Chapter 542: Change

In truth, the Empress of the Snow Spirit Clan was still somewhat reluctant to agree to Lin Xun’s request.

In the Ice Snow Empress’s view, it was largely meaningless if Lin Xun only offered advice and strategies.

However, if she were to pester Lin Xun relentlessly, it would only provoke his resentment.

Therefore, this matter could not be forced; she could only take things slowly.

Otherwise, in the future, she might end up losing more than she gained.

Of course, when Lin Xun rejected her, the Ice Snow Empress actually felt a heavy sigh of relief in her heart.

The Ice Snow Empress was indeed the Empress of the Snow Spirit Clan.

But in her heart, she was ultimately just an ordinary woman who also yearned for her own happiness and love.

Thus, a small part of the Ice Snow Empress still felt a sense of relief.

She felt relieved that she might not have to marry Lin Xun, though out of her responsibility and duty, the Ice Snow Empress did not let this relief show.

But soon, the Ice Snow Empress fell into self-reproach because of that flicker of relief that had just arisen in her heart.

Currently, the situation within the snow spirit clan was already very serious.

The current snow spirit clan had to undergo some reforms.

Otherwise, the current snow spirit clan would only grow weaker and weaker.

And when that great event arrived a thousand years later, how would she be able to resist it?

Yet here she was, feeling relieved because this Young Master Lin did not want to marry her; how could she fulfill her duties as the Ice Snow Empress?

“Young Master Lin, won’t Young Master Lin truly reconsider for a moment?

As long as it is something Young Master Lin desires, we can satisfy it all.”

The Ice Snow Empress wanted to try once more, striving to achieve her goal.

However, Lin Xun simply shook his head, indicating his refusal.

“My mind is made up; Your Majesty does not need to say anything more.

I do not know how Your Majesty feels about my proposal.

But I can offer advice and strategies to the snow spirit clan. In exchange, Your Majesty only needs to allow me entry into a Forbidden Land; that will suffice.”

“Why does Young Master Lin wish to go to that Forbidden Land?”

The Ice Snow Empress tilted her head curiously.

“That Forbidden Land is extremely dangerous.

It could even be said that for anyone, even if I were to go there, it would likely be a life-and-death struggle with slim odds of survival.

No one knows what exists in that Forbidden Land; our snow spirit clan has guarded it for generations, yet we know very little about it.

Is there something special about that Forbidden Land to Young Master Lin?”

Regarding this question, the Ice Snow Empress had actually wanted to ask for a long time.

However, compared to Lin Xun wanting to go to the Forbidden Land, the Ice Snow Empress felt that the current affairs of her snow spirit clan were more important.

Now that Lin Xun had brought it up again, she had to ask clearly.

Otherwise, in all fairness, even if Lin Xun were just an ordinary guest, she could not watch an ordinary guest go into that Forbidden Land and be killed.

If that happened, it would definitely not be acceptable.

It does not align with the interests of our snow spirit clan.

“To be honest with Your Majesty, I want to go to that Forbidden Land in the Extreme Cold Province for several reasons.

Namely, I suspect that within the Forbidden Land of the Extreme Cold Province, there exists a Seal containing the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan.”

Lin Xun told the Ice Snow Empress everything regarding the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan.

Lin Xun felt that doing this would make the Ice Snow Empress a bit more cautious about the Forbidden Land she guarded.

It would also let her know the gravity of the situation.

Of course, as for whether the Ice Snow Empress would believe him, that was another matter.

Half an incense stick’s time later, after listening to Lin Xun’s words, the Ice Snow Empress’s eyes blinked gently.

The Ice Snow Empress found the words Lin Xun spoke somewhat hard to believe.

To the Ice Snow Empress, how could she believe that a strange and powerful race had mysteriously appeared in the world, and that this race would devour the world?

However, the Ice Snow Empress then remembered that this person was Lin Xun.

Lin Xun had no reason to deceive her; there was no benefit in it.

Furthermore, Lin Xun said that news of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan had already spread across several continents of the Myriad Laws World.

