Chen Changming felt a trace of foreboding rise in his heart. He could not shake the feeling that the Ice Dragon's eagerness was highly unusual.
"Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon, why are you so excited? Are you brewing up some sinister scheme again?"
He asked coldly, his divine-sense body narrowing its eyes at the Yin-Yang Seal.
"You and I are grasshoppers tied to the same rope—when one prospers, both prosper; when one suffers, both suffer. So if your cultivation improves, it is naturally a tremendous boon to me as well."
The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon spoke with perfect conviction, its tone full of self-righteous certainty.
Chen Changming gave a muffled snort inwardly and did not bother with it further. He merely carefully placed that drop of dragon blood into his Storage Ring and put it away properly.
Seeing that Chen Changming did not continue questioning it, the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon within the Yin-Yang Seal smiled meaningfully.
"When one prospers, both prosper... it seems you did not truly understand that after all..."
It murmured to itself.
The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon knew perfectly well that Chen Changming's breakthrough would not consume that drop of dragon blood at all. Thus, when the surplus dragon blood ran rampant through his body, it could conveniently step in and absorb it into the Yin-Yang Seal.
This would help Chen Changming resolve his predicament while also strengthening itself.
It was killing two birds with one stone.
It had to be said that the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon had always excelled at schemes and trickery. Even though Chen Changming was consistently cautious, he still could not always guard against it.
"I gave you all the Blood Ginseng Essence. I can swear that to the heavens!"
Sima Shaoyu stared at Chen Changming. Seeing