Chapter Eighty-Three Snow Eight

  The vast and majestic mountain range stretches endlessly, with countless towering peaks piercing the clouds. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up at the range, it seems as if this mountain did not rise from the ground, but rather descended from the nine heavens above. Such a magnificent mountain range forces even flying birds to fly around it.

  At the foot of Cangshan Mountain, there are a few scattered houses. On the path that connects the inside and outside of the mountain range, a tea shed has been set up. Occasionally, people who come in and out of the mountain range often stop here to rest their feet and have a cup of tea.

  "This terrible weather is probably going to bring a torrential downpour!" The owner of the tea shed gazed up at the thick, overcast sky, fanning himself with his hat and complaining. Originally, not many people came in and out of the Cangshan Mountains, and if they encountered such weather, there would be even fewer people. And indeed, only one person had come all morning. Despite his complaints, the tea shed owner was kind-hearted, and he kindly reminded his sole customer, "Sir, look at the weather! If you want to leave the mountain, you'd better hurry up, or else it will be dangerous if you get stuck in the mountains!"

  The young customer who was drinking tea was a twenty-five or six-year-old youth. He kindly reminded the old boss of the teahouse, but he didn't notice it at all. He just held his cup and stared blankly at the distant horizon with furrowed brows. At this time, the eastern sky was densely covered with dark clouds like ink spreading out, without a single ray of light shining through. This deep black color made people feel uneasy at first glance.

  However, what made the young people even more uneasy was not this thick and dark cloud, but the halo that faintly penetrated from the depths of the cloud, golden, red, blue... The colors that were too numerous to be seen struggled to penetrate from the depths of the dense cloud, like a trapped beast making its last counterattack, trying to break free from the shackles of the black cage.

  Black, from the eastern horizon slowly expanding to the entire sky, layer upon layer entwined and falling towards the ground, not like a terrifying storm. More like brewing a devastating tornado.

  "This rain is not going to stop, is it?!" The tea shed owner gazed up at the sky and sighed. Having lived for most of his life, he had never seen such frightening dark clouds over Cangshan Mountain before, and they just wouldn't dissipate! "Whoa! And then it really started pouring!" The tea shed owner wiped away the raindrops that had been blown onto his face by the wind. As he walked out of the tea shed to prepare for closing up shop, he took only two steps before his face turned pale with shock. "What...what...what?! It's snowing from the sky! Sir! Sir! Am I seeing things?!"

  The tea shop owner, stunned by the sudden array of events, hastily shifted his gaze to the only customer in the shop, "Sir? Sir!" The tea shop owner anxiously shouted a few times, but where was the young man's shadow? The tea shop owner sat numbly on the chair, how did he encounter so many strange things today? The tea shop owner stared blankly at the void, watching as something drifted down from above.

  It snows in June!

  My body is extremely tired, my energy has been completely drained, and it's hard to take another step; my eyes are also starting to blur; my throat feels like it's stuffed with cotton balls. Even shouting is difficult; sour pain spreads throughout my limbs. My body is already at its last limit.

  Can't fall down. Absolutely can't fall down, the Snow Goddess fell from mid-air but still gritted her teeth and took a step forward with great difficulty. Every step was more difficult than the last, this kind of hardship and suffering she had never experienced before, yet she couldn't stop, not just for herself, but also for her husband, Chu Xi, how was he doing in the Upper Realm? How could the gods of the Upper Realm let him off so easily? Why did he have to be so impulsive? Something mustn't happen! I must go and see!

  "If you keep going like this, your body will disappear!"

  A tense voice roared behind the Snow Goddess, but she couldn't hear it. Even if she could, she didn't want to respond. She couldn't stop.

  Seeing Snow God ignoring his words, the young man tensely flew up and intercepted Snow God who was advancing forward. "Doing this will only harm yourself, your spiritual power is dissipating, can't you feel it? Look at this vast snowfall!"

  "Snow?" The Snow Goddess paused for a moment and continued walking, she couldn't see the person clearly, but that wasn't important, what was important was that she had to find Chu Xiao.

  "You can't go any further!" The young man followed closely behind the Snow Goddess, as if to stop her but didn't have enough courage. Facing the stubborn and unyielding Snow Goddess, he himself didn't have a good reason to stop her.

  "Chuxi...... Chuxi......" The Snow Goddess whispered, like a monk's chanting voice repeating the name of Chuxi, this was her conviction to move forward.

  "Whatever... Let me take her to see Chu Xiu then. Even if I can't make it to the Upper Realm with my own abilities, at least I can shorten her journey." The young man looked up at the eastern horizon, where the battle between gods and demons had already begun! "Snow Goddess!" When the young man turned his gaze back to the Snow Goddess, she was already stumbling and falling to the ground. He hastily helped her up, but she had already lost consciousness.

  "This..." The young man was in a dilemma, whether to send the Snow Goddess to Chu Xi or to rescue her first. Her spiritual power was still dissipating, and if this situation continued, she would likely disappear into the vast expanse of heaven and earth... The young man steeled his heart, who cares about the war between gods and demons, saving her is what's important!

  "Chu Xi! Chu Xi! Chu Xi——" The Snow Goddess cried out, waking up from her dream. The figure of Chu Xi, covered in blood but still standing proudly, also disappeared along with the dream. However, the fear in the Snow Goddess's heart did not dissipate, instead it became even more intense. The dream was so real that she couldn't help but believe it had become an omen. Gods do not have meaningless dreams.

  "I'm going to find him!" The Snow Goddess jumped off the bed, struggling to run out, and the piercing light burst into her eyes as the door opened for a moment, dazzling her so that she couldn't open her eyes.

  The Snow Goddess's mind went blank, fear spreading from the bottom of her heart to her limbs, making her body tremble uncontrollably. No, how could this be? No!

  All the gods in heaven floated on the cloud, looking down at the Snow Goddess who was shrouded in fear and despair with anger, disdain, contempt, pity, sympathy, regret... countless complex gazes surrounded the lonely Snow Goddess, not a single god willing to step forward to support her, nor any god willing to be the first to speak to her, the gods simply stood steadily on the cloud, like stone statues.

  "Alas..." The Rain God sighed softly, after all, she was the sister of the Water God system. Today's situation with the Snow God made her feel a pang of sympathy, "Sister, the war between gods and demons started because of you...the Upper Realm can no longer tolerate your presence...you, take care."

  "Chuxu! Chuxu!" The Snow Goddess asked in a daze.

  "Soul flies and scatters."

  "No! No! You're deceiving me!" The Snow God wailed in anguish, "No! He won't! Tell me where he is! Where is he? Come back! Come back!" The Snow God shouted towards the sky, but there was no longer any shadow of the gods.

  "You have lost your divine power..." The young man reminded sorrowfully from behind the Snow God.

  "It's you! It's all your fault!" The Snow God charged at the young man in a frenzy, beating him mercilessly and venting his grievances. "It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I could have gone to save Chu Xi! It's all your fault! I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

  The young man gazed indifferently at the snow god in a frenzied state. If killing me can bring you joy, I'm willing to do so. But now, how are you going to make amends?