While Yuan dealt with Gu Ruyan and the others, Chief Mu consumed a recovery pill that restored her severed arms and exhausted energy. Unfortunately, there was no pill that could erase the humiliation she felt from losing to Yuan, nor was there anything she could do about it since she had already given him her word that she wouldn't touch him if he won, not to mention her mother seemed to know him. Chief Mu may be the leader of the White Hell Barbarian Tribe, but her mother, Granny Mu, the leader before her, held more power and authority.
"Mother, who is that man?" Chief Mu asked.
A bittersweet smile appeared on her face as she responded, "Your father..."
"WHAT?!" Chief Mu exclaimed.
"At least that was my dream at one point in my life," Granny Mu continued.
"D-Don't ever do that again, mother... It's really bad for the heart... and soul."
Once Yuan was finished with the members of the Legacy Families, he returned to Yaoqin's side and asked her, "Are you okay?"
She nodded in a daze, "Yes... thank you..."
After pondering for a moment, she retrieved a glowing blue flower from her spatial ring and extended her arms, offering it to Yuan. "This is the White Hell Frost Lotus. I'll let you have it for saving my life," she said. Yuan glanced at the lotus and reached for it. However, instead of taking the treasure, he pushed it back toward her and said, "You risked your life for it, so keep it. While it's a decent treasure, it won't benefit me right now." Had she given it to him before he acquired True Cold Harmony, it would've definitely helped a lot.
Yaoqin stared at him with a flushed face, and she silently nodded her head before stowing the treasure back inside her spatial ring.
"Why don't we have a private chat now that everything's calmed down?" Granny Mu said as she approached them.
Yuan nodded, "Sure."
Before turning around and walking away, Granny Mu glanced at Yaoqin before throwing a necklace in her direction and said, "Wear it. It'll keep you warm in White Hell up to the eighth region."
"T-Thank you, Senior!" Yaoqin hastily bowed to her. The moment she wore the necklace, all of the coldness magically disappeared, something even the Sun Stone could not achieve.
Sometime later, Yuan followed Granny Mu into one of the buildings at the settlement.
Once seated, Granny Mu asked, "So, what brought you to White Hell?"
"Before that, can you tell me what your relationship with Tian Yingzhe was?" Yuan asked.
"You're speaking as if you're not Tian Yingzhe."


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