Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Guard Generalâs personal guards who followed him were aware that everything was due to a person called Jiang Chen. It was because of him that the Guard General and Yun Shou had been sealed in the Ice Mountain, and it was only because there had been a need of manpower that he was released when the Icy Spirit King pled for the spiritual lady to spare them. However, despite this, the spiritual lady stated that she would continue sealing them in ice after they had gone through this difficult period.
On this day, the Guard General was patrolling in the vicinity of the Ice Palace as usual, when, all of a sudden, the ice mountainsâ barrier in a 100-mile radius around the Ice Palace detected something. A powerful aura was approaching the Ice Palace at an extremely quick speed.
As the Guard General thought about the current situation, as well as the great battle that had just ended, he immediately led the strongest soldiers to intercept it.
âIs this that powerful auraâs source?â
Upon noticing how young Jiang Chen was, the Guard General couldnât help but wonder whether the detection barrier wasnât working properly.
âStop!â However, regardless of everything, he still must stop Jiang Chen.
âYou...â When the Guard General was just about to speak, his body stiffened as if he had received an electric shock, and he was left speechless. The soldiers next to him were confused, but, when they saw Jiang Chenâs appearance, they had the same reaction. Even though they werenât the same age, this person still resembled Jiang Chen greatly.
âI want to meet your Spirit King,â Jiang Chen said.
If this had been in the past, the Guard General would have surely mocked and ridiculed him. But it was a different matter now, and as the Guard General looked at this person, he recalled his first meeting with Jiang Chen.
The Guard General mulled it over, then he said, âPlease inform me why you want to meet his majesty so that I can notify him.â
The Guard Generalâs current attitude let Jiang Chen assume that the person assuming this position had already been replaced.
âItâs for an important matter,â Jiang Chen replied.
Such a reply wasnât really satisfactory, but the Guard General decided to not make things difficult for him, and he just led him into the Ice Palace. The reason why the Guard General did this wasnât just because the guest resembled Jiang Chen, it was also because his cultivation was at the Star Venerable Realm.
âIt canât be him, they arenât the same age, and he also shouldnât have been able to break the divine bodyâs curse.â As the Guard General examined Jiang Chen carefully, doubts welled up in his heart.
Jiang Chen quickly reached the familiar-looking Ice Palace, and he entered the main hall which was built from Mysterious Ice. Jiang Chen quickly ran into Yun Shou and Elder Bing Shan.
âYou!â When they first saw Jiang Chen, their faces turned pale from fright. However, they quickly had the same reaction as the Guard General, and they were suspicious about this personâs origins and not certain at all that it was Jiang Chen.
The Icy Spirit King was sitting on a perfect throne of ice as before.
âI want to discuss an important matter with the Spirit King in private,â Jiang Chen said.
Upon hearing this, all the Ice Spirits in the main hall furrowed their brows. But the Icy Spirit King waved his hand at them in dismissal and drove them out.
âIcy Spirit King, may I ask whether you have any information about Jiang Qingyu?â Jiang Chen asked.
The Icy Spirit King wore the same expression as before, but an odd look appeared in his eyes. A person who resembled Jiang Chen had arrived to ask about Jiang Chenâs father.
âWho are you?â The Icy Spirit King asked.
âJiang Qingyu is my father,â Jiang Chen replied.
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In an ice mountain, which wasnât far from the Ice Palace, Jiang Chenâs senior sister, who was called Xueâer was sitting on the peak of the mountain. She was looking around and the ice and the wind had no effect on her body, which was colder than ice.
A sound of footsteps echoed out suddenly, and she saw the palace maid who served her striving hard to come up to where she was. The palace maid wasnât as powerful as Xueâer, and, even though she was also an Ice Spirit, she still couldnât bear the weather of this mountain peak.
Xueâer furrowed her brows. Her movement was practically indiscernible, yet the chilly wind and ice sweeping the mountain stopped, and the winter sun shone upon the land. The palace maid heaved a sigh of relief and raised her head to look at Xueâer.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âI have already asked you to not come here anytime you wish,â Xueâer spoke tothe maid. She didnât even want a maid, but the Icy Spirit King insisted on getting one for her. The reason was that the Ice Spirit Clan had already conferred on her a princessâs title, and her family had become the Ice Spirit Clanâs current royal family.
