Chapter 111: The Endless Abyss, Sowing Discord!

  "Butterfly, how much do you know about Snow Mountain?" On the road, Leng Ruo Xue Pan asked Butterfly, didn't this little thing say that the mountain range was pretty good? But here, although it looks like a mountain range from the outside, inside it's actually a real snow mountain. Moreover, inside, apart from thick accumulated snow, so far she had only seen one bear.

  "Girl, I'm really sorry! I've never heard of Snow Mountain." The butterfly said with some guilt, thinking that as a proud messenger of the secret realm, it actually didn't know something, which was truly embarrassing.

  "Oh, it's okay, I'll find out the secret of this snowy mountain myself." Lan Ruoxue comforted.

  "Do you see the grand hall in front of us? That's where that snake lives." At this time, Da Bai suddenly spoke up.

  Everyone listened to Da Bai Xiong's words and involuntarily looked towards the grand hall, but the luxurious degree of that grand hall was astonishing...

  "Huh? Aren't snakes supposed to like dark, damp places? Why is this snake's residence even more luxurious than the imperial palace? Is this really that snake's place? Everyone was puzzled! They couldn't have come to the wrong place, could they?"

  "Wow! Look at where they live, it's like a palace! As fellow divine beasts, how can you live in a mountain cave?" Old Man Zuo really couldn't understand the huge difference in their living conditions.

  "Master, that snake was originally very good at enjoying itself, and its strength is also above mine. So, the beasts on Snow Mountain are almost all under its command, and I spend most of my time sleeping." Da Bai scratched his head, looking quite embarrassed, saying that bears like them didn't care much about quality of life, as long as they had food to eat and a place to sleep, they were fine.

  "What a big white one! What kind of snake is that?" Hearing Da Bai's words, Leng Ruo Xue became curious about the snake that liked to indulge and couldn't help but ask.

  "It seems like a snow python." Da Bai thought for a moment and said.

  "What's with this 'seems like' business? Are you uncertain too?" asked Leng Ruoxue, somewhat perplexed.

  "Hmm, that snake is different from ordinary snow pythons, it's possible that a mutation has occurred." Da Bai explained.

  "Is it a variant snake?" Cold as snow pondered, let her identify what kind of snake it was.

  As they spoke, the crowd had already arrived in front of that magnificent golden palace.

  "Endless Abyss?" Leng Ruoxue looked at the magnificent and majestic great hall above, with several golden characters written on it, her heart was even more puzzled. That snake actually called its own home "Endless Abyss"? This is really too strange!

  "Xu'er, let's go in!" The demoniac looked at the open temple door and said.

  "Alright, let's go in, everyone be careful." Leng Ruoxue nodded and led the crowd directly inside...

  At this time, in a dark and gloomy prison cell, a black giant dragon was anxiously guarding its master's side. Its master was none other than the missing Leng Qingtian, who was currently unconscious...

  "Master, are you awake?" Mo Lei felt that his master seemed to have shown signs of waking up and hastily asked in a low voice.

  "Mo Lei, where is this?" Cold Qing Tian slowly opened his eyes, with a face full of question marks.

  "Master, I don't know either. After your position collapsed, I didn't even have time to save you, and we were brought here by a strong light." Mo Lei explained with some guilt, his face full of self-blame.

  "Hehe, Mo Lei, how can this be blamed on you? It's all unexpected." Leng Qing Tian comforted with a light smile, and took the opportunity to observe his surroundings.

  The area here is quite spacious, and if he didn't guess wrong, this should be a prison cell. However, this prison cell is far more bloody than the ones he has seen before. In the vast prison cell, except for him and Mo Lei, there are only those piles of white bones in the corner. The four walls of the entire prison cell are like copper walls and iron arms, airtight, and the only light comes from a skylight on top of the prison cell.

  "What shall we do now, master?" Mo Lei asked somewhat at a loss.

  "Of course we have to think of a way to get out of here, otherwise Xue Er and the others will worry." Leng Qing Tian said somewhat anxiously, sighing, what kind of place is this?!

  "But here, apart from that skylight, there seems to be no other exit." Mo Lei raised his head and looked up at the path above.

  "Mo Lei, take me up there and let's see if I can break that window," said Leng Qing Tian.

  "Alright, master, please sit up quickly." Molei hastily said, ...master woke up, and it also felt more confident.

