Chapter 1023 - Mystery Resolved
At this point, Liu Wuxie had no room left to retreat. If he wanted to take Xu Lingxue and Murong Yi away openly, he would have to find the Frost Bead.
The surrounding ice laws continued to flow to the underside of the mountain at a steady pace. Liu Wuxie moved cautiously. He had a strong feeling that something dangerous lurked beneath the bone-chilling waters.
Liu Wuxie still couldn't determine exactly what danger lurked below. Upon entering the underground world, he had heard a violent impact beneath the glacier, as if a colossal creature were moving.
Moreover, the mountain was only a few hundred meters beneath the Half-Moon Nunnery.
Suddenly, Liu Wuxie stopped in his tracks as he saw a dark shadow begin to take form before him. A fully intact corpse lay frozen in silence, entombed in ice for countless years. The corpse wore simple grey robes, unmistakably similar to those worn by the nuns of Half-Moon Nunnery.
"Could she be a disciple of the Half-Moon Nunnery?" Liu Wuxie crept closer carefully. The sight of a corpse encased so deep in ice unsettled him.
When he drew near, he finally got a clear look. The woman wore a nun's robe and had delicate features, appearing to be in her thirties. Strangely, a faint flush still colored her cheeks. Yet, no trace of life remained. The extreme cold had taken her life and frozen her body solid.
Or perhaps the surrounding ice laws had trapped her before she died. If a living person were to fuse with ice, their internal organs would fail to react in time, and they would lose all sensation. Liu Wuxie could only imagine the despair she must've felt.
Upon closer inspection, Liu Wuxie noticed her cultivation wasn't weak. She had reached at least the upper stages of the Earth Profound Realm. It was a remarkable achievement for someone her age. Now he understood why the two women had mentioned that the Half-Moon Nunnery had once stood as a powerful sect before declining for unknown reasons.
He carefully dug out the corpse and scanned it with his divine sense. Only after confirming she was truly dead did he finally exhale in relief.
Even Liu Wuxie would be caught off guard if the corpse suddenly woke up.