Xu Chunniang touched her nose and smiled awkwardly.
"We're new here and had no concept of immortal crystals at all. We thought six hundred immortal crystals was a small sum, never expecting to end up owing such a huge debt. We've been worrying over it this whole time.
Isn't that why we followed you up the mountain to fell Snow-Accumulating Pines?"
"Haha, Snow-Accumulating Pines grow on even higher solitary cliffs. A complete Snow-Accumulating Pine is worth at least ten immortal crystals, and those of good quality fetch even more.
If the little girl wants to earn immortal crystals, she'd better keep close."
As Elder Gong spoke, he accelerated once more and took a steep mountain path.
He had deliberately chosen this narrow trail. The cliffs where Snow-Accumulating Pines grew were sheer precipices, even more perilous than this path.
If she could not even handle this trail, then even if she reached the solitary cliff, she would find it difficult to accomplish anything.
Elder Gong watched the path beneath his feet while observing Xu Chunniang behind him from the corner of his eye.
Seeing that she had not only kept up with him, but also placed every step steadily, as though she still had strength to spare, he finally withdrew his gaze and continued onward without distraction.
After traveling along the steep mountain road for nearly half an hour, the temperature around them grew lower and lower. The rocks beneath their feet were gradually replaced by thick layers of ice without them realizing it.
Cold mist that would not disperse blanketed the mountain forest, making the two figures seem to float like immortals.
Yet within that impenetrable cold mist lurked deadly danger.
For no one knew whether the next foothold beneath the cover of the mist would be an ice-wrapped rock