Chapter 12 The Gold Concordat

She kept flipping through pages "he's only eight years old and yet he's accomplished so much!"

Lu Snow felt her heart clench "how do I expect to beat him, he's already reached One With the World level, in the Dao of Ice. I'm simply at One With Ice!"

Lu Snow gently put her hand on her blade "I must master the sword before I face him, he simply uses ice to attack!"

She stood up and went back to her home. Lu Xinyue stood up and rushed to hold her "you made it back in one piece!"

Lu Jia slaps his back "get off of her, it's only been a few hours. Why have you come back dear?"

Lu Xinyue rubbed his back "well for me it felt like years!" He stuck his tongue out at Lu Jia.

Lu Jia shot a cold gaze at him and that seemed to make him a bit less childish. "I wish to learn a new set of sword-arts that doesn't use the Dao of Ice."

Lu Xinyue was a bit confused "huh do you plan on giving up the Dao of Ice?"

Lu Snow shook her head "no, no, it's not that. I read Netherjade's reports and in terms of ice I can't compete. However if I reach the World level with the Dao of the Sword then I stand a chance!"

Lu Xinyue shook his head "you have this mistake, you are a genius in the Dao of Ice. You're skilled with a sword, but that's not where your talent lies."

He grabbed her shoulder "reach the World level with ice then you should have One With the Sword level! Once you reach these two you will be unstoppable."

He continues "sure cultivation is important, but the Dao is always first."

Lu Snow nods her head and she seems to understand. "Then do you have any Ice-arts I could have!"

"I do!"

Lu Xinyue waves his hands and two manuals appear "I want you to train with one, then once you complete this one you can move to the next!"

One read [Ice Hammer] the other read [Ice-realm]. She read over parts of both then she was awed, when she read that [Ice-realm] would take her to the Dao Realm just after mastering three stances! [Ice Hammer] on the other hand was a bit less profound but also took one to the Dao Realm level. "I wish to learn [Ice-realm] father."

Lu Xinyue smiled, "excellent choice."

He waved his hand and a thick book appeared in his hand. He hands it over to Lu Snow. she takes it in her hands, and looks over the full copy. After a few hours she memorizes each of the nine stances. This technique was quite advanced; the prerequisite for mastering the first stance was having One With the World Level of enlightenment! For the second One With Everything, so on and so forth. So long as she was able to master the first stance she would reach the World level.

She lifted up her finger and started to run through the movements for the first stance. The movements looked simple but had a depth of profoundness to them. Her father then demo- nstrated the first stance, and she was blown away by how dazzling the first stance was! Lu Xinyue had long ago mastered the Dao of Ice. Once he mastered it he devised three techniques, [Avalanche], [Ice Hammer], and [Ice-realm]. So for him to demonstrate the first stance was child's play.

"Go now child. That's all the guidance you shall receive."

Lu Snow nodded the left. She replayed each of those movements in his head "hmm… No matter, battle is much better than meditation!"

She turned into a blip and fled at great speeds. It took almost two hours to reach her destination. She lifted her hands and slowly licked her lips "here it is the Wraith Breeding-grounds!"

In the reports she received she learned all the Wraith Demons come from three places. One of these were the Wraith Breeding-grounds. Here they were as common as clouds in the sky, or stars at night!

The other two areas were the Frozen Crevice and Beast's Union Hill. However those two areas were much further, and were much stronger! Here it was only Wraith Demon's, in the Frozen Crevice you also had to deal with Ice Elementals. If she struggled against Wraith Demon's then she would instantly be killed by the Ice Elementals. This was just one of the many threats the other two areas posed!

So this is why she decided to come here instead! She slowly walked over to the first one she could see. "Alright let's test you out."

She lifted her finger and began to elegantly dance, the snow moved in tandem with her. It looked as though she had become one with the snow around her, if you weren't paying attention you would have simply passed her off as some snow drifted in the air.

