Without a guide, outsiders could easily find themselves lost on the complex network of winding snowy paths of Mount Mei. Otherwise, the soldiers who escaped from the city of You Prefecture wouldn't have chosen to flee through this path.
However, Ye Que walked in an incredibly assured manner. He didn't even have to stop at forks in the roads to think. Even though the letter was showing the way, his confidence was nonetheless strange.
Red Bean, who was lying on his back, looked at the increasingly foggy mountain path with anxiety. "Even if we manage to find the souls of those who died so tragically, do you think they'll have a chance at reincarnation? The old men in my clan used to say that souls tainted by Devil Qi wouldn't be able to cross the Reincarnation Bridge and they'll simply fall off."
Ye Que sighed. Complex emotions colored his pupils as he replied, "Life and death are ruled by fate; riches and honor are decided by heaven. In life,
Ye Yunhai, as the de jure spiritual leader of the Ye Army, ought to have eaten, lived, and fought alongside the soldiers this time. The unforeseen event happened too swiftly, however. His mother finally told him all the secrets before entering You Prefecture. Even though Xiao Huating was a seed that the Demon Race planted in the General's Manor in Luoyang for twenty years, she was ultimately still a mother. Ye Yunhai was her biological son. The noblest existence in the world was maternal love. Such love could surpass races and beliefs. Xiao Huating couldn't alter the disaster that was about to befall You Prefecture. She was even doing her best to make sure it succeeded. However, she refused to allow her son to come to danger. It was quite the contrary, in fact. She wanted to use this disaster to win a colossal opportunity for him. This went against the interests of the Mountain Valley of Pure Blackness. It also had nothing to do with the Ye
In an instant, the sword formation shattered. No one expected a Senior Brother and Junior Sister who interacted day and night would harm one another. No one would have grieved if it was an outsider breaking their sword formation and killing all of them. They would only blame themselves for being inferior to their enemies. No one could forgive one of them being responsible for the ambush. That viper-like dagger came from the Junior Sister that they had always doted on. That included Lei Tianyou. "Junior Sister Tang, why?" Lei Tianyou clapped his hand over his pierced abdomen. He turned around and looked at Tang Tang, who stood behind him, in disbelief. Tang Tang lifted herself off the ground with the tips of her toes and disappeared out of view. Everyone watched as she flew out of the sword formation in the blink of an eye and landed in front of Ye Yunhai. She raised her hand and gently caressed his cheek, before t
The young disciples of the Pavilion of Wind and Thunder responsible for holding down the fort were able to carve a way out for the rest thanks to their enthusiasm. Without more people on their side and the combined forces of their sword formation, death would descend sooner or later. It was just a matter of how much time they could buy for the unconscious Lei Tianyou and those ten more female disciples. This was the final incense burning in the Pavilion. If it broke off, this orthodox cultivator's sect would be considered extinct. Red Bean looked at Ye Que. She didn't open her mouth to speak but her intention was obvious. Shaking his head, he pointed his finger backward and started drawing a seal in the air. The subtle Divine Energy began gathering in the air, forming an Immortal Spirit Charm stitched together with totems. Then, it fell on his palm. It took a span of about 30 breaths to run from the smelting ground to the mount
Instead of running down the path into the mountain, Guan Shuheng led everyone to climb the mountain instead. With Lei Tianyou on his back, he circled nearly halfway around the mountain until he arrived at the precipice of the mountain behind the Pavilion of Wind and Thunder. Then, he climbed onto his flying sword and fled. The Wind and Thunder Mountain and Mount Mei were a part of the northern mountainous range. There were numerous mountains with sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces here. Unless one knew his way around this place, it would be hard for him to find the exit. The Pavilion of Wind and Thunder was established in the depths of this range of mountains. They exited the Pavilion via the rear mountain. When they flew less than a kilometer away, they arrived at three forks in the mountain entrances of varying sizes. Guan Shuheng, who carried Lei Tianyou on his back, chose one of the entrances without the slightest hesitation and too
Inside a secluded valley deep in the mountains of Northern You Prefecture, Ye Que and Ye Yunhai stood ten meters away from each other. "I can choose whatever path to go on, be it the Devil's Practice or the Orthodox cultivation. What does it have to do with you? Who the hell are you? What right do you have to lecture me?" Ye Yunhai was looking at Ye Que with a resentful expression. It was as if he was staring at something filthy. "You keep bringing up the old Ye family. Have you returned to acknowledge your ancestors? Is your name listed in our ancestral records?" Frowning, Ye Que said nothing. "I've seen the records. The name 'Ye Que' isn't there at all, only my name 'Ye Yunhai'. That makes me the Young Master of the General's Manor. You're just a poor country bumpkin. Even if you became a cultivator through dumb luck, it doesn't change that fact. You'll forever be an illegitimate child and a bane. That's the fate you're born with."
Ye Que chose not to immediately attack Ye Yunhai after the latter humiliated him. Similarly, he also chose not to stop Ye Yunhai when the latter fled. It wasn't a question of his ability; he just didn't know if he should. Had he suffered such disgrace in the past, he would have definitely pummeled Ye Yunhai without hesitation if he could. But he had gone through too much now. He wouldn't let a few words affect him. More importantly, Ye Yunhai's identity was his younger brother from another mother. With Ye Zhengru gone, what other family did he have in this world? If his mother was alive, she would surely not wish to see him attack Ye Yunhai. She wouldn't want him to do the killing, at least. That was the kind of woman she was. That was the reason that Ye Que hesitated earlier. Even if Ye Yunhai had taken up the Devil's Practice and became a wicked devil cultivator, he wasn't willing to attack the former at this moment. Thus, re
You Prefecture was the prefecture located at the far north of the glorious Tang Empire as well as the coldest place in the Central Plain. Legend had it that the cold was so severe there that snow would easily form in the mouths of those who speak. Even when two people were standing opposite each other, they might not be able to hear what their friend was telling them. They had no choice but to return home and gently melt down the ice in their mouths before being able to talk. This legend originated from a temple in Northern You Prefecture and thus, it gained the nickname of "Boiled Snow" over time. This also became the origin of the Boiled Snow Temple. The Hall of Great Strength stood tall in the heart of the Boiled Snow Temple, with three gates in front of it. Three golden statues sat inside the hall: Gautama Buddha, Maha Kasyapa, Ananda. Lying in front of the statues was a pale yellow praying mat. Currently, the mat was unoccupied. There w
The ear-piercing sound of door-knocking reverberated throughout the Boiled Snow Temple. The sound traveled far in the dead of the night, passing through the temple doors to reach the three halls, all the way to the Hall of Great Strength. Naturally, the Buddhist cultivators inside heard the sound but their abbot had just issued a handwritten decree that the temple would be closed for ten years and that no one was allowed to leave or enter. The knocking continued for a while before finally stopping. The female disciples of the Pavilion of Wind and Thunder looked flabbergasted. "Could the monks of the Boiled Snow Temple be deaf? Even if they're dead asleep, how could the noise not wake them?" "Senior Sister, could the monks be in meditation?" Qian Shuheng guessed. "It's not like they're meditating behind closed doors. Their ears still function! Do you screen out all noise when you meditate?" his Senior Sister retort