Cold Clouds

The next day after learning the location of Shangguan Yao's tomb, Lin Xiaoxiao got up early in the morning.

Shangguan Pu and the others practiced in the morning and did not start refining pills until nine o'clock, so Lin Xiaoxiao got up at half past five and still had plenty of time.

To Lin Xiaoxiao's surprise, there was no one guarding the foot of the mountain, so she went up the mountain without any hindrance.

While Lin Xiaoxiao was looking for Shangguan Yao's tomb, she chatted with Jiuyao in her mind: "Don't we need to tell Xu Kui?"

"No, if Xu Kui finds out about her existence, Shangguan Yao will dissipate and go into reincarnation," Jiuyao shook her head, "It will be the same whether she reveals it to Xu Kui herself or we tell him."

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly realized: "So that's how it is... So why can I see her?"

"Well...it might be because of me. After all, I am the former King of Hell of this underworld, and you have some death energy on you," Jiuyao thought for a moment, "and your mental strength is so high. Combining the two, it is possible that you can occasionally see the undead spirits of non-undead creatures."

"Oh~ I'm so awesome," Lin Xiaoxiao said proudly, then she spread her mental power and began to explore, "Let me see... where is the tomb~"

Lin Xiaoxiao was busy for an hour, but in the end she didn't find anything that looked like a tomb. Occasionally she found some, but she didn't find any corpses in the field.

"What's going on?" Lin Xiaoxiao was confused and asked Jiuyao.

"Shangguan Yao's body is gone, there's only a handful of ashes, how can you find him if you look for his human form?" Jiuyao sneered.

"Ah? Then why didn't you tell me?" Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes widened. "You just watched me looking for an hour and didn't remind me!?"

"You didn't ask me," Jiuyao said, trying to hold back a laugh, "and it's really fun to watch you foolishly searching around."

"..." Lin Xiaoxiao was silent for a moment, "Are you polite?"

"Okay, okay, I'll take you to find it." Jiuyao looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's slightly angry expression and smiled even more happily, but he still comforted her for the time being, "Don't be angry~"

Lin Xiaoxiao was very angry. She followed Jiuyao's instructions and came to a place with towering rocks.

"Are you sure it's here?" Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the pile of rocks and fell into deep thought.

"It must be here. Shangguan Yao told me that Xu Kui buried her ashes here." Jiuyao said confidently.

Lin Xiaoxiao still had some doubts. After all, although Jiuyao had no reason to lie to her, she could still vividly remember how Jiuyao had let her look around. Who knew if Jiuyao was looking for fun again...

Lin Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, decided to trust Jiuyao again, and walked carefully into the pile of rocks.

Nothing happened. Lin Xiaoxiao frowned and was about to ask questions when she found that the scene around her suddenly changed.

"Teleportation array?" Lin Xiaoxiao realized what was happening and looked around.

Is this... a wooden house? Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the woman sitting in front of the dressing mirror and moved closer to take a look.

It’s Shangguan medicine.

Or it could be said to be a statue of Shangguan Yao's appearance. After all, Shangguan Yao himself is still hanging on Xu Kui.

Lifelike, as if alive. Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the statue of Shangguan Yao for a while, then looked at a small box.

Inside here are Shangguan Yao’s ashes.

Lin Xiaoxiao walked around the house for a while and didn't find anything strange. The house was decorated very warmly. It seemed that Xu Kui really loved Guan Yao.

After looking for a while, Lin Xiaoxiao walked out, closing the door carefully as if she was afraid of scaring the people inside.

Then Lin Xiaoxiao stood in the snow, feeling a little dazed.

Where the hell is this? Lin Xiaoxiao spread out her mental power and found that the fluctuations of all the auras and powers here were extremely chaotic, and the extension of her mental power was also affected.

Hmm? Lin Xiaoxiao frowned and used her mental power to make a rough estimate. She might be at the top of the mountain behind Fengxue Tower.

How did she get here? Lin Xiaoxiao scratched her head, but she felt that the teleportation array just now was not an upward route like this...

Could it be that because the environment here is too strange, her perception just now was also wrong? Lin Xiaoxiao thought about it for a while and then stopped thinking about it. After all, she had originally wanted to find an opportunity to come to the top of the back mountain, so it was just right.

Lin Xiaoxiao reached the top of the mountain by accident. The mixed team of disciples and elders of Fengxue Tower who were stationed dozens of meters above the mountainside and were responsible for preventing people from reaching the top of the mountain saw Xu Kui coming in the wind and snow.

"Elder Xu, are you here to pay your respects again?" Luo Ku, the elder in charge of the garrison team, spoke in a hoarse voice, "The situation up here has been getting more and more strange recently. You'd better be careful."

"Well, I understand," Xu Kui said calmly, "Don't worry, there must be a way to solve it."

Luo Ku had heard this kind of words many times. He just smiled helplessly and did not refute. He was about to move aside, but Xu Kui waved his hand.

"No need. I'm just here to take a look today. I'll come to pay my respects in two days." Xu Kui turned and walked down the mountain. "Be careful not to let anyone with bad intentions go up there."

After all, he had just sent up the person who might be able to solve the problem, and he couldn't be disturbed.

"I will naturally do my job." Luo Ku was stunned for a moment, smiled, and said goodbye to Xu Kui.

"Did you all hear that? Cheer up! The seal on the top of this mountain was created by our ancestors at the cost of their lives. We must guard it well!" After Xu Kui left, Luo Ku suddenly shouted to the disciples around him with full energy.

Of course, it was called a roar, but in fact the sound was transmitted to everyone's ears through spiritual power, otherwise causing an avalanche would be a troublesome thing.

Lin Xiaoxiao walked around the top of the mountain, feeling the strange aura around her and recalling Ye Yuxie's memories in her mind.

There are indeed similar situations. Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes flashed with a gleam, and a playful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Demon Sealing Formation.

Sure enough, it was here. Lin Xiaoxiao continued to disperse her mental power, and at the same time, she condensed her mental power to strengthen her perception, trying to sense the formation.

At this time, inside the Demon Sealing Array, Xie Pingyuan, with only his right eye not eroded by the darkness, smiled bitterly and turned his head stiffly to look at the Ice Eagle next to him, who was also at the end of his strength.

“Xue Mo, you came to help me when you found out I was going to die. What about Xue Xin? What if she went there to look for you?” Xie Pingyuan’s words sounded like a complaint, but his eyes were filled with emotion. “You, you, I let you go. You’re so stupid…”

Xue Mo was no longer able to respond to Xie Pingyuan, as most of its strength was used to suppress the demon.

A tear suddenly fell from Xie Pingyuan's right eye, and his eyes dimmed for a moment: "Xue Xin, are you okay?"