From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

"What kind of place is this?!"

After chasing for two hundred meters, Jia Shun cursed and slowly stopped.

Looking down, I saw that my body was covered with a layer of white frost, like a hard ice shell.

A biting north wind blew out from the valley, its wisps like icy needles, constantly piercing into Jia Shun's bones. By the time he came to his senses, his hands and feet had almost lost all feeling.

Weird!

The wind was far too cold; even a seventh-rank martial artist with vigorous blood and energy couldn't withstand it.

If we continue walking forward, we'll probably freeze to death!

"It would be too good for him to freeze to death!"

Looking into the depths of the valley, Jia Shun snorted coldly.

He watched as Chen Shi escaped inside. Even he couldn't withstand the biting cold wind, so how could Chen Shi, with only an eighth-grade cultivation level, possibly withstand it?

Moreover, judging from these two hundred meters, the further in you go, the colder the wind becomes.

Immediately afterwards, Jia Shun retreated to the spot where he had fallen, but instead of immediately going back up, he found a place to sit down.

If Chen Shi continues to go further in, he will surely freeze to death; if he retreats, he will be killed by him.

In short, no matter what, Chen Shi was doomed.

It's getting colder and colder.

Curled up in Chen Shi's arms, Gu Hanying suddenly spoke.

Chen Shi gradually slowed his pace; the wind seemed to be picking up.

Looking back again, Jia Shun was indeed not chasing after them. Why did he suddenly stop chasing?

Although they didn't catch up, Jia Shun is definitely still behind them, so they can't go back.

Chen Shi stopped for a moment, looking up to observe his surroundings. The valley was straight and dark, its destination unknown. The cliffs on both sides were significantly higher than before, now over a hundred meters high. Presumably, the place where they had fallen was at the entrance of the valley, hence the lower elevation.

Thick snow and ice covered the entire valley. Chen Shi reached out and touched the cliff face; it was covered with a thick layer of solid ice, making it extremely slippery. Chen Shi then tried to release his breath to cling to the cliff face, but it was too slippery and he couldn't hold on at all.

After a moment's hesitation, Chen Shi drew his dagger and stabbed it fiercely into the cliff face. With a clang, the dagger nearly broke, leaving only a small white mark. Immediately afterward, Chen Shi pulled out a foot-long knife and smashed it against the cliff face, only to have it bounce back, leaving the ice there without even a crack.

This ice was extraordinary; it was not only slippery but also extremely hard.

"This is the only way."

After some observation and probing, Chen Shi looked into the depths of the valley once more.

I can't climb up.

Jia Shun was stuck behind him again, and with no other option, he could only continue walking in.

Now we can only pray that this isn't a dead end.

"what!"

After taking only two steps, Gu Hanying in his arms suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

A skeleton lay on the side of the cliff.

Although Gu Hanying was already an eighth-rank martial artist, she was still a girl, so it was normal for her to be afraid of these things.

Chen Shi didn't feel much difference, and even thought that there wasn't much difference between human bones and animal bones.

After all, in this world, human life is as cheap as grass.

Upon closer inspection, the skeleton was intact without any damage, so it didn't look like someone who had fallen and died. There were also no signs of blackening or poisoning. So how did this person die?

If he was killed by someone else, such as being stabbed in the heart, then where is the person who killed him? Have they left?

However, since it was none of his business, Chen Shi frowned but didn't think much of it and continued walking inside.

"Uh, Miss Fourth, would you like to come down first?"

Feeling Gu Hanying snuggling closer to him, Chen Shi said something a little embarrassed.

Although Gu Hanying was injured, it was her hand, not her leg, so it didn't prevent her from walking.

In his haste to escape, he didn't have time to say anything and simply picked up Gu Hanying.

Now that Jia Shun has stopped pursuing her, it's not appropriate to hug her anymore, since men and women shouldn't touch each other.

"don't want."

But to everyone's surprise, Gu Hanying muttered something under her breath and instead of getting off Chen Shi, she snuggled even closer into his arms like a kitten.

"this……"

Gu Hanying was unwilling, so what could Chen Shi do? He couldn't just throw her down.

With Chen Shi's strength, let alone Gu Hanying who weighs seventy or eighty pounds, he wouldn't be very grateful even if he were carrying a stone weighing several hundred pounds.

I decided to say no more and continued walking inside.

Soon, several more skeletons were seen, all in the same condition as the previous one, without any external injuries.

