After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Climb to the top of the Snow Palace to look at the stars.

Shi Yan played with the jade slip that the tavern owner had given him.

The jade slip seemed to still retain the fragrance of the tavern proprietress, like the scent of sweet grapes being peeled, squeezed, and crushed.

The matter at Frost Rainbow Valley was handled even more smoothly than Shi Yan had imagined.

The tavern owner 'sent' herself onto the Wen family's convoy, and the jade slip she provided was like a cheat-level strategy guide. Without needing to seek help from a master of array formations, she easily repaired the "Frost Sword Night Star Array".

Thanks to the help he and Jun Qianrou provided, he easily obtained that millennium snow crystal.

The only difficulty—

Elder Ma, a demonic cultivator who was originally supposed to be in the late Nascent Soul stage, could have broken through to the Divine Transformation stage with the help of Jun Qianrou.

Perhaps it was because I arrived a little too early, and my cultivation level was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

That battle was practically a free-for-all.

Shi Yan recalled the events of the day; things had gone far too smoothly.

It went so smoothly... that even Shi Yan found it unusual.

She looked up at the sky.

Without the polluted atmosphere filling the sky, even the stars appear more dazzling.

Especially that Ziwei star, or rather... the North Star, which is the star that symbolizes Xingke.

Compared to the previous reincarnations 'Gouchen I' or 'Beiji II', the Ziwei Star in this world is much more dazzling.

Although I know that the effect may be due to precession or something similar.

But... trying to explain the stars in the cultivation world using astronomy is definitely something wrong with me.

With a wry smile, clanging and clattering—

Shi Yan heard the sound of delicate chains clanging.

There was no turning back.

In this snow-covered palace, the only person still bound by chains was Wenren Ershu.

Amidst a faint fragrance, Wenren Ershu sat down beside Shiyan, raising her head to look at the sky Shiyan was gazing at.

The teacher turned to look at Wenren Ershu.

The woman seemed no different from when they first met, except that she no longer wore a black veil over her face, and her dark eyes remained expressionless, devoid of joy or sorrow.

She changed from a black tulle dress that accentuated her alluring figure to a loose white long dress.

But even so.

The slender waist, the fullness of the chest, the alluring lines of the hips... all remain with the woman's seated posture, the silk taut and fully revealed.

Shi Yan shifted his gaze away from Wenren Ershu.

She suddenly understood many things.

"What are you looking at?" Unlike Wenren Ermo, Wenren Ershu's voice was more serene, like a deep, cold pool in a mountain stream.

Even though her wrists were still tightly bound by ice chains, it didn't seem to be a problem for her.

Her gaze remained calm.

When did I see her show any unusual expression?

Shi Yan recalled.

It was when Wenren Ershu saw that she was going to repair the "Frost Sword Night Star Formation," which was... the formation that she should have broken herself.

Without revealing anything unusual, Shi Yan pointed to the Ziwei star in the sky.

She suddenly thought of Xingke.

That girl, though she was the ruler of Ziwei, who could decide the lives of tens of thousands of people with a single thought, was incredibly timid.

Xingke's CG left the deepest impression on Shiyan.

She was a young girl dressed in magnificent robes, yet her face was full of timidity. She sat on the Purple Emperor's throne, hugging her smooth legs, gently biting her pink lips, her eyes glistening with tears as she looked at the camera...

"The Purple Star?" Wenren Ershu saw the direction his teacher was pointing.

She suddenly started chatting with Shi Yan, "Fifteen years ago... the Ziwei star in the sky wasn't that one yet."

The teacher nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.

The fortune of the "Purple Star Enclosure".

Even if you use a cheat engine to modify the innate destiny, you can only force a change to produce the same name.

There's only one of them in the entire game.

At the same time, the birth of one "Ziwei Star Lord" inevitably signifies the death of another "Ziwei Star Lord".

The previous "Ziwei Star Lord" was Xing Ke's father.

