After Snow Heavenly Consort finished listening to Wang Duanshan's full Sound Transmission, she fell silent for a moment before her lips curved into a smile she could barely suppress, finally bursting into laughter.

Seriously, are all of you clowns?!

It's just the Frost Crystal Forbidden Ground. Is it really necessary for every single one of you to get lost and send such pathetic Sound Transmissions back, asking for someone to pick you up?!

Noticing Snow Heavenly Consort's strange behavior, Lu Qing'an asked, "What's wrong?"

Snow Heavenly Consort looked at Lu Qing'an, contemplating whether to conceal it. After all, Wang Duanshan had come to her specifically; he clearly cared about his face and didn't want anyone else to know, especially Lu Qing'an.

But meeting Lu Qing'an's deep, fathomless eyes, she couldn't hold it back.

The man she fancied had asked, so how could she keep it from him?!

"Pfft."

The moment she opened her mouth, she broke into laughter again.

"What's the good news?" Lu Qing'an asked with a smile.

Snow Heavenly Consort waved her hand and laughed, "Wang Duanshan... found Xiao Qingyi and his disciple, but... he's lost too, and can't find his way out..."

Lu Qing'an blinked, sitting frozen in place.

No way!

Are all of you Masters of comedy?!

Each one is more hilarious than the last!!

"Did these two Old fellows know I've been bored lately and decide to give me some entertainment?" Lu Qing'an was genuinely amused and laughed heartily.

Snow Heavenly Consort covered her mouth and chuckled, "Truly, it's been a long time since I've encountered something so funny."

After laughing for a while, Lu Qing'an's expression gradually returned to normal.

"Wait, that's not right. Both of them possess Great Emperor Realm Peak cultivation, ranking among the notable figures in the Demon Realm. For a place meant for the trials of those in the Saint King Realm and the early to Middle Stage of the Great Emperor Realm to reduce them to such a state seems a bit unusual."

"They mentioned that something is indeed off in there. The frost crystals' ability to isolate Divine Sense suddenly became much stronger, and the deeper they go, the stranger it gets. The chill has grown much more intense as well. When he contacted me, he specifically asked me not to tell you. Wang Duanshan, that old fellow, cares deeply about his face, and he claimed my Emperor Throne matches the frost crystals there, so finding them and leading them out wouldn't be difficult."

"Alright, then go ahead. Though, will you end up just like them?"

Lu Qing'an looked at Snow Heavenly Consort with a smile.

Flipping her long hair, Snow Heavenly Consort said with slight smugness, "My merchant guild was forged from frost crystals, and with my Emperor Throne, I'll be like a fish in water in there. Even if you got trapped, I wouldn't."

"Fine, send a Sound Transmission back if anything happens." A faint smile hung on Lu Qing'an's lips; in fact, he was kind of hoping Snow Heavenly Consort would pull off some hilarious stunt too.

That would make things truly entertaining.

As if knowing what Lu Qing'an was thinking, Snow Heavenly Consort said with full confidence, "What you're hoping for won't happen. Just wait for my return. I'm off then, and I'll strive to be back by noon."

"Alright, be careful."

Snow Heavenly Consort paused abruptly in her tracks and swiftly turned around, her beautiful eyes staring straight at Lu Qing'an as she asked bashfully, "What did you say just now?"

"What did I say?"

"You told me to be careful."

"Right, it's always good to be careful."

Snow Heavenly Consort's heart raced.

He's worried about me!

"Mm-hmm! I'll take good care of myself."

Watching Snow Heavenly Consort leave with flushed cheeks, Lu Qing'an wore an odd expression.

"Was there a problem with that?"

...

Time slipped quietly by.

The sunlight beat down directly from above.

Noon had already arrived.

After Snow Heavenly Consort departed, the courtyard grew sweltering. Xu Xuanyu was drenched in sweat from the heat and had no choice but to halt the work at hand.

"Brother-in-law, why did it suddenly get so hot today?"

Without his cultivation, he was no different from a mortal.

Lu Qing'an's thoughts turned exceedingly bizarre at this moment.

