Chapter 1064 - 287: English Valor Sweeps through the Nether Path, Jade Shadow Alone Seeks the Secret Manual’s Trail (Part 4)

Shi Feiyang held her tighter, whispering in her ear, "In the future, I will surely spend more time by your side. No matter how vast the Jianghu is, it can’t be bigger than our small family."

He picked up his young son, making the child giggle, "Look, our child has grown a little more, and there’s a shadow of you in his eyes, so adorable."

Qi Meizhen looked at her husband and child, tears of happiness brimming in her eyes. She got up, took out the carefully prepared snacks from the food box, and brought them to Shi Feiyang’s mouth, "Try them, this is a new skill I’ve learned, with your favorite rose filling."

Shi Feiyang took a bite, the sweet flavor spreading in his mouth, but sweeter still was the deep love in his heart.

The setting sun cast its glow over the Sword Pool, the water shimmering, creating golden ripples.

Shi Feiyang and Qi Meizhen sat side by side in the pavilion by the pond, their young son playing between them. "Look, the sunset’s afterglow has turned the entire Sword Pool golden." Qi Meizhen nestled against Shi Feiyang’s shoulder, "Just like our days, filled with happiness."

Shi Feiyang wrapped his arm around her waist, softly saying, "Every day from now on, we will stay together like this. Watching the sun rise, watching the sunset fall, watching our child slowly grow, and seeing the most beautiful landscapes in this world."

The two shared a smile, their eyes only for each other. At this moment, time seemed to stand still, with only love flowing gently in the spring breeze by the Sword Pool.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

That night, as darkness deepened, Xue Li was engrossed in reading the Kunlun Sect’s Heart Method fragment Shi Feiyang had sent under the candlelight.

Suddenly, the sound of clothes slicing through the air outside the window caught her attention. She looked up and saw Shi Feiyang leaning against a wutong tree, his shadow cast on the window frame by the moonlight, playing with that half piece of Kunlun Jade Pendant in his hand.

"Didn’t your master tell you that the Jade Void Map is actually divided into two scrolls, Yin and Yang?" His voice floated in mixed with the night breeze, "This half is the Yin Jade, and if you want to find the complete map, you must seek the whereabouts of the Yang Jade." Xue Li pushed open the window, the blue light of the jade sword intermingling with the moonlight, "So you mobilized half of the Heroic Sakura Association’s secret posts for this? Young Master Shi, what exactly are you after?"

Shi Feiyang chuckled lightly, the Jade Pendant drawing a silver arc between his fingers, "For some excitement. The White Bone Sect and the Blood Moon Sect are playing their games, someone in the Jianghu has to manage this tumult." He leapt down from the tree branch, his robe sweeping away a few remaining snowflakes, "Tomorrow, go to the pawnshop in the west of the city. The shopkeeper there recognizes Western Regions jade artifacts, maybe you’ll find leads on the Yang Jade."

Xue Li watched his departing figure, and the fragment in her hand suddenly slipped to the ground.

She bent down to pick it up, only to see Shi Feiyang returning to gently drape a sable fur cloak over her shoulders. "The dampness is heavy by Taihu Lake." He left those words as he turned, a snowflake from the sweep of his robe landing in her hair, brighter than the moonlight.

In the cellar of the fishing village, they discovered an ancient mechanism hidden chamber.

In the chamber, a giant sheepskin scroll hung on the wall, precisely the Kunlun Jade Void Map they had been arduously searching for.

However, the text and patterns on the Jade Void Map were exceedingly obscure and hard to understand, seemingly concealing some powerful restriction and secret.

Xue Li trembled as her hands caressed the Jade Void Map, her eyes filled with both the joy of finding the treasure and deep worry.

She knew this was only the beginning; the struggle for the Jade Void Map would surely attract more forces in the Jianghu, and they would also be drawn into a greater storm. Following this, Xue Li’s trembling hands gently unfolded the sheepskin scroll. Shi Feiyang held his breath, his gaze fixed on the Jade Void Map, seeing it depicted with intersecting mountain ranges and rivers, resembling a map of the Western Regions’ mountains and rivers.

But upon closer examination, he realized these lines faintly outlined strange symbols, resembling characters but not quite, glowing with a mysterious sheen.

"This..." Xue Li’s elegant brows furrowed, her beautiful eyes full of confusion as they wandered, "This is not an ordinary map, it seems more like some ancient array." She lightly tapped a symbol with her fingertip, and it surprisingly glowed blue, as if activated.

Shi Feiyang bent down for a closer look, finding the mountain ranges’ directions vastly different from the well-known geography of the Central Plains, yet inexplicably familiar.

"Could this be the Kunlun Sect’s secret legacy from ancient times?" he muttered to himself, suddenly noticing a small point in the center of the map glowing golden, like the brightest star in the night sky.

"Look here." Shi Feiyang pointed out to Xue Li, "This place where the light is most intense might hold a crucial clue."

Xue Li leaned closer and saw that the small point was surrounded by tiny text, surprisingly written in the long-lost secret script of the Kunlun Sect.

From a young age, Xue Li had been raised by the White-haired Granny in the Celestial Snow Cave, knowing a little about the Kunlun secret script.

She held her breath, deciphering word by word: "Kunlun Spiritual Vein, hidden in the extreme cold. Key of Yu Xu, revealed upon unlocking it."

When she finished reading, she looked up at Shi Feiyang, her eyes full of shock and mystery, "Does this mean the Kunlun Sect’s Spiritual Vein is hidden in the extremely cold place, and this Jade Void Map is the key to unlocking the spiritual vein?"

Shi Feiyang’s sharp eyebrows knitted together, his mind swiftly flashing with the legends about the Kunlun Spiritual Vein in the Jianghu.

It was said that the Kunlun Spiritual Vein held endless Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, which could be harnessed to practice unparalleled Divine Skill, dominating the Martial Arts world.

But for hundreds of years, countless experts sought in vain, not expecting the clue to be hidden within this Jade Void Map.

"But where exactly is the extreme cold place referred to?" Shi Feiyang asked in a low voice.

Xue Li bit her lower lip, pondering for a moment, her gaze landing on a subtle mark on the edge of the Jade Void Map.

The mark resembled a blooming snow lotus, with equally inscribed secret scripture: "Snow Peak Ice Abyss, source of the spiritual vein."

"Snow Peak Ice Abyss!" Xue Li blurted out, "I once heard my master mention it, it’s an extremely remote place deep in the Kunlun Mountain Range, covered with ice and snow all year round, fraught with dangers, not easily accessible by ordinary people."