White Bear's three brothers had returned too. Like him, they were white-furred bears, with a trace of youth still visible in their faces. Luo Qian frowned. Who had given them those names? Put the four characters together, and they spelled "stupid bears and useless fools."
"Sir, payment and goods change hands together. One gemstone—Three Hundred Thousand High-Grade Immortal Jades, not a piece less." "You really think we've never seen anything? How could a little stone be worth Three Hundred Thousand..." Miss Sadako promptly covered the mouth of her younger brother, who had indeed never seen anything but still liked to act like a big shot.
Miss Sadako stood at the mouth of Nether Spring Cliff, her long black hair whipping in the wind. She looked as terrifying as something from a ghost film. Her hair grew longer and longer, quickly becoming a black net that enveloped Luo Qian and the other four. Protected by it, all six passed unharmed through the cliff mouth where the Astral Winds howled.
Luo Qian could not help seeing her in a new light. He could not tell how deep Miss Sadako's cultivation ran, but that move had been beautifully done.
In the Far Northern Lands, glaciers, frozen lakes, and ice mountains were everywhere. It was a world of white. Without the Astral Winds that cut like knives, it would have been a fine place for a holiday. Miss Sadako walked ahead, her long hair streaming behind her and seemingly shielding the others from the wind.
Luo Qian looked up. Ahead lay a forest of ice pillars, stretching as far as he could see in an orderly, uneven pattern. Miss Sadako said, "That's the Ice Lion's ice forest." Something felt odd. Why did she seem so familiar with the Ice Lion?
Miss Sadako happened to