"You need my blood?" Gu Xu asked.
The snow girl nodded, her expression cold.
"Those people outside...are they hunting you?" she asked.
"That's right."
"You stay here and I can protect you. But every seven days, you need to give me some blood."
Gu Xu did not respond immediately.
Snow woman still has her humanity, and she actually made a deal with him, a human race, calmly. This was undoubtedly beyond his expectation.
But then he thought about it, and now for him, the snow girl's side can be regarded as the safest place in the world, even safer than the North.
Although Zhao Changying in the North is a powerful Eighth Realm True Lord, his life is in danger after all, and he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive.
However, Xue Nu is a living saint-level powerhouse, and she just defeated the Grand Master of Qi in a battle.
With her as his bodyguard, as long as Emperor Tianxing doesn't take action himself or is not besieged by many saints, Gu Xu can almost walk sideways in the territory of Da Qi Dynasty.
"But I need to leave Yishan next to do something important."
Gu Xu thought for a moment and tried to bargain with Xue Nu.
He was betting that the snow girl needed him more than he needed her.
"where are you going?"
"Let's go to Qingzhou Mansion first, and then go to Kunlun."
The snow girl stood still and closed her eyes, seemingly assessing her own situation and weighing the pros and cons.
After a long while, she opened her eyes and looked at Gu Xu: "I can go with you."
Ever since her family was destroyed more than ten years ago, she has been living on the top of a snow-capped mountain far away from the world without any desire. What she does day and night is to fight against her own instincts.
Until I met Gu Xu today.
To her, his flesh, blood, and soul were like the most delicious delicacies in the world, and her alluring fragrance could be smelled from a distance.
Even if she hasn't fully woken up from her slumber, she will be driven by instinct to eat him whole.
However, after drinking Gu Xu's blood, her instinct that had been thirsty for several years seemed to feel a long-lost satisfaction and entered a peaceful state - no longer shouting all the time as usual, Urging her to hunt.
She was finally able to enjoy a brief moment of peace amid the endless torture.
Hearing her words, Gu Xu raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.
"Xue Nu left Yishan, where she had lived for more than ten years, and wandered around the world, all because of a man!"
If such news spreads, the entire Da Qi Dynasty will probably be shocked.
But Gu Xu still wanted to discuss the conditions.
It was obvious that Yuki-onna had an inexperienced character and was not good at negotiating - she easily exposed her desires and bottom line in front of him.
"I have never been in good health," he said. "If the bloodletting continues, it may have serious consequences."
The snow girl stared at him and was silent for a few seconds.
Then she waved her hand gently, and two white things flew into the cave from the outside and landed steadily in her hands.
"Take it." She handed them to Gu Xu.
Gu Xu took the two ginseng-like things and saw that they were white and crystal clear in color with a faint luster, like priceless jade.
It’s actually snow ginseng!
Gu Xu couldn't help but think that when he was still an official in Yishui County, Chen Jisheng sneaked into Yishan and stole a snow ginseng in order to help him replenish his health.
However, in the process, Chen Jisheng was hit by the "Frost Erosion" curse - so Gu Xu went to the Lu family's haunted house to find a way to solve it for him.
It can be said that the earliest fate between Gu Xu and Snow Girl began with that snow ginseng.
However, the snow ginseng plant cost Chen Jisheng a lot of money and made him go through many hardships.
The two ginseng plants now were thrown into his hands by Yuki-nu like cabbage.
Such a strong contrast made Gu Xu feel a little dazed for a moment.
"Thank you," he said softly.
"Well...you're welcome." Yuki-onna thought for a moment and responded.
She had been separated from human society for so long that these everyday polite words were a bit unfamiliar to her.
After a pause, she continued: "However, I can't set off with you now. You have to wait for me...well, about seven days or so. I need to adapt to the new power in my body."
New power...Did the snow girl's strength increase during her sleep? No wonder he was able to defeat the national master just now.
Gu Xu thought silently in his heart.
At the same time, he readily agreed: "No problem."
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In the next few days, Gu Xu and Xue Nu stayed at the top of the silent and deserted Yishan Mountain.
Gu Xu was busy practicing and drawing talismans, while Xue Nu was busy adapting to the new power.
The two rarely talk to each other.
But they were not embarrassed by the silence. Instead, they were content in the peaceful atmosphere.
A few days later, there was a heavy snowfall on Yishan Mountain.
The snowflakes were like fluttering butterflies, falling one after another, covering the earth with a thick blanket, and the entire Yishan Mountain turned into a white world.
Gu Xu finished his training, opened his eyes, and walked outside the cave.
Then he saw the snow girl who seemed to be busy building a snowman.
She piled several snowballs together and used magic to modify them into the shapes of jackals, tigers, leopards and other animals.
The exquisite bare feet stepped on the snow, but did not leave any footprints.
When these animals were basically formed, the snow girl patted each of their heads, and they seemed to be given vitality in an instant and began to move one after another.
Seeing this scene, Gu Xu instantly remembered the vision he saw when the "Jinghong Pen" recognized its owner——
A slender and pale girl in plain clothes stood in the garden, holding a "Jinghong Pen" and recited in an ethereal voice:
"The snow is too late for spring, so it flies through the trees in the garden."
As far as he knew, the first poem written with "Jinghong Brush" was of vital importance to the owners of "Jinghong Brush" in the past generations.
Like Lu Shiyao's Ice and Snow Avenue, life is born in the extreme cold.
Gu Xu originally thought that Snow Girl would command these ice and snow beasts to wreak havoc in the mountains and announce her awakening to the world.
But he never expected that the snow girl would actually control these animals and make up a story——
The tiger is a fatuous and irritable monarch, the fox is a flattering minister, and the bear is a loyal general...
The tiger listened to the fox's slander and dismissed the bear from his official position, causing the bear to return home in depression.
However, after losing the bear, the tiger suffered a devastating defeat during the war with the enemy. He had to go to the countryside where the bear lived in person and visited the thatched cottage to invite him out.
…
The snow girl's face remained expressionless.
But looking at her focused look, Gu Xu knew that she was enjoying it.
Gu Xu remembered that when he was a child in his previous life, as an only child, he often entertained himself due to lack of playmates. He played with various models in the bedroom and acted out Ultraman and monsters, Autobots and Tyranny in his mind. An earth-shattering battle between tigers and tigers.
"She must be lonely too!"
Looking at Xue Nu's graceful figure, Gu Xu said silently in his heart.
