Chapter 112: Plains Ruins (Revised)

  "Abominable creatures, they must have fallen into an illusion. Let's be careful." Cold Snow furrowed her brow and reminded them that those who had fallen into the illusion could not be helped by outsiders, and could only rely on their own strength to escape from it. If not, they would die in the illusion, which was the terrifying aspect of illusions.

  However, the demon did not respond to her words. Cold-as-snow looked back in confusion, only to find that the demon had also fallen into an illusion.

  At this time, in front of Leng Ruo Xue's eyes, a scene after another slowly appeared...

  She was as cold as snow, watching everything she had experienced unfold before her eyes, especially her feelings with the demon, which were so realistic that even she almost believed they were true...

  "Xue Er, I love you." The demon said with deep and unmatched affection.

  "I love you too." Leng Ruo Xue said perfunctorily, and immediately, a sword appeared in her hand, with spiritual energy condensed on the blade, swiftly stabbing towards the demon...

  The unprepared rogue dodged and weaved, but was stabbed in the abdomen. He stared wide-eyed at Cold Snow, unable to believe: "Snow, why did you kill me?"

  "It's because you're not a demon at all!" Leng Ruoxue said calmly, her face expressionless as ice and snow. Humph! How dare he transform into the appearance of a demon to deceive her, it's unforgivable!

  "Xue Er, have you fallen in love with someone else? I'm obviously your demon, how can you treat me like this?" The demon shouted loudly.

  "You may try your best to imitate the demon's expression and tone of voice, but a fake is still a fake. Moreover, I didn't fall into an illusion in the first place, so isn't it right that you should die?" Leng Ruoxue explained very kindly.

  "No, how is this possible?" The fake demon's face was filled with an expression of utmost surprise, how could she not have...

  "Because your illusion level is too low, it can't deceive me at all, do you understand?" Cold Snow's absolutely beautiful face was full of disdain.

  "The rank is too low, this can't be!" The fake demon king shouted loudly in an unacceptable tone.

  "Die!" Leng Ruo Xue said impatiently, directly releasing the 'Fire Phoenix Feather', and Jia Yao's figure instantly disappeared!

  In front of her, the calm and serene atmosphere had returned. She glanced at the people who were still trapped in their illusions and thought to herself that she wasn't too worried about her own mercenaries, after all, they had all been tested by her Heart Refining Illusion Array. However, it was those old men who made her feel a bit uneasy.

  "Xuě er." The demon arrived at Lěng Ruò Xuě's side and called out softly.

  "You're awake." Leng Ruoxue glanced at Yao Jiao and then shifted her gaze to others.

  "Hmm, Xue'er, you don't care about me at all. I was just trapped in an illusion earlier." The demoniac wrapped his arms around Cold Snow's slender waist and put his head on her fragrant shoulder, speaking in a spoiled tone.

  "That's because I have faith in you!" Leng Ruoxue cooed, she knew that the demon had secrets hidden from her, but if he didn't take the initiative to tell her, she wouldn't ask either, this was called mutual trust.

  "Hmm, Xue'er, do you know what I saw in my fantasy?" The demon asked with a sly smile.

  "Of course I saw you, because I also saw you in the illusion." Lan Ruoxue said calmly. The illusion liked to use some important people or things to confuse those who were trapped in it.

  "Xue Er, in your fantasy world, you're not even wearing clothes!" The demon said with a face full of longing.

  "Oh, and then?" asked Leng Ruoxue indifferently.

  "But I was killed by you!" The demon said with a hint of regret, alas! It would be great if it were true... But this is impossible.

  "Not bad, come on, I'll reward you." After saying that, Leng Ruoxue turned her head and lightly kissed the demon's lips.

  "Xue Er, how can one time be enough!" The demon said discontentedly, with expectation filling his dark, shiny eyes.

  "Be good! They haven't woken up yet!" Leng Ruoxue said with a slight headache, this dead demon also didn't see where they were, huh, although it was her who started it.

  "Xue Er, let's leave this place and be together!" The demon said with a very understanding tone.

  "Xuě er." The wind, who had just woken up, looked at Leng Ruoxue with a somewhat awkward expression and called out, uh! He didn't mean to eavesdrop, but as soon as he woke up, he heard Ye Chen's words.