  Leng Qing sat on Mo Lei's back, and Mo Lei spread his huge wings, flying towards that skylight.

  "This window is so big!" Only after flying closer did Lei Tianzi realize that the window, which looked like a small white dot from below, was actually roughly the same size as Mo Lei...

  "Mo Lei, take a step back, I'm going to smash this window." Chilled Tian said to Mo Lei after his surprise.

  "Alright, master." Molei retreated back a bit.

  Leng Qingtian concentrated his spiritual energy in the palm of his hand, and when it formed a sphere of spiritual energy, he threw it forcefully towards that window...

  "Huh? How is this possible?" A moment later, Leng Qing Tian was stunned. The spiritual power he had just released was enough to severely injure a Spirit Venerable, but on that window, there wasn't even a single trace left behind...

  "Master, I'll give it a try." Molei said, and directly launched an attack. However, the window remained intact...

  Mo Lei didn't believe that evil, so he directly used his own huge and strong body to heavily collide with the window... once, twice, but still couldn't leave even a crack on the window.

  "Mo Lei, stop it!" Ling Tian restrained Mo Lei's self-mutilation, saying with a helpless expression.

  "Master, I'll try!" Molei said stubbornly, unable to rescue his master in time, he already felt extremely guilty, so he absolutely couldn't let his master stay in this haunted place.

  "Don't waste your energy." Suddenly, a slightly sarcastic voice sounded in the ears of man and beast.

  "Who? Get out! Stop pretending to be mysterious!" Leng Qing Tian shouted loudly, but in his heart, he had already guessed seven or eight parts of it, and estimated that this person was the one who brought him here.

  Leng Qing Tian had just finished speaking when he saw a flash before his eyes. When it passed, he and Mo Lei found themselves in a different location...

  This is clearly a palace! No, it should be said that it's even more luxurious than the palaces he has seen before. The entire wall of the palace is inlaid with huge night pearls, and the pillars are all kinds of crystals that can't be named. Even the ground is paved with precious black jade... This is really too extravagant! Leng Qingtian looked at the unfamiliar new environment and sighed in his heart.

  After scanning the grand hall, Cold Engine's gaze fell on the tall dragon chair in the center of the hall.

  A tall, silver dragon chair, inlaid with various colored gems, a man in white robes sat on the dragon chair, smiling but not quite smiling at him.

  That man, with an appearance that was incomparably handsome and a temperament that was exceptionally noble, had a pair of beautiful silver eyes that were bright, deep, and radiant like crystals, as if they could draw people in... Moreover, his strength was also unfathomable.

  "Master, don't look into his eyes." Molei reminded, this man gave him a feeling... quite strange!

  "Hmm." Leng Qing Tian hastily withdrew his attention, fortunately Mo Lei reminded him, just now he almost got sucked into those breathtakingly beautiful silver pupils.

  "Who are you? Why did you bring me here?" Leng Qingtian looked at the man and couldn't help but ask.

  "I'm not human," said the man with a faint smile.

  "Are you a divine beast?" Leng Qingtian guessed.

  "Whatever!" The man said nonchalantly, but he himself didn't know what he was now.

  "Why did you catch me?" Leng Qingtian asked again, but his mind was racing with guesses, could it be that he was the snake?

  "I didn't catch you, you fell into the abyss, and this just so happens to be my territory, so, all of this is completely fate's arrangement!" The man said with a somewhat mysterious tone, "Ah! This is all heaven's will!"

  "Now that you've brought me here, what exactly do you want to do?" asked Leng Qingtian with a puzzled expression.

  "If I said it's just because I want to chat with you, would you believe me?" the man asked back.

  "Don't believe it." Leng Qing Tian said bluntly. If you want to chat, would you lock him up in a prison cell? Is this how you treat guests?

  "But I really just want to chat with you, you can call me Huo." The man said, seemingly very sincere.

  "Chat? I've never seen a host who would lock his guests in prison cells before!" Leng Qingtian said with some sarcasm, "Hmph! Who would believe him?"

  "Aren't you already out? Besides, it wasn't me who locked you up, you fell in by yourselves." The words were a perfect shift of responsibility, and the handsome face was written all over with "not my problem".

  "But fortunately, the place where you fell is exactly the prison cell!" Huo added.

  "Huh!" Leng Qingtian was speechless, so it seemed that they were the ones who were unlucky!

  "What do you want to talk about with me?" Suddenly, the topic turned cold and he asked.

