Chapter 1046: Fountain of Sobriety

"That's good, but how could their speed remain unchanged?"

Xia De's position at this time was still below a snow slope, but this time no huge ancient demon appeared behind the ridge.

The open environment made the surroundings clear at a glance, but Xia De still didn't see the traces of Miss Chloe and the three, just like last time.

He couldn't rush to search in all directions; the blizzard would quickly cover his tracks. If he lost his direction and forgot the starting point, he might never find the way back.

Just thinking about whether to burst out the light of the silver moon to actively attract the witch's attention, he suddenly noticed that on the other side of the ridge, there seemed to be very blurry white mist blown away by the blizzard.

He couldn't be sure if it was his illusion, but he still climbed up the ridge against the wind and then rolled down from the snow slope.

That white mist was indeed not his illusion, but very unfortunately, that white mist had nothing to do with the witch and the three.

It was a hot spring located at the bottom of the ridge. The white mist Xia De saw just now was actually hot steam. He couldn't understand why there would be a hot spring in this environment, and after getting closer, Xia De confirmed that the spring eye was actually some kind of relic.

Barefoot, with silver hair, and holding a long staff, the god 【Maiden of Cold Winter】 was standing by the spring eye at this time. Therefore, even though Xia De didn't want to approach the relic in such a strange place, he still walked over against the wind and snow.

After getting closer, he felt more truly that the existence of a god is power.

He didn't walk completely close, but stopped at a distance of five or six steps from the god:

"God."

He greeted respectfully, hoping his voice could pass through the blizzard.

"Outlander, take some water from here and bring it to the lost one."

The god who had his back to Xia De said. Xia De lowered his head and looked at the spring eye:

"I don't know if this is..."

"Fountain of Sobriety. After drinking, you can wake up from dreams, understand your own fallacies, and break free from illusions."

He said softly:

"The lost one needs this. Before she reaches the peak, she must recall what she has forgotten."

"She... forgot what?"

Xia De asked hesitantly, but the god shook his head slightly. The silver hair did not sway according to the airflow in the storm, and the pure white light on the god was brighter than the silver of the snow mountain:

"You must understand, Outlander, this is a trial for her, a trial for her to take the final step."

"The final step? Isn't Miss Chloe only at the 11th level?"

Xia De thought suspiciously.

"Then why did you appear here?"

Although this question was a bit disrespectful, Xia De still asked it.

The god in the form of a young girl turned and looked at Xia De. Xia De immediately lowered his head to show his respect. At this moment, traces of divine radiance had appeared on his body, and he could feel the cold power of the god in front of him.

The soft white light was not abrupt in the silver snow all over the sky. The god stretched out his finger toward Xia De. Because the girl form was shorter than Xia De, Xia De instinctively lowered his head slightly again.

Thus, that cold finger touched Xia De's brow directly:

"Just like the God of Toys who favors you, I also have mortals I favor."

The momentary coldness made Xia De mistakenly think that his soul was frozen on this snow mountain. After he regained consciousness and woke up, the god in front of him had disappeared, and only hot steam was still rising from the water pool.

【Outlander, any power you have related to ice and snow has been permanently enhanced.】

He reached out and pressed his brow, still able to feel the coldness constantly seeping into his whole body:

"Is this considered a blessing?"

【Of course not, just a trivial gift you got from contacting a god.】

Xia De nodded, shivering in the snow, found a water bag, and knelt by the spring eye to take water, but found that the water didn't enter the water bag at all:

"Do you need a special container?"

He found a glass bottle again, and only then did he get the water. But it seemed that this spring eye only allowed him to take a certain amount of water. After that, no matter what method Xia De used, he couldn't take more water away.

After corking it, the liquid in the glass bottle definitely had to be brought to Miss Chloe, but Xia De also wanted to try this water himself. Although he couldn't take water with any container, he could completely stick his head into the spring eye:

"Um..."

Although a bit embarrassed, no one else saw it here. After making up his mind, Xia De lowered his head and plunged toward the spring eye—

Splash~

"Oh!"

The coldness made him wake up a lot instantly. The cold made him shrink his head back. Looking again, the spring eye emitting hot steam had disappeared; he had clearly plunged into an ice hole covered with a layer of floating ice just now:

"Although I know I am a bit greedy, can you not be so stingy and not even let me drink a mouthful?"

He complained in a low voice, and then felt his whole head was about to freeze.

He found a towel to dry his head, and then took out a few scarves to wrap himself carefully. Only then did he stand up and look at the Bai Yin Mountains under the strange variegated black sky:

"So, where are Miss Chloe and the others now?"

【Walk toward the high place.】

"That's right."

