Chapter 1811 — Sincerity
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With this thought, Tang Zhi understood why Snow Valley had gone to such lengths, but another idea had also occurred to her: Wei Zhao's devotion to love had once moved Elder Qing and Bingtang. Could she, then, move the Valley Master and the Grand Elder as well?
At that, Tang Zhi slowly knelt before the Grand Elder and the Valley Master, her expression utterly earnest. "I beg you, save my beloved. If he does not receive treatment in time, I fear he will..."
But the Grand Elder did not turn back. The aura radiating from her was enough to keep others a thousand miles away, and Xueli, following at her heels, left the guest room with her as well...
The Grand Elder and Xueli both cultivated Snow Valley's supreme art, the Heartless Formula, and both possessed an ice heart. How could they possibly be moved by Tang Zhi's kneeling? Still, the Heartless Formula suited only women. Elder Zhang, though he too practiced a cold-attribute art, had no need of any ice heart, and so, watching Xueli and the Grand Elder depart, he could only smile bitterly and say to Tang Zhi, "Girl, you had best go. Do not provoke the Valley Master and the Grand Elder..."
"I..." Tang Zhi's tears fell helplessly, her heart brimming with grievance and bitterness. Poor as she was born, Tang Zhi had her own stubbornness and pride. When had she ever knelt to anyone? But for Wei Zhao's sake, she had no choice but to bow her head...
"Girl, do not make things hard for me. If you stay here and the Valley Master and the Grand Elder lay the blame, I will have to answer for it too!" said Elder Zhang.
"I am sorry..." Tang Zhi wiped away her tears and slowly rose to her feet. A trace of resolve flashed through her wet, reddened eyes. "Elder Zhang, please tell the Grand Elder and the Valley Master that I will kneel outside Snow Valley's gates and not rise. Unless I obtain the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit, I would sooner freeze to death on this snow mountain..."
"This... why must you..." Elder Zhang smiled bitterly, at a loss for words. He knew that, given the Grand Elder's and Xueli's temperaments, they would simply watch Tang Zhi freeze to death. For those who cultivated the Heartless Formula, when had they ever pitied another?
Tang Zhi bowed deeply to the Grand Elder, said no more, and walked straight out of the guest room toward the walls of Snow Valley City...
"Yunyun, you... doing this..." Gu Mengyao was somewhat startled and uncertain. She had not expected Tang Zhi to come up with such a shameless tactic, but recalling that Wei Zhao had used this very trick when he rescued Feng Xiaoxiao, Gu Mengyao understood: Tang Zhi must be imitating Wei Zhao...
"I have already decided... This is our last chance. We have no time to go to the Ice Palace..." Tang Zhi said firmly.
Among them, only Wei Zhao had a way to contact the Ice Palace. Even Tang Zhi's parents had no means of reaching Bingtang, let alone Old Man Wei and Mo Kongwu. Mo Kongwu knew the route to Snow Valley only because Snow Valley was a famed ancient sect that made its fortune selling and trading rare treasures of heaven and earth.
"But... it is freezing here. You are not like Wei Zhao. He is a cultivator, and you are not. If you stay out here, you will freeze to death!" Gu Mengyao was startled and instinctively tried to dissuade her.
"I said I would do it, and I will!" Tang Zhi glanced at the unconscious Wei Zhao and said firmly, "I have known him so long... and I have never done anything for him..."
"Ah..." Gu Mengyao sighed helplessly. The cold outside Snow Valley was beyond anything Gu Mengyao and the others had imagined. Snow Valley and the Ice Palace stood at opposite ends, south and north, and by its geographical position Snow Valley ought to have had a mild climate. Yet who would have thought that, upon reaching this valley, they would find a climate utterly reversed!