Chapter 1816 — A Change of Attitude: Though the Ice Palace and the Snow Valley trace their founding to a single lineage, both having come from 'that' place and both once at their height as two of the Four Great Ancient Sects and leading sects of the Heaven Rank Assembly, yet before this Assembly, with no legacy inheritor appearing, they were bound to tread the road of decline...

And watching the Ice Palace snatch up a treasure, the Snow Valley could only look on with envy, jealousy, and resentment!

Yet in this very moment, everyone was genuinely delighted and joyous—what the Ice Palace had, the Snow Valley now had as well!

Of course, they were too excited to have ever considered whether Tang Yun would actually stay and become one of the Snow Valley's own.

Amid the excitement, Tang Yun naturally had no idea that she had drawn the simultaneous scrutiny of every great figure in the Snow Valley. At this moment, with her at the center, more and more spiritual energy of heaven and earth was being drawn in, converging and swirling around her...

Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had naturally also seen the Grand Elder, Elder Zhang, Xue Li, and several unfamiliar figures hurrying toward them.

Worried about Tang Yun and unable to understand why she had become like this, they wanted to step out of the carriage and ask the Grand Elder and the others.

"Excuse me, what is going on here? Is Sister Yunyun ascending to the heavens in broad daylight?" Shen Yushu asked the Grand Elder. Among them, this old woman was the eldest and held the highest rank, so Shen Yushu naturally questioned her first.

The Grand Elder was slightly startled. She had been so excited that she had not even noticed Shen Yushu's approach! Thank goodness this was no enemy—otherwise, the consequences would truly have been unthinkable! Only a matter such as the one unfolding before them could absorb a Heaven Rank expert so completely...

"Shh—" The Grand Elder raised a finger to her lips, signaling Shen Yushu to be quiet, fearful that she might disturb Tang Yun while she received the legacy.

This was a grand event that came once in a thousand years! Even if the Snow Valley were to find a ** of the pseudo Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution who had taken the Ice Heart Jade Bone Pill, or even directly find a ** of the Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution, receiving the legacy still required bitter ** and personal insight before it could be attained!

One must understand that the legacy is a resonance between oneself and the Snow Valley. It is not that a matching constitution allows one to receive the legacy anytime and anywhere! True, a matching constitution certainly permits one to receive the legacy, but the precise moment at which one can receive it depends entirely on one's own insight—it is not something one can accomplish merely by wishing for it!

As for Tang Yun's case—awakening the hidden Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution and then automatically receiving the legacy—such a thing is a rarity of a thousand years. Only the founding ancestor had ever known so wondrous a fortune. That was precisely why the Grand Elder feared Shen Yushu might disturb Tang Yun's reception of the legacy!

"What on earth is going on? Is Sister Yunyun in any danger? She has been kneeling for fifteen days—can she still not move you to give us an Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit?" Shen Yushu pressed on.

"You—" The Grand Elder's eyes went wide. She thought, I told you not to speak, so why do you keep talking? She was so furious she wanted to strike Shen Yushu dead with a single palm. If this ruined the great matter of the legacy, no amount of weeping would be enough for the Grand Elder!

But then she thought of the bond between Shen Yushu and Tang Yun and forcibly strangled the impulse to kill her. If she were to kill Shen Yushu, Tang Yun would become the Snow Valley's sworn enemy. She would certainly refuse to stay and would flee straight to the Ice Palace and ** there, waiting for the chance to return and take revenge!

So the Grand Elder suppressed her fury and said to Shen Yushu in a voice barely above a whisper: "She is fine. Just do not speak for now. The Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit—you can have as many as you want, all of them if you wish, but first, shut up!"

"Oh..." Hearing the Grand Elder's words, Shen Yushu breathed a sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that the Grand Elder had not struck Little Shu dead. Otherwise, it would not have been merely the Ice Palace that she made an enemy of... the people of that sect would not have let the matter rest either.

Gu Mengyao was somewhat surprised by the change in the Grand Elder's attitude. Looking at Tang Yun in the sky, ethereal as a celestial being, she fell into deep thought...

The sun slowly drifted westward and sank, painting a beautiful rosy glow across the sky. Tang Yun was bathed in that glow, radiating a pure and luminous brilliance...

No one moved. After Little Shu heard that the Grand Elder would give Wei Zhao the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit, she too quieted down. In her eyes, the Grand Elder was the highest authority in the sect and would not lie; and if she said Sister Yunyun was fine, then she must truly be fine.

The Snow Valley at dusk was extraordinarily beautiful. The white snowfields had been dyed red, yet no one had the heart to admire the scenery. The resplendent sunset seemed to strive with all its might to make the evening glow even more beautiful, as if seeking to draw everyone's gaze—but all in vain.

For every eye was fixed on Tang Yun. In this moment, Tang Yun was the most beautiful of all!

The sun finally set. At the moment the last thread of golden ** vanished from the horizon, Tang Yun in the sky slowly descended to the ground. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth around her gradually dispersed, and all the strange phenomena vanished completely in that instant.

Tang Yun's feet slowly came to rest on the snow. She gently opened her eyes and murmured with a touch of bitterness: "Am I dead? Is this paradise?"

"Phew..." At that moment, the Grand Elder and the other elders, Xue Li included, all let out a long breath. It appeared that Tang Yun had finished receiving the legacy. In that instant, she had comprehended the full legacy of the Snow Valley and become the Snow Valley's mist-element legacy inheritor!

"How do you feel? What did you comprehend?" the Grand Elder asked urgently.

"Huh?" Tang Yun was stunned. Coming back to her senses, she finally made out the row of people before her—the Grand Elder, Elder Zhang, Valley Master Xue Li, and several unfamiliar faces. Most importantly, Gu Mengyao, Little Shu, and Wei Zhao were all among them!

Had they all died too? The thought flashed through Tang Yun's mind, but she shook her head and denied it at once. That was simply impossible—how could everyone be dead?

And if no one had died, then she was certainly not in paradise—which meant she herself had not died?

"I am not dead?" Tang Yun said, looking at everyone before her with some astonishment.

"Sister Yunyun, not only are you not dead, you ascended in broad daylight! One freeze and it made you so formidable!" Shen Yushu said joyfully.

"Little Shu, do not talk nonsense!" Gu Mengyao frowned and stopped Shen Yushu's babbling, then said to Tang Yun: "Yunyun, you are not dead. But something extremely strange has happened to you. The Grand Elder should be able to explain..."

Although Gu Mengyao had vaguely guessed that what had happened to Tang Yun must be connected to the change in the Grand Elder's attitude, she was not entirely clear on the specifics.

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