  "Tell me about your family!" He said thoughtfully, he was very interested in these people.

  "Family?" Leng Qing Tian's expression changed as soon as he heard the word "family". He became vigilant, wondering what this divine beast wanted to do. If it dared to harm his own grandson and granddaughter, even if it cost him his old life, he would not let it go!

  "Your family... seems like they don't care about you at all? You've been down here for so long, and yet no one has come to look for you!"

  "When you fell into the desert, a stranger fell into the maze, your most beloved granddaughter immediately went to find her, but when you, her own grandfather, fell into the abyss, not one of your grandsons, granddaughters or friends came down to look for you. It seems that in their eyes, you have no status at all?" The face was full of sympathetic words.

  "That's because they believe in my strength and trust me." Leng Qingtian said nonchalantly, humph! Want to sow discord? No way! He is a Spirit Lord! And he has a divine beast by his side, so even if he gets separated from them, there won't be any danger to his life. But it's different for Hubin, if Hubin were to get separated and encounter real danger, his little life would probably be forfeit.

  "You seem to trust them quite a bit, but take a look at this! After you see it, you'll know what kind of position you hold in their hearts!" Huo Qing said with a smile.

  "What's going on?" Leng Qingtian was puzzled, what was this divine beast trying to do?

  Just as Leng Qing was at a loss for what to do, a light screen appeared in front of him, and the figure on the screen was precisely Leng Ruo Xue and the others...

  After a long time, the light screen disappeared, and Leng Qingtian stood there stupidly...

  "Master, master." Molei whispered in Leng Qingtian's ear, but he seemed to be deaf and didn't react at all. Seeing this, it couldn't help but spin around anxiously.

  "You damned thing, what have you done to my master?" Molei's dragon eyes widened in rage, glaring fiercely at the tall and handsome man.

  "I didn't do anything! I just let him see the truth." said with an innocent face.

  "Bullshit! Do you think I'd believe a word you say? If you weren't up to something, my master wouldn't be acting like this!" Mo Lei shouted angrily.

  "Alas! I'm telling the truth but no one believes me, it's really heartbreaking." Dao said with great grievance.

  "Only a ghost would believe you!" Mo Lei roared in anger and directly pounced on that despicable man...

  "Little Black Dragon, you're no match for me!" Huan lightly dodged Mo Lei's attack and said honestly.

  "Hmph! You can try it!" Mo Lei roared, and a stream of dragon's breath shot out!

  A dragon suddenly leaped into the air, jumping off the throne. The scorching dragon's breath directly sprayed onto the chair, burning a black hole in the silver dragon throne.

  "Little black dragon, you ruined my chair. You have to compensate me for it." Huan reminded with a good heart, Hmm, not bad, at least I can get a new chair now.

  "Pay you back your head, you've turned my master into this state, first compensate me for my master before talking!" Mo Lei's big head was indeed very large, but his reaction was surprisingly quick. Adding to that, he had been influenced by Cold Snow and others over this period of time, so naturally, he was also learning from them...

  "Mo Lei, stop!" Ling Tian's voice rang out as he regained consciousness. He was moved by Mo Lei's loyalty, but the truth was that Mo Lei wasn't a match for this man. Fortunately, the man hadn't made a move, only dodging continuously; otherwise, it would have been Mo Lei who got hurt.

  "Master, you've woken up! That's great!" Mo Lei said with joy, and hastily retreated back to Leng Qingtian's side.

  "Although I don't know what you're up to, I want to say that I believe in my grandsons and granddaughters, as well as those old friends of mine. They will never abandon me." Leng Qing Tian said with full confidence.

  "Even if you see it with your own eyes and hear it with your own ears, do they believe what they say?" asked the puzzled one. However, his heart was shocked beyond measure, because he had never dreamed that Cold Engine would wake up so quickly from the illusion he had set up, which was really beyond his expectations.

  "Haha, that was just an illusion, we've been through life and death together, how could they possibly treat me like that?" Leng Qingtian said with a confident smile. Just now, he had fallen into the illusion, and nearly half of his lifetime experiences were replayed in front of him, and he even heard himself being abandoned by loved ones and friends. However, it was precisely because he heard those words that he was able to wake up from the illusion in an extremely short period of time. Because of his sufficient trust in his loved ones and friends, he knew that it was simply impossible, so he really should thank the trickster for its clumsiness.

