While Li Ping immersed himself in arduous cultivation...
A year passed without him noticing.
After spending several years searching the Ice Sea for millennium ice jade, Xiao Yunzhi finally returned safely to Snowflight City.
The first thing she did upon returning to Snowflight City was find Shi Yutong to report on her tasks.
Shi Yutong had asked her to do three things.
The first was to investigate the reason behind True Person Mu Yun's death.
Xiao Yunzhi had already learned from Daoist Gaoji that a mysterious Nascent Soul Cultivator had actually intervened behind the Barbarian Bone Tribe's reckless assault on Silver Moon City, the city's destruction, and the deaths of the two Core Formation True Persons.
With a Nascent Soul Cultivator involved, this was clearly not something she could investigate further.
Thus, she could only relay everything Daoist Gaoji had said to Shi Yutong, exactly as he had told her.
Upon hearing that her father's death might have been connected to a Nascent Soul Cultivator, Shi Yutong fell silent for a long while. In the end, she merely let out a heavy breath and said nothing.
Xiao Yunzhi understood how she felt.
Even the seven remaining major cities of the Far North could not contend with a Nascent Soul Cultivator if they joined forces. What could Shi Yutong possibly do?
Shi Yutong could only bury her hatred deep in her heart and lead the Snowflight Sect onward.
Perhaps she would investigate the matter again if she herself became a Nascent Soul expert in the future.
The second task.
Shi Yutong had wanted a piece of millennium ice jade.
With the Earth Spirit Mouse's help and Daoist Gaoji's guidance, Xiao Yunzhi had successfully found more than one piece of millennium ice jade.
Now, standing before Shi Yutong, she took a palm-sized