  "Feng Gege, how do you feel?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some curiosity. Having gone through the illusion trial again, Feng Gege should have had a different feeling, right?

  "It's okay." Feng said somewhat unnaturally.

  "Miss!"

  "Miss!"

  At this time, the mercenaries woke up one after another.

  "Xue Er, why haven't Grandfather and the others woken up yet? Could something have happened?" The handsome face of Feng Mo Yan was full of worry.

  "If they are experiencing the illusion for the first time, it will likely take a long time. Moreover, we don't have anyone who can help them escape from the illusion, only they themselves can." Ling Ruo Xue explained to Feng Mo Ran.

  "What shall we do now?" Feng Mo Ran asked.

  "Feng Ge, now we can only wait." Leng Ruo Xue was also helpless against the illusion.

  "Huh? Girl, what's going on?" The two were talking when the old man woke up and asked with a puzzled face.

  "You've fallen into an illusion." Leng Ruo Xue explained simply.

  "Hmm! I didn't expect to be able to experience the Illusory Realm today!" The old man muttered, he had heard his master mention it before, but it was said that it had been lost for a long time, so he never got to see it.

  "Doesn't it feel good?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a teasing tone.

  "Uh! Not good at all." The old man's eyes darted around, that damned illusion was making him see it again - the scene of his master repairing... Ugh...

  "Haha!" Seeing Lao Tou's somewhat fearful appearance, Han Xue couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  About half an hour later, everyone who had fallen into a trance woke up...

  "You really are beyond my expectations!" At this time, a slightly low voice sounded in everyone's ears.

  "Who's speaking? Come out! Don't pretend to be a ghost!" Feng Da shouted into the empty space.

  "Feng Da, stop calling out, your voice is too loud!" said Leng Ruo Xue calmly.

  "Haha, little girl, you're much smarter than I imagined." he said with a tone of praise.

  "Thank you for the compliment, what's your real intention? Spit it out! Don't waste everyone's time." Leng Ruoxue said bluntly.

  "Little girl, you really are an impatient one. However, since you've passed the trial of the illusion realm, it's only natural that you have the qualifications to meet me. Come on over!" the voice said.

  The sound fell, and a transmission array appeared in the room.

  "Let's go!" Leng Ruoxue said, looking at everyone, and took the lead in stepping into the transmission array...

  After the flash of light had passed, Cold-as-Snow and the others found themselves in another room.

  "Grandfather!" As soon as she entered the room, Leng Ruo Xue saw Leng Qing Tian not far away, looking at her with a warm smile.

  "Grandpa, as long as you're fine." Leng Ruo Xue rushed towards Leng Qing Tian's direction and threw herself into his arms.

  "Silly girl, Grandpa is fine, don't worry." Leng Jing Tian hugged his granddaughter tightly and comforted her.

  "Grandfather, what is this place?" asked Leng Ruoxue, who couldn't help but feel a little curious, and took the opportunity to look around the entire room.

  This room is quite luxurious and spacious, with the entire space dominated by silver tones. The walls are adorned with priceless treasures, any one of which would be enough for an ordinary person to live a lifetime.

  However, in the large room, except for Grandpa and Mo Lei, there was no one else, and the throne in the room was also empty. It was clear that the master of the room was not here.

  "Xue Er, this is the territory of that snake," Leng Qing Tian explained.

  "Grandfather, have you seen that snake?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a hint of realization.

  "Hmm, I've seen it before. We chatted for a bit." Leng Qingtian said, earlier when Xue'er and the others fell into the illusion, he had been talking to that snake all along.

  "Oh, hey, you let us in and then disappeared yourself, how rude!" Leng Ruoxue shouted loudly on purpose after hearing her grandfather's words, believing that the snake could hear her.

  "As a host, if you don't dress up and make yourself look presentable, how can you possibly receive guests?" a voice replied.

  "There's no need to dress up, no matter how you dress up, you're still a snake and can't turn into a flower." Leng Ruo Xue had two drops of cold sweat on her forehead, and said with a hint of mockery, "I've never heard of beasts dressing up for guests before, what a stinky snake."

  "That's not necessarily true." he said with a somewhat disgruntled tone.