A stream of snow turns into an icicle and shoots off with great speeds. The wind around the icicle cracks and breaks apart! It turns into a stream of light and zips by faster than the eye can see.

BOOOOM!!!

It slams against the Wraith Demon and instantly shatters it apart. Lu Snow was wide mouthed "it can do that!"

She knew that [Ice-realm] was a stunning technique but she never saw it actually used! When she first started she found dealing with Wraith Demons to be quite tiresome, now all she needs is one attack! "Hmm, it's still no match for Netherjade."

She was incredibly worried about dealing with Netherjade; he was at a much higher level than her. This attack, he could just blow air in its general direction and it would be obliterated! However this was the incomplete first stance! Once she mastered the technique even Netherjade would have a headache dealing with it!

She smirked "all these Wraith are just ordinary! They don't stand a chance against me."

"[Ice Arms]" she quietly whispered.

[Ice Arms] was the technique she made when she first started dealing with Wraith Demons! Since the first stance only needed a single finger to execute, with six arms she could execute the first stance thirty times all at once!

"[First dance, Ice shuttle]" she called out loudly.

Instantly thirty ice rockets shot from the tips of her fingers. In the blink of an eye she had executed over thirty Wraith Demons! She waved her hand collecting all the demons into her ring. The Wraith Breeding-grounds had a countless amount of Wraiths in it. I magine taking a glass and scooping up the ocean water. It was essentially meaningless.

However after countless days of tireless effort she cleared out nearly fifty percent of the demons! In the past few weeks she never slept or rested; she just kept slaughtering with reckless abandon. She fell over on her back panting loudly "I did it, I finally did it!!"

Her goal was to never stop killing until her body gave out. Today was the day her [Ice Arms] actually stopped working. in the next moment her body did too! After non-stop usage the [First dance, Ice shuttle] was slightly faster and held a bit more power. She was quietly resting for a very long period of time.

After a few hours.

"Ay boss isn't this the one that embarrassed you earlier"

The man dressed in red fur starts to chuckle "yeah that's her."

He took a devilish grin as his hand slowly approached her.

SLASH!!! RIIIP!!

"AHHH THAT FUCKING BITCH!!! KILL THE SLEEPING FUCKER!!"

The man was holding onto his stump where his hand used to be. When Lu Snow fell asleep she made sure to lay down some defenses. After all, she was sleeping in the nest for Wraith Demons. Although at her level of power they weren't much of a threat! But that was only when she was awake. Her sleeping was quite a different story. Thus she decided to lay down a few runes on her body. When these runes were touched then the [First dance, Ice shuttle] would activate and attack anything.

The two guys looked at each other and began to flee. The runes sensed that these two left and they instinctively shot out two high-speed icicles that struck and obliterated their bodies. The other man stood deadly still. The man thought to himself "damnit is this really the same girl I just dealt with not too long ago!"

Lu Snow started to rise "huh three runes fired in my sleep."

She turned around and noticed the man "Lu Tenyi!? What are you doing here?"

Originally Lu Tenyi planned on killing her in her sleep, however after seeing what she could do in her sleep. He realized there was nothing he could do! He puts his hands in the air "well you see the old man wanted me to check on ya. When I saw you passed out Obviously had to help!"

Lu Snow lowered her blade. She looked at Lu Tenyi, she thought he was a snake. But seeing that he risked his life for her she started to trust him more. "AHA HA THE STUPID BITCH REALLY BELIEVED ME!" Lu Tenyi thought to himself.

Lu Snow's face turned ugly and she softly waved her finger. A fast bolt rips through Lu Tenyi's chest! Lu Snow had learned a few techniques while she was away, one of which was mind reading! She could tell if someone was lying to her. Though this was only effective at the lower levels. The higher tired immortals all had techniques that restrict others from invading the mind.

Lu Tenyi's face changes as a streak of blood runs down his lip "w-what why would you do this, big brother was only trying to help!"

Lu Snow looked down at the man "help? How can you help when you have one foot in the grave~" she said in a sing-songy voice.

"Please, I'll do anything!"

