It had to be admitted that once a player's strength reached a certain level, they really could do whatever they pleased.
Take Sanyue and Dao Mei at this moment, for example. With powerful illusion techniques clearing the way, they brazenly pushed open the warehouse doors and walked in, even casually closing the doors behind them. The entire process was as effortless as entering an unguarded place!
Although Sanyue had never been to this ice cellar before, Dao Mei knew the way like the back of her hand. Under her guidance, the two smoothly passed through one checkpoint after another and arrived at the ice cellar on the lowest level of the granary.
The moment they entered the ice cellar, they heard voices coming from beyond the wall of solid ice ahead.
"Imperial Consort, please eat at least a little. If this goes on, your body won't be able to hold up." The speaker was a woman. Judging by her voice, she was probably in her forties or fifties. Of course, that was only the most immediate and vague estimate; it was not impossible that she had a technique for preserving her looks, or that her voice had changed early, causing her perceived age to differ from her actual age.
Compared with this unfamiliar voice, the other voice was much clearer. The moment the other person spoke, Dao Mei identified its owner as Li Qiushui. Only, her voice sounded older and weaker than before. "Hmph! Stop putting on that hypocritical act, you ungrateful wretch. If I starve to death, wouldn't that be exactly what you people want?"
At this point, the unfamiliar woman continued, "Imperial Consort, this servant truly has no choice. His Majesty is using my poor child to threaten me. I..."
Before the woman could finish, Li Qiushui interrupted