Trapped Inside the Ice Wall

"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper..." Suddenly, a faint voice called out from outside.

Ma Feifei immediately scrambled to her feet, frantically pounding on the ice wall while shouting, "Zhang Yunji, I'm here!"

"Thump~"

"Knock knock knock~"

The loud tremor finally attracted Zhang Yunji's attention, and he walked over.

"Shopkeeper, is that you?" Zhang Yunji called out from outside.

"It's me! Quickly, find a way to get me out of here!" Ma Feifei shouted from inside.

"Shopkeeper, how did you get trapped inside?" Zhang Yunji recognized Ma Feifei's voice and asked curiously.

"Can we put aside this now? Can we get me out of here first?" Ma Feifei shouted.

The entire room was sealed off by ice walls, and the oxygen inside was already scarce. Ma Feifei's loud shouts had already used up too much oxygen; he was now panting heavily as he spoke. If this continued, he might suffocate inside. How could he possibly be in the mood to answer Zhang Yunji's idiotic question?

"Oh! Okay, shopkeeper, please step aside Yunji will shatter the ice and rescue you." Zhang Yunji rolled up his sleeves, ready to show off.

Ma Feifei rolled her eyes. Zhang Yunji was even more stupid than Yun Qingyang. "I, with Laozi Spirit Emperor cultivation, couldn't even break this ice wall, and you, who just entered the Spirit Venerable realm, can? Can you stop joking?"

"I'll trouble you to go and call Yun Qingyang, okay?" Ma Feifei shouted loudly.

Although they were only separated by an ice wall, it was still difficult for them to hear each other clearly.

For example, Zhang Yunji didn't hear Ma Feifei's sentence clearly, but he could fill in the blanks in his mind!

"Shopkeeper, it's no trouble at all. It's my honor to serve Yunji." Zhang Yunji flattered him, feeling quite pleased with himself, thinking that he would now be someone who had saved the shopkeeper's life.

Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei almost pulled out the Mountain-Splitting Axe from his spatial bag and killed Zhang Yunji. What kind of logic was this?

"Shopkeeper, be careful! Yunji break through the ice wall!" Zhang Yunji shouted loudly from outside. "Hey!"

A punch imbued with powerful Spiritual Power slammed directly into the ice wall.

"Boom!"

A deafening sound rang out, and all the practitioners on the long street outside the Bookstore could hear it clearly.

"What happened inside?" the cultivator outside asked, looking puzzled.

"It sounds like Tackle," said a cultivator with extensive combat experience.

Just as everyone was wondering, Zhang Yunji ran out of the Bookstore, whispered a few words to Chang Kong, and then Chang Kong and Zhang Yunji went into the Bookstore together.

"Should we go in and take a look?" someone asked quietly, their eyes fixed intently on the Mysterious Bookstore.

"You probably want to die," another cultivator said sternly.

"That's right, try going in without a special number? Even if the teacher isn't in the Bookstore, none of our three thousand disciples will let you get away with this!" another cultivator said, glaring at the previous one.

"That's right, why don't you go in and try?" A group of cultivators stepped forward at this moment; they were all from the group that had studied the Analects with Ma Feifei.

Faced with such a group of highly skilled figures, those cultivators who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to slack off chickened out and suppressed their inappropriate thoughts.

In the backyard of the Bookstore, Chang Kong followed Zhang Yunji.

"Master, the shopkeeper is inside. My cultivation is still too shallow to break through this ice wall," Zhang Yunji said, pointing to the room where Ma Feifei was staying.

Upon hearing this, Chang Kong approached the ice wall and called out, "Teacher?"

There was no sound from inside.

Chang Kong turned to look at Zhang Yunji with a puzzled expression and asked, "Why isn't the teacher saying anything?"

Zhang Yunji awkwardly rubbed his hands and said, "The shop owner must be too tired. Master, please hurry and help, or he might suffocate."

Chang Kong then realized that the ice wall sealed the room, preventing air circulation, and that people inside for a long time would suffer from oxygen deficiency.

Without hesitation, he channeled all his Spiritual Power, his aura soaring to the sky, and punched the ice wall.

"Boom!"

