Snow in June

More than three days have passed since the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore disappeared. As Ma Feifei's disappearance has dragged on, more and more cultivators believe that the Mysterious Bookstore is really going to move away from Dubian Town, causing the entire Dubian Town to become increasingly chaotic. This has left many cultivators who rushed there after receiving news that a divine artifact had appeared at the Mysterious Bookstore at the time bewildered.

It was at this time that the weather in Dubian Town began to get cold, the scorching sun disappeared, and the sky became very dark.

Slowly, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

Snow in June!

"What's going on?" A cultivator stopped on the road, looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and asked in confusion.

"Why is it snowing all of a sudden?" Many cultivators were puzzled and began to discuss the unexpected snowflakes.

It's only the end of June now, and the weather should be getting hotter and hotter, let alone snowing. Even the most powerful Spirit Saint cannot Summoning Rain or change the climate in the face of nature.

"Master, look! It's snowing!" Inside the Zhang Manor, Liu Ying stood in the courtyard, looking up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and said excitedly.

Chang Kong, dressed in white, strolled out.

After half a month of treatment with the Dragon Ball, his injuries had almost healed. Not only that, Chang Kong felt that his cultivation had improved a bit, and his speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had also increased. Clearly, these were all benefits brought to him by the Dragon Ball, which could be considered a blessing in disguise.

"This snowfall is a bit strange," Chang Kong said, frowning as he looked at the falling snow.

The snowfall is not a celestial phenomenon, nor does it resemble a natural anomaly created by powerful figures battling it out. It is simply a normal snowfall, as the temperature between heaven and earth has dropped to freezing point, causing summer to turn directly into winter.

"Master, I once saw a book in Bookstore called 'The Injustice to Dou E'; it mentions snow in June, which means someone died unjustly, hence the strange phenomenon of snow in June and a three-year drought; do you think this snow now means that someone also died unjustly?" Liu Ying asked curiously, looking at the snow falling in the sky.

Chang Kong shook his head and laughed, "There's no such thing as injustice in this world. If you don't have the strength to protect yourself, you're dead, and you can't blame anyone else."

Chang Kong was right. On the Azure Dragon Continent, countless people die every day. The reasons for their deaths are varied: some die for wealth, some for rare treasures, some for opportunities, some are killed by enemies, and some are innocently caught in the crossfire. No one can say that they deserved to die, but no one can say that they died unjustly.

In the world of the strong, there is never any question of injustice.

Liu Ying stuck out her tongue. She found chatting with her master incredibly boring; he would launch into a lecture on life's philosophy after only a few words.

"However, Master, I heard that it snowed in Dubian Town last October, but it was very short-lived, just for a little while; it's said to be a strange phenomenon that occurred when the Saint in the Mysterious Bookstore was confronting a Nine-tailed Silver Fox that had suddenly advanced in rank." Liu Ying said, looking at the snowflakes gradually melting into water in her palm.

As the Mysterious Bookstore grew in fame, much of its history was unearthed by the bored ascetics of Dubian Town.

"That Saint?" Chang Kong repeated the words carefully, seemingly lost in thought.

"By the way, hasn't the teacher returned yet?" Chang Kong asked.

Liu Ying shook her head and said, "No, my brother said he's been driven crazy by those cultivators these past few days. They're always hanging around the Bookstore entrance asking where the owner is."

"Has the Saint also disappeared?" Chang Kong asked again.

"My brother said he didn't know either, but given the shopkeeper's habit of never going out alone, the Saint should be with him." Liu Ying couldn't help but smile as she said this.

Chang Kong glared at Liu Ying and snapped, "What are you thinking about?"

"Hehe~" Not only was Liu Ying not afraid, but she also burst out laughing.

Chang Kong couldn't do anything with Liu Ying, so he simply ignored her. After thinking for a while, he decided to go to the Mysterious Bookstore himself.

"Master, are you going to the Bookstore?" Liu Ying asked as she saw Chang Kong walking out of the courtyard.

Chang Kong nodded without stopping and said, "I'll go browse the Bookstore."

As they spoke, Chang Kong had already left the courtyard and disappeared around the corner.

"Master, wait for me, I want to go too..." Liu Ying called out from behind.

The Mysterious Bookstore.

The Bookstore was still operating normally, but the clerk, Zhang Yunji, was feeling uneasy; because he had just seen something that shocked him when he looked into the backyard through the back door of the Bookstore.

That means all the houses in the backyard are frozen solid, especially the maple tree, which is frozen into an ice sculpture and is probably dead.

Considering the sudden heavy snowfall and the fact that the Saint's every appearance was accompanied by cold and freezing effects, Zhang Yunji knew without a doubt that it was all the Saint's doing.

If all of this is true, then it means that the Saint never left the Mysterious Bookstore, but stayed in the room the whole time; otherwise, it would have been impossible for the entire backyard and house to be frozen.

So, if that's the case, the shop owner should actually be in the backyard too.

"What are those two doing hiding in that room? They've made such a commotion." Zhang Yunji sat in the Bookstore, glancing at the frozen room in the backyard, and wondered.

'Click click click~'

Just as Zhang Yunji was deep in thought, a very faint sound of ice breaking suddenly came from the backyard, almost inaudible unless one listened carefully.

'Click click click~'

The sounds became more and more frequent, and Zhang Yunji quickly realized there was a problem.

"What's going on here?" Zhang Yunji asked curiously as he got up and walked to the back door of the Bookstore.

With half his body already out of the Bookstore, Zhang Yunji heard the sound even louder this time.

'Click click click~'

The sound of ice breaking grew clearer and louder, attracting the cultivators around the Mysterious Bookstore, who all looked in that direction with puzzled expressions.

"What happened?" The voice was very soft to the people inside the Mysterious Bookstore, but it was very loud to the Mysterious Bookstore outside, and could be clearly heard for dozens of miles around.

"I don't know! The sound seems to be coming from the direction of the Mysterious Bookstore," a cultivator said, puzzled.

"Is someone causing trouble at the Mysterious Bookstore?" a practitioner asked.

"Probably not? There's a Saint presiding over the Bookstore," another cultivator said uncertainly.

"The shopkeeper and the Saint have disappeared, haven't they? Perhaps some unscrupulous person has harbored malicious intentions," another cultivator said.

The books in the Mysterious Bookstore are amazing! Before, with the shop owner and the Saint present, no one would have thought much of it, but now the shop owner and the Saint have been missing for three whole days! Three days is enough time for some daring cultivators to take action.

"What's the point of guessing here? Why don't we just go and see for ourselves?"

"That makes sense, let's go!" And so, the crowds in Dubian Town once again began to converge on the Mysterious Bookstore.

'Boom!'

Suddenly, a muffled clap of thunder sounded in the sky, and a huge bolt of lightning struck directly in the direction of the Mysterious Bookstore.

To be precise, it was struck in the room of that Saint in the backyard.

"Ah!" The lightning struck so suddenly that it blinded Zhang Yunji and shattered his eardrums.

For a moment, he could see nothing and hear nothing.

'Buzz~'

Only after activating his internal Spiritual Power did Zhang Yunji's eyes and ears gradually regain their clarity.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yunji witnessed a scene he would never forget.