3 Frozen Cloud Disciple

[Rewritten]

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An azure-colored, translucent ceiling caught his sight once he opened his eyes. "Where am I?" he wondered. A gorgeous silhouette appeared in his mind, "Was it her?" He tried to get up from the cold bed but stumbled as he felt dizziness. He observed the room he was in; it was clean, to the point that not a speck of dust could be found. The walls seemed to be made of ice in which one's blurred reflection could be noticed, causing one to feel comfortable and clean. A small bead was pinned to the ceiling, gently illuminating the surrounding in light-blue color. There were not any furniture in the room except a little empty closet and an oval mirror without decorations.

After a while, he felt better and managed to reach the mirror. Upon coming closer, he removed his mask. The room seemed to become brighter after the cover had been removed, showing an otherworldly face. He had the kind of look that makes you stop and wonder—dream? Sharp eyebrows; impeccable features, yet slightly immature face; demonic eyes, so charming that it was dreamy, yet eerie enough for the fear to be lost inside to emerge; natural charm that seemed to be created a lustful demoness—his beauty was devilish, and yet there was something noble and gentle on his.

There was an elegant star under his left eye; It was black with a red counterforce. The black flames surrounding it glowed with the same pale-red eerie color. The earring piercing his left ear fitted perfectly to the color of his ruby eyes with a tinge of gold deep within them. The black star, combined with his earring and his eerie eyes, created a slight contrast to the little innocence within his eyes.

As he examined the sight in the mirror, a little confusion appeared on his face. He did not recognize the youth in front of him, and even though It seemed the features were quite familiar, in the reflection was a stranger. He had no memories at all, yet it was somewhat worrisome not to recognize your own face.

The ruby-eyed youth wanted to fix his soft two-hued hair into a ponytail, but he did not have something to tie it with, so he could only try to sort it. He put the mask and proceeded to the window. His eyes glittered as he saw a city made of ice: houses, towers, plants, and trees, which was made or covered in snow. The occasional singing of the white birds and the light-blue fog all around created an imaginary picture that was hard to describe with mere words. And yet the perpetual gray clouds gave this paradise a desolate mood.

The time was flowing slowly, and the cold air was calming his chaotic mind until he was interrupted: "You're awake." A cold yet beautiful voice resounded again, "Follow me." Just like that without introduction or explanation, and as he turned his head, a mysterious glow passed in his eyes. She was veiled, and yet he recognized her. He glared expressionlessly at her, as though he wanted to imprint her in his mind. The maiden herself did not notice how her cold eyes moved slightly, instinctively preferring not to look at those red orbs of his.

"Thank you for finding me; it was quite uncomfortable lying there," The youth said with his euphonious yet not fully matured voice.

"It doesn't matter right now. The Grand Mistress is waiting for you," she said—her voice still cold; perhaps it was always cold.

Refuse was not the best choice, so he nodded and followed her. As they were walking through the ice city, he was eyeing all around like a curious child. Despite lacking even a ray of sun, this was early morning, so no disciples could be seen outside.

He increased his pace to catch Chu Yuechan. When he was near her, he stumbled and tried to stabilize himself. He fell on her, barely touching her shoulder and somewhat leaning on her.

He hadn't even the opportunity to apologize.

Booooom

Crack

Crack!

Crack!

Before he could realize anything, he found himself in a circle of sharp spikes—one of them almost reaching his throat. Chu Yuechan, who was next to him just a moment ago, was now standing a dozen steps further. Her cold eyes with a tinge of killing intent were staring at him without blinking.

If she did not know that he touched her accidentally, and if Feng Qianhui did not want to meet him, she would pierce him on the spot.

He was astonished and did not expect her to react this way purely because he accidentally touched her.

"Miss, this was an accident. I haven't recovered yet, and my body is still quite weak." He apologized; strangely, there was no fear within his eyes. He believed she was not unreasonable enough to kill him because of a minor deed like that… He hoped…

~Crack~ ~Crack~

Chu Yuechan dispersed the spikes and continued to walk toward Feng Qianhui's Sacred Ground without sparing him a glance. And still, a little regret was in her beautiful eyes. Her reaction was instinctive and too impulsive, yet she was not the kind to apologize, not before a kid.

