15: Is it her in Chapter 15?

A rare Ice Spirit Body that appears once in a hundred years in the entire Beiming Land, she had formed a Grade One Golden Core at only twenty-five years old and was hailed as the absolute choice for the next Sect Master of the Ice Spirit Sect.

Mu Qinghan ignored Han Wuji's salute and walked straight to Qi Shan.

She extended a slender finger, hovering it over the wound on Qi Shan's severed arm.

A wisp of ice-blue True Qi probed into the wound.

The next moment, Mu Qinghan's pupils shrank violently. On her perpetually frozen, ice-mountain face, a trace of intense emotional fluctuation actually appeared.

“Taiyin Spiritual Power...” Mu Qinghan murmured in a low voice, her tone extremely soft, yet carrying a faint, unbelievable tremble.

She suddenly turned her head to look at Qi Shan: “When she made her move, did she say a word?”

Qi Shan was frightened by the Saintess's gaze and stammered in reply: “Yes... she said the word ‘Scram.’ No, before she acted, what she said was... ‘Severing Current.’”

Boom!

The True Qi around Mu Qinghan's body instantly spiraled out of control, and over a dozen chairs in the hall were directly overturned.

Han Wuji and several Elders were shaken back several steps, their faces filled with horror.

The Saintess's cultivation has actually improved again?

Mu Qinghan didn't look at anyone. She stood where she was, her hands tightly clutching her sleeves.

“Severing Current... the second form of the Cold Moon True Interpretation. White dress, bare feet, Taiyin Spiritual Power.”

Three hundred years ago, Xuanming Hall.

That goddess who was so brilliant and talented that she suppressed the Prodigies of her generation until they couldn't lift their heads. That Elder sister who held her hand in the wind and snow, teaching her how to draw Qi into her body.

Luo Qingxue.

But Luo Qingxue had clearly been rumored to have fallen during an assassination three hundred years ago, though she didn't believe it either. The Xuanming Hall had also gone into seclusion because of it, no longer appearing in the world.

The Ice Spirit Sect's Ice Heart Mantra was merely evolved from an Incomplete Manual that Luo Qingxue had given her back then.

How could she still be alive?

And even appear in this remote Xueluo City?

Mu Qinghan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stormy waves in her heart. She turned around and looked at Han Wuji.

“Sect Master, pass my order.” Mu Qinghan's voice returned to its cold indifference, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty. “The matter of Xueluo City ends here. No one from the Ice Spirit Sect, from top to bottom, is permitted to step another foot into Xueluo City. Those who disobey will have their cultivation abolished and be expelled from the Sect.”

The hall was deathly silent.

Han Wuji was stunned.

“Saintess, this... Elder Qi's arm cannot have been severed for nothing! Our Ice Spirit Sect's face...”

“Face?” Mu Qinghan swept a cold glance over him. “If it really is that person, let alone severing one of his arms, even if she leveled the entire Ice Spirit Sect to the ground, you could only watch.”

Han Wuji sucked in a breath of cold air.

He had never seen the Saintess so wary of a single person.

“Does the Saintess mean that the demoness has a significant background?”

“She is not a demoness.” Mu Qinghan stepped toward the outside of the hall. “She is someone the Ice Spirit Sect cannot afford to offend. You don't need to worry about this matter anymore; I will personally make a trip to Xueluo City.”

“Saintess, please reconsider! A person of high status should not sit in a dangerous place; what if there is a trap...” several Elders spoke up to dissuade her.

Mu Qinghan did not look back.

Her figure transformed into an ice-blue rainbow, soaring directly into the sky, tearing through the clouds above the Ice Spirit Sect as she sped toward Xueluo City.

...

Eastern Wasteland, Piaomiao Holy Land, Tianxuan Peak.

Gu Sheng was boredly flipping through the product catalog in the System store, calculating how to spend the 2,600 destiny points he had just acquired on the most important things.

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through the depths of his mind.

[Ding.]

[Warning! Warning!]

[Heaven Rank passive skill ‘Great Karma Technique (Incomplete Manual)’ triggered!]

Gu Sheng suddenly sat up straight.

In his vision, a thick, purplish-red Karma line abruptly appeared in mid-air.