  Suddenly, petals of flowers floated down from the air, in a variety of colors, filling the entire room with a faint fragrance...

  What does this snake want to do? Leng Ruo Xue was speechless, what's with sprinkling flowers for no reason!

  "Are you going to spend it? Got it!" The voice rang out again.

  "Xuě ér ruò shì yào huā, wǒ huì sòng tā, nǐ gěi wǒ gǔn yī biān qù!" Yāo niè duò huǒ zhōng shāo de dà hǒu dào, gāi sǐ de, jū rán gǎn dāng zhe tā de miàn duì xuě ér xiàn yīn qín, zhēn de zhǎo sǐ!

  Translation:

  "If Xu'er were a flower, I'd give her to you, now get out of my sight!" The demon's furious roar echoed, damn it, how dare he flirt with Xu'er right in front of him, truly asking for death!

  "Little girl, this man's temper is really too bad." The voice complained.

  "Mind your own business and die quickly for me!" Leng Ruoxue said impatiently.

  "If you don't come out, I'll dig up your treasure, move away your throne and burn down your room." Cold Snow added.

  "Hmph! You little scamp, you win." he said with a tone full of helplessness.

  Right after that, a ripple appeared in the space of the room, and an enormous white snake suddenly materialized before everyone's eyes, almost filling up the entire room.

  This snake, at least a hundred meters long and about ten meters thick, had white scales all over its body that were as smooth and fine as white jade. Each scale was as big as a millstone. At this moment, its huge silver eyes were looking at Leng Xue with a hint of playful cruelty.

  What a beautiful snake, is it a snow python? Cold as the snow, with a thoughtful look, staring at each other, one person and one snake...

  "Have you had enough?" Cold-as-Snow and the snake stared at each other for a long time, their eyes fixed on each other, before finally losing control and bursting out!

  "Aren't you also looking at me? I didn't even say anything!" The confusion turned into a sense of injustice, with a hint of grievance.

  “……”

  Is this snake normal?

  "You're too fat, you should lose weight." After a while, Leng Ruo Xue suddenly popped out a sentence.

  "This is a standard figure." said with a calm tone, but her eyes clearly wrote 'what's with that gaze'.

  "Honestly, you're taking up too much space." Leng Ruoxue said straightforwardly.

  When he heard Leng Ruo Xue's words, he lowered his head, looked at his own body, and thought to himself, "It's fine! Where is it taking up space?"

  "That... I want to acknowledge you as my master." He looked at Leng Ruo Xue with a mixture of shyness and hesitation, stuttering slightly as he spoke.

  "I don't want to." Leng Ruoxue refused without even thinking about it.

  "Why? What's wrong with me?" The big silver eyes stared in disbelief, asking, it never thought that it would voluntarily want to acknowledge its master, but this little girl actually didn't want to, which really hurt its self-esteem.

  "You're too fat, taking up space." Leng Ruoxue said disdainfully.

  "I'm not fat, nor do I take up space." Wu hastily said, but... its figure was the best among the snake tribe, how could it be disliked by this little girl? It couldn't understand no matter what, after all, it had deliberately shown off its strong body in front of Leng Ruo Xue.

  "You're almost taking up the whole room." Ling Ruo Xue reminded.

  "Hmm! I can shrink." After saying that, Huan immediately transformed and turned into an extremely cute miniature white snake, crawling onto Leng Ruo Xue's body.

  Cold as snow, she picked up the small snake that was only as thick as a finger and stared at it, "Tell me, what other tasks are there here?"

  "Once you've accepted me, your mission is complete." Huan Jie explained with a sigh. Alas! Its illusionary array was ineffective against Leng Ruoxue, so it had no choice but to acknowledge this little girl as its master. This was the rule of the secret realm, and anyone or anything could not defy it.

  "Is the task here really that simple?" Leng Ruoxue asked incredulously. Is there nothing else besides the illusion?

  "Simple? It's not that my illusions are simple, it's just that you're too perverted!" The bewildered voice was very weak, and for thousands of years, its illusions had trapped countless people. However, it was only with this little girl that it was at a loss, and her subordinates were also quite formidable.

