The snowflakes were instantly shredded, exploding into powder.
Li Qingshan, wearing a cat-face mask, hunched over as he exited the Mysterious Temple.
He leaped onto a lush and verdant pine tree, straight as a spear.
Under the black cat-face mask, two eyes flickered with a ghostly glow.
"Li Che, lad, his mind drawn in and settled within, has observed the divine for two hours. Hopefully, the youngster can withstand it and not be harmed in spirit by the Temple God's divinity..."
Li Qingshan muttered to himself.
Then he turned his head towards the distance, only to see a figure in a white robe, with a white mask on, slowly walking through the snowy forest, with loose hair fluttering in the snow.
On the smooth and polished white mask, no facial features were delineated.
The newcomer had several statues hanging around his waist, each the size of a palm, carved with children's images, some worshipping Buddha, some crying, each with a unique and vivid expression.