The Thousand-Year First Ring

"Sister Xue, Sister Bing, I want to try absorbing a thousand-year first spirit ring."

Just as the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress were discussing where to go to hunt a spirit ring for Lang Lei, Lang Lei's words suddenly reached the ears of the two women.

For a moment, they even doubted whether they had heard correctly.

Yet obviously, as the supreme existences of the continent, there was nothing wrong with their ears. In other words, while they were still worrying that Lang Lei would have to absorb a thousand-year spirit ring for his second spirit ring, the one being worried about actually wanted to absorb a thousand-year one for his first spirit ring?

Right then, both of them felt a bit as though they were being too conservative...

Thoughts were thoughts, however, and persuasion was still in order.

"Lang Lei, are you really sure? This is a major matter concerning your safety. If an accident happens, the outcome won't be as simple as losing a game," the Snow Empress said with a serious expression.

"Yet I've never lost when playing games with Sister Xue, have I?"

The Snow Empress was momentarily at a loss for words. Lang Lei certainly wasn't lying; she and the Ice Empress had played plenty of games matched against Lang Lei, but their tens of thousands of years of experience still couldn't beat a little child, which genuinely made them feel ashamed.

"Lang Lei, nobody is going to let you win this time, and the consequences of losing are very serious!" the Ice Empress said stubbornly.

Even though the other party was concerned about him, phrasing it like that still made Lang Lei curl his lips in a twitch.

You didn't talk like that when you lost games to me and your composure shattered!

"Sister Xue, Sister Bing, you often say I'm not an ordinary child, so why use ordinary people's standards to measure me? If I always follow the beaten path of ordinary people step-by-step and grow up according to their standards, wouldn't I just end up becoming like them in the end?" Lang Lei put on a straight face, sticking to his own idea. "Since I was born extraordinary, why bother being a timid person!"

The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress were somewhat surprised. This was the first time the other party had been so "rebellious." Usually, things the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress forbade, Lang Lei never touched again, but this time...

The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress naturally felt happy about this. If it were any other matter, they would certainly go along with Lang Lei's own wishes, but this time of all times, it was the most dangerous time...

Naturally, they knew Lang Lei wasn't an ordinary child, and they were even the people on the continent who understood Lang Lei best.

Yet for something unprecedented like a thousand-year first ring, the two women still hesitated. After all, as long as Lang Lei cultivated step-by-step, he was destined to become a high-and-mighty deity, which would incidentally allow them to attain eternal life as well. Why take risks and make such dangerous decisions?

Seeing that the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress were still hesitating, Lang Lei sighed helplessly and decided to reveal a little something to put their minds somewhat at ease.

"Sister Xue, Sister Bing, look."

Lang Lei spread his palms, and a pink crystal flower condensed out of thin air above his palm, finally floating right there while emitting a mesmerizing aura.

The gazes of the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress were involuntarily drawn to it, and at the same time, they could sense the heart-palpitating power contained within it.

"This is..."

"Origin Power, told to me by a girl as brilliant as flying blossoms."

"Is it another deity?"

"Perhaps she's just an ordinary human?"

Naturally, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress didn't believe Lang Lei's explanation. How could power like this be possessed by a human? To speak in terms of unfilial blasphemy, from this they could even perceive a level of power far exceeding a spirit beast's heavenly tribulation.

You must know that a spirit beast's heavenly tribulation was the embodiment of the laws of the Douluo Continent!

Still, the fact that Lang Lei could use such power right now genuinely brought pleasant surprise to the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress.

"So... this is what you're relying on?" The Snow Empress looked into Lang Lei's eyes.

"Not just that." Lang Lei paused for a moment, then spoke with solemnity and gravity.

Seeing that Lang Lei didn't look like he was lying, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Lang Lei hadn't just acted on a sudden burst of hot-headed impulse, making this decision with a hot brain, that was fine.

Immediately afterward, however, a look of bashful annoyance appeared on the Ice Empress's face.

"Oh you, little fellow, Xue'er and I treat you so well, yet you kept such a big matter hidden from us?!"

As she spoke, the Ice Empress reached out to pinch Lang Lei's ear.

How could Lang Lei just stand there and let the Ice Empress pinch him? He had his pride to maintain, alright?

Hence, he instantly darted away in a flash right beside the Snow Empress, grabbing the Snow Empress's clothes and starting a game of circling around the pillar with the Ice Empress.

The Snow Empress looked with a helpless expression at the two of them spinning around her in circles. They were usually all quite steady, so why did they easily turn so childish whenever they got together?

As for Lang Lei keeping things hidden, the Snow Empress didn't feel anything of the sort; at the very least, at such a young age, the other party already understood the principle of concealing one's brilliance. Compared to those flashy "peacocks," a personality like this could undoubtedly grow up much more safely.

As for why a mere six-year-old child knew how to do this...

The Snow Empress attributed it to the title of "Child of Deity."

"Aiyaya, when little Lang Lei said those words just now, he was really so cool~?"

"Since I was born extraordinary, why bother being a timid person!"

"I didn't expect Lang Lei to show a chunibyo side at a time like this~?"

"And for little Lang Lei to say that with his current body, it's just too interesting~?"

"Aili!!!"

"Mn-huh~?"

"I'm right here~?"

"Forget it..." Listening to Elysia's voice, Lang Lei was out of temper for a moment, thoroughly kept under the other party's thumb.

"Still, Lang Lei, have you really decided? A thousand-year first ring has truly never appeared in the prior history of this continent, and the influence of our Origin Power on this continent is really rather limited, so absorbing it rashly will still carry a certain amount of danger..."

"That doesn't matter. Before I met Aili, I wasn't an ordinary person either, right?" Lang Lei replied dismissively. "Even if a problem really arises, at worst I can directly use the power of my past and present life."

"True, I forgot. Lang Lei's trump card has never been my power, after all~?"

"Though you say that, Aili, what you just said makes me feel a bit weird..."

"Alas! Really?"

"Sorry, it must be my imagination." Lang Lei paused, then spoke again. "Still, Aili, you truly are my greatest trump card."

"Eh? What?"

"Nothing..."

"How can you be like this! Say it again~?"

"Say what?"

"Lang Lei has gone bad..."

"Has he? I really didn't say anything~"

"Bad guy, say it again~?"

Hearing the voice in his mind, Lang Lei blushed slightly, and simply pretended not to hear it, crossing his legs to begin cultivating.

Seeing this, Elysia didn't continue speaking either, but sensing Lang Lei's restless emotions, she couldn't help chuckling inwardly.

"He's really just as unfrank as Mobius~?"