"Senior Sister, what's wrong with you?" Li Jinzhi restrained his expression.

"Do you really think a cultivator can't speak because of damaged vocal cords?" Ye Dieer raised her eyebrows and asked, "Do you think you use vocal cords to transmit sound?"

"Then you …"

"Oh, Master asked me to pretend that there's a problem with my cultivation method. She suspects that Qing Mu is trying to get close to me because her master wants to steal her away." Ye Die 'er transmitted her voice with an indifferent expression.

"How many candles must she light for Qingmu to express her grief for him?"

Ye Dieer narrowed her eyes and lowered her voice. "If you dare to tell Qingmu about this, I'll crush you in the secret realm!"

Li Jinzhi nodded expressionlessly. "This has nothing to do with me, and I'm not a gossipy person. I just don't know why Senior Sister told me this."

"Do you want me to communicate with you using sign language the entire time?" She raised her eyebrows and looked Li Jinzhi up and down. She sneered. "Do you know how to do it?"

Li Jinzhi's mouth twitched. This woman has changed so much since the last time they met. Has she been led astray by Elder Hua Ming?

What happened to the promised gentle female lead?

At this moment, two rays of light shot out from the ice palace behind him. Two young men appeared. They had the same face and the same sword. They were actually a pair of twin cultivators.

"Everyone, we're the senior brothers leading the team for this trip to the secret realm."

The two of them spoke at the same time. The volume of their words was exactly the same. "If anyone doesn't abide by the sect's rules and brings shame to the sect, we'll punish them on behalf of the elders."

After speaking, the two swords behind them flew out at the same time. They expanded in the wind and intertwined in the air to form a giant sword. The giant sword buzzed and stopped moving.

"Junior Brothers and Sisters, please board the flying sword." After speaking, the two of them flew up at the same time and stood at the front of the flying sword.

Everyone present turned into rays of light and flew onto the flying sword. After everyone in the square was on the flying sword, the giant sword broke through the air and flew away.

Li Jinzhi stood in the middle, recalling the description of the Ice Cave Secret Realm in the original text. In some places, the ice was so shallow that it would break upon contact. Under the ice, there were either bone-freezing undercurrents or piercing icicles.

Logically speaking, cultivators had the escape light to use, so they didn't have to worry about the thickness of the ice layer. However, the most detestable thing about that secret realm was that they couldn't use escape light.

Just as Li Jinzhi was letting his imagination run wild, Ye Dieer's voice drifted over. "I don't want to travel with you."

"As you wish," Li Jinzhi said lightly. "Take care." He was going to find out more about Ye Cheng, so he did not want to go with her.

Although all kinds of evidence proved that the villain Ye Cheng wasn't his Ye Cheng, he still couldn't help but ask, "Senior Martial Sister, is there a clansman named Ye Cheng in your clan?"

"Yes," he answered concisely.

Li Jinzhi turned around abruptly. "Where is he?!"

"Before my aunt went missing, she named the child in her womb Ye Cheng. Later on, my aunt went missing, but the child in her womb was still listed in the Ye Clan's genealogy," Ye Dieer said coldly.

Li Jinzhi understood. As for the child's whereabouts, he had no way of knowing.

The flying sword was more than twice as fast as the flying horse. In just half a day, they arrived at the Ice Cave Secret Realm in the center of the Northern Frozen Domain.

The secret realm was located in a ring-shaped iceberg. There was a bottomless blue pond that emitted icy white air. The pond was surrounded by cultivators from various sects.

The giant sword landed above the crowd on the left side of the pond. Li Jinzhi noticed that the people below were actually divided into two groups. The person on the other side was obviously Moksha of the Northern Frozen Domain.

Moksha's group was full of demons. The coquettish female cultivators were barely clothed, while the male cultivators had messy hair and some were bewitching.

On the other hand, the people on his side were all wearing the same uniform with neatly combed hair.

When the disciples landed on the ground, the twins looked at each other and made a hand seal. The giant sword buzzed and split into two, then flew into the scabbards on their backs.

Li Jinzhi retracted his gaze and closed his eyes to meditate. After entering the secret realm today, he had to be careful. It was always good to have more spiritual power now.

He was still a little nervous. After all, there would be competition in the secret realm, and with competition, there would be killing. If he was not mentally prepared to see blood, he would be killed by others.

The mental preparation he had built up in his heart all this time was not enough for him to kill someone.

What should he do?

A day later, a white haired old man appeared in the light. His eyes shone brightly as he laughed and said, "Little friends, today is the opening day of the Secret Territory. Before this, this old man still has to announce some rules. First, swords have no eyes. All competitions and killings in the Secret Territory will not be held accountable. Second, the Secret Territory cannot be used in the Secret Territory. Little friends, please be careful. Third, the Secret Territory will close in three months. Please hurry up. If you miss this deadline, you will have to wait for the next opening day."

After he finished speaking, he made a hand seal. Majestic spiritual power overflowed from the palm of his hand. The cold air on the ice lake seemed to be forcibly pulled away by a pair of big hands. The cold lake water boiled on its own, and the scene was magnificent.

"Go in quickly!" The old man's face was red as he turned his head and shouted.

After hearing this, the cultivators of the two groups all rushed toward the center of the lake. Li Jinzhi was sandwiched between them.

After he entered the ice lake, he vigilantly mobilized spiritual power to cover his body. The buoyancy of the lake water carried him for about a few meters. His body suddenly became empty and fell rapidly.

I'm here!

Li Jinzhi mobilized his spiritual power. Sure enough, he couldn't use light. He turned his body and landed steadily.

Before he could stand up, there was another sound of someone falling to the ground beside him.

This sound made Li Jinzhi's nerves tense. The ice cone quickly came out of his heart and floated around him to protect him.

He quickly got up and took a few steps back. After confirming that he was in a safe position, he went to observe the person who fell to the ground beside him.

The person was wearing shabby clothes. His face was down like a dog, and he didn't move for a long time.

Is he dead?

Li Jinzhi speculated darkly.

In the original work, the man who fell with the male protagonist seemed to have seen that the male protagonist's cultivation was quite low, so he left in a hurry without saying goodbye.

Now that Li Jinzhi's cultivation was at the peak of the Qi Refining stage, the other party's reaction was a variable.

Admittedly, his strength was enough to deal with the person on the ground, but he was still a little repulsed by killing people. Wait, wait, wait a little more.

"Mm." The person on the ground moaned and slowly got up.

Li Jinzhi saw the other party's face clearly. The spinning Ice Crystals around him fell to the ground with a clang.