Snow Maiden
"Wow, I haven't been here for a few days, and there are so many people!"
Jiang Chanyi raised an eyebrow. A number of cultivators were seen standing by the hundred-meter-long dirt path, displaying items for sale on a piece of cloth. They enthusiastically called out, "Big grand opening sale! 30% off everything, starting at 50 mid-grade spirit stones each!"
"A gift pack of essential elixirs for the Frost Blue Secret Realm, including Detoxification Pills, Rejuvenation Pills, Spirit Replenishing Pills, and Essence Strengthening Pills... Don't miss it if you're passing by!"
"A gift pack of essential talismans from the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Come and take a look!"
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Qian Luo looked around and saw that there were many stalls selling elixirs, most of which were third-grade elixirs. She could only display fourth-grade elixirs and sell them at a discount. People coming and going went to the stalls selling magic weapons and some strange and weird items.
"You can't do that. Everyone is rushing to pick up the bargains! Jindan cultivators don't lack elixirs."
Jiang Chanyi clicked his tongue twice, picked up a few stones from the roadside, and wrote on a wooden board next to him: Buy a bottle of elixir and get a piece of ancient black stone for free.
Qian Luo was shocked. "Isn't this a lie? I don't have any ancient black stone. Isn't this just a stone you picked up on the roadside?"
Jiang Chanyi's face turned stern when she heard this: "There's a Frost Blue Secret Realm on Fuyu Mountain. This stone might be a hundred years old. Why isn't it considered an ancient black stone?"
"Also, how can you call it a lie when it comes to monks? It's like a willing fight, a willing fight!"
Qianluo: "Ah... is it possible?"
Unexpectedly, the moment he finished speaking, the victim arrived. A handsome male cultivator came over, stared at the stone for a few seconds, picked it up, and then put it down again. "What kind of stone is this from the secret realm? Why is there no spiritual energy?"
Jiang Chanyi smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, this is a secret. As for spiritual energy, it is just ordinary, but it may bring you good luck or hidden opportunities. The secret cannot be revealed."
The male cultivator bought it as soon as he heard it, since it was a free gift when buying pills. "Okay, give me a bottle of pills!"
Qianluo was shocked: "Oh, okay!"
After taking a look at Jiang Chanyi, she was so proud that her tail was about to rise to the sky. "Hehe, I'm right! Selling pills and giving away gifts, they think it's a bargain, they won't refuse it!"
By the time all the stones by the roadside and riverside were picked up, Qianluo had also sold all the pills, earning about 500 medium-grade spirit stones. She gave some to Jiang Chanyi, who accepted them directly without hesitation.
Qianluo felt that she would say in her heart, "Hehe, I deserve it!". It can be seen from the smile on her face that she can't lie.
"Let's go shopping too!"
Qian Luo immediately followed and found that the items sold at the surrounding stalls were similar and she had no interest in them. She looked at Jiang Chanyi walking hurriedly and wondered if she wanted to buy anything.
"I just heard someone is selling a map of the Frost Blue Secret Realm!"
"What!" Qian Luo blinked. The Frost Blue Secret Realm was incredibly large. Even if someone had been in it a few times, they couldn't draw a map. It was all white, and it was impossible to tell east, west, south, or north. They didn't even know if there were any palaces in the Frost Blue Secret Realm.
After a while, the two men walked to a small stall, which was already surrounded by people. Many monks were fighting with each other: "Mine, mine, I was here first!"
"I have a sixth-grade elixir, give it to me!"
"I have a high-level magic weapon, give it to me!"
"I still have 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones. Give them to me!"
Suddenly, the crowd fell silent, as if their necks were being strangled, unable to utter a single sound. No one knew whether they were startled or frightened by the strength of the newcomer, but their bodies were like ice sculptures, motionless.
Suddenly, there was a terrifying pressure, covering the sky and the earth. The wind was so strong that people could not open their eyes. Everyone was trembling and shrinking their necks, fearing that their lives would be in danger.
“…” Qianluo seemed to be frozen. She tried to move her feet but couldn’t move at all.
She rolled her eyes and glanced at Jiang Chanyi beside her. She found that she was fine, moving around as if she had fleas all over her body. "Oh my, I thought it was someone else, but it turned out to be Miss Wu Xingxue!"
Wu Xingxue? Who is that?
Some seemed to recognize him, their faces showing a hint of fear and trepidation. Only a few, including Qian Luo, looked completely bewildered. How long had she been in District 4? How could she possibly have known such a person existed?
Jiang Chanyi was wearing a black sportswear and had a tall and slender figure. She pulled up the zipper and raised the black collar high to cover her slightly thin chin, making her look like a nimble black cat.
She propped her chin up as she looked at the visiting Miss Wu Xingxue. She was dressed in a white and blue military uniform embroidered with gold, with a comfortable white and blue dress underneath. It reached to her knees, and a belt wrapped around her waist, accentuating her slender figure. Over that, she wore a navy blue trench coat, revealing a pair of slender, white calves. Her steps were steady and powerful.
She was wearing white short boots and walking slowly, looking relaxed and at ease. If you didn't know her, you would think she was attending an aristocratic ball.
