A Summons

Though they did not fear bitter cold, the Northern Frontier was blanketed in ice and snow, making the road difficult to travel.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng and the others had come prepared. They took out spiked ice shoes from their spatial rings and changed into them.

Just as Chen Cheng was changing shoes, the snowball that Snow Maiden had transformed into somehow fell out of his pocket.

"Have we reached the Northern Frontier? The aura of ice and snow here is so rich."

Snow Maiden transformed into human form, looked around, and spoke.

"Snow Maiden, you came out at just the right time. This is your hometown, and you came from the Great Wall. We'll have to rely on you to lead the way from here on."

Rubbing his hands together, Chen Cheng stepped forward and said to Snow Maiden with a smile.

Yet Snow Maiden merely rolled her beautiful eyes at him and said:

"You said it yourself—I came from the Great Wall. But do you remember what I told you? After I crossed the Great Wall, you humans hunted me everywhere."

"And do you think humans with your physiques could really walk the route I took while fleeing for my life? Thousand-year cold pools, ten-thousand-year ice, and all that—can you withstand that Cold Poison?"

The moment Snow Maiden mentioned Cold Poison, Chen Cheng recalled the lingering aftereffects from the Cold Poison flare-up caused by the Life-Extending Pill he had taken before.

At that thought, his body trembled, and he immediately waved his hand.

"Forget it, then."

Snow Maiden stretched her body at that moment. After she did, Chen Cheng felt that something was off. Only after looking at himself did he cry out:

"Snow Maiden, you got taller."

Snow Maiden had grown from a little loli who had not