Seeing that she couldn't pry out any useful information, Yaohua, to avoid arousing others' suspicion, stopped deliberately approaching the immortal. Instead, she said with a smile, "I just saw him always staring at me, so I tried to talk to him. Who would have thought he'd say Lord Snow Demon would be back in half a month."
"It's not half a month, it's the middle of the month," the Scar - faced man said. Then, he covered his mouth in panic. "Lord Snow Demon has ordered us not to disclose such things!"
Yaohua was eager to ask more, but once they got to this topic, they wouldn't reveal any more information.
Helpless, she could only call out to the system in her heart, "What's the date now?"
The system replied, "It's the early part of the month."
She then looked at the immortal again. "What is Lord Snow Demon doing outside? When can I pay my respects to him?"
Still, she got no answer.
"Get out of here," the palace guards were already impatient. "Just amuse yourself for the next half - month. If Lord Snow Demon wants to see you, he'll come."
Yaohua had no choice but to leave. But she asked unwillingly in her heart, "System, what's the identity of that immortal?"
However, after the system's previous reply, it fell into silence again and didn't respond for a long time.
The next day passed quickly. Yaohua patrolled with the palace guards but still found nothing.
It wasn't until the fifth day, when the middle of the month arrived.
Suddenly, footsteps echoed in the palace. Yaohua felt her heart pounding and was a bit excited.
The palace guards also got excited. "Lord Snow Demon is back!"
"Pay our respects to Lord Snow Demon!"
Everyone prostrated themselves on the ground. To avoid revealing her identity, Yaohua also prostrated.
Lord Snow Demon's pure - white robe trailed on the ground. Along with him came a bone - chilling cold. She fought the urge to shiver and quietly looked up.
She saw that Lord Snow Demon also took on a human form, a handsome young man. But his whole body was snow - white, not like that of a human. Not only were his hair and beard white, but there were also tiny frosts on his eyelashes.
Sensing her gaze, Lord Snow Demon seemed to look down. She quickly lay flat on the ground, praying that he wouldn't notice anything strange.
After a long silence, Lord Snow Demon left without saying a word.
Yaohua pulled at the Scar - faced man's sleeve and asked, "Brother Scar, where is Lord Snow Demon going?"
Just as the Scar - faced man was about to say something, he heard the crazy shouting of the immortal from behind. He curled his lips and said, "Every time Lord Snow Demon comes back, he'll look at this man, and this man will go crazy. You don't need to worry."
Yaohua turned to look and saw that the immortal was extremely terrified, as if he had seen something horrible.
Sometimes he pointed outside and shouted, "You deserve it! You deserve it!"
Sometimes he sobbed, "It's all wrong. It's all wrong."
The voice was extremely shrill. Yaohua couldn't help but frown. But just when she wasn't on guard, something unexpected happened.
The immortal suddenly grabbed her arm and stared at her intently, half - crying and half - laughing.
The Scar - faced man was shocked. "Madman, let her go!"
But no matter what he did, the immortal held onto Yaohua's hand tightly and refused to let go. He even made "ho ho" sounds.
The sound echoed in the palace, extremely creepy.
The footsteps sounded again. It was Lord Snow Demon who had returned.
He looked at Yaohua indifferently, a fleeting look of confusion flashing in his eyes.
Everyone knelt down together. The Scar - faced man pleaded, "Please, my lord, save us!"
There had been cases of the immortal losing control before. If they were lucky, Lord Snow Demon would help them. This was also the reason why they were willing to be loyal to him even though they had been captured.
Yaohua's heart skipped a beat. She had heard about Lord Snow Demon's habit of saving people, but would he really save someone who had nothing to do with him?
At this time, Lord Snow Demon walked over slowly and struck the immortal on the back of his neck.
The immortal fell to the ground immediately.
Lord Snow Demon looked at her again, his eyes seemingly filled with a biting cold.
Yaohua's eyes fell on his hand, lost in thought.
"Why are you looking at me?" he asked hoarsely.
Yaohua didn't shy away. "My lord, did you encounter the Heavenly Demon during your trip?"
Lord Snow Demon looked at her with his glass - like eyes but said nothing.
She guessed that he should have already found out that she wasn't a palace guard, so she said carefully, "I accidentally fell into this palace. I didn't mean to offend you, my lord. You shouldn't be angry, right?"
Lord Snow Demon shook his head. "How do you know I encountered the Heavenly Demon?"
Yaohua explained, "The black aura on you is unique to the Heavenly Demon, and the demonic qi is corroding your skin!"
Lord Snow Demon looked down at his black and festering fingers, his eyes filled with disgust.
Yaohua said carefully, "I do have a way to cure the demonic qi. Would my lord like me to give it a try?"
The Scar - faced man and the others were confused.
They were all local natives and didn't even know what the Heavenly Demon was. But they could tell that Lord Snow was injured and that this girl wanted to treat him.
Lord Snow Demon's gaze lingered on her face for two seconds, then he slowly stretched out his hand.
Yaohua let out a sigh of relief. This Lord Snow Demon was really as easy - going as the system had said.
She reached out and held Lord Snow Demon's fingertips. Although she couldn't use her spiritual power, the phoenix qi in her body slowly surrounded the demonic qi.
However, without the stimulation of spiritual energy, the speed at which the phoenix qi eliminated the demonic qi was extremely slow.
Fortunately, as the rumors had it, Lord Snow Demon had spiritual power. When she was close to him, she secretly absorbed his spiritual power.
While eliminating the demonic qi, she asked, "I'm helping my lord get rid of the demonic qi. Can my lord tell me what the Heavenly Demon is plotting that made you take action?"
At this topic, Lord Snow Demon suddenly pulled back his finger. "This matter has nothing to do with you!"
Then, he left without looking back, not caring that the demonic qi on his hand was still corroding his skin.
It was a long time after he left that the palace guards finally breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at her with a strange sense of reverence. "Oh my god, how dare you talk to Lord Snow Demon like that?"
"You even touched Lord Snow Demon's hand! Oh my god, if it were me, I'd probably faint from happiness."
The Scar - faced man had a complex expression. At first, seeing that this girl was both powerful and beautiful, he had wanted to curry favor with her. But unexpectedly, she was now so close to Lord Snow Demon. Maybe... was she the one Lord Snow Demon had snatched back to be his wife?
Yaohua felt a bit regretful. It seemed that Lord Snow Demon didn't care about the injury on his hand at all, so she couldn't make a deal with him.
Suddenly, the immortal grabbed her hand again, but this time the grip was very light.
She turned around and saw that the immortal's eyes were very clear. "Lord Snow Demon must leave the palace in the first half of the month. You must remember this!"
Then, he let go of her arm, and his eyes became cloudy.
Must leave the palace in the first half of the month? Yaohua was a bit confused. Did the immortal mean to remind her to kill Lord Snow Demon before the half - month was over?
But as the half - month was coming to an end, she still hadn't found a chance to strike.
On the last night, Lord Snow Demon really rushed towards the door in a hurry, as if he was in a rush for something.