1833 You Will Be Punished By God (1/2)

Gu Xijiu was getting bored, so she patted Long Siye on the shoulder and reminded him, ”Remember to notify me when you are about to achieve level ten.” Swiftly, she turned and disappeared.

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A hundred leagues were locked in ice,

Whirling snow traveled far and wide,

The Great Wall, both inside and outside,

Was covered only in a vast expanse of white.

The entire river had come to rest,

The mountains were dancing with silver snakes,

The plateau hills were filled with wild elephants in white.

(Adapted from 'Snow,' To the tune of Chin Yuan Chun by Mao Zedong.)

The Firmament Stone was distraught, so it decided to read the poem to Gu Xijiu. ”Master, take a look at this place. The land has been locked in ice for a year now. It cannot continue like that,” the Firmament Stone commented.

Gu Xijiu had a clear view from above. The entire world appeared to be in the ice age once again with a series of glacial episodes, filled with whirling snow and howling wind. The four seasons no longer existed. Every day, there was only winter.

The sky was overcast with dark clouds almost every day. They started to forget how warm they used to be under the sun. Every corner on earth was equally bitterly cold.