In that case, she could just send someone to investigate the news, and the truth would be known.

Finally, the prophecies had always said that the Myriad Laws World would face a great calamity.

If she didn’t believe this, how could she not believe that prophecy?

So after some thought, the Ice Snow Empress still felt that the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan might truly exist in the Myriad Laws World.

Everything Lin Xun said was surely true.

“Then does Young Master Lin intend to go in to Seal this Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon?”

The Ice Snow Empress asked curiously.

If Lin Xun wanted to Seal that Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, then she would certainly do her best to help him.

After all, that Forbidden Land was in the backyard of Ice Snow Country.

If something really happened in that Forbidden Land, it would be no different from a fire starting in her own backyard.

Lin Xun shook his head:

“Actually, that’s not it.

My strength is limited; I cannot Seal that Forbidden Land alone; that Forbidden Land can only be reinforced.

However, I think that after all these years, the wear and tear on those Forbidden Lands is almost at its limit.

Sooner or later, the Forbidden Land will no longer be able to be reinforced and will completely break open.

What I want is to find that Demon Lord.

As long as I kill that Demon Lord, then as the source of all the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan, the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons will all disappear.

And the world will have no more calamities.

Of course, this matter sounds extremely simple.

But in reality, it is very difficult.

So coming to your country, I am also just here to try my luck.”

The Ice Snow Empress pondered over the words Lin Xun had spoken.

A short incense stick’s time later, the Ice Snow Empress raised her head, looked at Lin Xun seriously, and then nodded:

“Regarding what Young Master Lin said, our snow spirit clan understands it all.

Rest assured, we will certainly let Young Master Lin go to that Forbidden Land.

And we will inform Young Master Lin of everything regarding that Forbidden Land.”

“Then I shall trouble Your Majesty.”

Having received the Empress’s promise, Lin Xun felt a sense of relief in his heart.

He had heard that the snow spirit clan was extremely stubborn, so Lin Xun had planned to debate with her until dawn to persuade her properly.

But he hadn’t expected this Ice Snow Empress to be so easy to talk to.

However, Lin Xun felt it might be because of that prophecy.

Which led to this Ice Snow Empress trusting him implicitly.

After all, she had wanted to marry him and hand over everything in Ice Snow Country to him.

What was a single Forbidden Land in comparison?

“Please follow me, Young Master Lin.”

The Ice Snow Empress stood up and invited Lin Xun into the inner palace.

Actually, Lin Xun didn’t really want to go to the inner palace.

Because since ancient times, it seemed no man had ever entered the inner palace; the inner palace was all women, and as a man, entering just like that felt very strange.

But since the Ice Snow Empress herself didn’t mind or show disdain, there was naturally no need for him to care too much.

Otherwise, it would instead make him seem even more pretentious.

Entering the inner palace, Lin Xun saw many maidservants of the snow spirit clan.

These maidservants and palace girls were all extremely beautiful.

The average appearance of the snow spirit clan was already high to begin with.

And the maidservants of the inner palace were the beautiful young girls selected from among those people.

Their beauty went without saying.

Moreover, they all had pointed ears, a head of silver-white long hair, and the pair of snow-white wings behind them were thin and transparent, like works of art.

Seeing Lin Xun, many maidservants stopped in their tracks, looking curiously at this male animal, especially a male animal from an outside race.

Being watched by all these women, large and small, Lin Xun actually felt quite embarrassed.

But Lin Xun also feigned composure.

Anyway, as long as he wasn’t embarrassed, then the ones who were embarrassed would be others.

Arriving at the Ice Snow Empress’s study in the inner palace, which was also a massive library.

The Ice Snow Empress made no attempt to hide anything and handed over all the books regarding the Forbidden Land to Lin Xun.

Lin Xun accepted them and then inquired about the reforms the Empress wanted him to carry out for the snow spirit clan.

To be honest, regarding this kind of reform and development, Lin Xun didn’t feel he was that skilled.

But regardless, he had transmigrated from Blue Star.

