" Nicholas Yang's First Law?" The Shameless Cat was stunned. "I don't believe you for a second! You just spout nonsense!"
Yang Zhen pursed his lips, watched the chicken feather fall crookedly to the ground, pointed to one of the forks in the road, and said, "That's it!"
"How do you know it's this one? What if we went to the wrong one?" The Shameless Cat clearly didn't believe Yang Zhen's words.
Yang Zhen was furious and said, "You may not believe in this Sage of Saunter, but you must believe in the power of science!"
"What the hell is science?" The Shameless Cat looked completely bewildered, pointing at the fallen chicken feather and saying, "I just saw it, this chicken feather clearly didn't want to come this way!"
"That's because there's wind in this cave. When the wind blows out, the chicken feathers certainly won't fly this way!" Yang Zhen said smugly, then retorted, "Use your pig brain to think. Would a cave with wind blowing out be a dead end?"
The Shameless Cat exclaimed "Oh my!" its eyes lighting up immediately. "There's such a thing?"
"Of course, this is what the great Nicholas Yang's First Law tells us: to believe in the power of science!" Yang Zhen said proudly.
The Shameless Cat roared, "This venerable one has the brain of Qilin, not a pig!"
"Only now you've realized it? What's the difference between you and a pig's brain?" Yang Zhen curled his lip and took the lead, walking downstairs.
Along the way, the Shameless Cat observed their surroundings. When the trio saw a gigantic cave that suddenly opened up, the Shameless Cat exclaimed, "Damn it, you were right! This is actually the ancestral land of the Ancient Clan!"
Yang Zhen was also taken aback. The boundless underground world in front of him was just like the outside world. Moreover, this was not a frozen wasteland. The world was gradually melting and thriving. There were also waves of geothermal heat constantly rising from underground. It was a lush underground world, even more habitable than the one above.
"The holy maiden of this Ancient Clan really knows how to pick a place. She actually managed to find such an underground world. But why isn't that ice sculpture here?" Yang Zhen asked hesitantly.
The Shameless Cat chuckled and rubbed his hands together, saying, "Who cares about ice sculptures? You're not going to steal her. There are so many heavenly materials and earthly treasures here; it would be a shame not to steal them after all the hard work we put into finding this place."
"Wait, why is no one here?" Yang Zhen looked around warily.
Such a rich place, yet not a single Ancient Clan member is present; this very fact carries a sense of danger.
The Shameless Cat was also puzzled and looked at Yang Zhen, asking, "Did they all go to participate in some kind of Opening Heaven?"
"That doesn't mean everyone has to go, does it?"
The Shameless Cat chuckled and said, "You don't understand the Ancient Clan race. They Opening Heaven ceremony very seriously. Everyone has to participate, including the elderly and children. If they were holding that Opening Heaven ceremony right now, there would be no one here. What are you waiting for? There are so many good things. Take whatever you want!"
Yang Zhen grabbed the Shameless Cat and said with a serious expression, "How can a person be so shameless?"
The Shameless Cat stumbled after being grabbed by Yang Zhen and looked at Yang Zhen suspiciously.
Yang Zhen said in a serious tone, "At least we should leave something for the Ancient Clan."
"Leave... leave what?" The Shameless Cat stared blankly at Yang Zhen.
"For example... when taking Spirit Plant, never uproot them completely. At the very least, leave the roots so they can grow back next year."
"You're right!" the Shameless Cat wholeheartedly agreed.
As the two were discussing, they turned around and the Flirtatious Chicken was gone. After searching around, they found that the little rascal had rushed out first and was pecking wildly at a bright red fruit.
"Damn it, Flirtatious Chicken, you wasteful bastard!" Yang Zhen and the Shameless Cat said in unison, exchanged a glance, and rushed down.
After a full hour, the Zhen Chicken Cat Jian Trio finally looked back at the empty ancestral land of the Ancient Clan, satisfied, and exchanged strange laughs.
Buzz--!
A terrifying buzzing sound came, and the entire cave seemed to tremble. Yang Zhen's expression changed, and he looked in surprise in the direction from which the sound came.
"It's over there!" the Shameless Cat pointed.
"Let's go take a look!"
