With his full attention on comprehending the Dao of Ice, time slowly began to pass with no clear change happening outside the frozen lake.
Even if demonic cultivators passed through the area from time to time and some even went to investigate the frozen lake in person upon seeing the hole he had created after he had entered the frozen lake, none of them bothered to enter the waters after seeing nothing of interest.
The reason being that their cultivation was too low to notice the rich yin qi hidden just below the surface of the icy waters, while their divine sense didn't sense anything out of the ordinary. Making the frozen lake appear like a completely normal frozen lake on the outside.
