Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow (Trial Period, Please Follow)

Inside the secret realm.

This was a crystal-clear world.

The cavern was formed from ten-thousand-year ice, faintly glimmering with an icy blue radiance.

The walls of the cavern were covered in crystalline stones that emitted a blue glow.

Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.

A top-tier rare metal of the ice attribute.

Just the quality and quantity of the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals were enough to leave the two Ice Emperors in awe.

The Ice Extreme Divine Crystals were not the most important thing. The most important thing lay in the spring at the bottom.

Near the spring at the bottom stood pillar after pillar of ice.

Every ice pillar emitted ice-attribute energy, with liquid faintly flowing within.

The ice-attribute energy contained within was denser than that of the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and purer than that of the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus.

Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

There really was Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow here, and there was far more of it than they had imagined.

"This..."

Ice Empress's mouth formed an O, her emerald eyes filled with shock.

Ice Empress swiftly swam around the cavern once, inspecting every piece of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

She swam back and forth along the bottom of the cold spring.

Her face was full of excitement and joy. Her long-held desire had finally been fulfilled.

"We found it! We really found it!"

Ice Empress spun excitedly through the water.

"The legendary Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow! We actually found it!"

Seeing Ice Empress so excited, Snow Emperor revealed a faint smile as well.

Snow Emperor slowly swept her gaze across the cavern before her, and the worry weighing on her heart finally eased.

Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

The thing she and Ice Empress had searched for so long had finally been found today.

Ling Xiao did not need to remind them how to store an ice-attribute treasure.

After all, the two Ice Emperors had the most professional methods for handling such ice-attribute treasures. It was not something he could learn merely by reading a few novels.

After discussing it briefly, the two Ice Emperors split up to collect the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Ice Empress moved the fastest.

As she collected the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, she counted how much she had gathered.

"One, two, three..."

"Hehehe... This one is mine, and that one is mine too."

Ice Empress collected them faster and faster, while her counting grew more and more excited.

Her twin ponytails swayed through the water, and she was as happy as a child.

"It's settled, it's settled!"

"With this much Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, neither Xue'er's nor my heavenly tribulation will be a problem anymore!"

Ice Empress made no effort to restrain her emotions, because she had waited too long for this day.

With so much Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow before her, Ice Empress wished she could hug it all to her chest.

Snow Emperor, meanwhile, was comparatively composed.

Since she was still holding Ling Xiao in her arms, she was a little slower.

She inspected the condition of every piece before storing them separately according to their condition.

After quite some time, the three of them finally cleared out the bottom of the spring.

After the two Ice Emperors compared their totals, they discovered that, just as Ling Xiao had said, there were indeed forty-five pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow hidden here.

Not one more, not one less.

"You little burden, you really didn't lie to your auntie."

Ice Empress patted Ling Xiao's head, a trace of approval showing in her emerald eyes.

Ling Xiao smiled. "Auntie, when have I ever lied to you?"

"Hmph."

They also took all the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals from the cavern.

Leaving them here would only benefit someone else.

Ice Extreme Divine Crystal was a top-tier rare metal, worth a fortune in the world of soul engineers.

Although Ling Xiao and the others had no use for it at the moment, keeping it was better than not having it. Who knew whether they might need it someday?

Moreover, due to the environment here, the special conditions at the bottom of the cold spring were gradually dissipating.

After enough years passed, this place would no longer be suitable for the growth of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow. Sooner or later, it would all melt away.

Therefore, Ling Xiao would take away as much as he could.

After finishing all this, the three of them rose toward the surface of the cold spring.

When they emerged from the cold spring, all three of them were soaking wet.

Water droplets slowly slid down their hair, cheeks, and clothes, glimmering faintly beneath the moonlight.

The cold spring's water was extremely frigid. The instant they emerged, a thin layer of frost formed over their bodies.

The two Ice Emperors ignored their drenched clothes and dried Ling Xiao's garments first.

Only after that did the two Ice Emperors dry their own clothes.

"Let's go."

Snow Emperor spoke calmly.

The three of them once again transformed into two streaks of light and silently departed from the back mountain of the Earth Dragon Sect.

They passed over the walls of Dragon City and sped back toward the depths of the Extreme North.

As for the people within the Earth Dragon Sect, none of them noticed that anyone had come.

Under the night sky, three figures sped toward the north.

Ling Xiao was held in Snow Emperor's arms, feeling the night wind sweep past his ears.

He was in an excellent mood.

They had obtained the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the problem of the two Ice Emperors' heavenly tribulations finally had a solution.

Next, they could absorb it and break through. Everything was moving in a better direction.

Ice Empress asked excitedly, "Xue'er! How should we divide this Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow?"

To Ice Empress, the forty-five pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow were forty-five delicious meals.

She wished she could swallow them all, but her reason told her that they needed to be distributed properly and could not all be stuffed into her stomach.

It was a difficult choice, so she tossed the question to Snow Emperor.

Snow Emperor did not answer immediately. She first lowered her head to glance at Ling Xiao in her arms.

"Little one, how do you think we should divide them?"

Ling Xiao could not help but pause. "Huh? You want me to divide them?"

He truly had not expected Snow Emperor to place the decision in his hands.

The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow was an ice-attribute treasure and should rightly be allocated by the two Ice Emperors.

So Ling Xiao said seriously,

"Mom should handle this. I can't use this stuff anyway."

Ling Xiao was telling the truth.

The Profound Ice Marrow was of limited use to him. At most, it could raise his cultivation slightly; it was far less effective than devouring heavenly lightning.

Only after seeing Ling Xiao hand the initiative back to her did Snow Emperor nod slightly.

Snow Emperor did not distribute it immediately. Instead, she analyzed the current situation.

"Let's set the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow aside for now. First, let's discuss the little one's situation."

Snow Emperor's tone was somewhat grave:

"The little one has a special ability. He can help soul beasts survive heavenly tribulations that would otherwise be fatal."

Ling Xiao and Ice Empress nodded at the same time.

Snow Emperor paused slightly.

"However, the little one's ability cannot remain hidden for long."

"You must understand that, besides the Extreme North, the soul beast factions also include the Great Star Dou Forest and the Evil Demon Forest. We must be prepared."

"As fellow soul beast factions, we can help them, but they cannot come to our doorstep and seize it by force. So we must have the strength to deal with them."