Although he found it strange, Chen Shi didn't bother to investigate.

Gu Hanying, on the other hand, didn't exclaim in surprise again, perhaps because she had gotten used to it.

"Why is the wind so strong?"

As they walked further in, the wind grew stronger. Chen Shi frowned, thinking that this valley was like a wind gap.

Although going against the wind would be difficult, Chen Shi's strength made it relatively easy.

"It's so cold~"

After walking for a short while, Gu Hanying in his arms suddenly said something, her voice trembling and extremely weak.

Gu Hanying's voice doesn't sound right.

Moreover, it seemed that Gu Hanying hadn't moved in his arms for a while.

Could it be that Gu Hanying suffered internal injuries? Chen Shi quickly stopped and looked at Gu Hanying in his arms.

"……This is."

Gu Hanying was curled up completely in his arms, and her exposed back and hair were covered with a layer of hard white frost.

Looking at Gu Hanying herself, her breath was extremely weak, with only a few wisps of white vapor coming out of her mouth and nose.

"What's wrong, Miss Fourth!"

Chen Shi hurriedly called out to Gu Hanying, but there was no response.

He tried to put Gu Hanying down to check on her, but found that Gu Hanying instinctively clung to him tightly, like a drowning person grasping at a straw.

"...Could it be..."

Chen Shi was taken aback. He reached out and touched Gu Hanying's hand, which was as cold as ice!

Could it be that Gu Hanying is frozen?

Suddenly snapping out of his daze, Chen Shi looked around the valley again.

The temperature here must be extremely low!

Chen Shi didn't feel much because his divine power was like a fetus, and the pure yang blood in his body made him like a furnace, completely unafraid of the cold.

To be precise, it is immune to both heat and cold!

However, firstly, the time was still short, and secondly, he had not experienced extreme heat or cold, so Chen Shi was unaware of this.

He didn't feel cold, but Gu Hanying couldn't hold on any longer.

"I see!"

In an instant, Chen Shi understood.

No wonder Jia Shun stopped chasing. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't withstand the bitter cold in the valley!

As for the skeletons we encountered earlier, they weren't killed by humans; they were probably like us, accidentally falling into the valley and freezing to death.

In reality, Yongqiu Mountain is not covered in snow and ice all year round. Only when the north wind blows in the twelfth lunar month will heavy snow close the mountain. When the north wind stops the following year, the snow and ice gradually melt, and it becomes no different from ordinary mountains.

Those who froze to death waited for the weather to warm up, their bodies decomposed, and in the end, only a pile of bones remained.

"What should we do!"

These things are not important; what's important is that Gu Hanying is about to reach her limit!

In reality, under normal circumstances, Gu Hanying would probably have frozen to death long ago.

It was just a coincidence that Chen Shi was holding her and unintentionally warmed her with his body heat, which allowed her to get here.

But the warmth left in Chen Shi's arms was ultimately limited.

If she stays any longer, Gu Hanying will surely die.

But if they retreat, with Jia Shun still guarding outside, they'll also face certain death.

"Wait, body temperature."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Chen Shi, and he couldn't help but think of it.

In the cold winter, poor people, lacking warm clothes, would strip naked and huddle together to keep warm with their body heat.

He could still warm Gu Hanying through her clothes. If they were both naked and in skin-to-skin contact, would he be able to warm her completely?

But men and women should not be too close. Gu Hanying is pure and virtuous, a noble lady from a noble family. How could she be with him...?

"What time is it?!"

Immediately afterward, Chen Shi couldn't help but curse himself; if he had delayed any longer, Gu Hanying would have died.

With life and death at stake, who cares about these things!

Without further hesitation, he immediately unbuttoned his clothes, exposing his chest, and completely enveloped Gu Hanying in his arms. To prevent the heat from escaping, he buttoned his clothes back up.

Chen Shi's clothes were already a little big, and Gu Hanying was petite, so they fit perfectly in her arms.

However, Gu Hanying was still wearing clothes and could not fully receive Chen Shi's body temperature.

"Fourth Miss, I apologize for the intrusion."

Chen Shi took a deep breath and groped around in his pocket, unbuttoning Gu Hanying's clothes layer by layer.

A silver-fur coat, a feather-silk snow-white jacket, a blue satin vest... a plain lotus-patterned bib was pulled out of Chen Shi's arms one by one.