She puts her hands together and gives him the most innocent smile, "oh anything?"

Lu Tenyi nods his head very quickly "yes, yes anything!"

"Then die~" she spoke in a very cute manner and very innocently too!

His face changed "Y-YOU FUCKING BITCH, HELP ME OR ELSE!!"

She turned away, not giving it another thought. The very smell of human blood drove Wraith Demon's mad. A horde of sixty all begin tearing him apart and devouring his flesh. Lu Snow didn't look back a single time. "I think I have enough here!"

She turned into a stream of light and quickly made it to the top of a mountain where she made her lodging. She lifted up her ring and slowly compressed all of the demon parts into Ice-ki. After the long process she had gathered over five hundred kilograms of Ice-ki! She frowned slightly, "just five hundred kilograms!"

This would completely fill her dantian. All that tireless effort for what? It must be understood that the transfer from zero to fifty percent only needed one Wraith Demon. However from fifty-one to a hundred percent it was a qualitative change. Her dantian would require much more, or just a purer substance! Now if she tried to absorb snow to fill her dantian it would be like pouring a drop of water in the ocean!

She sighs "fine I guess this will do!" She sat down in lotus position and released the stopper on her gourd.

She opened her mouth and started to let the Ice-ki fill her mouth. Her skin turned blue as she started to radiate a bone chilling cold!

Inside her dantian was an icey rune that she had first placed on it. As she continued to feed that rune it began to change and became more profound. From the roof of her dantian a small miniature version of Lu Snow appeared. Of course this wasn't even a clone! It was merely a soul aberration. The dantian was the soul realm and here she was able to appear anywhere she wished. Right now her soul realm was young and it was in a completely dark region where only a small puddle lay. This rune was the only form of light available, however this rune was preventing her from progressing. She knew what she had to do. She quickly analyzed this rune and applied a small hint of her Dao on it! The rune began to reconfigure. Right after it was finished she continued to fill her dantian.

Fifty, seventy. Her dantian began to swell and grow plumper, "I still feel as though it could fit more!"

She continued to fill her dantian, until. BOOOOM! The small puddle exploded into a pond and some land appeared in the infinite darkness. Near the shore of the pond some grass was growing. In the center of that pond was a small unbloomed lotus that hung overhead.

Her dantian exploded with power, it started to shine and radiate the Dao of Ice. her dantian now was able to release a much more raw uncut spiritual energy. She felt overjoyed as of this moment she truly was an immortal cultivator! "I have reached the Xiantian level, I can now consider myself an immortal!"

She was unable to remain still. She swirled the gourd around "it appears as though I have around thirty kilograms, well for later!

She put the stopper back on the gourd then lifted her finger. She was curious as to how much more powerful her first stance was! She quickly whipped her finger and that icicle was twice as fast as before. When it flung out it reached the mountain next to it almost instantly, when it struck the mountain a large blastwave shook everything around it. It left a deep scar on the surface of the mountain. She smiled and was thoroughly delighted with the results.

Over the course of this training exposition she was at the mid stage in One With Ice. "a few more steps." she quietly mumbled to herself.

She sat in lotus position and quickly went over the events of her training. She remembered how it felt to be one with the snow around her. She remembered how it felt to use her first stance. "The Dao of Ice really didn't care about anything or anyone. Ice, and snow made it very hard for anything to live!"

Over her stay in the breeding-grounds she started to realize things she hadn't even considered before. Before she had thought that the Dao of Ice was necessary for life, after all it's all she knew but she realized that it was more of a hindrance. Because it made life so hard, anyone that was able to live here had to be stronger than the rest. That's what the Dao of Ice was! It was something that raised the ones under it to new heights!

Lu Snow sat there in meditations for the course of a year. She didn't eat or drink. She just meditated! She opened her eyes "it's time!"

She stood up and quickly made it back home, the gold concordat was due to start in a month. She was so close to reaching the World level. But she simply didn't have time! So she decided to go home and spar with her father a bit.

