Chapter Forty-Four: The Snow Monster Seeks Help

  Shen Dou supported the blind Tong Mu as they struggled to move forward on the snowy mountain, but both of their faces were filled with an unresolvable sense of anticipation.

  It seems like there are many yearnings for the future.

  It was probably around that time when the red sun quietly set and the bright moon hung high in the sky, the light on the snowy ground still shone brightly.

  A plump black shadow slowly moved towards them under the moonlight.

  Shen Du sensed the black shadow behind him and stopped in his tracks with a start of terror.

  "What's wrong?" Yan Mu asked with a surprised face.

  "It might be a snow monster." Shen Du replied in a low voice, secretly mobilizing his internal energy, with his long sword ready to be drawn at any moment.

  As they stopped in their tracks, the dark shadow also stood still.

  "The snow monster has arrived so quickly." Yu Yan's eyebrows were tightly furrowed as he whispered in dismay.

  "It seems to be motionless." Shen Dou said with a surprised face, carefully turning around, wondering in his heart what the snow monster looked like, a snowman or a snow beast?

  "Hello."

  The black shadow that was thought to be a snow monster turned out to be a petite girl with a huge bundle on her back, three or four times larger than her body.

  Under the moonlight, Shen carefully sized up the girl, who was dressed in thin clothes, even less than what people would wear on a hot summer day. Her slender figure was wrapped in black silk like gauze, vaguely revealing her enticing body. However, her delicate and pitiful face wore a look of melancholy, and her bright, spirited eyes held a hint of longing.

  "You're... okay." Shen Du looked at the girl with an unexpected gaze, and said with difficulty.

  "What's wrong, Shendu? What did you see?"

  Shendu's eyes widened in amazement, curious about everything he saw.

  "It's a thinly dressed girl with a big bag on her back." Shen Du replied in a low voice.

  Seeing Shen Dou and Yan Mo whispering to each other, the girl suddenly knelt down on the snowy ground with a pleading tone:

  "Please, help me, okay?"

  "Don't be deceived, there's no one around here, ordinary people can't wear so little and appear in this place, it's likely that she is the Snow Monster." Yan Xiao reminded Shen Dou.

  But Shen Du looked at the girl with a surprised expression and asked in a low voice: "Who are you? Why did you appear here?"

  "I'm a snow monster, because my family was taken away by the snow demon, I myself don't have the ability to rescue them, I hope you can help me, can you?"

  ";Snow monster."; Was it really a snow monster? Shen Du's expression was dazed as he said: "Since you are also a snow monster, why did the Snow Demon take away your family?" In fact, when he said this sentence, Shen Du himself felt a bit ridiculous. Did he even have a family?

  Xuě Mó is our leader, but recently he has been practicing a skill called Hán Bīng Shā, which requires the assistance of a large number of Yuè Guài's essence to cultivate. Therefore, many Yuè Guài on the snowy mountain have been taken away by him. If they are not rescued within three days, I'm afraid they will be eaten by Xuě Mó.

  The Yuè Guài's expression was extremely sorrowful, which made Shen Dou feel a slight pang in his heart.

  Just as Xiaoyu had lamented earlier, fate's arrangements always leave one helpless. The Snow Monster in front of her couldn't help but want to use its own strength to rescue its family, but compared to the Snow Demon's overwhelming power, it was left far behind.

  "But I still have doubts, are you certain we can help you kill the Snow Demon?" Shen Du furrowed his brow and asked.

  "You each have extraordinary courage and strength to appear on the Snow Mountain Ridge, otherwise how could you possibly be here? As long as you are willing to help me, I will do anything for you." The snow demon's expression was extremely sincere.

  "But we won't agree to that," said Yan Muo with a cold smile. After finishing speaking, he pulled Shen Dou's arm and whispered: "That is their family affair on the snowy mountain, it has nothing to do with us, let's go to Jiuyou City as soon as possible."

  Shen Dou originally wanted to say something more, but upon hearing Yan Mo's words, he too turned around and prepared to leave.

  But little did they know that the snow monster was crawling behind them, continuing to beg: "Please, please help me." As it spoke, it sobbed.

  As if she had exhausted all means, she completely disregarded the large bag on her back and pressed her body deep into the snowy ground, with only a gaze full of longing, quietly staring at Shen Du's back.

  Shen Du finally stopped, grasping Tuo Mo's hand tightly, and turned around to face the snow monster.

  "We know nothing about you, but have long heard that Snow Monster is cruel and ruthless, with no humanity."

  "There are countless rumors in the world, and people of all shapes and sizes say different things. Do you only believe in the cruelty of the Snow Monster, but not that there are also good people among them?" The Snow Monster desperately wanted to gain Shen Dou's recognition and promised to help himself, with two icy tears falling from the corners of his eyes onto the snowy ground, creating two ice holes.

  For Shendu, who had never seen such a scene before, this was really unthinkable.

  But looking at the large package on Xue Guai's back, it gradually pressed her body into the snowy ground, a strange impulse surged up in her heart, regardless of only holding onto her own hem, she went forward and untied Xue Guai's package, carefully helping Xue Guai get up.

  "There's no need to be so desperate, you don't have to beg anyone. Those who are willing to help will do so naturally, and those who aren't won't help even if you were to die in front of them."

  Shen Du said such words, causing Yan Mo and Xue Guai to tremble at the same time.

  What a profound realization, it can't help but make one wonder if Shen Dou has had similar experiences as well.

  But the snow monster was just gazing at Shen Du with gratitude, wiping away the icy tears from the corner of its eyes.

  "So you're willing to help me then."

  Shen Du nodded at Xue Guai in agreement.

  "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have gone back and forth, would I?"

  The snow monster heard this and was overjoyed, shouting "Thank you!" and throwing himself into Shen Dou's arms, jumping up and down and saying: "You're really a good person."

  Like a child, even the earth was stunned, and let out a long sigh.

  Shen didn't know why Yan Mu sighed, but when he turned to look at Yan Mu's blind eyes, standing still in the snowy ground, his quiet and expressionless face seemed so deeply moving and enchanting.

  I'm sorry, Tian Mo, I came here to become stronger, if there isn't more tempering, it's likely that my goal will be hard to achieve, and I won't be able to save Sha Cheng or repay Fei Lu's life-saving kindness.

  Shen thought to himself, glanced at his mouth lightly, held the snow monster's icy shoulders with both hands, and asked in a low voice: "What's in your bag? And you're wearing so little, aren't you cold?"

  The snow monster heard this and glanced at the big package beside him with a smile, saying: "There's only a packet of ordinary snow in the bag, it's my food. As for what you said about being cold, I'm a human form made from thousands of years of accumulated snow, so I won't be afraid of the cold because I am an extremely cold thing myself."

  "Uh-huh." Shen nodded thoughtfully, but her gaze remained fixed on the massive burden.

  He saw a strange thing in that package, as if he felt the snow monster had lied to him, but he didn't say much, just chuckled and said:

  "Alright, let's go rescue your family now."

  Xue Guai heard this and was overjoyed, bent down to pick up the big package on the ground, using all his might, but still couldn't carry it on his back.

  Shen Du wanted to lend a hand, but was stopped by Xue Guai's words.

  "Don't help me, I can do it myself." The voice was extremely cold, just like the icy snow on the ground, piercing through one's heart.