Time passed by, the pleasure brought on by the first snow had already faded. Daily snow in the Capital was already commonplace, with the fading of Autumn and the arrival of Winter, the cold gradually deepened; the date of the Grand Examination fast approached.
Chen Chang Sheng knew that it was no longer the time for hesitation, hence, he stopped hesitating.
There were only days left till the Grand Examination, without a word to anyone, under the cover of a morning blizzard, he left the academy and travelled to New North Bridge. The gold-like leaves had been covered by the snow and the Capital’s famous landmark was now something that could only be seen next year; tourists were absent and apart from the palace guards that were stationed afar or the barely visible flying carriages that were leaving trails in the skies above, nothing else could be seen here.
It wasn’t that there was nothing here; from afar, there was a fur wearing palace servant, taking two snow mastiffs for a stroll.
Snow mastiffs were not canines, but were large monsters that would accompany human cultivators in battle. They were from the Black Rock Mountains situated outside of Old Snow City and were suited to the cold but unsuited to heat, he did not know how did they manage to live in the Capital.
Someone that could own snow mastiffs was obviously not a regular person; the two snow mastiffs were not white in colour, but of a light yellow. The snow was falling heavily and the yellow mastiff slowly turned white, the now white mastiff then slowly turned plump.
Before the palace walls, white snow abounded, the country was unified, and upon the ground there was a black void.
That was the well.
Chen Chang Sheng walked up to the well and gave the faraway palace servant and mastiffs a single glance; upon confirming that they hadn’t noticed him, he leapt down.
On the surface, a blizzard enmeshed the skies, yet under the surface, the blizzard didn’t stop, this was caused by every breath the Black Dragon took.
For some days now, Chen Chang Sheng had come to see the Black Dragon multiple times and was no longer as nervous as he was initially, with not knowing how to stand or where to even place his hands.