Chapter 1905 — Perhaps There Is Still a Chance
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But to Bing Tang's ears those words were mockery. She gave a soft snort. "Then congratulations... congratulations to your Snow Valley, which will soon be a guest of honor there as well—all of you bound for Cloud Terrace Island together..."
"Heh, well, speaking of it, I really ought to thank you for this. From now on, Snow Valley and the Ice Palace will be even closer—kin upon kin!" Xue Li said.
"What do you mean?" Bing Tang frowned, not quite following.
Snow Valley and the Ice Palace had been one family a thousand years ago, both sprung from that same place; but between the two sects there had been strife as well as support, so to speak of being kin upon kin was rather baffling.
"Snow Valley's future Grand Elder will be your sister—your cousin twice over, on your father's side and your mother's, which is near enough to a full sister. Wouldn't you call that kin upon kin?" Xue Li said smugly. Snow Valley finally had its chance to even the score, and Xue Li was not about to let it slip.
"You mean... Tang Zhi?" Bing Tang was momentarily taken aback; Tang Zhi came to mind at once, but she was puzzled—how had Tang Zhi become an inheritor? That constitution of hers?
"The very same. And for that we have the Ice Palace to thank—for leaving such a talent to Snow Valley!" Xue Li said with a laugh.
"As far as I know, there is nothing special about her constitution..." Bing Tang stopped short as something struck her. "Could it be... the legendary hidden ice-heart jade-bone constitution?"
"Heh heh, exactly!" Xue Li said. "The hidden ice-heart jade-bone constitution, unseen for a thousand years—the same as our founding ancestor's. She opened the inheritance right there in Snow Valley..."
"How did she end up in Snow Valley?" Bing Tang found it strange. The Ice Palace had its own channels of information, but they had certainly never discovered that Tang Zhi had stayed in Snow Valley. That matter was, of course, rather secret; after Wei Zhao returned, no one had brought Tang Zhi up again, so naturally the Ice Palace had no way of knowing the true reason she had gone to Snow Valley.
"As for the particulars, let Sister Tang tell you herself." Having said her piece, Xue Li had vented her satisfaction and was in no mood to explain further; better to let Tang Zhi speak plainly. With that, she handed the phone to Tang Zhi.
"Sister Bing Tang..." Tang Zhi took the receiver.
"Yunyun, it really is you..." Bing Tang drew a deep breath. She could scarcely believe it, but the facts lay before her and left no room for doubt: Tang Zhi had the hidden ice-heart jade-bone constitution! Stronger even than her own false ice-heart jade-bone constitution. Yet it could only ever have been discovered in a place like Snow Valley; in the Ice Palace she would likely have gone her whole life without awakening it, let alone receiving the inheritance.
"Yes, Sister Bing Tang, I have stayed in Snow Valley..." And Tang Zhi recounted everything that had happened in the days since.
"So that is how it was... no wonder you received the inheritance through such a twist of fate," Bing Tang said. "But Wei Zhao... never mind, better you tell Xiaoxiao yourself."
Of the matter between Wei Zhao and Tang Zhi, Bing Tang did not wish to speak. She had never imagined Tang Zhi would give so much—giving Wei Zhao the Forget-Love Herb elixir to drink and taking the agony of yearning entirely upon herself. That was not something ordinary people could do.
Hearing from Xiao Qing that Tang Zhi was on the line, Feng Xiaoxiao came dashing over pell-mell, snatched the phone from Bing Tang's hand, and cried excitedly, "Sister Tang Zhi!"
"Xiaoxiao..." That familiar voice warmed Tang Zhi's heart. "To hear your voice with my own ears again—it feels wonderful."
"Yes, yes! Sister Tang Zhi, I am doing really well now. Once I become a Heaven-rank fighter, we will go back and have a threesome with hubby Wei Zhao..." Feng Xiaoxiao said excitedly.