The Sisters' Admiration

Shui Bing'er had been somewhat hesitant.

But when she saw her younger sister, Shui Yue'er, eagerly accept Jiang Liang's rations, she no longer hesitated either.

Watching the two of them wolf down the food, Jiang Liang smiled happily.

"Eat slowly. If it isn't enough, I have more here."

He had already considered that he might be staying in the Extreme North for a long time, so he had bought plenty of rations. They were finally coming in handy.

Shui Yue'er grinned. "Big brother, you're such a good person!"

Jiang Liang smiled and waved his hand. "Why be so polite with your brother? Oh, right, my name is Jiang Liang. Liang as in kind-hearted."

Shui Yue'er giggled. "Mm-hmm! Big Brother Jiang Liang really is kind-hearted."

Shui Bing'er nodded gratefully as well. "Thank you, Jiang Liang."

"Haha, no need to thank me. It was just a small favor."

Jiang Liang smiled and waved his hand. "If you really want to thank me, then marry yourselves to me someday."

"Hm? Big Brother Jiang Liang, what did you just say?"

The sisters were far too hungry and were focused entirely on filling their stomachs, so they had not heard him clearly at all.

Faced with two innocent little faces full of confusion, Jiang Liang could only laugh awkwardly.

"It's nothing, nothing. Do you still want more?"

"Yes!"

"Um... I want some too. Thank you."

After feeding the pair of sisters, Jiang Liang planned to take them to look for their aunt.

After all, they had gotten separated from their aunt and suffered this misfortune because of him.

As a man, he had to take responsibility to the end in a situation like this!

Otherwise, how would he be any different from a scumbag?

Along the way, Jiang Liang learned that Shui Bing'er had already reached level twenty. She had come to the Extreme North mainly to obtain her second Soul Ring for her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

Shui Yue'er had also just reached level ten. After they finished hunting a Soul Ring for Shui Bing'er, it would be her turn, which was why the sisters had come out together.

Only then did the sisters learn that Jiang Liang was even younger than they had imagined!

He was nearly a year younger than Shui Yue'er!

The sisters were stunned beyond belief. They simply could not believe that Jiang Liang had dared to venture alone into the Extreme North at such a young age!

What surprised them even more was that Jiang Liang not only possessed Innate Full Soul Power, but his first Soul Ring had even reached the Ten-Thousand-Year level!

Shui Bing'er's pupils constricted violently.

She had not been mistaken before. It really was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

There was an ironclad rule circulating in the Soul Master world: a Soul Master's first Soul Ring should ideally not exceed 423 years.

Even her own Soul Ring was only three hundred years old.

Heavens, how had this boy done it?

Shui Yue'er, meanwhile, looked at him with worship written all over her face. Along the way, she practically wanted to cling to Jiang Liang.

"Big brother, you're incredible! I want a Ten-Thousand-Year first Soul Ring too. Can you help me?"

Jiang Liang awkwardly scratched the back of his head.

It was not that he did not want to help. He simply could not.

The first reason he had been able to absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring was Sword Mother's help, which had eliminated the Soul Ring's spiritual backlash.

The second was that Immortal Herbs had tempered his body, bringing his physique to a level comparable to that of a four-ring Soul Ancestor, allowing him to withstand the Soul Power impact of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

If it were Shui Yue'er, she would probably be blasted stupid by the Soul Ring's spiritual backlash the moment she touched a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Shui Bing'er naturally understood the danger involved and hurriedly said, "Little sister, don't fool around."

Shui Yue'er shrank her neck and returned to her sister's side with an aggrieved expression.

"Sorry, Jiang Liang. My sister was just joking around."

Shui Bing'er shook her head helplessly and reached up to pinch her younger sister's chubby little cheek.

Jiang Liang smiled and waved his hand. "It's fine. Actually, the only reason I could absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as my first Soul Ring was entirely thanks to my sister."

"If it hadn't been for my sister, I wouldn't have dared to absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring either."

Shui Bing'er nodded slightly, but she also knew this was someone else's secret and that it would be inconvenient to keep asking.

Afterward, the three children followed the direction in which the sisters had become separated and continued searching.

But heaven and earth stretched endlessly before them, and they had no idea how long they would have to search.

Sure enough, after walking for only half a day, Shui Yue'er began to break down and started shedding tears nonstop.

"Waaah, it's all my fault! If I hadn't run around everywhere, I wouldn't have gotten separated from Auntie."

Shui Bing'er immediately panicked and hurried to comfort her younger sister.

But it would have been better if she had not comforted her. The moment she did, Shui Yue'er cried even louder.

Shui Bing'er became even more flustered, completely at a loss over what to do.

Seeing this, Jiang Liang immediately stepped forward. He gently rubbed Shui Yue'er's hair and comforted her softly:

"Don't cry. This isn't your fault. I'll definitely help you find your family, so don't worry, okay?"

Sure enough, his comfort worked far better than Shui Bing'er's.

As soon as Shui Yue'er heard him, she immediately nodded obediently.

Beside them, Shui Bing'er secretly let out a sigh of relief. The way she looked at Jiang Liang now held even more trust and gratitude.

The sky grew darker and darker, while the temperature in the air continued to drop.

Jiang Liang had already assumed they would find nothing that day and was preparing to take Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er somewhere concealed to pitch a tent and rest.

But unexpectedly, the goddess of luck favored them once again.

Just as they were preparing to set up camp, they faintly heard a woman's voice from the distance.

"Bing'er, Yue'er!"

"It's Auntie's voice!" Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were instantly overjoyed.

They could not possibly mistake it. It was their aunt's voice.

Jiang Liang ran four steps forward and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a woman in fitted blue combat attire not far away.

"Auntie!" Upon seeing this, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er rushed forward in a panic.

The woman was stunned at first, but once she saw them, she immediately burst into tears of joy.

"Bing'er, Yue'er! It's really you!"

She opened her arms and tightly embraced them both, as though they would disappear the moment she let go.

They had embraced for only a moment when the woman's already pale face became even ghastlier, and her lips were completely bloodless.

Her arms around the sisters gradually weakened. Once the tension in her mind eased, the exhaustion accumulated over the past several days came flooding in all at once.

"Auntie..."

Just as Shui Bing'er spoke, the woman's body went limp. Her vision went dark, and she fainted from weakness.

"Auntie!"

"Auntie, what's wrong?!"

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er turned pale with fright and hurriedly reached out to support her, preventing her from crashing heavily into the snow.

Jiang Liang had not wanted to interrupt this beautiful moment of family reunion, but when he saw the woman faint, he immediately rushed over.

Shui Yue'er asked helplessly, "Big brother, why did my aunt faint?"

Jiang Liang carefully examined the woman's body and confirmed that she had only a few minor wounds and nothing serious. He therefore guessed that she had fainted from exhaustion.

"It's fine. She was probably too worried while searching for you."

"Now that she has finally found you, she relaxed and fainted."

As he spoke, he crouched down and lifted the woman into his arms. "Bing'er, Yue'er, hurry and get things ready so your aunt can rest properly."

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er hurriedly nodded, then turned and ran back to where they had set up the tent.

Jiang Liang followed closely behind while carrying the woman.

He carried the woman to the tent and finally let out a long breath after placing her on the ground.

She looked quite slender, but she was not light at all.

Even though Immortal Herbs had tempered his body, he was still exhausted at that moment.