Chapter 2983 — Bingtang's Heart
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
With this connection, Yu Bing and Zhao Qiwu, as outer-gate stewards, were naturally well acquainted with the inner-gate stewards. After all, the Ice Palace, as an ancient sect, had its own ancient rules: even after an inner-gate servant married an outer-gate disciple, the two could not possibly meet every day—only on Sundays could they be reunited. So if an outer-gate disciple happened to find that his wife had her period that day, it was a tragedy.
Thus some inner-gate maids or outer-gate disciples would want to swap their shifts at other times to meet in secret. The Ice Palace's rules said nothing about this, but for a thousand years it had been an unwritten custom: so long as the outer-gate steward and the inner-gate steward nodded, shifts could be swapped.
So the inner and outer gates were as one family, and Yu Bing easily found, through the inner-gate steward, the inner-gate maid who served Feng Xiaoxiao, and had her carry a letter to Feng Xiaoxiao.
Feng Xiaoxiao's maids were all selected through strict screening. Though they were under the inner gate's administration, they were also an independent presence. Had it been some other major matter, she would never have taken the risk to help, but for a small matter that harmed no interests, she was naturally glad to oblige!
Especially since she had also heard that Yu Bing and Zhao Qiwu were well acquainted with Feng Xiaoxiao—it seemed they had known each other back in the secular world—so the maid helped without the slightest hesitation.
When Feng Xiaoxiao received Yu Bing's letter, she was somewhat puzzled, unable to understand why Yu Bing would suddenly write to her. If there was a matter to discuss, wouldn't sending word by messenger do? But once she opened the letter, her heart gave a great start!
Wei Zhao had actually had his meridians and dantian destroyed, and was afflicted with a strange poison besides! The Feng Xiaoxiao of now was no longer the girl of before who knew nothing but mischief. As Vice Palace Master of the Ice Palace, and having set foot on the path of cultivation herself, she naturally understood how grave these two things were!
One might even say this had cut off Wei Zhao's path of cultivation! Though Wei Zhao had his own extraordinary qualities, with meridians and dantian both ruined, he could not circulate the mantras of his mental cultivation method, nor could he refine pills. What was to be done?
Feng Xiaoxiao was instantly thrown into a panic, alarmed and frantic. She naturally did not think Yu Bing would deceive her—such a matter could absolutely never be made into a casual joke!
So Feng Xiaoxiao hurriedly ran out from her place of cultivation and headed for Bingtang's.
Others who came to see Bingtang naturally could not gain an audience at once, but Feng Xiaoxiao met no obstruction at all. Aunt Qing was away, and no one in the Ice Palace dared question her, so she went straight to Bingtang's chambers.
"Xiaoxiao? What brings you here? Aren't you in seclusion, striving to break through to the Heaven rank?" Bingtang looked at the newcomer in some surprise. Feng Xiaoxiao's cultivation talent was quite good thanks to her physique; after taking some cultivation elixirs and mid-grade Qi-Gathering Pills, her strength had risen all the way to the peak of the late Earth rank, the great perfection!
Of course, at this level, taking two mid-grade Qi-Gathering Pills or a single Qi-Gathering Pill would allow a smooth advance to the Heaven rank. But when a mid-grade Qi-Gathering Pill was used as a pill to break through a barrier, there was a fatal flaw—even more serious than the inability to cultivate and advance on one's own after taking a Qi-Gathering Pill. So Bingtang had not given any to Feng Xiaoxiao, but instead let her break through the barrier on her own. (To be continued. A wonderful novel—[Net]—remember our website address:)