1478 Remains on the Icy Mountain (2/2)

”Ah, you're looking for me? Is there anything I can help you with? We've really reflected on the matter last night, and I was really thinking of repenting,” Mo Fan nodded continuously.

”It's good to see that you're repenting. I thought you were too stubborn to admit your wrongdoing. Here are the remains of the hare last night. I've burned its remains into ashes. I was planning to bury it on the mountain to cast aside its hatred. You should come with me.” Brianca was holding the wooden box carefully.

Mo Fan's expression turned extremely complicated.

The bracelet!

Damn it, they were still wearing the bracelets! These people would know their whereabouts all the time, which meant it was impossible for them to run away!

”Al...alright,” Mo Fan let out a relieved sigh. It seemed like Mu Bai's unprofessional drug was not effective at all. Brianca looked perfectly fine on the surface, and a long time had passed since she drank the soup.

It was a huge relief that she was fine. The drug might have failed because of Brianca's outstanding cultivation, or maybe her body composition was special.

Either way, he had clearly dodged a bullet there. He just needed to put on an act and repent on the mountain to get it over with!

It seemed like luck was not on his side lately. He should avoid stirring up trouble and cultivate at the waterfall diligently to improve his mental strength instead...

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Mo Fan followed behind Brianca as they traveled on the thick white snow. He was greatly relieved when Brianca seemed perfectly fine to him.

”Our Alps Institute was once an orphanage. An old Forbidden Mage went into seclusion here. She was hoping that the children of the orphanage could protect ourselves, so she taught the kids magic, but she passed away not long afterward. The orphans had yet to learn how to protect themselves and how to survive in society. To make things worse, a deadly snowfall happened that year. The young children were buried under the snow on the mountain, waiting to die of starvation or frost. When they fell into deep slumber under the snow, the hares, snow foxes, and many other little creatures dug into the snow...” Brianca was not as haughty and unapproachable as Mo Fan first thought. She told Mo Fan the origin of Alps Institute and why they cared so much about the little creatures on the mountain.

”I must admit that the founders did the same cruel things as you did. They ate the little creatures and used their fur to keep them warm in order to survive. They barely made it to Spring, and realized the mountain goddess of the Alps had shown them mercy. She was not willing to watch the kids die such a miserable death, so she turned into little creatures to save them. The Goddess of the Alps was that kind, she rather sacrificed herself… since then, we don't want to hurt them, and chose to eat the same diet as them,” Brianca said.

Mo Fan was a little touched by the story.

It seemed like he had indeed broken their taboo. Alps Institute would not be around today if it weren't for these little creatures!

”I can promise you that I will eat vegetarian for a month,” Mo Fan said.

”We've already asked the students to buy some meat when they go to the town to restock our supply. I'm afraid we don't know how to cook meat, so you will have to cook it yourself. It's true that it's our choice to be vegetarian, so we won't force you to eat the same diet as us. You have your own way of living too,” Brianca said.

”You have my thanks. I apologize for being ruthless and impolite before,” Mo Fan said.

It seemed like Alps Institute was not as terrible as he thought. Not everyone here was unreasonable!

”It's fine, I do wonder if our semi-closed approach and rules that forcibly suppress a person's nature is the right...” Brianca turned the corner at a wall while she was talking. She suddenly came to a stop and swallowed her words after witnessing something ahead.

Mo Fan was a little confused. When he caught up to Brianca, he saw she was trembling.

Mo Fan took a step forward, and was shocked to see the gentle snowy slope ahead covered in dead bodies.

The snow was white, but the color of blood was garish against it. There were countless carcasses of little creatures, stacked up into an utterly shocking sight under the bright afternoon sunlight!