The radiance in the valley receded, and Ning Fa descended from the flying boat with Blue Lightning and Wen Hui.
The valley stretched more than ten li in both length and width. Though icy mist coiled through it, warmth permeated the air.
At the heart of the valley lay a lake several li across, its rippling surface glimmering and steaming with heat. The water in this lake was actually warm.
Some slender white fish, each about a foot long, drifted leisurely through the lake, making the valley seem like an earthly paradise hidden from the world.
Ning Fa briefly probed the icy lake, then casually looked away.
There were only some first-rank spirit fish within it. There was no danger.
Blue Lightning's eyes suddenly lit up. Staring at the white fish in the lake, she revealed a greedy look. Blue light flashed around her, and she shot into the lake like lightning.
Wen Hui was immediately startled. Looking at Ning Fa, she worriedly asked, "Master, Sister Blue..."
Ning Fa shook his head with a smile. "Don't worry about her. She's just greedy for food."
Just then, Ning Fa sensed Little Ice voicing another protest from within the Spirit Beast Bracelet. He immediately smiled and gave his wrist a light shake. Amid flashes of icy-blue light, a handsome ice-cyan spirit bird appeared—it was Little Ice.
Little Ice excitedly circled once, intoxication written across its face. "Ah, I love this sort of Ice Attribute aura so much! Master, why didn't you let me out sooner? I've been stifled to death these past few days."
Ning Fa merely smiled. The reason he had not released Little Ice earlier was precisely because of Su Wanwan's warning.
Only then had he learned that Little Ice bore the Ice Spirit Seal of a core member of