After leaving the forest, Xu Chunniang led Scorpion Granny north until they reached a snowy plain.
After traveling across the snowfield for several days, the cold grew ever more intense.
Scorpion Granny tightened the fur coat around herself and shivered from the cold.
She glanced at the wind and snow filling the sky, then at the endless road ahead, and looked worriedly at Xu Chunniang. "It's truly freezing, my lady. Are we still going forward?"
"Let's rest here first."
Xu Chunniang did not press ahead rashly. She found a spot sheltered from the wind and drew a pure strand of Fire Law from her Five Elements Law domain. At her fingertip, she kindled a tiny flame, driving away a trace of the chill.
Yet before long, the flame weakened considerably under the assault of the Ice Law.
The firelight swayed precariously amid the snow, as though it might go out at any moment.
Seeing this, Xu Chunniang drew out more Fire Law from her Five Elements Law domain and continuously fed it into the flame. Only then did she barely manage to sustain that bean-sized spark.
Scorpion Granny swept her gaze over the feeble flame. Recalling what they had endured these past days, as well as the snowfield stretching endlessly before them, a shadow settled over her heart.
"My lady, after traveling through the snowfield day after day, you already have frostbite in many places. If we keep going like this and it worsens, it could cause irreparable damage to your body.
"Besides, the farther north we go, the stronger the Killing Intent becomes. I have a feeling that once its intensity exceeds what our bodies can withstand, something very bad will happen. Why don't we turn back?"
"Don't worry. These are only minor injuries; I know what I'm doing.