Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 1457: 1416: A Chance for Survival

Chapter 1457: Chapter 1416: A Chance for Survival

Turning back to the room, Kong Zhaozhao sighed softly.

The room was filled with many furnaces, burning year after year, day after day, keeping the temperature never below fifty degrees. Yet, despite this, Kong Zhaozhao felt not the slightest warmth.

She went to the dressing mirror and removed her outer garment.

It was a beautiful body, fair and smooth, with skin as delicate as porcelain, a supple roundness, flat stomach, and long beautiful legs.

But none of this was the point.

On Kong Zhaozhao’s chest, at the heart’s location, the blue-purple blood vessels were clearly visible, throbbing faintly with the heartbeat, like a sinister hand, constantly extending towards the heart.

Once this frost poison completely invaded the heart vessels, that would probably be her time of death.

Every midnight, at two hours past midnight, the frost poison inside her would erupt, torturing her to the point of being unable to endure anymore.

In fact, last night, Kong Zhaozhao had already prepared to embrace death.

Rather than clinging to an impossible possibility, waiting for her father to bring back an antidote to the frost poison, it would be better to end it all and free herself.

So she wore her favorite long dress, dismissed all the guards, and planned to end her life in the lake at the peak.

At the moment the frost poison extended to the heart vessels, Kong Zhaozhao no longer held any hope of survival and calmly accepted death.

But just then, that person appeared suddenly.

He was like a ray of warm sun, thawing the cold city deep within her, bringing long-lost warmth, pulling her back from the edge of death.

“Qin Tao… who exactly are you? That night, why did you appear at Little Frost Peak?”

Kong Zhaozhao wanted to see this as fate, that Qin Tao was sent by the heavens to save her, but unfortunately, Kong Zhaozhao was past the age of wishful thinking, and when things are abnormal, there must be something strange.

Why did Qin Tao appear out of nowhere at Little Frost Peak?

Kong Zhaozhao couldn’t figure it out, so she stopped trying to think about it.

At present, the only opportunity for her to survive is Qin Tao.

Over the years, she had tried many methods, but none could remove the cold inside her, only Qin Tao could do it.

If she wanted to live, Qin Tao was the hope, as for everything else, it was temporarily unimportant.

…

On the other side, at Sky-Reaching Peak.

Lu Chuan meandered around and returned to the peak.

This place wasn’t as beautiful as Little Frost Peak, nor were the buildings as opulent, only a few wooden huts where Mu Changchen lived alone, enjoying some peace and quiet.

“Back? How do you find the environment?”

“Better than the Outer Sect, but still limited. You’re at least a Law Transmission Elder; why is the place you live so rundown?”

“Rundown? At most, it’s not luxurious. Haha, I’m almost a dying man. What’s the use of living so well?”

“How much life span do you have left?”

Hearing this, Mu Changchen couldn’t help but take a deep breath, looked at the wind-scattered leaves, and said solemnly, “Years, over ten years? Or just a few months, who knows.”

“Why not try to break through to Spirit Splitting? Successfully reaching the Spirit Splitting Realm would naturally increase your lifespan significantly.”

“Is it that easy?”

Mu Changchen laughed, taking Lu Chuan’s words as the ignorance of the fearless, patiently explaining, “When I was younger, I lacked courage, always thinking that the Nascent Soul Realm was enough. Anyway, I probably wouldn’t leave the Penglai Immortal Domain in this lifetime. What use is the Spirit Splitting Realm? It would only force me into their power struggles.

But time waits for no one. By the time I realized it, most of my life had already passed. Thinking about breaking through at this time was already too late. I procrastinated again and again until now.

Honestly, sometimes I regret it. If I could have made up my mind a few hundred years earlier, the success rate might have been greater. Now, with this old body, how could I withstand a Heavenly Tribulation?”

“But aren’t you about to die?”

“Yeah, precisely because I’m about to die, I think I should try. If I succeed, that would be a joy for all; if I fail, losing a dozen years isn’t too much of a loss, don’t you think?

I’ve also decided that after I cultivate you to the Nascent Soul Realm, I’ll enter seclusion. If successful, we continue as master and disciple. If I fail, Sky-Reaching Peak will pass to you, leaving behind a memory. Let’s see how long it takes you to reach the Nascent Soul Realm. Hopefully, quickly, to give me more time.”

Although Mu Changchen covered it up with jokes, Lu Chuan could feel that he truly wanted to live inside.

Of course, it’s nonsense; who doesn’t want to live in this world?

“Actually, you’ve done quite well, but as I see it, over my thousand years, the most talented person I’ve seen or heard of is probably Lu Chuan.”

On hearing this, Lu Chuan immediately became vigilant but still pretended to be confused, “Who is Lu Chuan?”

“You naturally wouldn’t know. That person is a cultivator from the secular world. In his twenties, he surpassed me, an old guy over a thousand years old, reaching the Spirit Splitting Realm early on. Tsk, tsk, tsk, the young are truly formidable, and the rest of his life is all beauty.”

“In his twenties, reaching the Spirit Splitting Realm? Is that really possible?”

“I actually thought it impossible, but…”

Mu Changchen lowered his voice, continuing, “But a few days ago, the Vice Sect Leader personally left Penglai Immortal Domain, determined to kill Lu Chuan. Guess what? The Vice Sect Leader was killed by that young man!

What do you think? If it wasn’t the Spirit Splitting Realm, then what is it?”

“Simply… like a monster.”

“Hey! You’ve said it exactly. That’s no longer something that can be described as a genius. In my opinion, it’s a monster, a rare occurrence in history. Once such a person appears, they’re destined to stir up huge waves!”

“You rate him so highly? Doesn’t he have a grudge against the Penglai Immortal Domain?”

Mu Changchen then curled his lip disdainfully, “What grudge? A group of old farts felt humiliated, so they bullied the young man repeatedly. What now? They met someone they couldn’t handle, right?

In my opinion, it’s well-deserved!”

After a few words of casual chat with Mu Changchen, Lu Chuan initially wanted to get something out of him, but thinking twice, he abandoned the idea.

Better not to be too hasty, in case it arouses Mu Changchen’s suspicion.

Returning to the room Mu Changchen prepared for Lu Chuan, well…

As expected, it was simple. Besides a bed, a table, and a Spirit Gathering Array, there was nothing else in the room. However, since he came for the Heavenly Pendant, nothing else mattered.

“In another two hours, I’ll have to visit Little Frost Peak again. But what is Kong Zhaozhao’s identity exactly?”

The people she sent, even Old Mu was so courteous. Then what kind of esteemed identity does Kong Zhaozhao herself have?