Chapter 545 – Ice and Snow Have Never Been Smart (2/2)
It had already gazed at him for a long time, seemingly finding it very interesting and never once leaving.
Thus, Chen Changsheng felt more and more embarrassed.
If he could have broken through this block of ice, he would long since have done it, but as expected, the dragon breath of the Black Frost Dragon was extremely unusual. It had actually managed to freeze his sea of consciousness and body together. Even though he now had a complete grasp over the Burning Heaven Sword and could condense sword intent into flames, he was powerless to break through the ice around him.
He had used a long time, but he had only been able to arduously melt a thin layer of ice from his face and barely get his eyes open.
As time slowly flowed on, the block of ice continued to bob up and down. The Black Goat continued to watch him, full of interest. It seemed to not understand what was he doing. Was he practicing some sort of Daoist technique?
The ice in front of Chen Changsheng's face continued to melt. After opening his eyes, he was finally able to open his mouth, so he hurriedly yelled, ”Please help me.”
Precisely because he called out, the icy water flowed into his mouth and nose, causing him to choke in pain.
Although the voice was very weak, the Black Goat was able to understand the movements of his mouth.
Just as it had done for the past two years, when Chen Changsheng needed its help, the Black Goat would always respond to his requests.
The Black Goat slowly ambled into the pool and used its horn to push the big block of ice onto the stone steps, then it gently exerted its strength.
With a crisp clack, the block of ice cracked open and Chen Changsheng fell out of it.
His body was completely soaked in icy water and he had been frozen into a miserable state. His face was pale and the cold had encroached on both his Ethereal Palace and sea of consciousness. He had actually suffered rather substantial internal injuries.
Frustration and fear flashed through his eyes.
Why had the Black Dragon become so cruel and ruthless? Just how had he offended it?
The clouds above the Imperial Palace gradually dispersed, revealed that weak and seemingly fake sun.
No matter how weak and unreal, it was ultimately still the real sun, its light warm and gentle.
Chen Changsheng removed from his sheath a set of back-up clothes. Because his hands and feet were frozen stiff, he required a long time to finish changing.
He leaned against a pillar of this cold and cheerless palace, closing his eyes and taking in the sun's light to warm his body.
The Black Goat slowly bent its forelegs and quietly squatted down by his side. Then, it also slowly closed its eyes.
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Far in the future, when Chen Changsheng recalled this winter day, he would always feel a great sorrow and a faint sense of loss.
He was still very young at the time, so there were many things he did not understand, many details he did not notice.
Those details lay within the underground space illuminated by the Night Pearls and also at the side of the pool illuminated by the sun.
He believed that the Black Dragon was a senior, that it could be trusted, that he could conveniently describe to it the object of his affection.
This statement contained two absolute mistakes.
The Black Dragon was naturally worthy of his trust, but she was not his senior. When she listened to the story of Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong, she felt it extremely inconvenient.
Because she was a little girl, she had good enough reason to be angry.
In the cold and gloomy underground cavern, the little girl was eating.
She did not wish to eat before Chen Changsheng with the appearance of the Black Dragon, because that form would eat too ravenously without the slightest finesse, and she was afraid that she would scare him.
But Chen Changsheng did not understand, so she was very angry.
When she heard about Chen Changsheng's encounter with Xu Yourong on the Bridge of Helplessness, she was also very angry.
She used to think that if he never knew about this matter, it would be fine, but it turned out…because of the food or because she was angry or for some other reason, her cheeks swelled and her pretty little face was a picture of unhappiness, the bloody wound like a cinnabar birthmark between her eyebrows brimming with a fiendish aura, her dignified vertical pupils chock-full of grievance.
”Heartless youth! If you hadn't also obtained a wound between your eyebrows on the Bridge of Helplessness and seemed a little like me…I would have swallowed you up just then.”
She took up a blue lobster with both hands and, treating it like a piece of sugarcane, fiercely and hatefully bit into it, at the same fiercely and hatefully thinking.
It didn't take long for the several dozen types of food that Chen Changsheng had brought to all be devoured by her.
Under her black dress, her belly slightly bulged.
Then, she slowly lowered her head and sat in the shadows.
In truth, she didn't care about what she ate.
Whatever she ate, she always ate alone.
She just didn't want to eat alone.
She had already eaten alone for several hundred years.
She wanted to eat together with someone else.
Maybe not even eat, just chatting would be fine.
Not even chatting, just sitting would be fine.
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