Xia De crouched down, intending to climb back onto the ridge:

"They must be nearby. Oh, even after eating snow, the power of the initial fire has improved, it is really cold here."

The position of the witch and the three was even closer than Xia De thought. He walked along the ridge toward the mountain peak for less than three minutes, and saw flickering firelight under the snow slope on the left.

After rolling and crawling down from the snow slope, he indeed found the tent left when he left last time. It was just that this time, the three of them were not so lucky to find a large rock that could shelter from the wind, so the witch manipulated the ice and snow to cast a low wall that didn't look very sturdy under the ridge, and the tent was placed behind the low wall, with a thick layer of snow already covering the tent.

Firelight shot out from the large tent, and three figures could be seen at the same time.

Miss Chloe seemed to have recovered a bit, and set up a warning ritual on the periphery, so after Xia De appeared, she discovered the traces of the visitor for the first time.

"Who is it?"

An unusually nervous voice came from the tent, and the voice was even trembling. Xia De didn't know what had happened, but still stated his identity:

"It's me, do you want to see my flames?"

The tent was opened at once, the witch took the initiative to appear, hugged Xia De, and welcomed him in. The short lady with red-gold eyes had a smile on her face, pulling Xia De's hand to let him sit down and warm up by the fire first.

Because he had plunged into ice water not long ago, Xia De's state was very bad now.

"You really kept your promise and came back again."

Miss Chloe said with a smile, and then asked Mrs. Marx, who was watching the campfire, to prepare hot tea. Xia De appeared again, and this middle-aged woman in her thirties or forties was also very happy; after all, this meant that Xia De brought supplies again.

It seemed that a long time had passed since Xia De left last time. Although the black tea had not been consumed, food such as vegetables had completely disappeared.

The good news was that the three, although their mental and physical states looked not very good compared to last time, at least their thinking was normal and they could continue to walk. After all, they knew they were not alone in this silver snow mountain, and someone would come to help them.

Even the man who stole 【All-Encompassing Impermanence·Darkness】 smiled at him after Xia De entered the tent.

The shrinking man was still huddled in the corner of the tent, although he had lost some weight, he looked healthy.

"Yes, but this time I still can't stay too long... oh, fire."

Xia De sat by the campfire, drank the hot tea, stretched out his hands to warm by the fire, and then let out a long breath. The temperature of this flame burning spiritual power was enough to warm the four people here, and with Xia De's arrival, the flames jumped up a large section again.

"Did you fall into the water just now?"

Miss Chloe asked with concern on the side. Xia De laughed dryly, too embarrassed to say that he had plunged into ice water:

"This is for you, I met that god again just now, and he asked me to bring this to you. Fountain of Sobriety, it is said that it can break illusions."

Xia De handed the glass bottle to the witch, and the latter looked at the water suspiciously:

"But I am not trapped in hallucinations, although the time here is very chaotic, I am very sure that this moment is reality."

"Since it was requested by that god, you should drink it and try."

Xia De encouraged.

The witch nodded slightly, frowned, and drank the warm water. Everyone in the tent looked at her, as if expecting her to say something amazing, but Miss Chloe put down the bottle, and had no expression:

"Look, I said, I am very sober at the moment."

Although Xia De was a bit suspicious, he didn't know how to explain this matter. He looked at the tent and asked again:

"Then why are you camping here? Did you encounter problems again, or just simple rest?"

"Indeed encountered some trouble."

The young witch talked about this topic, and her spirit was not very good. She was still wrapped in the white fur Xia De gave her last time, huddled beside Xia De and leaning tightly against him, feeling the temperature on him, but this time she didn't turn into a cat:

"Some troublesome things are eyeing us, and we don't know what it is. That thing turned into our companions who were lost and died in the snow mountain, constantly tracking and harassing us, so I decided to camp first to see what that thing really wanted to do."

"When I walked over, I didn't see strange things nearby. I can stay here for another twenty minutes, let me see what is entangling you."

Xia De said, seeing that it was safe here for the time being, he took out Little Mia's toy from his arms, and then restored the cat with his coat.

"Meow~"

Although the tent was quite warm, it was far colder than at home. The soft cat appeared, and plunged into Xia De's arms. It hid in Xia De's coat, only revealing a small cat head, looking at the strange environment outside suspiciously. The white whiskers trembled slightly, the pink little nose carried some moisture, and the big amber eyes were very vigilant.

The appearance of this cat seemed to make the tent warmer, and everyone's mood was not bad.

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PS1: Can anyone guess what Miss Chloe the witch is going through now?

PS2: Added update on the 10th, added update for two days, at least three chapters of 3K per day. ===== CHAPTER 1047 =====