The Frigid Chill Realm closed.
The cold night descended.
Wind and Snow City sank into boundless darkness.
Li Ping'an raised his head and gazed at the apocalyptic sight.
At first, the sky was a pitch-dark blue, giving off a somewhat pale glow.
Soon, darkness swallowed it.
This was a pitch-black expanse, without a trace of light or a single sound.
It was like a realm of deathly silence.
Li Ping'an held up his umbrella, while Kitten poked a head out of his arms and looked around curiously.
Black Ox followed beside him as he walked down the street.
Even now, he had yet to find a place to stay.
He had heard that Wind and Snow City grew more chaotic than usual during the cold night.
Unless something unusual came up, no one went outside.
Li Ping'an did not particularly care about such things.
He headed toward the city center, where the high officials and nobles lived.
Before he could enter, guards stopped him.
The city was divided into different districts, and no one could pass between them without travel papers.
"Do you have travel papers?"
"No."
The soldier cursed angrily, "You sound so fucking proud of it! Get lost!"
Li Ping'an turned and left.
Yet before long, despite having no travel papers,
he appeared in the bustling city center all the same.
He climbed out of a pipe and exchanged a smile with Old Ox.
(*^▽^*) Hehe~
They were like two good buddies at school, scaling the wall together to skip class and go to an internet café.
During the cold night, most of the rest of Wind and Snow City lay in darkness.
Yet this particular area in the city center blazed with light.
Brilliant paper lanterns, octagonal lanterns of gilded copper with chased floral patterns...
They shone