She pushed open the door to her home, she was wincing a bit she was expecting her father to jump at her arrival. However when she pushed it open her father simply looked at the door "Lu Jia were we expecting any guests?"

Lu Jia looked at the door then lightly tapped Lu Xinyue, "go greet our guests don't be so rude!"

Lu Xinyue looked back at her, then pouted a bit "GO!"

Lu Jia tapped his shoulder, Lu Snow was wide eyed, and her jaw was on the floor. Had she really become that unrecognizable from her past self?

Her furs were beaten and worn then no longer were a deep warm brown color, instead they were a blood red. They were stained from her relentless slaughter! Her hair even changed from jet black to snow white. And her bangs even covered her eyes. Only her nose and lips were visible. She also now radiated Dao of ice much stronger than before. She was also giving off her Xiantian level spiritual energy! Her old self was like night and day!

She moved the hair out of her face revealing her jade green eyes. Those eyes were unforgettable to her father. It's all she yearned for. He wished to one day see those again! "Have you honestly forgotten your own daughter!"

Lu Xinyue nearly fainted when he saw her eyes in tandem with her voice, "M-M-MY SNOWFLAKE, SHE'S COME BACK TO ME!!! LU JIA, OUR DAUGHTER SHE'S RETURNED TO US!!" he boomed out loud, so loud the entire Lu Clan heard them!

Lu Jia broke down into tears when she saw her. "Lu Snow!"

Lu Xinyue wrapped his arms around Lu Snow so hard that her back almost broke! Lu Xinyue looked her over once more "wait a minute, she's reached the Xiantian level!"

Both Lu Jia and Lu Xinyue were giving her endless praise and affection. Lu Snow had felt her entire body become red from embarrassment. She had never felt such praise before. "Feast we have to throw a feast!!"

Lu Snow lifted up her hands "father, father please I don't have that much time!"

Lu Xinyue looked confused "ey, so what's all this about!"

"I've hit a bottleneck in the Dao, hopefully if I train with you May reach the World level."

Lu Xinyue nodded "I see, then what are we standing around for!"

Lu Xinyue put his hand in the middle of her chest. With a great push she is sent flying back out. Blood from her mouth trails her exit. She swiftly catches herself and immediately uses [Ice Arms]. Six swords suddenly appear out of nowhere! She flys forth. Lu Xinyue delightedly smiles. He waved his finger and an icicle traveling at high speeds comes and greets her. Lu Snow's face turns grim. She quickly yells out "[Fifth dance, Ice shatter]!"

All six of her hands instantly used to block. When it hit it pushed her back a bit, but was destroyed soon after!

The icicle held the true meaning of the Dao in it, it also held a tiny fraction of his energy in it! If she didn't put up such a block she could have been killed!

Lu Xinyue smiled and waved three of his fingers, and three lightning fast Ice rockets left his hands. She frantically blocked and she was zipping around moving at extreme speeds. Each of those icicles never stopped chasing her, they were locked on her location. She bit the top of her lips "screw it let them come!"

She remained like a solitary mountain. She executed her most defensive stance. All six of her hands turned into whirlpools, sucking in the attack! All three of the icicles blew her back, her hand split apart from the force. Her ice arms were instantly shattered apart. Blood dripped down from her hands, she shrugged it off and charged forward.

"[Eighteenth dance, Sword flutter]!"

Her twin swords rise to the sky and come down with such great force that the clouds in the air split apart. Mountains of snow come crashing down and slam against Lu Xinyue. He just smiles; he can't believe how far his daughter came in just a year! He puts up one finger to block. Once the two swords reach his finger he is pushed deep into the ground as sparks fly off in every direction. Lu Xinyue lifts his hand up and she is sent flying back. Lu Xinyue claps his hand "alright let's rest a bit, I think that you should be able to make your breakthrough!"

A month passed by with them constantly training, she was able to breakthrough to the World level in the Dao of Ice and she was also able to reach One With the Sword level as well!

