Before long, Li Wan'er was driven down the mountain by Wen Chouchou for not working hard enough.
It had been deliberate from the start, and Li Wan'er could not have been happier.
Not long after descending the mountain, she appeared again as an entirely new woman.
After crossing countless mountains and rivers, she finally arrived at Mount Leshan. Before her lay the dark cave mouth beside the knee of the Leshan Giant Buddha—Lingyun Grotto!
Lingyun Grotto sloped downward, its depths unfathomable.
If ordinary people ventured inside rashly, even if the Fire Qilin did not appear to harm them, they would still be dashed to pieces by the treacherous terrain.
The path within the cave was rugged, uneven, and steep. Even martial artists with skills to rely upon had no choice but to slow down and tread carefully.
Yet Li Wan'er moved as swiftly as if flying, as though walking on level ground. Every leap carried her dozens of zhang.
Of course, Lingyun Grotto was not truly bottomless. It was simply pitch-black inside, so dark that one could not see one's own hand, much less the cave floor.
Following the circulation of the air and listening to the wind to discern the route, she kept moving downward at a swift pace.
Finally, when she was beginning to breathe slightly harder, she sensed that the airflow had changed from slanting up and down to flowing straight and level.
She knew she had reached the bottom.
This posed no difficulty for her. With a strike of the Frost Fist, its bone-chilling cold instantly froze the air within three feet before her.
The ice gave off a snowy white glow, its marvelous effect resembling a luminous pearl.
The entire space at the bottom of the cave was instantly illuminated, leaving nothing hidden from view.