Planting the Demon in Shi Tang

The people living in the peculiar environment of Little Merchant Mountain could roughly be divided into several kinds.

One kind had been wanted by the imperial court and pursued by the Divine Constable Gate, and thus hid away on Little Merchant Mountain. However fiercely the wind and snow battered them, it was still better than falling into a dungeon and becoming a prisoner beneath the steps. After all, freedom ranked first in many people's hearts.

Another kind came solely to practice martial arts. Some needed to rely on a special environment for cultivation, while others had flaws in their state of mind and needed the icy chill to keep them clear-headed at all times. This group made up the overwhelming majority.

There was also a kind that belonged to those who lived in seclusion. Though Little Merchant Mountain was not a paradise beyond the world, its unusual climate nearly cut it off from the outside world. Few came to disturb it, making it a fine place to stay.

The person Fang Jing and Han Yi spoke of belonged to none of these three kinds. He was not even here for himself, but for his beloved.

According to them, this exceptional man was named Shi Tang. He possessed the brawny body of a bear, the unyielding will of steel, and was an iron-boned, resounding man of true grit.

Even someone as consumed by profit and desire as Han Yi deeply admired such a man. It was only a pity that he had been trapped by love, his great abilities buried beneath the snowy peak. Perhaps he could only grow old and die here for the rest of his life.

He had come to Little Merchant Mountain to use its unique mystic ice chill to freeze his wife, who had long since