Chapter 1645: Head In The Snow

That’s right. The performance earlier was completely intentional. The goal was to slaughter the chicken and intimidate the monkeys.

The chicken was Lady Begonia and the four Truemen, and the monkeys in question were the diabolical villains of the Northmost Snow Region, of course.

The biggest disaster of the Northmost Snow Region was neither the natural disasters nor the Strangers. It was the humans. Anyone who passes through the Northmost Snow Region would be stripped off a layer of their skin at best, or devoured whole without leaving behind even a bone at worst.

These atrocious, audacious bastards would even dare to test the whiskers of a Sage should they deem the act to be possible.

Therefore, the only way to pass through the Northmost Snow Region safely was to show off one’s power. It must be tremendous enough to intimidate these people into submission as well.

That was why they put on that performance earlier.

Of course, just killing the offenders might not be enough to scare them. After all, a local of the Northmost Snow Region was also a vicious soul who licked blood off their blades on a daily basis.

Even if they didn’t dare to attack them, they might send someone to follow them or keep an eye on them. It was irritating to say the least.

The only way one might cower these people was to show them a punishment that was worse than death.

And what was worse than death?

Living. In ways intolerable or unbearable to a human being.

That was why they used the Livestock Creation Spell.

There weren’t many things that were scarier than being forcefully turned into an animal, unable to live or die on their own terms.

Obviously, they hadn’t sought out Lady Begonia on purpose. She was just a monstrous soul who was unfortunate enough to slam herself against their speartip.

As expected, their plan worked perfectly. Forget provoking them, every man or woman in this region avoided them like they were the gods of plague.

Thanks to this, the duo were able to pass through the Northmost Snow Region in no time at all. It saved them time and effort and much, much annoyance.

The weather did not improve after they passed through the Northmost Snow Region. It only got colder and harsher. The wind was blowing boulders through the air, the snow was blotting out the sky, and the stretch of barren wastelands seemed neverending.

It was the kind of place where living beings would not enter unless they had no other choice, and even gods and demons feared or worried to enter.

Barring some special creatures or Strangers, it was extremely difficult to find any pure human in the region.

But of course, this only applied to normal people. Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou were anything but ordinary. Even this horrific weather wasn’t enough to deter them in any way.

This was reflected by the speed of their horse carriage. Untouched by the wind or the snow, it kept speeding ahead like it was seeking spring.

“A single color stretches as far as the eye can see. Where is the sky, and where is the ground?” It was at this moment Feng Qingyou stepped out of the horse carriage and sat next to Ye Qing. Together, they admired this unique, gorgeous scenery that one could not find anywhere else.

“The world is a vast place, and nature is its masterpiece.”

Ye Qing complimented from the bottom of his heart as well. “Alas, this beauty is a little too impersonal and cold.”

“Hehehe...”

“Hahaha...”

“Hehehe...”

“Hahaha...”

As if to refute him, a bunch of giggles suddenly broke out from the sky.

“Speak of the devil,” Feng Qingyou said teasingly.

The next moment, heads began to fall from the sky.

They weren’t real human heads, of course. They were made from snow.

The heads sported every facial feature one might expect to see from a human being. They were also lifelike and childlike. They looked cute, innocent, and childish.

The heads kept rolling back and forth on the snowy ground while giggling non-stop. They looked like they were playing, and they seemed very happy.

“So this is the Snow Spirit. It looks pretty unique.”

Ye Qing was smiling at the rolling heads on the snow. More heads were falling from the sky and landing on their carriage, the back of their horses, and even his and Feng Qingyou’s laps.

If they were someone else, they would probably be covered in sweat already. However, Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou were caressing the heads in their laps with easy, casual expressions.

The name of these heads was “Snow Spirit”. It was a Phenomenon-class Stranger.

A Snow Spirit was found in snowy lands and it usually resided in the sky. It possessed the personality of a child and was very playful and innocent. Whenever they encountered a living being, they would fall from the sky and play with them. It might play a prank or two, but it did not harbor true malice toward its playmates.

The problem was that not everyone was qualified to play with a Snow Spirit. Although the Snow Spirit wasn’t malicious, it was a creature of snow, yin, and coldness. A single Snow Spirit was already horrifically cold, but this many Snow Spirits gathered in one place would cause the surrounding temperature to plummet dozens, even hundreds of times below the normal temperature. If one’s cultivation wasn’t up to snuff, they would freeze to death in just a short while.

Worse, one could not attack a Snow Spirit or chase them away. As Phenomenon-class Strangers, they weren’t very strong. However, Snow Spirits were social creatures. A small group of Snow Spirits could range between three hundred to five hundred, whereas a big group of Snow Spirits could range between several thousand to tens of thousands. That number could go higher than that.

If your action injured or annoyed one Snow Spirit, then the entire group would attack you with suicidal abandon. Even worse, the Snow Spirit was immortal so long as there was snow. The only way to escape their wrath was to run to a place where there wasn’t any snow. Otherwise, they would chase their quarry to the ends of the earth. They would not stop until they were dead.

Naturally, the Snow Spirits were quite terrifying. Sure, both Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou were Sages. The Snow Spirits could come at them by the millions, and either of them could still clear them out with a single punch.

And if one punch wasn’t enough, then two would do it.

However, just because they weren’t afraid of the threat of the Snow Spirits didn’t mean that they weren’t afraid of annoyance.

If they earned the ire of the Snow Spirits, then they would be harassed the entire way.

The only way to solve this conundrum... was to play with the Snow Spirits.

Ye Qing waved his sleeve and summoned a great gust of wind. It blew the Snow Spirits on the ground into the air.

The gale was strong, but it did not harm a hair on the Snow Spirits’ person. It bobbed the Snow Spirits up and down like water.

“Hehehe...”

“Hahaha...”

The Snow Spirits were clearly delighted by the gesture. They would not stop giggling for a time.

Feng Qingyou also waved her hand and tossed hundreds of soybeans on the ground. They transformed into cats, dogs, chickens, rabbits, oxen, cows, and other animals and started playing with the Snow Spirits.

Naturally, their gesture attracted even more Snow Spirits. The horde quickly grew from several thousand to tens of thousand, and their numbers were growing by the minute.

The one thing that this palace did not lack was Snow Spirits.

At first glance, heads littered both the sky and the ground. There were too many to count.

As their numbers grew, the snow storm worsened, and the weather grew colder. To say that one’s breath instantly turned into white mist, or a single drop of water freezing the second it left one’s mouth would be a gross understatement of how cold it was right now. To give an example, a Trueman or a Grandmaster would freeze over in an hour at most.

It was that scary.

Luckily for Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou, they were both Sages. This level of cold could not threaten them.

Two hours or so later, the horde of Snow Spirits playing with Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou abruptly scattered in every direction as if they were frightened by something. They were all gone in just a matter of minutes.

At the same time, a river appeared before Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou’s eyes.