Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 1195 - 1180: Expecting No Return for Kindness
Following the guidance of the ice-colored light enveloping his whole body, Shi Feng's originally swift figure beneath the ground surged straight upwards towards the surface after about two hours!
"Boom boom boom boom boom!" A continuous series of explosive sounds echoed as Shi Feng broke through layer after layer of hard ice with his formidable physique after emerging from the earth, continuously propelling himself upwards.
"Boom!" With a final and most intense explosion, Shi Feng's body broke through the last layer of ice, returning to the surface, rushing straight into mid-air before abruptly stopping.
"Shi... Shi Feng! That's great! It's so good that you're safe!" Just at this moment, a familiar crisp female voice suddenly came up from below.
Shi Feng immediately recognized this voice as that of the woman, Qing Yan.
"Was it her who saved me?" Filled with uncertainty, Shi Feng lowered his head and looked down. Soon, he saw two graceful figures standing on the surface of the ice below.
It was two women, one of whom, naturally, was Qing Yan. But when Shi Feng saw the woman standing beside Qing Yan, his heart suddenly raced!
That woman was the beautiful lady who had been with the Gue Mountain Saintess, Gu Yan, earlier! The one whose Cultivation Level Shi Feng couldn't discern!
How could Qing Yan be with her? And she saved me?
With Qing Yan's strength, she naturally couldn't have rescued me from the power of that "Vortex Shadow".
The ice light that suddenly appeared around me, the reason I survived must be because of this lady!
The dignified, beautiful lady standing alongside Qing Yan was precisely the Snow Lady who used the Ice Desolate Mirror to help Gu Yan find Shi Feng earlier!
At this moment, the Snow Lady was looking up along with Qing Yan at Shi Feng, who was paused in mid-air, and nodded at him slightly. It was at this moment that the ice light around Shi Feng suddenly dissipated.
"Shi Feng!" At this time, Qing Yan called his name again from the snow below. Her figure immediately moved, darting into the air and arriving before Shi Feng in the blink of an eye.
Qing Yan carefully examined Shi Feng in front of her and said, "Shi Feng, do you know? When I heard from the Lady that the Gue Mountain Saintess had chased you down, and when I saw through the Lady's Ice Desolate Mirror that you were beaten like that, I was worried sick! Fortunately, the Lady intervened in time."
"You saw me being beaten? Lady?" Hearing Qing Yan's words, Shi Feng's eyebrows gradually furrowed.
He understood that the beautiful woman below was the Lady Qing Yan referred to, and slowly, Shi Feng remembered a character Qing Yan had mentioned to him before.
The master of this Ice Snow Wilderness, the Snow Lady! It seems that this unfathomably beautiful lady is indeed the Snow Lady! Only the master of this Ice Snow Wilderness could possess such an extraordinary aura!
"Oh! I almost forgot to introduce you!" Hearing Shi Feng's earlier words, Qing Yan seemed to remember something. She pointed to that beautiful lady below and introduced her to Shi Feng: "Shi Feng, she is the master of our Ice Snow Wilderness, the Snow Lady!"
"I already figured that out!" Shi Feng replied to Qing Yan and then once more looked towards the Snow Lady below.
At this moment, Shi Feng addressed the Snow Lady, saying:
"Snow Lady, you saved me, and I should remember this kindness! But there's one thing I don't understand. Earlier, I heard you talking to that despicable Gu Yan. She found me because you guided her. If that's the case, why did you save me?"
If it were someone else who saved him, Shi Feng wouldn't be suspicious. However, because this person both guided Gu Yan and saved him, he couldn't help but suspect she might have ulterior motives.
"Shi Feng, the Lady saved you, how can you speak to her this way!" Upon hearing Shi Feng's words, Qing Yan quickly chimed in.
Upon hearing Shi Feng's words, the Snow Lady smiled faintly and said: "I don't know you. When Gue Mountain sent someone to find me to borrow the Ice Desolate Mirror to locate you, I naturally couldn't refuse Gue Mountain's request. So, I helped Gu Yan find you.
The reason I saved you is entirely because of this girl by your side." She pointed to Qing Yan before him and continued: "I can see this girl is sincere towards you; henceforth, you should treat her well, and must not let her down!"
Upon hearing the Snow Lady's words, Qing Yan's pretty face immediately turned a shy red. She bashfully lowered her head, humbly saying: "Lady!" Following that, she secretly glanced up at Shi Feng and said to him:
"Shi Feng, it was indeed my plea to the Lady that made her willing to help. The Lady has been gracious to us, we must repay her someday if we have the chance."
"Is that so?" Although Shi Feng listened to the Snow Lady's words, his brows remained furrowed, still somewhat skeptical.
Does this person have other intentions towards me?
However, Shi Feng then thought to himself: "Probably not! This woman's realm is clear. If she had other intentions, she would have already done something."
I am no match for her! If she wanted to cripple me and control me, I would obey anything she wished!
But then again, if she truly had no intentions against me, and genuinely rescued me for Qing Yan, then who exactly is Qing Yan to her? Why would she willingly risk offending the Gue Mountain Saintess to save me?"
Since discovering that Qing Yan's mind harbors a mysterious power, Shi Feng suspected this woman's identity was unusual. And now, the master of the Ice Snow Wilderness, for her sake, dared to risk offending the Gue Mountain Saintess to save Shi Feng!
Following that, Shi Feng nodded gratefully towards the Snow Lady below and said: "I, Shi Feng, will remember this life-saving kindness! Should you ever need assistance, just crush this Jade Scroll, and I will be there immediately!"
As he spoke, Shi Feng flicked his right hand, launching a Jade Scroll towards the Snow Lady below.
Seeing the incoming Jade Scroll, the Snow Lady moved her right hand slightly, catching it effortlessly. She then smiled faintly at Shi Feng and said: "I didn't save you for any future repayment from you, it's unnecessary."
As she spoke, she gently crushed the green Jade Scroll in her hand.
Although the Snow Lady's face remained courteous, saying it was unnecessary, Shi Feng could see she was a powerful Five-star Demigod Realm expert, a high and mighty master of the Ice Snow Wilderness, who subconsciously had no expectation that a mere Two-star Demigod like himself could aid her in any way in the future.
This Jade Scroll was something Shi Feng only threw once, and since this woman crushed it so effortlessly, Shi Feng naturally wouldn't insist further!