Suddenly, Tianxue Ji spat out a flawless white bead, held it in her palm, and said to Ling Xiao.
"There's no other way. This is the life essence of my Snow Heaven Clan, the culmination of its entire being. It's more potent than any other elixir. Swallowing it will surely heal your injuries."
Holding the beads in her hands, she solemnly addressed Ling Xiao, her expression revealing her reluctance but a determination born of a promise.
"This..." Ling Xiao looked at the bead in front of him and hesitated.
This bead is only the size of a grape, pure white and flawless, without a trace of impurity, and faintly emits a misty aura.
But this fog didn't make people feel cold; instead, it created a warm atmosphere.
"Your life essence pill... If I eat it, won't you die?"
Ling Xiao asked with a complicated expression, never expecting to encounter such a naive woman in the Origin True Realm.
"No, it's just a little bit of an impact." Tianxue Ji shook her head and said casually, trying her best to appear indifferent.
But how could such clumsy acting possibly fool a pair of discerning eyes?
Even a fool would know what this bead signifies; it's probably a unique feature of the Snow Heaven Clan.
"Take the beads back, I won't eat them," Ling Xiao refused.
"Why?" Tianxue Ji frowned. She had finally made up her mind, and if she was tested like this again, she would change her mind.
"Because it got covered in your saliva," Ling Xiao said with a slight smile.
"You..." Tianxue Ji was stunned, not expecting Ling Xiao to give such a reason, which almost burned out her CPU.
After struggling for a while, he finally managed to utter two words:
"Asshole..."
Her cheeks flushed slightly, feeling a burning sensation. She couldn't help but glare at Ling Xiao, her eyes sparkling with an indescribable allure.
Just then, a sudden sound rang out from outside.
"You were able to resist the temptation of the Snow Heaven Clan's Life Essence Pill. It seems you didn't come for this, or... perhaps you have a greater scheme?"
As they were talking, a tall woman with a sharp demeanor walked in.
With her white hair flowing over her shoulders, exquisite features, stunning beauty, and commanding presence, she possessed a wild charm that made her the kind of woman who was extremely difficult to conquer.
Upon seeing this woman, Ling Xiao suddenly recalled the powerful women of the Mother World of All Things, who shared a similar nature.
"Aunt Yue!" Tianxue Ji, trying to deceive herself, hid her life essence core behind her back and went to greet her.
The visitor was Tianxue Yaoyue. She had learned what had happened from Elder Yao Chen and wanted to see this stubborn "patient".
She was shocked to discover a scene that nearly terrified her as soon as she reached the door.
Tianxue Yaoyue glared fiercely at Tianxue Ji and coldly shouted, "You brat, hurry up and take back your life essence pill!"
"Oh..." Tianxue Ji responded softly, her voice lacking confidence, knowing that Aunt Yue would never allow her to hand over her life essence pill to Ling Xiao.
Seeing that Tianxue Ji obediently swallowed the Yuan Dan, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned her gaze to Ling Xiao with a scrutinizing look.
The moment she entered, she sensed Ling Xiao's unusual aura. The fact that Tianxue Yaochen couldn't cure him only fueled Tianxue Yaoyue's curiosity.
Her gaze was sharp and deep, exuding an invisible pressure, as if she could see right through Ling Xiao, leaving him completely naked.
"Have you seen enough, sir?" Ling Xiao asked calmly, meeting his gaze.
This woman possessed the cultivation level of the eighth level of the Primordial Taiji Realm, making her the strongest person he had ever encountered since arriving in the Origin True Realm.
However, at his peak, he could suppress such people with a mere wave of his hand.
"Aren't you afraid of me?" Tianxue Yaoyue.
"Don't worry, you have no intention of killing me," Ling Xiao said with a smile.
Tianxue Yaoyue withdrew her oppressive aura, her expression remaining icy. "Could you answer my question from earlier?"
"Your appearance makes me uneasy; you probably have ulterior motives for coming to my Snow Heaven Clan."
"You could resist the temptation of Xue Ji's natal elixir, do you perhaps desire more?"
A smile appeared on her cold face, as if she had seen through Ling Xiao, with a queen-like disdain.
Ling Xiao smiled, shaking his head with a light laugh, "To be honest, the Snow Heaven Clan doesn't have anything that catches my eye yet."
"I came here for only one purpose: to heal my wounds."
"As for the life essence pill you mentioned, I don't need it at all."
Ling Xiao exuded an invisible aura, transcending worldly affairs and lofty above all, as if in that instant he had transformed back into the Dao Venerable who ruled over heaven and earth.
This sudden change left both women somewhat dazed, mainly because they couldn't quite believe that someone so severely injured and weak could put on such a show.
Tianxue Yaoyue chuckled, her cold yet beautiful demeanor a contradictory combination that didn't seem out of place.
"Such arrogance! Do you even know what the Natal Essence Core means?"
She could tell that Ling Xiao didn't seem to know the wonderful uses of the Yuan Dan.
"Oh? What does that mean?" Ling Xiao asked in return.
"The people of the Snow Heaven Clan are born with a natal core within their bodies, which is the essence and cultivation of their entire being."
"As long as others can refine the Natal Essence Core, they will be able to obtain all the Creation of the Snow Heaven Clan, and the benefits will be boundless."
Tianxue Yaoyue described the scene calmly, but a hint of hatred flickered in her eyes. However, it wasn't directed at Ling Xiao, but rather a reflection of the past.
"Our clan has been wantonly slaughtered and countless people have died because of the matter of the Natal Core."
"Later, thanks to the efforts of the clan leader, we finally received the protection of the Mysterious Heaven Realm and gained a place in the Mysterious Heaven Realm."
Despite this, there are still many cunning and wicked individuals with malicious intentions who want to infiltrate our clan to deceive and assassinate members of the Snow Heaven Clan in order to obtain their life essence pills."
Tianxue Yaoyue spoke calmly, but her murderous aura was barely contained.
Ling Xiao was quite surprised; he hadn't expected the Snow Heaven Clan to have such an experience.
In the cruel world of cultivation, it is indeed very difficult for people like the Snow Heaven Clan to survive.
Because these people of the Snow Heaven Clan are like walking elixirs of immortality; as long as you can kill one of them and obtain their life essence pill, you can be spared countless years of arduous cultivation.
They can even ascend to the highest realm in one step.
It is a fatal temptation for most cultivators in the cultivation world, but for those experts above the ninth level of the Primordial Chaos Primordial Origin, the effect is minimal, and there is no need to use the Life Essence Pill to improve their cultivation.
Therefore, with the arrival of a powerful expert at the ninth level of Primordial Taiji Chaos Taiji realm, the Snow Heaven Clan's apparent crisis was resolved, but in the shadows, many petty villains still wanted to infiltrate and harbor evil intentions.
Having figured all this out, Ling Xiao finally understood why the Snow Heaven Clan was so wary of outsiders.
"They're treating me like a petty thief," Ling Xiao thought to himself, then smiled helplessly.
"You can rest assured, I have no interest in cultivation gained by consuming life-bound essence pills."
"A cultivator with such thoughts has no hope of achieving the Great Dao!" Ling Xiao said calmly, his voice not loud, but containing a powerful will.