This time the noise was much louder than before, and the group of cultivators outside Bookstore were itching to see what was going on inside.

But this was Mysterious Bookstore, and they couldn't afford to act recklessly, so they could only suppress their urges and wait for things to end.

"Boom!"

Another loud bang, this time creating a wave that rippled through the Bookstore.

Although it was a strike from Spirit Saint, it wasn't an area-of-effect attack, and the residual power could still be withstood.

So everyone activated their Spiritual Power to dissipate the residual force. Some important figures even remained motionless, letting the residual force pass over them without getting hurt.

"Boom boom boom~"

There were dozens more Tackle before things finally calmed down.

In the Bookstore's backyard, Chang Kong looked at the ice wall in front of him, which had only cracked slightly, and couldn't help but blush.

Even a powerful figure at the Spirit Saint realm couldn't break through the ice wall despite using all his strength!

If this gets out, Chang Kong's lifelong reputation might be ruined.

"What do we do now?" Zhang Yunji felt a chill run down his spine when he realized that even his master couldn't break the ice wall.

Chang Kong was also somewhat at a loss, standing there staring at the ice wall in silence.

Ma Feifei, who was inside the room, noticed that there was no movement outside and knew that Chang Kong also had no way to break the ice wall.

"Sigh, the female tyrant's power is truly terrifying. Even Changkong, Spirit Saint, was Chang Kong against a single ice wall." Ma Feifei sighed, sat up from the bed, and took out her spatial bag to try and find a solution herself.

"Huh!" Ma Feifei saw the red and white Poké Ball in his spatial bag and remembered that Mew had the ability to travel through space at will. He immediately took out the Poké Ball and summoned Mew.

"Meowth meow~" Mew had just finished participating in the Quartz League Competition, but it didn't show any signs of fatigue.

Unfortunately, Ma Feifei realized he had overestimated this year's Quartz League Competition. The fourth-tier peak Mew was practically an invincible boss, easily defeating everyone from the preliminaries to the finals without any pressure.

"Mew, can you take me out of here?" Ma Feifei asked, pointing to the ice wall.

"Meowth ~" Mew responded, then flew to the ice wall, clasped its hands together, and its body shimmered with purple light.

"Buzz~"

A beam of light struck the ice wall, followed by a dark green circular vortex appearing on it.

"Meowth meow~" Mew flew back and gestured in front of Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei naturally understood its meaning, and got up to walk towards the dark green vortex.

"Whoosh~"

Ma Feifei successfully passed through the ice wall.

"Teacher!"

"Shopkeeper!"

Chang Kong and Zhang Yunji were startled to see Ma Feifei emerge from inside the ice wall.

Ma Feifei looked at Chang Kong and Zhang Yunji, clasped his hands in thanks, and said, "Thank you both for your great help."

"Teacher (shop owner) is being too serious."

Ma Feifei waved his hand and said with a serious expression, "What I want to know right now is where Yun Qingyang is."

It's time to settle accounts with this mother dragon.

Upon hearing this, Chang Kong and Zhang Yunji exchanged a glance, then both pointed to the sky.

Ma Feifei was puzzled and looked up at the sky following their gesture.

"Whoa!"

Suddenly seeing a huge crystal statue above his head startled Ma Feifei.

However, Ma Feifei immediately frowned as he looked at the figure inside the crystal statue.

"Isn't that Yun Qingyang? What's she doing inside the crystal statue?"

Unlike the others, Ma Feifei could clearly see the figures inside the statue.

Yun Qingyang stood there quietly with her eyes closed, dressed in white, like a sleeping beauty standing upright; the divine weapon Qingshuang Sword that she always held in her arms was nowhere to be seen, but the spatial ring on her finger was still there.

"Could it be that he's about to break through?" Ma Feifei pondered, stroking his chin.

However, Yun Qingyang's current strength is at the Spirit Saint eighth stage peak. Even if he were to break through, he would only break through to the Ninth Stage of Spirit Saint. Logically speaking, such an anomaly should not occur.

