Chapter 1536 — Xiaoxiao Awakens: A Sect That Boasts Seven Heaven-tier Masters, Two of Them at the Peak of Late Heaven-tier — Such Is the Ice Palace's Foundation of Strength
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"Grand Elder, take a look at this girl." The Ice Palace Master nodded to the Grand Elder and lifted Feng Xiaoxiao from her arms.
"Oh?" The Grand Elder did not know what the Ice Palace Master intended, but she complied and studied Feng Xiaoxiao closely all the same, yet found nothing at all amiss. "Palace Master, what do you mean?"
"Examine her constitution." Seeing that the Grand Elder had not grasped her meaning, the Ice Palace Master could not help but smile wryly.
At her words the Grand Elder hastily stretched out a hand and pressed her fingers to the meridians of Feng Xiaoxiao's arm. In but a moment she cried out in loud astonishment: "Eh? A yin-cold constitution? Truly a yin-cold constitution? The legendary yin-cold constitution, identical to the records our ancestral master left behind!"
"What yin-cold constitution?" At the Grand Elder's words, the other elders all widened their eyes, itching to come forward and examine Feng Xiaoxiao's constitution for themselves.
"There is no mistake, it is a yin-cold body," the Ice Palace Master nodded. "Grand Elder, what do you make of it?"
"Palace Master, this is the ancestral master's spirit made manifest, a blessing upon our Ice Palace! A yin-cold body is even better suited to cultivating our Ice Palace's art than one of Ice Heart Jade Bones. Our Ice Palace's ancestral master was not the same as Snow Valley's; Snow Valley's ancestral master was herself of Ice Heart Jade Bones, and so their art was created expressly for that constitution." The Grand Elder said, "But our Ice Palace's ancestral master was of a yin-cold body, and the Ice Palace's art is likewise best suited to the yin-cold body. Only, no yin-cold body ever appeared again, and so no one has ever cultivated the Ice Palace's art to its utmost..."
"This girl cannot yet guide the yin-cold qi within her, so it has seeped into her heart and spleen and left her unconscious," the Palace Master said. "Grand Elder, you and I shall first join hands to suppress the yin-cold qi inside her. When she wakes, I mean to formally take a disciple in my master's stead and accept her as my junior sister."
"Very well." The Grand Elder nodded gravely. She understood full well Feng Xiaoxiao's importance to the Ice Palace, and agreed without a moment's hesitation -- though suppressing the yin-cold qi within her would consume no small amount of true qi, and even one of her strength, a master at the peak of late Heaven-tier, would need some time to recover completely.
Still, it was fortunate that she would be working alongside the Ice Palace Master; two masters at the peak of late Heaven-tier would not find the task too taxing.
"Let the other elders stand guard for the Grand Elder and me." With that, the Ice Palace Master laid Feng Xiaoxiao flat upon the ground.
"Everyone, spread out in order," Xiao Qing instructed the rest.
The Ice Palace Master and the Grand Elder then took their places, one to each side, seizing the meridians of Feng Xiaoxiao's arms and setting the Ice Palace's cultivation art into motion. In an instant, a blast of cold air erupted violently between the two of them.
"First we shall drive the yin-cold qi out of her heart and spleen, and then we shall suppress the yin-cold qi throughout her body," the Ice Palace Master said.
The Grand Elder nodded, and with perfect tacit understanding the two of them began this far-from-easy work.
In that instant, a dense chill rose suddenly from Feng Xiaoxiao's body upon the ground, and before long a layer of ice crystals began to form swiftly over her skin. As time passed the crystals multiplied, thickening into a heavy mantle.
"That will do," the Grand Elder said to the Ice Palace Master. "Now let us join hands and suppress the yin-cold qi within her."