"Brrr—" Frost serpents and centipedes slithered out of the cold mist, each with a white, triangular snake head. A pair of chilling eyes flashed with a murderous glint from time to time.
"Don't provoke these frost serpents and centipedes. There are quite a lot of these demonic creatures, and if we end up fighting them, we may not come out ahead," Mo Yuyan said quietly.
"How should we deal with them?" asked the black panther puppet, possessed by the deputy Primordial Spirit.
"For now, we retreat and avoid their full force. We can look for another chance to enter this place. Frost serpents and centipedes feed on cold energy. Once they've absorbed enough, they return to their lairs and hibernate for a while—anywhere from ten days or half a month to several months," Mo Yuyan said. "We can come back after they've gone into hibernation."
"I didn't expect you to know this secret realm so well, Fellow Daoist Mo." Yan Xiaoyu smiled faintly. Inwardly, she thought, No wonder Lu Xiaotian acted strangely toward this woman earlier. He must have reached some kind of deal with her in private. Mo Yuyan was a great beauty, but from what Yan Xiaoyu knew of Lu Xiaotian, he wasn't the sort to be easily swayed by a woman's charms. If he treated her as someone special, she must have something unique to offer.
"I only happened to hear a few things about this place by chance, some time ago." Mo Yuyan was perceptive, too. How could she fail to catch Yan Xiaoyu's implication?
"In that case, let's avoid them for now." The black panther puppet, possessed by Lu Xiaotian's deputy Primordial Spirit, had no time to concern itself with what Yan Xiaoyu and Mo Yuyan might be thinking. At a shift of its divine