Bi Ji shook her head and smiled gently. "It helps, but not much. For you, this cold spring is a tremendous opportunity."
"Focus on your cultivation. I'll watch over the young master's safety and guard you both while you cultivate, keeping anyone from approaching."
Her words faded.
Zi JI pursed her lips. Though she had always been at odds with Bi Ji, this time she lowered her head and whispered, "Thank you."
Bi Ji's smile remained unchanged, and she said nothing.
"Phew..."
Zi JI took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and began devouring the surrounding cold currents.
Bi Ji stood guard nearby, casually releasing soul power to conceal the disturbances around them and avoid alerting anyone from the Earth Dragon Sect.
Beyond the doorway lay a cavern densely packed with unidentified ore. Compared with outside, the temperature within was several notches lower.
With a turn of his hand, Gu Yunxiao took out a glowing soul tool.
In an instant, white light drove away the darkness.
Countless ice-blue crystals shone with dreamlike colors, glittering like sparkling quartz beneath the light.
The entire cavern had a crystalline sheen.
Looking at the crystals around him, Gu Yunxiao's lips curved into a smile.
"Oh? Ice extreme divine crystal?"
Just then, a voice rang out in Gu Yunxiao's sea of consciousness. A certain "sleeping beauty" had sensed the aura of an ice-attribute treasure and awakened.
The Ice God's voice held a hint of surprise.
With a slight shift of his will, Gu Yunxiao released the restraints, allowing that strand of the Ice God's divine consciousness to leave his body.
Whoosh-
An ice-blue remnant soul flew out from between Gu Yunxiao's brows. Wrapped in the surrounding icy energy, she was in no danger of dissipating.
The remnant soul possessed only a little energy, with neither