Chapter 739 - 218: Spies! Stealing Cultivation Skills, Returning to Earth Soul First Realm!

Chapter 739: Chapter 218: Spies! Stealing Cultivation Skills, Returning to Earth Soul First Realm!

Western Pole, Eternal Night.

A woman with kind eyes, but devoid of hope, holds a long flute, sitting in the snow, playing a tune.

The melody drifts melodiously, carried far by the snow.

When the tune ends, it’s heart-wrenching, she puts down the flute, and forgets what she wanted to say.

Three years ago, she was the Queen Mother overseeing the Nine Flames;

Three years later, she is a woman with only hollow splendor, ignored by all.

She is placed in a prestigious position, able to do anything she wishes.

But truly, what can she do?

She appears to have the greatest freedom in the world.

Yet, she has also gained the greatest loneliness in the world.

The woman is Zhenyan Xue.

At this moment, her heart is like dying embers, filled with melancholy and solitude.

Her man is dead, perished in that grand Withered Fire revelry, for reasons she knows well.

Her grandson Zhenyan Mie is still under the care of the Barbarian Queen, and as a grandmother, she has no real means to help.

Her son Zhenyan Huang seems to have gone mad, each day either immersed in Cultivation Skill or in Wolf Riders training, as if racing against Life itself.

The reason... she knows it all too well.

Not only does she understand, but she also feels heartbroken.

Sometimes, she thinks if she had heeded her man’s words back then and not given birth to this short-lived child, would things be different today?

But there’s no answer to this.

Zhenyan Xue’s life has stopped here, it seems it will always be here, until her lifespan runs out, slowly dying, with no change in fate.

According to that Barbarian Queen, she might be able to enter the Divine Tomb, because the one guarding it — the "Crow Mother" — might allow her entry for old times’ sake.

On the land of the Western Pole, besides the wolves, there are now crows.

Crows fly everywhere, and some barbarians, who barely understand the "Divine Tomb," have nicknamed Xiaozhao, the one who guards it, as the "Crow Mother."

The Barbarian Queen has also acquiesced to this name.

Crows, wolves, ice, snow, barbarians, Eternal Night, form a unique scene of the Western Pole.

Zhenyan Xue continues to sit, on the edge of the fire, with no one to manage her, she picks up the long flute again.

While playing, she suddenly feels an itch in her ear, as if a Little Bug has flown beside her ear.

This wonderful feeling reminds her of when she ran out of the Western Pole alone and met her husband; at that time, in the mountain, such Little Bugs were everywhere.

She couldn’t even bear to swat it dead, letting it stay by her ear.

Then, suddenly, she hears a familiar voice.

"Don’t draw attention."

Zhenyan Xue’s body shakes, somewhat in disbelief.

And all sealed emotions are suddenly drawn up by this voice from the memories.

The voice continues, "There are many things, many secrets. But now, in this camp, you can trust no one. Listen quietly to me."

Zhenyan Xue takes a deep breath, maintaining a calm face.

But inside her heart, it’s like a drum starts beating, louder and louder, to the point where her body and mind tremble, her Divine Soul shaking; and on that endless dead and tomb-like desolate heart, green sprouts suddenly appear, burgeoning with life.

In an instant, many feelings of being moved, aggrieved, and afraid surge from her heart.

She softly asks, "Is this real?"

The Little Bug says, "It’s real.

Your man is a bit more formidable than you thought.

He’s not dead, he’s in your ear."

Zhenyan Xue’s eyes suddenly turn red, and her lips tremble, "You... can you transform back?"

The Little Bug says, "Seventy-Two Transformations, I can become anything, if you don’t believe it, walk a bit further, and I’ll transform back and talk to you."

Zhenyan Xue doesn’t leave immediately, instead asks, "The first time we met, what was your name?"

The Little Bug pauses, then says, "Wang Mu’Er."

"What did you accompany me to do?"

"Buy shoes, Embroidered Shoes, but you thought the person was too weak and wanted to steal without paying.

Your idea shocked me for a long time, afterwards, I followed you back to the Zhenyan Clan, and someone tried to mess with me soon after I entered the clan.

I remember his name was Zhenyane Cang’er, in the end, he lost his wife to me, but I didn’t do much, just returned her.

I was thinking, what kind of clan is this, it’s just an uncivilized group of barbarians.

Later, I demonstrated some power, becoming the Grand Elder.

Then we went to explore the Immortal Tomb, and as a result, we encountered assassins.

If you hadn’t carried me back from the Immortal Tomb to the clan, I might have died in the ice and snow.

Then...

..."

The Little Bug babbles on.

Zhenyan Xue reminiscences follow in rewind.

A hundred years of Life, and what is truly remembered, and moving throughout remains only the foolishest, most naïve, and impulsive youthful times...

She closes her eyes, listening to all this, her lips occasionally curling into a smile, occasionally softening and calming as if immersed in the scenarios of that time, when everything is heard, tears are already streaming down her face.

No more doubts remain, she rises, puts away the long flute, leaning on a cane, and is about to leave far away.

After only a few steps, two female Wolf Riders ride on Two-headed Wolves, sweeping towards her like a whirlwind from behind.

When near, the two female Wolf Riders clamp their legs, halting their ride, respectfully saying, "Queen Mother, it’s cold and freezing outside, please..."

But before they finish their words, they are cut off by a cold and authoritative voice.

"Am I being imprisoned?"

The two female Wolf Riders hurriedly dismount.

One says, "We dare not!"

Another says, "The Barbarian Queen has ordered us not to leave your side to protect you..."

Zhenyan Xue says coldly, "I am just walking around the vicinity of the clan, must this be monitored?"

The two quickly say, "No, no, it’s not monitoring, the Barbarian Queen is just worried about you..."

Zhenyan Xue heavily knocks her cane, then draws a line on the ground, saying blandly, "I now say, do not cross this line."