The Ice Empress Acts Cute

Buzz!

The instant Xiao Jinchen's words fell, the Ice Empress's mind went completely blank.

"Forty-four... forty-four..." the Ice Empress murmured instinctively. "Forty-four Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrows..."

"What?! Forty-four Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrows?!" The Ice Empress finally came to her senses and cried out in shock.

"You! You awful guy! You tricked me!" Like a puffed-up kitten, the Ice Empress pointed at Xiao Jinchen and shouted.

"Forty-four Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrows really aren't that many." Xiao Jinchen curled his lips and spread his hands carelessly. "If I hadn't given you one, there would have been forty-five."

"Did you find the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave?" The Ice Empress asked after calming her excitement.

"Yeah." Xiao Jinchen nodded and headed out of the Evil Demon Forest.

"Hey, hey, Jinchen, wait for me!" The Ice Empress hurried after him.

The Ice Empress lifted her head, her amber eyes sparkling as she stared at Xiao Jinchen. In a coquettish tone, she said, "Ah Chen, since you have so many Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrows, then... could you give me a few more? I promise I won't be greedy. Just two... no, three will do!"

"Who was it that called me an awful guy just now?" Xiao Jinchen glanced down at her with a faintly teasing smile. "And now you're even calling me Ah Chen. Earlier, you weren't even willing to call me by name."

"Uh..." The Ice Empress's pretty face flushed, and she did not know what to say.

Seeing that Xiao Jinchen remained unmoved, the Ice Empress gritted her teeth and simply wrapped her arms around his arm.

Xiao Jinchen was slightly stunned by her action. Wasn't this girl usually quite shy? Was she really going all in over a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow?

The Ice Empress continued to plead sweetly, "Ah Chen~ Just give me three more!"

Hiss!

Seeing her like this, Xiao Jinchen could not help drawing a sharp breath. He was finding it hard to endure, yet his expression remained unchanged as he shook his head. "No. Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow is extremely precious. How could I just give it to you so casually?"

At his words, the Ice Empress pouted. A thin mist of tears immediately welled in her eyes as she gazed pitifully at Xiao Jinchen.

"Ah, what a little temptress." Unable to withstand her gaze, Xiao Jinchen sighed helplessly. He lightly tapped his Storage Ring, and three Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrows fell into his hand. He stuffed them directly into the Ice Empress's hands and said softly, "Just these three. There won't be a next time."

"I knew Ah Chen was the best!" The Ice Empress's eyes immediately lit up. She grabbed the two Profound Ice Marrows in one hand, a lovely smile blooming across her pretty face as she called out sweetly to Xiao Jinchen.

Before her words had even faded, the Ice Empress leaned closer. Blinking her amber eyes, she asked expectantly, "Ah Chen, um... since you've already given me some, why not give me a few more? I promise this will be the last time!"

Xiao Jinchen: "..."

As they walked, the Ice Empress had practically latched herself onto Xiao Jinchen's back, repeatedly poking him with her little hands.

"Ah Chen! Little Chen! Chen'er!" The Ice Empress kept changing the way she addressed him as she pestered Xiao Jinchen.

Xiao Jinchen grabbed the restless Ice Empress off his back and set her on her feet.

"When the time comes, I'll refine the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow into pills for you to eat," Xiao Jinchen said slowly. "The effects will definitely be several times better than eating it directly."

"Pills? You can refine Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow into pills?" The Ice Empress looked at Xiao Jinchen in confusion. "Aren't pills only for you human Soul Masters?"

"Who told you that?" Xiao Jinchen took out a jade bottle from his Storage Ring. Opening its stopper, he released an intense medicinal fragrance that spread from the bottle in his hand.

The moment the rich medicinal fragrance wafted out, the Ice Empress's eyes went wide.

Her delicate little nose could not help taking two deep sniffs, her gaze glued to the jade bottle in Xiao Jinchen's hand. She could not even move her feet.

"It smells so good..." The Ice Empress swallowed, grabbed Xiao Jinchen's sleeve, and shook it. "Ah Chen, let me have a taste!"

Seeing the Ice Empress acting like a greedy little cat, Xiao Jinchen smiled. He poured out a lustrous pill and held it to her lips.

"Open your mouth."

Without a second thought, the Ice Empress opened her mouth and took it in. The pill melted as soon as it entered her mouth, and a gentle medicinal power spread through her meridians, making her narrow her eyes in comfort.

Only after the medicinal effect passed did she open her eyes again, staring at Xiao Jinchen with disbelief written all over her face.

"Do you believe me now?" Xiao Jinchen raised a brow. "This is a sixth-grade Origin Spirit Pill. It is tremendously attractive to Soul Beasts. For ordinary Soul Beasts, consuming it can directly increase their cultivation speed fivefold."

The Ice Empress froze for a moment, then quickly closed her eyes and examined the circulation of her Soul Power.

A moment later, she abruptly opened her eyes, her amber pupils filled with shock.

She could clearly feel that the Soul Power which had originally flowed steadily within her body was now circulating at an incredibly frantic speed, as though countless invisible streams were converging into a river.

This cultivation efficiency was utterly terrifying!

"It's real!" The Ice Empress sucked in a breath, and the way she looked at Xiao Jinchen instantly changed.

"Well?" Xiao Jinchen watched her stunned expression, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. "Do you believe me now?"

After confirming the heaven-defying effects of the pill, the Ice Empress was completely convinced.

The Ice Empress nodded so hard that her head bobbed like a chick pecking at grain. "I believe you! I believe you!"

"Then, Ah Chen, when are you going to refine pills for me?" The Ice Empress asked with a grin.

The Ice Empress was now even more interested in Xiao Jinchen's pills. She desperately wanted to know what the pills he would refine for her using Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow would taste like.

"Hmm? To refine pills, we'll definitely need heavenly treasures. The place with the most heavenly treasures should be..." Xiao Jinchen pondered for a moment, a meaningful curve forming at the corner of his mouth.

"Ice Empress, I'll take you somewhere else. This time, we'll also deal with your four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation." Xiao Jinchen smiled.

"Deal... deal with the Heavenly Tribulation?!" The Ice Empress suddenly raised her head, her amber eyes full of disbelief. Only after a long while did she suppress her shock and ask, "Ah Chen, are you serious? That's a four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation!"

After all, Soul Beasts had to undergo a Heavenly Tribulation every hundred thousand years. No one knew better than the Ice Empress how terrifying a four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation was.

Yet Xiao Jinchen spoke of it as though he were simply going to the market to buy vegetables.

Could Ah Chen be planning to use the remaining Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrows to heal my injuries and help me successfully pass the tribulation? The Ice Empress silently wondered. Aside from using Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, she could not think of any other way to help herself survive the Heavenly Tribulation.

"You only need to know that I won't harm you." Xiao Jinchen gave the Ice Empress a brilliant smile. "The place we're going this time is called the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well."