"Long time no see, Jiang Chanyi." Her white eyes stared at Jiang Chanyi, her expression indifferent, like a snow lotus on an iceberg, untainted by dust. Her two ice-like eyeballs were crystal clear, emitting a dazzling light in the sunlight, incredibly beautiful.
Jiang Chanyi, of course, ignored her and snorted softly. Looking at Qianluo's stunned expression, he tapped her head and said, "You're already a cultivator, yet you're still confused by appearances!"
"Ah!" Qianluo covered her head in pain and was surprised to find that she could actually speak!
She immediately stood up and took two steps, moving freely. Without the force suppressing her, Qianluo secretly glanced at Wu Xingxue, whose long snow-white hair was fluttering, feeling lost.
This looks a bit like... Qian Daxue.
A hundred years have passed, and I wonder what happened to him.
Jiang Chanyi was in disarray. He shrugged lazily, glanced at Qianluo, covered his face with his slender fingers, and sighed helplessly: "You are such a burden! You really embarrass me!"
When Qian Luo heard this, she knew he was talking about her and glared at him: What are you talking about! She is not a burden. Except for the monk who bought the map and Jiang Chanyi, everyone else present was frozen!
This is clearly a disparity in strength! Such a person actually wants to enter the Frost Blue Secret Realm with them. Even if he gets this map, he doesn't have the strength to obtain the opportunity!
"Jiang Chanyi, you found such a weak teammate?" The voice of the person who came was extremely arrogant.
Everyone was so busy looking at Wu Xingxue that they forgot that there was a little tail behind her. He was a male cultivator in the late Jindan stage, young and handsome. He was not handsome in a masculine way, but had an overly feminine beauty.
She wore black gauze inside and a purple double-breasted top embroidered with exquisite patterns outside, and a purple culottes underneath. A wide black waist belt with silver patterns wrapped around her overly slender waist, revealing a small piece of white skin.
He had a small braid on his head with a small silver bell hanging on it, a silver necklace around his neck, and a thin silver chain around his waist, which jingled when he walked. With his charming white face, it was hard not to be ostentatious.
He has long, slightly curly black hair, clear eyes with a sparkling brilliance, but what he says is very provocative.
"Tsk tsk, what are these two idiots wearing?" He stared at them pickily, shook his head, and was very disgusted.
Qianluo looked at her gray sportswear, then at Jiang Chanyi's black sportswear. What's wrong with sportswear? It's spacious and comfortable, yet not garish. She is a loyal fan of sportswear!
These two people have been keeping a high profile all the time, aren't they afraid that others won't recognize them!
Jiang Chanyi rolled her eyes: "Go away, you showoff!" She pushed the arrogant man away and walked to Wu Xingxue, who was bargaining with the stall owner.
She waved her hand, and before her eyes appeared a high-level spiritual treasure, a longevity pill, and a thousand-year-old purple moon vine. Beneath her snow-white eyelashes were a pair of icy eyes: "Pick one and exchange it for a map."
None of these three items can be bought with money. Take the Longevity Pill, for example. This is an eighth-grade pill that can only be refined by an eighth-grade alchemist. One pill can extend your life by a hundred years! Isn't it for the elixirs that many people enter the secret realm to extend their lifespan and break through bottlenecks?
If you have a hundred years to live but still can't break through the bottleneck, you can only blame yourself for bad luck.
There's also a thousand-year-old Purple Moon Vine. Just looking at its millennial status tells you it's incredibly valuable. Furthermore, the Purple Moon Vine's harsh growing conditions mean it can't be cultivated artificially, and can only grow in secret realms guarded by demonic beasts. With the thousand-year-old Purple Moon Vine, anyone hanging on can be saved!
The stall owner wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and stared at the Longevity Pill and the Purple Moon Vine, not knowing what to choose. She wanted both of them.
The one who accidentally obtained the map of the Frost Blue Secret Realm was a female cultivator. She was over 400 years old and was only in the middle stage of the Core Formation stage. She had less than 50 years to live, so she could only choose the Life-Extending Pill to extend her life and continue her cultivation.
"Okay, the map is yours," the female cultivator instructed. "This is a map I obtained by chance. It's only a portion of the secret realm map. Due to the special material, it cannot be reproduced, and cultivators cannot remember the contents of the map, so they can only unfold it for inspection."
After saying this, she quickly disappeared from the spot. She had already obtained what she wanted. She had the longevity elixir in her pocket. If she didn't leave now, she would be a fool. She should take the elixir and find a beautiful place to practice cultivation.
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"Hey, don't be so stingy, let me see!" Jiang Chanyi didn't believe the female cultivator's words. She stretched her neck to take a look, sighing, "Is it really impossible to replicate? I can't remember it? Why is it like this? Is it cursed?"
"Jiang Chanyi, you are so shameless!" The handsome male cultivator was angered by her behavior just now. He waved his hand and wanted to hit Jiang Chanyi. He was aggressive, with puffed cheeks, a charming blush on his cheeks, and watery eyes, looking a little cute and naive.
