Chapter 318: Red Thread Determines Marriage

The world under the icy lake is an ice cave.

After they crossed the ice, they felt as if they had passed through some invisible closed barrier. After a flash of light, they landed in front of a complex ice cave, with no water and no living creatures.

Before them were layers of caves that stretched as far as the eye could see. They could only see through the ice caves into the bottomless areas in all directions. The depths of each cave were completely pitch black.

There are countless intertwined caves hidden deep inside.

The caves in the ice cave are so dense that they are almost like a swollen sponge. There is a corner every three steps and a new fork in the road every five steps. If you take a few more steps without being careful, you will completely lose track of your companions.

"Fortunately, I'm prepared." Qin Baiqing's eyes lit up after seeing the ice cave, and she gestured meaningfully to Feng Budu to stretch out his hand.

Her expression was excited and full of anticipation. Feng Budu's eyebrows jumped, and he had a feeling that it couldn't be something serious.

The end of a red thread appeared in his palm. Qin Baiqing manipulated it to climb up Feng Budu's palm lines, pass around the tiger's mouth and wrap around his wrist. It was carefully wrapped twice more. The tingling sensation spread all the way from the fingertips to the depths of the wrist. The red thread seemed to be stained with the temperature of his blood vessels, and it gave the illusion of heat when wrapped around his skin.

Finally, he stretched it out of reassurance, and after confirming that it was firmly attached, Qin Baiqing curved her eyebrows in satisfaction, nodded and praised: "Not bad, not bad, Situ Fusheng didn't lie, it's really a good thing, once you get entangled with it, you can't get away."

As she spoke, she quickly wrapped the other end around her wrist and shook it proudly.

The red line fell on the fair and delicate wrist, which was so conspicuous that it seemed to carry a hint of obvious ambiguity.

Feng Budu felt mixed emotions after seeing her wrap the red thread around her hand. After a while, he asked nonchalantly, "Where did you get it from?"

"It was sold to me by Situ Fusheng. When I was looking for the Red Luan Star, he said that if I found it in the future and tied the red string around the person's hand, my marriage would be decided."

However, the red string does not contain any transcendental power of heaven, and has nothing to do with marriage.

Feng Budu saw it as nothing more than an ordinary magic weapon that could extend time indefinitely. Situ Fusheng was a dishonest businessman with no bottom line, and he showed no mercy in defrauding wealthy sponsors.

He lowered his eyes, withdrew his hand, hid the red thread in his sleeve, and calmly made a note of what happened to Situ Fusheng. He didn't know if this behavior could undermine his so-called fairness.

Qin Baiqing was blindly confident in her red line. After wrapping it around her, she let her feet run wild as she shuttled back and forth in the caves, excitedly leading the way in front, relying on her intuition.

However, the ice cave inevitably has some exposed and sharp ice and frozen rocks. When the red line rubs against them, the spiritual light contained in them is weakened a little. After rubbing against them several times, they become shaky and are about to break.

The person on the other end was unaware. Feng Budu followed behind along the red line. A light silently leaped out from his fingertips, casting a layer of barrier on the red line, protecting it tightly.

The signs of fracture disappeared.

"Feng Budu, come here, we have a clue!"

The voice came from the cave in front with an echo. Feng Budu crossed the red line indifferently and followed Qin Baiqing's voice.

After seeing her crouching around the corner stealthily, he stuck his head out to observe the outside. After sensing Feng Budu's presence, he whispered without turning his head:

"Duan Yao is just ahead. We caught up with them... They actually took the right road."

The two of them took a closer look in the dark and found that this group of people were at best only at the stage of transcending tribulation. They obviously did not have any medium to communicate with the old way of heaven, and no one possessed the cultivation level of an immortal.

Seeing this, they felt relieved. After a silent look at each other, they hid their bodies tacitly, and walked around the corner and passed by the group of people. When passing Duan Yao, Qin Baiqing turned around and said contemptuously: "A fool who only relies on the protection of the old heaven."

Then he continued on his way, relying on his intuition to pass through several caves. Duan Yao suddenly stopped and looked sideways to feel the surrounding atmosphere:
"The atmosphere seemed different for a moment."

The two had already walked away. Qin Baiqing keenly noticed Duan Yao's voice and did not hide her mockery: "The daylily has already gone cold before you react. We will definitely win this time. The daylily... No, the Goddess Peak will definitely be ours."

Feng Budu followed her as usual, and suddenly asked, "They don't have a mediator now, should we just stop them here?"

The risks of going deeper are unknown. Duan Yao and his group are so numerous that there are bound to be omissions. It is better to solve the problem here... There are only two of them left in the ice lake, which will make it safer to get the Goddess's Tears.

Strike him while he's weak. Duan Yao, who doesn't have any agents at hand, is the easiest to deal with.

"That makes sense, but what if there are other dangers in there?" Qin Baiqing shook her head and became entangled: "We haven't found the Goddess Peak yet, it's not safe to act rashly."

She saw that Feng Budu seemed to be particularly obsessed with Shennu Peak, and was even willing to take risks to resolve Duan Yao's hidden dangers in advance, so she advised:

"I can sense Goddess Peak. There is a way to recapture it. We will definitely find it before them."

Feng Budu was silent for a moment, then he retracted his gaze and nodded calmly, "Well, let's go, save our strength and find the target first."

As they walked further into the ice cave, the corners and forks became farther and farther away. It seemed that they had passed the most complicated terrain, but the further they walked, the more uncertain Qin Baiqing became.

Her intuition became blurred, she gradually lost the sense of guidance from the unknown, and her expression was no longer confident.

Finally, I simply stopped at a fork in the road that was similar to the one I had just encountered when I entered the ice cave, and shook my head, saying, "My intuition has disappeared. I don't know which road to choose this time."

She thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered the python. She pulled out the still soft and weak little snake, and placed it in the palm of her hand facing the two forks.

"Choose one, little snake. It's up to you whether you can be reunited with the goddess."

The python raised its head weakly, and its fingertip-sized head swayed unsteadily in front of two forks in the road. Finally, it fell headfirst into Qin Baiqing's palm, but its head was still pointing firmly in one direction.

She confirmed again and again, making sure that the Basher did not fall down but was indeed choosing a direction. Then she stood up and followed the Basher's instructions and entered without hesitation.

The aura changed quietly, and the two were unaware.

As usual, Qin Baiqing led the way in front, muttering to herself.

"Feng Budu, do you feel that this road seems chilly?"

"The water vapor around me seems to be getting bigger... Why is it foggy?"

There was no response from behind her, so she turned around in dissatisfaction. The thick fog in front of her eyes dissipated in an instant. She suddenly lost weight while she was in a subconscious daze. Her feet were empty and she had no support. Her body fell straight down in the biting cold.

The ground and the ice cave disappeared at some point, and several bubbles appeared in Qin Baiqing's field of vision. She wanted to call for help, but there was no one around. The deep lake water swallowed her in an instant.

She blinked blankly, and subconsciously looked at her wrist as she fell, only to see that it was empty.

(End of this chapter)

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