The long street was already cold and desolate in the dead of night, yet someone carried a white paper lantern and trudged along alone.
The sight was inherently strange.
The instant Su Yi looked over.
Strands of dim, twisted light silently emerged from both sides of the street where Su Yi and You Xue stood.
In an instant, it seemed as though the stars had shifted and the heavens had turned before Su Yi and You Xue. The scene quietly changed, transforming into a dim, deathly silent world.
Su Yi's expression remained as calm as ever.
You Xue frowned. A forbidden formation!
But since Su Yi said nothing, she could not act on her own.
Within that dim world, a lone lantern shone, casting a ghastly pale glow.
The figure carrying the lantern appeared out of thin air.
He was a gray-clothed old man with a waxy yellow face and sparse hair. In each of his hollow eye sockets squatted a pea-sized toad, one black and one white.
"Do not panic, you two. My master invites you to meet at Upside-down Ridge outside the city."
The Gray-Clothed Old Man spoke, his voice hoarse like the rasping of saw teeth.
"Who is your master?"
You Xue's starry eyes were deep, icy and aloof.
"You will naturally find out once you arrive."
The Gray-Clothed Old Man said, "If you refuse, do not blame this old man for taking action and inviting you there."
He held the white paper lantern, his figure blurry and illusory like drifting mist, exceedingly strange.
Su Yi gave an oh and said, "This is Heaven Snow City. Aren't you afraid of dying?"
The Gray-Clothed Old Man froze briefly. Then, as if he had understood something, a chilling smile appeared on his face. "Under the current circumstances, even the