Zhao Tiequan brought Chang Siyao and Jiang Kai to the front of the cave.
At a glance, just standing at the entrance of the cave, one could see the situation inside, but just as Chang Siyao was about to walk in, Zhao Tiequan stopped her.
"Not here!" Zhao Tiequan finished speaking and came to the side wall of the cave entrance.
Only then did Chang Siyao notice that this stone wall was faintly emitting a weak glow.
Overall, this secret realm entrance wasn't too hard to find, as long as you paid attention to the glowing stone wall, it wasn't difficult to guess there was something unusual behind it.
Zhao Tiequan took out a golden key and inserted it into a depression on the cave wall.
The stone wall slowly moved, revealing a door of light.
"You take Jiang Kai inside." Zhao Tiequan said.
"Then what about you?" Chang Siyao asked anxiously.
Zhao Tiequan looked at the unconscious Jiang Kai and shook his head, "The two extraordinary experts behind will be coming soon. As long as they chase here, it won't be hard for them to discover this secret realm."
"With their strength, forcibly attacking the entrance to the secret realm, they can enter the realm within a few days. And this secret realm is originally not large, and it only has one exit, which is this entrance, by then you still won't be able to escape."
"I'll find a way to draw them away!"
Chang Siyao said worriedly, "Big brother, it's too dangerous, you'd better come in with us."
Zhao Tiequan shook his head, "Don't worry, I'm quite familiar with the surrounding area."
"Big brother, what's your relationship with Jiang Kai, why are you helping him like this?"
Zhao Tiequan smiled slightly, "I don't quite understand myself… maybe because this kid is straightforward, or maybe because I promised to protect his safety, or maybe because… he carries the soul of China."
"Speaking of the soul of China, his battle results in extraordinary ranks will affect the effect of the national soul. Of course, I'm not too clear on how it affects, maybe one defeat won't have too much impact…"
"But as a Chinese person, I can't allow the soul of China to lose a battle!"
"Hurry and go in."
Chang Siyao still wanted to say something, but now time was pressing, she hesitated again and again, gritted her teeth, and took Jiang Kai into the secret realm!
After the two entered the secret realm, Zhao Tiequan watched the stone wall close, then walked into the dense forest at the cave entrance, changed into a set of black clothes similar to Jiang Kai's, and hid on a tree branch.
"The pursuers could arrive at any time, I must lead them away!"
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Chang Siyao and Jiang Kai entered the secret realm, and that little mouse was still lying on Jiang Kai's shoulder.
As soon as they entered the secret realm, Chang Siyao was shocked by the white world in front of her.
This was actually a world of ice and snow! Endless thick snow covered the entire world, even the trees were covered with snow.
The cold wind struck, making people tremble uncontrollably.
At the same time as entering the secret realm, Chang Siyao also received a system prompt.
[You have entered the trial secret realm, Great Snow Mountain. Defeating the secret realm boss will grant a specified item below divine artifact level.]
[This secret realm has been cleared 3 times, reward reduced to a tier 4 item.]
[Only successfully killing the boss will grant rewards. After the boss is killed, the secret realm will disappear and randomly appear in another area. At the same time, difficulty decreases and reward level drops.]
Chang Siyao slightly frowned, this secret realm seems to weaken the rewards every time it's cleared. Since there have already been 3 clear records, the difficulty has dropped three times, now the reward has already dropped to tier 4 item.
However, the "specified item" part is still extremely terrifying!
As expected of a secret realm reward!
There were no wild beasts nearby, so Chang Siyao supported Jiang Kai under a rock.
This should be, within view, the only relatively dry place that blocks the cold wind.
Looking at Jiang Kai's bloodied body, Chang Siyao hesitated a little and began to undo Jiang Kai's clothes.
Jiang Kai's outer armor and inner lining were already severely damaged, fragments of clothing stuck to the wounds.
After carefully opening the clothes, Chang Siyao discovered Jiang Kai's body was already covered with wounds, especially around the chest, where the wounds were very deep, and the chest was a bloody mess.
It's hard to imagine that with such serious injuries, Jiang Kai still wasn't dead!
Chang Siyao quickly helped Jiang Kai stop the bleeding, clean the wounds, and bandage them.
The little mouse was licking Jiang Kai's wounds, and his bleeding stopped very quickly.
"Hmm? You can help stop bleeding?" Chang Siyao looked curiously at the little mouse, "You're the strange beast released by Zhong Qiang, right? Strange, you actually have this kind of ability."
But right now Jiang Kai's injuries were severe, so Chang Siyao focused her attention on treating Jiang Kai's wounds first.
However, maybe because of excessive blood loss earlier, combined with clothes that no longer covered the body, and the surrounding extreme cold, the unconscious Jiang Kai muttered, "So cold…"
His body slightly trembled, curling up unconsciously, but still could not stop shivering.
Chang Siyao stared wide-eyed at Jiang Kai, "You, you're doing this on purpose, right! Don't think I don't know this kind of trick!"
However, Jiang Kai's face was pale, his lips trembling non-stop.
Chang Siyao gritted her teeth. She had previously returned to Huaxia City and put all her previous harvests in the city. Now she didn't have any spare equipment to cover Jiang Kai with.
Seeing Jiang Kai trembling more and more severely, it didn't look like he was pretending.
Chang Siyao could only take off her own outer armor and cover Jiang Kai with it, but the outer armor wasn't form-fitting, Jiang Kai was still shaking.
"So cold…"
Chang Siyao wanted to make a fire, but the surrounding trees were all frozen like popsicles, without suitable fuel.
Watching Jiang Kai curl up, with his injuries, he might really freeze to death here.
"Damn it, you damn brat, I, I… sigh, lucky you!" Chang Siyao was both ashamed and angry, and took off her inner armor.
Without the restraint of the inner armor, instantly, her proud figure was fully revealed.
Chang Siyao closed her eyes, embraced Jiang Kai, and used both the inner and outer armor to cover the two of them…
After Jiang Kai felt Chang Siyao's body warmth, he finally quieted down.
Originally Chang Siyao was just hugging Jiang Kai, but she always turned her head and didn't look at him. When she noticed Jiang Kai completely still, she nervously looked toward him.
Only when she felt Jiang Kai's breathing did she finally let out a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the distance between their faces was just a few centimeters. This time Chang Siyao didn't hurriedly turn away.
She looked at Jiang Kai's quiet face and couldn't help but examine him.
"At the banquet you didn't come looking for me, was it because you already discovered those two people wanted to harm you, and you were afraid of dragging me into it?"
"That big brother said, you told me to leave quickly, also because you didn't want to get me involved, right."
Chang Siyao's bright eyes looked at Jiang Kai. The cold wind outside was fierce, snow was vast and white, isolating the world, making it feel like there were only the two of them in this world.
Actually, there were many questions Chang Siyao hadn't carefully asked Jiang Kai, now seemed like a good opportunity.
"How did you find the goddess's ruins, how were you able to solo kill a commander, and how did you escape from the Night Watchers and the two extraordinary experts?"
"Jiang Kai… Huaxia's national soul… the pressure must be very great, right? Can you really bear this responsibility?"
"Hmm? Skin so smooth, even a man's skin can be this smooth? Oh, he seems not even twenty years old…"
"Body so slippery… hiss… w-what am I doing?"
"Face so hot… damn it, what am I thinking!"
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