Chapter 1810 — Turning and Walking Away
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The Grand Elder, Xueli, and Elder Zhang came together to the guest room. The appearance of the Grand Elder and Xueli left Tang Zhi unable to judge which of them was the valley master of Snow Valley, so she could only say, "Greetings, Valley Master, Elder Zhang..."
"This is our Grand Elder of Snow Valley!" Elder Zhang shot Tang Zhi a look and made the introduction.
"Ah... greetings, Grand Elder..." Tang Zhi was startled, wondering how even the Grand Elder had been stirred. She had thought it difficult enough merely to see the valley master, yet the Grand Elder herself had come out. Tang Zhi was somewhat overawed, unable to guess why Snow Valley would put on such a display—could it be because of Bingtang?
"Which one is Tang Zhi?" the Grand Elder asked.
"That is me..." Tang Zhi said cautiously.
"Hold out your hand and let me have a look." The Grand Elder glanced at Tang Zhi without expression and spoke to her.
"Ah? All right..." Though Tang Zhi did not know what the Grand Elder meant, she still held out her hand as instructed and offered it to the Grand Elder.
The Grand Elder directly pressed her fingers to the pulse gate on Tang Zhi's arm, as if examining something, while Elder Zhang and Xueli said nothing. This left Tang Zhi, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu rather suspicious, yet they did not dare to ask.
Though the Grand Elder did not speak, her brows knitted slightly. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she sighed, shook her head a little, and said, "Elder Zhang, see our guests out!"
Tang Zhi, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu's expressions changed at once. They did not know why the Grand Elder suddenly wished them gone, but Tang Zhi was unwilling to let this last chance slip; tears were nearly falling. "Grand Elder, Valley Master, please help us, I beg you—a billion, we will pay every last coin..."
But the Grand Elder did not wish to say another word. Sometimes things are simply that realistic: had the Grand Elder found Tang Zhi to truly have the false Ice-Heart Jade-Bone constitution, she would likely have flattered her in every way, greeted her with a smiling face, and sought to keep her; but Tang Zhi did not, and so in her eyes Tang Zhi had no value at all, no different from any ordinary person.
"I beg you!" At that moment Tang Zhi too made a connection. Back then, because Xiaoxiao had a yin-cold constitution, the Ice Palace had valued her and kept her, making her the Ice Palace's inheritor, and it was precisely for that reason that Xiaoxiao's life had been able to continue. But if Xiaoxiao had not had a yin-cold constitution, things would surely have turned out differently... Fortunately, Wei Zhao's perseverance had moved Elder Qing, and had also led her to discover Xiaoxiao's yin-cold constitution!
And earlier, the Grand Elder had probably been testing her constitution. But Tang Zhi knew well enough—what yin-cold constitution did she have? Nor did she have an Ice-Heart Jade-Bone constitution, not even the false kind that Bingtang had; otherwise Bingtang would have discovered it long ago, and it would never have fallen to Snow Valley's Grand Elder to examine her.