Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 428 Can’t wait any longer
There are four cities, Wind, Frost, Rain and Snow, at the foot of the Kongyuan Divine Mountain. Frost City is the pass leading up the mountain to the west.

The towering gate of Frost City was looming in the twilight, and the city walls made of black iron were glowing with a cold blue light, like a giant beast lurking in the wind and snow.

You Su stood on the ridge and looked down, frowning as he looked at the two rows of meticulously arranged monks and city guards at the city gate, as well as the magic arrays on the city wall that were buried in the bricks and stones but still glowed with cold light. All of these told the visitor that it was not easy to enter this gate.

Even the Master of Mathematics could not fly over Frost City, so You Su naturally did not have such extravagant hopes.

However, with his identity as a wanted man in all five continents, without the assistance of Master Aoshu, he was really at a loss as to how to enter the sacred mountain.

In the distance, the Jiu brothers and sisters huddled together and shivered, while Bai Ze's breathing beside them was as light as falling snow. Realizing that You Su had been looking at him, Bai Ze also raised his clear deer eyes and stared at You Su, as if they were playing a childish game where whoever looked away first would lose.

You Su finally had something on his mind, and after being defeated, he said softly, "Zhenzhu, can you do me a favor?"

Upon hearing that, Bai Ze stuck out his small lilac tongue, with the sparkling gem rolled up on the tip of his tongue, and the fragrance he exhaled condensed into a substantial mist.

"Just keep talking if you want to." The girl was a little embarrassed by the action of sticking out her tongue. It seemed that she mistakenly thought that You Su needed the gem to heal the damage caused by controlling the shuttle along the way, but she was too embarrassed to say it directly.

You Su slightly turned his eyes away and tapped Bai Ze on the forehead. The girl, feeling the pain, retracted her tongue and cried out in pain.

“Stop being so smart.”

Bai Ze puffed up his cheeks, "Your kindness is taken for granted! Why don't you tell me what you want to help with?"

You Su glanced back at the delicate and lovely girl, pursed his lips and said, "How to enter the city is our biggest problem now. I can't think of a solution for the time being, but the situation is urgent. If it's convenient, I would like to ask her to come out and give some advice."

Bai Ze was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to argue something, but he remained silent and lowered his head slightly, "It seems that she is much more useful than me..."

You Su hesitated because she was worried about this situation. Bai Ze obviously didn't like this "other person" living in his body, so he never wanted to take the initiative to give control to the Lord of Jianlong Palace. You Su tried to make her understand that she and the Lord of Jianlong Palace were actually the same person, but it was still too difficult.

"How could that be? When I'm resting, I rely on you to control the shuttle and look after Jiu and Ying. If you're gone, I'm afraid I won't even have time to close my eyes."

He said he was controlling the shuttle, but in fact he was just watching to prevent it from crashing into the mountains; he said he was looking after Ah Jiu and his sister, but in fact the two kids were so frightened by the magical experience of flying that they were not going to make a fuss. However, even if there was no credit, there was still hard work, and You Su was not kidding the stupid cat.

"Forget it, I'll think about it again. Don't hold on any longer. Go back to the shuttle and get some sleep."

Bai Ze snorted softly, "No, I want to sleep in your arms."

You Su shook his head helplessly, but did not refuse. Instead, he took the initiative to open his arms. The girl hugged You Su's waist and abdomen like a young swallow, and pressed her little face against the boy's chest, like a sulky kitten. You Su stroked her soft twin ponytails, his eyes soft and doting.

"Let go." The Dragon Palace Master's tone was like a knife tempered with ice.

You Su froze, and was about to explain when the person in his arms suddenly grabbed his arm around his shoulders. When he raised his eyes again, the clear innocence in the girl's eyes had turned into the coldness of a cold pond, and even the white mist he exhaled seemed to be frost-colored.

You Su pulled his arm away as if he had been electrocuted, but Bai Ze, or rather, the Palace Master of Jianlong Palace, staggered half a step due to the sudden loss of support. She waved her wide sleeves to steady herself, and glanced at You Su's flustered eyes, "You knew she would definitely sleep in your arms, so you said this on purpose?"