The politics of Blue Star had already reached an extremely high level, which this world definitely could not compare to.

So, perhaps he could look at these matters with a forward-thinking perspective.

Actually, regarding the snow spirit clan, after talking with the Ice Snow Empress for the time it takes two incense sticks to burn, Lin Xun had basically grasped the situation.

Because the situation of the snow spirit clan wasn’t all that complicated.

The biggest problem for the snow spirit clan was the issue of birth rate and population.

Regarding the fertility issue of the snow spirit clan, their reproductive ability was actually not much different from humans.

It was just that the snow spirit clan didn’t want to give birth.

But it was precisely this mindset of not wanting to reproduce that was practically the death of the snow spirit clan.

It could be said that in these several decades, the total population of this long-lived snow spirit clan had not grown at all.

Not only was there no growth whatsoever.

In these years, there was even a slight downward trend.

The reason was that some men of the snow spirit clan yearned for the outside world and planned to go out and make a name for themselves in other continents.

The result was that many of them, while trying to make a name for themselves, ended up getting themselves killed.

The second problem was the issue of the snow spirit clan’s combat readiness.

The Cultivation Technique currently practiced by the snow spirit clan was an innate ice and snow Cultivation Technique.

The power of this Cultivation Technique was actually quite good; after all, it was a natural talent.

But no matter how strong one’s own strength was, unless it was strong to the point of completely not needing to rely on external weapons, one still needed some weapons and equipment.

So asking the snow spirit clan to give up their original old bows, arrows, and shields and turn to some weapons that kept up with the times was practically asking for their lives.

They felt as if they were betraying their ancestors.

The snow spirit clan was just such a race that stuck to old ways.

The third point was the current internal division of power within the snow spirit clan.

The Empress was the ruler of the snow spirit clan; that was correct.

But the snow spirit clan also had the existence of a Council.

The Council of the snow spirit clan was composed of Councilors, and the Councilors had a very large say, responsible for checking and balancing the Ice Snow Empress.

It could completely be said to be a situation of separation of powers.

And within the Council, many people were considering the great disaster a thousand years later and wanted to move the snow spirit clan to an underground Domain.

As long as they existed underground, then the snow spirit clan would be able to survive.

In the eyes of these Elders, as long as the snow spirit clan worked together and kept digging, then in only three hundred years, they could definitely build an underground city that could be used for living.

Lin Xun called this faction the Survivalist Faction.

The other faction, Lin Xun called the Radical Faction.

The Radical Faction was very simple; they wanted to strengthen the snow spirit clan’s own power and then form alliances with the Sects of other continents to jointly resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

In the eyes of the Radical Faction, where could they run even if they wanted to?

Only resistance was the right path!

So in the eyes of those other members, they felt the snow spirit clan absolutely could not live ignobly but must resist with all their might.

Their snow spirit clan had never lived ignobly.

Then the two factions, because their opinions were not unified, had arguments almost every day and even came to blows.

Regarding these three problems, Lin Xun also felt a bit of a headache.

These three problems all involved the core of the snow spirit clan; it could be said that as long as he got involved, he would definitely be drawn into it.

But since he had already promised the Ice Snow Empress to offer advice and strategies, he couldn’t play dumb.

Lin Xun asked for the Ice Snow Empress’s opinion.

Actually, if the Ice Snow Empress had a general inclination…

Then as long as she supported a certain faction, it would basically be able to gain a huge advantage, and the scales would tip toward that faction.

But the problem was, Lin Xun found that this Ice Snow Empress was actually also very confused and didn’t know what to do.

Furthermore, these reforms were definitely not something that could be done overnight; they needed to be carried out long-term.

They also required a large degree of regulation and control.

At this moment, Lin Xun finally knew why the Empress of the Snow Spirit Clan wanted him to come and govern this country with her.

But there was no rush, after all, he had only promised to offer advice and strategies and hadn’t said he would stay long-term.

Therefore, for Lin Xun, anyway, there were still four months until the opening of the safest period for that Forbidden Land.

And in these four months, he would do his best to see if he could make some major changes.