The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 864 - 476: Breaking the Shackles

She appointed a few robbers to look after them, saying to the rest: "Get ready, we’re heading out."

These people hesitated: "With just a few of us, including the injured, can we really escape?"

She glanced at them sideways, with a hint of coldness in her smile: "Escape? Who said we are escaping?" Although it was a fake surrender, the grievance was truly felt. To sneak out quietly like a dog that has lost its home, she feared her Dao Heart would never be clear again in her future cultivation.

At this time, there was a strong snow leopard curled up in a tree under the cliff where Qing Ji and Wenren Bo were seated. The winter forest was draped in silver, matching the color of its fur. With its master above indulging in delicacies, the snowy night seemed even colder and gloomier. But there were only a few hours left until dawn, and he watched calmly with his back to the cliff, unaware that a faint wisp of black smoke was rising from the ground nearby, climbing up along the snow pine he was perched on.

The black smoke quietly coiled around to the back of his neck, and as the leopard’s ears turned backward, it took the opportunity to drill into his ear canal.

The leopard demon’s eyes immediately froze, as if turned to wood. After about several breaths, its eyes started moving again, regaining their spirit. However, this time, instead of staying on the big tree, it agilely jumped back to the ground, ran into the forest, and after a while, came out again. This time, it slowly sauntered to the bottom of the cliff, using a big rock as cover, staying hidden for quite a while.

The leader of the patrol noticed its strange actions and couldn’t help but walk over to check. But upon rounding the big rock, he saw the leopard lying on the ground, shaking its head incessantly. He sternly shouted: "What are you doing?!"

The snow leopard, startled by his roar, jumped up. As it turned around, there were traces of blood at the corner of its mouth, yet it smiled ingratiatingly: "It’s too cold, I couldn’t help but get some blood food, boss, do you want..."

The patrol leader looked at its feet and sure enough, there lay a dead spruce hen, half of its body already devoured, and feathers scattered all over the ground. With winter retreating and early spring arriving, the snow had yet to thaw, marking the coldest season of the year when many demons and beasts were quite fierce, and consuming live creatures was normal. He felt tempted but suddenly thought that the hen was already half-eaten by this fellow, so could he eat the leftovers? Unable to restrain himself, he slapped the leopard’s backside and said: "Get back to your post!"

The snow leopard, slapped to bleeding on the backside, shrank and jumped up, retreating hastily back to the tree. The patrol leader glanced at the spruce hen on the ground but turned and left, unaware of the sudden flash of purple light in the snow leopard’s eyes, quickly returning to a ghostly green. It squinted its eyes, looking at its previous spot, the space behind the big stone was actually quite small, just a few steps back and it was against the earth wall at the bottom of the cliff.

Inside the cave, the prisoners gathered their spirits, following behind her and Qi Zai, slowly moving towards the cave entrance. Having only walked halfway, one of the robbers suddenly said: "Miss Ning, there’s a setup ahead. If we proceed rashly, we’ll definitely alarm the guards."

"What setup?" When she came in, she hadn’t noticed anything unusual.

"It’s hidden within the stone wall, set up very cunningly, I only noticed it by accident while turning." This person whispered, "It’s called a Cicada Bell, resembling a bell. If anyone passes by it without the owner’s consent, it will emit a cicada sound to alert the guards, hence the name. When we came in, the guards temporarily shut it off, now that we’re going out, it might get triggered."

Ning Xiaoxian couldn’t help but look back at him. Unexpectedly, among the robbers, there was such a meticulous and knowledgeable fellow, clearly demonstrating how many exceptional and unusual talents exist, never to assume the world lacks heroes. Cicada Bells are indeed troublesome, sounding before her plan was executed doesn’t seem appropriate.

He read her expression and smiled bitterly: "I know it, but it’s merely a petty thievery skill, incomparable to your Divine Skills." He paused and continued, "We’ve encountered such things while stealing, just immerse your body in ice water for half a day to walk past it without triggering. However, these two embedded in the wall appear more refined, I’m afraid merely lowering body temperature won’t fool it. Moreover, to disable them, they operate in pairs, so the wall’s two need to be cut off together."

She suddenly realized. Isn’t this a body heat sensor alarm? This world isn’t quite like Earth, most moving creatures are warm-blooded animals. Because warm blood can deliver more nutrients, facilitate stronger bursts and sustenance ability, the dangers faced by this world’s creatures are much greater than on Earth, hence this feature has evolved. Although there are still snakes and crocodiles as cold-blooded creatures, once transformed into human form, their blood is warm, just that their body temperature remains lower than average humans.