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Guan Jinyue took a half-inch step back, but the direction of his retreat actually brought him closer to Chen Guan.

Chen Beixuan finally turned his gaze to her out of the corner of his eye.

"Miss Guan, there's no need to be so nervous. I'm not here to arrest you."

Guan Jinyue did not let his guard down.

"It's not up to you."

Chen Beixuan spread his hands.

"That makes sense. Many times, what I say doesn't really count, which is why I hate working overtime."

Chen Beixuan took two steps toward the ice curtain, and the silver-blue rays of light moved aside on their own and then converged again behind him.

He stood a dozen meters away from Chen's coffin.

Through the transparent ice curtain, his gaze fell on the two of them: "Tell me, why do you insist on going into the ruins? Do you even know what's inside?"

"And you, I'm just wondering, haven't I let you take the Cold Jade away several times already?"

Chen Beixuan looked up at Guan Jinyue, his tone puzzled, but she seemed to be facing a formidable enemy.

Chen Beixuan immediately raised one hand and waved it.

"Don't be nervous, the teacher just reads a lot of materials, he doesn't have a habit of stealing your little sister."

Guan Jinyue stared at him: "You even know about Xiao Heng."

Chen Beixuan sighed.

"Miss Guan, you've been operating among the demons for so long, do you really think no one's keeping accounts for you outside?"

Guan Jinyue remained silent.

Chen Guan interrupted the standoff between the two.

"Teacher, what will it take for you to let us down?"

Chen Beixuan moved forward a little, looking into Chen Guan's eyes through the ice curtain.

"There are no treasures or inheritances inside, and no benefits for leveling up or fighting monsters."

He paused for a moment and then continued, "Chen Guan, I have a sincere piece of advice for you."

He pointed into the distance.

"Go back, take a hot bath, and get some sleep. Let the adults handle the Ice Sea matter."

Chen Guan remained silent; his silence was his stance.

After a brief standoff, Chen Beixuan sighed, turned around, and said, "Since you insist on this, then wait for me."

After saying that, he disappeared before Chen Guan could reply.

A moment later, he appeared in a deserted corner, holding a black token in his hand.

Silver-blue runes spread outwards along the token, and Chen Beixuan finally put his casual tone aside as he placed his palm on the token.

"Beidou, that brat Xuanwu insists on coming in, what should we do?"

There is no signal here, and he is isolated from the world, but the token in his hand is not affected by the signal and can still communicate freely.

After a while, the token lit up, and Beidou's voice came through: "Kong Chen, what happened?"

Chen Beixuan raised his hand and rubbed his temples.

"What else could have happened? I caught the student skipping class red-handed."

The person on the other end of the token ignored his nonsense.

Chen Beixuan sighed.

"The coffin has arrived at the entrance to the icy sea."

It remains quiet on the other side of Beidou.

Chen Beixuan continued speaking.

"He also brought along a younger sister who's wanted by the police with a net worth of billions."

After he said that, he himself felt it was somewhat absurd.

"You know what, Xuanwu really doesn't pick and choose his routes when he goes out. Shanghai was just bombed, and people are still outside holding funerals for him, and he turned around and ran to the Northern Forbidden Zone."

The voice of Beidou finally came from the token.

"Is that Guan Jinyue next to him?"

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Chen Beixuan sensed danger in Beidou's tone and quickly said, "He just escaped death in Shanghai, he's still wearing Baal, and his mental state isn't stable."

"Guan Jinyue is currently being watched by the demon race, and there are also people on the human side who want to kill her."

"You told me to guard the door here, and I came. You told me to wait for someone who might never show up, and I came too."

"But regardless of whether Chen Guan and Guan Jinyue are the people you are looking for, you shouldn't go down now."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the token; Beidou was unaffected by his tone.

"But what if they are the people I'm looking for?"

Chen Beixuan sighed and rubbed his forehead: "Brother, what are you thinking? Why do you think that two eighteen-year-old kids are people you've been looking for for decades... no, hundreds or thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years?"

He knew that Beidou had lived for a very long time.

So long that even some classified files inside the Great Wall only dared to record his existence using code names.

So long ago, neither he nor Baihu knew which era this second-in-command of the Guiyuan Group had lived through to this day.

The Big Dipper holds many secrets, such as this relic beneath the icy sea.

Beidou asked him to help look after this place, because his special ability was just right to suppress the strange activity here.

He altered the rules here, preventing ordinary monsters from getting close, so that the spirit beasts that frequently travel between the two places could get around thanks to the friendly assistance of his colleagues.

Beidou said that what's below is related to an old friend from his era, and he firmly believes that friend will return to this place.

At first, Chen Beixuan didn't find this strange at all. After all, Beidou was a genuine immortal, so it wouldn't be surprising to have two more immortals.

But gradually, it started to become increasingly strange.

A few insignificant little demons, a few spirits that had become powerful, and now even two eighteen-year-old children have become strong candidates for the role of an old friend from a thousand years ago in the eyes of the Big Dipper.

This was also the reason why Chen Beixuan initially wanted to persuade the two to give up.

Where exactly does the power lie?

Beidou sighed almost imperceptibly: "Do as I say."

Those who haven't experienced it or witnessed it firsthand will not understand.

Even Chen Beixuan, who is at the eleventh level and is considered by ordinary people to be at the top of the world, would not understand.

"You're doing this again."

Chen Beixuan leaned back against the black rock, his tone tinged with annoyance.

"Do all of you long-lived people have this problem? You make others guess when something happens."

"Although I am an empty shell, I am not a fortune teller's stick."

Beidou ignored his complaint: "I want to see if he can get there."

Chen Beixuan looked up at the gray sky and said in a deep voice, "Then I'll listen to you one more time. You'd better be really sure."

"If he can't get there, bring him back."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beixuan didn't bother to continue cursing. After all, he was still Beidou's nominal superior, and besides, he owed Beidou a favor.

He took back the token, patted the snow off his coat, and reappeared at the edge of the well.

Chen Guan was still standing in front of the ice curtain, and Guan Jinyue had not left either; both of them looked at him.

Chen Beixuan's face returned to that carefree expression.

Congratulations to both of you.

Chen Guan looked at him: "Who did the teacher just consult?"

Chen Beixuan blinked: "Principal."

After saying that, he raised his hand and placed his palm in the center of the ice curtain, and silver-blue light flowed outwards along the lines of his palm.

With a gentle push of his palm, the transparent ice curtain opened from the center to both sides, and the previously sealed sea well reappeared on the dark surface of the water.

There was no sound on the water's surface; the swirling undercurrents clung to the well walls, extending downwards and reaching deep into the earth's core.

Chen Beixuan stepped aside, making half a step.

"Please come in, you two young students."

Chen Guan looked into the depths of the sea well, took out the water-repelling pearl, and the water vapor from the icy sea fell on the surface of the pearl, quickly forming a thin layer of frost. He held it in his palm, and a transparent gas film diffused out from the pearl, forming a thin insulating layer against his clothes.