Chapter 77: Ice Krait Serpent Nest

Yun Ji’s warning caused Hu Fei to temporarily shut his mouth. Lou Mu Yan also stopped talking, but continued to walk a few steps, then squat down to scrutinise the cave wall.

Even though her behaviour made others feel she had a problem, there weren’t any voices that questioned her anymore, and they all calmed down to recover.

Lou Mu Yan looked at the tiny crawl marks on the cave all and a trace of understanding and fear surfaced in her eyes. She quickly got up and walked to Lan Si’s side and said: “Teacher, this cave’s dangerous. Let’s leave quickly.”

Lan Si looked up at Lou Mu Yan, unsure of whether to cry or laugh and asked: “Really? Where’d you see it?”

Then thought to himself: Oh little grandaunt, can you just be quiet for a while? Don’t you see that most of the other students want to throw you out?

“Pfft!” Yun Ge snorted, opened her eyes with a look of disgust, “Lou Mu Yan, you don’t need to exaggerate to scare just to attract Chi Yi Xuan’s attention do you?

“This cave is so quiet, there’s nothing strange at all, where is there any danger? If you’re as afraid as a mouse, then get out and stop affecting us recovering our Elemental Energy. Otherwise even if you’re Lou Mu Bai’s younger sister, I’ll personally take care of you.”

As soon as Yun Ge’s voice fell, an icy pressure spread in the cave. Lou Mu Bai stood up and walked beside Lou Mu Yan. There was a chill in his eyes that looked at Yun Ge, and his voice was cold and oppressive: “Say that again.”

Yun Ge was an Advanced-Phase Sword Spirit, so at this time, beneath Lou Mu Bai’s pressure, she felt her heart tremble. She gritted her teeth and glared at Lou Mu Bai, saying stubbornly: “It’s your younger sister that’s looking for a sense of existence. You being partial towards her is only hurting her, not helping her. I’m right.”

The coldness in Lou Mu Bai’s eyes gradually deepened. He narrowed his eyes slightly and a killing intent was inadvertently revealed, which caused Yun Ge to feel a sense of fear in her heart for no reason.

Suddenly a domineering golden light flashed by. Ji Han Xu stood in front of Yun Ge and temporarily resolved the murderous pressure. He toughened his skin and said with a smile: “Mu Bai, Yun Ge doesn’t have any malicious indent either, so there’s no need for you to argue with a little girl like her.”

But he scolded Lou Mu Yan in his heart. This woman really was a troublemaker. She could cause a fight wherever she went.

Of course, Ji Han Xu was also very angry at his betrothed, Yun Ge. If it weren’t because if she got into trouble, he would too, he didn’t want to step out and face Lou Mu Bai.

At this time, all those that were meditating couldn’t continue to concentrate on recovering either, and most people cast unhappy gazes at Lou Mu Yan. This woman really was someone that held them back.

Lou Mu Bai glanced at Ji Han Xu lightly and spit out a word coldly: “Move.”

 Ji Han Xu’s anger only grew. He was cautious of Lou Mu Bai, but it didn’t mean he was afraid of him, so he stood up straight and said, “If you want to go over, then pass me first.”

A coldness condensed on Lou Mu Bai’s gentle and handsome face. When he was about to move, Lou Mu Yan suddenly grabbed his arm from behind and took a stepped back. He looked at her in confusion.

Lou Mu Yan’s gaze was transfixed on the endless cave, sighed and said: “It’s coming.”

No one understood her behaviour, let along what she meant by ‘it’s coming’.

“Quickly step back, be careful.” Lan Si shouted suddenly, stretched out both his hands and sucked hard. The two students who were sitting near the side of the cave was grabbed by him.

Immediately, everyone could only hear countless [hiss!] sounds resounding in the cave, making people’s scalp numb.

But before anyone could react, they saw countless small blue serpents that were as thick as one’s arm slither out of the endless cave and towards them swiftly.

“Ice Krait Serpents, it’s the Ice Krait Serpent!” Someone in the group of students suddenly exclaimed.

The others all took out their own Magic Tools and held them in their hands with seriousness. Ice Krait Serpents were social Demonic Beasts. The moment it appeared it would be in the hundreds to thousands, and there could even be a high-level Ice Krait Serpent King. They didn’t expect that after only just stepping foot in the Glacial Mountain Range’s peripheral, they’d encounter this kind of trouble.

“Calm down. This is also a test for everyone.” Yun Ji said with furrowed his brows as he looked at the chaotic crowd.

Currently, Lou Mu Yan’s eyes weren’t on the Ice Krait Serpents that were slithering towards them, but instead continued to stare at the depths of the cave with emotions that others couldn’t understand.

