Chapter 844 - There’s No Need To Be Afraid (1/2)

Chapter 844

There’s No Need To Be Afraid

As time passed, some fireballs died out while others moved further.

Shao Xuan’s vision focused on one part, then zoomed in.

A pair of old, frail hands swept across the rain-soaked ground, scooping up a ball of soil. White flames erupted, then the clump started to shrink and compact, in the end turning into an egg-like rock.

Everything else was clouded in mist and Shao Xuan could not see the person’s face but he recognised the rock.

However, after the rock was formed, the white flames slowly extinguished and the person became blurry and finally turned to mist. The rock glowed white, different from other fire seeds. It came in and out of sight behind the mist like the most mysterious star in the night sky.

This was the past that Yi Xiang mentioned. Shao Xuan wanted to look into the future but he was too tired, he could no longer maintain this state.

Time passed slowly.

He gradually eased himself out of this realm, his consciousness shifting slowly and he grew colder and colder. He suddenly remembered that he was still in the icy lands.

His eyes sprung open, the gold straw rope in his hand. Everything around him was still white, though it was a thick layer of snow instead of ash.

Other than the area around Shao Xuan, the snow layer was already knee-high.

An eagle’s cry sounded across the lands. Chacha landed in front of Shao Xuan, a fish in its beak.

“Have you been waiting for a long time?” Shao Xuan looked at the eagle, thinking about the scene with Eagle Mountain he previously saw. Chacha leaned its head over and Shao Xuan petted it, then walked toward the edge of the icy land.

Shoa Xuan knew that while it felt like a short time in the realm of consciousness, a long time must have passed in the real world. When he was first here, due to the beast horde pursuing them, while Chacha was not severely injured, he sustained many small wounds. Now, those wounds were gone. The new cuts must be from his recent hunts.

The carcasses from Yi Xiang’s reanimated corpses were long buried in a thick layer of snow, frozen beneath.

The shattered ice shelf once again crept around the edge of the land. While it was not as tall as before, Shoa Xuan knew that with time, the ice shelf would return to its former state.

The ice shelf was no longer a hundred metres above sea level but still thick enough for Chacha to walk on it. Shao Xuan’s weight here was obviously negligible.

“Time to go home.”

The world was quiet, the ice and snow stopping all life from growing here. However, when he exited his realm of consciousness, Shoa Xuan saw short bursts of images– from the future. He knew that this land of ice would soon be teeming with life.

Turning around to look at the white piece of land, he hopped unto the eagle’s back. “Let’s go!”

The skies were no longer a sombre grey, rays of sunlight peeking through the thin layer of clouds. The icy mountains no longer looked so cold in the sunlight.

After Shao Xuan left, the icy world carried on as usual. One day, a figure appeared from beneath the layer of snow on the quiet land. It stepped on the snow with its webbed feet, then stood upright and waddled, looking at the world of ice and snow in puzzlement.

More and more figures burrowed out of the snow, then the entire flock waddled towards the edge and dove clumsily into the waters. Some of its mates were knocked to the ground, sliding on their bellies into the water. When they hit the water, their fin-like front limbs paddled easily and they swam with great agility, hunting for prey. They seemed excited.

However, very soon, the figures suddenly scrambled to climb back up to land. Those who were in too much panic could not reach the top, sliding backwards pathetically.

Not far from the shore, a black and white rounded head emerged vertically out of the surface, slowly turning. Its eyes studied its surroundings curiously, especially the figures climbing up the land. After watching them for a while, the head slowly sank into the waters again.

Crack crack crack—

A dull rumble of cracking ice sounded. A large crack formed on a section of the ice shelf, quickly expanding. Many pieces of ice bobbled vigorously in the ocean at the bottom. From above, one could see a gigantic shadow approaching the surface.

Pfft—

A pillar of water shot out of the surface.

More and more life forms awakened in unseen corners.

The quiet, desolate land of ice was suddenly bustling with life.

On the other side, Chacha returned through the route they came but turned before they approached the desert.

They were far from the icy lands but one could still see the tall snowy peaks that radiated chills.