Didn't she say she'd be back by noon...?

Did another comedy contestant really just join the fray?

"Should I send a Sound Transmission to ask her?" Lu Qing'an took out the Sound Transmission Jade Slip for a moment, but after giving it some thought, he decided to spare Snow Heavenly Consort some face.

Presumably, that place had indeed changed somewhat, increasing the difficulty significantly, but Snow Heavenly Consort shouldn't end up like Xiao Qingyi and the others, lost inside and unable to find her way out.

Evening arrived.

Lu Miaomiao and the others returned.

Finding no sign of Snow Heavenly Consort, Lu Miaomiao immediately searched the entire courtyard. When she failed to find her, she knitted her delicate little brows and walked up to Lu Qing'an to ask.

"Daddy! Where's Aunt Xue? Did she go back to handle merchant guild business again?"

Lu Qing'an: "..."

"Your Aunt Xue had some matters to attend to. She should be back before long."

"Is that so? Okay, can she make it back tonight? I wanted to keep sleeping with Aunt Xue! In this hot weather, hugging Aunt Xue to sleep is so refreshingly cool and comfy!"

"Probably."

He was waiting for Snow Heavenly Consort's Sound Transmission.

If she was truly lost, he would have no choice but to make the trip himself.

Luo Danhong appeared in the courtyard at that moment and found Xu Yunyi.

"Disciple, your Master has recently researched a special Formation! Come, have a look."

The last time she went to the Immortal Ruins to pick up Xu Xuanyu, she and Xu Yunyi had searched for a while. Consequently, inspired by that incident after returning, she had conceived a person-locating Formation.

It could pinpoint the approximate Qi of a person.

It could easily track someone within a radius of a hundred thousand li!

It could even pinpoint an exact location using the blood of a close relative!

Upon hearing her Master explain the Formation, Xu Yunyi's eyes shone brightly.

"Master! You're amazing!"

"Haha, come, I'll pass it to you!"

Hearing what Luo Danhong said to Xu Yunyi and connecting it to what was currently happening, Lu Qing'an chuckled.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, come over here for a moment."

Hearing him, Luo Danhong looked toward Lu Qing'an.

"Do you need me for something?"

"Xiao Qingyi and Wang Duanshan are both lost in the Frost Crystal Forbidden Ground. That Formation of yours I just overheard seems like it could come in handy right now. Lend it to me."

"Huh? They got lost in the Frost Crystal Forbidden Ground?"

Luo Danhong was startled at first, then suspected Lu Qing'an was teasing her—after all, she had seen Lu Qing'an tease the Juniors before. But seeing his serious expression, she fell silent, and then burst into giggles.

"Haha! Then let me go! I'm more familiar with using this Formation. I only need to find some items here that bear their Qi and place them into the Formation to find them. At that point, I can just set up a Teleportation Array over there and teleport directly back!"

Luo Danhong hadn't expected her Formation to be so perfectly suited for this occasion.

"Items bearing their Qi work too? Then your Formation really is something," Lu Qing'an remarked in surprise.

"Indeed! This Formation counts as one of my proudest masterpieces!" Having received Lu Qing'an's praise, Luo Danhong was in high spirits.

This was praise from the Eternal Night Demon Emperor!

"Oh, right, this Formation of yours will be useful to me later as well!" Lu Qing'an's eyes lit up as another matter came to mind.

Finding Dan Daozi!

"Really? That's wonderful. Being able to assist you is my honor," Luo Danhong said with a smile.

"Mm, go bring them back first, and I'll borrow your Formation afterwards."

"Alright! I'll be back in a flash." Luo Danhong nodded with a smile, said a few words to Xu Yunyi, and then soared in Ascension into the air, flying in the direction of the Frost Crystal Forbidden Ground.

"Nothing should go wrong this time, right?" Lu Qing'an thought.

That thought lasted for about four hours before it was completely shattered.

"Brother-in-law... I can't contact my Master anymore..."

Lu Qing'an: "..."

Is every single one of them a comedian sent by the monkey king or what...