You Su raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that his plan was seen through by the Palace Master at a glance. However, he didn't intend to admit it generously. After all, he just hugged not only Bai Ze, but also this powerful person:

"It's better to say that you disturbed our brother-sister relationship."

"Brother and sister love?" Hearing the Dragon Palace Master repeating it, although the tone was calm, You Su could hear some teasing, "What do you want from me?"

You Su really didn't know where such a strong sense of oppression came from with such a small body, so he could only point to the towering Frost City Gate and said, "My identity is inconvenient, and now the guards are tight. Do you know if there is another way to get to the sacred mountain?"

"Only these four cities can be entered."

Seeing the Dragon Palace Master with her hands behind her back, looking at the heavily guarded city gate at the foot of the mountain, the corners of her lips curled up in a sarcastic arc: "Even the gatekeepers of Frost City have been replaced. She is really well prepared."

"You can't get in either?" You Su frowned.

Seeing that the Dragon Palace Master did not answer, an ice crystal condensed on his fingertips, reflecting the image of the patrolling guard on the city wall.

When the icy light passed over the third battlement, her pupils suddenly contracted - there stood a commander with a face full of flesh, his armor covered with frost patterns, and a faded word "Frost" engraved on the token at his waist.

"Chen Dafu." She whispered the name, as if chewing a moldy cake. "Fifty years ago, he was sentenced to death for raping and murdering his sister."

As she said this, she turned her head and looked sideways at You Su.

You Su felt puzzled at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he immediately realized that the other party was using this heinous crime to insinuate him.

He was about to retort, but the Dragon Palace Lord turned his head and continued, "But before he was executed, the Frost City Lord found a scapegoat and gave him the surname Frost. From then on, he changed his surname to Frost Chu and became a guard of Frost City. But it took him fifty years to be promoted to the commander of the city guards. I'm afraid no one takes his surname Frost seriously."

You Su clenched his fists, "Why did the Lord of Frost City save him?"

The Palace Master tilted his head and glanced at him again, "We in Bei'aozhou are not as dirty as the southerners. We don't have any perverts who would covet our own sister. The murderer is someone else."

You Su was described as a dirty southerner, and he was immediately furious, but unfortunately he was hesitant to speak, and decided not to bother with a child, and just tried to figure out who the real murderer was. After a little thought, the answer was obvious, even if it was not the Lord of Frost City himself, I'm afraid it must be related to him.

"Is this Frost City Lord the same one from fifty years ago?"

"Reverend Ningshuang, he has been the lord of this city for more than a hundred years."

You Su frowned and stared at the lights of the thousands of houses. After a long while, he said, "Since you knew he was guilty, how could you let him stay in his high position?"

"When did I say he was guilty?" The Palace Master raised his eyes and asked back, then sighed, "The problem is not with him, but with this land. If he was not so poor that he needed to risk his life to make a living, who would send his sister to him? When he learned that his sister was dead, perhaps his joy was greater than his sadness..."

You Su suddenly felt a blockage in his heart and couldn't say anything.

"Chen Xiaoyou, if you call his sister's name, he will not dare to stop us again." Seeing that the Dragon Palace Master was still indifferent.

"Why do you know these things so clearly?"

The girl turned around and smiled, "Because her goal is the same as mine, we both want to make Beiaozhou better."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Dragon Palace Master was seen walking towards the city gate with her sleeves waving. Her skirt swept through the snow without leaving any trace, as if she was a ghost walking on the moon.

You Su remained silent, and waved to Ajiu and his sister who had been hiding in a sheltered place, urging them to follow.

As the group approached the city gate, the sound of taut armor could be heard from below the city wall. Shuang Chu's roar came down with the wind and snow: "Stop! Frost City is under martial law! No one is allowed to enter!"

As soon as he shouted, swords and weapons were unsheathed and pointed directly at the young man standing in front of the crowd.

