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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The Ice Palace Master nodded, and a film of mist abruptly appeared over their palms, shrouding Feng Xiaoxiao's meridians. Though the place was bitterly cold, beads of sweat soon seeped from the brows of both the Ice Palace Master and the Grand Elder -- proof enough that the task was no easy one.
The process lasted roughly half an hour, and then the Ice Palace Master and the Grand Elder heaved a long breath in unison. By the look of it, the yin-cold qi within Feng Xiaoxiao had been temporarily suppressed.
"Aunt Qing, carry her into a room to rest. I must rest as well." The Ice Palace Master wiped the sweat from her brow and spoke to Xiao Qing.
"Yes, Palace Master." Xiao Qing lifted Feng Xiaoxiao and made her way toward the guest rooms.
At that moment, Wei Zhao was pacing anxiously before the gates of the Ice Palace. The high walls before him shut out everything; what went on within, Wei Zhao had no way of knowing. Even during the fifteen days he had waited at the Ice Palace gates before, he had never been as nervous as this.
Xiao Qing carried Feng Xiaoxiao to the bed in the guest room and stayed by her side without ever leaving. After a while, the ice crystals on Feng Xiaoxiao's body slowly melted at room temperature, and once they had all turned to water, Feng Xiaoxiao drifted slowly back to wakefulness.
"Wei Zhao, my husband? Did you bring me back to life again?" Those were the first words Feng Xiaoxiao spoke upon waking, asked on pure instinct.
But when she took in the scene before her clearly, she was struck dumb. This was a place she had never seen in her life, and the woman before her was a stranger.
Feng Xiaoxiao's heart turned wary at once. Looking at the unfamiliar woman, she tried to rise, only to find that there was not a shred of strength left in her body.
"You are awake?" Seeing that Feng Xiaoxiao's very first act upon waking was to look for Wei Zhao, Xiao Qing could not help but smile. It seemed this young couple's affection for one another was truly deep.
"Where... where am I? Who... who are you?" Feng Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Qing and asked.
"This is the Ice Palace. Your boyfriend Wei Zhao brought you here to seek the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, and the Palace Master and the Grand Elder saved you," Xiao Qing explained.
"The Ice Palace? Then... where is Wei Zhao? Did you feed me the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit?" Feng Xiaoxiao looked around and, seeing no sign of Wei Zhao, felt that something was wrong.
"No. It was the Palace Master and the Grand Elder who temporarily suppressed the yin-cold qi within you," Xiao Qing said.
Feng Xiaoxiao was just about to speak when a voice sounded from the doorway: "Aunt Qing, has she awakened?"
"Palace Master, she has awakened." Xiao Qing rose quickly to answer.
"Aunt Qing, there are no outsiders here; there is no need for such formality," the Ice Palace Master said hurriedly. Then she turned to Feng Xiaoxiao and asked, "What is your name?"
"Who are you?" Feng Xiaoxiao eyed the Ice Palace Master warily. The girl was very beautiful and possessed of a rare grace, but Feng Xiaoxiao cared nothing for her beauty; she wished only to see Wei Zhao as soon as possible. "Where is my husband Wei Zhao?"
"He is fine, he is right now in the reception room outside the Ice Palace," the Ice Palace Master said. "I am the Master of the Ice Palace. You may call me the Ice Palace Master, or Sister Ice."