683 Picking Fish and Remains in the Sea of Snow (2/2)

”Enough.”

Sangsang could not stand the pair anymore. She looked at them and said seriously, ”I don't understand what you two are talking about. But I want to know where we are headed to next.”

The black horse carriage arrived at a very cold place.

The cold wind blew angrily and the dark night was like a curtain. The stars shone dimly. They were at the Cold Region of the Far North by the Hot Sea.

However, the surface of the Hot Sea had long frozen over and was covered by a thick layer of snow. It looked more like a sea of snow.

Even the Big Black Horse, which was no ordinary creature, was affected by the cold. It hid by the carriage, shivering, trying to avoid the storm and snow cutting across the Hot Sea's surface.

The Headmaster took Ning Que and Sangsang to the Hot Sea. The snow layer that was as tall as a man fell apart where they stepped. The wind then swept it away to two sides, revealing a passage.

After walking a long distance and reaching where the sea was the deepest, the Headmaster stopped.

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the sea's surface. A hole about the size of a bucket appeared in the hard layer of ice. It was several hundreds feet deep, reaching all the way down to the bottom of the sea that had yet to freeze completely.

Sangsang wrapped her clothes around her tightly. She ran to the side of the hole, waiting with a wooden basin in her hand. She yawned, and the mist turning into frost.

Before long, a few fat and tender fish jumped from the ice hole and fell into the wooden basin. It was unknown what the Headmaster did to make the fish jump out of the ice hole which was over ten feet deep.

The Headmaster froze slightly and yelled, ”Move!”

Ning Que's heart constricted. Then, his right forefinger flicked and a Fire Fu raised in the storm and snow, landing into the wooden basin accurately. A blazing warmth rose, separating the fish from the cold air.

The Headmaster nodded contentedly when he saw that. He said, ”The variable platyfish can be frozen. It tastes best when it is defrosted medium well. However, the temperature of the sea's surface today is too low. It might overly freeze them if we're not careful. Your Talisman Taoism abilities are almost at Yan Se's calibre, I suppose you're qualified to eat this fish.”

Sangsang's cooking skills were ordinary, but her knife skills were extremely accurate, just like her extraordinary calculation abilities. In a short moment, the cutting board was filled with thin pieces of fish that were like snowflakes. As they piled up on the board, it looked as if several white peonies had grown on the wooden board.

They were in a tent abandoned by the Desolate. Ning Que supported the Fire Fu with some thick logs he had picked up, and the temperature in the tent became quite pleasant.

”Sangsang's knife skills are much better than Manman's.”

The Headmaster praised.

Ning Que laid out the bowls and chopsticks and they prepared to eat.

He felt that they had eaten too much that day. Even though they ate the best things on earth with his teacher, but should one carry too much money on his person, he would feel the weight of it too.

The Headmaster mixed the soy sauce, ginger juice and a green seasoning. He took a slice of fish and dipped it lightly into the bowl like a willow branch caressing the lake's surface. Then, he sent the meat into his mouth and chewed slowly.

Moments later, he opened his eyes and lamented, ”This fish is not as fleshy and tender as that of last year. We can only just make do. Speaking of which, the Hot Sea is about to freeze all the way to the bottom. I wonder how many variable platyfish are left.”

Ning Que could not bear to pick up his chopsticks upon hearing this. Or perhaps he had just eaten too much. He said, ”Teacher, since there's few platyfish in the Hot Sea, then isn't it a pity to eat them all?”

The Headmaster lectured, ”You stupid boy, we have to quickly eat them precisely because there aren't many of them left. When the variable platyfish goes extinct, where are we going to find them?”

Ning Que smiled and said, ”Being frozen to death is still better than being eaten raw by us.”

The Headmaster said, ”Such a delicious fish; being eaten by us is their best fate.”

Ning Que scolded the Headmaster in his mind. ”I don't see you thinking it's your best fate to be eaten by Haotian.”

The variable platyfish was very delicious, but there was not a lot of it. It was quickly eaten up by the three. Most of the fish went into the Headmaster's stomach, and perhaps because he felt bad about that, the Headmaster kindly used his power to make two hot springs in the frozen sea of snow for them to enjoy.

The water was hot and steaming and there were gravel and remnants of snow by the pool. The scene looked captivating under the starlight. Ning Que felt very comfortable soaking in the hot water.

Sangsang sat beside him and said softly, ”You argue with the Headmaster too often.”

Ning Que fell silent for a moment before saying, ”Argument livens up the atmosphere... I keep thinking that something is wrong.”

Sangsang looked at him with wide eyes and asked in confusion, ”What's wrong?”

Ning Que said, ”Don't you think that teacher is acting very weird? He took us to eat such delicacies and said so much. Why did he not say all that back when we were at the Academy?”

Sangsang asked, ”What's your point?”

Ning Que looked at her and said, ”I think that teacher is trying to tell us his last words, just like how you told me what to do once you've passed away at Tile Mountain.”

Sangsang froze slightly when he heard that. Then, she said softly, ”What nonsense are you thinking?”

Ning Que frowned slightly and said, ”I hope that I'm just thinking nonsense... As disciples of the Academy, we believe that our teacher is the strongest. Especially after this time, I believe in that even more firmly. Other than Haotian, there is no other existence that can threaten him. However, for some reason, I feel that something is wrong.”