"Jiang-ge, let me go with you. We can look after each other." Huai Yi walked up and said.

Jiang Cheng looked at the fat Huai Yi, then turned his head to look at the others. "We'll send two people, and you guys pick another one. That'll make a bait team of four."

"I'll go." Zi Gui stepped forward and said firmly, "You need someone with experience in the snow mountains."

After Zi Gui finished speaking, she looked back at Lu Yu, Han Juanjuan, and the others. Before she could speak, Bai Xi said, "Teacher Zi Gui, you should stay." He straightened his clothes and stepped forward. "How can our summit team be without a teacher?"

"Fatty, you go with them." Jiang Cheng didn't listen to the fatty's explanation and turned to look at Huai Yi. "You're coming with me."

"Okay." Huai Yi nodded.

The bait team was chosen. Jiang Cheng and Gongsun Zhiruo went into Shang Zuo's tent. Soon after, Jiang Cheng came out of the tent, wiping the blood from his hands.

After a brief exchange, the two teams separated.

Jiang Cheng and the others packed their backpacks, took the bait, and walked in an unfamiliar direction.

The four of them weren't moving very fast. When they got tired, they simply rested. After all, they were just a bait team, not really in a hurry to get anywhere.

The real key to breaking the situation was to delay, to buy enough time for the other team to reach the summit.

Staring at the white snow mountain for too long made their eyes sting. It seemed that apart from the blue of the sky, only the color white remained in the world. The clouds in the sky were very low, giving people a sense of oppression.

Huai Yi tightened his backpack, leaned close to Jiang Cheng, and asked, "Jiang-ge, I feel like something's not right. Do you think we've been seen through by the Hungry Ghost, and it's gone after Fugui-ge and the others?"

Gongsun Zhiruo also stopped, shielding his eyes with his hand, and said after looking into the distance, "I'll send a message to Zi Gui and ask."

"No." Jiang Cheng said decisively, "If the Hungry Ghost intercepts your message, our disguise will be meaningless."

"But we can't just keep walking like this. What if the Hungry Ghost goes after the other team?" Gongsun Zhiruo knew Jiang Cheng's concerns, but they had been walking for so long without any sign of activity, it was hard not to suspect something.

Jiang Cheng said, "Okay, send a message and ask. I'll do it."

After saying that, Jiang Cheng took out his phone, thought for a moment, and sent a line of text to Zi Gui: "How is it on your end? Did the Hungry Ghost take the bait?"

About half a minute later, he received a reply from Zi Gui: "Not yet. There's no movement here. I'm really worried that the Hungry Ghost has seen through our plan and is coming for you."

Jiang Cheng replied: "It won't. That thing doesn't have a high IQ. Don't worry."

Less than a minute after the message was sent, Bai Xi suddenly held out his hand and said urgently, "The wind's picking up!"

As the first snowflake fell, the sky, which had been relatively clear, turned gray in an instant. Large flakes of snow were carried by the wind, cutting into their bodies.

"A blizzard is coming." Huai Yi lowered his voice, and there was even a hint of excitement in his voice as he vigilantly stared around and said, "It seems our arrangement was right. The Hungry Ghost has indeed taken the bait."

Jiang Cheng stared at his phone, feeling a bit of sympathy for the Hungry Ghost's IQ.

The current situation was obvious. The Hungry Ghost wasn't sure if they were carrying the Saintess's head, so it had been observing. But his communication with Zi Gui was intercepted by the Hungry Ghost, allowing it to determine that the Saintess's head was with their team.

Jiang Cheng let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, Zi Gui was smart enough. If he had sent the message to the fatty, the outcome would probably have been different.

In just a few minutes, the howling wind had become so strong that it was difficult to stand. "It's too late to set up camp and pitch tents now!" Bai Xi shouted.

Jiang Cheng tightened the collar and cuffs of his clothes and said to the others, "No need to set up camp. We'll keep moving forward. Since we're preparing to act, let's make it look as real as possible."

Gongsun Zhiruo handed over a rope with several hooks. He shouted, "The wind is too strong. We'll connect ourselves with the rope, otherwise, if we fall, we'll easily roll down the hillside."

The few people connected their bodies with the rope, which finally made them a little more stable.

Bai Xi undoubtedly walked in the front, followed by the fatty, then Jiang Cheng, and Gongsun Zhiruo at the back. The group looked like a string of ants, climbing towards a higher position.

Everyone was careful with every movement and every step, but accidents still happened unexpectedly.

Gongsun Zhiruo, who was at the back, lost his footing and fell sharply downward.

His movement instantly dragged the others down, and everyone involuntarily fell downward. Fortunately, after rolling for a distance, each of them grabbed onto something, slowing down the speed of their descent.

But at this moment, something even more terrifying happened. They felt large masses of snow sliding down from above, hitting them like crazy. Soon, the group was swallowed by the surging snow.

But at this time, it was completely dark, and they couldn't see their fingers. Everyone was thrown around and dizzy. Gongsun Zhiruo struggled to climb out of the snow. After he regained some consciousness, his first reaction was to find the others.

He groped for the rope, which was connected to something under the snow and was shaking non-stop, as if someone was buried under the snow and was struggling. "Don't... don't be afraid, I'll pull you... pull you out." Gongsun Zhiruo panted heavily. He was still in a daze, and the situation had exhausted both his strength and his mind.

"Is there anyone else?" Someone shouted, not far from Gongsun Zhiruo. Gongsun Zhiruo's mind was groggy, and it took him a long time to recognize that it was Huai Yi's voice.

Soon after, there was another rustling sound, and then, in another direction, Bai Xi's voice sounded. He coughed several times, apparently injured. "I... I'm here, cough cough, how... how are you guys?"

Hearing two people speaking, Gongsun Zhiruo finally breathed a sigh of relief. He crawled over the snow and used both hands to dig frantically. The person buried under the snow was also shaking in cooperation.

The snow was slowly dug away, and Gongsun Zhiruo was in a very good mood. It was unimaginable that no one had been killed in such a snow disaster, and everyone was alive.

He heard the voices of Huai Yi and Bai Xi, so he dug and said to the person buried below, "Mr. Jiang, don't... don't worry, hold on, I'll... I'll pull you out soon!"

Effort pays off. His hand, deep in the snow, finally grabbed a constantly waving arm. Before he could shout out in excitement, he heard a coughing sound not far behind him.

A moment later, Gongsun Zhiruo's body trembled violently, and his eyes, stimulated by the wind and snow, widened. He recognized that the voice behind him was Jiang Cheng.