Chapter 1494 — The Palace Master of the Ice Palace
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"But... to open the seal on Cloud-Tier Island, one must obtain the Ice inheritance of the Ice-Snow Spirit Mountain..." The woman in white knitted her dark brows. "The day of the Heaven-Tier Grand Gathering is not far off. As one of those who preside over it, if we still have not found an inheritor, then the Grand Gathering will have lost its meaning..."
"The other three houses have had no news either, have they? An inheritor—how could one be found so easily?" Xiao Qing smiled bitterly.
"No news does not mean they have not found one... To an ancient sect, an inheritor means more than simply opening the seal on Cloud-Tier Island. Most important of all, it means a chance to break through the Heaven Tier and seek the Way of Heaven..." said the woman in white. "So before an inheritor has grown up, none of them will make it public. There are always the envious, ready to make trouble."
"That is true..." Xiao Qing nodded. "Palace Master, you may not be the inheritor, but have you not received a part of the inheritance as well? That in itself is a stroke of fortune..."
"Only a small part..." The woman in white smiled bitterly. "Back then, when Master left, how she hoped I would receive the inheritance and one day come searching for her, to see her again! But now... if Cloud-Tier Island cannot be opened because the Ice Palace has found no inheritor, then I am the one to blame. How could I ever face her?"
"There is still some time, is there not? We need only keep searching, slowly. This is not a thing to be rushed. If worst comes to worst, we will hold the trial again next year and relax the conditions—there must be a suitable candidate somewhere." Xiao Qing suggested.
"That may be the only way... Still, I am unwilling to let it rest. I must see these trial-takers with my own eyes." said the woman in white.
"Very well. Then let us go together to receive these trial-takers and bring them to the Ice-Snow Spirit Mountain." Xiao Qing understood that unless the Palace Master saw the sole girl, Yang Qiqi, with her own eyes, she would not be easy in her heart.
At exactly half past six, just as the trial-takers were wondering where the Ice Palace's envoy might be, two figures—one green, one white—came drifting down from the horizon! The woman in green was none other than Elder Qing of the day before, a master of the mid Heaven Tier; and the woman in white beside her was, astonishingly, at the peak of the late Heaven Tier!
Both were no mean hand at lightness skill; in the blink of an eye they stood before the crowd. While the onlookers were still stunned, Xiao Qing spoke first: "This is Palace Master Bing of the Ice Palace. Let the Palace Master explain the rules of the trial and its rewards to everyone!"
This had originally been Xiao Qing's task, but since the Palace Master herself had come in person, it was naturally better that she give the introduction!
When Xiao Qing announced that the woman in white before them was the Ice Palace's Palace Master Bing, everyone present was astonished and set up a clamor. Even Zhang Naipao and Feng Nitian were amazed beyond measure—which also confirmed what these people had guessed the day before: the Palace Master of the Ice Palace really was a master at the peak of the late Heaven Tier!
One should know that whether ancient sect or ancient clan, though all of them had a master at the peak of the late Heaven Tier to hold them steady, such a person was usually of the Great Elder or Grand Supreme Elder rank. The heads of clans and sects, by contrast, were mostly of the younger generation; to possess early Heaven Tier strength was already very good, and most of them were only of Earth Tier strength!