Martial Arts Secret Realm: Only I Can Know the Plot?

Chapter 94: Escape

But he didn't show it.

He lowered his head and continued eating his steamed bun, pretending he wasn't thinking about anything.

The days that followed passed very slowly.

Blood Blade Ancestor spends most of his time meditating and practicing his skills.

He had used up almost all the medicine he had left, but the marks left by Shui Dai and Lu Tianshu in their desperate struggle were still visible to the naked eye.

His internal energy was greatly depleted; throwing under extreme conditions requires a significant amount of time to recover.

He practiced his skills more and more diligently, and his movements became increasingly powerful.

Di Yun noticed that his complexion was getting better day by day, and the wound on his left shoulder was slowly healing.

This is a dangerous sign.

Once Blood Saber Ancestor's internal energy had recovered sufficiently, his patience would run out.

It's hard to say what will happen to Shui Sheng or him at that time.

Di Yun was not idle.

Every day, while the Blood Saber Ancestor meditated, he observed every inch of the ice cave. He memorized the walls, the ground, the ice layers, and the direction of the water flow.

On the third day, he discovered it.

Deep within the ice cave, there was a section of ice wall that was a different color from the rest. It wasn't transparent; it was a bluish-grayish white. Taking advantage of Blood Blade Ancestor's inattention, he reached out and touched it—that section of ice wall was warmer than the rest, and it didn't feel as icy to the touch.

Behind the ice wall, there was the sound of flowing water.

It was very light, almost inaudible. But when he put his ear to it, he could hear it—a gurgling sound, like spring water flowing through a crack in the rocks.

Di Yun's heart started beating even faster.

But he didn't make a fuss.

He returned to the fire and sat down, pretending he hadn't noticed anything.

He had already tried it before. When the Blood Blade Ancestor meditates now, he has almost no perception of the outside world. Unless you lock your thoughts on him, he will never wake up.

Di Yun waited a long time, making sure his breathing became even, before slowly and gradually moving deeper into the ice cave. Shui Sheng was still awake, looking at him with eyes full of doubt.

Di Yun put his index finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

Then he pulled out a sharp stone from his pocket—he had secretly hidden it a couple of days ago and chipped it off the ice wall when Blood Blade Ancestor wasn't looking.

He began to chisel at the bluish-white ice wall.

Once, twice, three times.

The sound wasn't loud, but it still seemed quite loud in the quiet ice cave. With each chisel stroke, Di Yun's heart tightened, fearing that the Blood Blade Ancestor would wake up.

Shui Sheng understood what he was doing.

Her eyes lit up.

She didn't say anything, but quietly moved over to catch the ice block that Di Yun had chipped off and gently placed it aside.

The two worked together very well.

One chisel, one join.

No one spoke; only the sound of stones striking the ice wall and the dull thud of ice blocks falling to the ground could be heard.

An hour has passed.

Two hours have passed.

The hole in the ice wall grew larger and larger, from the size of a fist to the size of a bowl, and from the size of a bowl to the size of a washbasin.

Di Yun reached in and touched it—it was empty.

That's a much larger space.

He poked his head in and, by the light of the fire in the ice cave, peeked out—it was an ice crevice, about the width of a person, winding and turning, its destination unknown.

But there is wind in the ice crevice.

A faint breeze carried the cold air from outside.

Where there is wind, there is an exit.

Di Yun shrank back, looked at Shui Sheng, and lowered his voice: "We can get through."

Shui Sheng's tears welled up instantly.

She nodded without saying anything.

Di Yun glanced at the Blood Saber Ancestor again—he was still asleep.

He took a deep breath and was the first to squeeze into the ice crevice.

The crevasse was very narrow, and his shoulders were almost scraping against the ice walls on both sides. The ice walls were sharp, tearing his clothes and skin, causing blood to seep out and leave dark red streaks on the ice surface.

But he didn't stop.

He gritted his teeth and crawled forward little by little.

Shui Sheng followed behind him.

The ice crevasse is getting wider and wider, and the wind is getting stronger and stronger.

Di Yun heard the sounds outside—the howling of the wind and snow, the cracking of rocks in the distance, and an indescribable, empty, and free sound.

He sped up.

Finally, he emerged from the other side of the ice crevice.

Before me stretched a vast, white snowfield.

The wind was strong, and the snowflakes stung my face like needles. But Di Yun smiled.

He turned around and pulled Shui Sheng out of the ice crevice.

Shui Sheng stood on the snow, trembling all over, tears streaming down her face.

"We...we're out..."

Di Yun nodded.

He glanced back at the entrance to the crevasse, then looked at the valley in the distance that had been sealed off by an avalanche.

Brother Sun.

where are you?

We're out.

But which way should we go?

Meanwhile, on the other side of the snow-capped mountain.

Sun Fan stood on the edge of a cliff, looking down at the vast white snow valley. The wind whipped his clothes, and snowflakes stung his face, but he didn't even blink.

Dong Dahai stood behind him, holding a gun with blood on the tip—not human blood, but the blood of a wild animal. They had encountered a snow leopard the night before; Red Wolf had almost been bitten, but Dong Dahai had pierced the snow leopard's head with a single shot.

"Squad leader, we've been searching for two days." Dong Dahai's voice was somewhat scattered by the wind. "This snow mountain is full of ice caves and snow pits. Where are Di Yun and the others?"

Sun Fan did not answer.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The internal energy of the Divine Illumination Scripture circulated slowly in his chest, warm and clear. The inner demon had not been completely eliminated, and the bloodshot in his eyes was still there, but it was no longer a problem.

He was thinking about something.

The lair of the Blood Blade Ancestor should be deep in the snowy mountains.

In the original story, Blood Saber Ancestor relied on an ice cave to defeat the four members of Falling Flowers and Flowing Water one by one.

Blood Saber Ancestor was seriously injured and died in a mountain cave.

time is limited.

Sun Fan opened his eyes, turned around, and looked at Dong Dahai.

"Let's search over there." He pointed to the tallest mountain in the distance. "The Blood Blade Ancestor's lair might be at the foot of that mountain."

How did you know?

"Because that's the most dangerous place," Sun Fan said. "The most dangerous place is the best place to hide."

Blood Saber Ancestor didn't know if anyone else besides Liu, Lu, and Shui had entered the snow mountain.

He can't gamble.

Sun Fan took a few steps forward, then suddenly stopped.

"The sea."

"Um?"

"Did you hear anything?"

Dong Dahai listened intently for a while, then shook his head: "No. The wind is too strong."

Sun Fan frowned slightly.

He clearly heard it—not the sound of the wind, but something like… the sound of stones striking an ice wall.

It was very light, very far, but very regular.