Snow Emperor's Nursing, Ice Emperor's Curiosity

The wind and snow of the Far North parted automatically beneath Snow Emperor's feet, as if heaven and earth were making way for this ruler.

She held Beiming Lieyang in her arms, that tiny ball of golden warm light striking and conspicuous amid the sky-filling ice and snow.

Beiming Lieyang nestled in Snow Emperor's embrace, feeling that cool yet gentle body temperature, his eyelids gradually growing somewhat heavy.

The chaos from just now had exhausted his spiritual energy, and at this moment wrapped in the warm embrace, sleepiness surged like a tide.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, Snow Emperor's footsteps suddenly paused.

"Hm?"

Snow Emperor lowered her gaze to look beneath her feet.

Within a fissure half-concealed by ice and snow, a glowing white light faintly leaked out.

She reached out a hand to gently brush away the accumulated snow, and a snow lotus, pure white all over with petals carved like ice crystals, was exposed.

Plump and full, every single petal circulated with a faint cold light, emitting a clear and pure ice spirit qi.

Ten-thousand-year Snow Lotus.

Snow Emperor's gaze lit up, a rare look of pleasant surprise surfacing on her face.

Although this snow lotus had not reached the hundred-thousand-year limit, it already possessed initial spirituality, making it an extremely precious heavenly treasure for ice-attribute soul beasts.

In order to deal with future heavenly tribulations, she had gone out many times to search for heavenly treasures, and she had walked this path countless times without ever discovering the trace of this snow lotus.

She carefully pulled it out with its roots and soil, and just as she was about to stand up, her gaze swept across the base of the snow lotus.

An inconspicuous ice crack extended downward along the mountain wall, and deep within the fissure, a faint, deep blue glow faintly leaked out.

Snow Emperor's brow stirred slightly, her fingertip probing into the fissure and giving a gentle tap.

Crack.

An ice-blue crystal the thickness of an infant's arm detached from the rock layer and fell into her palm.

Translucent all over, liquid-like light seemed to flow within it, cold to the touch yet containing extremely pure and rich ice-attribute source energy.

Ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow!

Snow Emperor's gaze suddenly congealed, her fingers holding the crystal tightening slightly.

This thing was far rarer than the ten-thousand-year Snow Lotus.

After countless years of mining and contention, the ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow of the Far North had long since been all but exhausted; even with her status as the Lord of the Far North, it had been hard to find a trace of it over tens of thousands of years.

Although this root before her was not large, it was still a rare and wondrous item.

Though far from enough to help her break through the seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, if used properly, it would at least add a point of confidence for future tribulation-crossing.

She lowered her gaze to look at the flower and the marrow in her palm, and then looked at the dozing Beiming Lieyang in her arms, the smile at the corners of her lips growing increasingly tender.

"Little fellow, you really are a lucky star."

A ten-thousand-year Snow Lotus was already an unexpected joy, and she had unexpectedly gained an extra root of ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

This child might truly be a gift sent to her by the heavens.

Vaguely hearing Snow Emperor's voice amid his grogginess, Beiming Lieyang instinctively burrowed into her arms and let out a babbling response.

Looking at this warm little thing in her arms, Snow Emperor only felt that this child was pleasing to the eye and cute no matter how she looked at him.

She kissed his forehead.

Returning to the Ice Crystal Palace, Snow Emperor first carefully sealed the ten-thousand-year Snow Lotus, placing it in the cold pool deep within the Ice Crystal Palace to continue nourishing.

This snow lotus had not grown to its limit, and still had room for continued growth.

She also properly put away that root of ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow for future use.

Having finished all this, she lowered her gaze to look at Beiming Lieyang in her arms, finally facing a problem even trickier than dealing with the heavenly tribulation.

She didn't know how to raise a human infant.

Back then she had also adopted a Little White Bear, but that was an ice-attribute soul beast after all, naturally adapted to the severe cold of the Far North, and she only needed to occasionally look after it.

Yet Beiming Lieyang was a human infant; being able to survive in the Far North was already a miracle in itself, but the severe cold of the Far North remained no small test for him.

Snow Emperor frowned slightly, pondering how to resolve this problem.

