Withered Leaves and Fallen Flowers

Snow Fairy was not unaware that this was their best chance to escape—indeed, it could be said to be their only chance—but she had to take Yan Chihuo with her. Although the Second Prince had given her a map and said the marked locations might contain the Nine-Petaled Purple-Gold Lotus, she knew the odds were vanishingly slim. To obtain the Nine-Petaled Purple-Gold Lotus, she had to pass through the void rift.

And without a Void Spider, she could not possibly pass through that void rift. Without passing through it, she could not obtain the Nine-Petaled Purple-Gold Lotus. Without the Nine-Petaled Purple-Gold Lotus, she would have to marry Minister Wan—a result Snow Fairy could never accept. Compared to that, she would rather perish here.

Naturally, Chen Rui, Yu Xian, and Dragonstone did not suspect Snow Fairy of lying, for they believed that Snow Fairy, too, needed to stay alive.

Chen Rui drew a breath and pointed with the fingers of his right hand. A great river appeared out of thin air—it was the water-attribute offensive Minor Divine Ability, Water Floods Golden Mountain. However, his jade brush Magic Treasure was still frozen in ice, so the technique was inevitably somewhat weaker.

The great river surged toward the cave entrance. The moment it met the frigid ice, it instantly turned into a frozen river. Chen Rui was sent flying backward as well, and his entire right hand became covered in frost.

He gave his hand a hard shake, flinging off the frost, yet still felt a chill boring toward his dantian. He hurriedly circulated his mana through three full great cycles within his body before finally stopping the cold and slowly forcing it out.

After that, Yu Xian and the others no longer dared try attacking the ice at the cave entrance. The