"Hit me, hit me here!" Jiang Chanyi wasn't afraid at all. She stretched her neck closer, grinning and looking like she wanted a beating. "The thing that hit me before your slap was your fragrant breeze~"
"Hmm~ It smells so good~" She closed her eyes, looking intoxicated.
Qian Luo, standing by, was stunned. She watched the male cultivator quickly retreat and frantically use his magic weapon to bombard Jiang Chanyi, muttering, "Go to hell, Jiang Chanyi!!!"
“So disgusting!!!”
Jiang Chanyi jumped out laughing wildly, legs spread wide, and clapped her hands: "Come on, I've been wanting to beat you up for a long time! Chu Lianxi, you complained to your uncle last time, and I haven't settled the score with you yet!"
"You little jerk, you show-off, you snitch! You're over a hundred years old and you have no shame! You actually went and reported me for peeping at you taking a shower. Ugh! You're so shameless!"
Qianluo and the onlookers pricked up their ears. It turned out that the two not only knew each other, but were also so ambiguous! She looked at Jiang Chanyi's unremarkable appearance and wondered if she could really do such a thing.
But Jiang Chanyi explained herself: "With your shabby appearance, anyone who sees you will get stye! I was clearly going to steal your new magic weapon, don't spread rumors about me!"
Qianluo: ...So it's about stealing a magic weapon? Compared to peeping at a man taking a shower, stealing a magic weapon is more convincing.
When Chu Lianxi heard this, her eyebrows raised, her chest rose and fell, the bells on her body jingled endlessly, and she turned her slender waist, revealing a large area of snow-white skin, dazzling everyone's eyes.
Everyone just felt a blur in front of their eyes, and they felt a little shaky and dizzy.
"Shut off your five senses, this guy is a sound cultivator!"
All I saw was a handsome young man with red lips curled up, his slender arms crossed and swaying, with silver and purple bracelets on his ten fingers. He waved the cold chain, making a dizzying sound.
The young man opened his thin lips, his eyes filled with malice: "Look at me..."
"Jiang Chanyi..."
Jiang Chanyi held her head, unwilling to surrender, but after not seeing each other for a few years, Chu Lianxi's skills had improved, and he had reached the late stage of Jindan. Even she could not defeat his bewitching bell.
Seeing her eyes blurry and her head drooping lower and lower. Wu Xingxue, beside her, ignored the noise. She unfolded the map, looked at it, closed her eyes, and opened them again, a look of disappointment on her face. She put the map away and said indifferently, "Lian Xi, let's go."
Without waiting for Chu Lianxi, Wu Xingxue left immediately, her blue robe drawing a graceful arc. Chu Lianxi was so angry that he stamped his feet: "What? I haven't got my revenge yet!"
Helplessly, he could only let Jiang Chanyi go and glared at her fiercely.
"Jiang Chanyi, wake up!" Qian Luo patted Jiang Chanyi's face. This guy was thick-skinned and didn't wake up even after being slapped several times. It was like a tickle to her. She even hummed a few times and wanted to turn over and sleep.
Qianluo was speechless: "Hey!"
Chu Lianxi was surprised that someone was not affected by his bewitching bell. This was a high-level spiritual treasure, a 100th birthday gift given to him by his uncle Yuanying Zhenjun!
He had practiced for years to be able to unleash such power. Except for Jiang Chanyi who was still struggling, the others had already fallen. Unexpectedly, Jiang Chanyi's teammates were not affected at all?
It seems that Jiang Chanyi doesn't accept all junk.
Chu Lianxi glanced back at Qianluo, remembered her appearance, and raised the corners of his lips: "Interesting."
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After the two men left, the monks gradually regained consciousness. Some of them covered their heads with their hands, feeling a headache. "Ah, what's wrong with me?"
"It's the spell cast by that male cultivator just now!"
"Who are those couple just now? Their arrogance is even more outrageous than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
The long-faced monk was surprised: "You don't even know this. These are the famous geniuses in the Upper Three Districts, Wu Xingxue, who was born with ice spirit roots, and her cousin Chu Lianxi."
The round-faced male cultivator scratched his head: "Is it very famous? I haven't even heard of it."
The older female cultivator smiled and explained, "A female cultivator who can form a core in less than a hundred years is of course very famous. Everyone in the entire Upper Three Districts knows her!"
"He was born with ice spirit roots, blessed by nature. He comes from a large family with a strong support. He is diligent and cultivates very quickly. He established his foundation at the age of twenty and formed his elixir at the age of sixty. Now he is less than a hundred years old and is only a hundred steps away from the Nascent Soul."
"What! So powerful!" Most of the monks present were from the middle three districts. They claimed to be geniuses, but they never expected to meet a real genius. They felt inferior to him. They could not compare with the smart and hardworking genius at all.
Other people’s starting point is the end point that you cannot reach no matter how hard you try, so winning is easy.
Qian Luo supported Jiang Chanyi and leaned her against the tree trunk. She listened to the monks talking and felt strange: Wu Xingxue has such a powerful background. Jiang Chanyi, Wu Xingxue and Chu Lianxi all know each other, and they are all from the upper three districts. Could they be sworn enemies since childhood?
Then their family backgrounds are similar, they are all Celestial Dragons.
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