The young man remained calm in the face of danger, his hair dancing in the wind, his head slightly lowered, his collar covering most of his face, like a beast that was holding back.

"Commander Chen, don't you recognize me?" the young man asked in a low voice.

The city guards stepped forward, and one of them shouted, "Commander Chen is not here! Back off! Otherwise, the sword will have no eyes!"

But the young man neither hid nor retreated, his eyes were fixed on the burly man behind the city guard.

Just when a city guard was about to teach You Su a lesson, a big hand grabbed his shoulder. The city guard looked back in surprise and found that it was his leader.

"I see more than a thousand people every day, and I can't remember what everyone looks like. I hope you won't blame me. Please tell me your name again. I will remember it this time and never forget it again."

"You don't know me?" You Su chuckled and shook his head, "But your sister..." "Master Mei! It's Master Mei!" Shuang Chu suddenly shouted to suppress all the voices, brushed off the snow on his sleeves and came forward enthusiastically, "I haven't seen you for many years, I almost forgot Master Mei, damn it!"

You Su secretly thought that this guy really didn't dare to talk about the past, otherwise the fact that his surname Shuang was not legitimate would be exposed, and he would once again become the lowly person who exchanged his sister for his future.

"It's okay. I haven't been back to the mountain for a long time. Thank you for your hard work, Commander Shuang, for guarding the city gate so late at night."

You Su changed his words very quickly, as if he had originally been calling Commander Frost.

Shuang Chu laughed innocently, and with a wave of his hand, he dismissed the city guards behind him and made way for them. "It's just my duty, why would it be hard? Lord Mei, please come in."

Seeing their leader being so polite, the city guards really thought that he was some mysterious and powerful person stationed outside, and they all lowered their heads and dared not stop him. After all, You Su's aura could not be faked.

You Su nodded and waved to Bai Ze and others behind him.

Bai Ze had a delicate appearance and extraordinary temperament. Shuang Chu's eyes flickered and his thick eyebrows slightly frowned. He always felt familiar with this girl, so he didn't dare to ask more questions. After all, the man in the lead could tell what happened in the past, so he must be a man with great means. The secret he had buried for many years was not even worth talking about in the eyes of these people.

The black iron gate rumbled up, but when Ah Jiu and Ah Ying walked past, Shuang Chu couldn't help but speak, "Master Mei, these two refugees..."

Shuang Chu pointed at Ajiu and his sister tremblingly, but was cut off by You Su's glare before he could finish his words.

"Venerable Ningshuang is kind and generous, but Frost City is so big, can't it even accommodate two children?"

Shuang Chu's legs trembled when he heard this, but he still couldn't bear to let go, "Master Mei, you don't know, these two children have no cultivation..."

"You can't enter the city without cultivation? Who made this rule?!" You Su scolded.

"We are just following orders. I don't know..."

You Su snorted coldly and threw out an ice talisman from his sleeve. Frost flowers outlined a dragon pattern on the talisman paper, which was exactly the same as the totem embossed on the city gate. This was something that the Lord of the Dragon Palace quietly handed to him before entering the door.

"You are not worthy of asking about the Lord's people?!"

Shuang Chu's knees softened upon hearing this, and he almost crawled to make way. Having been a gatekeeper in this sacred mountain for so long, even the word "venerable" did not shock him that much, and the word "venerable master" was only one word different from "venerable". But you have to know that among all the venerables in this mountain, only one can be called "venerable master"...

When You Su stepped over the threshold, he heard the villain pleading in a low voice: "Please don't report the past... to the Lord..."

What responded to him was You Su's sneer.

Even the Lord himself couldn't convict them, so how could You Su do it? The fault wasn't someone, it was this frozen land that was even more barren than the desert.

But You Su had no intention of letting Shuang Chu go. He sneered, just to let Shuang Chu know that there were still people in this world who knew about his dirty deeds. He wanted Shuang Chu to engrave this guilt into his bones and remember it for the rest of his life.

When the group stepped into Frost City, they found themselves in another world.

