However, he did not let his guard down; instead, he became increasingly tense.
“Snowfall City does not accept outsiders. Please leave.”
His tone left no room for rebuttal.
Han Shuang stepped forward, put her hands together in greeting, and said, “Mayor, I am Han Shuang of Frozen Wind City. This is Jiang Xuelan, Palace Master of the Ice God lineage. We are not bad people, we just want to”
“Shut up!”
The old man interrupted his words, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes. “What Ice God bloodline? I don’t know what you are talking about. There is no one from the Ice God bloodline in Snow City. If you don’t leave, don’t blame us for being impolite!”
The townspeople behind him gripped their weapons tightly, and someone whispered in agreement: “Yes! Let’s go! Let’s go quickly!”
“We don’t have the person you’re looking for here!”
“leave!”
David remained silent.
His gaze swept over everyone present, the elderly, the townspeople, and even the women and children peeking around the corners of the streets.
They all had the aura of the Ice God bloodline.
Some were vague, some were clear, but no one wanted to admit it.
He could understand their fear.
A nation forced to hide in a remote city, a nation that didn’t even dare to acknowledge their own lineage—their fears couldn’t be dispelled with just a few words.
Han Shuang panicked: “Mayor, I am telling the truth! This David is the most famous David in Fifteenth Heaven right now! He is not a bad person, he is here to help us!”
The old man’s expression changed slightly.
He must have heard about David’s actions.
But he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, and he couldn’t believe it.
“You said you were David, so you are David?”
The old man’s voice remained indifferent, “I can also say that I am the Arbiter.”
Han Shuang opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but didn’t know what to say.
Just then, someone in the crowd suddenly stood up.
He was a middle-aged man, thin, with an ordinary face, and wore clothes of gray coarse cloth.
His cultivation level was only at the first rank of the True God Realm, making him inconspicuous in the city.
But his eyes were very bright, as bright as the stars at night.
He looked at David, his voice trembling slightly: “Are you really David?”
David looked at him and nodded.
The middle-aged man’s tears immediately welled up.
“Heavenly Fire Pit…inside the Heavenly Fire Pit…you glanced at me.”
David’s pupils narrowed slightly.
He recognized the person; she was one of the five Ice God bloodline users he had sensed in the Heavenly Fire Pit.
He only glanced at a few people in the crowd, but he never expected that person would remember him.
“My name is Bingyan.” The middle-aged man’s voice trembled. “In the Heavenly Fire Pit, you glanced at me. I knew you recognized me. I always wanted to find you, but I didn’t dare.”
He turned around, looked at the mayor, and his voice became firm.
“Mayor, it really is David. I saw him punch Jin Huan in the Heavenly Fire Pit and ward off the Divine Clan’s representative with one palm. He came to help us, not to harm us.”
Four more people stepped out of the crowd.
Two men and two women, all of them had cultivation levels between the first and second ranks of the True Immortal Realm.
They dressed simply, had ordinary faces, and mingled unnoticed in the crowd.
But when they stepped forward, David recognized them; they were the other four Ice God bloodline users he had sensed in the Heavenly Fire Pit.
“Mr. Mayor, I can testify.”
“Me, too.”
“David is not a member of the God Clan; he is a cultivator from the Human Clan. He holds a grudge against the God Clan and will not harm us.”
The mayor remained silent for a long time.
He looked at the five people, then at David, and finally sighed.
“Please follow me.”
David and the others followed the mayor to a large house.
The mayor’s residence is located in the city center. The building consisted of two floors, made of wood and stone, slightly larger than the surrounding houses, but not much different.
The living room of the mansion was not big, with a long table, a few wooden chairs, and landscape paintings on the walls depicting snowy mountains and pine forests.
The mayor of the town invited David and his entourage of five to sit down and be served tea.
The tea was ordinary, rough tea, but in a place like this, it was already the highest form of hospitality.
“Mr David, I apologize for my rudeness earlier.” The mayor’s voice sounded much softer than before. “My name is Bingfeng, and I am the mayor of Luoxue City.”
David returned the greeting by joining his hands together: “You are too kind, Mr. Bingzhen. We are the ones who are too presumptuous.”
Bingfeng sighed, looking at Jiang Xuelan with complex emotions flashing in his eyes.
“Divine Palace Lord Ice God bloodline. I thought I would never meet someone like you in my entire life.”
Jiang Xuelan looked at him, her voice a little tense: “Mayor Bing, how many descendants of the Ice God line are there in Snow City?”
Icebound was silent for a moment.
FAQ Novel
Q: What kind of place is the town David’s group visits?
A: It’s a small, quiet town with narrow streets, few pedestrians, and limited resources, known for iron goods and medicinal herbs.
Q: Why are the townspeople wary of outsiders?
A: The townspeople carry a hidden lineage of the Ice God and appear to be trying to conceal this fact from external scrutiny.
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