Chapter 458: Returning to the Sect
Deep within Great Snow Mountain, beneath the ice caves of Lingjue Peak, there was another world.
Passing through the cold jade platform cavern where Xue Li cultivated in seclusion, behind it was a hidden passageway that wound downward for dozens of zhang. The view suddenly opened up—it was actually a naturally formed enormous cavity.
This place was where Xue Li usually resided. Rather than calling it a cave dwelling, it was more like a luxurious palace embedded in eternal ice.
Dozens of handmaids wearing plain white cotton skirts with delicate features stood quietly in the corners, eyes lowered and compliant, auras restrained. Clearly they weren't ordinary maidservants either—all possessed considerable cultivation.
Xue Li was currently reclining on a soft couch covered with white tiger fur, playing with an ice jade ruyi radiating bone-chilling cold in her hand, listening to a trusted disciple quietly reporting external developments.
Suddenly, Xue Li sat bolt upright. She waved the disciple away.
"Whoosh—!"
A black shadow appeared soundlessly at the entrance to the ice dome palace, as if he had been standing there all along.
The newcomer wore wide black robes that completely shrouded his figure. Even his face was hidden in the deep shadows of his hood, with only two points of ghostly light flickering in the darkness.