Lin Zhiyue flipped through a couple of pages of her book in the room when she suddenly remembered something and slapped the book face down onto the table.
“System,” she said, tapping the light screen. “I’ve entered Tiance Palace now. I got Grade A-Plus in the first stage Affinity Test, Grade A-Plus in the second stage Entering the Realm, and Grade A-Plus in the third stage Heart’s Inquiry. With my comprehensive evaluation being Grade A-Plus, even Venerable Yanchen personally offered to take me as a disciple. You should give me the reward for passing at least two stages of the assessment, right?”
A series of firework special effects popped up on the light screen, and the system’s sweet voice was half a pitch higher than usual: 【Congratulations to the host for completing the limited-time mission “Immortal Sects Joint Disciple Selection”! Mission evaluation: Exceeded Expectations (Grade A-Plus in all four stages + core disciple eligibility in a top-tier sect). Rewards have been doubled—Premium Draw Ticket ×10, random Purple-quality outfit pieces ×2, and an extra limited-time card pool “Ode to the Frozen Frost” Single Draw Ticket ×3!】
Lin Zhiyue’s eyes lit up. “Ten Premium Draw Tickets? And a new card pool? Since when were you so generous?”
The system replied in an aggrieved tone: 【The host’s performance this time far exceeded expectations. After evaluation, the system deemed it appropriate to provide corresponding incentives. Additionally... the “Ode to the Frozen Frost” card pool is only open for a limited time of ninety-six hours. It is highly recommended that the host draw as soon as possible. This set possesses extreme cold attributes, which are highly compatible with the host’s ice-attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root!】
A preview image of an outfit interwoven with silver-white and ice-blue appeared on the light screen.
The crown was shaped like a six-sided ice crystal, with faint frost-colored light flowing across each facet. The scepter was completely transparent, as if carved from a single block of cold ice, with a fist-sized ice-blue gemstone at its tip, surrounded by a rotating, snowflake-like halo.
The dress featured a long, trailing hem. A layer of semi-transparent ice-blue chiffon was draped over a silver-white base, and the dress itself was embroidered with intricate frost flower patterns, looking layered, cold, and imposing.
The earrings were two slender icicle drops, the footwear consisted of short boots embroidered with silver thread, the back accessory was a pair of semi-transparent ice crystal wings, the bracelet was strung with seven ice-blue beads, and the necklace held a teardrop-shaped ice crystal pendant.
At the very bottom, there was also a line of small text: 【Hidden Piece: Snowy Cascade, Drifting Clouds (Hairstyle). After obtaining all regular pieces, the eligibility to draw the hidden piece will automatically be unlocked, with a one hundred percent success rate.】
Lin Zhiyue stared at the preview image for a long time, then slowly took a breath.
“Beautiful,” she said from the bottom of her heart.
Then she rolled up her sleeves, sat cross-legged in the courtyard, and slapped all the draw tickets onto the light screen at once. Starting with the ten Premium Draw Tickets, she was too lazy to watch the animations one by one, so she directly clicked “Draw Ten.”
The light screen exploded into a swirling vortex of brilliant colors, and ten spheres of light fell one after another.
The first sphere—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Earring (Left). It was ice-blue and translucent, cool to the touch.
The second sphere—Flowing Fire and Scarlet Stars: Hairpin. Duplicate, automatically converted into points.
The third sphere—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Bracelet. Strung with seven ice-blue beads, each containing frost flower patterns as thin as hair.
The fourth sphere—Gray-quality “Cotton Kneepads,” effect: “Keep Warm.” Lin Zhiyue rolled her eyes.
The fifth sphere—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Crown. Shaped like a six-sided ice crystal, it felt heavy in her palm, its edges as sharp as real ice.
The sixth sphere—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Back Accessory. A pair of semi-transparent ice crystal wings. Folded, they were only the size of a palm, but when expanded, they could cover her entire back and allow for brief flights.
The seventh sphere—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Scepter. Completely transparent like ice, the gemstone at its tip cast fine, snowy light particles as it rotated.
The eighth sphere—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Boots. Short boots embroidered with silver thread, with a thin layer of frost-colored spiritual runes embedded in the soles.
The ninth sphere—Duplicate Mist-shrouded Verdure collar, converted into points.
The tenth sphere—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Necklace. A teardrop-shaped ice crystal pendant. The moment it touched her skin, the chill made her shiver.
The ten-pull ended. Lin Zhiyue counted the pieces scattered across her lap one by one. Out of the nine regular pieces, she had obtained seven. Only the left earring had appeared, while the dress and the right earring were still missing.
She pushed the three limited-time single draw tickets forward.
