Chapter 48 - Frozen Cloud Asgard

"Hm. So how would I enter the Frozen Cloud Asgard?"

Tatsuya thought out loud, so Mo Yan'er could also hear his thoughts. He wanted to know whether Mo Yan'er could give him a good idea, even though he already knew what he would do from the very start. He simply wanted to test her abilities.

"How about I pretend as a representative of Heavenly Sword Villa? What do you think Master?"

"Stop calling me Master. Just talk to me the way you usually did."

"F-fine."

They are currently in a master-servant relationship, yet Tatsuya didn't really want this current status. If Mo Yan'er didn't noticed his real strength, such events wouldn't have happened. However, since it had already occurred, Tatsuya was forced to take action.

"T-Tatsuya…"

"Mm…"

"If you have some business with someone of the Frozen Cloud Asgard, I could act as a decoy and get their attention. I'm not really saying that I'm famous and such, but I really am. They would definitely entertain me and keep me in company while I'm there."

Tatsuya nodded his head. It seemed like a great plan, because Mo Yan'er took in the factor that Tatsuya of his level and strength, could probably evade their senses and sneak inside the Frozen Cloud Asgard without alarming the Asgard Mistress.

Actually, Tatsuya didn't need a plan in the first place. He could just quickly sneak into Xia Qingyue's room and talk to her silently. However, since Mo Yan'er is already here beside him, he might as well use her to increase the chances of not being caught at all.

(There was never a chance of being caught in the first place…)

Tatsuya thought to himself, as he took pride in himself of his ability to enter the Realm of Nothingness. It was an overpowered ability that completely erased his presence. His body would shift into the Dimension of Nothingness, shifting his existence from the material plane into a different dimension.

"Let's fly down, Mo Yan'er."

Snow continued to fall down from the sky, endlessly coloring the land with its own colors. The temperature around the Frozen Cloud Asgard is extremely low, freezing the puddle of waters, even the surroundings lakes. The land is truly worthy to be called as "Snow Region of Extreme Ice."

"So that's the Frozen Cloud Asgard?"

Tatsuya asked Mo Yan'er, who stood beside him. They both stared at the snow palace situated at the very center of a small hill. A chilling atmosphere emanated from that palace, just like a Queen of Ice overlooking its own empire.

Different ice-type profound beasts roam around the Frozen Cloud Asgard, yet not a single one of them dared to approach the palace. They were afraid because of the rampant Emperor Profound Realm aura emanating from the Frozen Cloud Asgard.

"Yes, Master Tatsuya. This is one of the Four Major Sects of the Blue Wind Empire, Frozen Cloud Asgard. They have a formation named "Grand Asgard Defending Formation", which needed at least someone of Emperor Profound Realm, for it to get destroyed."

Mo Yan'er reverted to her usual attitude, not daring to use Tatsuya's name. She really felt uncomfortable whenever she's using Tatsuya's name. It must be because of the fact that she already accepted Tatsuya's superiority of strength.

"Hm. Do you know any other information about them?"

"The people who's deciding for the Frozen Cloud Asgard are the Frozen Cloud's Seven Fairies and the Asgard Mistress. Actually, the strongest among them is the First of the Seven Fairies, Murong Qianxue. She's currently at the Eight Stage of the Emperor Profound Realm, with the Asgard Mistress being at the Third Stage of the Emperor Profound Realm…"

"You seem to know a lot about them?"

Tatsuya tried to ask Mo Yan'er about her unusual keen of information about the Frozen Cloud Asgard. It seemed that her line of work in the Heavenly Sword Villa, also involved stealing information from other Major Sects.

"Yes. While I was in duty in the Heavenly Sword Villa, the Sect Master deployed an order that whenever a disciple took back a valuable information about the Frozen Cloud Asgard, they will reward us bountifully. It seems that the Sect Master fancies the Second of the Seven Fairies, Chu Yuechan."

"Hm. I see…"

Tatsuya reevaluated his retainer's worth inwardly. He didn't expect that he would unexpectedly get a retainer who specialized in gathering of information. Even though, he could constantly receive information from the Information Dimension, the information he receives from it is being filtered, so any unnecessary things such as gossips are automatically filtered out.

"Chu Yuechan, huh."

Tatsuya muttered to himself, as he tried to imagine just what kind of otherworldly beauty managed to make a Sect Master of a strong sect within the Blue Wind Empire, fallen for her. After all, he had already met the Sect Master within the inheritance dimension of the White Tiger God. The Sect Master looked stoic, so what he just heard from Mo Yan'er was unexpected.