As the creeping feeling in his neck and the suffocating pressure left him, he sighed in relief. The youth did not show it, but when the spikes surrounded him, his heart skipped a beat. This was the first time he felt such pressure, at least from what he knew, not that he remembered…

After he had relaxed, he smiled as a light glowed in his eyes, "Who would've thought…" He murmured and followed the beautiful woman.

When they arrived in front of the magnificent ice gate, they heard an old voice, "Come in."

He entered the room, following Chu Yuechan, and was mesmerized by the elegant crystals floating in the room. Like a child who has found a new toy, he touched it with his finger, then grasped it with his hand and looked at his reflection within it, failing to notice the warning from Chu Yuechan. The three women in the room were rendered speechless.

These unique crystals were created by Feng Qianhui's cultivation, and they are overflowing high-quality cold energy. A large amount of it is far from being gentle, especially if one had not cultivated Ice Attributed Profound Arts. Although these crystals do not contain profound energy, even a middle Earth Profound Realm cultivators would be frozen to death instantly. And those that carry the most considerable amount of ice energy may hurt even peak Earth Profound. Nonetheless, the ruby-eyed youth, absolutely without Profound power within him, held precisely the same crystal, and he was not injured in the slightest. Moreover, the glass-like crystal was glowing fairly, and it seemed the ice energy within it was dancing excitingly.

The youth finally noticed the awkward quietness in the room and looked at his surroundings. He saw an old woman with a soft, yet profound look in her eyes and a good-looking middle-aged woman that had an unhealthy paleness on her face. He decided he was rather rude and bowed elegantly, "Junior greets two seniors."

Chu Yuechan was dissatisfied inwardly. She was significantly older than he was, despite looking like a young maiden. Also, she was at the peak of the Sky Profound Realm. Nevertheless, he did not greet her like a senior, even though she 'saved' him; all he did was to touch her rudely. The cold woman is indifferent to most of the things in this world; however, such things as ethics and paying respect to the senior are necessary. Not that she cared; obviously, this youth will soon leave, and she will never see him again.

Feng Qianhui returned to her natural state and smiled lightly, "Tell me, child, what are you called?" The youth gawked a little… Name, right name… "Yun Yu... fifteen this year," A name and a number appeared in his mind, like a lost memory.

Yun Yu looked around, "Emm… Senior, what is this place?"

"You're in the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace." The old woman expected some reaction, but the ruby-eyed youth merely gawked at her.

"… One of the four major sects within the Blue Wind Empire." She proceeded.

His countenance did not change.

"Junior, where are you from?" She asked.

Where... I... His countenance sunk; however, it was unnoticeable due to his mask, which covered the upper half of his face.

After a moment of silence, he said confusingly, "I don't remember..."

A deep glow was in her eyes as she looked at the Ice Crystal in his right hand. It seemed she was pondering about something.

"Yun Yu, don't you think it's quite rude to wear a mask in front of The Grand Palace Mistress?!" Gong Yuxian narrowed her eyes in dissatisfaction. As the Palace Mistress, she felt dissatisfied with a man staying in the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. Moreover, she, a Throne, could not see through this black mask, which made her quite restless since an ordinary youth could not possess such a treasure.

Yun Yu narrowed his eyes slightly: "This Junior lost his memories. Therefore, I don't remember the reason behind the mask. I understand that it looks suspicious, but your request to remove my mask—I can't comply."

Gong Yuxian wanted to forcefully remove his mask; he was just a kid without profound energy, and if she were to barely pressure him, he would instantly lose his consciousness. Nevertheless, Feng Qianhui interrupted her thoughts. "Don't worry, child, we won't force you to do something against your will," she said softly. Then she inspected the crystal again in his hand and asked: "Don't you feel uncomfortable holding this crystal?"

"Uncomfortable?" he felt puzzled, "It's only an Ice Crystal, isn't it? Why should I feel but a little coldness?"