  "Is there a reward here?" Leng Ruo Xue ignored Wu's complaints and continued to ask.

  "I'm the reward," said Huo.

  "What about you?"

  "Everything here is yours."

  "Are there points here?"

  "No, not every place has points."

  "Oh, acknowledge your master!" Cold-as-Snow asked what she wanted to know and then said to the white snake.

  "Alright, master, I am Huo." As soon as Huo finished speaking, he automatically acknowledged his master and the contract array descended, formally completing the acknowledgement of his master.

  "Huo, go pack your things, we're leaving this place." Leng Ruo Xue said to Huo.

  "Master, I've gathered everything, we can leave directly." Huo said with a smile, all the valuable things are carried on our bodies.

  "You're really too wasteful, you should be more frugal and save money, understand?" Feng Da said as he approached Huo's face.

  Huh? What does this human mean? But soon, it understood...

  Watching Feng Da lead his subordinates, they were constantly digging on the wall of his room. In a short while, the beautiful wall was already riddled with holes. At this moment, he really wanted to cry but had no tears! What made him even more furious was that these people didn't even spare his throne, wu... where did these bandits come from?!

  "The masters are really neat and efficient in their work!" The puzzled expression on his face was filled with black lines, and he said somewhat speechlessly.

  "Hmm, anyway you won't be coming back anymore." Leng Ruoxue said nonchalantly. She admired Feng Dakun's frugal spirit very much, but alas! She had to support a big family!"

  "It's true!" muttered to himself, Hmm! The master is right, although the things used as decorations are the worst of all his collections, but it's better to be cheap for one's own people than to be cheap for outsiders!

  "Miss, we've already cleaned up." Feng Da walked over with an excited face and said.

  "Uh, Grandfather, you contact Leixiao, it's waiting for you with Brother and Old Man at the original location!" Leng Ruoxue turned around to say to Leng Qingtian.

  "I've already contacted Leixiao, they're on their way." Leng Qingtian explained with a smile. As soon as he woke up, he had already gotten in touch with Leixiao and after finding out the exact location, he informed Leixiao again, so they should be arriving soon.

  "What's going on? We've already arrived at a good place." The old man's voice sounded from behind them.

  "Hmm! You guys came quickly enough." Leng Qingtian turned around and said.

  "Grandpa!"

  "Master!"

  Leng Ruo Han and Lei Xiao's voices sounded at the same time, one person and one beast rushed towards Leng Qing Tian.

  "Bang!" A loud noise, and both men and beast fell to the ground.

  "Hey! Are you guys going to crush me or what?!" said Ling Tian, who was being pressed down at the very bottom, with a hint of complaint, but his face showed a joyful expression.

  "Grandpa, I'm sorry!"

  "Master, I'm sorry!"

  Leng Ruo Han and Lei Xiao spoke at the same time and moved their bodies away.

  "Haha, no worries, I accept your enthusiasm!" Cold Tian laughed loudly and happily, then got up from the ground again, his heart secretly laughing, heh heh, it was the first time Sun Nu and Lei Xiao were so enthusiastic towards him!

  "Let's leave here first!" Leng Ruo Xue said, seeing that everyone was ready. After completing the task here, two transmission arrays had appeared in the room, so she had to make a choice again.

  "Xue Er, which one shall we choose?" asked Leng Qing Tian.

  "Right behind you!" Leng Ruo Xue said, and then directly entered the transmission array.

  A flash of light, and Cold-as-Snow and others reappeared in an unfamiliar place.

  "What is this?" The crowd looked at the endless green in front of them, full of doubts.

  "Girl, this is a plain!" The butterfly flew in front of Leng Ruoxue and explained.

  Is this a plain? Cold as snow, the eye can see far and wide, but it's impossible to see the end. The entire plain is covered in green... Hmm! The grass on the plain grows so luxuriantly, it's almost half a person tall. I really wonder how long it's been since anyone came here.

  "Grandpa, shall we go in?" asked Leng Ruoxue, looking at her grandfather.

  "Go in!" Leng Qingtian said, although he didn't know what dangers lay inside, but standing outside was definitely not an option.

  "There's a road ahead, everyone be careful!" Ling Ruo Xue reminded and walked to the front of the team with Yao Jie.

