Chapter 2010 Four Season Monarchs
The Saintess was acquainted with the Ever Spring Mistress for a long time and knew about her abilities too.
The Ever Spring Mistress was highly proficient in the Dao of Spring and was able to tap into its power that was not accessible to others. She had reached a level with it where only a few had ever reached since the creation of the cosmos.
Spring was the symbol of beginning and the signal of things that are to come.
As such, the Dao of Spring allowed one to do much more than was conventionally thought. The Ever Spring Mistress took this a step further and was able to 'ask' the Spring questions.
Since Spring had existed from ancient times, it had seen many things. Similarly, most beings had witnessed spring and had been through it. As such, the 'Spring' knew their history. It knew when they were born and when they were reborn.
It knew if they had a history that was unknown.
As long as a being existed, there was a high chance the Spring knew about them. Of course, how much it knew was limited, but over all these years, it knew a lot.
This was exactly what the Ever Spring Mistress had peered into. And what she heard, or rather... didn't hear, was shocking.
While she knew that there were four of them, she was only familiar with the Ever Spring Mistress and had never met the others. "Only the Final Winter Celestial and I have this. Summer and Autumn... the Bright Summer Daoist and the Mellow Autumn swordsman cannot do this. They represent the period of transitions and have other abilities." The Ever Spring Mistress explained. "I'll keep that in mind." The Saintess replied.
"But know this... The Final Winter Celestial isn't easy to talk to... it's even hard to reach her in the first place." The Ever Spring Mistress warned. "Even I don't know where she lives exactly." "If she's winter then, she should be somewhere in the Northern Celestial Court's territory, right?" The Saintess asked.
"Yes, but that's the same as finding a needle in a haystack. There's a reason why even the Celestial court has a hard time contacting her. It's also the reason why they always come to me for work." The Ever Spring Mistress answered. "The Final Winter Celestial does not like meeting others and is very reclusive. I don't think she's even been seen in the last five hundred thousand years." She added.
"Five hundred thousand years?" The Saintess was surprised. "She hasn't been to the Celestial court's gathering either?" "No... She's even ignored them. She doesn't think of anyone." The Ever Spring Mistress said in a tired tone. "Even among us Four Season Monarchs, I've only talked to her twice. Plus, she is of an older generation, so it is harder for me and the other two season monarchs to even talk to her when we meet her." "Older generation? How old?" The Saintess furrowed her brows.
"As far as I recall, she is the Second Generation Winter Monarch. While Spring, Summer, and Autumn, are all in the fourth generation now with us." The Ever Spring Mistress explained.
"Second generation?!" The Saintess was shocked once more. "She's that old of a celestial?" She hadn't expected that.
"There's a reason why even the Celestial court gave up on contacting her. She's older than their grand masters at this point." The Ever Spring Mistress said. "I don't even know if she's going to pass her position. There's no news of her ever getting a disciple." She added in wonder.
"And here I thought, you were so desperate to find a disciple because you were the last Four Season monarch without one." The Saintess said in disbelief.
It gave the Saintess a lot to think about as well as gave her clues to what should be her next step. Something told her that, if Lin Mu were to learn this, even he would wish to know more about himself.