While Chu Yuechan and Gong Yuxian had a shocked expression on their faces, Feng Qianhui merely hummed in agreement, "Mhm..." She lifted her aged hand slowly, and another crystal float to Yun Yu's direction, and unknown to him, she injected her profound energy inside the crystal. If he somehow managed to conceal his Profound Strength and was using it to suppress the intense cold inside the Previous Crystal, then the current one would explode instantly the moment he would touch it.

"Try to hold this one," she said as the crystal, which was slightly bigger than the latter, reached him, her voice more commanding than before.

Since he did not have another choice, he did as she said and reached his hand to catch the crystal. Yun Yu did not feel anything besides a refreshing cold in his hand, which proved that he did not use anything to suppress the Cold Energy inside the crystal.

Some ripples appeared in her calm eyes for the first time, indicating that she was really lost. Though the next moment, her usual calmness replaced it. She closed her eyes as though she was considering an important matter.

After ten breathes, she opened her eyes and looked at Yun Yu. "Yun Yu, from what you have seen, what do you think about my Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace?" She asked.

"Well, Junior doesn't know anything about your Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, yet this place is fascinating with a peaceful environment."

Feng Qianhui nodded, "The Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace is one of the four major sects within the Blue Wind Empire; it's located in the Region of Extreme Ice, the extreme north of the blue wind empire. It's a well-known fact that the Immortal Palace accepts only females as its disciples, yet as The Grand Mistress, I may alter the rules once… Yun Yu, considering that you have no memories or a place to go, this old woman wants you to become a disciple of my Immortal Palace." She revealed her intentions.

"Master!"

"Grand Palace Mistress!"

Chu Yuechan and Gong Yuxian exclaimed.

"Silence!" She stopped them.

Yun Yu did not show any extreme reaction, "Mmm… Opposite to the rules of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, I'm a male. Also, I don't have any Profound Strength and can't help you in any way. So why senior wants to alter the rules and accept Junior as a disciple?" From Chu Yuechan's and Gong Yuxian's reactions, he realized that such a thing had never happened before.

Chu Yuechan gawked at him… She saw so many men trying to reach the doors of her Immortal Palace either for the Frozen Cloud Arts or for the beautiful women inside. However, this fifteen-years-old youth is proposed to join a paradise, and yet he is thinking twice.

Feng Qianhui smiled with her eyes narrowed slightly: "This old woman would be disappointed if you didn't suspect this offer. You're right. You're extremely weak, but the fact that you can hold this ice crystal in your hand without being frozen to death is the best proof that you have enormous talent regarding the water law. In fact, if this old woman hasn't seen it with her own eyes, she would've been the first to freeze the mad who dares spread such nonsense."

"Each sect wants to recruit the most talented disciples and increase their power and glory, and my Immortal Palace is no exception. The reason why my Palace had always only taken in female disciples, is because the female's constitution leaned toward Yin, and is more fitting to cultivate the Frozen Cloud Arts. There are more reasons and secrets this old woman won't tell you unless you become an Immortal Palace Disciple, however, as long as you follow the rules, you'll have your complete freedom. If you want to leave in the future, this old woman will only erase your Frozen Cloud Arts."

Feng Qianhui stood, and in the next moment, she appeared before the ruby-eyed youth. Despite being quite old, her posture was straight and elegant. She touched his forehead, passing the Immortal Palace' rules to him, "Yun Yu, are you willing to become a Frozen Cloud disciple?"

Yun Yu, who had no power, memories, or a place to stay, would consider himself as an idiot if he did not agree. Also, he couldn't deny that as a fifteen-year-old youth, he was attracted to stay within a sect full of lovely women, especially with a particular fairy. He kneeled on one knee and recited a line front the rules he'd received, "Junior Yun Yu is willing to join Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, become Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace' disciple, and from now on, share honor and disgrace with Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace."

He stood up and giggled: "By-the-way, Junior promise not to have intimate relationships with males." When Feng Qianhui passed the rules to him, she forgot to remove this rule since Immortal Palace has never accepted male disciples before.

"Yun Yu, don't speak nonsense in front of The Grand Palace Mistress!" Gong Yuxian knitted her brows.

