Chapter 503 - 444: Foreshadowing

A night passed swiftly.

Xiaoxu is still secluded in the training room, breaking through the Sixth Realm.

Han Shuangjiang remains curled within the ice crystal, fusing with the Snow Venerable Fruit Position.

Among the family of three, only Chu Huaixu is left "idle."

On the contrary, Wen Shiyu continuously attends to them, attempting to seize the opportunity while the esteemed lady is asleep, and offering herself in bed, continuing her gamble on both fronts.

This former Nascent Soul True Monarch from Kunlun Cave Heaven couldn’t help but lift her right hand to catch a few snowflakes.

Although snow has fallen for quite some time, she still feels somewhat dazed.

"So, this is snow?" Wen Shiyu thought to herself.

Due to the disappearance of the Snow Venerable Fruit Position, leading to the collapse of the Heavenly Dao, Kunlun Cave Heaven hadn’t seen snow for over a thousand years.

Despite being an old woman of a thousand years, Wen Shiyu is considered a rookie among Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

She can be regarded as a fresh face in the realm of True Monarchs.

Thus, she had never seen real snow in her lifetime.

But regarding poems, paintings about snow... She has seen quite a few.

This thousand-year-old woman was somewhat dazed upon first seeing snowflakes, followed closely by a sense of novelty.

When Chu Huaixu wasn’t looking, she even stuck out her tongue like a mother cat, savoring and tasting the snow in her palm.

Wen Shiyu smacked her lips, thinking: It’s not so special after all.

But no matter what, witnessing this heavy snowfall scene, she still felt inexperienced and silently marveled, "It’s truly beautiful."

Of course, for this former Nascent Soul True Monarch, the greatest shock was indeed from the Fruit Position.

She wasn’t foolish; she naturally understood what this bizarre weather represented.

Besides, she just sensed an unparalleled supreme power.

"The Snow Venerable Fruit Position has surprisingly come into being."

Wen Shiyu felt both stunned and bewildered.

Now, her master and mistress have both become Immortal Venerables?

This caused a shift in her mindset.

Previously, though she was a disciple under the Celestial Venerable’s seat and had a master uncle who was also an Immortal Venerable.

However, the problem is... the Master had many disciples in the Nascent Soul Stage.

And she happened to be one with an unremarkable cultivation.

"Among the Master’s disciples, the ones who truly caught his eye were Ling Xiao and Xuanxiao."

But in reality?

If she were still in Kunlun Cave Heaven, she wouldn’t know the fate of True Monarch Ling Xiao.

Yet she just happens now to serve in the Profound Yellow Realm as a servant.

She knows that Brother Ling Xiao died within the Origin Spirit Realm and knows the true efficacy of the human-skin array pattern and Donghuang Ring the Master gave him!

"Even Brother Ling Xiao was nothing but a disposable blade, reduced to a discarded pawn."

"Then what about me?"

Though she now serves in the house of this Daoist couple as a servant, if she thinks positively, she is the only servant in their home!

"Yes! The only servant!"

The only servant under two Immortal Venerables!

She somehow felt that her status might be higher than when she was in Kunlun....

Over there, it was only in name, given the title of a disciple.

Hence, upon witnessing the appearance of the Snow Venerable Fruit Position, Wen Shiyu’s mind could not help but become active once more.

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This snow fell for nearly a day and night.

Snow piled up thick and heavy.

But fortunately, it seemed to change the rules of heaven and earth.

Post-snowfall temperatures surprisingly did not change, remaining at early autumn temperatures.

Therefore, the snow melted quickly.

It seemed as if it wasn’t a product of this land.

It just arrived suddenly, and then vanished suddenly.

The Kunlun cultivators who remained hidden in dark places were all astounded by this snowfall.

But these lower cultivators were unaware of the matter of the [Snow Venerable Fruit Position], thus not thinking much of it, merely feeling they had witnessed a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon in the Profound Yellow Realm.

Chu Huaixu stepped on the piled snow and also visited Xiaoxu’s secluded training room.

He looked at Xu Ziqing, who was sitting cross-legged on the mat, used his hand to open his mouth, and stuffed a Grain Avoidance Pill inside.

Then, he used Divine Sense to sense the changes in the youthful boy’s body.

"It’ll probably take two or three more days to break through," Chu Huaixu murmured to himself.

The power within Xu Ziqing is truly too mixed.

Fortunately, he is a Body Cultivator, with his foundation anchored in the physical body rather than the chaotic power within.

Otherwise, his upper limit would only be lower.

"Perhaps, by chance, I guided Xiaoxu onto the path of Body Refining, indirectly raising his upper limit?" Chu Huaixu couldn’t help but feel somewhat proud, instinctively humming to himself.

After leaving the training room, he trampled upon the increasingly shallow snow, heading back home.

Upon seeing him, Wen Shiyu immediately greeted respectfully, "Master."

"How is Shuangjiang?" Chu Huaixu asked.

"No changes," Wen Shiyu replied.

Given that what’s being refined is the Kunlun Fruit Position, Wen Shiyu instead can perceive more nuances therein.

After pondering for a moment, Chu Huaixu merely nodded slightly, then entered the house, glanced at the huge ice crystal, and then left again.

With the power of the Dao Scripture, he can freely enter and exit the Daoist Ancestor Secret Realm.

After investigating various Secret Realms, he found no traces.

This prompted him to doubt his prior speculations.

He then arrived at another place.

——The Observatory Master’s Inheritance Land · Annulus Secret Realm!

Before, he and Han Shuangjiang entered the Annulus Secret Realm; under its almost eerie "Time Law," the two spent a lifetime together, from youth to old age in a short time.

The Big Ice Cube also acquired the Second Generation Observatory Master Yan Shen’s inheritance here.

Later, comprehended the Reincarnation Sword Intent and understood the [Celestial Human State].

"Hence, here is indeed the root." Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

Unfortunately, this Secret Realm can no longer be accessed.

Because it is a one-time Inheritance Secret Realm.

Chu Huaixu glanced at the snow melting nearby, falling into contemplation.

"Did the Snow Venerable Fruit Position truly come from the Secret Realm left by the Second Generation Observatory Master?"

"Why was there no indication prior..."

"What in there relates to the Snow Venerable Fruit Position?"

Chu Huaixu was temporarily clueless.

He simply sat cross-legged, recalling every event that occurred after entering the Secret Realm.

And indeed, this [Dual Secret Realm] had initially fostered the emotions between the two.

"Inside the Secret Realm, there are four stages: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter."

"Wait! Winter!" Chu Huaixu’s eyes suddenly brightened.

He suddenly remembered, the final inheritance was upon a mysterious ice lake.

If memory serves right, the ice lake is called [Enlightenment Lake].

Upon entering the ice lake, Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang were already white-haired and elderly.

At the time, an extremely profound and powerful aura descended from the heavens.

Within, there was the Sword Domain’s power.

That might indeed be the Domain left by Yan Shen.

But perhaps... not entirely.

Because immediately after, snow began to fall around the ice lake, increasingly heavier and larger!

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