"We don't know how long we'll be inside, so it's best to buy more supplies."
Once inside Ice Pole Cliff, it's hard to get out. Mei Ji was very cautious in this regard, and took Chu Wei to buy many low-level formation plates.
These formation plates were like small houses, capable of providing temporary warmth. They could be used once and then discarded.
Such small formation plates were very popular in Ice Pole Town, being cheap, effective, and affordable.
Chu Ling Wei also bought a hundred of them in one go.
"Fellow Daoist, do you really need so many?" The shop assistant selling formation plates couldn't help but twitch his lips when Chu Ling Wei asked for so many at once. No matter how many others bought, they wouldn't buy a hundred at a time. "Fellow Daoist, these formation plates can be used ten times. You don't need to buy so many at once."
"It's fine, I'll just buy this many." Chu Ling Wei shook her head. She was very interested in this type of small formation, which didn't exist in other places on Xuan Tian Continent.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, you can't possibly use so many." Mei Ji looked at her with the eyes of someone who had struck it rich. As expected, disciples from the Spiritual Cultivation Academy were all wealthy.
"There are two of us, so naturally we need this many."
Chu Ling Wei paid them no mind. Such a large shop would surely have these small formations.
"Alright, I'll pack them up for you now." The shop assistant was overjoyed when Chu Ling Wei confirmed her purchase. He could earn a lot of spirit stones this month.
When Chu Ling Wei started buying things, she was like a whirlwind. She would buy anything she didn't have or anything she found useful.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, let's go back. If you keep buying like this, our inn will be surrounded." Mei Ji couldn't bear to watch any longer and pulled Chu Ling Wei to go back.
The current Chu Ling Wei was like a walking moneybag, the kind that plunderers of cultivation resources loved most.
"What are you afraid of? Aren't you the best at escaping?" Chu Ling Wei had satisfied her shopping spree and quickly walked back to their inn with Mei Ji.
"If all the cultivators outside surround us, no matter how powerful you are, you won't be able to escape." Mei Ji sighed helplessly. Chu Ling Wei was definitely doing this on purpose.
"We'll leave tonight."
Chu Ling Wei and Mei Ji returned to the inn and sat on the second floor, calmly enjoying the gazes from outside.
"Tonight is going to be fun," Mei Ji giggled, imagining the scene of them leaving tonight, with a large group of cultivators following them.
"Who do you think will win among these people?" Chu Ling Wei smiled, looking at the people outside. They all wanted something from her, and now they would have to prove their abilities.
Mei Ji pursed her lips and smiled. Chu Ling Wei's tactic was quite clever. With so many people looking for Chu Ling Wei, it was actually the easiest time for them to leave.
"I think it will be the people who have been following us."
Chu Ling Wei couldn't help but chuckle.
That night, Chu Ling Wei stood by the window. The bright moon hung high in the sky, and the air was chilling.
Ice Pole Town was very close to Ice Pole Cliff. There was not a drop of ice here, but the coldness in the air had to be driven out with spiritual energy.
"When are we leaving?" Mei Ji transmitted, "Those people outside are already getting restless. If we don't make a move soon, they'll break in."
"Then let them break in and take us away."
Chu Ling Wei opened the window and flicked a hidden weapon towards a direction. "Who's there?"
"Hahaha, little lady, let's get acquainted." At this moment, a slightly plump figure emerged from the shadows, resembling a flying pig, and flew towards Chu Ling Wei's window.
Chu Ling Wei dodged. The pig-like figure successfully flew in through the window.
The people who had been following Chu Ling Wei and them outside saw that this person had successfully entered Chu Ling Wei's room and immediately followed.
There was only one fatty sheep in the room. First come, first served.
A smile appeared in Chu Ling Wei's eyes. The spiritual energy in the room was fully unleashed, making those outside even more eager to know what was happening inside.
"Let's go."
Taking advantage of the chaos, Chu Ling Wei and Mei Ji left the inn. Instead of heading towards Ice Pole Cliff, they hid in a large tree not far from the inn, watching the farce unfold inside.
"How did you make them unable to recognize each other?" Mei Ji was incredibly fascinated by the good things Chu Ling Wei possessed. Every item she took out always surprised her.
"This is a pill made by my second senior brother, used to confuse enemies." Having a second senior brother who could make pills meant she never lacked any medicine.
Envy and boredom filled Mei Ji's eyes. Chu Ling Wei had so many powerful senior brothers, she had everything she wanted.
"They've gone in." Seeing a powerful figure enter the inn, Chu Ling Wei and Mei Ji exchanged glances. "The show has begun."
Just as that figure entered the room, the last barrier inside quietly opened, and the entire inn was enveloped by the barrier.
"What's going on?" The shadowy figure entered the room and was suddenly confronted by countless Chu Ling Weis, who grinned wickedly at him and pounced.
He had fallen into a trap.
A surge of spiritual energy repelled these figures.
Chu Ling Wei's figure was no longer outside.
"Let's go. That place won't hold him for long." Chu Ling Wei and Mei Ji sat on a flying artifact and quickly headed towards Ice Pole Cliff.
The cold air inside Ice Pole Cliff was extremely heavy. To prevent the cold from Ice Pole Cliff from spreading to Ice Pole Town, a barrier was used to seal its chill.
All cultivators entering Ice Pole Cliff had to pass through this barrier.
This barrier was slightly different from others: one could not use spiritual energy or magic artifacts; one had to walk through it.
The night was cold, and a chilling aura permeated the surroundings. Chu Ling Wei and Mei Ji walked quickly through the barrier.
Those who had been tracking them before would come looking for them immediately after emerging from the inn. They had to enter Ice Pole Cliff quickly.
"It's much colder here than I imagined." Mei Ji shivered, wearing an extremely thick magic robe. Without the ability to use spiritual energy, it could only provide her with warmth.
"Although it's cold here, it won't kill you." It was extremely yin and cold, but as long as those who entered wore sufficient cold-weather clothing, they wouldn't freeze to death.
"If people could freeze to death here, no one would come." Mei Ji's teeth chattered. After taking a few steps, she burst into laughter and pointed ahead, "Wei Wei, you're wrong. Isn't that a frozen person up ahead?"
Chu Ling Wei followed her gaze and saw a young man lying on the ground, on the verge of death. Most importantly, he wasn't wearing any cold-resistant clothing.
"Should we save him?" Mei Ji asked, looking at the man lying on the ground.