Chapter 499: 499: Whipped
Cultivation Realm. Northern Region
At the ice mountain ranges, Tan Bingyu had finally come back with the group of three: Di Luya, Xue Fuya and Di Lou. Upon their arrival at the normal, they had gone hiking to climb the mountain range. But no one dares to fly around unless you are a Nascent Soul cultivator unaffected by cold breeze. Moreover, the ice in these ice mountain ranges is different from others. Ice and Snow in this region possessed a powerful elemental energy of ice. In short, it’s colder than ordinary snow.
Tan Bingyu was unaffected by the cold thanks to her special physique. Xue Fuya is also alright as she had the blood of Xue Clan, her body is tempered with ice elements since birth and coldness doesn’t matter to her. Di Luya is also alright as he was able to control his use of qi at the minimum preventing him from feeling cold.
As for Di Lou, he now looked like a big round bear covered in layers of coat while holding a fire stone to keep himself warm. However, since he isn’t used to such kind of weather, he feels the cold more vividly than others. Half of his bloodline is that of Xue Clan, without the special way of the Snow family to control cold, he would suffer as much.
This is the same reason why Sect Master Xue Yi didn’t allow his sister, Xue Fuya, to take away Xue Shuyi when she was just a baby. Without proper cultivation technique of the clan, she would not only suffer from cold but feel sickly under the sun. Xue Fuya knew that and for the same reason she didn’t fight against her brother.
Xue Fuya looked at the familiar towering gates with ice frosting over them covered with a bit of white snow giving a magical feeling.
She mumbles, " I am back. I wonder if they will allow me to come back inside."
As an exiled member of the Snow Clan, they were forbidden from returning after their original cultivation was removed. Though they weren’t crippled before being exiled, coming out through this cold place in an ordinary human body is a huge risk. Xue Fuya was lucky when she was exiled as she had Di Luya protecting her on their way down. Even after becoming a mortal that time, she safely descended the icy mountain range.
Tan Bingyu spoke, "The Supreme Elder after coming out of seclusion had approved marriage with outsiders. The only difference is that they need to marry into the clan like the partner of the Supreme Elder."
"How about if one wanted to marry outside?" Di Lou asked.
Tan Bingyu answered, "Same as before. Without getting one’s cultivation erased but had to make a vow never to spread the clan’s cultivation technique. Only those who are allied with the snow clan can marry officially outside."
"It is better that before. Why would they suddenly allow marriage outside?" Di Luya asked.
Tan Bingyu answered, "Because most of those who marry outside get a descendant with a special physique like me. The Supreme Elder’s son is also like me. Only those who married outside might be born with special Yin Physique."
She looked at her silly little uncle and pointed at him, "Him? No. His Xue Clan’s Bloodline is thin. He would have died if he had awakened a Yin Physique outside the Snow Clan. I almost died as well. But thanks to meeting my mistress I’ve survived."
"You’ve almost died? Were you outside when you awakened your special physique?"
Di Lou asked. He had forgotten that the Hidden Tan Clan, his big niece was from was exiled to the Mortal Realm.Xue Fuya covered her son’s mouth but it was already too late.
She said to Tan Bingyu, "Bing’er ignore your little uncle’s stupidity."
"I don’t mind. It is not a secret anyway," said Tan Bingyu as she shrugged her shoulders and said to her little uncle, "I wasn’t outside. My clan is at Moral Realm at that time. I fell into a coma for at least a few years before I was saved by my mistress, Yue Xuexia, who helped me fully awaken my special physique and put it under control."
They were walking towards the gates and Tan Bingyu showed her jade token from the Snow Clan. The gates immediately opened upon seeing her jade and upon learning her identity. The huge frosted gate slid open welcoming them inside.
Tan Bingyu looked at the three and said, "Welcome back."
However, what she didn’t expect was that the moment she turned around to enter the gates, someone had jumped on her. Calling her name with intimacy as if she was the lover of this person. It’s a man with long white hair and deep blue eyes looking at her full of affection giving him a familiar feeling. Yet the fact that she was suddenly hugged by this man made her uncomfortable that her fist instantly moved giving the person an uppercut.
