Chapter 210: Su Ling

Su Ling went in first, and Gu Yun followed behind him. Only when she truly walked into the mansion did Gu Yun know what was called unbelievable! Su Ling's hand holding the Chi Xue was already shaking slightly; the consequence of excessive force was that the veins on his hand were almost popping out. Gu Yun swallowed her saliva. If she were Su Ling, she would probably have burst a blood vessel too...

A full ten-plus centimeters of ice on the ground froze the stone path and lawn underneath. The large trees that were originally able to block the sky were all bare, and the vigorous branches were covered in long, thin ice pillars that could be used as weapons. The stone mountain used for decoration also couldn't escape becoming an iceberg. If Su Ling weren't standing beside her, and if she couldn't still make out the general layout from the familiar arrangement, Gu Yun would really doubt whether this was the General's Mansion—it was simply an ice world.

To be honest, the scenery before her was quite beautiful, but Gu Yun really had no mood to appreciate it. It was so cold; it felt as if the blood in her body had frozen. This thin cloak Su Ling gave her couldn't block any wind at all. Gu Yun shivered, and suddenly her hand felt warm; Su Ling's thick hand held her already frozen hand in his palm.

"Go to the flower hall first." Pulling Gu Yun, the two ran all the way, running toward the nearest flower hall. The further they went, the more bone-piercing the cold wind became. That kind of cold made one suffocate; it could instantly freeze the breath you exhaled into ice and make your blood solidify. Gu Yun couldn't help but secretly warn herself: never provoke Bing Lian in the future! It was simply too terrifying.

With great difficulty, the two ran to the front of the flower hall. The door was tightly closed, and firelight shone from inside. Su Ling slapped the wooden door, which was also covered in ice, forcefully. Voices of people talking came from inside. After a while, the door was pulled open forcefully from the inside. Gu Yun only felt a pain in her shoulder, and the next moment she was pulled into the room by Su Yan.

Su Ling released Gu Yun's hand, picked up a sable fur coat draped over a chair and draped it over her, while he took another deer-skin long coat and draped it over himself. The thick fur coat allowed Gu Yun, who was already frozen to the point of being unable to speak, to slowly catch her breath. Looking closely, there were two large fire piles in the room. The fire was burning very vigorously, but there was still no heat; at most, it was better than standing outside. Besides Su Yan, Su Quan, Su Ren, and even Su Qing, who hadn't been seen for days, were gathered around the fire. In such a cold environment, there was one person who was not gathered by the fire, curled up in the corner of the wall covered in thin ice. That person was Su Yu.

His crimson eyes met hers for less than a second before immediately looking away. Seeing his eyes were still clear, he should have sobered up from the alcohol.

A large hand patted Gu Yun's shoulder heavily. Su Yan said urgently, "Girl, you're finally back. Bing Lian has gone crazy. Go quickly and stop it. At this time, only you can control it!" The clan leader had gone to see Bing Lian and had also almost been frozen stiff. Now she was their last hope.

"No." Before Gu Yun could reply, Su Ling had already coldly refused. "She cannot go any further. It's so cold; she would be frozen before she even reached Yitian Courtyard." There wasn't a drop of blood on her face; he couldn't let her take the risk.

"Then what should we do?" Could they let Bing Lian continue to go crazy?

Su Ren looked at Su Qing in a dilemma. "Clan Leader—"

Su Qing thought for a moment and replied, "You try calling it."

Gu Yun nodded. "Okay."

"Bing Lian!"

No response.

"Bing Lian!"

Raising her voice a bit, Gu Yun called again.

Still no response.

Gu Yun shook her head and replied somewhat frustratedly, "It doesn't work. Maybe it's too far." Su Ling said that within half a li, Bing Lian could come to her hand, but from the flower hall to Yitian Courtyard, it was definitely more than half a li.

Su Qing continued to smile and said, "Call it with your heart. Call it in your heart; it should be able to hear you." Bing Lian's reliance and recognition of her exceeded their imagination. Perhaps the connection between her and Bing Lian went far beyond this.

With her heart? Gu Yun frowned. Psychological connection? Was it really that mysterious? Slowly closing her eyes, she thought, might as well try! Gu Yun called in her heart over and over: Bing Lian, Bing Lian, Bing Lian—after calling several times, it seemed there was still no movement, and Gu Yun grew impatient—if you hear me, hurry up and roll over here!

Still no response.

Opening her eyes, Gu Yun looked back at Su Qing helplessly. Just as she was about to say she had tried her best, an extremely bright white light approached from afar. Before they could react, a powerful impact burst open the tightly closed doors and windows, and the blinding white light, carrying the momentum of a blizzard, struck them head-on. Everyone in the room, except Gu Yun, was forced back several steps.

Bing Lian was very crazy tonight. Fearing it would hurt Gu Yun, Su Ling wanted to protect her, but he had only moved his foot when a fierce, icy force struck him. Su Ling reached out to block it, but was actually bounced more than a zhang away. No one could get close; even Su Ling couldn't stand by her side.

