After putting away the Extreme Ice Stone, Lu Yin raised another one to the same level. It had cost him ten trillion cubic meters of Star Energy Marrow.
He had thought it through. One stone would go to the Ice Master, as compensation for the loss Yan'er had caused them by entering the Ice Heart. The other would be used to fool the Eternal Clan.
As for where they came from, he would tell the truth. He was past the point of needing to hide his abilities, and the Eternal Clan had probably already confirmed several of them. The ability to enhance external objects was likely the first they had figured out.
Lu Yin returned to the Ice Spirit Domain with the two Extreme Ice Stones. When he laid them out before the Ice Master, the Ice Master was stunned.
He stared blankly. "Lu Dao Master, these...?"
Lu Yin handed him one of the stones. "I wonder if this could pass for the Ice Heart?"
The Ice Master picked up the Extreme Ice Stone. Its chill had no adverse effect on him; instead, it helped him cultivate. The source of their cultivation was cold itself. It was like how one of his former subordinates could grow stronger by eating poison—a method no outsider could learn.
The Ice Master stared at the stone for a long time, then solemnly handed it back to Lu Yin. "Lu Dao Master, did you split the one I gave you into two?"
Lu Yin smiled. "That's right."
Although the Ice Master had suspected as much, and had even asked outright and received confirmation, it still seemed like an absurd fantasy.
An Extreme Ice Stone had become one of such great age in so short a time. Was this a dream? Though, of course, they did