Feng Qianhui smiled lightly and ignored the giggling youth.

She raised up her finger and pressed at nothingness; instantly, an exquisite crystal appeared on the tip of her finger, the delicate crystal float toward Yun Yu, touching his chest and melting within it, as it has never existed.

"This is my Immortal Palace' unique Frozen Cloud Soul Crystal. With the Frozen Cloud Soul Crystal on you, you are now my Immortal Palace' official disciple! At the same time, the Frozen Cloud Soul Crystal of every single Frozen Cloud disciple will sense one another. This is the identification as my Frozen Cloud's disciple, as well as to distinguish fellow sect members! The Frozen Cloud Soul Crystal doesn't cause any harm to the body."

As the crystal entered his body, he instantly felt the three women around him.

"Good, you're now an official disciple of my Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. This old woman's trivial name is Feng Qianhui; you may call me Granny Qianhui. Your body has yet to recover, so you should rest for a few days before you are taught The Frozen Cloud Arts, remember this old woman expects a lot."

"Granny Qianhui, may I visit the library? I know nothing about the Blue Wind Empire… I assume it's slightly inconvenient."

Chu Yuechan and Gong Yuxian raised their brows at the manner he had called their Grand Mistress. Although she was the one who proposed that, they would not dare to call her in such a way out of the respect they felt for her. Nevertheless, if she allowed herself, they could not do anything about that.

"Knowledge about your surroundings is a fundamental skill," she nodded. "Yuechan, lead him to the library. Right! You were the one who found him; therefore, you'll be responsible for him for the time being."

"This is Chu Yuechan, the head fairy of my Frozen Cloud. If you have any questions, you can ask her." She informed Yun Yu. He smiled a little as Chu Yuechan frowned, but she could not retort the order of the Grand Palace Mistress. It seemed that Feng Qianhui took a liking for this youth if she put the Head Fairy to take care of him.

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Chu Yuechan headed toward the library, and Yun Yu followed her.

"Emm… Senior Sister Yuechan…Senior Fairy…Big—" He felt awkward as he did not know how to call her.

She stopped and uttered coldly without turning her back, "You've just become a Frozen Cloud's disciple, and you haven't even begun to cultivate. I have much higher cultivation, and I'm older; you must call me by seniority!"

He nodded and asked timidly, "Aunty…?" A feeling of regret instantly welled within him.

~Crack~ ~Crack~ ~Crack~

"WAIT! I was just kidding; you're so gorgeous and lovely, how can I call you aunty… Moreover... Granny Qianhui is your senior, it may be inconvenient to call you Senior Chu, right?" He shamelessly thought about an excuse that might save his life.

~Crack~ ~Crack~ ~Crack~

He had sighed in relief and continued to follow her.

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"Sister Fairy?"

"What!?" It seems she surrendered to fix this brat.

"Your face is so attractive, why are you veiling it?"

Her ample chest heaved up and down, yet the youth didn't notice it. Thus, it seemed Yun Yu was ignored.

They arrived in front of a big building with the insignia of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace on it. The moment they entered, Chu Yuechan said: "You can read anything you can reach, but don't try to open the forbidden sectors; some information shouldn't be known as long as you don't have enough power. Moreover, you shouldn't try to memorize any cultivation methods, since you haven't started to cultivate Frozen Cloud Arts, and you don't have a foundation. Trying to learn it forcibly may just confuse you."

"Thank you, Sister Fairy," he smiled, a genuine smile that brightened the library slightly.

The brat he was, she could not deny that his blood-ruby eyes and his smile, which showed his little fangs were beautiful; her face didn't contain any emotions nonetheless. She disappeared from her place, and only an icy fog remained instead.

As she left, Yun Yu started observing the quiet place. He could see a ridiculous number of neatly arranged books, Profound Parchments, and Memory Jades.

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As Chu Yuechan left, she heard Gong Yuxian's voice, "Inform the Frozen Cloud's members that the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace accepted a male disciple to prevent future misunderstandings."

A few hours later, within the Frozen Cloud Assembly under the order of Chu Yuechan, approximately three-thousand disciples had gathered. In total, the Immortal Palace has around three-thousand female disciples, yet a small part of them usually go for missions or explore the world.