âPrincess Ye, there is an extremely important matter I want to report to you, and I feel like you will surely be interested in it,â the palace maid said.
Xueâer shook her head and looked at the horizon. She spoke in a soft voice, âI donât have any interest in anything.â
âIt is related to Jiang Chen,â the palace maid said.
Upon hearing these words, Xueâerâs expression changed, and she stood up. She looked at the maid with her ice-cold gaze.
The palace maid was frightened, and her knees went soft. She knelt on the ground.
âState it clearly,â Xueâer spoke after a while. She recalled now that this palace maid would not have come here without good cause. Moreover, there wasnât anyone in the Ice Spirit Clan who would state that personâs name before her casually.
âUnless itâs...â Xueâer thought of something, and her breathing became rough. She became full of expectations!
After the maid informed her of the matter clearly, Xueâer could not bear it any longer, and she flew toward the Ice Palace at full speed. However, it was a pity that Jiang Chen had already left the Ice Palace and flown away aimlessly.
The Icy Spirit King had told him that all the Spirit Clans did not participate in the battle between Jiang Qingyu and the Holy Wings Clan, which was why they had no idea about Jiang Qingyuâs whereabouts.
As a matter of fact, Jiang Chen was clearly aware of the greatest possibility. His fatherâs seal should have surely been broken while he fought the five emperors, and, in the end, he would have lost his last wisp of life force. Moreover, according to the rumor that Jiang Qingyu had turned into a golden flame and dissipated, the Solar Golden Wheel would have gone out of control and completed its last task. Such a great sense of weakness and powerlessness threatened to overwhelm Jiang Chen
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All of a sudden, when Jiang Chen was just about to fly out of the Ice Spirit Clanâs spiritual land, a chilly wind blew at him and forced him to stop in his tracks. When Jiang Chen raised his head to see what had stopped him, he witnessed a person clad in white clothes standing before him. Jiang Chenâs heart missed a beat and many uncontrollable emotions welled up in his heart.
âI had never heard that you had a little brother,â Jiang Chenâs senior sister said. She had stayed in the Natural Law School for several years, and while other people didnât know Jiang Chenâs family situation, she was aware of it clearly.
âSenior sister.â Jiang Chen didnât argue with her and called out to her in a hoarse voice.
âI knew that you wouldnât die.â The senior sister flew toward him, and her gaze, which was always ice-cold, seemed as tender and soft as water. She had finally gotten a reward after waiting for more than a year. But then she noticed that Jiang Chen was obviously trying to avoid her. She suddenly realized that Jiang Chen hadnât come to see her, even though he had come here, and her gaze became very sad. âJiang Chen, I have really let you down, and Iâm really sorry.â
âI never blamed you for it, but still... I really canât stay with you.â As Jiang Chen spoke, another personâs image appeared in his mind. As Xueâer recalled the reason why Jiang Chen had turned into a demon, many emotions welled up in her heart. She looked at Jiang Chenâs eyes, and she took a comb from her pockets. Upon noticing the fracture on the comb, guilt and regret welled up in Jiang Chenâs heart. However, he was quickly stunned by his senior sisterâs following words.
âShe still hasnât died.â Such simple and brief words were like a bright sun shining once again upon a dusty old house, and it made everything in Jiang Chenâs life have a significance once again. Jiang Chenâs senior sister didnât wait for him to ask about it, and she informed him of everything related to Nangong Xueâs Spirit Body. âThe Ice Soul Stone has already gone extinct, but myriad clans are rising up now, and they still have the Martial Divinity Herb, and the Ice Soul Stone will surely appear,â his senior sister spoke in a firm tone and it was obvious that she wanted to boost Jiang Chenâs morale.
Jiang Chen strode forward step by step and received the Mysterious Ice Comb.
Such a matter was recorded in the books Jiang Chen had read, and he knew that his senior sister wasnât lying to him. Jiang Chen was so excited and moved that his hand was shaking.
But an ice-cold hand suddenly touched his hand. âLet me help you,â she said.
Jiang Chen almost ended up blurting out what he wanted to say to her, but he resisted the urge and just nodded at her softly.