Cheng Rusheng added, "Your Highness, why don't we search the vicinity for treasures together?"
Snow Fairy shook her head. "No. I'm going to wait here for Second Brother."
Cheng Rusheng gave a dry laugh. "Yes, of course. It is only natural for Your Highness to worry about His Highness the Second Prince. But if His Highness the Second Prince was never trapped here to begin with, how long do you intend to wait?"
Snow Fairy said, "I'm still worried about Second Brother. I plan to wait here for three days. If he still hasn't emerged by then, then either he was never trapped within the Puppet Grand Formation, or he has already..."
At this point, she felt that the words were too inauspicious and fell silent.
Seeing this, Cheng Rusheng could only say, "Your Highness, I shall take my leave."
Snow Fairy truly waited there for three days, yet not another person emerged. Only then did she leave, though her heart remained filled with concern for the Second Prince.
She took out the map provided by the Second Prince again. The scene she had witnessed within the Puppet Grand Formation had been utterly opposite to what lay before her now, so the cave she had initially identified was naturally nowhere nearby.
After passing through the Puppet Grand Formation, Snow Fairy knew that this map was not entirely reliable; it was merely a rough sketch. If she trusted it completely, she might well end up driving south while heading north.
She studied it carefully for a moment before putting the map away. Then she patted the Void Spider that Yan Chihuo had transformed into beneath her feet. "Head south from here. After roughly one hundred and seventy li, there should be a marsh. Go there."
At her words, Yan Chihuo flew