Ten-Thousand-Year Black-Ice Marrow

"So, Hall Master Hongchen, what price did you pay to make Sect Master Nan Shuishui agree to let us truly mine this Ice Vein? What exactly did you give up? I have a feeling you paid quite a hefty price. Don't tell me she took advantage of your body?"

At that moment, Xiao Changge cracked a joke. Naturally, it was only a joke. He did not know what the two had discussed, but he wanted to find out what they had said. After all, the Ice Vein was immensely valuable—it could allow Snow Empress, a fierce beast at the Limit Douluo level, to completely stabilize herself and condense the Yin-Yang Dual-Complementary Soul Core.

The Ice Vein was simply too valuable. Xiao Changge truly could not imagine what price Hall Master Hongchen had paid to make the Earth Dragon Sect permit them to enter it.

"Don't ask about that. Rest assured, it isn't anything embarrassing. It simply needs to remain confidential, since it involves classified matters. Once we return, I will also have to speak with Elder Kong about it. In any case, you should not know about this yet. Once you become an important figure in the Sun Moon Empire, I will naturally tell you."

(After all, the bloodline within you is... his bloodline...)

Jing Hongchen did not say anything more after thinking of this. In the end, he led Xiao Changge into the Ice Vein.

"But seriously, the Ice Vein has no guardian, so it should be somewhat safer. That saves us a great deal of trouble. Still, I understand why there is no guardian, because that place is truly infinitely cold."

``` The Earth Dragon Sect's Ice Vein (the Ten-Thousand-Year Black-Ice Cave) had no "guardian" in the conventional sense. Its guardian was the environment itself—the extreme cold was