On both sides of the long cobblestone street, weeping crabapples were in full bloom. The warm wind with sweet fragrance blew across You Su's dark clothes. Everyone of them had a happy smile on their face, as if they were celebrating some festival.

Ah Ying woke up from her brother's back and stared blankly at the child in gorgeous clothes in front of the sugar painting stall - the child took a bite of the candied fruit and threw the rest to the side of the road, and immediately a fat and strong black dog came up to grab the food.

"It turns out that snow... can melt." Jiu grabbed a handful of the remaining snow that had not been swept away by the canal and watched it melt into warm water in his palms.

You Su’s knuckles turned white from pinching.

Along the way, he had seen mothers using their body temperature to melt the ice for their babies, and old men huddled on the bodies of their companions to keep warm. But here, this struggle for survival was being used to give alms to dogs.

He had been to Snow City at the north gate of the Divine Mountain. It was warmer and more prosperous than other cities, but not as unscrupulous as Frost City.

He looked down at the girl and got the answer from the astonished look of the Dragon Palace Master. This Frost City was not always so luxurious.

"The underground fire arrays in the four cities of Wind, Frost, Rain and Snow burn one seventh of the total tax revenue of the sacred mountain every year. But if we want to make it this warm, I'm afraid even one fifth is not enough. But even if it gets warmer, flowers like this will never grow."

She lifted the delicate weeping crabapple with her fingertips, but there was no appreciation in her eyes.

"She was the one who ordered the fire array to be stretched to its maximum?"

You Su gritted his teeth. One fifth of the tax revenue from the entire continent would actually be concentrated here to provide warmth for the rich and powerful people at the foot of the sacred mountain. How ridiculous it was.

"We are the stingiest people in the entire Shenshan Mountain." The Dragon Palace Lord sounded quite complacent, as if he was not ashamed but proud of it.

You Su's mind was racing. He let out a long breath and squeezed out a sound from between his teeth:

"I'm afraid what the city guards of Hongcheng said is right. Someone has bypassed her and decided to sacrifice those who are far away from the sacred mountain. Venerable Ao Shu once told me that the taxes paid by most cities in Beiaozhou are far less than the relief funds allocated to them by the sacred mountain. Now that we have abandoned them, we can save a lot of money to use for the enjoyment of these people. What a wonderful thing..."

You Su didn't say another word after he finished speaking, but just walked silently in front. Jiu and Ying followed closely behind him carefully, fearing that they would be lost.

You Su's destination turned out to be the former residence of Master Ao Shu, which he seldom visited - Shu Shu Xuan.

The dust here was even heavier. You Su wanted to clean up for the two children, but Jiu grabbed the broom first.

You Su did not try to take it back, but instead ordered: "You will live here from now on. This is the home of Taoist Hua. If he can come back, I will ask him to accept your sister as his disciple. He is very powerful, not a liar."

Ajiu and Aying's eyes suddenly lit up, and the way they looked at this cold and quiet house changed.

You Su remembered something and took out some small change from his pocket and handed it over. This was indeed all the small change he had left, and giving the spirit stones to these two poor and uncultivated children would only make them guilty of possessing a treasure.

"I don't have much money left. If I want to take good care of your sister, I have to find a way on my own."

"Is Brother You leaving?" Ah Ying asked timidly, vaguely sensing the separation.

"Ah."

"Are we going to save Beiaozhou?" Aying asked again.

"Do you think this place needs rescue?" You Su asked with a smile.

Ah Ying nodded blankly, "This is where the disease is the most serious."

You Su was speechless, but Ah Jiu picked up the broom, patted his chest and said, "Then you, brother, go and do it. Let me and my sister clean this place!"

You Su looked at the boy who made such a promise and rubbed his head with satisfaction.

He walked out of the door and saw the Dragon Palace Master following him silently.

“The door to the sacred mountain won’t be open at night,” she said.

The warm wind blew away the strands of hair on You Su's forehead, revealing a pair of eyes as black as ink - surging in them was a rage more obscure than the whirlpool on the seabed.

"But I can't wait any longer."

(End of this chapter)