In the early spring weather, ice and snow swept across the northern end of the Azure Mountain Range that day. The blizzard rolled over Mo Mountain, stirring up banks of dark clouds along its path.
"Whooo... whooo, whooo..."
The wind howled, and the temperature plunged. At a frontier outpost of Great Yong, a military officer looked up at the distant sky. It was dark and overcast, and far away, Mo Mountain was turning white again.
Was it snowing again after the thaw?
In the mountains around Mo Mountain, it was more than mere snowfall. A storm advanced with the ice and snow, whitening every peak it passed. Hidden within that blizzard was an enormous white figure-a Snow Python from Cang Mountain.
"Hiss-roar..."
The Snow Python crossed Mo Mountain and entered a river. Dark clouds gathered overhead wherever it went, as though the storm were stretching all the way from Cang Mountain, with snow and wind raging along its entire course.
People were washing clothes beside the river when they suddenly noticed a vast expanse of white in the distance. Some stood to look, and before long, the blizzard struck them full in the face.
The people washing clothes were bewildered at first, then began to feel the cold. They hurried to finish or simply gathered their things and left the riverbank at once. Then even the river began to freeze.
From the frontier at Mo Mountain all the way to Dao Xing Prefecture, the unnatural ice and snow stretched across the land.
Snowstorms were possible in early spring, but this was plainly unusual. As it approached Dao Xing Prefecture, the blizzard grew fiercer and the weather colder, as though spring had reverted to deepest winter in a matter of moments.
High above the snow-filled sky, a dragon's silhouette circled.
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