klisemfg Chapter 94 Snow Woman Storm
Chapter 94 Snow Woman Storm
He stood there motionless, watching Xiong Yan raise the wine jug to his mouth.
Ning Xiaoxi glanced at it; it was a drawing made with the juice of the Spirit Gathering Grass. She wondered how long the effect would last!
"The effect is quite good!" Lin Yitian looked at Xiong Yan's appearance. Generally speaking, immobilization talismans are more effective against demons, but only about half as effective against martial artists. It is not easy for Xiong Yan to be completely immobilized like this, even if he was not paying attention.
Ning Xiaoxi also stared at Xiong Yan. She wanted to test the effect, but this was a bit abrupt and awkward.
Xiong Yan originally thought it would be over soon, but as time went by, he still couldn't move, which was embarrassing.
"Big Brother!" Xiong Wei sat down next to Xiong Yan, watching his brother remain motionless in this pose. He had thought he would be able to move soon, but it seemed like this was taking a long time!
Xiong Yan rolled his eyes and glared at Xiong Wei.
Even though it was just a small sip, the bowl of soup was still finished.
Lin Yitian grew increasingly excited; none of the immobilization talismans he had handled had ever lasted this long. Xiong Yan, though not a demon, was still a high-level martial artist!
"Old Lin, what did you use on me?" Xiong Yan was finally able to move. He threw the wine pot on the ground and reached out to grab Lin Yitian.
Lin Yitian casually pasted another talisman over.
Xiong Wei was stunned by Lin Yitian's actions. "Wow, there's such a trick?"
Ning Xiaoxi almost threw the bowl in her hand. She just wanted to test it out, but she didn't have to be so blatant in taking advantage of one person!
After putting down the soup bowl, Ning Xiaoxi wanted to stand up and leave but then felt a little awkward. "Um, um..."
"This one seems a bit worse than the last one." Lin Yitian judged based on Xiong Yan's appearance, then quickly got up and stepped back.
Xiong Yan's fist followed closely behind, shouting, "You old Lin, don't you dare run away!"
"The effect is already visible; you're useless now." Lin Yitian ran around the camp at breakneck speed.
"I'm useless, am I useless or are you useless?" Xiong Yan refused to let him go, chasing after him and swinging his knife, which clanged and clattered against the defensive screen, making quite a scene.
"Um, um, I, I'll go back first." Ning Xiaoxi felt awkward and stood up.
Xiong Wei also felt that his pride had been challenged, "Then you should go back and rest first."
When Ning Xiaoxi returned to her tent, Ning Ziqing held up a completed talisman and handed it to her.
"It's done!" Ningning Xiaoxi happily examined the talisman paper. The runes were drawn very well and had good penetration, with faint spiritual energy fluctuations. However, the spiritual energy was not as concentrated as hers. This should be a problem with the application and control of spiritual energy. She just needs to practice more.
"Hmm, very good." Ning Xiaoxi said, pulling Ning Ziqing back to sit down. "Keep drawing. Use up all the talisman paper. Let's draw immobilization talismans and tracking talismans first. We've already tested them. The Spirit Gathering Grass juice is the most effective. It takes about half a cup of tea for a high-level martial artist, and about four breaths for the ink. As for its effectiveness against demons, we'll test that in actual combat."
“Xiao Xi, we’ve been using this Spirit Gathering Grass juice for quite a while now. Since we have special ink for drawing talismans, let’s use the Spirit Gathering Grass juice sparingly.” Ning Ziqing looked at the small bottle of Spirit Gathering Grass juice that shimmered with a faint silver light. Her sister’s secret still needed to be kept.
"Don't worry, brother. We can use the talismans drawn with the juice of the Spirit Gathering Grass ourselves. I reckon even the talisman masters in the Celestial Master Pavilion might have trouble drawing them!"
"It's good that Xiaoxi knows what's going on."
The next morning, Lin Yitian delivered another stack of twenty blank talisman papers. This time, however, he hoped to get a few of the talisman papers that had been tested the night before, the number depending on Ning Xiaoxi's mood.
Ning Xiaoxi thought for a moment and decided it would be better to draw the talisman for Lin Yitian herself. After all, she had already tested it on him, so she couldn't give him a talisman with insufficient spiritual power. However, she didn't know how long it usually took for a talisman master to draw a talisman, so she didn't rush to finish it immediately. She would give it to him when they parted ways with their grain transport team.
Ning Xiaoxi sensed the change in the airflow and looked up into the distance, where a storm was slowly gathering. The climate in Youzhou was truly unpleasant!
Xiong Wei then came over and informed them that the weather was about to change, urging the exiled people to quicken their pace, keep up with the grain transport team, and not fall behind.
"Ah! Are we really going to travel in this snowy weather?"
"Snowstorms are common in Youzhou. If we avoid them, we don't know when we'll reach Fufang."
As they were talking, a north wind began to blow. At first, they didn't notice it, but gradually, the wind grew stronger and stronger, and a faint whistling sound could be heard across the plain. The wind whipped up the snow on the ground, and as it fell, the road ahead began to be obscured by the snow, becoming blurry and indistinct.
The exiles traveled on foot, and unaccustomed to the snowy weather, some began to fall behind, forcing the guards to keep a close watch. Although the exiled prisoners were not mistreated, most were frail and weak, and with women and children accompanying them, the number of those falling behind increased as the journey continued.
Xiong Wei had no choice but to slow down with his soldiers, and the distance between them and the grain transport team grew further and further.
On the open plains, with no shelter or obstruction, the team moved slowly against the wind and snow.
Ning Xiaoxi sensed the atmosphere in the wind and snow, which was mixed with a faint demonic aura. The Spirit Crystal Heart appeared with a blue light, began to fade in front of Ning Xiaoxi, and finally merged into the wind and snow.
Is this the Snow Woman's power?
The dissipating spirit crystal heart clashed with the demonic energy in the snowstorm, initially repelling it, but then slowly beginning to devour it. Finally, the snow woman hidden in the snowstorm was forced to reveal herself.
The moment it appeared before it had fully formed, Ning Ziqing affixed a talisman to its body, making it appear translucent in mid-air.
The Spirit Crystal Heart instantly transformed into a flame, engulfing the Snow Woman's body and devouring her greedily. Soon, the Snow Woman was completely consumed by the Spirit Crystal Heart.
The official in front seemed to sense something, but when he turned around, he found nothing.
Ning Ziqing watched as the Snow Maiden was easily defeated, and once again felt the power of his younger sister. He first witnessed her in action in the Tushan tribe's territory, where she held her own against the pressure of the Vice Pavilion Master of the Celestial Master's Pavilion. Throughout the subsequent journey, Ning Xiaoxi had never allowed the exile team to be affected by the battlefield, and he felt that he had been protected too well.
Immediately, he activated a tracking talisman, and faint spiritual runes drifted outwards, with more than ten streams of demonic energy feeding back to him.
Ning Ziqing's eyes widened. These were all Snow Maidens?
The cold is getting worse, and the wind and snow are getting stronger.
“The novice snow maiden is just following the markings to find me.” Ning Xiaoxi whispered in Ning Ziqing’s ear, “Brother, come with me for a while. We can’t let them make the snowstorm worse.”
After Ning Xiaoxi finished speaking, she left the group quickly and disappeared into the snowstorm before Ning Ziqing could nod.