"Please, Brother Shaoyu, tell me."
Chu Feng clasped his fists and said.
"Sigh, I didn't expect you to be so stubborn."
Seeing Chu Feng so insistent, Fumo Shaoyu finally agreed to guide him.
But before that, he needed to rescue the people in the death prison first.
Because in his view, rescuing Little Fish was a near-suicidal endeavor.
He didn't want to drag others into it, so before attempting the rescue, they had to get everyone else out first.
During this process, Chu Feng also learned that Fumo Shaoyu and Little Fish had only recently become acquainted.
Fumo Shaoyu and Little Fish were friends as well.
It was precisely because of this friendship that Fumo Shaoyu couldn't stand by and watch Little Fish be captured by the Nether Ice Hall, used as a cultivation resource and refined. That was why he had intervened.
However, the end result had been a failed rescue, and he was subsequently locked in the death prison.
From what Fumo Shaoyu knew of the Nether Ice Hall's Hall Master—
If the rescue failed again this time, there probably wouldn't even be an opportunity to enter the death prison.
The Nether Ice Hall's Hall Master would simply refine them on the spot.
Chu Feng hadn't originally wanted Fumo Shaoyu to risk his life alongside him.
He had merely hoped that Fumo Shaoyu could tell him where the main hall holding Little Fish was located, and that would be enough.
But who would have thought that Fumo Shaoyu insisted on accompanying Chu Feng? If Chu Feng refused, he wouldn't serve as a guide.
However, Fumo Shaoyu did intend to have Fumo Xiner leave.
He didn't want to involve her.
But Fumo Xiner was equally adamant about coming along.
Left with no other choice, the three of them set out together.
Fortunately, under Chu Feng's barrier arts, they evaded the guards' notice and successfully entered the main hall.
The so-called main hall, though resplendent in gold and jade, was in reality nothing more than an enormous prison cell.
The difference was that the ones imprisoned here were considered important captives by the Nether Ice Hall.
But at present, only Little Fish was being held here.
The moment they entered the main hall and laid eyes on Little Fish, Chu Feng's heart began to race.
Little Fish lay inside a transparent barrier formation with her back toward them.
Because the barrier was crystal-clear, like glass, Chu Feng could see her form perfectly.
Even though Little Fish was facing away from him and he couldn't see her face—
That posture was exactly the same as the Little Fish he had once known.
So many years had passed in the blink of an eye. Chu Feng had undergone significant changes in both strength and appearance.
Yet time seemed to have left no mark on Little Fish whatsoever.
The little girl hadn't changed at all.
In that instant, a flood of memories from the past surged through Chu Feng's mind.
Just this one silhouette of the little girl was enough to transport him from the present back into the memories of those bygone days.
"Big Brother, you're here?"
Little Fish sensed their presence and hurriedly turned around.
But her gaze landed on Fumo Shaoyu.
She only spared Chu Feng a brief glance before her eyes slid right past him.
Instead, she looked at Fumo Shaoyu with an expression of pure delight, her eyes brimming with excitement.
And just like that, the excitement on Chu Feng's face vanished in an instant.
The silhouette had been so similar, but the moment this little girl turned around—
Chu Feng knew that this girl was not the Little Fish he had once known.
He had mistaken her for someone else.
"That's not the one you were looking for?"
A voice rang out — it was Fumo Xiner.
While Chu Feng had been staring at the little girl, Fumo Xiner had been watching him.
Just from the shift in his expression, she knew that Chu Feng had likely mistaken her for the wrong person.
"No."
Chu Feng shook his head, his face unable to hide the disappointment.
Although his time with Little Fish back then had been brief, if given the chance, he truly would have loved to see her again.
He had thought this wish might finally come true, only to discover it had been for nothing.
It made Chu Feng feel that perhaps for the rest of his life, he would never again see that innocent, carefree little girl called Little Fish.
That was how life went…
Some people appear for only a brief moment, yet they leave an indelible mark upon your life.
And Little Fish was exactly that kind of special person in Chu Feng's life.
"It seems that little girl is very important to you."
Fumo Xiner remarked with a sigh, a hint of jealousy unmistakable in her voice.
Chu Feng didn't deny it. He simply nodded. "She is."
"You're not… attracted to little girls, are you?"