Chapter 29: Old Friend

  Ge Yu Feng looked at the Western Small Heavenly Pond, furrowed his brow and said, "The waterfall's water flow has frozen into ice, it's so cold, yet this lake water hasn't completely melted, how did you know there was something unusual on the surface of the lake?"

  "Wait for now," Mu Shu said in a soft voice.

  After a long time, there was no movement at all. Zhou Xiao and Xiao Xin were both drowsy, although they had put on their down jackets, the night temperature was even colder, and they couldn't stop sneezing.

  Mu Shuqiang also felt that his eyes could no longer support him, and just as he was about to close them, Ge Yufeng said in a low voice, "It has appeared!"

  Everyone suddenly woke up and their attention was fully focused on the frozen lake surface. In March, this year's climate is already abnormal, they saw strange things happening.

  The ice on the surface of Xi Xiao Tianchi made a "cracking" sound, as if it was about to shatter. The sound grew louder and louder, then suddenly, with a loud "Boom!", it was like a bomb had been dropped into the lake, causing the ice surface to shatter violently. Seven-colored lights - white, black, orange, purple, blue, and gold - shot out from the bottom of the lake one after another, straight up into the air, finally forming a cylindrical shape. Then, in an instant, the air seemed to twist and distort, spreading out from the center of the cylinder to the surroundings with a deafening "Rumble!", like the sound of mountains crumbling and earth splitting apart. Mu Shu hastily shouted, "Get down!"

  The loud noise awakened Ma Huiping, who was sleeping in a tent not far away. Ma Huiping heard the sound and quickly jumped up to rush towards Tianchi. As soon as he left the tent, his mouth opened wide. What was originally a dark night had turned into a snow-white world. Ma Huiping's footsteps didn't stop as he got closer and closer to Xi Xiao Tianchi. The more shocking it was, the lake surface was sparkling, shallow blue and clear, and the six-color column of light standing upright in the center was so beautiful. As he got closer and closer, Ma Huiping's eyes widened, and there seemed to be a few people standing there!

  Ge Yu Feng heard the hurried footsteps and turned around, "Hu Ping!"

  Ma Houping looked clearly at that person and also lost his voice, saying "Yufeng?"

  Ge Yu Feng didn't even have time to greet him, when the light column rose from below and shot out six blue jade crystal fragments. Each one had a different color, corresponding to the colors of the light. The fragments slowly rotated counterclockwise in the light column, suddenly shining brightly and forcing people to close their eyes. When they opened them again, the six crystal fragments had merged into a large deep blue fragment, suspended in mid-air for a long time. Mu Shu Qian's expression was slightly cold as he ran towards the colorful light column. Ge Yu Feng shouted loudly, "That's Deep Lake!" Seeing Mu Shu Qian's crazy back figure, he also chased after him. The others saw this and followed suit, it was too dangerous!

  The shard seemed to sense someone approaching quickly and emitted a sharp rumbling sound again, the airflow hit Mu Shuqin's body and sent her flying out. Fortunately, Ge Yufeng caught her from behind, "How can you be so reckless!" Mu Shuqin struggled free from his hand and ran over again, that blue jade crystal shard split into six pieces again and was slowly falling, about to sink to the bottom of the sea! Mu Shuqin's toes exerted force and jumped up, stretching out her hand wanting to catch the shard, but it was too far! The distance wasn't enough!

  At the critical moment, Mushen's appearance changed, white hair flew up, forming a wide and long white silk ribbon flying towards the light column wrapping around the fragments, retrieving them tightly grasping in her hand placed on her chest. Her body had already jumped onto the lake surface, unable to help but let her body fall into the lake, "Splash!" So cold, so icy, Ye Qi Xue closed her eyes tightly.

  "Bang!" Another sound fell into the water.

  "Quick! Ye Qi Xue, Ge Yu Feng! The lake is going to freeze!" A group of people shouted from behind them. Ye Yue Qin's eyes had already turned red, and Zhou Xiao had started crying, while Leng Hao's breath became even colder.

  Ge Yu Feng jumped into the Tianchi Lake, disregarding the icy cold water that stimulated his body. He desperately swam towards Ye Qi Xue, who had lost consciousness and was slowly sinking to the bottom of the lake. Ge Yu Feng stretched out his hand, trying his best to grab hold of her. "Ye Qi Xue!! Wake up for me! Ye Qi Xue!" His silent roar, calling out to her again and again.

  Zhou Xiao was also trying to sense with her abilities, hoping to make Ye Qi Xue sense her presence. Ye Qi Xue's consciousness sank into the dark tide, and suddenly a ray of light shot in, as if someone was calling out to her. Sensing it, she seemed to feel... Ge Yu Feng! Ye Qi Xue abruptly opened her eyes, seeing Ge Yu Feng desperately stretching out his hand trying to reach her. She slowly raised her own hand, and Ge Yu Feng grabbed her wrist, pulling hard. His mouth covered hers, and Ye Qi Xue felt the scarce air being sucked in. Ge Yu Feng pulled away, his eyes resolute as he told her, "I won't let you go!" He hugged her tightly and swam upwards.

