"It turns out we're all acquaintances, haha, the three of you won't stop us from entering the Ice Valley to search for treasure, right? This Ice Valley is so big, it doesn't matter if there are two more of us." Red Dust saw that Zhao Di and one of the girls on the other side actually knew each other, and it seemed like Zhao Di even owed her a favor. Taking advantage of the situation, he thought that these three people wouldn't dare to directly refuse them at this time.

  As expected, before the other two could speak up, the girl with the ice attribute spirit root chimed in: "Of course, with this ice attribute giant python and Xianxian's cooperation, the chances of finding the treasure are greater. What do you think, Fang Shixiong, Song Shijie?"

  "My junior sister has already said so, my senior sister will not have any objections." That late-stage Foundation Building girl still hoped that this Ice Spirit Root junior sister would take her to find treasure, and naturally wouldn't offend her.

  Since everyone had the same idea, the young man with the sword-like eyebrows couldn't say anything more even if he was extremely unwilling. He forced a smile and said: "Welcome, welcome! With two more people to help us, our chances of finding the treasure have increased by several fold! How could Fang not agree?"

  "Thanks so much to all of you!" Zhao said with a bow.

  "This is Fang Hongzhou, a proud disciple of our sect's elder. And this is Song Wei, the sister closest to me within our sect. Hasn't Miss Lin asked for your honorable surnames yet?" The young girl looked at Zhao Di and asked.

  "My surname is Zhao! I've met Fang Daoyou and Song Xianzi!" said Zhao with a polite bow.

  "A young girl in the mortal world, I have seen all of you Taoist friends and fairy maidens!" Hongchen also turned sideways and slightly squatted down, paying her respects.

  Several people from the Taiyi Sect returned the courtesy, and after a round of polite conversation, they began to discuss how to search for treasure.

  It was said to be a joint discussion, but in fact it was just the slender girl and Zhao Di who were discussing. The two had one with an ice spirit root and one with an ice attribute spiritual beast, and the other three did not dare to express any opinions.

  Two late-stage foundation-building girls were fine, but the sword-browed young man was somewhat unbearable. His name was Xianxian, his junior sister, who was usually cold and proud, rarely had a pleasant expression towards her fellow disciples who were eager to please her. But at this moment, she was having an intimate conversation with a loose cultivator youth, which made him involuntarily feel strong hatred and jealousy towards Zhao Di.

  For some reason, perhaps because the other party's cultivation was not inferior to his, and looked even slightly younger, he had been quite displeased with Zhao Di since their first meeting, and now it was adding insult to injury.

  If it weren't for him suppressing the discontent in his heart, the intense killing intent would have been written all over his face! Even so, when he looked at Zhao Di, his gaze occasionally revealed a barely perceptible fierce and stern expression.

  With Zhao Di's powerful divine sense, the young man's subtle movement naturally did not escape his surveillance. On the surface, he remained calm and composed, but in his heart, he sneered coldly, thinking that with his methods, if the other party really didn't know what was good for them, he had several ways to make them suffer!

  Just as the young man with a sword-like eyebrow was burning with anger in his heart, Zhao Di and the slender girl had already discussed their next move.

  "Zhao Daoyou, I faintly sensed a fluctuation of ice-attribute spiritual energy to the front right, but this ice spiritual energy seems to be drifting and uncertain. Does your spiritual beast have any sensations?"

  "The Ling Beast below also has similar information transmission, this ice attribute spiritual energy is sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and seems to be mixed with some other things, which makes the Ling Beast feel a sense of vigilance!"

  "Oh, Xianxian also has a similar feeling. Since entering this Ice Valley, although the density of the ice spirit energy has increased a lot, I've always felt that there's something unusual about it. Hearing what you said, the ice spirit energy in this valley is indeed not very refined."

  "In the lower spiritual beast's perception, this icy spiritual energy came from more than ten miles away in the front right direction. What insight does the immortal maiden have?"

  "It's indeed in this direction, but the distance is a bit off. Let's head in that direction and move forward slowly. The closer we get to the target, the clearer we'll be able to sense it."

  "Exactly what I meant!"

  "Fang Shixiong, Song Shijie, let's head in this direction and explore along the way," the young girl said to the two of them.

  A line of five people, led by the slender girl and the Ice Wind Python, slowly walked towards one side of the ice valley. Along the way, the girl would occasionally stop to carefully sense the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations, while exchanging a few words with Zhao Di. Before long, the five people and the python arrived in front of a hidden mountain cave.

