The light within the valley subsided, and Ning Fa descended from the Flying Boat with Lan Dian and Wen Hui.
The valley was over ten miles long and wide. Although shrouded in icy mist, it was filled with warmth.
Within the valley lay a lake several miles across, its surface shimmering and even emitting steam. The water in this lake was warm.
One could see slender white fish, about a foot long, swimming leisurely in the lake, making the valley appear like a secluded paradise.
Ning Fa briefly surveyed the ice lake before casually shifting his gaze.
It only contained some first-order spirit fish, posing no danger.
At this moment, Lan Dian's eyes lit up. She looked at the white fish in the lake with a greedy expression. Then, a blue light flashed on her body, and she shot into the lake with lightning speed.
Wen Hui, standing beside him, was startled. She looked at Ning Fa and said worriedly, "Master, Sister Lan she..."
Ning Fa shook his head and smiled, "No need to worry about her, she's just greedy."
Just then, Ning Fa felt a protest from Little Ice within the Spirit Beast Bracelet. He smiled and flicked his wrist. Under a flash of ice-blue light, a majestic Ice-Green Spirit Bird appeared – it was Little Ice.
Little Ice circled excitedly, looking entranced. "Ah, I really love this Ice Attribute aura! Master, why didn't you let me out sooner? I've been so cooped up these past few days."
Ning Fa smiled. The reason he hadn't released Little Ice earlier was due to a reminder from Su Wanwan.
It was then that he learned Little Ice possessed the Ice Spirit Seal of a core member of the Ice Sea Demon Race. To avoid any complications, he hadn't dared to release Little Ice.
However, in this secluded ice valley, it was permissible.
Little Ice now looked at the ice lake in the valley, drooling. With a whoosh, it was about to fly over, but Ning Fa grabbed it.
"Little Ice, your situation is special. It's best not to stray from my side, in case any high-level Ice Sea Demon Race members pass by and discover you.
If you like those white fish, I'll have Lan Dian catch more for you."
Although Little Ice was tempted, it knew the importance of the situation and didn't act rashly.
Ning Fa found it strange. The white fish in the ice lake were merely first-order spirit fish, yet they made both Lan Dian and Little Ice so eager.
Afterward, Ning Fa led Little Ice and Wen Hui deeper into the valley.
He slowly explored the area and stopped before a section of the valley wall.
Before this ice wall, there were several ice crevices that seemed naturally formed, extending downwards.
Ning Fa swept his Spiritual Sense over the area, then a light enveloped him, and he flew into one of the ice crevices with Wen Hui and Little Ice.
Through the natural passage formed by this ice crevice, Ning Fa wound his way downwards for several miles before finally reaching the end.
This appeared to be an ice cave spanning over a hundred square feet. Apart from the entrance they came through, there seemed to be no other abnormalities.
Ning Fa stood with his hands behind his back, spiritual light flashing in his eyes as he slowly surveyed the surroundings.
Wen Hui also looked on curiously with her clear black and white eyes. Although she didn't know the purpose of their trip, she obediently remained silent.
Ning Fa's expression turned solemn. According to the clues provided by Fairy Yuanxing, the teleportation array should be located here.
But the problem was that even with his Spiritual Sense, he couldn't detect anything unusual about this ice cave, which was enough to show how extraordinary this place was.
He then slowly walked towards a cave wall. The only peculiar thing about this cave wall was that it was relatively smooth.
Ning Fa slowly ran his right hand over the cave wall. Then he stepped back and casually slashed downwards. Instantly, a silver lightning bolt struck the cave wall.
But at that moment, the cave wall suddenly lit up with a white light. The lightning bolt Ning Fa unleashed vanished as if a clay ox had entered the sea.
Ning Fa was startled.
And then the cave wall changed. The eerie white light didn't disappear but continued to spread.
In the blink of an eye, the cave wall was covered in mysterious Array Formation Patterns, with streams of spiritual light flowing through these patterns like breathing.
The Spiritual Pressure it exuded was so strong that it made Ning Fa's expression change.
This Barrier had definitely reached the fifth-tier, and its aura posed a significant threat to him.
At this moment, the white light on the patterns suddenly intensified, and an extremely dangerous aura surged forth.
Ning Fa was greatly alarmed and was about to lead Little Ice and Wen Hui away through the cave entrance above. But just then, the cave entrance also began to emit an unusual white light, sealing off the area.
Ning Fa, though alarmed, remained calm. He raised his right hand, and an ancient, simple mirror appeared – it was the Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror.
However, before he could even unleash this treasure, the aura of the terrifying Barrier suddenly ceased, and the brewing formidable attack also stopped.
Ning Fa felt a slight relief and quickly turned his head to look.
He saw that Wen Hui, although her face was pale with fear, was still relatively composed.
But Little Ice was in an abnormal state. A strange white light now enveloped it, flashing intermittently, seemingly in sync with the flowing light on the cave wall.
Ning Fa couldn't help but be surprised. What was going on?
Why did this Barrier seem to have some connection with Little Ice?
Little Ice also looked confused. Even when Ning Fa tried to connect with it mentally, Little Ice didn't respond.
Just then, the cave wall suddenly brightened. With a rumbling sound, the white light flashed and disappeared, revealing a hole several feet wide.
At the same time, Little Ice shot into this hole with a whoosh.
