48. The Sixth Floor of the Shilian Tower

Ran Xia didn't have the motivation to keep reading the letter, but the content kept echoing in her ears automatically.

"Don't come back, Ran Xia. Just go! My love for you has already been worn out in those days. You have my baby. I've told my mom and they will give you enough money. Go away and don't come back again! Don't come back again! Miss Ye treats me so well. She's as gentle as you. But she's a fair lady; you're only a dancer in a brothel. Anybody can kiss you if they pay! We both know that!…"

"Hahahahaha. Don't come back!" Ran Xia gave out a miserable laugh. I had only lived here for a few days and I could still remember the vows of eternal love. He could say heartless things like this. This letter was in his own handwriting. Ran Xia could tell! Every stoke was written with ease, which meant nobody forced him to do so. If he was forced, how could he have written it with such smoothness! What did you want? What?

Ran Xia only felt her heart was crushed! Her liver and gut were both broken! And she felt too painful to breathe. She collapsed in the bamboo cage and lost her courage to live.

Mrs. Chai was a believer in Buddhism, so she picked a good day to kill Ran Xia. And the good day fulfilled Ran Xia's wish and made her a Snow Monster.

Several strong men put Ran Xia in the water under the waterfall. Her entire body was soaked in the icy water. She just experienced miscarriage and shortly she felt warmth underneath her in the icy spring water. But the warmth was replaced with extreme coldness in a while.

She curled up. She felt so cold, freezing cold! But no matter how cold it was, it was not as cold as her heart. She wanted to cry but no tear was left.

Why didn't she relax herself and let the universe to mock at her?! Just let herself die! Everything would be fine if she died! But there was a voice telling her that she couldn't die and had to revenge. Revenge! They made you lose your baby! This baby hadn't seen this beautiful world before it died! He dumped you heartlessly and cared nothing about you and your baby. He had already found a new lover, but you had to suffer here! Maybe he was cuddling his new wife and forgot about the time on his bed. Maybe his new wife was accompanying him when he read at night! What about you?! You were waiting to die in the icy water!

The hatred in her heart sprouted, and it grew so fast. It occupied Ran Xia's whole heart really soon! Ran Xia, who was telling the story now, showed her intention to kill with her eyes red. She screamed loudly and even the snow mountain felt her sadness. An avalanche was followed. The dean was prepared and rolled away from the Snow Monster. "You've already become a monster. Surrender right now, or your life will be ruined."

"Surrender! Hehe? What kind of surrender are you talking about! Anything wrong with being a dancer in this world? What about a slave? He betrayed me! Betrayed me!" The Snow Monster screamed loudly with her long hair waving wildly.

"You killed the whole village. Shouldn't you regret it?"

"I don't! They all deserve to die! Deserve it!" The Snow Monster was possessed. The dean didn't want to waste his time and they started to fight in the snow.

The dean won the battle with the Snow Monster. He managed to control the Snow Monster but didn't kill her. He took her back to the Shilian Tower, "Train yourself well. Try to purify yourself and I'll be with you from now on." The dean had no idea why he was so hesitant. He just felt sorry for her. This word poured so much hatred into a person.

He couldn't bear to put more miseries on this woman who had experienced enough of them.

You didn't have to worry. I would treat you well if you tried to train yourself. If you wanted to repent, this place would be your place of rebirth.

The Snow Monster occupied the fifth floor when she was back and created her own snow scenes day by day. She danced in her red clothes with the sounds of pipa. Day by day! It might be her fate!

Ye Lan received the memory perfectly. The dean sent it to her. But what did that mean? The Snow Monster was miserable, so Ye Lan had to pass her or kill her?

The red clothes were floating in front of Ye Lan's eyes. And she could hear the sad song played and sung by a woman in red herself. Piles of jade laid on the top of the mountain. Just like a vigorous jade dragon that could fly, it was so majestic and beautiful and went straight up into the sky. It changed with the rain and the sun. In the dawn, its lights were reflected on the mountains. In the sunset, it was like a beautiful girl standing in the sunset glow.

It sounded so good. Ye Lan couldn't help singing along, "The mountain peak is surrounded by clouds. Pipa covers half of the girl's vague face. The snow melts into clear streams. Waterfall jumps from the thousands of inches high steep cliff and rushes vigorously. Reverie and meditate. Feel like everything is so alive." Singing, dialogue, acting and acrobatic combat, they all had their own flavor.

Libao didn't understand, "What are you reading?"

"Reading poetry! The snow mountain is majestic and it changes with the time and the weather, which shows its wonderful variety. Sometimes the clouds and fog show and the jade dragon looms, just like the beautiful girl holding the pipa, who covers half of her face with a veil. Sometimes the peak is blocked by the clouds and seems so mysterious. Sometimes the views of the mountain are so clear from top to bottom; it is so special when the white clouds surround the hillside." Ye Lan paused and sung a poem idly, "The floating clouds are in the color of jade. The sky is so magnificent. The ancient times are far away, but the sunrise brightens the whole world."

