"Although it was in the Far North, it wasn't in the heart of your territory. Even if it had been in the core region, as long as it wasn't within your clan's territory, it was unclaimed!"
"Besides, when we arrived, an Ice Silkworm had already consumed seventy percent of the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow. It relied on that marrow to reach a cultivation of eight hundred thousand years. Even if we hadn't gone there, it would have eaten all of it itself. There wouldn't have been any left for you."
"Now that it's in our hands, you can still obtain some Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow. You should be thanking me."
Su Wen explained calmly and confidently.
Unclaimed things went to whoever found them first.
It wasn't as if the entire Far North belonged to you.
If spirit beasts made that argument, humans could just as well claim the whole continent belonged to them.
Besides, Su Wen didn't think he was wrong. Without this unexpected turn of events, there was no way the Ice Empress and Snow Empress would have obtained any Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
A hint of surprise appeared on the Snow Empress's face. She had guessed that Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow was involved, but she hadn't expected that a spirit beast had already consumed so much of it.
How much Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow would it take to reach a cultivation of eight hundred thousand years?
The Ice Empress's anger had eased considerably. At the time, she had indeed sensed a spirit beast with an exceptionally powerful aura.
"You killed one of my kind!"
"That's normal. Soul Masters need Spirit Rings, so they have to hunt spirit beasts. It's the law of the world. Unless you can make it so humans don't need Spirit Rings, and besides, spirit