Lu Snow was in her room quietly meditating. She was trying to calm her nerves slightly, if she was able to do that then she would have a much easier time dealing with Neatherjade!

She stands up "well I should start to head out."

Lu Xinyue catches her at the door and tightly hugs her "you've trained hard but remember so did everyone else!"

Lu Snow nods "yes, I know!"

She heads out with Lu Xinyue and Lu Jia behind her. Once she reaches the stage she sees the high class immortals in her clan. She's heard stories about them, but she's never seen any of them before! The most dazzling one was the current patriarch Lu Guo. He was a tall man and he also had a domineering vibe to him. Lu Snow felt her heart clench "no wonder he's the patriarch!"

A boy that radiated a golden light caught her gaze "that must be Goldchild."

Lu Snow looked around but she couldn't spot Netherjade. Of everyone around that's who she wanted to see the most. He was the one she worried about the most!

Lu Guo calls out "enough dallying let the matches begin!"

Three matches went by before it was time for Lu Snow to go up, the other matches were ordinary at best! It seems as though her, Netherjade, and Goldchild were the top three contenders!

Lu Snow was holding onto her stomach. She was very close to puking her guts out!

Lu Guo calls out "now begins Lu Snow versus Lu Bi"

Lu Bi walked onto the stage, she was a towering monster, she was very muscley and her furs could hardly contain her huge body! She looks at Lu Snow and chuckles a little "really this scrawny girl is a shoe in for the top spot? Ha I could crush her under my boots!"

Once Lu Snow stepped on stage everything around her froze, the people in the stands began to chatter their teeth, even Lu Bi felt herself get cold. Obviously she hadn't reached the World level. Lu Snow had never heard of this Lu Bi, so she decided to test her. All Lu Snow had done was casually release her Dao. but even so Lu Bi was being affected. "Begin!" Lu Guo spoke horsely.

Lu Bi charged at Lu Snow with her fists out, she resembled a bear as she charged at her. Lu Snow sighed softly "my she really is weak!"

"WEAK I'LL SHOW YOU WEAK!!!"

Lu Snow drew her sword and softly spoke "[Second dance, Snowfall]." The second stance was made for control. Lu Snow didn't wish to kill this Lu Bi after all!

It looked as though her blade turned malleable and slowly struck upon Lu Bi. Once the snow produced from her blade touched Lu Bi she was sent back a bit with blood pouring out of her mouth. She was instantly defeated. Lu Snow stepped off the stage and went back to her parents.

When she got back to her parents they only said "good job!

They didn't wish to raise her hopes or crush them, they were also very nervous! They sat and chatted for a bit, this did help to calm down Lu Snow quite a bit. Then it was Netherjade's match.the crowd went crazy calling his name. Once the match began Lu Snow was looking intently trying to learn anything from this battle. She didn't even blink. However one Lu Guo started the match Nertherjade had already won. His opponent was sent back covered in their own blood! "What in the?!" Lu Snow was very puzzled. She never stopped watching even for a second!

Lu Snow caused these thoughts aside and started her next match. In each of her matches she only used a single move and the same one. She didn't wish to give any unnecessary information! She kept winning with a single move all until she had to face Goldchild!

The two stood onto the arena. Once they did they both sent a wave of energy at the other. Once this energy collides, pressure flies off in every direction. Sparks were slapping against the arena and pieces of it broke apart. Lu Guo grins "since it seems you've begun, let's start it officially."

"Let's test you out! [Second dance, Snowfall]!"

With one sword a malleable snake moves at lightning speed and slams against Goldchild. He just smiles "that's all you got kid!" he flashes a crazy look!

Lu Snow shook her head "just as I thought."

She draws another sword and she charges at Goldchild. Goldchild draws his axe and prepares for her attack. She swings her sword at his body, she seems to be able to move with the sword. As if she was a sword herself. Goldchild sends his axe down and it carries the power of the world with it.

BOOOOM!!!

