186: Discover the entrance

Looking at Lu Yi's indifferent attitude and the hearty way he waved his hand, saying "take it, take it"...

Chu Qianqian couldn't help but be a bit dazed.

She had thought that, given Lu Yi's rogue character, he would certainly take the Opportunity to make things difficult.

Or at least he would get to the bottom of things and ask clearly what she was borrowing Xiaobai for.

She had even prepared herself mentally to be extorted, paying a price in Spirit Stones or treasures.

She hadn't expected Lu Yi to agree so decisively, without even half a second of hesitation.

This abnormal generosity made Chu Qianqian feel a bit uneasy.

She froze for several seconds before subconsciously and somewhat dazedly blurting out:

"Tha... thank you."

Hearing this slightly stiff thank you.

The smirk at the corner of Lu Yi's mouth instantly deepened, his eyes full of playfulness.

"Hey!"

He waved his hand, leaned forward slightly, and spoke in an extremely ambiguous and familiar tone, as if there was some unspeakable secret between them:

"Aren't you acting like a stranger? What is the relationship between the two of us?"

Lu Yi winked and said pointedly:

"Between us, is there any need to be so polite over such a small matter?"

"..."

Listening to Lu Yi's words that clearly had a double meaning, with every sentence being a wild hint of teasing.

The tiny bit of gratitude Chu Qianqian had originally felt vanished instantly.

The corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch wildly, and several black lines seemed to appear on her forehead.

"Hoo... hoo..."

She took a deep breath, her fists inside her sleeves clenching and unclenching as she forcibly suppressed the urge to sew Lu Yi's mouth shut on the spot.

She cursed herself in her heart:

"I shouldn't have had any illusions about a bastard like him! This guy will always be this improper!"

"Don't get angry... don't get angry... business is more important."

She decided not to pay any more attention to this rogue; otherwise, if they continued talking, she would definitely be the one to die of anger or be taken advantage of.

Chu Qianqian gave a cold snort and turned around directly, no longer looking at Lu Yi.

She turned her gaze to Shen Yueyao, who was holding Xiaobai with a Face full of adoration.

"Yueyao, give it to me."

Shen Yueyao had a look of reluctance.

She tightly held the soft white furball in her arms, like a little girl whose favorite toy was about to be taken away by a parent.

She dawdled for quite a while before reluctantly handing Xiaobai over to Chu Qianqian.

"Um... Qianqian."

Shen Yueyao still reminded her uneasily:

"You must take good care of Xiaobai. The wind and snow outside are heavy, don't let it freeze, and don't let it go hungry... bring it back early."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely treat it like an ancestor."

Chu Qianqian took Xiaobai, gave a few perfunctory words for the two of them to rest well, and then hurriedly left the Listening Rain Pavilion.

After leaving the Chu Family gate.

To avoid being seen, Chu Qianqian did not make a big scene but instead quietly took to her flying sword, hiding her figure and flying all the way toward the sparsely populated wilderness outside the city.

Upon reaching the sky over the deserted snowy plains.

She patted Xiaobai, who was still yawning in her arms and preparing to find another spot to continue sleeping.

Feeling a bit embarrassed but having to be serious, she urged:

"Hey, little guy, stop sleeping. I didn't borrow you just so you could sleep."

Chu Qianqian poked its little belly:

"Whether I can find that Opportunity and whether your sister here can make a comeback all depends on you."

"Help me sense if there are any special Spiritual Qi fluctuations around here. After it's done... I'll buy you delicious food! I'll buy whatever you want to eat!"

Xiaobai, in her arms, lazily rolled its eyes.

It sighed helplessly and stretched:

"Awoo..."

Although reluctant, for the sake of the "delicious food," it still managed to pull itself together and began to twitch its nose.

One person and one fox thus began a carpet search across the vast snowy plains.

With Cangyuan City as the center, Chu Qianqian began to gradually expand the radius of her circles.

Unknowingly, half a day passed.

They flew over countless mountains and rivers covered in ice and snow; besides the whistling cold wind and the dancing goose-feather snow, there was nothing but white in their field of vision.

There were no abnormal discoveries at all.

As time passed, the sky grew dark, and the cold wind became increasingly piercing.

Chu Qianqian's patience was being worn away bit by bit.

"I've been searching for so long..."

She looked at the little fox in her arms, which, besides occasionally changing its sleeping position, was just staring blankly at the snowflakes, showing no reaction at all.

Deep suspicion couldn't help but rise in her heart.

"Old Ancestor... you didn't remember wrong, did you? Or is this cub too small and doesn't have the treasure-hunting ability you mentioned?"

The more Chu Qianqian thought about it, the angrier she got, and her state of mind gradually became irritable.

Just as Chu Qianqian was about to give up today's search and return home.

When she flew over a low snowy peak located to the northwest that looked ordinary, even unremarkable.

"Hmm?"

She had been closely monitoring Xiaobai's gaze and keenly caught a movement from Xiaobai, who had been motionless in her arms.

Its pointed left fox ear suddenly twitched extremely slightly, as if it had been struck by an electric shock!

"There's something!!"

Chu Qianqian's heart leaped; that strong intuition told her—there was hope!

"Screech—!"

She abruptly stopped her figure in mid-air, her Spiritual Sword letting out a sharp hum as she came to a sudden halt.

She lowered her head and looked eagerly at the little fox in her arms, asking:

"Xiaobai!! Did you find something?! Is it here?!"

The originally lazy Xiaobai finally looked up completely.

In its large, watery eyes, there was no longer the previous blurriness and sleepiness.

Instead, a faint, mysterious silver glow flickered.

It twitched its tender little nose and carefully sensed the air below.

After a moment, it stretched out its tender little paw and pointed firmly at the shady side of that unremarkable low mountain peak below.

Then, it nodded heavily.

"Awoo!"

"That's great!!"

Chu Qianqian was ecstatic, and the fatigue and irritability accumulated over the past half-day were instantly swept away.

"Swoosh!"

She immediately lowered her figure and flew in the direction Xiaobai pointed.

She hovered in front of the shady cliff of that mountain peak and searched carefully.

It was covered by a thick layer of ten-thousand-year-old ice and dense, dead vines.

If it weren't for the Bloodline sensing of the Heavenly Fox, it would probably have been truly difficult to find any clues.

After some careful clearing and testing with spiritual power.

"Crack!"

Chu Qianqian waved her hand and cut through a patch of tangled, dead ice vines.

As the vines fell, a hidden, dark cave entrance, just large enough for one person to pass through sideways, suddenly appeared before her eyes!

"It's here!"

Chu Qianqian took a deep breath, propped up her protective spiritual light, held Xiaobai in her arms, and carefully crawled into the cave.

After passing through a long, narrow, damp, and dark tunnel.

The view ahead suddenly opened up.

With the help of the soft light from the Night-luminescent Pearl in her hand.

Chu Qianqian was shocked to see.

At the end of the cave, there actually stood a giant stone gate, ten zhang high, cast entirely from an unknown bronze and carved with ancient and complex patterns!

Chu Qianqian's hand trembled slightly as she touched the cold bronze door:

"Finally... I found it!"