Xue Nianbing's Advice, Changes in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm

"Why?"

Xue Nianbing's eyes shifted, and he gave a mischievous grin. "Of course, because I've lived for Ten Thousand Years and witnessed the truth from ten thousand years ago."

Tang Ya: "..."

She felt that was a lie.

No, it was definitely a lie.

If Xue Nianbing were a humanoid Soul Beast, she might have believed a little of it.

But no matter how she looked at him, Xue Nianbing was human.

"Your words have absolutely no credibility. You say you've lived for ten thousand years—why not say you've lived for a hundred thousand?" Tang Ya glared at Xue Nianbing irritably.

"Then I've lived for a hundred thousand years."

Xue Nianbing wore a solemn expression, sounding utterly serious.

Tang Ya: "..."

You were really getting addicted to this, weren't you?

She might have looked a little foolish, but she still had a brain.

"Fine, don't tell me. I won't ask anymore." Tang Ya curled her lips.

"It's fine. I'm not the curious one."

Xue Nianbing gave a faint laugh, his single remark irritating Tang Ya again.

Xue Nianbing did not care in the slightest.

After picking up the barbecue he had ordered to go, he turned to leave. Yet just as he was about to exit the barbecue shop, he looked back and said, "I'll sincerely offer you one piece of advice: boldly accept the uniqueness of your Blue Silver Grass."

"What you've always lacked was never hard work, but an opportunity. That opportunity has always been with you—you were the one who missed it."

"Whether it's the various Empires or Shrek Academy, their definition of Evil Soul Masters is inherently flawed. That flaw has forced many people onto the path of Evil Soul Masters."

"Martial Souls themselves have no good or evil. People do."

With that, Xue Nianbing left.

Tang Ya stood quietly where she was, watching Xue Nianbing's departing back as she fell into thought once more.

People were what possessed good and evil...

There seemed to be nothing wrong with those words.

She controlled the Blue Silver Grass, not the other way around. As long as she could face her true heart, why should she fear what others thought?

The devouring ability of her Blue Silver Grass was also her strength.

Perhaps it was time for her to face her own power properly.

"Xue Nianbing, thank you."

Tang Ya had figured it out. The problem that had troubled her for days seemed to have been resolved.

"Oh, right!"

Suddenly, Xue Nianbing returned.

Tang Ya: "???"

She stared blankly at the returning Xue Nianbing.

Could it be that everything philosophical he had just said was wrong?

Then what was with her having untangled her heart and preparing to accept the power of her Blue Silver Grass? Had she thought all that through for nothing?

Clearly, Tang Ya was mistaken.

Xue Nianbing asked, "Tang Ya, do you know Jiang Nannan?"

"...I do."

"Has she been at the academy these past few days?"

"Yes."

"Thanks."

Xue Nianbing smiled, waved, and left.

As Tang Ya watched Xue Nianbing prepare to leave, she instinctively asked, "Xue Nianbing, why are you looking for Jiang Nannan? Do you know each other?"

"Mm, we do."

Xue Nianbing nodded.

Something unreadable flashed through Tang Ya's eyes as she asked, "Are you two boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"No. We're childhood friends."

Xue Nianbing waved his hand and left.

Tang Ya watched his gradually receding back and fell silent again, not knowing what she was thinking.

Starlight Hotel.

Although this hotel was located in Shrek City, its owner behind the scenes was the Star Luo Empire.

The fact that it could open a hotel in Shrek City was enough to show the Star Luo Empire's influence.

At that moment, a figure emerged from the hotel.

Her pink-blue hair was groomed exquisitely, and her clothes were clean and neat. She looked exceptionally handsome.

"Where is Xue Nianbing?"

Wang Dong looked around, but did not see the familiar figure. She immediately puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction. "Why isn't that guy back yet?"

She had made a round through the row of shops in front of Starlight Hotel, yet still had not found Xue Nianbing.

That could not help making her anxious.

"Could it be... he forgot about me?" Wang Dong suddenly thought of a possibility.

But not long after that thought surfaced, a voice interrupted it.

"Wang Dong."

At that call, Wang Dong instantly turned around.

Very soon, she saw the familiar figure slowly walking toward her, carrying a bag in his hand that appeared to contain barbecue.

"Xue Nianbing, where did you go?"

Wang Dong ran up to ask him, though her eyes could not help glancing at the barbecue in his hand.

It smelled so good. I really want to eat it!

"Bought something."

Xue Nianbing lifted the barbecue in his hand, then chuckled. "Let's go. We'll take it back to the dorm and eat it. Today, we'll try This Barbecue."

"This Barbecue? Which place is that?"

"This Barbecue."

"...Which place?"

"Their name is literally 'This Barbecue,'" Xue Nianbing explained.

Wang Dong: "..."

How could someone pick such a casual name?

That naming style was practically on par with Xue Nianbing's way of roasting people.

Wang Dong grumbled inwardly before following behind Xue Nianbing.

The two soon returned to the dorm and sampled the delicious food from This Barbecue. It was decent—not especially tasty, but not bad either. It was perfectly ordinary.

After eating, the two each attended to the important matter of cultivation.

Stimulated by Xue Nianbing, Wang Dong cultivated with exceptional diligence.

Xue Nianbing immersed himself in his Sea of Consciousness.

The Ice Blue Light Cluster resembled a "sun," suspended high in the center of his Sea of Consciousness. The only difference was that this "sun" radiated cold air.

Under its influence, Xue Nianbing's Sea of Consciousness seemed to have become a world of ice and snow.

"You really can sleep."

Xue Nianbing kicked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which was sleeping amid the cold air. "Every day, whenever I see you, you're either sleeping or on your way to sleep."

Kicked by Xue Nianbing, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately woke up.

Upon seeing Xue Nianbing, he instantly adopted a fawning tone. "Young Master, aside from sleeping, I have nothing else to do."

"...That's true."

Xue Nianbing thought about it carefully and found that it really was the case.

He examined the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's condition and asked, "In just a few days, your body seems to have changed again. Do you feel anything?"

"Changed?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked at himself in confusion, then shook his head. "Young Master, I don't feel anything. It feels the same as before."

"Try seeing if you can come out."

Xue Nianbing decided to test it.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's current state was very similar to the Soul Spirits from the original story, though it also seemed somewhat different.

"Alright."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm answered and tried to leave the Sea of Consciousness.

And when he tried, something really happened.

Xue Nianbing opened his eyes and saw a miniature Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before him, Ice Blue mist flowing around his body.

Suddenly, he sensed an additional connection between himself and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

This connection was very much like... a Martial Soul?

Yet it was also somewhat different from a Martial Soul.

He could sense everything about the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and could even control his body through his thoughts. The only thing he could not do was add Soul Rings to him.

"Young Master, I can actually come out!" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was also utterly shocked.

"You go back first."

After casually recalling the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Xue Nianbing fell into deep thought.

Calling the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm a Martial Soul did not seem quite right.

Calling him a Soul Spirit did not seem quite right either.

After thinking for a long time, Xue Nianbing still could not make sense of it.