Many cultivators had escaped back into the lush forest, their sentiment during the departure greatly contrasting the dread they had upon their arrival. If it were not for the snow valley between them and the Snow Jade Dragon, allowing them some buffer time to flee, the aftermath would tilt far greater than the loss of twenty-something people in the snow.
Xiao Chen searched lengthily in the snowfields, with no significant discoveries. He then moved deeper into the snow mountain, tracking Keke and the three skeletons.
Two hours later, Xiao Chen managed to trace their whereabouts.
Upon climbing a snowy peak, Xiao Chen was dumbfounded. Apart from the three skeletons, he found a snow lotus the size of a house in the ice cave. And there, lying curled up atop the lotus, was Keke, who was sound asleep.