  The crowd followed closely behind, walking and observing the surroundings.

  Walking on the small road in the plain, Leng Ruo Xue discovered that there were quite a few herbs growing on both sides of the road. So, she simply released Ball from her cuff.

  "Ball, where are you going?" Just as she was walking, Leng Ruo Xue saw Ball suddenly fly towards a half-person-high grass bush and couldn't help but ask.

  "Sister, I've found something good." Ballball replied and continued flying towards his goal until he disappeared into the grass.

  "Ball!" Seeing that the ball was gone, Leng Ruo Xue was worried sick. Just as she was about to chase after it, she saw the ball fly out of the grass again, and her heart finally slowed down.

  "Sister, treasure!" Ball Ball flew over to Leng Ruo Xue, putting the thing it was holding in its small paws into her hands, looking at her with a pleased expression.

  She didn't even look at that thing and directly threw it to the demon, then grabbed Ballball in her hand and gave it two small slaps...

  "Wo... sister, you actually hit someone!" Ball looked at Leng Ruo Xue with a wronged expression, her eyes sparkling with tears.

  "Who let you run around by yourself? Don't you know your sister will worry?" Leng Ruo Xue said coldly, her face frosty with displeasure.

  "Others go find treasures for their sisters." Qiuqiu said with tears in her eyes.

  "Baby, what's more important than the ball? What if we encounter danger?" Ling Ruo Xue gently stroked the soft fur of the ball and coaxed.

  "Sister, Ballball won't be in danger." Ballball said emotionally and happily used his own chubby little body to gently nuzzle the cold-as-snow beautiful face.

  "Don't underestimate this little thing, when it grows up, it will be very powerful." The butterfly flapped its wings and came to Leng Ruoxue's face.

  "Qiuqiu, be careful!" reminded Leng Ruxue, in fact, she had always treated Qiuqiu like a child, so when Qiuqiu ran around recklessly, as the one taking care of her, she couldn't help but worry. However, after hearing Hu Die's words, she also felt that she was being overly anxious, children should be more independent.

  "Uh-huh, sister, I'll be more careful." Ballball promised.

  "Don't fly too far!" Leng Ruoxue reminded again.

  "Alright, sister." Ballball replied, then slowly flew away.

  "You wicked creature, what are you smiling at?" Cold-as-Snow had just turned her head around when she saw the creature covering its mouth and laughing, and couldn't help but ask in a somewhat irritated tone.

  "Xue Er, people are thinking that if we have a little baby in the future, will you also be so worried?" The demon said with some hesitation.

  "You're overthinking this, you wicked creature." Leng Ruo Xue coldly rebuked, and turned her head to glance at Leng Qing Tian and the others. Fortunately, they hadn't heard.

  "This is preparing for a rainy day!" The demon chuckled and said, hehe, he knew Xue Er was shy, so he absolutely wouldn't laugh at her.

  "Monster, it's getting late, we need to find a place to set up camp." Leng Ruoxue changed the subject.

  "Hmm, this place doesn't seem right, let's move forward a bit!" The demon suggested.

  "Good."

  After walking for a while, Leng Ruoxue saw that there was a vacant lot not far away, so she stopped and turned around to point at the place, saying to Leng Qingtian: "Grandfather, let's set up camp over there!"

  "Alright, Xue'er! You really don't plan on letting Feng Da and the others sleep in the space?" Leng Qingtian asked softly.

  "Hmm, as long as there's no danger, they should all stay outside." Leng Ruoxue said, she didn't want to raise Feng Da and the others into greenhouse flowers.

  "Xue Er, you're being biased!" The demon suddenly said.

  "Huh? How did I become biased?" Leng Ruo Xue said with some confusion.

  "You were worried about Ballball just now!" The demon reminded.

  "Qiu Qiu is a child, but Feng Da and the others are already adults, can they be compared?" Leng Ruo Xue gave You Yao a cold glance and said.

  "Children need to be trained well and can't be spoiled!" The demon said.

  "Hmm! I'm not used to it! Wait until it grows up, there will be plenty of opportunities for training." said Leng Ruoxue with a sly tone.

  "Oh, Xue'er, where are we staying tonight?" the demon asked with a light laugh.