A concussive blast shakes the entire arena and several blasts of energy. The ground under them splits, Lu Snow's hands vibrate as small cracks appear in her hands. Goldchild remains exactly the same. With one hand she swings her sword at his chest "[Eighteenth dance, Sword flutter]." a mountain of snow is carried behind her blade.

His eyes change "oh."

He sends down his axe to meet her blade, however it stops mid-motion. "[Fifth dance, Ice shatter]!" She twirls her other sword and it forms a whirlpool that stops his axe mid-motion. His World level axe was nothing compared to her One With the Sword level, and also World level ice techniques! So of course his axe had stopped.

Goldchild coughed up blood but just kept going. He couldn't stop even for a second, or she would gain tempo! He kicked her side and sent her flying miles in the air. In the next second he greeted her up there. He sent his axe downward with heaven shattering force. Lu Snow put her hand up. She caught his axe with two fingers. Goldchild was surprised, she had stopped his World level attack with two fingers, not even sword arts or anything. But it must be understood since she broke through to the Xiantian level. She was able to release any attack with the power of the Dao. So even her fingers carried World level power!

"WORLD LEVEL!!"

Goldchild had no idea she was at that level after all she was new, and thus didn't have many reports regarding her. She never used World level power in any of her other matches, so he believed her to be on a lesser level than him. He had realized they were on par with each other.

However, what he didn't realize was merely a tenth of her real power! She used this moment of distraction to execute with each hand her eighteenth dance. Two mountains of snow crash into his side and he coughs up blood. His eyes turn white as he loses consciousness.

Lu Snow moves to grab Goldchild. They both gently fall to the ground. She finally took a breath. She was nervous the entire time " it seems as though he was grossly overhyped!"

She put a hand on her chest and then held her hand up. The whole crowd was silent for a moment, the entire ring lit up with a roar. Lu Xinyue stood "AHHH LOOK AT THAT LU JIA OUR DAUGHTER REALLY BEAT GOLDCHILD!!!!"

Lu Snow moved her hand and pointed at Netherjade. "You're next!"

Netherjade raised an eyebrow "oh you think so. Patriarch Lu allowed me to just fight this Lu Snow. Let's start the finals now."

Lu Guo shook his head "and what about Lu Deng what about his chance?"

Netherjade shook his head without even moving. Lu Deng was sent flying away "now then let's begin shall we!"

Lu Guo sighed "what am I going to do with this rowdy group of kids! Fine start your match!"

Netherjade hopped up and slammed his entire body into the ring. The ring was smashed to pieces, "come at me, I'll give you the first blow!"

Lu Snow was sent back a bit "just how cocky is this Netherjade!"

She grit her teeth and her eyes become bloodshot. She admired his strength and considered him a rival, but now she simply just hated him!

"Fine then if that's how you want it! [Ice Arms]!"

Four arms made of ice appear on her back. She waves her hands and six swords appear out of nowhere. She charges forward once she is inches away from him she jumps up high into the sky. She then comes flying straight down. "[Eighteenth dance, Sword flutter]!"

All six of her swords immediately execute the eighteenth stance. Six giant mountain ranges come crashing down Netherjade! Lu Snow's face slightly changes. "Eh, does he seriously plan on taking all of my blows!"

Her swords come crashing down at Netherjade and each and everyone of them land cleanly against his body. Netherjade isn't affected in the slightest, Lu Snow's face becomes ugly to behold "BASTARD!!"

She puts away her six swords and with her thirty fingers she executes the [First dance, Ice shuttle]. Netherjade simply sighs "I told you I'll only give you the first!"

Even without him moving Lu Snow is sent flying back a hole the size of Netherjade's fist lays in the middle of her chest. "Huh how did he do that!? I didn't even see him move!"

She grabs the middle of her chest and huffs a little, Netherjad shoots her a glance as well "oh you are still standing. You do have some talent, second fiddle!"