One end of this Karma line was connected to the ‘Gu Han’ Clone in the depths of his consciousness, while the other end pointed toward the extremely far north.

Moreover, this line was vibrating and contracting at a terrifying speed.

“What's the situation?” Gu Sheng's brows furrowed tightly.

The thickness of this Karma line was ten times more exaggerated than when Mo Cangtian was spying on him before.

[System has detected that a very strong obsession and Karma entanglement is rapidly approaching Xueluo City. The target is pointing directly at the Host's Clone body.]

Gu Sheng was stunned for a moment.

“Coming for Gu Han? The Ice Spirit Sect's revenge is this fast? No, the color of this Karma line...”

Gu Sheng carefully observed the red line. There was no killing intent, no enmity; instead, it exuded an extremely complex emotion.

Like... searching for a relative?

“System, give me the bottom line.” Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes. “This Peerless-grade body you salvaged for me—what was its identity when it was alive? Don't tell me you stole someone else's Old Ancestor from outside to give to me as a Clone.”

The System light screen flickered twice, and a line of text popped up.

[The sources of all items in this System are legal and compliant, all belonging to ownerless objects. As for the social relations of the body during its lifetime, it is not within the scope of this System's after-sales service. It is recommended that the Host explore on their own.]

Gu Sheng cursed inwardly.

He stood up, walked to the entrance of the hall, and looked toward the northern sky.

That Karma line was getting brighter and brighter.

“It seems Xueluo City is about to get lively.” A curve hooked at the corner of Gu Sheng's mouth. “If I have to dual-control, then I'll dual-control. I want to see what kind of monsters and demons are coming.”

He closed his eyes, and his Divine Soul split into two once again.

One half remained at Tianxuan Peak to deal with the upcoming disciple recruitment ceremony.

The other half crossed endless space and descended upon the white-dressed woman in the Tingxue Pavilion of Xueluo City.

Gu Han opened her eyes.

The wind and snow outside the window suddenly became violent.

An extremely pure ice-type Spiritual Pressure poured down from high in the sky outside the city, enveloping the entire Su Family courtyard.

That was fast.

The clouds above Xueluo City were forcibly torn apart. A streak of ice-blue light carrying an all-destroying Aura smashed onto the street outside the Su Family's main gate.

Airwaves rolled. The accumulated snow on the entire street was swept into the air, only to instantly freeze into hard ice cones under the terrifyingly frigid Spiritual Pressure and smash into the ground.

The Su Family's main gate crashed down.

Elder Master Su's knees went soft, and he knelt directly on the cracked bluestone slabs. His entire skeleton made overburdened cracking sounds under the Spiritual Pressure.

“Ice Spirit Sect... Saintess.” A desperate voice squeezed out of Elder Master Su's throat.

Golden Core Stage Peak. Only half a step away from Nascent Soul. Such an existence could turn the entire Xueluo City into a dead land with just a single thought.

Inside Tingxue Pavilion.

Gu Han sat on a red sandalwood chair.

In the distant Tianxuan Peak Hall, Gu Sheng leaned back in the main seat, his brows tightly knit.

“System, this Karma line is so thick it's turning purple. The Spiritual Pressure of that woman outside is more than ten times stronger than that Qi Shan from before. This Clone of mine is at Qi Refining Great Perfection; I can't withstand even one of her fingers.” Gu Sheng communicated rapidly in his mind, “Prepare to activate the Blood River Ancestor experience card.”

[Ding. The great thousand creation system is at your service. Identity of the visitor detected. It is recommended that the Host stop this spendthrift behavior. Profound Rank experience cards are extremely precious; using it here would be a serious waste of resources.]

“If I don't waste it, am I supposed to wait for death?” Gu Sheng tapped his finger on the table. “This woman is clearly here for revenge. Do you have a free defensive Formation to give me?”

[This System does not support freeloading. It is recommended that the Host immediately deactivate the ‘Thousand Faces’ trait and restore the original appearance of this body. The trouble will naturally be resolved.]

Gu Sheng's movements paused. “What do you mean?”

[System Hint: The Karma line appearing red represents a strong emotional bond and no killing intent. The Host just needs to do as told. Relying on your face for a living is also a type of strength. This System is very optimistic about your potential for living off a woman.]