"There is nothing here, what is the point of living for a thousand years?"
To remain here, only to live for the sake of living, Chu Lingwei disliked this feeling immensely.
Hearing this, Rufeng looked at the river before him, lost in thought, pondering something unknown.
"Rufeng, do you want to leave?" Chu Lingwei asked cautiously. He had lived here for so many years, he must be fully aware of the situation here, and perhaps he was unwilling to tell her.
There was no reply.
Finding it dull, Chu Lingwei took out her flying artifact and began to observe the Linglongjian little by little.
Rufeng had said that there were no spiritual beasts left here, so at least she did not have to worry about danger.
The entire Linglongjian was like an ordinary mountain stream, except that this mountain stream was formed by glaciers. She could not feel the wind at all, but cold air seeped into her body from all directions.
This coldness not only chilled her skin but also penetrated deep into her bone marrow, causing her entire body to ache.
Chu Lingwei followed the side direction of the Linglongjian, moving forward. She refused to believe there was no exit. As long as there was water, there must be an exit.
Seven days later, Chu Lingwei was blocked by a glacier. The end of the Linglongjian had been reached.
All the river water in Linglongjian seemed to have flowed into the ground, disappearing abruptly.
It turned out that this Linglongjian was not long.
Chu Lingwei searched for any traces that might have occurred here, but she was extremely disappointed. There was nothing here but glaciers and ice, as well as the small homes that the Nine-tailed Mysterious Fish had set up for her.
With nothing else to do, Chu Lingwei found a cave of a Nine-tailed Ice Fish and began fishing using her old method.
When Rufeng reappeared, Chu Lingwei had already lost count of how many Nine-tailed Ice Fish she had caught.
"Didn't you say you had enough? Why are you still fishing here?"
"It's simply too boring here. I have to find something to do for myself." Chu Lingwei did not even lift her head. She really could not understand how Rufeng had spent so many years here.
"What else do you want to do?" Rufeng sat down beside Chu Lingwei, a flicker of confusion in his eyes. He could not recall what he used to do.
"I want to leave." Chu Lingwei replied frankly. She knew Rufeng would not help her leave, and for now, she was just venting her frustrations.
"I told you, no one can leave here."
Rufeng was not affected by this statement because leaving here was simply impossible.
"Rufeng, can you tell me how you got trapped here?" Chu Lingwei became interested. She was very curious why, if all the spiritual beasts were dead, he was the only one trapped here.
"I don't know. When I woke up, I was the only one left here." Rufeng shook his head. He could not remember the events of the past, only having fragmented memories.
"So, can you remember your past at all?" Chu Lingwei frowned. This person before her would sometimes talk about past events and then say he couldn't remember them, which was contradictory.
"I don't remember." Rufeng shook his head.
Alright, it was very likely that he simply didn't want to say anything.
"In your current state, you must go to the Self-generating Water to cultivate." Rufeng could feel Chu Lingwei's cultivation weakening day by day. He stood up, "If you remain so stubborn, you will have no way to survive here."
Linglongjian, the most mysterious place in Bingji Cliff, where the cold air from the glaciers was even colder than the ice art unleashed by supreme cultivators.
No matter who it was, they could not stay here indefinitely without being eroded by this cold air.
Chu Lingwei had already sensed a large amount of unremovable cold qi accumulating in her body. If this continued, she would eventually die.
"Didn't I tell you? I truly cannot survive here for a thousand years."
"Why don't you go to the Self-generating Lake?" Rufeng frowned, his eyes filled with confusion. Cultivators should be extremely eager for the Self-generating Water.
"I want to leave here. I'm afraid I'll end up like you, never able to leave." At this moment, a Nine-tailed Ice Fish was caught. Chu Lingwei's eyes twinkled with a smile as she held the fish up. "I know what I can cultivate with now."
Rufeng fell silent upon hearing Chu Lingwei's words.
"I will definitely be able to get out."
Chu Lingwei carried the Nine-tailed Ice Fish. Grandpa Yu had always wanted to taste the flesh of the Nine-tailed Ice Fish. Since she had nothing to do, she might as well try it here now.
Just as Chu Lingwei was about to invite Rufeng to roast the fish with her, he suddenly said,
"But how can you get out if you act like this?" Chu Lingwei found it amusing. Was he waiting for the barrier to weaken someday?
"I know, this barrier will open one day." Rufeng stated with absolute certainty.
As expected.
"I'm going to roast fish. Do you want some?" Chu Lingwei asked, holding up the Nine-tailed Ice Fish in her hand.
"Yes."
Chu Lingwei took the fish and Rufeng to the edge of the cliff. First, she spread a layer of warm spirit-gathering mat, a heating array disk.
She lit a fire, threaded the Nine-tailed Ice Fish onto a stick, and placed it over the fire to roast slowly.
"Here, hold this." Chu Lingwei handed the threaded Nine-tailed Ice Fish to Rufeng.
"Me?" Rufeng was a little stunned. Did Chu Lingwei want him to help her roast the fish?
"Yes, the two of us, eating just this one fish certainly won't be enough." Chu Lingwei directly shoved the stick into Rufeng's hand and instructed, "Just follow my method, roast it for a while, and then flip it."
After speaking, Chu Lingwei took out several more Nine-tailed Ice Fish from her spatial artifact. She cleaned each one, threaded it onto a stick, and placed it over the fire to roast.
"So, the Nine-tailed Ice Fish turns this color."
The Nine-tailed Ice Fish, nearing perfection, emitted a faint golden hue. However, its original color was still milky white, which was extremely beautiful.
"That's because it's almost cooked." Rufeng followed Chu Lingwei's method, roasting the fish bit by bit. He gradually found the knack, able to let them fly onto the fire by themselves without holding them, and then slowly flip them.
Chu Lingwei shook her head helplessly. She suddenly realized that Rufeng was actually a very lazy person.
She took out seasonings from her storage bag and sprinkled them on the Nine-tailed Ice Fish. A fragrance wafted out, and Chu Lingwei couldn't help but swallow. It smelled incredibly delicious.
"Alright, alright, this one is ready to eat."
Chu Lingwei took down the first one that was roasted the earliest and presented it to Rufeng. "Hurry and taste it. I heard that the flesh of the Nine-tailed Ice Fish is more delicious than any spiritual beast in the cultivation world."
Rufeng looked at the Nine-tailed Ice Fish being handed to him. The aroma kept entering his nostrils, but it did not stir any reaction in him. He looked up casually and could clearly see Chu Lingwei's smiling eyes, more beautiful than the spiritual light of this glacier, which caused his heart to stir.