  This cave is about a hundred feet wide and narrow, slanting down, with no bottom in sight. Even using divine consciousness to explore it, one cannot feel the end of it.

  "A faintly clear feeling that this cave is emitting ice-attribute spiritual energy far surpassing the outside world." The mid-stage Foundation Establishment girl said to Zhao Di.

  "Not bad, my spiritual beast has also sensed it, but this place doesn't seem to be simple. My spiritual beast is showing a hint of fear." Zhao Di nodded at the girl and reminded her.

  The young man with a sword-like eyebrow finally spoke up, he dryly laughed twice and said: "Haha, having arrived at this place, not to mention the slender Ice Spirit Root's sister, even I have felt an unusual spiritual energy fluctuation. This cave is so deep, yet it can still transmit such a clear ice spirit energy fluctuation, it seems that there might be the ice attribute treasure we're looking for inside the cave. What trivial danger, how could it be worth mentioning! Are our Taizhen Sect's cultivators the kind to fear death and covet life?"

  The implication of these words was that Zhao was being subtly ridiculed for his cowardice and weakness, causing the other few people to frown slightly.

  Zhao didn't take it seriously and completely ignored it.

  The beauty smiled and said, "This humble girl has long heard of the great name of Taiyi Sect. Now that there is a senior member of Taiyi Sect present, this trip will surely be safe and smooth! I would also like to trouble Fellow Daoist Fang to lead us into the mountain cave to explore for treasure, after all, among our group, Fellow Daoist Fang's cultivation and strength are the most powerful!"

  The young man with a sword-like eyebrow hummed lightly, and with a flick of his sleeve, a delicate celadon shield and a fist-sized moonstone appeared in front of him. He then strode into the mountain cave with large steps.

  A girl with the surname Song smiled slightly and also took out a defensive magic tool, walking several meters behind the young man.

  Immediately afterwards, Xianxian, Zhao Di and Hongchen also entered the cave one after another.

  Zhao Di had a yellow talisman stuck to his body, and he was holding several flying needles in his hand. He walked calmly towards the depths of the mountain cave, when suddenly he heard Hong Chen's voice whispering in his ear:

  "Little brother, is it really dangerous inside this cave? You deliberately made me walk at the back just now!"

  "Right, my spiritual python is unusually restless, clearly this place is not a good one. But the more such places there are, the greater the possibility of treasures appearing. It's said that the Nine Cold Mystic Frost Water often appears in deep springs within mountains with icy spirits like this. So we still need to take a risk and make a dash for it! You keep a slight distance from me, if we encounter danger, I'll give you a warning, then you immediately turn around and flee towards the outside of the mountain cave!"

  "Alright, you be careful too!" Hong Chen replied. She and Zhao Di had a deep friendship that went back many years, so there was no need for polite phrases like "thank you".

  "Hmm!" Zhao Di simply replied, and then said no more. He was extending his divine sense as far as possible to explore the depths of the cave. Before long, a strange expression appeared on his face.

  After a while, the five of them walked for more than half an hour and came to a huge cave with a diameter of tens of meters. The chill here was even more intense, and the five had already used their protective light shields, otherwise they would not have been able to withstand it.

  On the other side of the cave was another passageway, about two feet wide and narrow, both of which were unfathomably deep.

  "There are actually two roads, which one should I choose?" The Song girl muttered to herself, casting a pleading glance at Xian and Zhao.

  She walked to a passageway, closed her eyes, stretched out both palms, one upwards and one downwards, carefully sensing the subtle differences in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. After a moment, she walked to another passageway, repeating her previous actions.

  Before long, the girl with the icy spirit root shook her head and said: "Both places have a relatively strong ice spirit energy emanating from them, and there is no obvious difference."

  Zhao Di summoned Ice Wind Python once again. The latter slithered back and forth through the two passages before Zhao Di shook his head.

  "Since the two channels don't show any difference, we can't let either one go! Fortunately, we have a lot of people, and we can completely split into two routes." The young man with a sword-like eyebrow said loudly, he seemed to be used to playing this role in making decisions, without waiting for others to respond, he said: "Xian Xian Shifu and Zhao Daoyou both have methods that can sense the subtle changes of ice spirit power, so you two will split up and lead one route each!"

  (Second update!)