Fairy, you call this repaying a debt of gratitude?

Chapter 96 Integration

Shen Wei slowly turned around, looking at the girl who was approaching step by step, his eyes filled with an unprecedented coldness and incomprehension of the girl's behavior.

Just like when the two first met.

That moonlit night, she also approached him step by step in the same way.

Shen Wei parted his thin lips slightly, and his chilling words spilled out once more: "Dirty..."

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But before the rest of the words could be spoken, they were blocked by something soft.

That was a girl's resolute kiss.

This kiss was as clumsy as the previous ones.

But it also seems to be full of magic.

Then, the two leaned against each other, their centers of gravity shifting slightly.

With a soft thud, they fell together into the soft snow, but their lips still refused to part.

At first, she could feel him resisting, but this soft and weak resistance melted away in the kiss between their lips.

Gradually, Gu Lengyue could clearly feel that the evil and violent aura on Shen Wei was gradually fading away.

So the girl became bolder. As their lips intertwined, she gently stroked his cool, taut back, slowly caressing his skin, and then raised her hand to remove his thin clothes.

Next up is my own.

Thus, her smooth, fair body was revealed, with delicate skin and a pure, radiant figure, cleaner and more sacred than the snow that stretched as far as the eye could see. This was the only gentle and moving scene on the high snowfield.

In an instant, the wind stopped and the snow ceased, as if heaven and earth paused to admire it.

But the cold still seeped into their bones, so the two could only hug each other tightly and melt their bodies together to get that little bit of warmth.

For a moment, Shen Wei's body trembled slightly, and his eyes seemed to clear a little. Looking at the girl above him whose eyes were full of attachment and longing, his eyes revealed a complex emotion.

"Gu Lengyue—" His voice was low and hoarse, with an uncontrollable tremor.

Hearing his words, the girl sat up but did not answer. She just stared straight into Shen Wei's eyes, as if trying to see something clearly. Then she slightly raised her neck and leaned down to kiss him again.

This kiss was even more passionate.

Shen Wei's response will only be more fervent than his.

A gentle breeze caressed her bare skin, a faint chill creeping over her. Her brows furrowed slightly, and her voice was soft and weak:

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"It's so cold."

Shen Wei raised his long arm and tightened his grip, locking her firmly in his embrace. He gently placed his palm on her back, slowly stroking and comforting her.

"Are you still cold like this?"

Gu Lengyue had no time to answer. She closed her eyes slightly and raised her long, white swan neck, as if she was carefully feeling the warm, moist temperature coming from where she was connected to him.

The next instant, the swirling snow swept in again, engulfing the two of them, leaving only a vast expanse of white.

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On the other side, halfway up the snow-capped mountain.

Qiu Wuhen and Zhang Jingchu stood side by side on the mountain path. At first, the two were preparing to follow the scent of Gu Lengyue as they walked towards the top of the snow mountain.

But a tremendous force suddenly erupted from the mountaintop, abruptly halting their progress.

The immense and overwhelming power surged down from the peak, sweeping across all directions, chilling the two to the bone, and they dared not approach any closer.

After a long while, the overwhelming power subsided, and only then did Qiu Wuhen dare to look up at the peak with his hands behind his back, his eyes showing a rare look of caution.

He muttered to himself, "Who is fighting on the mountaintop?"

He had served in office for many years and was highly regarded by the court. He had personally experienced many events, both large and small, within the Great Zhou Dynasty and witnessed countless battles between cultivators at the peak of their cultivation levels, but he had never seen a battle of this scale before.

Although he wasn't there in person, the terrifying aura clearly told him that what was happening on the mountaintop was probably beyond his imagination.

Zhang Jingchu, standing nearby, calmly analyzed, "One of the auras is Shen Wei's... the other is similar to him yet completely different."

"Shen Wei?"

The image of that gentle and refined young man resurfaced in Qiu Wuhen's mind. How could he be on the mountaintop?

Even though Shen Wei displayed remarkable strength when fighting Gu Hanfeng in front of him, which shocked him, he still couldn't imagine that he was involved in that terrifying pressure.

But this was Zhang Jingchu's judgment; Qiu Wuhen could only trust her unconditionally, a conclusion drawn from their brief collaboration.

"How could he possess such immense power?"

"Um----"

Zhang Jingchu thought for a long time before continuing, "I think perhaps... we've been misunderstanding his role all along. Maybe he's actually more important than Gu Lengyue."

"But His Majesty's task, from beginning to end, has only been to find Gu Lengyue."

Zhang Jingchu remained noncommittal, so Qiu Wuhen continued, "So, who won this great battle in the end?"

"It's impossible to tell." Zhang Jingchu shook her head gently. "The auras of both sides in the battle dissipated one after the other, although Shen Wei's aura dissipated a little later."

Zhang Jingchu paused, then continued, "But there are more than three people on the summit, although I can't sense anything anymore now."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Wuhen felt a headache coming on. If there was a third person involved, it would be even more complicated than he had imagined, and it was completely beyond his control.

"So...should we still go up?"

For the first time, Qiu Wuhen, a veteran of countless battles, had second thoughts. Faced with such power, even ten of him wouldn't be a match.

Zhang Jingchu glanced at Qiu Wuhen lightly, then calmly looked away and answered his question.

"certainly."

"Now that the great battle has ended, regardless of who won or lost, this is the best time to complete our mission."

Qiu Wuhen, however, remained hesitant and advised in a deep voice, "In my opinion, this matter is far beyond our reach and is definitely not something we can interfere with."

"I believe that all we need to do is bring back what happened on this mountain alive and report it truthfully. With His Majesty's wisdom, he will certainly not blame us for returning empty-handed."

"If that's what you think, then go down the mountain on your own."

Zhang Jingchu casually uttered a sentence, then turned around, her steps firm, and continued towards the summit deep in the wind and snow without looking back.

"Ugh."

Seeing Zhang Jingchu's stubbornness, Qiu Wuhen decided to follow her. After all, he had finally met a decent and capable partner, and he didn't want her to die without knowing why. He had to at least help her get a household registration.

Countless partners who worked with him ended up dying.

But each time he miraculously escaped, and he always managed to bring back the bodies of his deceased partners intact.

This is a rule that sounds strange, but it is one that must be upheld.

Furthermore, Qiu Wuhen always felt that Zhang Jingchu's unwavering determination and indifference to everything was not simply about completing the task assigned to the two of them by the court, but rather pointed to some deeper existence.

Time was of the essence for him; in this place filled with restrictions, where the summit could only be reached on foot, he needed to catch up quickly.