  "Of course it's also outside, we should set an example with our own bodies!" Leng Ruoxue said very seriously.

  "Are you sure it's enough?" The demon measured that empty space and said, "That place isn't very big, you know!"

  "Almost, they can use one tent for three people, and also leave someone to keep watch at night." said Leng Ruo Xue after calculating.

  "Butterfly, how much do you know about the plains?" asked Leng Ruoxue, turning her head to ask Butterfly.

  "Grandpa only knows that the nights on the plain seem not very safe, and nothing else is known." Butterfly said honestly.

  "Aren't you the self-proclaimed Envoy of the Mystic Realm? You don't even know this?" The demoness sneered intentionally.

  "The Envoy of the Secret Realm isn't omnipotent after all!" The butterfly resigned itself, anyway it wasn't the first time it had lost face, and slowly got used to it.

  "Stop pretending to be pitiful and go inform Feng Da quickly!" Leng Ruo Xue ordered the butterfly, ignoring its self-pity.

  "Roger that, girl!" Butterfly replied very solemnly and flew back in the opposite direction.

  Feng Da and others received Leng Ruo Xue's arrangement, immediately set up the tent, and then made dinner.

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao followed that small path, circling around, but they didn't find anything unusual.

  "Xu'er, it seems there's no problem now." The demon said after turning around.

  "Hmm, at night, let everyone be more vigilant!" said Leng Ruoxue.

  "Miss, dinner is ready." Lin Yuan said as he walked over.

  "Hmm, you little rascal, let's eat first!"

  "Okay."

  The two of them walked together towards the dining location.

  Everyone sat down around the bonfire.

  "Young master, don't you feel like there are eyes staring at us?" said Leng Ruo Xue softly, holding a piece of roasted meat and leaning against the young master's body.

  "Hmm, it should be in the bushes." The demon guessed.

  "Sister, I'm back." At this time, Ball flew back, with a small paw holding many things.

  "Hmm! Ball, you're really something." Leng Ruoxue looked at the pile of things Ball had put in front of her, two drops of cold sweat dripping from her forehead, and she was also a bit stunned. Because among the things Ball had brought back, not one thing did she recognize, including that black thing she had lost to the demon not long ago, which she didn't recognize either.

  "Hehe, sister, these are all good treasures! There are many more over there, but Ball can't carry them down." Ball said with a face full of regret.

  "Huh? Xia Qiuball, what are these things you've brought back?" The old man looked at the small pile of objects on the ground, his face full of question marks. These things were neither herbs nor minerals, so what exactly were they?

  "Ball doesn't know! Ball only knows they are all treasures." Ball said somewhat embarrassedly, it would know these things based on instinct, so if asked what these are, it wouldn't be clear.

  "Sister, I'll go get some and bring them back," Ball said, then flew away again.

  "Everyone be careful, there seems to be something in the bushes!" Leng Ruoxue put away the things she had brought back with Ballball into her cuff and reminded everyone in a low voice, then stood up and said loudly.

  "Let's get some rest early after eating our fill!"

  "Alright, alright!"

  Everyone cooperated and stood up from the ground, and they all walked towards the tent.

  They had just walked out for a short while, when a white light quickly emerged from the grass and ran to where Leng Ruo Xue and others were having their meal, picked up a piece of meat and started devouring it...

  "Ah! It's just a small leopard! Cold-as-snow and the others had two drops of cold sweat on their foreheads, Ah! White was tense."

  Leng Ruo Xue stood still, sizing up the small leopard that was about the size of a palm. The little guy looked quite handsome, with a snow-white body and fluffy fur. On its forehead, there was a silver stripe that extended all the way to its back. Its shiny black eyes were wide with caution as it stared at them. Moreover, judging from the expression on the small leopard's face, it seemed to be in a dilemma, probably wanting to run away but unable to bear leaving behind the roasted meat.

  She guessed and walked cautiously towards the little leopard, alas! She had no immunity to cute little things, especially when she saw such a lovely little guy, she couldn't help herself!

  "Little one, don't be afraid! Sister won't hurt you." said Leng Ruoxue softly.

  "Really?" Little Leopard asked in a milky voice, somewhat uncertainly.

