Chapter 1814 — Snow Valley's Shock: Tang Zhi Gently Closed Her Eyes, Savoring This Moment of Warmth, Happiness, and Beauty
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They say that in the instant before death, one feels a sense of happiness. Perhaps this was exactly what it felt like.
Yet although Tang Zhi had closed her eyes, she seemed still able to sense everything around her, as though every aspect of Snow Valley lay clear within her heart.
It was as if she were Snow Valley, and Snow Valley were her.
The valley, the snow, the sunlight—all of it formed part of her body. A casual wave of her hand, a single step forward, and the cold wind and drifting snow around her seemed to resonate with her in response...
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At that moment, a meeting of the elders was being held in Snow Valley.
Today was Elder Zhang's last day on duty. By the rules, he had to summarize the work of the past month at the elders' meeting, then hand everything over to the next elder assigned to duty.
Snow Valley operated under a rotating system of elder duty. Each elder served for one month, handling the affairs of the valley. Only when an elder could not make a decision would the Valley Master and the Grand Elder be consulted. In this way, not only was the workload of the Valley Master and the Grand Elder reduced, allowing them sufficient time to **, but the elders who were off duty could also settle their minds and **.
Of course, this arrangement was also the result of Snow Valley's particular circumstances. Snow Valley survived by selling and exchanging heavenly treasures and earthly wonders. Were it any other ancient sect, even if the Palace Master handled all the sect's affairs personally, it would never be as busy as Snow Valley.
After all, take Ice Palace as an example: it remained out of contact with the outside world year-round, and even its trials were held only once every several years. Although Bing Tang handled some ordinary palace affairs, she did not need to divide her attention too much, nor would it affect **.
"That concludes the affairs I handled during my month on duty..." Elder Zhang reached this point, then suddenly changed tack and addressed the Grand Elder. "Grand Elder, there is one more matter I wish to report..."
"Go ahead," said the Grand Elder.
"The Palace Master of Ice Palace... her younger sister, has not yet left..." As Elder Zhang spoke, a strange look appeared on his face. He was deeply puzzled as to how Tang Zhi had managed to survive until now.
"What? She still hasn't left?" The Grand Elder stared in surprise. Earlier, when she had said that Elder Zhang could report back after Tang Zhi froze to death, she had merely been speaking offhandedly. In her view, after enduring the cold for two days, Tang Zhi would be unable to bear it and would leave of her own accord.
Elder Zhang had not come to report during all these days, which clearly meant that Tang Zhi had not frozen to death but had simply left. Otherwise, how could an ordinary person possibly kneel in the frozen wilderness for more than ten days? She would have perished long ago.
But when the Grand Elder heard Elder Zhang say that Tang Zhi was still kneeling before the mountain gate, her expression became exceedingly strange. "She... still isn't dead?"
"No... But according to the valley patrol **, I'm afraid she won't last much longer. It will probably happen within the next day or two. Since yesterday, she has stopped eating..." Elder Zhang then recounted everything that had happened over the past half month. Only by taking advantage of this elders' meeting had he found the opportunity to bring Tang Zhi's situation to the Grand Elder's attention again. Previously, even if he had felt sympathy for her and wanted to help, he had had no chance. After finishing his account, Elder Zhang added, "Grand Elder, Tang Zhi truly seems intent on dying now... We should at least show some consideration for the Palace Master's sake. After all, she is the younger sister of the Palace Master of Ice Palace, isn't she?"