Chapter 1906 — Resolute Renunciation

"Oh... I see..." Feng Xiaoxiao was somewhat reluctant at heart, but she also knew that if she told Wei Zhao the truth, it would in fact be doing Wei Zhao and Tang Yun harm. Given Wei Zhao's temperament, he might very well do something outrageous!

Think back to when Wei Zhao had brought her to the Ice Palace—even before Bingtang he had not yielded an inch, and had proposed the two-year pact. So when it came to Tang Yun, how could Wei Zhao possibly let the matter drop?

"Yes, I've already spoken with Yaoyao and Xiaoshu. From now on, you... take good care of him for me. Perhaps one day we really will meet again, but when that time comes... I'll be watching you from behind, quietly, silently blessing you both!" Tang Yun said.

"Ah!" Feng Xiaoxiao shook her head helplessly and said nothing more. Though her heart was filled with every difficulty imaginable, this was Tang Yun's decision and she could only comply. Besides, she knew that perhaps this was the best solution for both Wei Zhao and Tang Yun. "Don't worry. I'll get in touch with Sister Yaoyao and Xiaoshu, and together we'll help you keep it hidden..."

"Yes, thank you, Xiaoxiao," Tang Yun said sincerely.

"Thank me for what? It's I who should be thanking you... If not for your forbearance, there might be no Xiaoxiao as she is now," Feng Xiaoxiao said with feeling. "If I weren't Wei Zhao's little wife, I wouldn't be here in the Ice Palace either..."

"We're family—no need for two sets of words. Though I can't contact Wei Zhao anymore, I can still contact you. If there's any news of him, remember to tell me..." Tang Yun said.

"Mm-hmm!" Feng Xiaoxiao nodded hurriedly. "I will. I'll call Sister Tang Yun the very first moment I hear anything."

"All right then... let's leave it there for now. We'll keep in touch at all times..." Tang Yun said.

After hanging up, Tang Yun silently handed the satellite phone back to the Grand Elder.

"Ah, this is your decision, and I have no way to stop you. But, Tang Yun, tell me—are you truly ready?" the Grand Elder asked gravely, taking the phone.

"Yes, I'm ready." Tang Yun nodded heavily. "Even if the road of cultivation ahead is all pitfalls and thorns, I will face it with composure, because I hold him in my heart. As long as I think of him, I will have the courage to face every hardship!"

"Since you've chosen to walk on, then persevere..." The Grand Elder nodded. "This is only the beginning; the future will be harder still. But I believe you will see it through, because you are the second person since Snow Valley's founding to possess the Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution. Perhaps with your constitution, there's no need for the Emotion-Severing herbal draught at all—because you were right. The founding master did not take the Emotion-Severing draught."

"Thank you, Grand Elder!" Hearing the Grand Elder openly concede for the first time that she no longer needed to sever her emotions, Tang Yun was both astonished and delighted.

"Don't thank me. The road was your own choosing..." The Grand Elder shook her head. "However, there is one thing I must warn you of in advance..."

"Please speak, Grand Elder..." Tang Yun said.

"The Heartless Art—though it is the mental method and mnemonic the founding master created, she herself never cultivated it to the tenth layer of great perfection... Her lifelong achievement stalled at the peak of the ninth layer and went no further," the Grand Elder said. "Perhaps that is also why she never took the Emotion-Severing draught..."

"What?" Tang Yun was taken aback. "The Heartless Art was created by the founding master herself, and yet she never cultivated it to the tenth layer of great perfection?"

Tang Yun could not help but find it incredible. A person had created a mental method and mnemonic, yet had not cultivated it to great perfection—then how had she created it in the first place?

"The founding master possessed great wisdom and great divine powers; she cannot be measured by common reasoning," the Grand Elder said. "This is in fact... the same principle as with alchemists. Some are deeply familiar with the properties and nature of medicines, and can casually alter pill formulas at will—yet when it comes to actually refining the pills, they cannot produce them..."

"Could it be that the Grand Elder means the armchair theorizing of the theoretical school?" Tang Yun asked in astonishment.

"You could put it that way, but the founding master was by no means merely theorizing on paper. If the Heartless Art is cultivated to the tenth layer of great perfection, it truly possesses heaven-shaking divine powers!" The Grand Elder said solemnly. "Turning water to ice and ice to mist within a single thought; commanding the forces of heaven and earth at will for one's own use. If cultivated to perfection, a water-element inheritor alone would suffice—perhaps not even three would be needed. Moreover, when it comes to doing that thing, there would be far greater certainty..."

"Cloud Terrace Island?" Tang Yun's expression shifted slightly. From Wei Zhao she already knew what Feng Xiaoxiao, as an inheritor, needed to do—but only in vague outline, only the general gist.

"Correct, precisely Cloud Terrace Island!" the Grand Elder said. "If you cultivate to the tenth layer, you will have greater certainty of opening Cloud Terrace Island. At the very least, the water element will pose no problem whatsoever..."

"Cloud Terrace Island... what exactly is it? How is it to be opened?" Tang Yun asked.

"That... this old one does not know either..." The Grand Elder shook her head. "This is news that came from that place... They did not say specifically, and this old one knows only the general outline. Once you become a cultivator at the peak of the late Heaven rank, perhaps then you will know..."

"That place?" Tang Yun was startled, not knowing what the place the Grand Elder spoke of was.

"At the Heaven Rank Assembly, you will find your answer..." the Grand Elder said. "If you have reached the peak of the ninth layer and still not broken through, then consider whether to take the Emotion-Severing draught!"

"So you mean, not taking the Emotion-Severing draught actually doesn't matter much?" Tang Yun asked.

"Correct... With Feng Xiaoxiao of the Ice Palace, and that place—which is said to have already prepared a water-element inheritor—the three lines of water, mist, and ice across our entire water element are already complete. The peak of the ninth layer will suffice." Here the Grand Elder sounded somewhat regretful. "It is only that the might of the tenth layer is beyond your imagination. If you truly cultivate to the tenth layer, not to mention surpassing the Heaven rank, at the very least you will become the foremost among Heaven-rank cultivators—what is commonly called the number one under heaven!"

"Ah!" Such was the might of the Heartless Art that even Tang Yun was moved. If she truly cultivated the Heartless Art to the tenth layer, then she would become Wei Zhao's greatest support. Did that not mean... No—if she took the Emotion-Severing draught, how could she still remember any Wei Zhao? At this thought, Tang Yun resolutely abandoned the notion.

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