Jiang Ji and the other two all shook their heads, "It wasn't me."
Feng Xi weakly raised her little hand, "It was me! It was me! It was me who did it!"
Everyone: Heh heh.
You're a Qi Refining Stage cultivator, where would you get sword light from? Did you blow it out of your mouth from boasting?!
Even Jun Wen and Xing Wu thought Feng Xi was joking.
Feng Xi blinked.
But it really was her!
Just now, while she was waving her wooden sword around directing the battle, she casually pointed and a streak of white light shot toward the Ice-Crack Saber-Toothed Tiger.
It hit the back of its head directly.
Then the Ice-Crack Saber-Toothed Tiger kicked the bucket.
Seeing that no one believed her, she grabbed her wooden sword and gestured a few more times. Unfortunately, not even the shadow of sword light appeared.
Was she seeing things?
No one dwelled on it further. They assumed Jiang Ji or the others had accidentally struck the back of the Ice-Crack Saber-Toothed Tiger's head.
In any case, the tiger was dead. Today was a great victory.
Qin Shifeng said to Feng Xi, "Junior Sister Feng Xi, you should store the Ice-Crack Saber-Toothed Tiger's corpse!"
All their spoils were temporarily being kept by Feng Xi, under the noble justification of "unified distribution"!
No one objected. Even if Feng Xi pocketed everything herself, they couldn't really say anything.
After all, she had saved their lives.
With her hands behind her back and pacing like an official, Feng Xi stored the Ice-Crack Saber-Toothed Tiger into her storage ring.
Over the next few days, Feng Xi and the others continued their previous style, frantically looting everything in sight.
Once they had gathered enough, Feng Xi discussed with the others and decided it was time to set off.
Everyone sat on the sled, racing toward the exit direction of the Extreme Cold Ice Plains.
Aside from the few wolves pulling the sled, the remaining wolves were divided into two groups, one sent ahead as vanguard, the other trailing behind as rear guard.
This ensured they wouldn't be ambushed from either direction.
That was also one of the reasons Feng Xi had built the sled.
Otherwise, they could've just directly ridden the wolves.
Additionally, sitting together on the sled allowed them to communicate easily and avoid being scattered in emergencies.
The daytime journey went smoothly. But when night fell, they encountered a city.
A city that appeared out of thin air.
Its lights were bright.
It was bustling with noise.
Against the vast, silent ice plains, it looked especially eerie.
Everyone turned to Feng Xi.
Unconsciously, they had grown used to following her lead.
Feng Xi blinked, "We'll go around it."
No one objected.
If Feng Xi said to detour, she must have her reasons.
However, they soon discovered that no matter which direction they chose, the city would reappear before them.
Feng Xi curled her lips, "Oh? It's latched onto us. How about we go in and have some fun?"
Everyone: …Are you sure we're going in to have fun and not to give our lives?
But there was no other choice. If they didn't enter, they couldn't leave the Extreme Cold Ice Plains.
Feng Xi stored the sled and put the wolf king into a spirit beast pouch.
Then she had Qin Shifeng store the other wolves.
Only then did she lead everyone to the city gate.
Two guards suddenly appeared at the gate. One extended his hand, "To enter the city, each person must pay one thousand-year Ice Soul. If you do not have one, you must pay one million spirit stones."
Everyone was dumbfounded!
A thousand-year Ice Soul?
They didn't even have a hundred-year Ice Soul!
And it wasn't just them, such things were nearly nonexistent on the market!
Ice Souls were said to originate only from the core region of the Extreme Cold Ice Plains, however the core region was so dangerous that even Soul Transformation Stage cultivators wouldn't dare approach.
So Ice Souls only existed in legends, no one had even laid eyes on it.
As for one million spirit stones, none of them carried that much either!
While everyone was worrying, they saw Feng Xi casually pulled out a broken stone from her storage ring and handed it to the guard.
The guard nodded, "You may enter."
Everyone: ...
That also works?!
They copied her, handing over random stones to muddle through.
Their nerves weren't as steady as Feng Xi's, each and every one of them was on tenterhooks. Two of them nearly tripped from anxiety.
Once everyone entered the city, they discovered that it was actually daytime!
When they looked up at the sky, everyone froze.
A blood-red crescent moon hung in the sky.
Xing Wu exclaimed, "This-this is the actually Demon Realm!"
Everyone's hearts tightened.
Day and night reversed. A red moon overhead. It is indeed the Demon Realm.
Of course, they knew this wasn't the real Demon Realm outside.
But why would a city resembling the Demon Realm appear inside the Extreme Cold Ice Plains?
More precisely, it was a city that's…..already dead.
The earlier bustling noise had been an illusion. Now, there's only silence.
While everyone was tense, Feng Xi's eyes sparkled, "You're sure this is a demon city? No mistake?"
Everyone: ...
What are you so excited about?!
After receiving confirmation, Feng Xi smiled brightly, "There must be demonic treasures here. Maybe even their classics. If we can obtain them, dealing with the demons in the future will be twice as effective!"
Everyone: …
You're saying this out loud. Aren't you afraid something here will target us?
As if on cue, a gloomy voice echoed from all directions, "As expected, humans are indeed despicable!
Plotting schemes at every moment!"
Jiang Ji and the others' expressions instantly changed. They nervously stood on guard.
Feng Xi, however, remained calm and smiled, "This senior, I deliberately said that out loud earlier, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to draw you out!
And since you allowed us into the city, I assume you don't mind our identities as humans.
Besides, what difference is there between humans and demons?
Wherever you go, there's scheming and deception, there's warmth and coldness of relationships. As long as you meet the right person, whether they're human or demon doesn't matter.
Don't you agree?"
The voice snorted, "What a sharp tongue at such a young age!
You're right, since I let you come in, I don't mind your identities as humans.
But punishment is still required.
How about this, you will pair up and fight each other. You must cripple your partner. Otherwise, I will erase all of you right now."
Jiang Ji and the others clenched their teeth. This demon was clearly toying with them!
If so, it's better to fight to the death!
Even if it means dying, they cannot yield to demons!
But since Feng Xi was leading them now, they waited without saying anything.
Feng Xi asked curiously, "Senior, what do you mean by cripple? Do you mean cutting off the other's body part?"
The voice hesitated, then said, "Yes. That is what this master means."
Feng Xi immediately turned to the others, "Come on! Pair up and pull out each other's eyelashes!"
Everyone: …
The voice: …
Since the voice didn't respond, they started following what Feng Xi said and plucked each other's eyelashes!
Jun Wen was very devastated.
He would soon be incomplete!
As a mildly obsessive, self-admiring narcissist, he couldn't tolerate even the slightest flaw in his appearance.
But there's no other way, in order to survive, he had no choice but to sacrifice his eyelashes.
There were fifteen of them total, so Feng Xi ended up without a partner.
She took out a small pair of scissors and trimmed the tips of her hair a bit.
"Heavens above! Earth below! I'm a cripple now!
Hair and skin are gifts from one's parents!
Father! Mother! I have failed you!"
Everyone: …
If you knew from the start that you could just trim your hair, why did you make us pull out our eyelashes?!
You must've lacked virtue for eight lifetimes!