Lu Yin glared furiously at Young Yin Divine Venerable. "Senior, if you'd held Ice Master off for even a little while, I could have stolen the complete Ice Heart. I stole it with a clone, and it was discovered at the worst possible moment. The Ice Heart shattered, so I couldn't bring it back intact. All you had to do was hold her off a little longer, but you fled in the middle of the fight, abandoning Seven Friends and that old woman—and me."
Young Yin Divine Venerable stared at Lu Yin. Wait, if this man had gone to Ice Master, how had he stolen the Ice Heart? It was clearly in Ice Spirit Domain.
Still, it wasn't impossible. With his strength, once the ice was lifted, he could reach Ice Spirit Domain in no time. But the time from when he made his move to when he fled had been just as short. Could this man really have made it? Yet his arm had truly been frozen, and he had indeed brought back the Ice Heart. What was going on? Where was the problem?
Young Yin Divine Venerable tried to retrace their respective experiences in detail. Just then, Xi Zu's voice rang out. "Young Yin Divine Venerable, why was Ye Bo the one who drew Ice Master away?"
Young Yin Divine Venerable's expression changed.
Lu Yin snapped, "Exactly. We clearly agreed that I would steal the Ice Heart. Why did I end up drawing Ice Master away instead? Explain."
Young Yin Divine Venerable took a deep breath and looked away from Lu Yin, facing Xi Zu instead. "The Ice Heart has a Sequence Rule. No one but me can touch it."
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Yin. "You touched the Ice Heart, and your arm froze. You