Lu Snow started to grit her teeth "THIS…"

She waves her fingers again and starts to use the first stance for [Ice-realm]. Instantly thirty lightning fast icicles shoot from the tips of her fingers. As each of these attacks zip by they shatter the ground underneath them. Each of these attacks held World level power with it along with her Xiantian level spiritual energy. Each of these icicles definitely held enough power to obliterate mountain ranges!

Netherjade softly sighed "weaklings with no talent should get out of here, with a single breath each one of these attacks were blown away.

Lu Snow was the most surprised, "Huh he's reached One With Everything, impossible!"

Netherjade laughed like a mad man "oh darling you honestly didn't think you were the only one training, did you?"

Lu Snow is sent flying backwards with several blows to her body, however Netherjade remained motionless. Lu Snow was desperately holding on, "how is he doing that!?"

Netherjade took an ugly face "JUST DIE ALREADY!!"

Lu Snow was hit several times without Netherjade even moving. She shrugs off each of his blows like nothing! She was desperately thinking "how do I get past his speed! Unless…"

She stood still as well, everything seemed to slow down. Lu Snow smiled "HA! That's it!"

She immediately sends her World level Dao against his technique. Even though his technique was on a higher level she wasn't trying to completely shut it down, just disrupt it! Netherjade's face changed "how did you…?"

Lu Snow put her hand on her hip and pointed a finger at him "I figured out your little technique! You weren't moving faster than the eye can see, just simply freezing time! You haven't even reached One With Everything!"

Netherjade's face became ugly to behold "B-BASTARD!!!"

He charged forward and the ground underneath him broke apart right when he got up to her she softly spoke, "I also know that you didn't take my first attack head on! Now for a little payback!"

She drew six swords and each one of these used [Eighteenth dance, Sword flutter]. Mountains of snow slammed against Netherjade. He put his hand up and made an ice wall. This wall caught each of her blows! Lu Snow simply smiled "just as planned, she lifted her leg up and hit the side of his chest with a World level attack!

He vomited up blood, his usually kempt hair now had a few strands loose. Once her blow landed the crowd went absolutely mad. Lu Snow's parents making the loudest noises! Lu Snow was smiling as well "how do you like that, I was able to land a blow!"

"GRRRR SHUT UP!!!"

Netherjade lifted his hand and several pillars made of ice shot up! Lu Snow shakes her head, with thirty fingers she uses [First dance, Ice shuttle]. Instantly these thirty rockets smash against Netherjade!

He grabs each of the rockets in his hands trying to slow them down as much as possible. His hands start to blister and crack, his eyes become bloodshot as he grit his teeth. The back row of his teeth start to shatter and cracks appear in his molars. "This girl is really making ME struggle! Who the hell does she think she is!"

The icicles continue to push into him. His hands are pushed so far back, his defenses blow apart. The rockets smash against his chest and he slumps over on the floor completely unconscious. Lu Snow jumps up "AH HA ALRIGHT!!!"

Lu Xinyue jumped out of the stands along with Lu Jia; they both ran up and grabbed her. Lu Xinyue lifts her high into the air "behold your new Matriarch!!!"

Lu Snow slaps her father's chest "FATHER!! Please don't embarrass me!"

Lu Xinyue couldn't help but laugh "aw don't treat your father so! He just loves how impressive you are. How could I not be happy?"

Lu Snow shakes her head, then she tightly grabs her mother and father.

A Day Later

Lu Snow sat in the middle of a banquet hall filled with the entire Lu Clan. The Lu Clan had at least fifty thousand members, and so to house all of them in one place was insane! Lu Jia walked to Lu Snow's side "my daughter, what have you?"

Lu Snow looks back at her "oh no nothing!"

Lu Jia puts her hand over her mouth "I know you are lying! Something has got you down."

She looks over to her mother "I'm fine!"

Lu Jia put her hand on Lu Snow's shoulder "go, go, enjoy the night this banquet is for you, eat something. It'll make you feel better!"

Lu Snow pouted, she muttered under her breath. "Fine then I guess I'll enjoy the food!"

