"Ugh, it's really cold here!"
After bidding farewell to Yuan Liuer, Hu Ke'er followed Chen Tianyi back into the Snowy Abyss. The entire field of vision was a vast expanse of white. Even though she was wrapped in the cloak Chen Tianyi had prepared earlier, she still felt the bone - chilling cold.
"Here, little junior sister. Take this," Chen Tianyi said as he handed Hu Ke'er a white jade token.
"What's this?"
As soon as Hu Ke'er took the white jade token, a warm sensation spread from her palm.
"Put it on. It can keep you warm," Chen Tianyi said gently as he looked at Hu Ke'er.
"Senior Brother Chen, what about you if you give this jade token to me?"
Feeling the warmth in her palm, Hu Ke'er slightly raised her head and looked at Chen Tianyi in confusion.
"It's okay. I have cultivation skills. This temperature won't affect me much."
"Really?" Hu Ke'er asked.
"Yes, little junior sister. Don't worry. I can take care of myself," Chen Tianyi said with a slight upward curve of his lips.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Chen," Hu Ke'er said gratefully and then hung the jade token around her neck.
"Ah~ It feels much better," Hu Ke'er said as a warm sensation spread from her chest where the jade token was hanging to her whole body.
"Senior Brother Chen, do you still remember where we met Senior Sister Bai Susu last time?"
Hu Ke'er looked around. Everywhere was white. She couldn't tell the difference between these places at all.
"I don't remember either," Chen Tianyi said, shaking his head.
"If it were just a frozen wasteland here, I could still tell the directions. But with all these large and small formations affecting the place, it's really hard for me to tell the direction."
"I see," Hu Ke'er said, slightly frowning after hearing Chen Tianyi's words.
"What should we do then? It's not easy to find Senior Sister Bai Susu in this vast expanse of snow."
"It's really not easy. So actually, our time is quite limited now," Chen Tianyi said with a bitter smile.
"Little junior sister, why don't you come on my flying sword with me? This way we can go faster. But it might be colder..."
"It's okay. With the jade token you gave me, I don't feel cold at all," Hu Ke'er said with a gentle smile.
"Okay, let's go!"
With that, Chen Tianyi summoned his flying sword again.
"It's so beautiful!"
After Hu Ke'er got on Chen Tianyi's flying sword and flew into the sky, she saw the continuous mountains in the distance, which were extremely spectacular.
"The scenery here is just so - so. There are many more beautiful places in our Longhu Mountain. Next time I'll take you up there to have a look!"
"No, it'll be too much trouble for you, Senior Brother Chen. Next time when I can fly on my own, I'll go and have a look myself," Hu Ke'er said softly, shaking her head.
"It won't be. You've always been on my flying sword, little junior sister. I'm used to it!"
"Well, even if you're used to it, I can't always rely on your flying sword."
"Why?" Senior Brother Chen slightly turned his head and frowned.
"It's inconvenient. When you weren't around last time, I almost had to walk back to the Flying Tiger Hall from the training room by myself. So I have to learn to fly on my own!"
"Uh..." Chen Tianyi was slightly stunned after hearing Hu Ke'er's words.
"Little junior sister, are you mad at me for not picking you up in time last time?"
"No. You're not my driver, Senior Brother Chen. I can't always rely on you. I should be able to fly on my own for convenience," Hu Ke'er said softly.
"By the way, is 'driver' the same as 'groom'? Oh, are you really mad, little junior sister?"
"No. I'm serious," Hu Ke'er said, feeling that she was making the situation worse.
"I'm really not mad. Anyway, I have to learn to fly on my own. And the feeling of flying on my own must be different from riding on someone else's flying object!"
"Okay, but with your current cultivation level, it'll be a long time before you can fly with a sword!"
"I didn't say I want to fly with a sword. I said I want to fly on my own," Hu Ke'er said with a slight upward curve of her lips, thinking that the blueprint of her improved spiritual energy engine was almost completed, which was the first step towards making an airplane.
"Eh, then how are you going to fly, little junior sister?" Chen Tianyi asked in confusion.
"I can make an airplane. Anyway, I'll make something that can take me flying."
"Are you going to refine a flying magic weapon, little junior sister? But a flying magic weapon also needs spiritual power to control it. Actually, a flying sword is the most common flying magic weapon," Chen Tianyi said softly.
"Sort of. I'm going to make a flying magic weapon that even people without cultivation can control."
"Eh?" Chen Tianyi exclaimed in surprise after hearing Hu Ke'er's words.
"Is that really possible? Flying without relying on spiritual power is just too amazing!"
"Nothing is impossible. I thought it was even more amazing when I first saw you slay the snake demon with your flying sword, Senior Brother Chen," Hu Ke'er said confidently.
"Anyway, just wait, Senior Brother Chen. In a while, I'll be able to make a land - traveling magic weapon that can travel a thousand miles a day. Then after some optimization, I can naturally make a flying magic weapon!"
"Ugh, I'll be waiting to see then."
Since Chen Tianyi had seen Hu Ke'er invent powerful spiritual energy magic weapons and spirit stone refining furnaces before, he didn't directly deny Hu Ke'er's invention. Instead, he supported her.
"Yeah!" Hu Ke'er nodded after hearing Chen Tianyi's words.
"By the way, Senior Brother Chen, after flying for so long, haven't we found any trace of Senior Sister Bai Susu?"
"No," Chen Tianyi said, shaking his head.
"As you can see, little junior sister, it's all snow around here, and it's still snowing. Even if there were really any traces, they would have been covered by these goose - feather - like snowflakes long ago. Unless Senior Sister Bai Susu makes a big commotion, it'll be very difficult for us to find her."
"Eh, doesn't that mean we can only rely on luck?" Hu Ke'er asked.
"That's right. And now the sky is starting to get dark. We have to find a place to spend the night quickly. It's much colder here at night than during the day. If we can't find a safe place to start a fire, we might freeze to death."
"Ah?" Hu Ke'er was stunned after hearing Chen Tianyi's words. Then she asked worriedly, "What should we do now, Senior Brother Chen?"
"I see a mountain ahead. If we're lucky, we can find a cave to stay in for the night."
"Okay, hurry up, Senior Brother Chen!"
"Okay!"