"Pervert! Let go of me!" Tan Bingyu said as the man flew from her punch.
There are lots of people at the gates watching the scene. Most of them are elders of the Snow Clan. They watched as she punched the unknown man and they started laughing as if they expected this scene. Among them is her grandfather and father.
"Hahaha~ I told you she wouldn’t recognize him! Father, you lost the bet!!" Tan Shenyu said with an outstretched hand.
Tsk!
"What a useless brat!" Commented Tan Huangyu as he passed a few spirit stones to his son. This is what he had lost from the bet whether Tan Bingyu would recognize the young elder, Xue Renxue.
Tan Bingyu was confused at first until she saw the supreme elder checking on the man she had punched.
She heard her say, "Renxue! How can you hug someone out of nowhere like that? Don’t be rude."
The Supreme Elder then approached Tan Bingyu and said, "Bing’er, you are back. How is the journey? We’re you tired? How about..."
"Senior, you called him Renxue? Is he your son?" Tan Bingyu asked in shock.
The Supreme Elder who heard the relationship between her son and Tan Bingyu felt a bit embarrassed by her son’s silliness. Who told him to wake up in a female vessel and even use this vessel to almost become a Dao Companion of Tan Bingyu, the greatest genius of their Snow Clan.
She answered honestly, "Well~ he is indeed my useless son. His name is Xue Renxue. He... had just recently woken up."
"Meiren...Renxue... Hehe~ so it is indeed you," murmured Tan Bingyu as she pulled out a whip from her inventory.
When she went out shopping before leaving the Heavenly City, she suddenly felt like buying a whip for no reason. Now this whip had some use.
Di Lou whispered to his father, "Dad, isn’t that the whip she bought on our way out the Heavenly City? Did she buy it for this situation?"
"Shss~ don’t get involved in someone’s lover’s spat. Do you want to get kicked by a donkey?" Di Luya said.
Pak!
This is the sound of the whip hitting the ground and making the snow explode in all directions. Upon seeing this scene, Xue Renxue who was staring at Tan Bingyu kneeled on the ground with his eyes looking around for help. His mother and father took a step back and averted their eyes. As for Tan Shenyu and Tan Huangyu, they are gloating at him from a distance while watching the show.
After all, what he had done is a bit scummy. The two of them, Tan Bingyu and Guan Meiren (Xue Renxue’s name in female vessel) are lovers and almost dao companions for one another. However, he had never once mentioned these secrets as being a man as his real identity. They also got things investigated and learned that this Guan Meiren was a soft hearted child that is not only shy but also a bit soft in personality.
But seeing Xue Renxue, obviously, this man’s personality is cold and proud. Completely opposite of Guan Meiren. In short, the bastard is pretending. It was no wonder that the Princess of Tan Clan was enraged. There is also a scene of Guan Meiren’s death. Tan Bingyu thought it would take a long time before they met each other again. Who would have thought they would meet as soon as Tan Bingyu returned north.
Xue Renxue was anxious and terrified seeing the whip in his beloved’s hands.
"B-Bing’er... Why bring out a whip?" He asked while shaking in fear, almost crawling on the ground.
"Hiding the fact you are a man. Bathing and sleeping with me in our female vessel. Not even caring for your own life and death. Ren’er, you ask... Should I be angry or not?~"
said Tan Bingyu as she flick the whip at the side as if testing its durability.Pak!
Tan Bingyu looked satisfied and said, "This is not bad. It is quite durable~"
"B-Bing’er, I’m... sor–"
Pak!
Yowch!
"Honey, I didn’t mean to hide it."
Pak!
Ouch!
"Please listen to me first!"
Pak!
Owiee!
The two ran and chased around the territory under everyone’s laughter. As for the supreme elder, she had welcomed the three guests who were forgotten because of the playful couple running around the place.