Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 1578: Chapter 1558: The Secret of the Snow Palace

”Over here.” Madam Sue waved her hand, pointing the flashlight, and the group followed seamlessly without any pause.

The tunnel was not long, but it had several smaller tunnels that made it hard to comprehend.

At the end of the tunnel, Luo Qianqian noticed Madam Sue took a deep breath and pointed to the door in front, nodding.

Luo Qianqian blinked and first pushed the door, then pulled it, but it wouldn’t open. She could only shrug helplessly at Madam Sue.

She didn’t dare to break it violently; what if she attracted someone’s attention?

”I asked you to hold this...” Madam Sue handed the flashlight to Luo Qianqian, looking exasperated.

If it weren’t for the flashlight being precious, would she have needed to waste words?

She just felt that the thing seemed very fragile, so she had to be a bit careful; how unfortunate it would be if it broke?

Madam Sue waved her jade-like hand, and a white gas slipped through the door’s crack. Then she pulled and dragged it fiercely, and the whole door shattered into floating pieces in the air, gently falling without a sound.

Luo Qianqian looked at Madam Sue with admiration; this move was impressive...

But soon, she froze because in what appeared to be a treasure room, there was a person... accurately, a creature resembling a human.

The hair on the creature’s head was white, and the whole figure looked very old. However, why it was called a creature resembling a human was because its legs were obviously from some animal with brown-black fur, strong and short...

Even though he didn’t open his eyes, he could sense the presence of life. In this quiet environment, one could vaguely hear his breathing.

Luo Qianqian stumbled backward, blocked by Big Black and didn’t fall to the ground, feeling very unsettled.

What is this thing? A man-bear? Bear-man? Some kind of immortal creature? It looked more impressive than any liger, quite like a mermaid in reverse, except a mermaid is half-human, half-fish, and this is half-human, half-animal. Compared to Madam Sue’s graceful half-human, half-snake form, this seemed more mismatched.

Lying naked on the ground, without clothes or any covering, curled up and seemingly very cold, it made one shiver involuntarily.

The key point is, there were some jade vases and wooden barrels around, seemingly filled with food?

Four thick chains locked the creature’s limbs, and an even thicker chain restrained its neck, giving it enough range of movement to stay alive but unable to leave the fixed area.

Moreover, there were no signs of excretion nearby, which was odd...

”Sir... Is that, is that Xiong Qiang?” Madam Sue’s voice carried a hint of trembling.

Luo Qianqian turned her head inquisitively, seeing the serious expressions on Big Black and Xiao Hei’s faces. Clearly, Madam Sue wasn’t referring to her.

”I thought he was in closed cultivation, didn’t expect he’d already met his end.” Big Black’s voice also carried a bit of regret.

From Big Black and Madam Sue’s conversation, it was evident this creature was artificially created, not born naturally. This realization made Luo Qianqian breathe a sigh of relief.

Though she felt there’s no issue if humans and beasts fall in love, she felt quite uneasy about children...

Perhaps beasts can’t reproduce beyond dragons and certain species, but can they after cultivating into human form? So the cultivation of spiritual beasts is for... cross-species romance?

Luo Qianqian felt she uncovered the truth, feeling overwhelmed...

Xiong Qiang was regarded as an emerging talent of the Northern Ice Plains, humble and hardworking, gaining Big Black and Xiao Hei’s favor, thereby establishing a place at the foot of the Holy Mountain. Although not as recognized as veteran spiritual beasts, he held a notable position among the Northern Region Spiritual Beast.

Even Madam Sue praised him greatly.

It was unexpected to see him in such circumstances.

Suddenly there was surprise and astonishment, but more disbelief.

Ignoring other factors, just the body disparity between human and bear was far off, it made no sense!

But looking at the waist connection, there seemed to be no issue, making them feel quite strange.

”For a bear, the bear part of the body is too skinny; for a human, the human part is too fat.” Luo Qianqian frowned with confusion at Madam Sue: ”Is Xiong Qiang very thin?”

”No, Xiong Qiang is very robust.” Madam Sue shook her head in denial.

Very robust? In other words, very fat?

Luo Qianqian couldn’t help but be speechless.

Madam Sue’s eyes flared with a violent look: ”Looks like Snow Palace has premeditated against us! Luckily Xiao Hua escaped, otherwise, she’d be unavoidable!”

Silence spread among the four, none breaking the current stillness.

But soon, the creature on the ground opened its eyes, and seeing the person and the three beasts in front, he was slightly startled, but not surprised, softly saying: ”Quickly leave, once discovered you won’t escape.” As he spoke, he stood up, wobbling a bit under the influence of bear legs: ”If you can find Haan Bing, have him take his brother away from Snow Palace, this is no longer the Haan Family’s Snow Palace.”

??? Haan Bing?

Luo Qianqian was slightly shocked but did not immediately speak, just lightly furrowing her brow while continuing to watch the elder.

The elder looked at his body, chuckling, his eyes full of mockery: ”I was the first who had the idea, but to taste the bitter fruit first even I didn’t expect it. Snow Palace’s secret chamber is the third room from here, hope you can give the Scepter of Snow to Haan Bing, consider it as a favor returned from this old man.” As he spoke, he bit down on his own finger, spitting it towards Luo Qianqian’s direction: ”I know you aren’t Snow Palace’s people, just ask you to inform Haan Bing so, that child is smart, will know the truth. This is the key to the door, take it away.”

Luo Qianqian jumped back in surprise, what kind of method is this? Biting a finger as a key? Not afraid of splattering blood everywhere? However, it seemed not much blood flowed...

She looked utterly speechless, do I look that much like a good person?

Madam Sue picked up the finger on the ground, discovering it was carved into a key-shaped bone, and the supposed flesh was merely some unknown animal’s hide wrapped around.

”What about the other spiritual beasts?” Madam Sue asked sharply.

She was most concerned about spiritual beast’s fate. This undoubtedly signaled Snow Palace’s declaration of war on Northern Ice Plains.

”The ones you’re looking for are no longer there, the powerful ones were dealt with, you’re always the next target.” The elder’s face was calm, lacking any scheming, which made Luo Qianqian somewhat inclined to believe him.

Madam Sue furrowed her brows: ”You know me?”

”Sue Jiao, the strongest in the Northern Lands.”

Big Black and Xiao Hei exchanged glances but remained silent, alright, if he said so.