Ultimate: Starting with Yujiro Hanma, spoiling the sun until it cries.

"How can this be called an investigation? It's just getting to know you. You're overthinking it."

Cao Buyi gave a cold laugh.

"You'd better just know that if I find out you've done anything else, even if you suffer eight hundred casualties yourself, I'll still lose a thousand of your soldiers."

The pavilion master elegantly shrugged.

"Then I'll pray that you survive this mission."

Cao Buyi did not speak, but instead walked abruptly to a chair not far away and sat down, turning his head away from the Pavilion Master.

Knowing that he would likely not get anything good out of Cao Buyi if he spoke to him now, the Pavilion Master turned and left.

As they reached the door, the pavilion master suddenly stopped.

"You just wait here for your companions; they should be here soon."

The pavilion master turned halfway around with a meaningful look, his sharp, sword-like gaze piercing Cao Buyi.

"You'd better not have any other ideas. If you're thinking of using any underhanded methods to get the treasure map from me, I advise you to give up on that idea as soon as possible."

After finishing his speech, the pavilion master left the room.

Cao Buyi sat in the room, but his heart was filled with worry for his companions.

Sure enough, Cao Buyi heard a commotion coming from outside shortly afterward.

Cao Buyi pushed open the door and found the man in black who had brought him there standing at the door.

Hearing the door open, the man in black turned around and looked at Cao Buyi.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Cao Buyi shook his head, but his gaze was fixed on the main entrance.

"I think I heard them coming, so I came out to check. What? Is that not allowed?"

The man in black bowed respectfully.

"Of course not, you are free to move around here, we will not restrict your movement."

Cao Buyi knew that although there appeared to be only one man in black on the surface, there were actually many people hiding in the shadows.

After all, although the man in black's strength was unknown, he shouldn't be much weaker than himself.

He dared to bow openly in front of me, unafraid of being ambushed, so he must have been confident.

The source of that confidence is very likely his accomplices in the shadows.

Although I couldn't see it, I could sense a faint aura.

Cao nodded, no longer looking at the man in black, but instead looking towards the door.

Sure enough, several figures came walking in the distance. They were all familiar people, but there were also some that Cao Buyi was not very familiar with.

As the people drew closer, Cao Buyi greeted them at the door.

"You've arrived! I thought I'd be waiting for you for a long time."

Cao Buyi said this, but in his heart he was thinking about the past.

I didn't have to wait long. It seems the Pavilion Master was right; he probably already found them when he summoned me.

The companions nodded in agreement, and just as they were about to speak, the Pavilion Master suddenly came down from the second floor, as if he had timed their arrival perfectly.

"You've all arrived. Let's set off now, after all, time waits for no one. If you don't set off now, by nightfall you'll probably be even less able to see the situation on the snow mountain." The Pavilion Master's voice was gentle and refined.

The group exchanged glances, then nodded, and quickly prepared to depart.

Soon we reached the summit of the snow-capped mountain. The entire mountain was silvery-white, looking as if it were draped in a silver coat.

"Be careful, don't shout loudly here, or you might trigger an avalanche."

Cao Buyi spoke these words at a normal volume, without deliberately raising his voice to remind her.

If shouting loudly caused an avalanche, that was caused by human intervention.

However, avalanches can also occur without human intervention. For example, if a snowflake rolls downhill and forms a snowball, it can create a natural avalanche.

Everyone nodded.

But the accident still happened.

Everyone heard a rumbling sound coming from the mountain, and Cao Buyi reacted quickly, immediately thinking that it was very likely an avalanche.

"Everyone, an avalanche is very likely coming. Be careful and remember to take cover."

As soon as Cao finished speaking, he saw a blanket of white snow rushing towards him, and without thinking twice, he dodged left and right.

The avalanche lasted for a long time before gradually stopping.

When Cao Buyi opened his eyes, he found himself in a snow cave. The snow cave looked very solid and large, and it was unlikely to collapse anytime soon.

Cao Buyi looked around and found that he actually had a teammate next to him.

However, he is still in a coma.

Cao Buyi took a few steps forward to his teammate and shook him. The teammate gradually woke up and was excited to see that it was Cao Buyi.

"They seem to have gotten separated from us, but thankfully you and I are together."

Cao Buyi nodded, observing the huge blood hole. Staying here indefinitely wasn't a solution. The entrance to the snow cave seemed to be partially buried by snow, the air inside was thinning, and the temperature was getting colder.

"Let's go outside and take a look."

236, The Frozen Land Holds a Secret

"No, it's too dangerous outside. What if you run into something else?"

Cao Buyi's teammates quickly stopped him.

However, Cao Buyi knew that staying here for too long was not a good idea; if they continued to stay, there was a high risk of the snow cave collapsing.

"We can't stay here any longer. Haven't you noticed that the air here is starting to get thinner?"

Cao Buyi frowned, took a few steps forward to the entrance of the snow cave, and then covered his hands with the snow.

"Move aside a bit. I'm going to try my best to blast this place open, and I'm afraid the aftershocks might reach you."

Cao Buyi's teammates ultimately did not stop him after hearing this, because they also noticed that the oxygen content in the air was starting to thin.

Cao Buyi was right; they really couldn't stay here any longer. So he took a few steps back and moved to a distance.

Cao punched the snow with all his might, punching a hole in the thick snow.

The hole was big enough for two people to pass through.

Seeing that the snow outside the cave had gradually subsided and there seemed to be nothing else around, Cao Buyi waved to his teammates, signaling them to come over.

"Come here quickly, let's go out from here, this place is just big enough for us to get out."

As soon as Cao finished speaking, he took the lead and went out of the cave to scout the way.

His teammates followed closely behind and went out with Cao Buyi.

After Cao Buyi went outside, he looked around and saw a vast expanse of white snow, but he couldn't see any of his other teammates.

“Continuing to search like this isn’t a solution. Why don’t we look at the map and go to the places we need to go? Maybe they’ll be waiting for us there, and then we can reunite.”

Cao Buyi thought this was a good idea, so he nodded.

They then looked at the map and prepared to take action, but suddenly heard a roar in the distance.

Cao immediately became alert, and his teammates beside him also drew their weapons and looked around warily.

Cao Buyi squinted and saw several snow-white balls rushing towards them from a distance. If someone didn't know better, they might mistake them for snowballs.

However, Cao Buyi had excellent eyesight. After looking closely, he realized that these were snow monsters, not snowballs.

The Yeti on the snow-capped mountains can be considered a unique mythical creature of the local area.

Cao Buyi and his teammates tried to escape, but how could they possibly outrun the Yeti?

The Yeti quickly arrived in front of the two.

There were more than a dozen Yetis, all of them eyeing Cao Buyi and his teammates menacingly.

Cao Buyi glanced at the snow monsters around him.

"You need to be careful, they don't seem so easy to defeat."

No sooner had Cao Buyi finished his warning than the Yeti began to entangle with Cao Buyi and his teammates.

This fight was extremely difficult, after all, the Yeti is also a very strong fighter.

A teammate was accidentally injured during the battle.

Fortunately, Cao Buyi was strong enough to take on more than a dozen Yetis by himself.

After defeating the Yeti, Cao Buyi's teammates came forward in amazement to congratulate him on his greatly increased strength.

However, Cao Buyi was more concerned about his teammates' injuries at this moment.

"Alright, now that no Yetis are bothering us, let's set off immediately. Besides, your injury can't be left untreated for long. We need to complete this mission as soon as possible and then go back to bandage your wound."