Chapter 240: Withered Flowers on a Snowy Night

“Chen Xiao, right?” Xueye Canhua turned his head, looking at Chen Xiao indifferently before smiling gently. “As for the Three Fragments of the Heavens Map, I can decide to give it to you. And Xueye Qingzhu can continue to serve as the head of the family.”
With Xueye Canhua’s appearance, almost all members of the Xueye family arrived there in an instant and knelt before him. Among them, only Chen Xiao stood there like a bamboo pole.
“I suppose I have to pay a certain price, though?” Chen Xiao smiled. He glanced at Yuanmie before him—just a mid-level Void God, far from being a match for Xueye Canhua.
“No need,” Xueye Canhua shook his head. He stretched out his right hand and reached into the void. With a gentle grasp, the blade of the demonic sword Yuanmie struggled briefly before falling helplessly into his hands.
“A virtual divine artifact that turns into a fierce spirit after death…” Xueye Canhua gently stroked the blade with his jade-like white hands, murmuring in admiration.
Chen Xiao broke into cold sweat. Yuanmie had been taken without any resistance?
Subconsciously, Chen Xiao stepped back two steps. His mind was already connected to the Main God’s Space, allowing him to summon Guigui and Mumu at any time. But leaving like this was beyond his ability.
“You needn’t be nervous,” Xueye Canhua smiled slightly. With a wave of his hand, the blood-gold-colored Yuanmie was thrown back to him.
A virtual divine artifact spirit equivalent to a mid-level Void God seemed like a toy in Xueye Canhua’s hands.
“So what exactly do you want me to do?” Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes and asked.
“I hope that after obtaining the three fragments of the Heavens Map, you can help me find someone,” Xueye Canhua said with a faint smile.
“Who?” Chen Xiao was stunned before asking.
“You’ll know once you have the three fragments,” Xueye Canhua replied. As he spoke, a faint purple glow appeared in his hand.
That purple glow was a compressed space, seemingly containing some powerful fierce beasts.
A compressed space! It was clearly a space of unknown size, torn from the void and compressed into the size of a fist. This was beyond human capabilities.
A cultivator at the fourth level of the Domain Realm, who understood the laws of space, could utilize those laws and harness spatial power—but that was merely borrowing, not true control. Even ordinary Void Gods couldn’t achieve such things.
This only proved that Xueye Canhua’s strength was already infinitely close to that of a true god.
Chen Xiao caught the compressed space in one hand. Instantly, he felt immense pressure emanating from it, as if he were holding an enormous mountain in his palm.
“Hmph.”
Chen Xiao’s expression tightened. Within his mental sea, a profound force from the Heavens Map surged forth, strengthening him. In an instant, his palm, which had been sinking, returned to its normal position as he firmly grasped the compressed space.

“Oh?” Xueye Canhua was slightly stunned upon seeing Chen Xiao firmly holding that compressed space in his hands. After all, although the space was compressed, it contained a massive mountain spanning a hundred miles in radius—something that even a cultivator at the Domain realm would find difficult to lift.

“Not bad, not bad,” Xueye Canhua nodded and then said, “As for Xueye Qingzhu, you don’t need to worry. He made some small mistakes before and is currently in seclusion. I’ll release him after some time so he can continue as the head of the Xueye family.”

Looking at Xueye Canhua, Chen Xiao slowly nodded. “Can’t I meet my grandfather now?”

“No,” Xueye Canhua shook his head. “The Xueye family has its own rules. Since he violated them, anyone can visit him.”

Chen Xiao bit his lip and then sighed. “When can I see him?”

“In three years,” Xueye Canhua sighed leisurely. “Or if you gather all three pieces of the Broken Sky Map and find the person I mentioned, you might be able to see him earlier.”

Chen Xiao seemed to understand. It must be that the place where Xueye Qingzhu was in seclusion was special—unable to be opened without the right time or special methods.

Immediately, Chen Xiao bowed to Xueye Canhua and then said to Yuye Xiaochen, “Xiaochen, I still have some matters to attend to. I’m leaving now.”

With that, his figure flashed and disappeared from sight.

Now, Xueye Canhua’s expression finally changed. Chen Xiao had vanished from his mental perception, and his presence was no longer seen anywhere in the Xueye family’s Sunlit Area.

Xueye Canhua was a true peak-level Void God warrior, someone who could easily reach the realm of a true deity at any moment. His mental power constantly covered the Sunlit Area of the Xueye family, with everything under his surveillance. Yet now, Chen Xiao had disappeared mysteriously, and even this near-deity-level warrior couldn’t detect the slightest trace of him.

Xueye Canhua took a deep breath and then said, “Xueye Wuhei.”

“Ancestor…” The old man in white, Xueye Wuhei, approached him tremblingly.

“The Xueye family must never offend that Chen Xiao again. If possible, try to assist him in some ways.”

A glint appeared in Xueye Canhua’s eyes; no one knew what he was thinking.

……

“Hehe, that Xueye Canhua must be terrified now.”

Inside the Main God’s Space, Chen Xiao smiled slightly. Once he entered this space, not even Xueye Canhua, a peak-level Void God cultivator, nor even true deities or True Spirit Gods could detect him.

By doing this, Chen Xiao wanted to make the Xueye family understand that he had many hidden cards—so many they couldn’t imagine—and it was best for them not to provoke him.

In his hand, the compressed space reappeared. With a wave of his hand, the compressing force around it was instantly released.

A towering mountain spanning a hundred miles appeared before him.

“That Xueye Canhua tried to trick me again, hoping I’d go back and beg you? Hmph.”

Chen Xiao sneered. The compression here, outside this space, would likely be impossible to break even for an ordinary Void God. It was nothing but a solid turtle shell. If it weren’t for being in the Main God’s space, where Chen Xiao could freely manipulate the laws here, it would still be impossible to open. He would have to go back and look for Xueye Canhua. But if he did that, he would be completely at a disadvantage.