The Splendor of the Ultimate Ice Phoenix!

They entered the Shui Family estate and found a pavilion to sit in.

After chatting for a while...

Lin Xiao suddenly said, "Bing'er, can I go take a look at your room?"

"There are some things I want to say to you."

"Just the two of us."

The moment he said that, Shui Bing'er's face flushed bright red.

Granny Shui Yuehua also looked at Lin Xiao in astonishment.

As far as she knew, Lin Xiao had always known his boundaries. Why would he suddenly make such an improper request—to enter a girl's boudoir and even be alone with her?

Although Granny Shui Yuehua trusted Lin Xiao and knew that since he could endure the pain of Evil Fire Burning Body, he certainly would not do anything filthy, she still felt it was inappropriate.

However, Shui Bing'er blushed and nodded. "All right. If it's Brother Lin Xiao, it's okay."

Granny Shui Yuehua hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

Lin Xiao turned to look at her and smiled. "Granny Shui Yuehua, don't worry. It's a good thing."

Then Lin Xiao said to Li Bo, "Li Bo, please don't let anyone come and disturb us."

Li Cangsong nodded.

Having accepted another's trust, he would faithfully carry out the task.

At that moment, Shui Bing'er somewhat shyly came to Granny Shui Yuehua's side and whispered something to her.

A helpless look appeared on Granny Shui Yuehua's face. This Little Ancestor—so she did know it was inappropriate, and she still wanted her to help stand guard and not tell her parents. Truly... sigh, she did not know what to say.

Shui Bing'er brought Lin Xiao to her room.

The young girl's room was extremely elegant, with a delicate fragrance lingering in the air, very much in the style of a noble young lady.

All the furnishings were arranged with refined simplicity as well.

There was a potted plant on the windowsill, its sparse shadows slanting across the room. It was a small clump of dwarf bamboo, still green beneath the covering of white snow, while the exquisite paper-cut window decorations seemed to carve out the young girl's gentle intelligence and refined heart.

After Lin Xiao confirmed there was no one else in the room...

His expression turned serious as he said, "Bing'er, do you still remember that I said I would bring you a gift?"

Shui Bing'er lowered her head, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

"Brother Lin Xiao being able to come is already the best gift..."

Lin Xiao was slightly startled.

A few ripples stirred in his heart.

He had always believed that for relationships between people to last, there should be less falsehood and more sincerity; therefore, when he interacted with Ye Qingxian and the others, he always treated them with sincerity.

And Shui Bing'er was his first friend, as well as the only person in this world who had cared for and helped him without asking for any benefit or reward.

Lin Xiao did not say anything more.

He took a Jade Box out from the Azure Water Jade.

"Bing'er, this is a Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that Senior Poison Douluo and I found while we were out—a fairy-grade herb among grasses. It's called Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and it can help your martial soul evolve."

"Along with the Ten Thousand Year Phoenix Blood Herb and the Thousand Year Cold Jade Mushroom, swallow them together."

Shui Bing'er stared blankly at the Jade Box.

She could feel the attraction the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass held for her. The martial soul inside her body had even begun to stir restlessly, as if it could hardly wait for her to swallow it.

But...

Shui Bing'er bit her lip and pushed the Jade Box away.

"No. Although Bing'er is young, I'm not ignorant of this thing's value. Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can help a martial soul evolve are things even Titled Douluo dream of... This thing is too precious. Brother Lin Xiao, Bing'er can't accept it."

In the dealings of human relationships, people were always used to declining gifts.

But when faced with an unimaginably precious treasure, how many people could actually say words of refusal? Moreover, Lin Xiao could feel the struggle in Shui Bing'er's heart, and the sincerity in her words.

It made him feel all the more that giving it to her was worth it.

"Bing'er, if you don't take this Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, who else in the world is worthy of it? Phoenix, oh phoenix, to have declined to such a state. I also want to see the might of the Ultimate Ice Phoenix!"

Lin Xiao had previously thought Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul was ultimate ice, but his deeper understanding of martial souls over these past few days had made him realize that an Extreme Attribute and ultimate ice were two different things. Being close to ultimate ice meant one was said to possess an Extreme Attribute, but it still did not reach the critical point required for true ultimate ice.

So, the dignified Ice Phoenix Martial Soul was not ultimate ice, while the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul was?

Lin Xiao hoped he could see the splendor of the Ultimate Ice Phoenix!

Shui Bing'er was still terribly conflicted.

Lin Xiao frowned in thought, then suddenly said coldly, "If you won't accept it, then you're looking down on me, or you don't want to be true friends with me. Since I'm the one getting carried away, I might as well turn around and go home!"

"Brother Lin Xiao!" Shui Bing'er's clear eyes brimmed with tears.

"I... I'll eat it, then."

Shui Bing'er took the immortal grass, secretly swearing in her heart:

Bing'er, oh Bing'er, all you did was give Brother Lin Xiao your Storage Soul Tool and your Little Treasury, but he gave you such a precious treasure. Even if he sold you, you still couldn't pay him back! You have to cherish Brother Lin Xiao. You have to listen to him!

Lin Xiao watched as Shui Bing'er swallowed the immortal grass.

The 100,000-Year Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Ten Thousand Year Phoenix Blood Herb, the Thousand Year Cold Jade Mushroom...

Immortal grass was far too precious. Lin Xiao trusted no one, including Granny Shui Yuehua, so he requested to spend some time alone with Shui Bing'er. He had to see Shui Bing'er swallow the immortal grass with his own eyes and watch her Martial Soul undergo evolution.

Shui Bing'er's ice-blue long hair suddenly flew up.

The Phantom Image of the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul emerged behind her, letting out a long, melodious Phoenix Cry. Countless ice crystals fell from the Ice Phoenix's feathers, only for even colder, bone-piercing ice crystals to be born in their place. The temperature in the room plummeted, and even the tables and chairs were covered in a thin layer of frost.

An inexplicable, biting aura appeared around Shui Bing'er's petite body. She seemed like an Empress, "supreme in heaven and earth," growing even more noble beyond words, like a divine maiden or fairy.

The process lasted nearly half an hour.

The Ice Phoenix Martial Soul completed its transformation. Its magnificent feathers were even more beautiful than the rainbows of the heavens, and its austere aura was as noble as an emperor's. The ultimate chill kept others a thousand miles away. Even Shui Bing'er's temperament became difficult to approach, making people feel they could only gaze at her from afar and feel ashamed of their own inferiority.

Shui Bing'er opened her eyes. A bone-piercing chill seeped from her clear blue pupils, but it melted the instant she looked at Lin Xiao.

"Brother Lin Xiao!"

Shui Bing'er called out, then suddenly did not know what to say. The immortal grass Lin Xiao had given her was far more precious than she had imagined. This time, even if she sold herself, she truly could not repay him.

She only felt that a seed had been planted deep in her heart.

A faint smile rested on Lin Xiao's face.

"Bing'er, your Soul Power has already reached rank 20 now, hasn't it? You can hunt for your Second Soul Ring."

"I wonder whether it has the power of your First Soul Skill."

Shui Bing'er's First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, sounded very ordinary, but it possessed three traits:

Instant cast, group control, and locking on.

This was no ordinary Ice Seal. This was the Ice Seal from Wang Wei's poem!

Now, Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul had evolved into the Ultimate Ice Phoenix, and it had gained another trait:

Extreme Cold.