  "It seems I underestimated you." A tone with a hint of admiration, but he didn't believe that human emotions could be so firm and unshakeable.

  "What exactly do you want to do?" Leng Qingtian asked again.

  "I'm testing humanity! Humanity is the most untrustworthy of all living things. I've seen many humans who, for the sake of profit, betray their companions and even slaughter each other." Huan's eyes seemed to sink into memories, his face filled with painful expressions.

  "But isn't it true that all living things can't avoid such things? Can you say that every single Spirit Beast is upright and clean, and that their hands have never been stained with the blood of their own kind?" Leng Qing Tian retorted. Are there no traitors among humans? Is it not too extreme to deny the existence of all people just because of a few traitors?

  "Humans and spiritual beasts can't be compared! Spiritual beasts only have instincts!" Wu emphasized, since spiritual beasts are beasts, they naturally have beastly instincts. However, humans are different, humans have always been proud of their nobility, but some people do things that are not even worthy of animals.

  "Good grief! You're being overly extreme, where's the harm in having a few bad apples?! You can't just dismiss all the soup because of one rotten grain, if it's spoiled, just throw it away, but that doesn't mean the rest of the soup isn't good!" Leng Xiantian explained patiently, although he didn't know what kind of experiences this divine beast had gone through, but he could somewhat guess that this man must have encountered some things that had left him heartbroken.

  "Maybe! But you still have to pass my test, otherwise, you can't leave here." Huo Lengjing calmed down and reminded.

  "You mean Snow Mountain's mission is here with you?" Leng Qingtian asked somewhat uncertainly.

  "Yes, I am the guardian here. As for that bear, it's just a decoration and doesn't know anything at all. However, wanting to pass through my checkpoint isn't going to be easy." Huan explained.

  "By the way, I'll let you know that your precious granddaughter has also arrived." Huo added.

  "You're not allowed to hurt them." Leng Qingtian said somewhat nervously.

  "It depends on whether they can pass my test." Huo Dan said with a faint smile.

  "You'd better see for yourself!" Huo said.

  After finishing speaking, another light screen appeared in front of Leng Qingtian...

  On the other hand, after Cold-as-Snow and others entered the grand hall, they found that the entire hall was empty, except for a night pearl on the top of the dome to illuminate it. There wasn't even an extra decorative piece on the wall, let alone any human or animal shadows.

  "Miss, how can this place be so... ah! Simple!" Feng Da thought for half a day before coming up with such a word. From the outside, that grand hall was magnificent, but inside it was really not living up to its reputation. It's truly disappointing.

  "It's just that, isn't this all just superficial!" Lin Yuan couldn't help but say.

  "Be careful yourselves." Leng Ruo Xue reminded, because she wanted to let them exercise a bit, so after entering the snowy mountain, except for sleeping, Feng Da and others did not stay in the tent.

  "Hmm, we'll be careful." Feng Da guaranteed, although there was a big white road, but the big white also said that the snake would not sell its face, so at critical moments, they still had to rely on themselves.

  "It seems like something's different here from last time I came." Da Bai suddenly spoke up.

  "What's different?" asked Leng Ruoxue cautiously, not knowing why, but after entering the grand hall, she had a strange feeling as if there was something waiting for her.

  "Last time I came here, there were many guards and also many shiny things hanging on the wall." Da Bai Xiong said carefully.

  "Huh? When was it that you came last time?" Feng Da asked with some curiosity.

  "Three thousand years ago." The polar bear calculated the time and said with great certainty.

  "Thud!" Feng Da landed on all fours with a bit of exaggeration, falling to the ground, with several black lines still hanging from his forehead. Three thousand years ago! My mother! This is taking too long!

  Leng Ruo Xue's forehead dripped with two drops of cold sweat, and she made a roundabout remark: "Uh! I guess that snake might have gone bankrupt, all the money was lost, so it had to sell everything."

  "What Xue Er said makes a lot of sense." The demon agreed, Xue Er's words are always right.

  As for the nature of the demonic wife's servant, no one present dared to comment, they just asked with their eyes, looking at Leng Ruoxue, what to do now?

  "Dàbái, can you confirm that snake is still living here?" Lěng Ruò Xuě thought for a moment before asking.

  "He should be living here, I haven't heard that he moved." Da Bai scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed.

