After calming down, Chen Changming sensed the ice encasing him and found that it lacked that terrifying chill. Relief washed through him.
It isn't the Great Ice Art. It looks like she doesn't intend to kill me... Chen Changming thought.
The ice merely imprisoned him; it would not freeze him to death. The Ice Spirit Fairy's aim was probably only to restrict his movements.
The Ice Spirit Fairy took a step and appeared before the ice.
She raised a hand and gently reached into it.
Her hand was pale and slender, as though sculpted from ice and carved from jade, yet it radiated a power that made his heart tremble.
Damn it, she's going to search my soul!
As that fair hand descended toward his head, even the normally composed Chen Changming began to panic.
Once his soul was searched, all his secrets would be laid bare before the Ice Spirit Fairy.
By then, nothing about him would have anywhere to hide.
"Don't be afraid. I'm here."
An ethereal voice suddenly rang out in Chen Changming's mind.
The voice was utterly unfamiliar. This was the first time Chen Changming had heard it, but he instantly guessed who was speaking.
It was the Mysterious Lotus-Root Node.
In all the years since he had traveled from the Human Realm to the Spirit Realm, the Mysterious Lotus-Root Node had helped him immensely, yet had never spoken another word to him.
He had never expected that, faced with the Ice Spirit Fairy's soul search today, the Mysterious Lotus-Root Node would finally speak.
A fair hand settled on Chen Changming's head.
Chen Changming felt a force invade him, and then he lost consciousness. It was as though he had plunged into boundless darkness, losing all awareness and perception.
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