Ice Jade Empress Scorpion

Shui Lingfeng looked at his spirit rings, his mood nothing short of ecstatic.

Qian Yufeng keenly noticed that the dejection in his eyes had vanished, replaced by that familiar, confident look from before.

Good, good, good. In the future, I'll have another Title Douluo on my side.

Han Feng appeared once again, this time in a chibi form.

"Wow, you can appear in two different forms!" A-Luo walked up to him curiously, exclaiming in surprise.

Han Feng nodded. "That is only natural. I can also feel that the dangerous aura has dissipated."

Qian Yufeng understood that things were not over yet. He looked at Han Feng with a smile and asked, "Your Ice Bird tribe's nest is located near the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. How much of it do you have here?"

Han Feng had not expected him to ask this, but since he had become a spirit, this Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow was of no use to him anymore.

"It is right beneath our feet. This place was hollowed out because I had already finished absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow."

"In the Far North, besides our tribe, only the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tribe is capable of discovering large deposits of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow."

Qian Yufeng looked at his two handmaidens, who understood his intent immediately.

With a blade and a sword, they struck the ground, and a strange energy fluctuation rippled outward.

Cracks appeared on the ground, which then rapidly collapsed. The two women hurried to Qian Yufeng's side.

Looking at the irregular, bone-marrow-like ice cones, A-Luo became instantly excited.

"This is it! This is it!"

Shui Lingfeng had heard stories of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, but seeing it in person was truly shocking.

"There are no special requirements for harvesting Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow; it is similar to jade, but the storage method is extremely particular."

"If it isn't absorbed within ten days of being harvested, the spiritual energy it contains will slowly dissipate."

Qian Yufeng was well-versed in these nuances.

Han Feng glanced at Qian Yufeng but said nothing, tacitly confirming his statement.

Seeing so much Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, Qian Yufeng knew they couldn't possibly consume it all.

"Perfect. I have jade boxes here, made of the rare Ice Jade. It is the most suitable material for storing Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow."

He smiled slightly and produced a jade box roughly the size of a coffin.

"..." Han Feng suddenly felt that this human was quite calculating.

A box made of such a large piece of Ice Jade could hold enough Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow to help at least a hundred people increase their level by ten.

Qian Yufeng immediately set to work, having the two handmaidens assist him, and soon the Ice Jade box was filled to the brim.

He naturally wanted to collect as much of the good stuff as possible; this way, the spiritual energy of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow wouldn't leak for even fifty years.

After finishing the collection, he took out three more backpack-sized boxes, filled them up, and handed them to the two handmaidens and Shui Lingfeng.

"Take your time absorbing these. It wasn't easy to make this trip, after all."

Shui Lingfeng had originally intended to bring back just a few pieces for his father and younger sister, never expecting the Guild Master to give him so much!

With this, his sister would likely reach the Title Douluo realm after absorbing a portion of it.

As for his father, he had long been a level 97 super-existence, so he wouldn't need it.

Once the collection of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow was complete, Qian Yufeng leveled the ground back out so that more would eventually grow there in the future.

Leaving the cave, Han Feng had no intention of handing his home over to others.

He spoke up, "Seal the cave. I have no desire to see someone else occupying my nest."

Qian Yufeng waved his right hand, unleashing a burst of spirit power that shattered the ice above the cave, quickly burying the entrance.

"Let's go!"

Han Feng returned to Shui Lingfeng's spiritual world, paying no more attention to his surroundings.

A-Luo did the same; the vast, white landscape was far too boring for her.

The four of them had been walking for an hour when they realized the surroundings were deathly quiet.

There wasn't even a common animal to be seen nearby, which was clearly suspicious.

"Guild Master, why can't we even see a Snow Fox or a Snow Rabbit?" Shui Lingfeng asked, puzzled.

When they had arrived, they could see plenty of small animals, but now there wasn't a trace of them. It was too strange!

"It's not that there are no traces of small animals here; it's that they were scared off by a terrifying existence!"

Qian Yufeng frowned deeply; danger was lurking nearby.

"Ling Xin, Ling Su, stay alert!"

Qian Yufeng was confident in his judgment; there was definitely a powerful spirit beast in the vicinity.

A-Luo appeared once again at this moment, looking around curiously before saying:

"A-Luo, there's a very strong soul beast sleeping under the ice!"

"It has awakened!"

A-Luo's words pushed Qian Yufeng's vigilance to its peak.

A powerful soul beast hidden beneath the snow layer that they hadn't even detected—this was no ordinary existence.

Soon, the group felt a violent tremor, and a sharp tail erupted from the snowy ground!

"That is... an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion!" Shui Lingfeng possessed a deep understanding of the soul beasts in the Far North.

However, why did this Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's tail look different from the descriptions?!

Qian Yufeng secretly cursed their luck; how had they run into the Ice Empress, one of the four great sovereigns of the Far North?!

The four of them retreated at top speed, dodging the collapsing snow.

Soon, the Ice Empress's massive soul beast body emerged from the snow.

Its appearance possessed a unique beauty, but the more beautiful something was, the more dangerous it usually proved to be!

Once the Ice Empress appeared, she locked her gaze directly onto Qian Yufeng.

"Human, it has been many years, yet your strength has actually broken through!"

The Ice Empress's words made it clear that she knew Qian Yufeng.

Qian Yufeng knew this creature's temperament well and spoke up, "Ice Empress, this is no longer the territory of your Ice Jade Empress Scorpions, and we have not harmed your kin."

The Ice Empress naturally knew this; she had come here only because she sensed Qian Yufeng's aura.

She had a deep impression of this human.

After all, he was the one who had clearly pointed out that the Snow Empress could not break through the seven-hundred-thousand-year threshold.

"I have no ill intent. I came this time to ask you: so many years have passed, have you found a way to solve the problem?" the Ice Empress asked again.

Furthermore, she looked at A-Luo, feeling that this cute little thing was not ordinary.

"There is a way, but it might be unacceptable to the Snow Empress," Qian Yufeng sighed.

The Snow Empress was a Far North hegemon of over six hundred thousand years; how could she be willing to turn into a soul spirit?

If she could have chosen the path of transforming into a human to re-cultivate, she would have long since become a Title Douluo of the Far North.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have waited until now, still wanting to gamble on that slim chance.

"You actually have a way?!" The Ice Empress exclaimed in surprise, then a flash of white light transformed her into human form.

She had just prepared to approach Qian Yufeng when Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu blocked her path.

"Human, what is the meaning of this?!" The Ice Empress looked at him with dissatisfaction.

"The Ice Empress can be considered my friend; it is fine," Qian Yufeng said, signaling for them to step aside.

The Ice Empress stared at him and asked again, "What is this method you speak of? Becoming like this little one?"

Qian Yufeng nodded; that was exactly it.

"A-Luo is a soul spirit. In a sense, she can be considered a living soul beast."

"A soul beast that has signed a special contract with me!"