Chapter: 717 (1/2)

AST 717 – I’ll wait for you, Starting the return trip

The Ice City was the true heaven of ice. It was a world of ice, other than snow, it’s ice sculptures and mountains. Even Qing Shui was amazed with how sparkling and translucent the ice sculptures looked. To think that this place would look so beautiful, it caused people to worry if it would melt or break.

There were a lot of ice houses here with people travelling back and forth along the street. Basically, there would be people wherever you go. From time to time, noises of children falling down and giggling would be heard. Qing Shui felt unusually calm as he saw all of these.

It seemed like everyone was the same when it comes to relaxing regardless of their cultivation level . As long as it’s someone with concerns on their mind, they would be able to relieve it through this kind of method.

“Does it look good?” Hai Dongqing grabbed Qing Shui’s hand and smiled gently. Since the time when she raised her courage to grab Qing Shui’s hand, she hadn’t once let go of it.

“Yeah it does, but it doesn’t look as good as you.” Qing Shui smiled.

“So even you would tell lies.” Hai Dongqing retorted, but deep down, she felt really happy. She grabbed Qing Shui’s hand and went towards the herds of ice beasts.

There seemed to be more people here than other places. This place was filled with ice beast sculptures. They had sizes ranging from big to small with a variety of colors. Some were even made directly from frozen demonic beast’s blood.

These ice beast sculptures were first made by freezing the beasts into ice. Then, the carving masters would start to carve and polish them. It’s a bit more difficult to carve ice than to carve normal wood and stone. The success rate was also relatively lower.

Qing Shui loosened up his entire mind to enjoy this joyful feeling. He strolled around the ice forest, lake and mountain, the most popular places in Ice City with Hai Dongqing.

Hai Dongqing had a bright smile across her face. Her face which was originally beautiful looked even more like a proud and aloof ice lotus flower among the snows, drawing attention from Qing Shui and the people around her.

She was also aware that Qing Shui would look at her from time to time. Even though she felt a bit shy, she was also really happy deep inside. There’s a saying, a girl would doll herself up for the person she loved. The logic she had was that so long as Qing Shui liked her looks, she was happy already. She did not care if other men liked it or not.

Initially, people tend to build up a good opinion of someone based on their looks. Without first taking a liking to the person’s appearance, an affection wouldn’t be developed. The desire to look attractive was universal. As long as both sides began to fall for each other, they’d start to slowly overlook their partner’s appearance. For example, there once was a couple who loved each other. One day, the girl was disfigured. Nevertheless, the man still loved her. If she was already disfigured at the moment when they first met, it would be really hard for them to fall for each other. That’s the difference.

Every time Qing Shui looked at Hai Dongqing, she would glanced at him with eyes that looked like she was angry and happy. That expression however, caused Qing Shui to drool with desire.

He didn’t want to make her regret her decisions, so he wouldn’t do things that were overboard to her because if any problems were to arise, it would end up hurting her and that’s what Qing Shui didn’t want to happen.

In the blink of an eye, yet another five days passed. Both Qing Shui and Hai Dongqing have already visited the most popular places in Ice City. The most beautiful things in Cold Ice City were their ice, snow and their ice statues. Hence, Ice City was the place which represented Cold Ice City the most.

“You really can’t stay for a few more days?” Hai Dongqing asked Qing Shui while gently hugging him.

“I have a lot of things to do, I can’t stay here any longer.” Qing Shui was embracing Hai Dongqing’s waist.

“Yeah, I know that you are a busy man. It’s your destiny to be constantly on the move. Come find me when you have time.”Hai Dongqing smiled.

In the world of ice and snow, her smile was just like a blossomed snow flower, deeply engraved in Qing Shui’s brain.

“I will. I’ll send you back to Hai Clan.”

“Yeah!”

On their return trip this time, they rode on the Fire Bird. Even though Hai Dongqing constantly had a faint smile across her face, Qing Shui was still able to tell that she was a bit depressed and disappointed.

“Dongqing, stop thinking too much. Don’t you believe in destiny? I promise you that I’ll definitely come back to see you.” Qing Shui extended his hand and gently rubbed his nose.

“I’ll wait for you!”

It’s merely one short phrase and yet it was weighed heavily in Qing Shui’s heart. But he also felt quite helpless towards it.

She was a girl in the Portraits of Beauty. Qing Shui had always believed the women in the Portraits of Beauty to have their extraordinary features. Could it have only about their delicate and fine looks? Or could it have been that they could improve significantly through duo cultivation?

It’s only a short phrase, yet it managed to express her resolution. Qing Shui was aware that if she dared to make such a statement, she would definitely wait for him. This was also the thing that weighed heavily on his heart.

Qing Shui felt that after he left, she would forget about him after three to four years and find her true love. For now, he could only leave it to destiny to decide her fate. No matter the outcome, he still wished for her to be happy.

“Qing Shui, you have to take care of yourself.” Hai Dongqing stood in front of Qing Shui and told him gently.

Qing Shui took out a fox fur coat which was made of the skin of the immortal fox. It was made by Qing Shui while he was in Ice City. Even though its quality was nothing compared to the Luan Silver Battle Dress, he gave it to her as a gesture of goodwill.

“This is for you!”