Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
âOf course.â Qing Ru smiled and slowed her ship, opening the restrictions.
Nie Shuangshuang put away her flying magic artifact and landed on Qing Ruâs flying ship.
âMartial sister Qing Ru, your flying ship is so pretty. Its design is completely different than ours.â Nie Shuangshuang immediately felt something on this ship. The design was familiar to her, but it was different from all the other flying magic artifacts of the immortal realm.
âMhm, a friend of mine gave me this. Saint Shuangshuang please have a seat.â Qing Ru poured a cup of immortal tea for Nie Shuangshuang.
Nie Shuangshuang drank it and said, âYour friend is really nice to you. If Iâm not wrong, this is an extreme grade flying magic artifact thatâs beyond a level nine immortal artifact.â
Qing Ru smiled. âProbably, I still havenât congratulated saint Shuangshuang on returning to the Ice God Palace. Qing Ru will cheer saint a cup of tea.â
Then, Qing Ru brought up the tea and drank.
Nie Shuangshuang sighed. âMartial sister Qing Ru, if you really consider me a sister than call me martial sister Shuangshuang. No matter what my previous life was youâre my martial sister now. It seems so distant to call me saint Shuangshuang.â
âOkay martial sister Shuangshuang, Iâll drink first for respect.â Qing Ru finished the cup.
Nie Shuangshuang drank the entire cup too and then said to Qing Ru, âMartial sister Qing Ru, are you so set on leaving the Ice God Palace due to me? Martial sister Qing Ru, your talent is no weaker than mine. In terms of looks, although Iâm very confident, I know Iâm far from you. Youâre the most beautiful out of all the women Iâve seen. Youâre actually more suited to be the saint than me.â
Qing Ru fell silent for a long time before saying slowly, âMartial sister Shuangshuang, Iâm not good at expressing my thoughts. If I say itâs not due to you, then that would be a lie, but the real reason isnât what you think. Qing Ru is only happy that you can come back to the Ice God Palace and be the saint. Iâm not jealous at all.â
Qing Ru left the Ice God Palace not due to Nie Shuangshuang becoming the saint, but because of what Ice God Palace did in order to welcome back the saint and the heritage. After the big palace lord left, the Ice God Palace was no longer the same Ice God Palace.
Nie Shuangshuang fell silent. After a long while, she asked, âMartial sister Qing Ru, in the times youâve had before, was there someone you liked or someone who liked you?â
Qing Ru looked dazedly at Nie Shuangshuang. They were all dao cultivators, so she didnât know why Nie Shuangshuang asked this, but now that she did, she thought carefully. She realised that there really wasnât someone she liked. As for whether anyone like her, she didnât know either.
âDo you have someone you want to repay a favor?â Nie Shuangshuang asked Qing Ru, but seemed to be asking herself too.
The face of the previous big palace lord flashed across her mind. She owed the most in her life to the previous big palace lord. Then, she thought of Ye Mo. He brought her from the cultivation realm to the Ice God Palace and saved her with level nine immortal pills and gave her a flying magic artifact.
Nie Shuangshuang asked but didnât seem to need a response. She then said to herself âI couldnât have come to the Ice God Palace in this lifetime, but he brought me to the cultivation realm and then to the immortal realm. He saved me more than once and even...â
âHeâs the person you like?â Qing Ru saw Nie Shuangshuang stop talking and asked.
Nie Shuangshuang nodded. âYes, if I didnât know I was the Ice God Palace saint, if I didnât know about all these things...â
Nie Shuangshuang fell silent. If she didnât know all this, she wouldnât do those things. When she became the first Ice God Palace saint, she swore to her martial ancestor and heaven dao that if she couldnât lead Ice God Palace to be the highest sect in the immortal realm, she would never vindicate dao. Anything that prevented her from vindicating dao would be killed mercilessly.
Qing Ru did speak. She really wanted to ask who was the man Nie Shuangshuang liked and where was he now.
Seeing Qing Ruâs expression, Nie Shuangshuang laughed in self mockery. âIn order to bring Ice God Palace to the peak, I wouldnât mind even if I reincarnated again. So I hope that you can stay and help me at the Ice God Palace. Your talent is so excellent you will definitely be one of the top immortal emperors of the Ice God Palace.â
She continued talking, âThat man came from a poor mortal realm. I donât know how he brought me to the immortal realm, but it probably took quite some effort. When he just came to the immortal realm, his cultivation level was low and he wanted to buy a Soul Return fruit to save me. He met an immortal king and that immortal king liked my talent, so they took me away. That immortal king saved me, and I was taken to the Ice God Palace.â
âMss Shuangshuang. You only took 200 or so years to come from the lower realm? Wouldnât that person who brought you up be even weaker? Have you thought about looking for him?â Qing Ru asked.
Nie Shuangshuang looked at the clouds and said calmly, âWhen I woke up I did want to go find him. That immortal king who saved me said golden immortal would be the highest he can reach in his life. She said that he and I wouldnât be of the same world and told me to give up looking for him. I didnât bring this up again, but just used time to cultivate and planned to go find him when I had the power.â
âThen you came to the Ice God Palace and knew about your past life, so...â Qing Ru said.
Nie Shuangshuang sighed. âYes, after realizing who I was, I knew it was the end for me and him. I severed all my ties with him and decided to forget about him. However, the world doesnât go as you please.â
âWhat happened?â
Nie Shuangshuang fell silent for a long while and said, âHe actually found his way to the Ice God Palace. I still donât understand how he got here. I asked palace lord Shu and martial uncle Zhi Wen, but they said they didnât know or didnât want to tell me.â
âThis man is so determined â then what happened?â Qing Ru almost broke the cup in her hands but didnât notice it.
Nie Shuangshuang shook her head. âYou donât understand. He came to the Ice God Palace to find me or was worried about me, but I know that it has nothing to do with love. I once saved him, perhaps thatâs why he came to find me.â
âThen, where is that person now?â Qing RU asked.
Nie Shuangshuang continued, âI once made the oath that I would not be distracted by anything else. In order to vindicate my determination...â
Qing Ruâs heart squeezed as she got up. She took emotions and relationships seriously. She had the feeling that Nie Shuangshuang killed the person who saved her as well as the person she liked. She couldnât accept this.
Nie Shuangshuang laughed in self mockery âYou probably guessed it, in order to prove myself. I killed him. I tricked him into that room. That room wasnât mine and then activated the number one formation, Ice God Formation...â
âI donât want to have anything to do with the Ice God Palace. Just tell me how to leave here and I will be very grateful.â
âNo need, thanks for bringing me out. I saved you, but you saved me too. We donât owe each other. Go back to Ice God Palace, donât worry about me getting revenge. I never thought about it.â
...
Anyone who was hurt like this would be extremely sad. Qing Ru suddenly felt her decision to leave the Ice God Palace was right. She just realised that the person who saved her didnât lie at all.
At the same time, she realised why Ye Mo didnât want to have anything to do with the Ice God Palace. Nie Shuangshuang tried to kill him, but he still didnât want to get revenge, purely because Nie Shuangshuang saved him once.
So thatâs how Shuangshuangâs flying ship came. Qing Ru was bitter in her heart.
âI asked the big palace lord to activate the Ice God Formation out of respect for him. Luckily the big palace lord agreed...â Nie Shuangshuang looked at Qing Ru. âEverything Iâve done is for the Ice God Palace. I hope you can do the same.â
Qing Ru thought about Ye Mo being trapped and suddenly realised this had nothing to do with Nie Shuangshuangâs sacrifice. The person who made the sacrifices was the person trapped. She got up and slowly shook her head.