  "Really, sister never cheats kids!" Leng Ruoxue smiled very gently, afraid of scaring this little thing.

  "I'm hungry." The little leopard's eyes, like black grapes, shone brightly as it gazed pitifully at Leng Xue.

  "Alas! Poor cub!" Cold-as-Snow's heart ached as she walked closer to the little leopard and handed it another piece of roasted meat.

  "Thank you." The little leopard thanked politely and saw that Leng Ruo Xue seemed easy to get along with, so he wasn't as afraid anymore.

  "Little leopard, where are your family members?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity. If she wasn't mistaken, this little guy should have been born not long ago! A cub as small as this shouldn't be too far away from its mother.

  "I don't know either." Little Leopard said with a choked voice, tears streaming out of his dark eyes.

  "Don't cry!" Leng Ruo Xue hugged the little leopard and cooed.

  "Waaa... I have no family." The little leopard thought more and more sorrowful, cried louder.

  "Grandpa, I'm leaving it to you." Leng Ruo Xue, with a head full of black lines, handed the little leopard to Leng Qing Tian's hands. The milk bottle-holding grandpa was more experienced than her.

  "Lei Xiao." Leng Qing Tian helplessly called out, this kid was too young, he couldn't take care of him either, Lei Xiao hadn't been taken care of by him since childhood.

  "Master, this is a newborn snow leopard cub. Hurry up and return it, the mother snow leopard is very ferocious." Leixiao said as soon as he appeared, seeing the small snow leopard in his master's hands.

  "Hmm, this little guy came by itself, it said it had no family." Leng Qingtian explained.

  "Lei Xiao, this little one is handed over to you." Leng Qing Tian added a sentence, then put the small leopard that had been crying in his hand on Lei Xiao's back.

  Having caught wind of a fellow creature, Xiaoxue immediately stopped crying and slowly climbed onto Leixiao's broad back.

  "I'm hungry!" Little Snow Leopard climbed onto Leixiao's head and said in a milky voice.

  Lei Xiao stretched out his big paws and picked up the little snow leopard from its head, put it on the ground, and took a piece of meat to give to it.

  "Dig in!"

  "Thank you, Uncle." Little Snow Leopard took the meat and thanked him before devouring it voraciously.

  "Grandpa, you're still resourceful." said Leng Ruoxue in praise.

  "Of course." Leng Qingtian said with a proud face, and casually wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. Uh! He was also rushing to put up a show!

  "Look at you showing off!" The old man said with a face full of disdain.

  "You're jealous, I understand." Leng Qingtian retorted hastily.

  "Grandpa, you guys take your time arguing! I'm going to sleep." After saying that, Leng Ruoxue directly crawled into her own tent, and the demon also hurriedly followed in.

  "Hmph! I'm going to sleep too." Leng Qingtian said, and then entered another tent.

  "Sleep if you must, who's afraid of whom?" The old man said, and also crawled in.

  "Everyone should get some rest early!" Leng Ruo Han said somewhat helplessly, these old men, if they didn't argue for a day, their bodies would feel uncomfortable, but their relationship was also getting better the more they argued.

  After Feng Da and others went to sleep, Leng Ruo Han sat down alone by the fire, accompanied only by Lei Xiao and the little snow leopard.

  "Brother." Before long, Leng Ruo Xue walked out of the tent again, softly calling out and sat down beside her brother.

  "Xue Er, aren't you asleep yet? Where's Yao Yu?" asked Leng Ruo Han with some curiosity.

  "Balls hasn't come back yet, I'll wait for Balls, Yao Jiao is asleep." Leng Ruo Xue explained simply.

  Just then, a chubby little body flung itself into Leng Ruo Xue's arms.

  "Sister, I'm back." Ball said in a soft voice, rubbing against Leng Ruxue's chest.

  "Qiuqiu, don't think about leaving now, it's already very late." Leng Ruoxue warned.

  "Uh-huh, sister, come and take a look at the treasure I brought back." Ball pointed to a pile of things on the ground, with some white paths.

  "Qiuqiu, none of these sisters are familiar!" Leng Ruxue said with some helplessness.

  "Sister, the Ball is indeed a treasure hunter, these are really good things, but you can't use them now." At this time, Qing Jue's voice echoed in Leng Ruo Xue's heart.

