Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 153 Strange Portrait
Gu Shihan stopped walking, her legs were sore and weak, and her vision was still gray and unchanging. She stood there in the same place.

He squinted slightly, cautiously looking around, searching for a corner where he could rest for a moment.

This gray, gloomy place is almost completely still and calm.

Her gaze finally fell on a pile of ice not far away, the only difference she had seen along the way.

The ice pile looked crystal clear, and although it looked very cold, it was a good place to rest for Gu Shihan, who was exhausted at the moment.

She quickly walked to the ice pile and took out a thick cotton cushion from her storage bracelet.

Gu Shihan placed the cotton cushion on the ice pile, and as soon as she sat down, she couldn't wait to reach out her right hand, take out a portion of spiritual food, and start eating.

As the food entered my empty stomach, a warm current gradually spread from my stomach, like a clear spring flowing through parched land, nourishing every cell in my body.

The energy that had been almost completely depleted from the long journey was slowly restored under the nourishment of this warm current.

Gu Shihan felt a bit better, rested for a while, and then continued on her way. She thought that if she walked around and looked for different places, she might be able to find a way out.

She didn't know how long she had been walking. She stopped to rest again and again, but the road ahead seemed to have no end in sight. With each step, she could clearly feel the heaviness and exhaustion in her body.

At this moment, Gu Shihan was not only physically exhausted, but also on the verge of a mental breakdown.

The fear of the unknown ahead and the helplessness brought on by the long walk made her desperately want to find a place to get a good night's sleep in order to relieve the exhaustion that was almost crushing her.

When hunger struck again, Gu Shihan took out food from her package and began to chew it heartily.

After finishing her meal, she decided not to continue her journey, but instead to set up camp and prepare to sleep.

After all, they hadn't encountered any danger along the way, not even a blade of grass. As far as the eye could see, there was only the icy, bone-chilling ice and a gray, lifeless sky.

With that in mind, Gu Shihan took out a simple tent from her storage bracelet and spent a lot of effort setting it up.

To ensure her own safety, she carefully set up a defensive array around the tent.

Fortunately, she still had a considerable number of spirit stones in her bracelet, which put her mind at ease a little.

Next, Gu Shihan took out a bamboo bed from her prayer beads. This was the first piece of furniture she had bought from the bamboo shop. She carefully laid out the soft and warm Fire Spirit quilt on the bed.

After doing all that, she collapsed onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, showing that she was truly exhausted.

However, in her sleep, Gu Shihan suddenly felt the space around her begin to shake, and the whole world became shaky and blurry.

When she opened her eyes again, she felt a powerful impact hit her, and then with a "bang," she fell straight to the ground!
Yes, that was the feeling of landing solidly! Due to the sudden fall, the bamboo bed beneath me, which had been relatively stable, began to shake violently. With a crisp "crack," one of the legs of the bamboo bed broke off!
Gu Shihan suddenly rolled over, quickly got up from the bamboo bed, and grabbed a sword to be on guard.

Upon closer inspection, the scene before me was completely different from before. The original gray and hazy landscape had vanished without a trace, replaced by a world of icy coldness. Looking around, all I could see was ice, crystal clear and radiating a chilling aura.

This is clearly an ice cave, and not just any ordinary ice cave.

Every piece of ice inside the cave, from top to bottom and left to right, has been meticulously polished, with a surface as smooth as a mirror, so smooth that even the slightest undulation is hard to detect.

The entire space appears to have been sculpted from a single, enormous block of ice, a truly breathtaking sight.

However, within this flawless ice cave, there is something unique—a frozen portrait is embedded in an ice wall.

The figures in the painting are lifelike, but their faces appear somewhat blurry due to the ice covering them.

Gu Shihan stared at the portrait, a strange feeling welling up inside her: "Who is this? Why does it look so strangely familiar..." she murmured to herself.

Just as Gu Shihan was lost in thought while looking at the portrait, two shouts suddenly rang in her mind.

"Hanhan! Let us out!"

"Sister! Please, let me out too!"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Gu Shihan was first taken aback, then her face immediately broke into a joyful smile.

It turned out to be Xingbai and Yutong. Their voices were like the dawn in the darkness, instantly dispelling the loneliness and anxiety that Gu Shihan had felt for many days.

"Xingbai, Yutong, is it really you? I'm finally able to get in touch with you again! This is wonderful!" Gu Shihan was so excited that she almost jumped up.

Since arriving in this gray and unfamiliar place, she has been struggling to find her way forward all by herself, constantly enduring the torment of loneliness and unease deep in her heart.

Now, finally hearing their voices again, the joy is indescribable.

With a gentle wave of his arm, Gu Shihan sent Xingbai and Yutong instantly out of the space.

As soon as they appeared, they eagerly surrounded Gu Shihan.

"Hanhan, we've been so worried about you these past few days! No matter what we tried, we just couldn't get in touch with you. We really don't know what happened to you!" Xingbai said with a face full of concern.

Gu Shihan frowned slightly and replied with a wry smile, "Actually, even I'm not quite sure where I am. I was at Black Wind Cliff when I suddenly encountered a strange black hole and was inexplicably sucked into it. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in this gray, spiritless place. I was exhausted from the journey and couldn't hold on any longer, so I took a nap. When I woke up, I found myself here."

Yu Tong quickly stepped forward, tightly grasped Gu Shihan's hands, looked her up and down, and said with concern, "Sister, look at you, you're all dirty. You don't look as radiant as before. Go into the space and wash yourself properly, then rest comfortably for a while."

(End of this chapter)