Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow

Shui Qinghan used the hot water in the tub to rinse the soap suds from Jiang Lan's back, smiling as she said, "Whether or not Teacher can break through to the Titled Douluo realm no longer matters. Teacher has long since come to terms with it. As long as I can nurture the three of you into Titled Douluo, I'll have fulfilled my wish."

"Teacher, you'll definitely break through to Titled Douluo," Jiang Lan said seriously.

Stupid brain, think! Are there any other opportunities?

"Alright~ Then Teacher will borrow your good words." Shui Qinghan smiled, taking Jiang Lan's words as mere comfort.

"Move over a little. Teacher will wash your hair."

"Okay~" Jiang Lan shifted back slightly.

Shui Qinghan smiled faintly and took out a piece of tea seed cake. She used the hot water in the tub to work it into a fine lather, rubbed it into Jiang Lan's hair, and gently kneaded his strands.

Jiang Lan closed his eyes and racked his brain, recalling the opportunities that could be obtained during the first Douluo era.

Other than the Icefire Yin Yang Well and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, what other opportunities were there?

"Hiss~ I remember now, the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow!" A flash of inspiration struck Jiang Lan, and he immediately grew excited.

"I remember that the Earth Dragon Sect in the second Douluo era had a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave. For ice-attribute Soul Masters, it was an opportunity no less valuable than an Immortal Herb. Dragon City of the second Douluo era was near the Far North Plains. Even though ten thousand years have passed, the geological changes shouldn't be too great." Jiang Lan's mind immediately began turning.

Compared to the eccentric and temperamental Dugu Bo, searching for the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave would be safer.

"Teacher, do you know about the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow?" Jiang Lan hurriedly asked.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow? What is that?" Shui Qinghan asked with slight curiosity.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow usually existed only in the core region of the Far North, so it was not strange that Shui Qinghan did not know of it.

"The Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow is a heavenly treasure most suited for ice-attribute Soul Masters. Not only can it assist their cultivation, it can even cause an ice-attribute Soul Master's Martial Soul to transform and evolve. Just one piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow would allow Teacher to break through the Titled Douluo bottleneck," Jiang Lan explained.

"Such a heavenly treasure actually exists in this world?!" Shui Qinghan was full of amazement and could not help asking, "Lan'er, where did you learn such information?"

"Every night when I sleep, I dream of fragments of memories. They seem to be memories buried deep within my bloodline." Jiang Lan looked innocently at Shui Qinghan as he answered.

"Could they be bloodline memories?!" Shui Qinghan was secretly shocked.

It seemed that her disciple's bloodline was far nobler than she had imagined.

"A heavenly treasure like the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow is something one might not encounter in ten thousand years. Even if we invested enormous manpower and resources, we might not find it. We should focus on what is before us," Shui Qinghan said. Though tempted, she still calmed herself.

After all, how could one simply come across such a heavenly treasure whenever one wished?

"But... I know the approximate location of a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave." Jiang Lan blinked.

"What?!" Shui Qinghan's hands froze, and she said solemnly, "Lan'er, you aren't joking with Teacher, are you? You know where the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow is?"

"Mhm." Jiang Lan nodded. "But I only know the approximate location of that Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave."

As he spoke, Jiang Lan asked again, "Teacher, do you have a map of the Heaven Dou Empire?"

"A map? Wait a moment, let me look." Shui Qinghan searched for a moment before taking out a detailed map from the storage Soul Tool on her hand and handing it to Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan merely swept his gaze across the map, immediately spotting the border between the Far North and the Heaven Dou Empire.

There stood a city called:

Dragon City!

"This is... Dragon City?!" Jiang Lan's eyes lit up when he saw the northern border city marked on the map.

He truly had not expected Dragon City from the second Douluo era to have already existed during the first Douluo era.

"Teacher, that Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave should be here!" Jiang Lan pointed at Dragon City on the map and declared with certainty.

"Dragon City? Lan'er, is this information accurate?" Shui Qinghan's heart pounded wildly.

This might be the closest she had ever come to becoming a Titled Douluo.

Given such an opportunity, who would not want to break through to Titled Douluo?

"If the memories in my dreams are not mistaken, then that Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave must be near Dragon City," Jiang Lan said.

"Dragon City has existed as a northern fortress since the founding of the Heaven Dou Empire. Could the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave there have already been mined?" Shui Qinghan asked.

As one of the three great Soul Beast gathering grounds, the Far North occasionally had Soul Beasts leave due to hunger and harass the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Dragon City was a fortress city capable of resisting Soul Beast attacks.

"Teacher, don't worry. Unless one possesses ultimate ice, ordinary ice-attribute Soul Masters cannot even approach the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave. Even Titled Douluo cannot remain within it for long, much less mine it," Jiang Lan said with a smile.

"If even Titled Douluo cannot remain there for long, how are we supposed to enter?" Shui Qinghan frowned.

"Teacher, have you forgotten the effects of my Innate Domain? It's only a little cold air. It has no effect on me at all." Jiang Lan chuckled.

Once his Innate Domain was activated, it did not matter whether it was low or high temperatures—they were all ineffective against him!

"That's true. Then I'll have to trouble you when the time comes, Lan'er." The way Shui Qinghan looked at Jiang Lan was practically the way one looked at one's own son.

If nothing unexpected happened, she would at most cultivate to Rank 89 in this life before becoming completely stuck there. Breaking through to Titled Douluo had been nothing more than a distant dream.

Yet after taking Jiang Lan as her disciple, it was as if her fortunes had changed. First there was Whale Rubber, then the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. They had forcefully raised her chances of breaking through to Titled Douluo from zero to ten percent, then from ten percent to certainty.

This was no less than the grace of being given a new life.

Having only Bing'er and Yue'er offer themselves to him seemed a little insufficient to repay such a debt of gratitude.

Should she find a few more suitable girls in the academy to serve as concubines for her disciple?

Otherwise, such a tremendous benefit was too scalding for her to accept.

"The place where the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow is located will be colder than other places. It may even produce heavenly treasures like Cold Spring, which contain dense spiritual energy. Teacher should have an easy time finding it," Jiang Lan added.

"Alright~ Teacher understands. When your Aunt Qingrou takes Yue'er out to hunt Soul Beasts, I'll have her pay closer attention to this kind of environment," Shui Qinghan said softly.

"Lan'er, have you never considered keeping it all for yourself?" Shui Qinghan asked as she used the warm water in the tub to rinse the foam from Jiang Lan's hair.

"Teacher, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Jiang Lan asked with a mischievous grin.

"There's a truth and a lie?" Shui Qinghan became interested as well and asked curiously, "What is the lie?"