Wenren Ershu and Shiyan started talking about the stars in the sky, while Shiyan just listened silently.

Unlike many times when Shi Yan actively flirted with other younger girls, when he was with Wenren Ershu, Shi Yan was more like the one being flirted with.

Shi Yan silently looked up at the stars, while Wenren Ershu looked at Shi Yan's profile. The distance between the two was gradually closing.

Until... Shi Yan even felt that he could feel Wen Ren Er Shu's breath on the skin of his neck.

She grabbed Wenren Ershu's hand before he could reach out to her.

bang bang——

The sound of the roof tiles of the Snow Cold Palace colliding.

Clang, clang—

The soft, tinkling sound of the delicate ice chains clinking in Wenren Ershu's hands.

Although it has been confirmed that Elder Ma is the demonic cultivator lurking in Frost Rainbow Valley.

However... it is an undeniable fact that Wenren Ershu was once controlled by demonic cultivators.

Wenren Ermo is that kind of person.

Even though she felt pity for her own sister and believed in her master's words and the teachings of Wenren Ershu, she still decided to follow the rules of Frost Rainbow Valley.

The handling of writing about someone who has heard of them—

Her movements were confined to the Snow Palace, and the ice chains on her hands could not be removed.

"Heh heh—" accompanied by the girl's slightly heavy breathing.

The posture between Shi Yan and Wenren Ershu has changed to the posture of Shi Yan being pressed down on the roof tiles by Wenren Ershu.

Hearing someone write, he grasped the teacher's words firmly.

The thin ice chain rested on Shi Yan's chest, rising and falling with his breath, making him shiver involuntarily.

Actually... she could have resisted.

As for Shi Yan, she had many, many ways to resist.

However... looking into Wenren Ershu's dark, inky eyes, Shi Yan's expression suddenly calmed down.

Furthermore—

I won't lose out.

She leaned down at Wenren Ershu, and their breaths almost overlapped instantly.

"actually..."

Choking back tears, Shi Yan managed to squeeze out broken words, "Actually... Elder Ma wasn't wrong—"

"Right?"

Hearing this, he managed to straighten up a little.

She released her right hand that was holding Shi Yan's left wrist and gently brushed the strands of hair that had fallen beside her ear.

Wenren Ershu's body weight almost entirely rested on Shiyan; it was very light and soft.

Wenren Ershu, who looked much more frail and haggard than Wenren Ermo, was also much lighter in weight.

Those eyes, which had always been calm and still, finally filled with a charming smile, and her slightly pink lips parted slightly, "Why would you say that?"

Shi Yan stared intently at Wenren Ershu.

Because she finally remembered—

If I had met a beautiful woman like Wenren Ershu early in the game, I would never have let her slip through my fingers.

It will definitely maximize her favorability.

Unless it's the same as the 'side story' of Snow Palace.

Because I directly entered Frostbear Valley with the cheat engine and killed Elder Ma, I never actually encountered him.

Therefore... the person who accompanied Jun Qianrou to the Master's family in the early stages of the game was definitely not Wenren Ershu, but someone else entirely.

As for why Wenren Ershu followed Jun Qianrou into the Shi family, the answer... is quite clear, isn't it?

Who would be so worried about Jun Qianrou's health?

Only that 'demonic cultivator'.

He wants to use Jun Qianrou's power to break through the barrier.

In the original storyline, Jun Qianrou had no feelings for Shi Yan at all; she was only there to annul the engagement.

He, of course, didn't care.

But... in this world, Jun Qianrou wasn't going to annul the engagement; she practically wanted to go to his door and force him to marry her.

So--

He had to go and see.

But Shi Yan couldn't say it like that. She simply looked at Wenren Ershu in front of her and said, "Back in the main hall of Frostrain Valley..."

"You looked utterly astonished when you saw me trying to repair the 'Frost Sword Night Star Array'."