Chapter 1786: Exorcising the Divine Pattern

She discovered with pleasant surprise that the Divine Patterns that had plagued her for over a hundred years had completely vanished; she would no longer have to endure that endless pain every day.

"Thank you." The Snow Woman fell to her knees with a thud and kowtowed heavily to Chen Yu several times.

"Take me to find them," Chen Yu said. "I was originally going to look for trouble with Liehun Hall anyway; now that you are here to lead the way, rest assured, saving your clansmen is just a matter of convenience."

"The barrier of Liehun Hall only manifests at the moment of dawn; we can only enter during that gap," the Snow Woman shook her head. "It is already past the hour of the Rat."

"Is that so? They are quite cautious," Chen Yu nodded thoughtfully. "Are they afraid that the world will know of their existence?"

"This is a loophole in their barrier; at dawn, heaven and earth exchange, which is why their barrier appears for a moment. Once this time passes, we cannot find it at all," the Snow Woman said.

"That's fine, you come back with me first, and tomorrow at the hour of the Rat, take me to find them," Chen Yu nodded.

In any case, his goal for this trip was Liehun Hall, so it was perfectly reasonable for him to wait a while.

Meizi and Youzi, the two sisters, had not dared to rest, and the sound of gunfire echoing in the small town had only made the sisters more terrified.

They had originally thought Chen Yu was in grave danger, so when they saw him return, they were truly overjoyed; Youzi even stepped forward to give Chen Yu a tight hug.

"Mr. Chen, you've returned. Just now, the gunfire in the small town was so intense, I thought you had..." Meizi stopped there.

For so many years, the two sisters had relied on each other for survival; it had been a long time since they had cared for someone so earnestly, and Chen Yu counted as one.

"Rest assured, from now on, no one will ever come to ask you for money again, and there will be no more sacrifices in this small town," Chen Yu said.

"Who is she?" Meizi suddenly saw the Snow Woman following behind Chen Yu, and she could not help but be startled.

The small town itself was located far to the north and was close to the Snow Mountain; although it was not the dead of winter, the temperature was extremely low.

This girl was wearing only a few pieces of clothing as thin as cicada wings—was she not cold?

Moreover, she was stunningly beautiful, making one marvel at her appearance, yet within her beauty lay a strange quality, a sense of the uncanny.

"Hello, I am... Xueji," the Snow Woman greeted the two of them.

"Xueji, you, you are the legendary Snow Woman." The two sisters were startled and subconsciously took a few steps back.

They had heard the legends about the Snow Woman eating people more than once since they were children.

Regarding the Snow Woman, she was absolutely an existence that had been demonized—eating people, digging out hearts.

Coupled with the fact that almost everyone who went toward the Snow Mountain disappeared without exception, and not even their bones could be found, this filled everyone with fear of the Snow Woman.

In this place, even mentioning the Snow Woman was almost a taboo; almost everyone would change color at the mention of her.

But now, the Snow Woman was standing right before their eyes in such a grand manner, which made the two of them feel somewhat shocked.

After all, this was the legendary man-eating monster, but now this thing had actually appeared before them, making them feel more or less afraid.

"Do not be afraid, she will not harm you. The rumors you heard about her before are not true; she does not eat people, and she will not actively hurt anyone unless she is threatened," Chen Yu said.

"Hello, my name is Meizi." Meizi gathered her courage and walked up to the Snow Woman, bowed slightly, and then extended her hand to show goodwill.

The Snow Woman did not understand some human customs very well, but seeing Meizi extend her hand, she also extended her own and shook hands with Meizi.

Meizi gasped, because the Snow Woman's hand was too icy, cold almost like ice.

But she endured it and did not pull her hand back, because she felt that would be impolite.

"Sister..." Youzi hurriedly walked forward, looking at the Snow Woman with some suspicion.

Her eyes had been blind all along, but she had heard many legends about the Snow Woman; in her mind, the image of the Snow Woman was always vicious and evil.

But now that she saw the Snow Woman, she could hardly believe her eyes—the Snow Woman was actually so beautiful.

Moreover, her pair of eyes were soul-stirring, which left Youzi, as a girl, momentarily dazed.

"I'm fine, Youzi. Look, she is the spirit from the Snow Mountain in our legends. When I was young, Mother told me that the Snow Woman is actually a spirit from the Snow Mountain; they are beautiful and have beautiful singing voices."

"But later, I don't know who demonized the Snow Woman, but in my heart, she has always been very beautiful and perfect."

"I'm sorry, these years... I have caused you a lot of trouble," the Snow Woman blurted out a sentence. "I apologize to you."

"You must have had your own hardships, right?" Youzi stepped forward and held the Snow Woman's hand. "We don't blame you; everyone has their own unspeakable secrets."

"Thank you," the Snow Woman uttered two words, and a tear fell slowly from her eye.

The emotion of being understood made her tears fall uncontrollably, and as her tears fell, flakes of snow drifted down from the sky.

"It's snowing. Heavens, I heard that when the Snow Woman sheds tears, it will snow in the sky; I didn't expect it to be true." The two sisters looked at the snowflakes drifting in the sky, their expressions shocked.

Soon, it was dawn.

Many police officers arrived in the small town because a bloody case had occurred yesterday in this obscure little town.

Because a gang in the town, specifically the group led by Yamaguchi, had been almost completely wiped out.

The state of these people's deaths was extremely miserable; some were almost cut in half at the waist, and their leader, Yamaguchi, had now inexplicably disappeared.

Later, the police found his body at the foot of the distant Snow Mountain; his chest had been pierced by an unknown object, and he was thoroughly dead.

Moreover, the expression on his face was incredibly terrified, as if he had encountered something horrific before his death.

It was just that the police had not yet found the cause of his death and could only take his body back to wait for a forensic autopsy.

Chuan Naizi was among the detectives, and looking at the carnage before her, her brows were also tightly locked.

Although the members of this gang had committed many evil deeds before, the fact that they were all killed in such a way as to exterminate the entire group still made Chuan Naizi feel somewhat shocked.

"Captain, we have checked everything in the surrounding area, but we haven't found many clues yet, and there is almost no surveillance in this place," a detective came up to report the preliminary survey results.