Chapter 305 – Ever-Growing Ancestral Seal, The Shadow in Li Yuan’s Heart - Part 1
What did extra chances to break through and even more seeds really mean? Li Yuan mulled it over.
Above him, thin, pale snowflakes fluttered down again. They landed on his face, his shoulders, the tips of his hair—soft, almost warm.
It’s falling far more often than back when I lived in Gemhill, Li Yuan thought. An entire winter there might see this kind of strange snowfall once; now, I’ve already seen it several times.
He frowned and looked up. A perfect moon hung in a clear sky, yet warm snow whirled across the mountain ridges, something that could exist only in another world.
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Hundreds of kilometers away, an old village lay hidden in drifting fog. Every house was full, yet everyone slept on, smiling in sweet, greedy dreams.
Deep in the white mist something like a giant snake slid past with a faint hiss.
Elsewhere came a hoarse oink-oink, like a pig snorting.
Drawn by that sound, dream-walkers drifted about. The instant they touched anything—earth, stone, knives, or even people—they dropped to all fours and stuffed it into their mouths in frenzy.
That was just the surface. Worse horrors crawled unseen.
The warm snow swirled all around yet never crossed the village line, so life inside went undisturbed.
Outside the fence, spring blossoms flourished.