"…"

Mo Yan'er stared at Tatsuya's indifferent face, waiting for his orders to execute the plan she just proposed. Since Tatsuya had already agreed with her plan, she swore to herself that she would try her best and redeem herself to Tatsuya.

"Let's start the plan now…"

"As you please, Master Tatsuya…"

Tatsuya who stood beside her, slowly vanished into nothingness, just like a clump of ash being freed to the air. Mo Yan'er widened her eyes, as her heart jumped in shock.

When Tatsuya completely vanished from her n.a.k.e.d eye, she also noticed that she could no longer sense Tatsuya's presence even with her Partial Divine Sight. She even noticed that not a single trace of Tatsuya could be seen around them. It was as if Tatsuya didn't exist in the first place.

"This is… not something a Monarch could execute…"

She muttered to herself slowly, still visibly shocked by what she saw. She actually already met a Monarch once in the past. It was also the start when she decided to become strong, no matter what. She can't help but grip her fists, as she looked towards the Frozen Cloud Asgard with a renewed determination.

"…Let's go."

She began to walk slowly towards the Frozen Cloud Asgard, with a natural ambience surrounding her. Mo Yan'er didn't knew that Tatsuya walked alongside her, and was staring at her eyes with piqued interest.

"I didn't know that she had something like that…"

Tatsuya said to himself, as he could sense the endless wrath and determination hidden beneath his retainer's eyes. It seemed that Mo Yan'er didn't want to save her life just for a simple reason. Tatsuya could see a real goal present within Mo Yan'er which he didn't noticed back then.

"It seems that I must pay more attention to you, Mo Yan'er."

Tatsuya unrestrainedly talked to himself, not worried that his words might be heard by other individuals. As long as he is inside the Realm of Nothingness, not even cultivators of Seven Divine Profound Realms should even dare that they would be able to sense his existence. After all, even True Gods will have difficulty of sensing Tatsuya's existence, unless they could also enter the said Realm.

"Even still, I sense a lot of Yin energy from this place…"

Tatsuya looked at the huge gate from afar, as he could sense multiple approaching individuals from the Frozen Cloud Asgard. Every single one of them are maiden with their Vital Yin still intact. This must be the reason why the said palace is filled with Yin energy.

The maidens landed gracefully before Mo Yan'er, while keeping a necessary distance between the two parties. They had smiles on their faces, completely friendly to Mo Yan'er. Even though, the Heavenly Sword Villa and Frozen Cloud Asgard has an awry relationship, they still respected each other in the surface.

"For what purpose have you visited us, Fairy Mo?"

"I bring you a message directly from the Sect Master."

The moment they heard her purpose of visit, they murmured to themselves. Each wondering just what kind of special message is it that an important core disciple must personally visit and convey the message to their Frozen Cloud Asgard.

"Then please follow us. We'll bring you to the Asgard Mistress…"

"Mm. Thank you."

The maidens quickly reached a conclusion that they mustn't delay the message any longer, as they immediately invited Mo Yan'er to the palace. Everything worked well, just as how Mo Yan'er proposed to Tatsuya, but Tatsuya still wondered what kind of message Mo Yan'er came up with herself.

…

"Hm. So this is the Grand Asgard Defending Formation…"

Tatsuya inspected the formation diagram hidden beneath the small hill where the palace of the Frozen Cloud Asgard lies. He could instantly see that it was created by someone who doesn't know what they're doing.

"Imperfect knowledge, eh."

Tatsuya could see that the creator tried and poured their very best into the formation diagram. However, it wasn't even good enough to enter Tatsuya's eyes. It might be a formation diagram that could fend off everyone beneath the Emperor Profound Realm, but it's still far from perfect.

"If this formation diagram was completed properly, it could probably kill people of the Tyrant Profound Realm, and would need a Monarch to destroy it."

Even though, it seemed useless, Tatsuya still viewed it as an unpolished piece of jade that could be a treasure once he personally created it. He stealthily copied it, simply because he was interested in the formation diagram.

"Hm. Just what I could expect from a Major Sect… Everyone is at least at True Profound Realm."

Every single lady that they encountered wasn't weaker than a True Profound Realm cultivator. Truly a land for maidens who wanted to preserve their beauty while gaining strength.

"Still, just who in the world created that sick profound art? It's not even something that a human could use…"

The Frozen Cloud Arts is a flawed profound art in whatever kind of side you tried to look at it. It allows the wielder to refine their body and features easily. It is an art that could be cultivated easily as long as they're women. However, there is fatal flaw to this profound art, if they cultivated in it, they would gradually lose their emotion, making them cold and indifferent to almost anything.

