Xiaozhai suddenly swished her flashlight in a direction.
Gu Yu followed the movement with his eyes. Under the faint light, he saw an irregular circle on the ice wall, within which there were some indistinct carving marks.
The marks were barely detectable and mostly eroded by the ice. They were probably there forever and were becoming part of the ice wall. They had to be deep and wide to begin with to be able to maintain any form at all.
"It's a…"
He walked closer and followed the lines with his hand. After tracing it repeatedly, he said with amazement, "I think it's a character, and kind of familiar… oh, right, it's that forbidden word on that amulet."
"Thunder? Haha, it seems we've stumbled into the right place."
Xiaozhai was delighted. It was clearly an artificial carving and had something to do with Tianshan Sect.
They took their time to reexamine their reasoning.