Even If You're My Senior, It's Still Forbidden - Chapter 49

“It’s dirty.” Ji Weining took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped the bloodstains from Su Jin’an’s face.

Zhao Mu was clearly startled by her action: “Junior Sister Weining, why did you think of killing her so directly?”

Su Jin’an’s pitch-black pupils made it impossible to discern her true emotions. She smiled faintly: “Didn’t she say it herself?”

Perhaps due to the earlier Five Elements Formation, Su Jin’an’s hands were radiating heat, ultimately affecting her, which was why she wanted to end everything so quickly.

“It’s snowing?The originally grand procession of several hundred people now only had twelve people left.

“Some left on their own after hearing about the real demonic energy,” Zhao Xi answered, observing the dwindling crowd.

“Mmm.”

“This illusion doesn’t seem as frightening as the previous one,” Lu Mingzhu commented.

After all, she had been startled when someone suddenly emerged from the room, only to realize it was Jin Yishuang.

The person beside her crossed her arms and said, “I feel it’s even more terrifying.”

“I’m a bit cold.”

“It does seem that way.”

Lu Mingzhu immediately sneezed.

Ji Weining noticed Su Jin’an beside her: “Are you cold?”

Su Jin’an shook her head; not only was she not cold, she was actually quite hot.

Nevertheless, Ji Weining retrieved a fox fur cloak from her Qiankun bag and draped it over Su Jin’an. “The wind is cold.”

The wind here was not ordinary, and these secret realms were known for corroding the human heart.

Su Jin’an’s face flushed, and her exhaled breath carried a chill.

“The temperature is dropping really fast,” Zhao Mu remarked, looking up at the sky.

Zhao Xi beside her stated, “The Extreme Cold Realm.”

“Let’s carve ice here for warmth and wait for the illusion to end,” Ji Weining suggested.

Illusions constructed by the environment could either be traversed or torn apart by finding their core. In this situation, not only was it difficult to proceed, but even enduring until the end seemed challenging.

“I think I’ll leave.”

“Making it this far is already satisfying enough for me.”

Another person untied the rope from their wrist and exited.

A few began to lament: “So, do we really have to wait for the illusion to end now?”

Everyone wanted those points and didn’t wish to stay here; they wanted to press on.

Ji Weining organized the group to start carving ice and building a shelter. The sky gradually darkened, and in the distance, faint colorful lights could be seen.

Ji Weining couldn’t help but sigh; the illusions within secret realms were bizarre and unpredictable, full of things no one knew about.

Once the nighttime shelter was built, Ji Weining finally sat down and noticed that Su Jin’an had been unusually quiet today. “What’s wrong, Junior Sister?”

“I want to go out and look for a breakthrough,” Su Jin’an whispered.

Ji Weining looked at her with concern. “In your current condition, are you sure?”

She had intended to resolve that seal before entering the secret realm, but now, within the realm, the seal had begun to deteriorate.

“If it becomes unbearable, I’ll use what Master gave me,” Su Jin’an said, taking out the item Mu Chanjuan had given her.

“Alright.”

“The seal inside the Golden Core seems to have opened.”

She didn’t want others to see her in this state.

“I’ll take Jin’an to search for a way out. Zhao Xi, you stay here and keep an eye on them.”

“Understood,” Zhao Xi replied, following Ji Weining’s instructions without question.

“Shall we go out together?”

“Impossible. The extreme cold outside is too intense for any of us to withstand.” Zhao Mu said, crouching down and curling herself into a ball.

“Sister Mu has had a weak constitution since childhood. Perhaps we should just go out like this.”

Zhao Mu shot her a glare but said nothing more, summoning a ball of flame in her hand.

The person wrapped in magical robes was likely from one of the prominent families.

In recent years, Qingheng Mountain hadn’t forbidden aristocratic families from entering, but many peculiar individuals had mixed in.

“Hmph.” A young lady from some family in the crowd threw a tantrum and started nagging at Zhao Mu again: “You’re all from Qingheng Mountain. This secret realm has never been fair.”

“Then you should have left this place long ago.” Zhao Mu couldn’t be bothered to argue with her. From now on, it was about enduring through sheer willpower.

Arguments broke out in the room after Ji Weining left.

“If Sister Weining and the others find a way to break the illusion, we can naturally leave too.”

“Indeed, wasn’t it Junior Sister Jin’an who broke the last illusion?”

“Didn’t we all gain points from that?”

That person retorted, “We still have to rely on them? Then why even participate in this competition?”

“If you have the capability, go out and search on your own.” No one spoke to her anymore.

Zhao Mu rolled her eyes, not wanting to pay her any attention.

“Fine, I’ll go out then.” That person stomped her foot heavily and headed outside, but after just a few steps, she quickly returned to the room, staring wide-eyed at Zhao Mu.

Not long after they entered, the outside had already frozen over. Ji Weining held Su Jin’an in her arms.

“Sister, I feel so hot.” Su Jin’an seemed on the verge of tears.

Ji Weining also noticed the formation inside her body activating, while that seal was simultaneously restricting her.

“Shall I carry you on my back, Junior Sister?”

“Okay.”

Ji Weining crouched down, and Su Jin’an leaned against her back, feeling like a massive ball of fire.

“Can you still use spiritual power, Junior Sister?”

“I can’t summon it anymore.” Su Jin’an tried to gather spiritual power in her hands, but the energy inside her continuously surged against her body, resisting another force.

