Yaohua recalled the warning from the half - crazy immortal when he was sober. She gritted her teeth and thought, "I'll take the risk!"
She rushed forward suddenly. "Lord Snow, I have something important to report!"
The snow demon instinctively dodged her, and at the same time, missed the chance to walk out of the palace gate.
She was just about to figure out a way to assassinate the snow demon when she saw the snow demon showing a strange look and then melting into the floor.
It was just after midnight. Yaohua rubbed her eyes, still unable to believe it.
Was the snow demon dead just like this?
The guards in the palace, who were originally sleeping, were awakened by the noise and rushed over one after another. Seeing her standing alone in the palace, they couldn't help asking, "What happened?"
She looked at the melted snow on the ground that used to be the snow demon. A vague uneasiness welled up in her heart, but she said, "I just came out to use the toilet and accidentally fell."
The guards were a bit speechless. "Well... Be more careful next time."
She didn't sleep a wink that night.
The next morning, Yaohua finally got in touch with the system. "Is the snow demon dead?"
The system replied firmly, "No."
"Why did he melt into snow water last night?" she couldn't help asking.
The system kept silent and didn't answer.
She had to secretly ask the half - crazy immortal, but the immortal just laughed foolishly.
At this time, the guards were discussing, "Strange. Why can't we see Lord Snow?"
They patrolled the palace every day, but the snow demon was nowhere to be seen today.
Yaohua said slowly, "Then I'll go look for him again."
What happened last night was so strange that she had to find more clues.
Before she knew it, she came to the entrance of the palace. The water that the snow demon had turned into last night was still on the ground, but it had been frozen into an ice block.
The sound of footsteps rang out again. She was startled, but then found that the sound was coming from the palace gate.
Fairy Ziying strode forward with a sword in her hand. "Hey, you're still alive? You're quite lucky!"
Yaohua knew that she had a sharp tongue but a kind heart. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "Thank you, Fairy."
Fairy Ziying sized her up and down, and her expression softened a bit. "Thank me for what? Although you've gained the inheritance of the ancestor by chance, I won't like you just because of that."
"Then you can continue to dislike me," Yaohua said helplessly, shrugging her shoulders.
Fairy Ziying gave a soft snort and didn't reply. She just handed the sword in her hand to Yaohua. "You've only got the inheritance memory and spiritual power for now. You're still far from being a real powerful person!"
Yaohua was stunned. "What do you mean, Fairy?"
"I'll teach you all the skills of the ancestor," Fairy Ziying stared deeply into her eyes. "But on the premise that you leave the Ice Plains."
Leaving the Ice Plains was what Yaohua had always wanted, so she agreed without hesitation. "May I ask, Fairy, how can I leave?"
Fairy Ziying behaved seriously for only a few seconds, then shrugged like Yaohua. "I don't know about that. This is your last trial. I have something to do. I'm leaving!"
"Wait!" Yaohua quickly called her. "May I ask, Fairy, the snow demon melted into snow water last night. Is he dead?"
Fairy Ziying couldn't help laughing. "How could the snow demon die so easily?"
Yaohua coughed awkwardly. "Then do you know who the half - crazy immortal in this palace is?"
Ziying touched her chin. "It's a long story. To make a long story short, it's better not to say."
After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave.
Yaohua was quick - witted and grabbed her. "If it's a long story, you can tell it slowly. I have plenty of time!"
Fairy Ziying sighed. "Young people these days are really getting harder and harder to deceive."
Then, under Yaohua's persistence, she started to tell the old story.
It turned out that back then, the snow demon had made a big mistake in the Divine Land and should have been executed. An ancestor of the Phoenix Clan trapped him here in order to protect him, making him the lord of the Ice Plains and in charge of the prison of the Three Realms.
The half - crazy immortal used to be a subordinate of the Peacock Princess. He was exiled here for making a mistake. But he knew the way to let the snow demon leave the Ice Plains, so he was captured by the snow demon.
It was a pity that he was crazy, and the snow demon was at a loss what to do with him.
"The snow demon was also exiled here. Can I really leave the Ice Plains if I kill him?" Yaohua asked doubtfully.
Fairy Ziying thought for a while and said, "I don't know either. According to the legend, the ancestor of the Phoenix Clan set a trap to trap him. As long as he dies, the trap set by the ancestor will be broken."
"But whether he dies or not, the Ice Plains will always be a place for exiling immortals," Yaohua found a flaw. "He's just a prisoner in the Ice Plains, not the master. What's the use of killing him?"
Fairy Ziying thought for a moment. "I seem to have forgotten to tell you... The snow demon can't be killed."
"Ah?" Yaohua was dumbfounded.
"The snow demon was born from the ice and snow between heaven and earth. In the Ice Plains, he has an endless source of power. Therefore, the Ice Plains is a cage that seals spiritual power for others, but a place for him to save his life," Fairy Ziying explained, pinching her chin.
That was why the ancestor of the Phoenix Clan chose to trap him in the Ice Plains. As long as the snow demon stayed in the Ice Plains, the Three Realms couldn't kill him.
Looking at the puddle of snow water on the ground, a bold idea suddenly occurred to Yaohua. "Could it be that the snow demon died once last night because he couldn't leave the palace?"
Fairy Ziying said in surprise with a smile, "Not bad. You can even guess this."
"When the snow demon turned into snow water last night, I felt a power of destruction coming from the palace. This power carried the aura of that half - crazy immortal," Yaohua guessed. "Did the half - crazy immortal set up some kind of formation when he was exiled here and didn't want to be captured by the snow demon?"
Fairy Ziying thought for a while and said, "Leaving the Ice Plains is a trial from the ancestor for you. I can't reveal too much."
Yaohua pursed her lips, looking distressed.
The snow demon was restricted in many ways even in his own palace, which was obviously abnormal. It was very likely that the half - crazy immortal had set up a formation when he was sober, forcing the snow demon to come back only once every half a month and then leave in a hurry.
If he couldn't leave on time, he would turn into snow water and "die".
But in an instant, he would use the power of wind and snow to condense a new body for himself and be reborn in the Ice Plains.
This way of rebirth reminded her of the stone.
Or rather, Zhao Jun of the Demon Clan.
If the snow demon couldn't be killed, how could she leave the Ice Plains? It seemed to be a dead end.
Thinking of everything she had experienced in the trial secret realm before, she couldn't help feeling a bit dazed. At the same time, a strong feeling of longing welled up in her heart.
She really wanted to see her master now.
Seeing her lost in thought, Fairy Ziying walked outside.
She quickly grabbed Fairy Ziying's sleeve. "Do you still have any key information hidden from me, Fairy?"
Fairy Ziying's expression froze slightly. "Silly girl, how could I hide anything from you?"
After saying that, Ziying took advantage of Yaohua's inattention and rushed out of the palace.
Yaohua chased after her in a hurry, but found that there was an invisible barrier outside the palace that blocked her. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't break through it.
She couldn't help clenching her teeth. Ziying must be hiding something from her!