Afterward, Lu Ran took Snow Maiden around, browsing shoes, hair ties, and the like,
then went back to get her dresses,
and set off again.
On the way, they passed seven large, prosperous cities, more than twenty towns, and countless villages.
In the last large city, Lu Ran spotted a quiet, understated, elegant detached villa deep within an island in the middle of a lake. Its exterior was simple and unadorned.
It suited Snow Maiden's temperament.
That's the one, then.
On the morning of the third day,
Lu Ran returned to Shrek Academy with Snow Maiden and Ma Xiaotao to see Mu En.
"...That's how Xiao Xue and I met, and that's all there was to my trip to the Far North, Elder Mu."
"..."
"..."
Sea God Pavilion was utterly silent.
Mu En's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
He looked at Ma Xiaotao, excitedly clinging to Lu Ran's arm, then at the expression on Lu Ran's face, which practically said, 'Everything I told you is true,' and finally at Snow Maiden, whose mature gaze was nothing like what one would expect from a child her age...
Just moments ago, everything had been perfectly ordinary. Lu Ran had gone to the Far North as usual and returned as usual,
as usual... except that he'd brought back two people with Ultimate Attributes: Ma Xiaotao, who had advanced to Ultimate Fire, and Xiao Xue, whom he called his younger sister...
Mu En rested his hand on the redwood tabletop and took a quiet breath.
Lu Ran had brought him one shock and surprise after another: a never-before-seen Martial Soul, his talent, then the mysterious Elder Yi from another world, and now he'd brought back two people with Ultimate Attributes...
The Far North, Ultimate Ice...
Within the Nether,
Mu En had even formed a