If any man would see such a combination of almost three-thousand beauties of all types and sizes, he may be chocked by his own drool.

The beauties inside were doing various things. Some were happily chatting; part was indifferent, and part was sitting in meditation.

The outer world thinks that all the Frozen Cloud's disciples are cold and only focusing on cultivation, yet it is a common confusion. This is true that the Frozen Heart Arts might suppress some desires and help one to focus on one's cultivation, yet The Frozen Heart Art can't change a happy and cheerful girl into an ice sculpture.

Those cold beauties like Chu Yuechan developed their indifferent personality due to their inborn demeanor and experience combined with The Frozen Heart Arts, yet it was not the crucial factor. Many of them are orphans and were hurt by the world; they prefer to seal their emotions and focus on cultivation, as it is the easiest way to communicate with the world.

Nevertheless, neither of these means that these girls cannot cry, laugh or feel emotions; this is just a rumor spread by ignorant people that failed to reach them. Unfortunately, these rumors aren't far from the truth. Although Frozen Cloud Arts doesn't prevent them from feeling emotions, how can they anything if they stuck in this place during their life?

Chu Yuechan appeared on one of the main sits in the assembly, near the other six fairies. She sat near another woman who resembled her quite a lot. She had an exceptional snow-white complexion and vermilion lips, a beauty with skin that was both smooth and fair. She had peerless elegance and pure holiness, like that of a fairy who had descended from the Palace in the moon. At the same time, she resembled a cold, prideful, and untainted icy lotus; compared to Chu Yuechan, there was not much coldness on her face, but more indifference. Her ink-black hair was flowing behind her back like a waterfall decorated by a light-blue ribbon tied in the shape of a butterfly. Her grey-blue eyes that were shining like gems and matched beautifully to her icy Palace attire were very charming.

She was Chu Yueli, Chu Yuechan's younger sister, and the Fifth Fairy of the Immortal Palace. "Big Sis, why have you gathered us here?" She asked Chu Yuechan strangely.

Coincidently none of the remaining fairies left the sect in this period, and they looked at her inquiringly as well.

She did not reply to them.

"Juniors!" She used her profound energy to catch the attention of the disciples in the Hall. Soon the noise ceased, and the Hall became silent, almost three-thousand pair of beautiful eyes were staring at the Fairy of the Frozen Beauty.

"I've gathered you today under the order of our Palace Mistress to inform you about several things," she looked at Shui Wushuang and Wu Xuexin, "Disciple Shui Wushuang and disciple Wu Xuexin, as the leading disciples of the younger generation, The Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace decided to award you with Snow Heart Pellet and Frozen Cicada Liquid Jade each."

Then she began to inform the disciples about trivial matters, like the winners of some inner competitions, those disciples that will be granted additional cultivation resources, etc.

This was not something too rare, once in a while, such meetings occurred to inform the disciples about essential affairs. Usually, these meetings were organized by the corresponding disciples, on more rare occasions by one of the fairies, but never happened it was by Chu Yuechan and when all the Fairies were gathered.

"And the last announcement for today…The Grand Palace Mistress decided to accept a male disciple into the sect. Inform your missing fellow disciples, and you're forbidden to spread this to outsiders." She said this in the same indifferent tone, as though it was another trivial matter.

~Whooooa~

"W-WHAT!?" The Hall exploded.

Some girls had curious gazes; some were confused; nevertheless, all of them were surprised.

"The conference is finished, you may go!" Chu Yuechan finished.

"What? Wait, big sis?!" Chu Yueli followed Chu Yuechan…

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At the same time, the reason for the commotion was lying under a pile of dozens of books.

"The History Of The Blue Wind Empire"

"The Four Major Sects Of The Blue Wind Empire"

"Profound Sky Continent Basic History"

"The Seven Empires of the Profound Sky Continent"

One would be utterly shocked how a youth without cultivation and without Profound Consciousness could read so much in such a short period.

As he was reading…

~Sneeze~

"Mmm? Strange…" He muttered.