He Lan Tianxia

Chapter 262 A Vicious Heart Secretly Rejoices (Part 2)

"How about I ask Lingyi and the others to find some more spiritual herbs to refine pills?" Murong Junlan was not good at comforting others, but he expressed his thoughts in order to make the remedial measures faster.

The eagle shook its head, its wings flapping as if afraid Murong Junlan hadn't seen it. Refine it again? That's impossible. Putting everything else aside, even the eagle itself only encountered a rare treasure like the Ice Snow Lotus once in ten thousand years. Other spiritual herbs are worlds apart from the Ice Snow Lotus. Your Highness, it's likely you'll never encounter such a precious treasure again.

"Your Highness, Cangying said there is no better spiritual herb than the Ice Snow Lotus." Lingyi repeated softly, afraid that Murong Junlan would not understand Cangying's meaning.

"Hmm." A sudden fire ignited within Murong Junlan, burning fiercely in his heart. He needed to find a piece of ice and snow to extinguish it. Right, ice and snow, the Ice Lotus Pond—he suddenly realized he'd forgotten something important. He remembered now; why hadn't he seen any ice and snow along the way? Only a pond of withered Ice Lotuses. Where was the ice and snow?

Murong Junlan finally discovered something crucial: the ice and snow in the Ice Lotus Pond were gone. Without ice and snow, the lotus flowers were like those deprived of nourishment; even growing in water, they would wither and die. Therefore, ice and snow were the soul of this pond. And the Pavilion Master was the soul of this place. Did the Pavilion Master possess the ability to create ice and snow?

Murong Junlan seemed to suddenly understand something. Perhaps this was the reason he hadn't been able to open the stone cave inside the Lihentian Pavilion? That stone cave shouldn't be attacked head-on; it should be obtained through strategy. Murong Junlan's thoughts suddenly became clear, and he suddenly had an urge to slam his fist on the table like Luo Xie.

"Lingyi," Murong Junlan called out to Lingyi.

"Your Highness, what are your orders?" Lingyi waited for a while but Murong Junlan didn't speak. She looked up at Prince Murong and saw that the prince's lips were curled up, looking confident. Lingyi wondered, had the prince come up with a plan?

"Go, call Jiang He and Luo Xie to find a large block of ice."

"Looking for ice?" Not only Lingyi, but everyone else hadn't noticed that the ice and snow in the Snow Lotus Pond had already melted. This was because the Snow Lotus Pond and Lihentian were in winter and spring respectively, with a climate where all four seasons blended in between. Therefore, there wasn't much difference in temperature between the Xuanmo Cave and the Snow Lotus Pond; on the contrary, the area between the Xuanmo Cave and the Snow Lotus Pond was mild and spring-like all year round. Moreover, everyone was in a hurry to save people, only seeing the withered Snow Lotus, forgetting that the ice and snow were already gone.

"Okay." Ling Yi didn't ask any more questions. He called Jiang Heluo Xie and pulled the mischievous monkey and the red rabbit horse out of Lihentian Pavilion.

An hour passed, and Lingyi's group returned empty-handed and dejected. Lingyi reported to Murong Junlan that they couldn't find any ice; it had all melted.

"Keep looking." Murong Junlan felt that breaking the ice was the only key, and finding the ice was something only Lingyi, the spirit snake, could do.

“Jade Dragon Snow Mountain? But it’s too far away. It would probably melt by the time it’s transported here.” Lingyi’s first thought was that Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was impossible.

"But are there any other places with ice and snow besides there?" Murong Junlan felt that there should be other places with ice and snow.

"I only know that it's there; there really aren't any other places like it this season."

"Alright then, you guys go and think of another way to move some of the snow and ice from Jade Dragon Snow Mountain over here." Murong Junlan's gaze suddenly fell on the two Red Hare horses.