Lou Mu Yan squinted at Mo Yan on her shoulder and twitched the corners of her mouth, “You want me to go kill the Tier 5 Ice Krait Serpent King in the cave?”

A determination to win flashed across Mo Yan’s eyes and he telepathically replied: “Its Demonic Beast Crystal Core is useful to me.”

“Do you think that with my current cultivation base, I can pass through tens of thousands of Ice Krait Serpents ranging from Tier 2 to Tier 4, and rush in alone to kill the Ice Krait Serpent King for you?” Lou Mu Yan rolled her eyes, “You must still be asleep.”

“Don’t you have a kind of powder that can paralyse Demonic Beasts for a short period of time? It should be easy to deal with these little serpents right? I’ll help you after we rush in.” Mo Yan’s voice carried with it a sense of certainty.

Lou Mu Yan took a breath. This damned Spirit Pet—just who was the master? But towards Mo Yan’s proposal, she felt a little tempted.

“But let these people suffer a bit before we take action. Perfect to help us share some burdens.” Mo Yan sneered. He definitely hadn’t forgotten how these people belittled Lou Mu Yan just now. The Master he had temporarily recognised wasn’t someone anyone could bully.

Lou Mu Yan nodded in agreement. The reason why she was too lazy to argue with Yun Ge just now was because she had discovered that the serpents at the depths of this cave had awakened because of their aura. Now, she’ll just let these elites of the Empire to have a taste of the Ice Krait Serpents first.

She wasn’t a bad person, nor a villain, but she definitely wasn’t a good person either. It was only acceptable to punish them a little. Besides, with her current cultivation base, it was indeed difficult for her, even if she wanted to, to deal with all the Ice Krait Serpents.

Lan Si held a thin, translucent green sword and swung a few times at the serpents that had crawled over. Several aggressive sword auras with dense pressure swept towards them. The hundreds of Ice Krait Serpents in the front two rows were shopped into numerous pieces.

Yun Zi Mo also commanded the others to kill the Ice Krait Serpents that approached them.

Right now, everyone just wanted to get out of the cave as soon as possible, but no one thought that, before they could even approach the exit, the same [hiss!] sound sounded. No one knew from where another group of Ice Krait Serpents slithered out and blocked the exit completely.

Lan Si waved the longsword in his hand and recalled Lou Mu Yan’s unusual state after entering the cave. So it seemed that she used the fastest way to restore her Elemental Energy because she felt danger. When he remembered her act of smelling the dirt, he couldn’t help but sigh within that Lou Mu Yan’s nose was just so good.

He looked around at the serpents that circled them in all directions and couldn’t help but ask: “Lou Mu Yan, what do you think we should do?”

“Do cold food with dressing1!”

So now they knew to ask her for her opinion, what about when she asked them to leave the cave as soon as possible, didn’t one by one they told her to get out?

“…” Lan Si was speechless for a moment. Lou Mu Yan’s temperament really was rather strong, but he could understand it.

The moment she mentioned that something smelled weird, he felt that something was wrong in this cave too. When she asked to leave, he was confused and was about to ask for the reason, but who knew that it would be interrupted by Hu Fei and Yun Ge. In fact, he was also rather wronged. He really didn’t doubt Lou Mu Yan was acting foolishly.

At this time, many people also remembered what occurred before. Although they still wondered why Lou Mu Yan knew that there were dangers hidden in this cave, but more people were blaming Hu Fei and Yun Ge for being meddlesome. If they hadn’t stepped out and delayed time, then they wouldn’t be besieged by this huge number of serpents right now.

1ok, I tried HAHA. In Chinese, there’s a common way to answer someone when they ask: ‘what should we do?’ (怎么办? zěn me bàn). If you want to answer in a non-serious way, bickering way, and/or a sarcastic way, you’d answer with something along the lines of ‘dress cold food with sauce’ (凉拌 liáng bàn)—especially if you don’t know the answer to the question to begin with. It’s probably used because 办 (bàn) and 拌 (bàn) sound exactly the same, just spelt differently and mean different things, so they chose that commonality and someone, I guess, just randomly used that word one day and it was made popular. It makes no sense, but that’s the point I guess.

There is one more meaning behind it though: to ignore the situation/problem. Which actually makes the word 凉 rather suiting because it means ‘cold’. And I guess it’s also like saying to give the situation/problem the ‘cold shoulder’. 凉could also be used to describe desolation, disappointment, heart sinking etc. Take with that information what you will hahaha. That’s just my understanding based on years of hearing and reading that word and a brief baidu search with Chinese answers while translating XD.

Oops, sorry for being a few minutes late. That’s on me and my poor time management skills…

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