"Oh my god, Ye Lan! You still have the energy to watch this? It's sightseeing. We are here to win the battle. Don't you want to get the treasure?" Libao said regretfully.

"We'll go. Why not!" Ye Lan moved her eyes slightly but she grabbed the neck of the Snow Monster accurately. Of course it was so cold. Though it was an illusion, the voice was real. She focused on listening to the sound of wind and closed her eyes. She would be around her, if the voice was around her!

Ye Lan's hand froze when she touched the Snow Monster's skin and the ice went up to her forearm. Unfortunately, Ye Lan didn't have the intention to let go. The fire crystal in her bosom started to function now. Her only cold part was her arms and if she held on, then there would be no problem.

The Snow Monster realized that her throat was grasped and suddenly became less aggressive compared with what she had been just now.

"I've known your misery, but I don't pity you." Ye Lan said word by word.

"Misery, hehe!" The Snow Monster knew who told Ye Lan without thinking about it. She didn't care. It had been so many years and the village had turned into ashes. Why would she still be mad. Time could really erase anything.

"Why would you turn Mr. Chai into an iceman and put him by your side, if you had stopped hating him anymore?" Ye Lan smiled satirically, "You're keeping him because he's nice to look at, not because you still love him?"

"Nonsense! I don't love him! I hate him!"

"You hate him so much because you love him so much." Ye Lan didn't to be outdone.

The Snow Monster paused and suddenly recalled her memory after her turning into a snow monster. She covered the village with thick snow. And she floated into the house of Chai when the temperature dropped to the lowest. Chai Jin was lying on the sickbed. But she didn't expect that Ms. Ye was crying and looking at Chai Jin on the bed, so she knocked out Ms. Ye. Chai Jin who had been so sick on bed suddenly regained his consciousness, "Here you are, Xia!"

She felt so painful as if her heart had been hit by a hammer. But she hated it so much. Why would he write those heartless sentences? Why would he abandon her?

He wasn't scared by her half-human and half-monster appearance at all when he witnessed her becoming a monster. He even lifted his hand to touch her cheek, "Are you here to kill me, Xia? Good! Kill me! But leave me my whole body and don't frighten yourself. You're afraid of blood! Can you keep me by your side? I miss you so much."

"Ahhh." The hatred was filled in Ran Xia's heart and lungs.

"Hehe! I remember that. He indeed loved you, but people could be evil in this world. He wanted his parents to let you go, so he wrote those heartless sentences. But unfortunately, he underestimated his parents and didn't expect them to kill you behind his back. He became sick because he was so angry." Ye Lan told her the truth, "It was such a great love story but you two didn't have the luck. He was in love with you and you too. Why bother?"

They were in a standoff. The murderous look in Ye Lan's eyes gradually grew, and the power of her hands grew instead of reducing. The Snow Monster became panic and moved her eyes slightly, but she didn't show it on her face. She was doomed to lose in this battle. A trace of panic was found in her eyes and Ye Lan sensed it precisely. She gathered her power to break the ice on her arms. And a gap appeared at the neck of the Snow Monster.

"I see, thank you. Kill me. I can finally die in peace. I miss him so much. You don't know that I miss him so much." The Snow Monster gave a last sigh and the red in her eyes faded into a normal brown. She was indeed a beautiful lady.

"Ahhhh!" The Snow Monster had no power to resist and became pieces. She burst into a sad shrill. The whole fifth floor was shaking and the illusion collapsed at the same time. Ye Lan and Libao were standing in front of a deep ancient corridor after a qualm. This floor was exactly like the four floors before.

"We're out." Libao held Ye Lan's shoulders surprisedly. That was awesome.

That was awesome.

"She's out. She's passed the fifth floor."

"She's passed the fifth floor."

"Wow. This woman is a pervert. She even passed the fifth floor." People at the bottom of the Shilian Tower were so excited. People were obsessed with how fast Ye Lan passed each checkpoint but also seized every opportunity to criticize her as if it was their loss if they didn't.

The dean clenched his fingers. Ye Lan killed the Snow Monster. Maybe that was her relief. He trapped her in the Shilian Tower for hundreds of years but couldn't untie the knot in her mind. He didn't know how to help her, though he sometimes listened to her to play the harp or watched her dance. Today she was finally free!

"Good job! You've even passed this." The old man came out from the space and looked at Ye Lan in relief while stroking his beard. She was such an excellent disciple of him. "But that monster was so poor! She was such an affectionate person! But there're so many people who don't have the luck in love. We cannot help all of them. The world is not kind at all."