  "Qing Jue, what are these?" Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but ask curiously when she heard Qing Jue's words.

  "Hehe, sister, I'm not telling you now!" Qing Jue was being mysterious again.

  "Chou Qing Jue, you've gone bad." Leng Ruo Xue pouted, her pink lips pursed in complaint.

  "Sister, even if you know now, you can't use it. Wait until the time comes when you need these things, and I'll naturally tell you then." Qing Jue comforted with a smile.

  "Alright then!"

  "Brother, I'm going to sleep." Leng Ruo Xue said somewhat gloomily, cutting off her connection with Qing Jue and speaking to Leng Ruo Han.

  "Hurry up!" Leng Ruohan urged.

  Leng Ruo Xue stood up and walked towards her own tent.

  The next day, after everyone woke up and had breakfast, they continued on their journey...

  Leng Ruoxue and others wandered around the plain for three days, but they didn't gain anything.

  "Girl, it's been three days already, and we haven't found a single clue!" The old man couldn't help but exclaim.

  "It can't be helped! Unless the task appears on its own, we can only search aimlessly." Leng Ruoxue said, she was now speechless about the tasks here. If things continued like this, the task hadn't even appeared yet, and she was likely to go crazy first.

  She even suspected that the secret realm was playing with them, transporting them here, and that so-called opportunity had yet to appear. Was it possible that the damned spirit of the secret realm wanted to trap them here?

  "Sister, what are you looking for?" The little snow leopard lying on Leixiao's body asked curiously.

  "We're looking for a way out of here!" Leng Ruoxue explained simply.

  "Are we leaving? Sister, I want to go home and take a look." Xue Bao heard that they were going to leave and hastily begged, it had already become very familiar with Leng Ruo Xue and the others over the past few days and also planned to walk together with them.

  "Xiaoxue, where is your home?" Le Xiao asked.

  "Over there." Little Snow Leopard pointed with her paw to their left and said.

  "How can I go to your home?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some curiosity, and she automatically ignored Le Xiao calling the little guy "Little Snow".

  "Sister, if we go through these bushes, we can reach my home." Little Snow Leopard pointed to the half-person-high weeds not far away and explained.

  "Hmm! We can't get through those bushes." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat weakly, she had tried it before, except for Qiuqiu and this little snow leopard, no one else could pass through those bushes, as if something was blocking them, otherwise, they wouldn't have been searching along this road for three days.

  "It's okay, trust me, sister." Little Snow Leopard said very affirmatively.

  "Alright then! You lead the way." said Leng Ruoxue with a mixture of trust and doubt.

  "Alright, sister, follow me closely!" Little Snow Leopard jumped down from Lei Xiao's back and darted into the bushes.

  "Grandpa, let's give it a try!" said Leng Ruo Xue to Leng Qing Tian and the others.

  After she finished speaking, she tried to walk into the bushes, and this time she actually walked in. The crowd saw her and hurriedly followed suit.

  "Xiao Xue Bao, how much longer do we need to walk?" An hour later, Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but ask. She really hadn't expected that within this thicket, there was actually another world. They only discovered it after entering, that amidst the half-person tall grass thicket, another path was hidden, but this path was extremely secretive, and basically no one could discover it, let alone enter.

  "It's almost here!" Xiaoxue Bao said happily.

  "Sister, we're here." After walking for a while longer, Xiaoxue pointed at a piece of ruins and said.

  "Is this really your home?" Leng Ruoxue asked with some skepticism, as it was clearly a ruin.

  "Not down there." Little Snow Leopard said with a hint of mystery, and used her small paw to push aside a tile, revealing a very small opening.

  "Feng Da, dig this place open and take a look." Leng Ruo Xue hastily instructed, she had a premonition that the place they were looking for should be here.

  "Yes, miss." Feng Da and others rolled up their sleeves and took out tools, starting to dig.

  Before long, the entrance gradually revealed its true appearance, a stone staircase leading down to the bottom, appearing before everyone's eyes.

  "Go and take a look." Leng Ruoxue said calmly to everyone.

  "Xue Er, follow me from behind." The demon said and went down first.

  Digression

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