The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 286 - 285 Lin Yun’s Hint
When the Snow Maiden revealed her age, Lin Yun was silent for a long time.
Experience really does mislead people!
The moment Snow Maiden made her appearance, her cultivation level was at the peak, and she even asked him to call her "sister." Lin Yun figured that she must be at least a hundred years old!
Besides, considering the figure he had felt before, it didn’t seem like that of a seventeen-year-old!
One cannot judge the women of the Cultivation World by normal standards—look at Dongfang Hongyue, over three hundred years old and in truth still just like a young girl!
But now it turned out she was even younger than him.
Lin Yun had previously thought that the Snow Maiden was just pure and naive because she had always lived atop the Snow Mountain, only now did he realize, she was actually too young.
This was the first girl he had met who had a higher cultivation level than him but was younger in age—a truly rare species.
"You’re only seventeen years old, how come you have such a high cultivation level?"
"Isn’t it natural?"
The Snow Maiden blinked her adorable big eyes and deliberately turned her body to look at Lin Yun, clearly somewhat puzzled.
"Don’t you also suddenly have great power? All of it is God’s gift, isn’t it?"
Lin Yun: "..."
Was that a gift for me? It was clearly something I had fought for!
Lin Yun always thought that when the Snow Maiden spoke of divine gifts, it was only in a symbolic sense. Similar to how many believers thank God for the food provided, when in fact, they made the food themselves.
But he never imagined that the Snow Maiden’s power was truly bestowed by a deity.
No wonder she was so young but possessed almost invincible strength.
Goodness, was she really the daughter of a god...
Lin Yun had in fact always been somewhat skeptical, believing that the Snow Maiden’s identity was just a ruse concocted to cater to the needs of the Snow Mountain Divine Church.
I was too rash.
"Do not worry, you will become as powerful as I am in the future."
Seeing that Lin Yun was silently lost in thought, the Snow Maiden thought he was worried and immediately took on the role of the big sister to comfort him.
"I know, sister."
Lin Yun still didn’t change his way of address.
What’s the big deal about calling a younger girl "sister"? The Flower Fairy was much older than him and still called him "brother"!
Seeing that Lin Yun was comforted, the Snow Maiden felt at ease.
Snowstep was running all the way, almost flying on the spot.
When they reached a place without snow, the two changed their mode of transport. Lin Yun rode a horse, and the Snow Maiden flew with the wind.
Her speed could surpass Snowstep, but she always controlled her own pace to stay slightly behind Lin Yun.
According to Snowstep’s speed, they needed one day to reach the Mountain and Sea Pass. Lin Yun, having nothing better to do, of course didn’t want to waste precious time.
Of course, he wasn’t referring to seizing the chance to cultivate; Lin Yun had already left such matters to Little Gold and Xiao Qing.
What he meant was how to lure away the Snow Maiden.
"Sister, have you ever heard of the story of Snow White?"
"Snow White?"
The Snow Maiden seemed confused; she had never heard of it. On the Snow Mountain, she was more familiar with the teachings of the Snow Mountain God. After her baptism at the age of ten, she gained extraordinary powers.
According to the Grand Shaman, this was the awakening of the Snow Maiden’s powers, a blessing from the gods.
The daughter of a god never truly dies but reincarnates over and over again, so she possesses great strength and is very intelligent.
In the future, she must protect the Snow Mountain Divine Church and serve the Snow Mountain God she worships all her life.
Therefore, the Snow Maiden’s life mostly involved studying the scriptures of the Snow Mountain Divine Church, and sometimes she had to attend various sacrificial ceremonies.
In her spare time, the Snow Maiden would go play on the Snow Mountain and release the spells that she was born with.
As for stories and such, she had never been exposed to them.
"Let me tell you this story, sister," Xiao Bai said, "I heard it from a person from the Central Plains. In the south, there was a small kingdom where the king and queen had a beautiful daughter. They named her Snow White. Unfortunately, not long after she was born, both her parents died from illness, and the king’s brother inherited the throne and took it upon himself to raise Snow White.
When Snow White was one year old, the bloodline within her was activated. It turned out she possessed a Supreme Bone."
"What is a Supreme Bone?"
The Snow Maiden asked curiously, and Lin Yun had an answer ready: "It’s a kind of amazing gift. As long as the person grows up, they can become a top-notch strong individual without the need for cultivation, just like you."
"Oh!"
The Snow Maiden immediately felt a sense of connection, and she couldn’t help touching her own forehead, wondering if she also had a Supreme Bone.
Her adorable expression almost made Lin Yun laugh. He continued, "What do you think happened next to Snow White’s uncle?"
"Well, he would, of course, bring up Snow White with great care so that she can grow up and inherit the throne!"
In the Snow Maiden’s mind, there was no concept that girls couldn’t inherit the throne.
So her answer was somewhat naive.
Lin Yun shook his head, saying, "Snow White’s uncle wasn’t as good as you think. Not only that, but he coveted Snow White’s power and wanted to take it for himself."
"How could there be such a person!"
The Snow Maiden was indignant, completely missing the hint Lin Yun was making.
Lin Yun could only continue the story: "Snow White’s uncle feigned kindness to her, and little Snow White was completely unsuspecting of him. The head of the palace guard noticed something was wrong, but he had no evidence. He could only hint to Snow White, hoping to raise her guard through little stories."
"Then what happened?"
The Snow Maiden was already engrossed in the story because of identifying with Snow White so much that she stood on Snowstep’s back just to listen to the tale.
"Princess Snow White missed the hints and still respected her uncle very much."
"How could she be so naive!"
"I don’t know why she was so naive, but as little Snow White grew up day by day, her uncle was also making preparations. Despite Snow White already having great power, he still exploited her trust to drug her, rendering her powerless to resist, and planned to extract the Supreme Bone from within her."
The story had lost its symbolic meaning at this point, and Lin Yun pragmatically arranged for the princess to be saved by a guard, who died in the process, but left Snow White with a magical seed. Having lost the Supreme Bone and all her powers, Snow White had no choice but to hide in the mountains and plant the seed, which grew into a Gourd Vine with seven flowers on a single vine... 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
It was the first time the Snow Maiden heard such an intricate and bizarre tale, and without realizing it, she had already seated herself on the horse’s back.
As Lin Yun spoke of the gourds turning into children and setting out to help Snow White reclaim her Supreme Bone, only to end up being turned into dishes like marinated gourd, sour gourd, and gourd soup...
The Snow Maiden was so saddened her eyes brimmed with tears, as if someone had eaten the children she’d nurtured herself.
Lin Yun hadn’t expected the Snow Maiden’s tear point to be so low, moved to tears by such an outrageous story, and hastily invented reinforcements for Snow White, a handsome man riding a white horse who happened to pass by the mountain and said to her, "I come from the Great Tang of the Eastern Land, on a journey to the West in search of sacred scriptures..."
In one day, Lin Yun had failed to finish the tale of "Snow White Leading Seven Children on a Journey to the West for Sacred Scriptures," all because Snowstep was running too fast. By sunset, the soldiers of Mountain and Sea Pass were already in sight.
The warriors of the Grassland were fully equipped, ready to welcome the Snow Maiden.
But to their surprise, they saw the Snow Maiden riding with a man, and not only that, but she was also resting her head on the man’s back, seemingly full of attachment.
At that moment, Lin Yun became the public enemy of the warriors...
