voice just say we're the fifth batch for today?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some confusion.

  "She means you had four other partners come in before." Butterfly explained patiently.

  "I know, I mean, didn't they encounter those venomous snakes and scorpions?" asked Leng Ruoxue somewhat gloomily.

  "I don't know, but this desert labyrinth shouldn't have only one entrance, should it?" the butterfly thought aloud.

  "What treasures are hidden in this labyrinth?" Cold Snow continued to ask, humph! There had better be something here that can move her heart, otherwise, she wouldn't mind tearing the place down.

  "Girl, this family really doesn't know." Butterfly said with some grievance.

  "Xue Er, which way shall we go?" asked Leng Qing Tian, looking at the road that had split into two paths to the left and right, somewhat uncertain.

  Leng Ruo Xue raised her eyes to scan the environment in front of her, the sky above the maze was gray and hazy, nothing could be seen clearly. At this moment, there was a road under their feet, they were standing in the middle of the road, with an exit on either side, only the one on the left was slightly closer to them, while the one on the right was relatively farther away.

  "Girl, you'd better think carefully about it!" Butterfly reminded her.

  Cold as snow, furrowed brow in thought...

  "Go right!" After a moment, Leng Ruoxue said very affirmatively. Last time she chose the portal closest to her, and ended up in the desert, so this time she chose the one that was farther away.

  After making up their minds, Leng Ruo Xue and others headed towards the exit on the right...

  Digression

  Thank you dear jenhui and di for the flowers.

  Thank you annycat for the diamond.

  Thank you danzi1234 for your vote.