Chapter 1816 — A Change of Attitude: Though the Ice Palace and the Snow Valley trace their founding to a single lineage, both having come from 'that' place and both once at their height as two of the Four Great Ancient Sects and leading sects of the Heaven Rank Assembly, yet before this Assembly, with no legacy inheritor appearing, they were bound to tread the road of decline...
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It was fortunate that the Grand Elder had not struck Little Shu dead. Otherwise, it would not have been merely the Ice Palace that she made an enemy of... the people of that sect would not have let the matter rest either.
Gu Mengyao was somewhat surprised by the change in the Grand Elder's attitude. Looking at Tang Zhi in the sky, ethereal as a celestial being, she fell into deep thought...
The sun slowly drifted westward and sank, painting a beautiful rosy glow across the sky. Tang Zhi was bathed in that glow, radiating a pure and luminous brilliance...
No one moved. After Little Shu heard that the Grand Elder would give Wei Zhao the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit, she too quieted down. In her eyes, the Grand Elder was the highest authority in the sect and would not lie; and if she said Sister Yunyun was fine, then she must truly be fine.
The Snow Valley at dusk was extraordinarily beautiful. The white snowfields had been dyed red, yet no one had the heart to admire the scenery. The resplendent sunset seemed to strive with all its might to make the evening glow even more beautiful, as if seeking to draw everyone's gaze—but all in vain.
For every eye was fixed on Tang Zhi. In this moment, Tang Zhi was the most beautiful of all!
The sun finally set. At the moment the last thread of golden ** vanished from the horizon, Tang Zhi in the sky slowly descended to the ground. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth around her gradually dispersed, and all the strange phenomena vanished completely in that instant.
Tang Zhi's feet slowly came to rest on the snow. She gently opened her eyes and murmured with a touch of bitterness: "Am I dead? Is this paradise?"
"Phew..." At that moment, the Grand Elder and the other elders, Xue Li included, all let out a long breath. It appeared that Tang Zhi had finished receiving the legacy. In that instant, she had comprehended the full legacy of the Snow Valley and become the Snow Valley's mist-element legacy inheritor!
"How do you feel? What did you comprehend?" the Grand Elder asked urgently.
"Huh?" Tang Zhi was stunned. Coming back to her senses, she finally made out the row of people before her—the Grand Elder, Elder Zhang, Valley Master Xue Li, and several unfamiliar faces. Most importantly, Gu Mengyao, Little Shu, and Wei Zhao were all among them!
Had they all died too? The thought flashed through Tang Zhi's mind, but she shook her head and denied it at once. That was simply impossible—how could everyone be dead?
And if no one had died, then she was certainly not in paradise—which meant she herself had not died?
"I am not dead?" Tang Zhi said, looking at everyone before her with some astonishment.
"Sister Yunyun, not only are you not dead, you ascended in broad daylight! One freeze and it made you so formidable!" Shen Yushu said joyfully.
"Little Shu, do not talk nonsense!" Gu Mengyao frowned and stopped Shen Yushu's babbling, then said to Tang Zhi: "Yunyun, you are not dead. But something extremely strange has happened to you. The Grand Elder should be able to explain..."
Although Gu Mengyao had vaguely guessed that what had happened to Tang Zhi must be connected to the change in the Grand Elder's attitude, she was not entirely clear on the specifics.