  "If Snowy, anyway, we've already come this far, let's go in and take a look!" Lin Liang suggested. In the snowy mountains, there were only two divine beasts. If that snake could know Old Man Leng's whereabouts, it would save them a lot of trouble. After all, Old Man Leng's spiritual beast had gone to the depths of the abyss but found nothing.

  "Hmm, Old Man Lin is right, we've already come this far, how can we turn back empty-handed? Let's go in and take a look!" said Leng Ruoxue in agreement.

  "Lin Grandfather, Feng Family Head, Great Elder, you three will be at the back. I, Yao Jiao and Old Man Zuo will be in front. Everyone else will walk in the middle." Leng Ruoxue rearranged the formation.

  After making arrangements, Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao walked along the only path in the hall, and lined up at the very front of the queue.

  "Xu'er, walking like this, when will we arrive?" After walking for a long time, the demon couldn't help but ask. Although there was only one road in the palace, it was a nine-turns-and-eighteen-bends path. They had walked around in circles, yet still hadn't found the end. There wasn't even a ghostly figure on the road, let alone someone to ask for directions.

  "I don't know either, but obviously, we haven't finished walking this road yet." Leng Ruoxue said calmly, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, alas! It's no wonder it's a snake's lair, this road is really long!

  "Girl, Da Bai said, after turning two corners we'll arrive." The old man interrupted.

  "Oh, let's take it easy!" Leng Ruoxue replied, saying to Yao Jiao.

  After walking for a long time, Leng Ruo Xue and others finally discovered that there was no road ahead.

  At the end of the road, a room was directly in front of them. Cold as Snow and Demoniac exchanged a glance, pushed open the door, and walked straight in. Feng Mo Ran and others followed closely behind.

  "Really? Does that snake live in this room?" asked Leng Ruoxue, looking around the empty room with a puzzled expression.

  "It was here that I last saw him, no doubt." Da Bai said with great effort and certainty.

  "Has he really moved away?" the demon guessed.

  "Dai Bai, are there any other rooms here?" Leng Ruo Xue asked thoughtfully.

  "I don't know, I've only been here once." Da Bai said with a hint of apology, looking at Leng Ruo Xue.

  Leng Ruo Xue nodded slightly, then carefully observed the entire room, searching for any clues. If someone were to tell her that such a large palace only had one room, she wouldn't believe it even if you killed her.

  Could it be that there's some hidden mechanism at play here? Thinking that this might be possible, Leng Ruoxue examined even more carefully.

  In another room of the great hall.

  "Hehe, your granddaughter is quite considerate." Praise said, this cold-as-snow girl has some meaning to her, perhaps she might really be able to change his views on humanity.

  "Of course, my grandsons and granddaughters are all my pride." Leng Qingtian's tail would perk up to the sky whenever he mentioned his excellent grandsons and granddaughters, that is, if he had any.

  "Don't be too happy yet, unless they can pass my test, otherwise, they will be in danger of losing their lives." Huo reminded.

  "I have a lot of confidence in them." said Leng Qingtian with full confidence.

  "Is that so? Then I'll be waiting with bated breath." After speaking, Huan stopped talking and instead focused on staring intently at Leng Ruo Xue and the others.

  Carefully checking every inch of the room, Cold-as-Snow and others had no idea that their every move was being monitored by someone else...

  "Miss, there's nothing abnormal." Feng Dabing reported after checking it out.

  "After taking a closer look, I always feel that something is off here." Cold Snow instructed.

  "Yes."

  "Miss, when we leave later, let's dig up all the night pearls on the road. We can't just make a trip for nothing, right?" Lin Yuan suggested, leaning in close to Leng Ruo Xue.

  "How can you be so obsessed with wealth?! Miss, are you hungry for me?" Cold Snow's forehead was filled with black lines as she laughed and scolded, but this idea wasn't bad, all those night pearls would be useful for lighting when taken back, no need to waste them.

  Someone in the dark turned green with rage after hearing Hayashida's words!

  "Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan." Leng Ruo Xue felt something was off when Lin Yuan didn't respond to her for half a day. She called out to him twice, but he had no reaction at all, standing still in the same spot, his eyes becoming increasingly unfocused...

  "Xue Er, look at them..." Yao Jiao pointed at Feng Da and others, saying to Leng Ruo Xue.

  Upon hearing the demon's words, Leng Ruo Xue shifted her gaze towards Feng Da and the others, only to discover that, except for herself and the demon, everyone else had transformed into Lin Yuan...

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