Starting With 100 Million Lives

Chapter 949 - 949: How Did You Get In?

"Oh my god, how did you do that?""That Venerable Yun Suo actually agreed to let me in with you?"

She still didn't know Brother Cheng had just barged straight into the Origin.

"You were still counting on him?"

Jiang Cheng curled his lips.

"Your bro has his own ways."

If someone else had said that, Gong Qing might've taken it as bragging, but since it was Jiang Cheng, she actually believed him now.

"Why does the central area of the Ice Origin look like this?"

Logically speaking, shouldn't everything here be solid ice?

Brother Cheng couldn't answer her question either.

"Maybe the Ice Origin was bored or something?"

"Alright, time to get down to business."

He still had to find Ji Linghan and the others.

He'd originally planned to spread out his Divine Soul again and just search directly.

But maybe the Origin's power here was too strong; his Divine Soul could only cover a few hundred miles.

The two of them hadn't gone far before they ran into people inside.

And it was even someone they knew.

"Y-You… how did you two get in here?"

When Venerable Yun Suo saw Brother Cheng and Gong Qing again, his eyes almost popped out of his head.

After he'd closed the gate at the Ice Ladder, he'd thought he'd never see these two again in this lifetime.

Who knew they'd meet again so soon.

And these two had even magically appeared inside Ice Origin Valley.

"Yo! Guess we really are fated to meet!"

Brother Cheng waved at him with a squinty smile.

Fated your ass!

Venerable Yun Suo could no longer keep his cool.

"How did you get in?"

Hearing this question, Gong Qing was stunned as well.

Only now did she realize Jiang Cheng had actually "smuggled" his way in.

Damn, how did he pull that off?

"I walked in, obviously. Just walked and walked and here I was."

Brother Cheng said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

As if the other party's question was amateur-level stupid.

"Walked in?"

Yun Suo was almost amused to death by him.

Do you think our Ice Origin Valley is some vegetable garden you can just stroll into whenever?

"How exactly did you 'walk in'? I clearly closed the Ice Ladder gate. It's impossible for you to get in!"

Him personally letting people in was one thing.

Others suddenly showing up inside without a word was another thing entirely.

This was something he had to get to the bottom of.

Because it very likely meant there was a serious loophole in Ice Origin Valley.

"It's not like your Ice Origin Valley is surrounded by city walls."

Brother Cheng looked at him in bafflement, like he was looking at an idiot.

"No ladder and gate, so I can't come in from somewhere else? You can't even figure out something that simple?"

This was the first time in his life Venerable Yun Suo had been treated like a fool.

He was so mad he laughed. "Ha, somewhere else?"

"Don't tell me you're going to say you charged straight in from the outer edge of the Origin?"

"Yep!"

"You trying to fool ghosts?"

Yun Suo flat-out didn't believe him and just took it as pure nonsense.

"Let me tell you the truth: without using a Heaven-Reaching Talisman, only the Ice Extreme Saint Venerable can move through there unimpeded!"

"Anyone else, even an Emperor Realm Ninth Layer, absolutely cannot survive it!"

"Who do you think you are, just charging through like that? Why don't you just say you're stronger than Emperor Realm Ninth Layer while you're at it!"

Uh, what?

Even Emperor Realm Ninth Layer can't get through?

Brother Cheng hadn't expected that the feat he'd just pulled off was even more unbelievable than he'd thought.

"So the Origin's killing power is actually that intense?"

Yun Suo sneered. "Hmph, what did you think? This is the place closest to the Origin. You think mortals can reach it?"

Brother Cheng suddenly saw the light.

"So I'm actually that awesome, huh? My apologies, my apologies!"

He even cupped his fists at himself to show his respect.

This move was truly unprecedented.

Yun Suo really couldn't understand how his brain worked.

The issue right now was that you're lying!

And you still have the face to act smug?

"Awesome my ass. With your Emperor Realm Fifth Layer…"

He gave Brother Cheng a once-over from head to toe. "Spit it out honestly—how exactly did you cheat your way in?"

Brother Cheng lost his patience too. "I didn't cheat, damn it. Believe it or don't!"

"If you won't confess, then don't even think about leaving!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Brother Cheng narrowed his eyes, a flash of killing intent flickering and vanishing.

He usually had a pretty good temper, but this old man had better not push him!

Just then, other people in the distance were finally alarmed and hurried over.

The ones living here, aside from those seven lucky ones who'd entered four million years ago, were all at least Emperor Realm Eighth Layer.

Seeing this group, Gong Qing got a huge fright.

She quickly bowed deeply, excitement and thrill written all over her face.

"Heavens! Venerable Zhong Bei!"

"And Venerable Feng Lin!"

"Venerable Zuo Mo…"

Every single one of them was a legendary figure in the Ice Realm!

These three—Zhong Bei, Feng Lin, and Zuo Mo—were all super Experts at Emperor Realm Ninth Layer.

In every past war with other True Realms, they'd rendered outstanding service.

Gong Qing could rattle off their battle records like reciting a family tree for half the day.

These people had always been far beyond her reach, and now that she was seeing them with her own eyes, everything felt unreal.

And these senior masters were also slightly taken aback when they saw her and Sect Leader Jiang.

Then Venerable Zuo Mo burst out laughing. "What, more newcomers got in?"

Venerable Feng Lin raised his brows in surprise. "Could it be they passed the Ice Ladder trial?"

"That would be something!"

Venerable Zhong Bei said expressionlessly, "A joyous event, worthy of celebration."

The dozens of Ice Origin Valley Experts behind them also showed warm smiles.

"Welcome, welcome!"

"Welcome to the new juniors joining us!"

They seemed to completely ignore Brother Cheng and Gong Qing's pitifully low Cultivation Realm; as long as you made it in, you were one of them.

"Hahahaha, you're too kind, everyone."

Brother Cheng was a natural at acting familiar. Seeing everyone so warm and friendly, of course he'd give them face too.

He even rarely acted "modest" for once.

"I'm new around here, bros—please take care of me…"

"Take care of your ass!"

Venerable Yun Suo, who knew the whole story, almost exploded when he saw that smug look of his.

You really are good at climbing on the pole, huh.

If I took my eyes off you for one second, would you already be calling them brothers and buddies, acting like old friends?

"Why are you welcoming him?"

"This guy sneaked in. He didn't pass the Ice Ladder trial at all!"

"It's already generous I haven't taken him down for interrogation, and you're welcoming him?"

"What?"

The others were shocked by this.

"Sneaked in?"

"What do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist Yun Suo?"

Yun Suo immediately recounted everything he knew in full detail.

At the end he even summed it up.

"What he did outside doesn't matter."

"According to the Celestial Venerable's teaching of universal education, we can temporarily ignore the fact that he's from the Otherworld."

"But! The matter of him sneaking into Ice Origin Valley absolutely cannot be brushed aside. We must investigate thoroughly!"

"Investigate, investigate—investigate your ass!"

Brother Cheng impatiently cut him off. "It's not like this Ice Origin Valley is some top-secret restricted zone. What's so strange about me coming in?"

"Let me spell it out for you: I came in to look for someone."

"Once I find them, I'm leaving. By then you'll be begging me to stay, and I still won't bother wasting my time in this dump."