Chapter 1818 — Heartless

"If you agree, then our deal takes effect right now!" the Grand Elder said. "If not, I won't stand in your way either."

Tang Yun smiled bitterly. The Grand Elder might say that, but did she really have a choice? What had she come here for? Now that such a stroke of fortune had fallen into her lap—she could cultivate and save Wei Zhao at the same time—why on earth would she refuse?

"How could I refuse at this point?" Tang Yun glanced at Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Her heart was reluctant—staying in the Snow Valley would make it hard to see Wei Zhao again, and who knew when they would next meet...

Yet by the same token, this was a chance that came once in a thousand years. If Tang Yun let it slip, then aside from failing to save Wei Zhao, even setting that aside, she would never want to miss such an opportunity.

After all, becoming a skilled cultivator had always been her dream.

Still, though everyone present had been fairly confident Tang Yun would agree, hearing her affirmative reply, their faces lit with joy and relief.

"Since you have agreed, I shall open the sacrificial hall and accept a disciple on behalf of the founding patriarch!" the Grand Elder said. "Your constitution is an extraordinary existence; only the founding patriarch could share a constitution like yours. I accept you as a disciple in the patriarch's stead. Though in name you are my nominal disciple, once you complete your training, you will be the Snow Valley's Grand Elder, standing on equal footing with me and Little Li!"

A flush spread across Tang Yun's face, born of inner excitement. She had never expected that while Feng Xiaoxiao received the finest treatment in the Ice Palace, she herself would be treated the same way in the Snow Valley. She could not help asking curiously, "Grand Elder, may I ask... what exactly is my constitution? And what happened to me earlier? Didn't you examine my constitution before? Wasn't there nothing special about it?"

"Your constitution is the Hidden Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution. Such a constitution—not to mention me, even if the founding patriarch were here, might not be able to detect it!" The Grand Elder then explained in detail to Tang Yun her constitution and what had happened earlier. Now that Tang Yun had agreed to join the Snow Valley, there was no need to conceal anything further.

"Ah!" Tang Yun was astonished at the Grand Elder's words. She had never imagined she possessed such a constitution, one that could only be triggered under special circumstances—no wonder it had not been detected before. Had it not been for a fortuitous coincidence, Tang Yun might never have known she possessed such an unparalleled, unique constitution!

"Oh! I knew it—Sister Yunyun gets stronger the colder she gets! Once she's frozen, her special constitution comes out!" Shen Yushu said.

"You could put it that way!" Unexpectedly, the Grand Elder nodded in agreement with Shen Yushu. "This constitution can indeed only be triggered in this kind of freezing environment!"

"Then... how long until... I finish my training? After that, can I go back?" This was what Tang Yun cared about most. If she stayed here, how long would it be before she could see Wei Zhao?

"What do you mean by 'go back'?" the Grand Elder asked in return.

"I mean... how long until I can freely meet... meet him?" Tang Yun pointed at Wei Zhao beside Shen Yushu, speaking with some reserve.

"Meet him? I'm afraid that's impossible!" the Grand Elder said.

"That... why?" Tang Yun was startled and asked hurriedly.

"I remember you saying that you and he are a couple, is that right?" the Grand Elder asked.

"Yes..." Tang Yun nodded nervously.

"Ice Heart Jade Bone—what one cultivates is the ice heart, and the mental method you cultivate is also called the Heartless Art. The so-called Heartless Art means heartlessness! If there is love in your heart, it will greatly hinder your cultivation!" the Grand Elder said. "So to ensure you smoothly cultivate to the peak of the late Heaven rank, I will give you a dose of medicine prepared with Emotion-Forgetting Grass. From then on, you will forget him; in your heart, this person will no longer exist!"

"Ah!" Tang Yun could not help crying out at the Grand Elder's words. She had never expected that if she stayed here, she would never be able to see Wei Zhao again—and moreover, she would have to take some Emotion-Forgetting Grass to forget him!

"There's no need to be surprised. Earlier, your pleas did not move me in the slightest—that too is because of the Heartless Art!" the Grand Elder said mildly. "Gain and loss go together. Think it over yourself!"

"I..." A look of pain flickered across Tang Yun's face, and Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were astonished as well. They had never imagined that cultivating this Heartless Art required taking Emotion-Forgetting Grass—that one had to forget Wei Zhao. To Tang Yun, this was simply unbearable pain!

"You should have sensed it—Little Li and I carry an air that naturally keeps others a thousand miles away. When you come near us, there is a chill. That is the Heartless Art!" the Grand Elder said.

Had the Grand Elder not mentioned it, Tang Yun might not have noticed; but with the reminder, she recalled that from their first meeting until now, they indeed carried an air of coldness and distance that kept people away—an air that made one unwilling to approach them and involuntarily bred a fearful sense of distance.

"I... can I not take it?" Tang Yun asked hesitantly. She desperately wanted to save Wei Zhao, but she did not want to forget him for the rest of her life! If she forgot Wei Zhao, what meaning would cultivation have? Was not her greatest dream in this life to become a cultivator so that she would not be a burden to Wei Zhao?

"There is love in your heart. If you don't take it, it is not entirely impossible, but overcoming the inner demon will become very difficult. If you are the slightest bit careless, love and heartlessness will intertwine and affect each other, and you will suffer qi deviation!" the Grand Elder said. "Even without qi deviation, the mutual restraint would be extremely painful! Of course, you are Bingtang's younger sister—if you do suffer qi deviation and ask her for a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, she will surely give you one."

"This..." Tang Yun was at a loss after hearing the Grand Elder's words. She knew the Grand Elder was by no means making idle threats—it was simply the truth. A cultivator of her level would not fabricate such lies to deceive Tang Yun!

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