Yu Sui spent the whole night on alert, wondering if anyone would come. She didn't dare move the Situ Spirit Puppet somewhere else, and spent the time carefully observing the Five Elements Qi inside it, so focused that she even ignored the searing of the strange fire.
It should have been daylight outside by now. The strange fire's searing had subsided. Yu Sui covered her mouth as she yawned, and had just looked up when she heard the sound of ice shattering from deep underground.
She watched the people around her. The Mechanism Clan's practitioners reacted the fastest.
Murong Lie was still studying the map for a route when the sudden noise made him jerk his head up. The Great City Lord and Second City Lord of North Kun City were both there, shouting questions about what had happened.
Amid the clatter of shattering ice, the Mechanism Technician holding the Five Elements Qi detector called back, "It's coming from underground! Over by Panlong Stone Grotto!"
The sounds of ice breaking and colliding were inevitably accompanied by splashes of water. That noise made Murong Lie and the others wary, afraid that the sea eye was launching a surprise attack.
"What's the Golden Sea Conch doing?"
"To be safe, activate the emergency mechanisms first. Monitor the sea eye from every direction!"
"Have you found a way down? Hurry and check it out!"
"City Lord! We found it. If we connect the Ice Chamber to the level below, we can reach the Panlong Stone Grotto at the very bottom!"
There were too many Mechanism Clan practitioners below, and the scene was noisy and chaotic. Yu Sui calmed herself and focused, choosing to listen only for information that mattered to her.
After the people of North Kun City checked and confirmed the commotion hadn't