Beside the ice palace complex, overwhelming Sha Qi swept across the entire underground cavern, causing everyone's expression to change.
"This is bad! What on earth are these Ancient Clan doing?" The Old Ghost Hei's expression changed repeatedly as he stared at the raging baleful Sha Qi in mid-air and exclaimed in horror, "Such terrifying Sha Qi, once released, will definitely have an extremely negative impact on the minds of the many cultivators present, and might even cause them to fall into demonic possession!"
"Cultivators below the Spirit Wandering Realm, leave this place immediately!" Shangyao roared, his face extremely grim.
However, the roar came too late. A terrifying Sha Qi swept out, enveloping the entire cavern in the blink of an eye, along with many cultivators.
Palace Master Liu and Peak Master Mo's expressions changed drastically. They exchanged a glance and immediately set up a barrier to isolate all auras, protecting Mo Xueling and the others within it.
Mo Xueling's face was pale, and her expression grew increasingly pained. She said with difficulty, "This Sha Qi can actually erode the mind! Quick, stop them!"
The Old Ghost Hei roared, "You bastards, what are you doing?"
Hearing the Old Ghost Hei's roar, everyone present was shocked and looked at the group of the Ancient Clan people with horror.
All cultivators below the Spirit Wandering Realm had contorted faces, their entire faces turning a deep liver color, clearly unable to withstand the invasion of the Sha Qi and in great pain.
Over time, once the Sha Qi invades the mind, the vast majority of cultivators below the Spirit Wandering Realm will become confused, mindless, and living dead.
Ordinary cultivators have no way to control Sha Qi, unlike the Ancient Clan who use it to Sha Qi their bodies.
Everyone rushed towards the ice sculpture, trying to stop the Ancient Clan from continuing to Opening Heaven. If all that Sha Qi were released, not to mention those below the Divine Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts present would find it difficult to withstand.
The Ancient Clan elder sneered, " The Sha Qi is a unique cultivation method of our Sha Clan. I once advised you against it, but you were stubborn and refused to understand. For the sake of a mere ice palace complex, you disregarded the lives of many cultivators. Who can you blame?"
Upon hearing this Old Ghost Hei and Shangyao's expressions changed repeatedly. Looking at the numerous cultivators who were frantically attacking the ice sculpture's restrictions but were consistently blocked at least three zhang away, they said in a deep voice, " Sha Clan, I don't care what kind of clan you are, whether you are the Shanggen Secret Clan or the Shanggen Ancient Clan, with so many cultivators present, you must stop your Opening Heaven!"
The old man laughed heartily, glancing sideways at the crowd, and said, "Stop trying to Opening Heaven! Wishful thinking! Since you are so stubborn, then you will all die here, including you Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts. I once considered your hard-won cultivation, but who would have thought you would be so eager to die? Some things are not for mortals like you to understand!"
"Fellow Daoists, follow me and break this ice sculpture's restriction!"
boom--!
Another terrifying Sha Qi erupted, and the members of the Sha Clan looked at everyone coldly, their faces full of disdain and mockery.
Just then, Little Ice Sister slowly approached, expressionless. She glanced deeply at the hysterical cultivators, then turned to the elder of the Sha Clan and said, "Elder, leave the rest to Nuoyu!"
A flicker of pity crossed the elder's eyes. His hands trembled as he reached out to pat Little Ice Sister's shoulder, but he forced himself to stop, turning his head away and saying, "Child, the Sha Clan is sorry for you!"
A pure and innocent smile appeared on Little Ice Sister's face, like spring rain in a bamboo forest, pure and carefree.
"This is my fate!"
As she spoke, Little Ice Sister slowly turned around and walked towards the ice sculpture with a resolute posture. Suddenly, countless bursts of Blood Qi erupted from her body, dancing lightly like hair. Two crystal tears fell down and drifted to the ground.
A voice, seemingly echoing from an empty valley or icy plain, resounded. "If possible, I... don't want to die!"
The moment the voice was uttered, all the members of the Sha Clan trembled.
Yang Zhen, watching from a hilltop, was dumbfounded. He turned to the Shameless Cat and asked, "Oh my, so tragic, what are they doing?"