Yet very soon she discovered that this child remained warm all over, as if completely unaffected by the cold of this place, and that layer of faint golden light around his body had never dissipated.

What surprised her even more was that when she probed the interior of this child's body just now, she actually discovered that apart from that warm and dazzling aura, a wisp of icy origin had inexplicably appeared inside him at some unknown time.

Snow Emperor wore a look of strange surprise.

When she had just picked up this child earlier, his body clearly only had the pure aura of warmth and light, so how come a wisp of ice-cold power had appeared at this moment?

Moreover, although this wisp of icy origin was still weak, it was exceptionally pure, faintly carrying a trace of... mysterious ice aura?

Unable to figure out the reason behind it for the moment, she encountered the next puzzle.

Growing somewhat sleepy, Beiming Lieyang burrowed in her embrace, his little mouth opening slightly as he emitted hungry whines.

Snow Emperor was stunned, looking at the child and then looking at herself.

She had never raised a human infant.

When the Little White Bear was young she only needed to occasionally look after it, but a human baby... seemed to need to be fed milk.

Yet where was she supposed to find a wet nurse for him?

Could it be that she had to do it herself?

Snow Emperor hesitated for a moment.

She was the Ice and Snow Goddess, her whole body chillingly cold; if she rashly nurtured this child with the power of ice, she was afraid she would freeze his internal organs.

Yet she probed once more.

That wisp of icy origin within this child's body seemed to have given him a certain degree of adaptability to the power of extreme cold.

This allowed her to feel somewhat more at ease, but she still dared not be careless.

"You are a little monster, aren't you..."

Snow Emperor murmured softly, her fingertips gently brushing across Beiming Lieyang's cheek.

Afterwards she turned slightly sideways, gathering the child closer into her embrace, and gently pulled open her lapel to reveal her snow-white skin.

The soul power within her body was repeatedly combed through by her, stripping the power of ice until it was close to pure and harmless, before she carefully fed it into Beiming Lieyang's mouth.

Yawning dazedly, Beiming Lieyang suddenly felt something warm and soft stuffed into his mouth, instinctively opening his eyes wide.

Instantly, he saw the snow-white skin right before his eyes.

Wait... what was this?

He was being nursed by Snow Emperor?!

Beiming Lieyang's brain exploded with a loud bang.

No matter what, he never could have imagined that his first meal after crossing over to Douluo Continent would actually be personally nursed by Snow Emperor.

The shock in his heart was beyond measure, but the instinct of hunger ultimately conquered all reason.

That refreshing and pleasant fragrance made him eat eagerly, mouthful after mouthful.

Although it was not milk, that strange energy entering his body was also capable of filling his empty stomach.

Delicious.

Munch, munch.

Lowering her gaze to look at the little thing eating with relish in her arms, Snow Emperor's face slightly bloomed with a flush of red, but a trace of maternal love rippled within her eyes.

She had originally worried that this child would be frozen, but after observing for a moment, she found that he was eating with exceptional enthusiasm, his little face flushed red and completely without any discomfort.

Only then did she completely relax.

It was just that this was also her first time nursing someone, and she always felt a little shy.

After nursing for quite a while, Snow Emperor discovered that this child actually still wasn't full.

She couldn't help feeling somewhat surprised.

A human infant... eating this much?

Even in order not to injure him, those soul power essences had been condensed, but they were still far from ordinary power.

"Xuer! Xuer! You're back?"

A cheerful voice suddenly came from outside the Ice Crystal Palace, followed by a petite figure skipping and jumping as she barged in.

That was a young girl wearing an emerald-green dress with her green hair tied into twin ponytails, a pair of golden eyes full of spirit and high spirits.

She was precisely one of the three great heavenly kings of the Far North, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, Ice Emperor.

Yet the moment she entered the door, her footsteps abruptly nailed themselves in place.

Her golden eyes stared fixedly at the scene before her.

The Ice and Snow Goddess, that emotionless, ice-cold Lord of the Far North of several hundred thousand years, was at this moment holding a human infant and nursing him with a gentle posture.

"Ah—?!"

A scream instantly blasted through the Ice Crystal Palace.

"Xuer, what are you doing?! And where did this human infant come from?! Why are you nursing him?!"