Chapter 179 — Resolution
The Sword Questions the Heavens · Page 6 of 6
Amid the blaze of radiance, the jade ice disc slowly rose of its own accord from where it had lain. Around this strange treasure flew the silver-white dust, following after it as though possessed of spirit. In the courtyard outside what had been the room, Ming Li stood silently, head lifted to the sky, his face streaked with tears.
The jade ice disc flew of itself to him, circled his body three times, and at last came to rest before him.
Ming Li stared at the drifting motes, his teeth clenched, scarcely able to contain himself.
Then, in that near-frozen radiance, in the clear, beautiful night of heaven and earth, the jade ice disc gave a soft sound—like ice breaking, like snow sheared—its clear note echoing. Before Ming Li, this treasure of heaven and earth likewise dissolved into countless motes of dust, glittering in the moonlight, falling thick as snow, brilliant and dazzling.
In the distance, the mountain wind came. Countless specks of dust rose with the wind, drifting and scattering through the air, borne away by the breeze, until at last they slowly faded from sight...