The first ticket—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Dress. The ice-blue long dress unfolded, covering half of the stone table. The silver-white under-layer was covered with layers of subtle frost flower patterns, and when she lifted it, the chiffon on the hem hung down like a frozen mist.
The second ticket—Ode to the Frozen Frost: Earring (Right). The pair of icicle drops was finally complete.
The third ticket—With all the regular pieces collected, a row of golden words suddenly popped up on the light screen: 【Hidden Piece trigger condition met! Congratulations on obtaining “Ode to the Frozen Frost: Snowy Cascade, Drifting Clouds” (Hairstyle). Quality: Purple. Effect: Spirit energy condensation speed increased by 10%. When equipped as a full set with Ode to the Frozen Frost, triggers the passive effect “Ice and Snow Affinity,” increasing the power of ice-attribute techniques by twenty percent.】
A beam of silver-white light welled up from the light screen, transforming into a cascade of hair like flowing water in her palm. The hair reached below her waist, its silver-white base carrying a very faint ice-blue sheen. It felt cool and smooth to the touch, as if she were holding a bundle of thread spun from moonlight and fresh snow.
Lin Zhiyue looked down at the silver-white hair in her hands and fell silent for two seconds.
“System,” she said, her voice slightly airy, “this hair... is it worn on top of mine, or does it grow out?”
【It grows out, host. It has a one hundred percent fit with your original hair and can be swapped with a single thought. It must be worn with the full Ode to the Frozen Frost set to trigger the Ice and Snow Affinity effect.】
Lin Zhiyue stood in the courtyard holding the Snowy Cascade, Drifting Clouds for a long while. Then, gritting her teeth, she unequipped the Mist-shrouded Verdure piece by piece, stored them in her earring, and put on the Ode to the Frozen Frost.
The moment the crown was placed on her head, a piercing chill poured from the top of her head into her limbs, feeling even clearer and crisper than the cold energy of her own ice-attribute spiritual root.
The dress draped snugly over her body, the ice-blue chiffon falling like flowing water. The frost flower patterns on the hem glowed faintly as she walked and then dimmed.
With the earrings put on, the bracelet wrapped around her wrist, the necklace resting at the center of her collarbone, and the back accessory expanding into two semi-transparent ice crystal wings that folded behind her shoulder blades, she grasped the scepter in her right hand. The chill in her palm penetrated to the bone, yet it was not uncomfortable. Instead, it made the ice-attribute spiritual energy in her dantian automatically become active, like meeting an old friend after a long separation.
Finally, with a thought, she applied the Snowy Cascade, Drifting Clouds.
In an instant, her originally pitch-black hair faded into silver-white, with a very faint ice-blue sheen flowing through the strands. It reached below her waist, refracting fine, frost-colored points of light in the afternoon sun.
She stood in front of the mirror in the room and looked down—
The mirror reflected a figure clad entirely in silver-white and ice-blue. Atop her head was a six-sided ice crystal crown, and she wore a trailing frost-flower dress. The semi-transparent ice wings behind her were slightly spread, and her right hand held a freezing ice scepter. Her silver-white hair fell like a waterfall, its ends nearly brushing the floor.
Just by standing there, the surrounding air dropped by two or three degrees. On the half-withered osmanthus tree in the courtyard, a thin layer of white frost visibly condensed along the edges of several leaves.
Lin Zhiyue lifted her left hand to look, then glanced at the scepter in her right hand. She slowly blinked at the reflection of the ice fairy in the mirror.
“System,” she said, her voice carrying a dreamlike daze, “if I walk out like this now, people will think I crawled out of some ten-thousand-year-old glacier, right?”
The system replied cheerfully: 【If the host wears this set to report to Tiance Palace, I guarantee even Venerable Yanchen will be stunned!】
Lin Zhiyue tapped the scepter against the ground, and the ice-blue gemstone spun a ring of fine light in the sunlight.
The corners of her mouth curved up. With a thought, she temporarily retracted the Snowy Cascade, Drifting Clouds, returning to her original pitch-black hair, but she kept the rest of the Ode to the Frozen Frost pieces on.
The silver-white hair was too eye-catching; she would save it for formal occasions.
She also temporarily stored the scepter and back accessory into the system space, leaving only the dress, earrings, bracelet, necklace, and boots on her body. The silver-white and ice-blue hem brushed gently against her ankles. With every step she took, the frost flower patterns on the dress lit up, making it look as though she were walking on crushed ice.
It was time to go to Tiance Palace. Venerable Yanchen had told her to choose her cultivation technique this afternoon. If she wore this, she wondered if that expressionless Venerable’s face would show a bit more emotion when he saw her.
She pushed open the courtyard gate and walked out. The passing cultivators turned back to look at her three times. The person who turned back for the fifth time crashed straight into a tree ahead.
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