The place the Ice Shadow Clan had provided was indeed suitable for Lu Xiaotian's cultivation. If they didn't interfere too much—or if he didn't need to search for the Law Mirror Immortal Tree—he wouldn't mind staying here to cultivate for a while.
But he was, after all, under house arrest by the Ice Shadow Clan. Bing Qianren had said that once the Blazing Flame Nine-Orifice Ice Soul Pill was successfully refined, he would let Lu Xiaotian, Lou Yikong, and the others leave. But that was only a verbal promise, and offered no real guarantee to Lu Xiaotian and the others.
Lu Xiaotian also had no idea whether the Ice Shadow Clan might harbor ulterior motives afterward. He had seen them kill other Celestial Immortals, taking out their hearts and eating them. Clearly, these Ice Shadow Clan members were not only formidable, but exceptionally cruel as well. So far, the only one Lu Xiaotian had dealt with directly was Bing Qianren.
Bing Qianren had seemed perfectly normal in Lu Xiaotian's presence, and his cultivation was unfathomably deep. But the more normal he seemed, the more Lu Xiaotian suspected that Bing Qianren had simply cultivated to the point where he could keep his bloodthirsty greed in check—or else had become better at concealing it. If so, that only made him more fearsome.
During all these years under Bing Qianren's house arrest, Lu Xiaotian had done little besides focus on cultivation and improving his strength. He had found no other good way to escape.
Now, however, Lu Xiaotian had suddenly discovered the one place that might offer a chance to get away. Naturally, he was paying it much closer attention.
Other Ice Shadow Clan members were concealed around the Twelve Ice-Ji Snow Pools. Without special means, Lu Xiaotian would find it difficult to