Ming Ye looked at her, his eyes faintly tinged with longing. "That's right. Your aura is so much like my sister's that I broke through the barriers of the formation to save you."
Yaohua suddenly realized. "So that's why you brought me to the Snow Demon's palace..."
Ming Ye nodded. "You've received my sister's inheritance and you're her descendant. Naturally, I couldn't let you die out there."
Yaohua first thanked him, then thought for a while and asked, "If I help you break the formation, can I leave this ice field?"
Although the rumor said that killing the Snow Demon would allow one to leave the ice field, she now doubted the rumor. Moreover, it wasn't her way to kill Ming Ye, who had helped her, just to leave the ice field.
Ming Ye nodded excitedly, his eyes fixed on her. "Do you have the Golden Phoenix Flame? If you have this divine power, you can break the formation in an instant!"
Yaohua lowered her head sheepishly. "I made that up to deceive Zhao Jun. There's no such thing as the Golden Phoenix Flame in the world."
The light in Ming Ye's eyes dimmed quickly. "Spiritual power can't be used in this ice field. Do any of you have a formation that can break this one?"
Everyone's eyes turned to Gu Songyue.
The latter said apologetically, "Although I know something about formations, it's extremely difficult to break the formation of the ice field."
Seeing that the hope of getting out was right in front of them, how could Yaohua be willing to give up? She suggested, "Maybe we can ask the other immortals!"
So, under Ming Ye's guidance, Immortal Jiang Mo and the others were also brought to the cliff where his true form was sealed.
The ice giant at the bottom of the cliff raised his hand and waved at them.
Immortal Jiang Mo leaned over to look, paced slowly around, and sized up the surroundings.
The others didn't understand formations, so they held their breaths, afraid of disturbing him.
After a while, he jumped down to the bottom of the cliff and pointed at the cliff wall. "If I'm not mistaken, the core of the formation should be here. As long as we destroy this place, we can break the formation!"
Before his words faded, Ming Ye exclaimed excitedly, "Really?"
The ice giant punched the cliff hard, shattering it.
The people above were caught off guard and fell off the cliff one after another, crashing into the snow and leaves.
"Ugh!" Ziying emerged from the snow and cursed. "Couldn't you have told us before you took action?"
Ming Ye brushed the branches off his head and looked a bit embarrassed. "Sorry, I was just too excited."
Jiang Mo slowly emerged from the snow, looking a bit dazed. "That..."
Without his reminder, everyone looked up at the orb floating in mid - air.
It shone brightly, like a small sun.
The ice giant punched at it again, but it remained unmoved.
The giant then tried to grab and crush it, but failed.
"This is the eye of the formation," Jiang Mo confirmed. "I think this thing is quite special. Why don't we all show our divine powers and see what can counter it?"
Everyone unleashed their moves one after another. When Yaohua's True Phoenix Fire appeared, the orb visibly trembled.
But before they could rejoice, the True Phoenix Fire in Yaohua's hand slowly went out.
She looked at her left hand holding the sword and said regretfully, "It's a pity that I can only borrow a little power from the sword to use the True Phoenix Fire. If I could use my spiritual power, this eye of the formation would surely be broken!"
Ming Ye thought hard for a while. "It seems... only those more powerful than my sister can use spiritual power on the ice field."
Yaohua felt even more discouraged. "But I've heard that the Primordial Ancestor Xuanzhao's cultivation was the most powerful in history. Even the other ancestors, including the first ancestor of the Phoenix Clan, couldn't surpass her... Wait, you can use spiritual power. Could it be..."
She looked extremely surprised. Could it be that Ming Ye's spiritual power had already exceeded that of the Primordial Ancestor Xuanzhao? If so, he had a good chance of breaking the eye of the formation!
But Ming Ye shook his head dejectedly. "It was my sister who let me retain my spiritual power. She was afraid that I would be bullied on the ice field."
"What should we do then?" Yaohua couldn't help but ask.
The situation seemed to have reached a dead end.
Ziying suddenly said, "As long as you cultivate to be stronger than the Primordial Ancestor Xuanzhao, you can use spiritual power and break out of the formation."
"That's impossible!" Yaohua almost rolled her eyes. "I'm just a weak phoenix for now."
"Why is it impossible?" Ziying crossed her arms in front of her chest and said calmly, "You've already received the ancestor's inheritance. As long as you digest the spiritual power passed on to you by the ancestor, you can directly reach the Nirvana Realm."
"What is the Nirvana Realm?" Yaohua was confused.
"The Nirvana Realm is the first step for the Phoenix Clan to become gods. It means having the true power of nirvana to come back from the dead and boundless spiritual power," Ziying said without hesitation. "Originally, you could have directly reached this realm when you received the inheritance, but the lack of spiritual power on the ice field hindered you. As a result, your meridians have expanded, but you have no spiritual power at all."
Yaohua still felt troubled. "That means I can't reach the Nirvana Realm on the ice field. What's the use of saying all this?"
Ziying looked at Ming Ye.
The latter frowned and thought. "Actually, the place where I'm trapped is the only place connected to the Divine Continent. As long as you stay here, you can cultivate smoothly."
Yaohua didn't expect that escaping from the ice field still depended on herself.
She walked to the side of the snow giant. The giant turned sideways, revealing a small cave beside him.
Ming Ye said, "The place connected to the Divine Continent is here. If you go in, you'll cultivate faster."
Under everyone's expectant gazes, Yaohua felt a great deal of pressure.
Thinking of her master still outside, she took a deep breath, walked into the cave, and began to cultivate.
Spiritual power poured into her body continuously. The long - awaited feeling of power made her feel physically and mentally comfortable, but it was soon followed by stabbing pains. The transformation of her meridians by the ancestor's inheritance was triggered again by the spiritual power.
With the power of the inheritance, her cultivation speed was astonishing. Her body greedily absorbed all the spiritual power in the cave.
Time passed quickly in cultivation. When she opened her eyes again, she heard a crisp cracking sound. The bottleneck in her body was broken.
At the same time, the spiritual power in the cave rushed towards her crazily. The overly intense spiritual power fluctuations even tore the ice, snow, and soil around the cave.
At the same time, Yaohua noticed that a little red seeped out from the cracks!
Drip.
Blood kept seeping through the cave wall, making the whole cave look gloomy and terrifying.
A strong sense of crisis immediately hit her heart. She quickly broke out of the cave, but was stunned by the sight outside.
All she saw were corpses!
Lying all over the ground were the familiar brothers Qing Shi and Bai Lu, Fairy Ziying, Immortal Muyang, Immortal Jiang Mo, Fairy Xianyun...
Did these people play a joke on her?
Thinking so, she trembled as she reached out to feel their breaths and shook their bodies. She felt dizzy instantly.
It wasn't an illusion. They were all dead!
What on earth had happened while she was in seclusion?