She stood up and she walked over to the crowd, and she began to make a plate for herself. She looks to her side "YOU!?"

He looks over at her "and you too!"

"What do you want, Netherjade?!"

He looks back at her "I can't enjoy a banquet ment for the Lu Clan miss Matriarch?"

Her patient was running thin "FINE!! Stay at the banquet, I don't care!"

Lu Snow stormed off in a rush, she was grumbling to herself "STUPID NETHERJADE AND HIS STUIPID FACE!!! AHH WHY DOES HE INFURIATE ME SO!?!"

She made her way to the roof and slowly began picking at the food, she couldn't stand him. Being in the same room as him made her feel sick!

A woman who was in tight fitting sportswear came up. She wore weighted fingerless gloves on her hands all the time. Her ankles were wrapped in bandages, she looked as though she was ready to fight at a breaths notice. She had a toned body and her hair was cut short. This woman was none-other than Lu Bi herself! "Ay kid what's got ya down? I notice ya storm away!"

Lu Snow looked over to Lu Bi, Lu Snow was very close to tears. She wasn't sure of herself to begin with, she's only nine how is she supposed to run the Lu Clan? A lot of things were on her mind, and seeing Lu Bi brought her to tears! She realized she wasn't alone in running the Lu Clan! She had the Lu Clan itself to support her!

"Ah hey kid, don't go cryin on me!" Lu Bi put her hands in the air and started to wave them.

Lu Snow held onto Lu Bi tightly and began to sob uncontrollably into her shoulder Lu Bi instantly shot her hands up "aw kid don't go cryin on me now come on!"

Lu Snow couldn't speak, she was hiccuping and trying oh so hard to breathe she could hardly hear Lu Bi. After a couple of seconds she started to warm up to Lu Snow, she placed her arms on Lu Snow too. Lu Bi wasn't good with comforting people but she knew that Lu Snow needed a friend right now. Lu Bi would hate herself if she just left her now.

After a few minutes Lu Snow started to calm down slightly. "Are you ready to talk, kid?"

Lu Snow wiped the tears off her eyes and nodded her head "I think so!"

"What's bothering you?"

"How am I supposed to lead the Lu Clan, I'm nowhere near as strong as Lu Guo, I also couldn't lead people like Lu Jia can. How can I possibly have the Lu Clan respect me?"

"Ah kid don't ask me none of that stuff I have no idea how to lead!"

Lu Snow tilted her head "huh but you were in the gold concordat, why did you join if you didn't have an idea?"

Lu Bi looked confused "you joined kid, how come you don't. I want to fight strong people!"

"What would you have done if you'd won?"

Lu Bi held her chin "if I'd won…. Hmm I think if I'd won they would already respect me!"

She points her thumb at herself "I'm a wealth of guidance!"

Lu Bi and Lu Snow laugh a little, Lu Bi continues "look kid stop worryin about how others would guide the clan, you lead it now, so it's up to you. You lead it the best you can, if everyone else is so much better then why are you the Matriarch? You are the best choice, give yourself a little trust!"

Lu Snow felt herself grow a bit more confident and she quickly nodded "right thank you Lu Bi!"

She stood up and walked back into the hall she walked in knowing that she is most certainly the right leader!

A Couple of Weeks Later

Lu Snow looked at her mother and father, "I am leaving, I wish to see if the world"

Her father was in tears "aw don't do this to your old man!"

Lu Jia had a radiant glow to her "Xinyue be happy your daughter wants to grow!"

He looks at Lu Snow "oh I am but my little Snowflake is leaving me! Cani Not be sad too?!"

Lu Jia laughed and held her daughter "goodbye Snow, challenge the world, never grow complacent. Love and laugh but remember bad times come with the good ones too. Light goes with dark, just as good with bad, they exist as the two sides of the same coin!"

Lu Snow nodded, "yes mother I will!"

Lu Xinyue held his daughter "I love you my little Snowflake, remember to grow strong for me yeah!"

"Of course I will!"

She walks away and sends her goodbyes.