Chapter 1815 — The Snow Valley Legacy
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"And the third constitution is the ordinary yin constitution. This old one and Little Li share it, though mine is inferior even to hers—middling at best. That I could reach the late peak of the Heaven Rank was pure luck; to break through to the Great ** and cross that legendary threshold is likely beyond me..." The Grand Elder smiled bitterly and went on: "I digress. Now, as for this Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution—beyond the standard form, it splits into two branches. One is the pseudo Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution, which is Bingtang's. Hers is impure, but with the aid of Ice Heart Jade Bone Pills, it can produce the effects of the true constitution. The other is the hidden Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution..."
When the elder on the platform spoke of this constitution, Xue Li's expression shifted slightly. A possibility occurred to her, and her eyes went wide with disbelief... but the other elders were utterly baffled, for the only ones permitted to touch the founding ancestor's notes were those who had cultivated the Heartless Art—the successive Grand Elders and Valley Masters, and their direct disciples!
As for everyone else, though they too cultivated the water and mist arts, an ordinary water constitution sufficed; no special constitution was required. Thus they had no reason to consult the founding ancestor's notes.
"The hidden Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution is purer even than the Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution. Our founding ancestor possessed it!" The Grand Elder continued his explanation unhurriedly: "As the name suggests, it is normally a recessive constitution—one that even we, let alone the founding ancestor herself, could scarcely identify! It cannot be sought, only encountered. Only when the body has endured bitter cold and its potential pushed to the limit does it suddenly manifest. Our founding ancestor, too, came to the Snow Valley; under its savage weather, at the very limit of her life's potential, she inadvertently awakened her hidden Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution, comprehended the Snow Valley's legacy, discovered an ancient ruin within the valley, and thereafter set foot upon the path of the **, founding our Snow Valley sect! Before that, the founding ancestor was but an ordinary water-element **** in 'that place,' with strength no greater than the early Yellow Rank..."
"Then that means... Tang Zhi might be..." Elder Zhang's eyes widened in astonishment; he could scarcely believe it.
"This is only my guess and suspicion. An ordinary person would have died long ago—why has she not?" said the Grand Elder. "As for whether she truly has this constitution, that I cannot say... Eh?"
The moment the Grand Elder's words fell, he sensed something amiss!
The faces of the other elders, and of Valley Master Xue Li, shifted as well!
Everyone sensed a powerful surge of true qi—a surge of true, overwhelming power, as though the heaven-and-earth spiritual energy of the entire Snow Valley had been stirred to life in that instant!
The sensation left them all aghast. Not even when Xue Li broke through to the Heaven Rank, nor when the Grand Elder reached the late peak of the Heaven Rank, had such a colossal phenomenon been drawn forth!
The next moment, the great bell of the Snow Valley tolled—the bell that only the valley's ** rang when the valley faced an emergency!
Yet that great bell had not been struck for many years, for nothing the Snow Valley had faced in recent years had ever been grave enough to warrant a warning toll!
"Go!" The Grand Elder barked the command, his figure already flying outward. The elders and Xue Li, all Heaven Rank experts, followed him out of the council hall and into the open...
In the Snow Valley, all the heaven-and-earth spiritual energy was rushing toward a single direction—and the cold wind and drifting snow, too, were streaming toward that same point!