Huchi was indeed tempted and grew more serious. "If Young Master has what we need, then trading for some Ice Mist Crystal Marrow is certainly worth considering."
Qin Yi secretly put away what Minghe had slipped him, his heart settling completely. Smiling, he said, "You need Netherworld Objects badly?"
"Indeed." This time, Huchi did not play any tricks, because this opportunity was truly rare for them. "We are extremely interested in Netherworld Objects, not because of the ice chill, but because they are the source where Demonic Nature gathers."
Qin Yi could understand. He had already realized that the birth of these Demonic Beasts was most likely tied to the underworld. Back then, merely due to the pulling force of the underworld's integration, a Flame Demon had condensed out of nowhere in the Great Wilderness. That spoke volumes. The reason this Northern Underworld had gone from Kunpeng's intent to its present state had to be the result of an exceptionally heavy underworld infection.
Otherwise, pure frost and cold should have given birth to Spirits of Ice or snow sprites, the clean and pure sort. There definitely would not have been any demons in the ancient Northern Underworld.
But this was not the true underworld after all, so they lacked a path to climb to the next level and could most likely only halt at Qianyuan. The so-called Prime Ice Demon was probably merely the first ice demon to be born. There may originally have been only one, but after Xi Yue slew it and its Demonic Nature dispersed, it split into this present clan of more than a dozen.
The Prime Ice Demon was most likely at Qianyuan perfection, with half a foot over the threshold of Formless, yet it had always lacked the staircase to advance further and could