"Little Ice, come back quickly!" Ning Fa shouted, but there was no response.
Ning Fa's face showed anxiety. He scanned with his spiritual sense, and his expression couldn't help but change.
"Wen Hui, you stay here first. I'll go in and take a look."
Wen Hui immediately nodded obediently. Without a word, Ning Fa flew directly into the hole.
He saw that this was an Ice Crystal Grand Hall, over a thousand square meters, with the ground paved with neat ice stones.
Inside the hall, majestic Mysterious Jade Ice Pillars stood tall, their surfaces adorned with carvings of mystical spirit birds, giving them an extraordinary presence.
Ning Fa's gaze quickly fixed on the front. In the center of the grand hall stood an Ice Jade Altar, several feet high, supporting a semicircular White Light Barrier above it.
The mysterious patterns on the altar's surface also seemed to light up, spinning rapidly.
At this moment, Little Ice, for some unknown reason, had entered the White Light Barrier. Its head was buried in its wings, and it remained motionless.
Above Little Ice's head, a Mysterious White Orb floated quietly, continuously releasing divine white light that flowed into Little Ice's body.
Seeing this, Ning Fa frowned immediately but did not act rashly.
Little Ice should not be in danger now; it was more like it was receiving some kind of inheritance.
From his mental connection with Little Ice, he could clearly feel Little Ice's aura growing stronger, which greatly surprised Ning Fa.
This place seemed mysterious and unfathomable, protected by a powerful fifth-tier Barrier. If Fairy Yuanxing hadn't informed him of its location, he wouldn't have been able to detect anything unusual even if it were right in front of him.
And such a mysterious place was actually closely related to Little Ice.
Ning Fa immediately realized.
This Ice Crystal Grand Hall appeared to be a place of inheritance, and Little Ice seemed to meet the requirements for receiving it, which was why the fifth-tier Barrier could allow it passage so easily.
Could it be because Little Ice possessed the Ice Spirit Seal?
Thinking of this, Ning Fa felt it was very likely.
He couldn't help but exclaim his good fortune. If it weren't for Little Ice, it would have been a very troublesome matter for him to break through the fifth-tier Barrier on his own.
After all, the Star Roaming Compass's incredible abilities couldn't be used on fifth-tier Barriers.
He couldn't act rashly, lest he attract the attention of nearby high-level demon cultivators.
Ning Fa then looked towards another side of the grand hall, and his eyes immediately showed ecstasy.
In a corner of the grand hall, a white magic array about ten feet in size was situated. Although it was not yet activated, a faint spatial fluctuation emanated from it.
Clearly, the teleportation array that Fairy Yuanxing had mentioned should be this one.
Ning Fa was naturally extremely excited. After carefully probing with his spiritual sense, he cautiously walked towards it and soon arrived beside it.
Ning Fa fully unleashed his spiritual sense to observe carefully, and soon he showed a smile.
This was indeed an Ancient Teleportation Array, very similar to one of the ancient teleportation arrays he had seen in ancient texts.
Around this teleportation array were ten grooves, each containing a gray-white stone block, clearly Spirit Stones that had been depleted of spiritual power.
Ning Fa made a grasping motion in the air with his right hand, and these ten gray-white stone blocks immediately flew to the side.
With another wave of his hand, ten spirit stones, shining with spiritual light, flew into the grooves respectively.
Instantly, the array emitted a brilliant white light, and a low hum emanated from it. The spatial fluctuations it emitted also became significantly stronger, clearly indicating that it was ready for activation.
Ning Fa's face was filled with great joy. It seemed this teleportation array was problem-free.
What made him even more excited was that if he mastered this teleportation array, he could then conveniently travel between Cangyuan and the Nine Dragons Sea in the future.
Although Ning Fa really wanted to teleport away immediately, he suppressed the impulse, as Little Ice was still receiving its inheritance.
He was also very curious as to who had built this grand hall, left behind the inheritance, and also constructed this teleportation array that could lead to Cangyuan.
Ning Fa also had a vague guess. Judging from Little Ice's ability to receive the inheritance, it was likely that whoever did this was a high-level demon cultivator of the Ice Sea, possibly even a Spirit Transformation demon cultivator.
Perhaps he would get the answer once Little Ice finished receiving the inheritance.
Thinking of this, Ning Fa's mood became even better.
For the next few days, Little Ice continued to receive the inheritance, showing no signs of ending.
Ning Fa was not in a hurry; there was no need to rush at this moment. It was also a good opportunity to carefully study the Ancient Teleportation Array.
In fact, he had made some initial progress in the Way of Array Formations, especially teleportation arrays. After all, the Demon Lord had previously left him a piece of writing detailing his own insights and experiences in constructing teleportation arrays.
Meanwhile, Blue Lightning, along with Wen Hui, often went to the hot springs in the ice lake in the ice valley outside.
On this particular day, Ning Fa, who was studying the teleportation array in the mysterious grand hall, suddenly changed his expression and immediately contacted them through their mental link: "Blue Lightning, bring Wen Hui back quickly!"
At the same time, Ning Fa also looked towards a certain direction with a slightly solemn expression.
He sensed that two powerful figures were rapidly approaching from three hundred miles away in the northwest.
They were two late-stage Metamorphosis Demon Cultivators.