  Yè Yuè jìn and others shouted until their voices were almost hoarse, desperately shouting. Mǎ Hù Píng and Xú Fán also roared, "Gě Yù Fēng! Hurry up and come here! Can you hear me?!" The speed at which the lake surface was covered with cold ice was getting faster and faster, and it was about to freeze completely. Just when they were all about to lose hope, "Whoosh——" Two people burst out of the lake surface, and they quickly reached out to pull them up.

  "It's all right, it's all right!" Zhou Xiao cried out loud.

  Ye Qī Xuě's already pale face turned even whiter after being frozen, almost to the point of disappearing. Gě Yù Fēng didn't say a word and directly picked her up, rushing towards the plane. The others quickly followed suit. Ye Yuè Jìn was constantly scolding herself in her heart, if something happened to Xuě Jiě, she would never forgive herself!

  Zhou Xiao was still crying, and Xiao Xinming kept comforting her, "It's all right now, don't cry." Zhou Xiao continued to wail loudly, she hated herself so much. Every time something like this happened, she felt helpless and unable to do anything. Why? Why couldn't she run ahead and block all the dangers for Xue Jie?!

  Put Ye Qi Xue on the small bed in the cabin, Ye Yue Qin, Zhou Xiao and Xiao Xin entered. Ye Yue Qin said to Ge Yu Feng who was also wet, "You go change your clothes too, I'll take care of Snow sister."

  Ge Yufeng didn't go out, calmly said, "Trouble bringing the clothes over, I'll take care of it here." Ye Yuexin's mouth opened wide upon hearing this, Zhou Xiao and Xiao Xinming also had unpleasant expressions, Leng Yu still had no expression on her face, but her eyes were full of complexity.

  Ye Yuexin glanced at Ye Qishuang, who had closed his eyes, then turned around and went to the cabin to fetch two sets of clothes for him. After that, she asked Zhou Xiao and the others to leave. At this point, let them resolve it themselves. Zhou Xiao opened her mouth, wanting to say something but couldn't bring herself to speak out loud. Ye Yuexin thought to herself, if it were me, I might also have yelled at Qishuang, calming down and sitting quietly in her seat, waiting silently.

  Ma Houping also got on the plane, and before he could even talk to him, he saw this scene, his soul was almost scared away, patting Xu Fan's shoulder and saying, "Brother, what's going on here? Don't you value your lives?"

  Xu Fan licked his dry lips, his throat hurt and his voice was hoarse as he said, "I'll rest for a while, we can talk later." Ma Houping saw that they were all shocked and wanted to find a place to sit down. He looked at Leng Hao sitting in the front row and sat next to him, saying, "You're really calm, is this plane on autopilot?" Leng Hao closed his eyes and ignored him, Ma Houping also closed his eyes with a snort.

  Ge Yufeng tossed her clothes back and turned around, saying "Change by yourself." Ye Qixue weakly sat up, "Why don't you go out?"

  "Go out? Why should I go out?" A very calm voice, as if nothing had happened, just an ordinary conversation.

  Ye Qishuang sighed and slowly changed into her clothes.

  Ge Yu's calm voice was devoid of ups and downs, "I don't understand why you attach so much importance to the Blue Jade Crystal, even willing to risk your life for it! But listen, as long as I'm by your side, I won't allow you to make any mistakes! Especially not like today!"

  "Are you not going to change your clothes?" Ye Qishan said softly as he gazed at his back.

  Ge Yu Feng still gazed at me and said, "You were furious when Leng Xiao encountered danger, and you didn't want him to get hurt because of it. What about yourself? I understand that you're working so hard to obtain these things for the sake of your companions, and you're fighting against the organization they're in. They're doing the same, and they're also doing it all for you. I'm the same way. At first, I just wanted to investigate the truth, but after spending two days with you, I've learned a lot of things I didn't know before. I said it before - you're my prime suspect, and that hasn't changed until now. That's why I won't let my prime suspect disappear right in front of me!" Ge Yu Feng turned around and looked at her firmly, saying: "Ye Qi Xue! Whether you're Mu Shu Zhen or Ye Qi Xue, I won't leave your side! And don't think about escaping from me either!"

  Ye Qīxuě's expression didn't change in the slightest, continuing to repeat, "Aren't you going to change clothes? If you catch a chill, how will you protect me?" A hint of astonishment flashed across Ye Qīxuě's eyes before quickly disappearing, leaving no ripples.