Chapter 452 - A Snow Child (2/2)

What Xu Qiuling asked Yue Lingkong was whether or not he was living well and if he put himself in danger ever since they parted.

What most people see was Ning Fan’s drastic increase in strength time after time and how glorious he was.

However, Xu Qiuling felt anguish for the great efforts he had to put in and the danger he had to put himself through in exchange for greater strength

She understood him. She knew that every ounce of strength he had today was from risking his life.

She knew that he had never cultivated with a calm heart and a peaceful mind before. The reason why he kept slaughtering and plundering from others was all to obtain enough strength to protect the people behind him.

“You are very special. Aren’t you jealous of me for having such an intimate relationship with Little Cucumber? Honestly, I felt a bit jealous when I saw him fighting for you. I really wished that I could give him a kick in the face at that time… and keep kicking him until he surrenders to me.” Yue Lingkong was very bold. There was nothing she was afraid to say out loud.

“Jealous? Sister Yue, I wonder if you know that my only wish is for him to keep on living safely and peacefully. When the day where he no longer needs to kill and could stand aloof from these worldly affairs comes, perhaps I will finally have the mood to feel jealousy over his love. Now, however…”

Xu Qiuling suddenly paused and continued with a faint smile.

“Now, I only wish that I can continue on living together with him… Living is very difficult. Being able to live in this world is already a blessing because you never know when you will pass away unexpectedly…Besides, my surname, ‘Xu’ (许), means promise. Since I have given my vow to love him, I’ll follow him and support him no matter what happens…”

“When I met him, we both became each other’s scenery similar to when you met him… However, there is no eternal scenery in this world… Perhaps I might die under the heavenly tribulation one day. Perhaps he might die under the attacks of his enemies… We, who do not even know if we could last for another day, don’t have the right to feel jealous at all… There is no leisure in too much romance and there isn’t too much peace in rest. We could only keep on going and moving forward… As long as one can feel satisfied with their life, there will be no regrets when they die…”

Xu Qiuling’s words made Yue Lingkong fall into silence.

As long as one can feel satisfied with their life, there will be no regrets when they die… Indeed. I don’t even know how much longer I can still play with Little Cucumber. Why should I feel jealous because of him…?

But why does my heart sting when I think about Little Cucumber dying someday?

Hmm! Why does this Little Cucumber need to risk his life every single time and charge into danger even if he knows how dangerous it is?! Isn’t he afraid of death?!

All of a sudden, Yue Lingkong felt sympathy for Ning Fan.

She realized that she had never truly understood him. She did not even know why he would be so desperate every time.

“Little Cucumber, stop playing with your life next time. You aren’t allowed to die! Hide behind my back and let me protect you!” Yue Lingkong suddenly spoke with a domineering tone. Her words were like a confession to Ning Fan and it startled all the cultivators of the Giant Devil Clan that were there.

“… I won’t die…” Ning Fan did not know whether to laugh or cry. He had no idea why this Yue Lingkong would suddenly be so protective of him, like a mother would to her child.

He looked at Xu Qiuling, as if he wanted to find out what she had talked with Yue Lingkong.

Xu Qiuling blinked her eyes and smiled faintly. Her large bright eyes carried a hint of mischief. The look on her face seemed to be saying, “It’s our secret woman-only talk. Why do I have to tell you?”

Ning Fan shook his head with a smile. He did not use his Mind Reading Technique to learn of their thoughts because it was rather disrespectful to the both of them.

However, he believed that Xu Qiuling would not fight with Yue Lingkong because of jealousy… At least, for the time being.

Having too many lovers is also troublesome…

Ning Fan rubbed his forehead and suddenly asked Ju Qing.

“Patriarch Ju Qing, Shi Kun’s matter is finally resolved but your daughter is still ‘missing’. Are you really not going to look for her?”

“That girl… If she wants to hide, no one will be able to find her. Let’s wait until she is hungry. Then she will come home to eat…” Ju Qing broke into laughter, as if he understood his daughter very well.

