Lu Chang'an's arrival left Li Ping somewhat unsettled.
Fortunately, before long, it became clear that Xiao Yunzhi showed no sign of returning.
Lu Chang'an did not linger in Snowflight City, but went to investigate the other major cities.
Peace returned to Snowflight City, and Li Ping could not help breathing a small sigh of relief.
After Lu Chang'an left, Shi Yutong came bearing lavish gifts. She explained that she had only wanted to help Senior Lu uncover the truth and restore peace to the Far North.
She had not meant to reveal information about Senior Xiao.
Li Ping accepted the gifts with a smile, saying that he did not mind, but inwardly, he had already made up his mind.
Once he achieved core formation, he would leave Snowflight City and have nothing more to do with the Snowflight Sect or Shi Yutong.
Two years later.
Li Ping learned from Shi Yutong that Lu Chang'an had left the Far North and returned to Great Zhou.
His investigation had found no traces of a Nascent Soul cultivator taking direct action near Silver Moon City. Perhaps that Nascent Soul cultivator had driven the Barbarian Bone Tribe into action, indirectly causing Silver Moon City's destruction.
Before Silver Moon City fell, the Ice Flood Dragon in the Ice Sea had also happened to unleash a beast tide, throwing the Far North into chaos. The Ice Sea beast tide could therefore be said to have a direct connection to Silver Moon City's destruction.
Thus, Lu Chang'an believed that the mysterious Nascent Soul cultivator was the fourth-tier Ice Flood Dragon.
Why the dragon had unleashed a beast tide and destroyed Silver Moon City remained an unsolved mystery.
Perhaps the full truth would only come to light once its head had fallen.
After watching Shi Yutong leave, Li