That fire element power among the five elements that her senior sister had mentioned.

“It’s alright.”

Ji Weining spoke softly, comforting her.

“Does Sister think I’m terrifying?”

“Why would I?”

“I stabbed Jin Yishuang just now.”

“Junior Sister was merely seeking a way to break the secret realm. There’s nothing terrifying about that.”

“Mmm.” Su Jin’an quieted down, resting against Ji Weining’s neck.

“Why have you gone silent?”

Seeing that Su Jin’an hadn’t spoken for a while, Ji Weining grew restless and asked.

“It hurts so much.” Su Jin’an whispered in her ear, her warm breath brushing against Ji Weining’s earlobe.

Ji Weining’s heart clenched at her words. “It’s alright. The pain will soon fade.”

“Really?”

“Junior Sister, why not try using the fire element power within you?”

Ji Weining had never cultivated such things and wasn’t very familiar with them, but she still believed in the principle that all methods are interconnected. “Use it like you would spiritual power?”

Su Jin’an tried again but ended up slumped on her back, completely drained of strength. She murmured, “It seems to not obey me.”

“It’s alright.”

“There should be a cave over there. Shall we go in and take a look?” Ji Weining inquired.

“Alright.”

“I’ll follow Senior Sister’s lead.”

Ji Weining sensed that Su Jin’an’s body temperature had not dropped but had instead risen even higher. She was somewhat uncertain about her condition.

Su Jin’an felt as though her body no longer belonged to her, lying limply against Ji Weining’s back.

Inside the cave, Ji Weining gently set Su Jin’an down, propping her against herself. She removed her fox fur cloak and draped it over Su Jin’an, then sat beside her, watching intently. She reached out to feel her forehead and took her hand.

“Shall I channel spiritual energy into you now?”

“Alright.”

Ji Weining directed her spiritual energy into Su Jin’an’s body. In an instant, the energy surged within her, as if molten lava were burning inside. Even Ji Weining’s spiritual energy felt as though it were immersed in scorching waves outside was icy cold, yet here, it was searing hot.

Ice and fire formed two opposing extremes.

The world outside suddenly turned pitch black, with only the sound of rolling snow echoing. The cave entrance was buried.

“It seems like an avalanche outside,” Su Jin’an reminded.

Ji Weining had also noticed. They might have to wait until the secret realm ended. Her spiritual energy merged with Su Jin’an’s inner realm, absorbing the external cold to encase her golden core, constructing a pathway for Su Jin’an’s own spiritual energy to break through the seal. “Try to release this energy.”

“Alright.”

Su Jin’an’s hands trembled as she struggled to use her innate spiritual energy to expel the foreign force, but there was no change at all. The fiery spiritual energy within her simply could not be released.

“It’s not working.” Su Jin’an released Ji Weining’s hand, severing the flow of spiritual energy between them.

She coughed a few times, shakily sitting up. “Senior Sister, perhaps you should go check outside first.”

Ji Weining had no choice but to rise and assess their situation. She brushed away the accumulated snow at the cave entrance, blasting a section open with her spiritual energy, only for more snow to collapse instantly. In a flash, the snow formed an array, trapping them inside.

Who knew which genius had set up this illusion?

“The cave entrance is sealed.”

“Are we trapped?”

A chilling wind seeped in from somewhere, though she couldn’t pinpoint its source. “It’s fine, I’ll keep looking.”

Ji Weining began searching for a way out but found no viable exit.

Should they wait here until the secret realm ended?

“I’m afraid we might not make it.”

The energy inside her body felt like a ticking time bomb, making it impossible for her to leave.

She didn’t know what would happen if she went out. She wanted to stay here with Senior Sister even forever would be fine.

“There seems to be a ventilation shaft here.” Ji Weining tapped the wall and blasted it open with a surge of spiritual energy. Sure enough, there was a path.

“Shall we go down and see?”

Though she didn’t know where this path led, she wanted to try. It was better than waiting here, she had no idea how much longer her junior sister could hold on.

“Alright.” Su Jin’an reached out, and Ji Weining pulled her up, patted her clothes, and carried her on her back.

They descended along the narrow path, growing colder with each step.

Ji Weining had to use her spiritual energy to warm her body, resisting the layers of encroaching cold.

Su Jin’an’s fever still hadn’t subsided, and Ji Weining truly didn’t know what to do with her.

The path grew increasingly lower, forcing Ji Weining to bend over while carrying her on her back. With one hand stretched backward to shield Su Jin’an’s head from hitting the rocky ceiling above, Su Jin’an murmured, “Let me down to walk.”

“Alright, stay close behind me.”

This way, she would bear the brunt of the cold air first.

She crouched down to set her on the ground, then reached back to hold her hand as they moved forward.

The chill in the passage grew more intense, and ahead lay a layer of ice, an ideal environment for unleashing fire spiritual power.

Taking another step, they entered a room seemingly carved out of ice, bitterly cold.

Beneath the floor, faint patterns were barely visible. Before she could make them out clearly, Su Jin’an suddenly pushed her. The icy ground was slippery, and she was shoved back into the narrow tunnel just as a massive slab of ice crashed down, trapping her inside. Su Jin’an remained in the room beyond.

She had never known her junior sister possessed such strength.

Realizing something was wrong, Ji Weining began pounding fiercely against the ice barrier.

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