Finally, Mo Yan'er finally arrived before the Asgard Mistress and the other Seven Fairies. Tatsuya followed them stealthily, still inside the Realm of Nothingness.

Normally, a man would immediately find it awkward to be present when everybody except himself is women, but Tatsuya is obviously an exception. He didn't care, as he just naturally walked around the sealed room.

"Hm. Xia Qingyue finally entered her room, and is now alone…"

Tatsuya muttered to himself, as he vanished form the sealed room. He has been waiting for the chance that Xia Qingyue would be alone. In that time, he just followed Mo Yan'er around to inspect the Frozen Cloud Asgard.

He managed to find a decent formation diagram hidden behind the seat of the Asgard Mistress. It appears to be a formation diagram that allowed space-dimensional transfer that could carry a bountiful amount of people, but this a hidden feature. Its real purpose is to protect the Frozen Cloud Asgard in seven consecutive days without breaking. Only cultivators beyond the Nine Mortal Realms could forcefully break it.

"What is the message that you brought with you, Fairy Mo?"

A very cold and beautiful woman stepped forward. Her peerless features even surprised Mo Yan'er, as it was the first time that she faced the strongest Fairy, Murong Qianxue. Even still, her expression did not falter, as she recalled the unfathomable man that she's currently following.

"It is a message pertaining to the prophecy from 1000 years ago…"

"What?!"

Every single maiden within the sealed room jumped in shock, because it was the first time that someone said that. They all stared at Mo Yan'er while silently pressuring her with their profound strength, because they knew that no ordinary disciple could possibly have heard of the prophecy.

Mo Yan'er stayed quiet, and just looked around the room. Even the usual indifferent Chu Yuechan also carried a surprised visage under her veil. It was indeed shocking to hear that someone brought up the subject of Frozen Cloud Asgard's annihilation.

"The Sect Master said that he might have found a lead…"

"Tell us more about it…"

The Asgard Mistress, Gong Yuxian, personally spoke, as Mo Yan'er nodded her head. It was the time for Mo Yan'er to display her talent in making up different stories that seemed probable and real. But she knew that it won't be too long when the people before her will find out…

"Please hold out myself, till Master Tatsuya is done with his business…"

…

"You… what are you doing here?"

Xia Qingyue coldly questioned the young man before her who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She did not hold back, trying to pressure Tatsuya to his knees. A very cold aura emanated from her, opting Tatsuya to think that Xia Qingyue might even use her Frozen Cloud Arts.

"Xia Qingyue… you really did not change."

Tatsuya whisphered, loud enough for Xia Qingyue to hear. He then waved his hand, as instantly the aura that Xia Qingyue was emitting dispersed into thin-air, along with the cold wind and aura she's been emitting.

"I-Impossible! How did you-?!"

"You really lost your mind…"

"What are you talking about?"

Tatsuya sighed to himself, as he stared at the sorry-figure of Xia Qingyue. She's physically fine, however her emotional aspect is on the verge of being locked up, because of the Frozen Cloud Arts that she's been practicing.

"What do you think Yuanba would think if he knew that you would sacrifice your emotions just for strength?"

Xia Qingyue's body shuddered, as her eyes widened in shock and trace of sadness. She knew of the side-effect of the Frozen Cloud Arts, but she still went ahead and cultivated it. It was because she wanted to become strong enough, stronger than what she is now!

"Anyway, I'm just here to touch your ha-."

Tatsuya stopped his sentence halfway, because he felt odd when he blurted out his sentence. It seems that he has bad intentions toward Xia Qingyue if he thought about it from another perspective.

"I see that you have gained the Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins…"

"W-what? How did you?"

"It must be because of Xiao Che, right?"

"H-how…?"

She tremblingly asked Tatsuya, as her eyes warped into that of someone afraid of their own life. She couldn't understand Tatsuya at all, as the mysteriousness around him got even bigger compared to when she first met him.

"Y…you… just who in the world are you?!"

Xia Qingyue shouted, as her emotions faltered before Tatsuya. The restriction of the Frozen Cloud Arts immediately broke down into pieces. What emerged from her cold demeanor, is the young lady Xia Qingyue who just wanted her family to be together.

"A mental breakdown, huh."

Tatsuya murmured to himself, as he instantly from Xia Qingyue's eyes. Later emerging behind her, as he swiftly struck down her neck. Xia Qingyue quickly lose her consciousness, while Tatsuya caught her falling body. Tatsuya carried Xia Qingyue to her bed, allowing her to rest peacefully.

"I don't really want to do this, but…"

Tatsuya said to himself, as his hands went closer and closer to Xia Qingyue's body…