"Become an immortal?" Ma Feifei immediately shook his head, rejecting the idea. No one in Azure Dragon had reached the Immortal Realm in 30,000 years, which was enough to prove that the laws of this world must be problematic. It was impossible for Yun Qingyang to reach the Immortal Realm under such circumstances.

But if it wasn't about becoming an immortal, and yet such a grand spectacle was made, how do you explain it?

"Forget it, let's ignore her for now." Ma Feifei shook her head and decided to release the information about the Pokémon advancement method first, so as to prevent those cultivators from causing trouble at the Bookstore every day. As for Yun Qingyang's matter, she would deal with it later that night.

"Shopkeeper, you're finally back! Something big has happened in Dubian Town these past few days!" Zhang Yunji said as he saw Ma Feifei turn his gaze away and head towards the Bookstore.

"What happened?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yunji told Ma Feifei about the unrest that had occurred in Dubian Town in the past few days.

As they spoke, Ma Feifei arrived at the Bookstore. The cultivators Bookstore cheered when they saw Ma Feifei, their faces beaming with relief.

Clearly, Ma Feifei's disappearance these past few days has put immense pressure on everyone.

After listening to Zhang Yunji's words, Ma Feifei walked out of the Mysterious Bookstore, stood at the entrance, looked at the vast crowd, and said loudly, "Don't worry, everyone, the Mysterious Bookstore will not move away from Dubian Town."

"Did you hear that?! The shop owner said the Mysterious Bookstore will stay in Dubian Town!"

"I knew the information was unreliable. How could the Mysterious Bookstore move away from Dubian Town for no reason?"

"Holy crap! Laozi just sold a mansion, I've really lost money."

"Me too, I just sold a shop on the second floor of the Wantong Trading Market yesterday."

The deafening roar, like ocean waves, made Ma Feifei frown. He couldn't help but raise his hands to quell the noise, and continued, "Also, the ice crystal statue above the Bookstore was created by the Saint of the Bookstore for cultivation, so everyone doesn't need to worry."

That statement is pure nonsense. Ma Feifei was simply trying to find a plausible excuse for the sudden appearance of the ice crystal dragon statue.

However, most cultivators accepted Ma Feifei's explanation, since Yun Qingyang was a great figure at the Spirit Saint realm, and it was normal for him to make some noise during his cultivation.

Seeing that everyone accepted his explanation, Ma Feifei nodded inwardly and continued, "Finally, there's one more piece of news: starting tomorrow, the Mysterious Bookstore will be selling Pokémon Advancement Pill. If you need any, you can buy them at the Wantong Trading Market across the street."

"Whoosh!"

As soon as Ma Feifei finished speaking, a series of astonishing roars erupted along the entire street.

The problem that had plagued everyone for half a year—the inability of their sprites to advance—has finally been solved!

After Ma Feifei finished speaking about these three things, he turned and went into the Bookstore, ignoring the shouts of the practitioners on the long street.

"Teacher"

Ma Feifei returned to the backyard, where Chang Kong, who had been waiting, greeted her.

Ma Feifei smiled at Chang Kong and said, "Elder Chang Kong, your injuries have healed?"

Upon hearing this, Chang Kong nodded and replied, "Teacher, I have Chang Kong recovered. Thank you for saving my life."

Ma Feifei waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me, it really has nothing to do with me; since I happen to see you today, I have something I'd like to discuss with you and would like to hear your thoughts."

"Please speak, teacher," Chang Kong replied respectfully.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Feifei told Chang Kong about the Lantern Holder.

Ma Feifei thought Chang Kong would hesitate, but to her Chang Kong, Chang Kong nodded and agreed to become the Lantern Holder without even thinking.

"Don't you want to reconsider?" Ma Feifei reminded him. Although Lantern Holder wasn't exactly backbreaking work, it was a shackle for a great figure like Spirit Saint.

Upon hearing this, Chang Kong said with a serious expression, "No need to consider. Chang Kong immediately return to the Sword Sect to resign from my position as elder. After returning, I can serve as the Lantern Holder."

Looking at Chang Kong's expression, Ma Feifei knew that he genuinely wanted to take on the role of the Lantern Holder. She couldn't help but think to herself, "Am I that charming now? Even Spirit Saint are coming to join me just by talking?"