Chapter 1811 — Sincerity

With this thought, Tang Yun understood why Snow Valley had gone to such lengths, but another idea had also occurred to her: Wei Zhao's devotion to love had once moved Elder Qing and Bingtang. Could she, then, move the Valley Master and the Grand Elder as well?

At that, Tang Yun slowly knelt before the Grand Elder and the Valley Master, her expression utterly earnest. "I beg you, save my beloved. If he does not receive treatment in time, I fear he will..."

But the Grand Elder did not turn back. The aura radiating from her was enough to keep others a thousand miles away, and Xueli, following at her heels, left the guest room with her as well...

The Grand Elder and Xueli both cultivated Snow Valley's supreme art, the Heartless Formula, and both possessed an ice heart. How could they possibly be moved by Tang Yun's kneeling? Still, the Heartless Formula suited only women. Elder Zhang, though he too practiced a cold-attribute art, had no need of any ice heart, and so, watching Xueli and the Grand Elder depart, he could only smile bitterly and say to Tang Yun, "Girl, you had best go. Do not provoke the Valley Master and the Grand Elder..."

"I..." Tang Yun's tears fell helplessly, her heart brimming with grievance and bitterness. Poor as she was born, Tang Yun had her own stubbornness and pride. When had she ever knelt to anyone? But for Wei Zhao's sake, she had no choice but to bow her head...

"Girl, do not make things hard for me. If you stay here and the Valley Master and the Grand Elder lay the blame, I will have to answer for it too!" said Elder Zhang.

"I am sorry..." Tang Yun wiped away her tears and slowly rose to her feet. A trace of resolve flashed through her wet, reddened eyes. "Elder Zhang, please tell the Grand Elder and the Valley Master that I will kneel outside Snow Valley's gates and not rise. Unless I obtain the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit, I would sooner freeze to death on this snow mountain..."

"This... why must you..." Elder Zhang smiled bitterly, at a loss for words. He knew that, given the Grand Elder's and Xueli's temperaments, they would simply watch Tang Yun freeze to death. For those who cultivated the Heartless Formula, when had they ever pitied another?

Tang Yun bowed deeply to the Grand Elder, said no more, and walked straight out of the guest room toward the walls of Snow Valley City...

"Yunyun, you... doing this..." Gu Mengyao was somewhat startled and uncertain. She had not expected Tang Yun to come up with such a shameless tactic, but recalling that Wei Zhao had used this very trick when he rescued Feng Xiaoxiao, Gu Mengyao understood: Tang Yun must be imitating Wei Zhao...

"I have already decided... This is our last chance. We have no time to go to the Ice Palace..." Tang Yun said firmly.

Among them, only Wei Zhao had a way to contact the Ice Palace. Even Tang Yun's parents had no means of reaching Bingtang, let alone Old Man Wei and Mo Kongwen. Mo Kongwen knew the route to Snow Valley only because Snow Valley was a famed ancient sect that made its fortune selling and trading rare treasures of heaven and earth.

"But... it is freezing here. You are not like Wei Zhao. He is a cultivator, and you are not. If you stay out here, you will freeze to death!" Gu Mengyao was startled and instinctively tried to dissuade her.

"I said I would do it, and I will!" Tang Yun glanced at the unconscious Wei Zhao and said firmly, "I have known him so long... and I have never done anything for him..."

"Ah..." Gu Mengyao sighed helplessly. The cold outside Snow Valley was beyond anything Gu Mengyao and the others had imagined. Snow Valley and the Ice Palace stood at opposite ends, south and north, and by its geographical position Snow Valley ought to have had a mild climate. Yet who would have thought that, upon reaching this valley, they would find a climate utterly reversed!

"So cold..." Even with Wei Zhao on her back, Xiaoshu could hardly endure the weather. Though she had felt light and relaxed the moment she stepped out of the guest room, after a while it became unbearable.

Xiaoshu had a constitution that tolerated heat but not cold. Carrying Wei Zhao, an occasional release of heat would have been wonderfully refreshing, but to remain in such an environment would surely freeze her to death.

"Yaoyao, Xiaoshu, go back into the car. I will be fine out here by myself!" As she spoke, Tang Yun knelt before Snow Valley's great gate. Though this was Snow Valley's territory, she reasoned that Snow Valley would not stoop to strike a mere ordinary person like her, nor forcibly drive her away.

Watching the scene outside the gate, Elder Zhang shook his head helplessly. He had not expected Tang Yun to actually do it. What puzzled him, though, was this: since Tang Yun was Bingtang's sister, why did she not contact Bingtang and simply transfer the money for the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit?

Of course, Elder Zhang did not know that Tang Yun was not unwilling, but unable. Ancient sects had their own means of communication among themselves, but between ancient sects and the secular world, contact was maintained by letter.

Gu Mengyao did not know how to persuade Tang Yun, nor whether she should. She wondered: if she were in Tang Yun's place, would she do the same? Indeed, when Gu Mengyao heard Tang Yun say, "I have known him so long... and I have never done anything for him...," a faint thought stirred in her heart: What have I ever done for him?

Every time she encountered trouble and danger, it was Wei Zhao who resolved it for her. No matter how difficult or perilous, each time he turned danger into safety. But what had she ever done for him? Thinking carefully, it seemed she had done nothing at all...

"Perhaps... we could take turns kneeling here..." Gu Mengyao said after a moment's hesitation.

"No need. That would not be sincere..." Tang Yun said. "Yaoyao, it is all right. My constitution endures the cold better than yours or Xiaoshu's. Leave it to me! Just take good care of Wei Zhao in the car..."

In truth, Tang Yun was thinking: now that Snow Valley knew she was Bingtang's sister, would they really let her freeze to death here? How would they explain that to Bingtang afterward?

Of course, Tang Yun did not know that the Grand Elder and Xueli cultivated the Heartless Formula. Had she known, she would not have thought so. To be heartless meant, naturally, that one could not be moved by Tang Yun's act. As for her identity as Bingtang's sister, the Grand Elder and Xueli were only half convinced; after all, Bingtang had not sent word beforehand, nor ever mentioned such a matter.

Since Tang Yun had said so much, what more could Gu Mengyao say? She could only return to the car with Xiaoshu first. It was simply too cold outside; Gu Mengyao was shivering all over, and she could scarcely imagine how Tang Yun's somewhat frail frame could withstand the freezing wind and driving snow.

In the blink of an eye, a day and a night had passed, and the biting cold wind left Tang Yun not the slightest trace of drowsiness!

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