Chapter 210 - Are You Ready?

"Oh my! Ming SAVE MEEEEEE!"

Snowy was almost on the verge of losing his soul as he watched cracks appearing in the ice wall that was standing right in front of him.

As small chunks of ice started falling, Snowy watched in horror as he realized that soon he would be covered in tons of ice and there would be no way left for him to escape a tragic death.

How could God be so cold-hearted towards him? He was such a pure, sweet, innocent, and angelic living being and he was about to be buried deep inside ancient snow.

As his dramatic mind started overacting, Snowy was left completely still in his tracks.

Just the very exact moment the ice wall was about to collapse, a hand grabbed him from his neck and pulled him out of the way.

Snowy closed his eyes tightly as he prayed to every single deity that was listening to him to save him.

For the next several seconds, his ears kept ringing with the sound of falling ice, and then suddenly everything became silent.

Snowy slowly opened his eyes and looked around him. His eyes took in the ice walks that had suddenly become so close to each other.

It took his stunned mind a few seconds to realize that he was hanging at a little height from the ground and someone was still holding him by his neck.

Though the grip around his neck did not hurt him as it felt almost nonexistent to him.

"Why are you holding me like this? Win, why don't you treat me fairly?" Snowy started complaining the moment he got his voice back.

As a result the very next second he was spread face down on the thick pile of ice that had covered the bottom of the pit.

"You sure knew how to be ungrateful. Maybe I should have left you there on the ground to be crushed under those heavy ice rocks. Stupid!" Li Ming scoffed at the little furball as she jumped down from the small gap in the upper wall.

Since she could not use her powers therefore she used the Sizzling Ribbon which was a gift from Wei Min. 

The Ribbon could grasp spiritual qi from its surrounding when continuously rotated with high speed and it could be used to pierce even an iron bar based on the level of the ribbon and the one using it.

The Sizzling Ribbon that she used was of high grade and since her internal force had become much stronger in the past year because of her continuous training with Wen Guiying, taking the ice wall out of her way was just a piece of cake for her.

"I'm not going to wait here. You better follow me. Don't expect me to return here to find you later." Li Ming said as she started walking towards the gap that had appeared in the ice wall.

Snowy quickly stood up and after looking around his surroundings one more time he starred following his master.

Li Ming used her hands to knock more ice out of her way and soon there was an opening of a snow cave in front of them.

The master and her familiar passed curious glances at each other before both of them rushed inside the cave.

They barely walked for two minutes when the cave opened into a small area where a pond was located.

What was most surprising was the clear sky and the blue and white colors of the sky that could be seen.

The pond was huge, filled with clear water and there was a cherry blossom tree standing in the very center of the pond. The small area of ground around the tree and even the water was covered with the fallen flowers.

The pond was surrounded by nearly a hundred feet high ice walls and a single stream was falling from one of the walls that was filling water into the pond.

"Wow, this is so beautiful. Is this place even in the Snow Fields? It looks like a place more from the Heaven Realm than the Snow Fields. Win, I'm going to drink that water. It is calling my name to go forward and taste its sweetness." Snowy said happily as he started walking towards the pond.

"STOP!" Li Ming ordered as she looked around the small clearing.

Her sharp eyes were trying to take in as many details as she could.

"What now, Ming? Cant, you cut me some slack? You are being so harsh on me today. I do agree that we ended up in that pit because of me and my foolishness but there is also a good thing that happened because of it, we found this wonderful place. Don't you think you should drop holding grudge against me?" 

Snowy watched his master as he waited for the young girl to finally bring out her sweet and kind heart and forgive him.

However, nothing like that happened. 

"You have started living on the clouds too much. Maybe if you will finally start using your eyes and brain properly then you can see the truth behind the scene that is being displayed in front of you." Li Ming said with a shake of her head as she started taking out the rings that she was wearing in the fingers of both of her hands.

"What are you talking about?" Snowy asked as he looked at her with confused eyes.

"A waterfall is here and it keeps providing fresh water to the pond but since the pond is so small and there is no stream connected with this pond then where is all the water from the waterfall is going? How cone the water level is the same as before even though there is no outlet for water from the pond but freshwater keeps filling in it?" Li Ming asked as she stared at the waterfall and then at the pond.

"We heard the sound of flowing water but the only sound present here is that of the waterfall." 

Li Ming then pointed at the tree as she said, "The cherry blossom tree here in this weird place is already a signal of the presence of some kind of mystery. This place is just too perfect and suspicious to be real. Just look at the sky, it's as fake as one can be."

"Then this place is....." Snowy looked around the area as his eyes finally noticed all those details that he missed previously.

".....a trap? I don't know. But this place sure is hiding something." Li Ming finished Snowy's incomplete sentence.

The two of them stayed silent as they observed the 'too perfect to be true' sight that was in front of them.

"What are you planning?" Snowy asked after the silence of a few minutes.

A sigh left Li Ming's lips as she stopped in front of the little furball. For the past several minutes she had been trying to find some kind of loophole in that place. But she found exactly nothing.

Her eyes landed on the water of the pond that was perfectly still even though there was a waterfall falling into it. 

"I have searched everything that is present above the ground and found nothing, but what about the things that are present below this water? Maybe we can find some clues there." Li Ming said out loud. Her mind was suddenly busy in analyzing the data and coming out with plans and theories.

"You are not planning to jump into this pond, right?" Snowy asked his master even though deep down in his heart he was already aware of the answer. 

Suddenly, both the beautiful place or the sweet looking water of the pond stopped impressing Snowy.

He had no interest in jumping into a pond that was full of mysteries and he also did not want his faster to do anything like that either.

However, even though he was not impressed by her idea but he could not say anything. If he opposed to the idea too much then she would leave him here and go on alone and he could not leave her alone in such conditions.

After all, as her familiar, it was his duty to ensure her safety at all the time.

"You are not looking impressed by my idea!" Li Ming said as she started taking off her cloak. The heavy cloth would only make it harder for her to swim and thus she needed to get rid of them.

Since she could not link to her magical mansion it was not possible for her to take out things from her space or even putting them back.

She folded the cloak and placed it beside a rock. Her eyes landed on the little furball who was looking at the pond as if it was some kind of demon.

She did not want to bring him along with her since she was not aware of the dangers that would be waiting for them in there.

But at the same time, she could not leave him behind either. Even that could be dangerous.

"Are you ready?"