Pure white halos surrounded Gu Yun and Bing Lian. Su Ling was worried about Gu Yun and wanted to go forward, but was grabbed by Su Qing, who signaled him to look at Gu Yun.

Gu Yun stood proudly, facing Bing Lian. Su Ling finally stopped moving forward and watched the changes quietly. Gu Yun and Bing Lian stood facing each other like this, Bing Lian suspended in front of her, and Gu Yun naturally reached out to take it.

Hiss—when her hand gripped the dark white sword body, Gu Yun felt a chill surge from the sword body. It was very cold! Colder than any time she had touched Bing Lian before. Gu Yun could feel Bing Lian throwing a tantrum. Even though her palm was already numb from the cold, the hand holding it didn't let go, but gripped it even tighter.

After a struggle, the cold aura on Bing Lian gradually weakened. Gu Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Damn, if it froze her for a while longer, her hand would probably be ruined!

Why don't you want me? Just as Gu Yun's heart had just settled, a voice as young as a child's seemed to sound from very far away and yet very close, questioning with a little temper. It wasn't scary at all, and the tender voice was even cute.

Is it talking to me? A sword? Gu Yun was stunned at first, but quickly calmed down. Since it could throw a tantrum, it wasn't strange for it to talk, right? Wasn't it? This world was truly too crazy.

Why don't you want me? Gu Yun didn't answer, and it was clearly dissatisfied. Gu Yun laughed and cried as she replied, "I didn't not want you!"

Then you told me not to follow you! Gu Yun tried to explain, but for a moment she didn't know how to explain it to a sword, so she could only perfunctorily reply, "I was upset, just walking around."

Fortunately, it didn't care much about these things. The tender voice continued: You really won't not want me? Gu Yun replied without hesitation, "No."

You promise! "Okay, I promise I won't not want you, happy now!" After seeing today's scene, did she dare not want it? It could definitely turn her into an ice sculpture at any time.

Hmm! I'm so tired! Bing Lian got the satisfactory answer and was finally satisfied. The dazzling light on its body slowly faded. It no longer hung in the air but lay quietly in Gu Yun's palm.

A moment ago it was majestic, how could it be so useless now. Gu Yun laughed, "Serves you right." Can you not be tired after throwing a fire all night?

After the halo on Bing Lian disappeared, the cold aura also disappeared. The surrounding ice remained, but the sharp wind was gone, so it was no longer so bone-piercing.

Gu Yun held Bing Lian in her hand and looked back, only to see a group of people looking at her with complex expressions. Su Yan asked in surprise, "You can talk to it?"

Gu Yun also felt it was very magical and laughed, "I didn't know I could either. Can't you hear it?" Although the voice was very tender and ethereal, it was still very clear.

Everyone shook their heads at the same time. Huh? Was it really that fantasy-like? Gu Yun looked at Su Ling and asked, "Can you talk to Chi Xue?"

"I can't hear its voice, but I can generally feel what it means."

"Oh." Gu Yun was somewhat disappointed. She still wanted to ask him if the cool Chi Xue's voice was also that cute?

The doors and windows had been broken by Bing Lian, and wind was blowing in from everywhere. Su Yan wrapped his large cotton-padded jacket tighter and shouted, "Alright, alright, stop chatting. This ice and snow is freezing people to death. Hurry and let Bing Lian melt the ice!"

Gu Yun looked down at Bing Lian, which was hanging weakly on her shoulder. The white light on its body flashed weakly, and then it was calm as before. After waiting for a long time, she didn't see any signs of the ice on the ground melting. Gu Yun asked in a low voice, "Bing Lian?"

After listening carefully, Gu Yun's expression became somewhat strange. She coughed lightly, suppressing her laughter, and replied, "Uh, it says it consumed too much energy and now has no strength to melt the ice."

No strength? Then how to solve the ice in this room? Gu Yun pointed to the Chi Xue in Su Ling's hand and laughed, "Chi Xue should be able to, right?" Didn't it possess heat as fierce as lava? Using fire to melt ice would be faster! Everyone's eyes turned to Chi Xue again. Unfortunately, it had no reaction. Su Yan said without hope, "I don't think it's possible. Chi Xue hasn't been provoked, so how could it stimulate such energy for no reason!"

Looking out the door, everything in sight was solid ice. Su Ren asked with a headache, "Then what should we do now?"

Gu Yun shrugged and comforted, "Wait for the sun to come out."

"Ah?" That was easy to say! How long would it take for the early winter sun to melt this foot-thick ice?! Glances no less cold than the ice were shot at her. Gu Yun took a step back and laughed, "Oh, it's so late, I have to go to the barracks. I'm so busy today." As she spoke, she fled toward the outside of the courtyard.

Su Ling shook his head with a smile; she was truly good at escaping. Turning back, his gaze swept over Su Yu, who was curled up in the corner in a decadent manner. He said coldly and gloomily, "Su Yu, come to the study." After speaking, regardless of whether he could keep up, his tall figure walked toward the study.

Su Ren looked worriedly at Su Yu, whose body was clearly stiff. His heart couldn't help but rise. They had lived together and taken care of each other for so many years; he really couldn't bear for there to be a rift between brothers because of Qing Mo.

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