Before the morning mist had dissipated, the group stood outside the cave with their packs on their backs. Ye Fan’s fingertips brushed the hilt of the Starfall Sword at his waist, his gaze sweeping over the scattered carcasses of the Void-Rending Beasts outside—when the Spirit-Trapping Array had activated a moment ago, those beasts controlled by the dark shadows had acted as if their souls were being sucked away, crashing against the cave walls and falling still.
He could feel the young sprout of the Heavenly Wood Seed within his Inner World tremble gently, as if responding to the tension in his heart. "Let's go," he muttered softly, stepping out first into the morning mist.
Su Qingxue’s embroidered shoes tapped lightly against the slippery green moss, the seven-string zither pouch at her waist swaying with her steps. Suddenly, she turned her head sideways, her fingernail painted with red dye grazing the back of Ye Fan’s hand: "You kept the matter of the Ice Abyss in the far north from Zhaoyue." Her voice was wrapped in the chill of the morning mist. "The look that little girl gave you just now was like a snow plum beaten by frost."
Chapter 314