After all, his daughter was just a Tenth Level Vein Opening Realm cultivator and her body was weak. She could not really open up a temporary abode outside. Hence, when she has nothing more to eat, she naturally would come home.

“Big Brother, what if you go looking for Sister Xueyan. Her body is weak. We must not let her get hungry…” Xu Qiuling pleaded with eyes filled with concern. She really was worried about that little sister of hers.

“Me? Are you really sure that I will be able to find her? Not even the members of the Giant Devil Clan managed to find her… Fine. I’ll go!”

Ning Fan wanted to shake his head and decline. However, when he saw Xu Qiuling’s pleading look, his heart softened.

Well, I’ll just go look for her and quickly get her home so that she can eat as to not worry Xu Qiuling.

“Patriarch Ju Qing, please give me a personal belonging of the eldest mistress. I might need her qi to track her down.”

“It’s no use. Once that little girl hides, her qi will disappear completely. There’s no way to find her…” Even though Ju Qing said so, he also hoped that Ning Fan could try it out and bring Feng Xueyan back as soon as possible.

After pondering for a while, he ordered a maidservant to bring over a soft little shoe and handed it to Ning Fan.

That shoe was left behind in Feng Xueyan’s room when she turned invisible and ran away.

No matter where Feng Xueyan had run to in Cold Northern Country, the current her must have one of her feet bare.

If Ning Fan manages to find her, he could bring this shoe to her just in time.

“…”

Ning Fan suddenly felt speechless. He, the dignified Devil Lord Ning, actually had to deliver a shoe to a girl. If this news were to spread out, perhaps no one would believe that he would actually do such a thing.

The shoe gave off a whiff of an extremely faint female fragrance.

That fragrance was very light. Right after it went into Ning Fan’s nose, it disappeared.

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. He tried to recall that smell but he failed to do so.

The smell seemed to have been erased by some kind of force…

This scene was very familiar to him. It was just like the words on the white paper which were erased by the power of Samsara that Ning Fan encountered in the past.

“The reason why Feng Xueyan’s invisibility is so mysterious seems to have something to do with the power of Samsara…”

Ning Fan closed his eyes. He activated the power of his Memory Intent and borrowed a trace of the power of Samsara which allowed him to identify Feng Xueyan’s smell again.

After that, he locked on to a trace of qi and took a step forward, dashing towards a specific direction. Apparently, he found a clue.

All the experts of the Giant Devil Clan were shocked as they saw Ning Fan’s expression that seemed to say that he had figured it out.

Inwardly, they muttered.

Could it be that he is really that powerful and could find the eldest mistress’ whereabouts? None of us manage to do so but he can. He is indeed strong!

Ning Fan flew all the way like a trace of smoke.

He trailed after a trace of qi and got one million li* (500m per li) away from the province. Then, he suddenly stopped inside a barren snow forest.

It was where that trace of qi came to an end!

He released traces of power from his Memory Intent. Suddenly, on the snow around him, small footprints which should have already vanished reappeared.

The left footprint was an imprint of a lady’s shoe while the right footprint was an imprint of a bare foot.

Following those footprints, Ning Fan went into the depths of the snow forest. At the end of the forest, there was actually a tiny snowman.

On the surface, it was clearly just a common snowman that had a mountain ginseng as its nose and two tiny rocks as its eyes.

However, when Ning Fan arrived, the eyes of the snowman that were originally rocks suddenly flinched with anxiety. It turned out to be an actual living thing.

*Shush*

The little snowman suddenly rose to its feet. After taking a gentle step, it vanished in a puff of smoke without leaving any traces!

The body of that snowman gave off traces of coldness of wind and snow. Every hint of qi and footprints it left on this area was erased completely.

“Interesting. She might only be a Tenth Level Vein Opening Realm cultivator but she knows teleportation and she could even use an ‘artificial Samsara power’… That’s why she could travel up to one million li* (500m per li) away from the province… Trying to play hide-and-seek with me, eh?”

A mere little snowman was trying to play hide-and-seek with Ning Fan. However, she was obviously too inexperienced for it.