Ice Empress Joins the Team

Listening to Tian Meng's unreliable words, Ice Empress covered her eyes with her pincers. She felt some regret; why on earth had she believed this guy who talked sheer nonsense just a moment ago?

***(Extreme North vulgarity), Tian Meng, is this really the time for jokes? Get to the point!"

"Sigh, Bingbing. Just joking, just joking."

Seeing that Ice Empress seemed genuinely angry, Tian Meng stopped talking nonsense.

"Alright, no more jokes. Let me introduce him to you again."

"This little fellow is called Huo Yuhao. With Innate Full Soul Power, he has already reached level twenty at just eight years old."

Ice Empress's emerald-green eyes looked Huo Yuhao up and down.

"Tian Meng, this little fellow's aptitude is indeed quite good, but tell me what your success rate is."

Ice Empress's emerald-green eyes stared straight into Tian Meng's golden pupils.

"I've seen quite a few humans with Innate Full Soul Power over all these years, but only three of them became gods ten thousand years ago. Pat your chest and tell me, does your success rate exceed thirty percent? You must know that I still have at least a thousand years before my fourth major tribulation. I have time."

Faced with Ice Empress's questioning, Tian Meng said frankly, "If Yuhao only had those things previously, my confidence indeed would have been around thirty percent or so."

A trace of doubt flashed through Ice Empress's eyes: "Previously?"

"Yuhao, release your martial soul!"

Hearing Tian Meng's reminder, Huo Yuhao hurriedly unleashed his second martial soul in front of Ice Empress.

Golden scales emerged on his body, and white clouds formed beneath Huo Yuhao's feet. Most importantly, an aura representing the Auspicious Beast began to spread outward with Huo Yuhao at the center.

Feeling the aura emanating from Huo Yuhao, Ice Empress's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Tian Meng, you've lost your mind! You actually dare to scheme against the Auspicious Beast. You actually coaxed it into taking human form!"

She could hardly be blamed for mistaking Huo Yuhao for the Emperor Auspicious Beast. One had to know that the soul beasts of their Extreme North lineage worshipped the former Ice God, not the so-called Co-Ruler of Soul Beasts.

Because of this, they had never even laid eyes on the Star Dou Great Forest's Auspicious Beast since its birth. Every time they had business in the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian and that pack of ferocious beasts guarded against them as if they were thieves.

In Ice Empress's eyes, Tian Meng was simply audacious. He actually dared to scheme against the Auspicious Beast, and he had even successfully coaxed the Auspicious Beast into taking human form.

At that very moment, only a single thought echoed in Ice Empress's mind: Has that old fellow Di Tian gone senile, actually failing to skin Tian Meng alive?

If she asked herself honestly, had such an Auspicious Beast existed in their Extreme North, let alone being coaxed into taking human form, if anyone dared to appear within a ten-kilometer radius of the Auspicious Beast, they would have beaten the opponent into a pulp of flesh.

"How is that possible? Yuhao isn't the Auspicious Beast. It's just that his martial soul is a type of Auspicious Beast."

Seeing that Ice Empress seemed to have misunderstood, Tian Meng hurriedly spoke up to correct her.

Hearing Tian Meng's words, Ice Empress turned her head and carefully scrutinized Huo Yuhao once more. She discovered that Huo Yuhao at that moment didn't seem quite like the legendary Emperor Auspicious Beast after all. Although she had never seen one, she had at least heard descriptions from soul beasts on the periphery of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest seemed to be female. Moreover, Huo Yuhao was not covered in golden fur like the Auspicious Beast.

"How is it, Bingbing? Yuhao's martial soul is formidable, right? An Auspicious Beast martial soul with Five Elements Attribute, and it even comes with the inherent Auspicious Beast trait of Turning Misfortune into Fortune."

After finishing, he added, "Right, following my sacrifice, Yuhao also gained an extra Ice Attribute. As long as you join, Yuhao will possess the innate six Ultimate Attributes."

It took a long time for Ice Empress to digest the numerous explosive pieces of information Tian Meng brought.

Inside the cage, a flash of green light swept across Ice Empress's entire body. Before long, the giant scorpion that was a full three meters long vanished from the spot. A little loli wearing a green dress with twin ponytails tied on her head appeared inside the cage.

Having transformed into human form, Ice Empress looked at Tian Meng with a complicated gaze, her eyes holding jealousy, envy, and even a tiny trace of admiration.

"Tian Meng, your luck is simply defying the heavens. No wonder Sister Snow Empress said you are the person with the deepest fortuitous fate in our Extreme North."

"Hehe, Bingbing, it's rare for you to actually praise me."

Having finally won a rare compliment from Ice Empress, Tian Meng instantly became lightheaded with pride.

Seeing Tian Meng's smug and cocky behavior, Ice Empress's expression, which had just relaxed, drooped down once more. Sure enough, this guy couldn't be given a pleasant look; he was just like a dog—give him a bit of sunshine and he'd grow brilliant.

"Alright, Tian Meng. Just how high is your success rate now?"

"At least ninety percent!"

Tian Meng said decisively.

Now it was Ice Empress's turn to be astonished, not because she distrusted Huo Yuhao with his heaven-defying martial soul, but rather because she simply couldn't fathom why Tian Meng was so dead certain about the success rate.

"Tian Meng, are you really that confident?"

Faced with Ice Empress's questioning, Tian Meng chuckled.

"Who said the God-Making Team only consists of the two of us?"

"What do you mean?"

"Elder Jiang, you've watched for so long, it's about time your old self came out for some fresh air!"

Under Ice Empress's startled and skeptical gaze, an old man wearing yellow robes and holding a white whisk walked out step by step from Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

Jiang Ziya arrived in front of Ice Empress, nodding slightly toward the Ice Empress in the cage: "This old man is Jiang Ziya, nice to meet you, little friend."

Tian Meng also sidled up to Ice Empress, enthusiastically introducing Jiang Ziya to her.

"Bingbing, this is Elder Jiang, an peerless expert from an otherworld."

As he spoke, he even leaned close to Ice Empress's ear and said, "Bingbing, let me tell you, Yuhao's second martial soul was actually kneaded into existence by this old gentleman. Originally, all I provided him with was a blank martial soul, and my plan was for you to become Yuhao's second martial soul. Who would have thought that this old gentleman, relying on merely one-tenth of my origin plus a few drops of the Auspicious Beast's blood, directly and forcibly kneaded out an Auspicious Beast martial soul."

Ice Empress listened to Tian Meng's account in utter astonishment, feeling as though everything Tian Meng said was nothing short of an Arabian Nights fantasy.

"What do you mean by an expert from an otherworld?"

"What do you mean by kneading out an Auspicious Beast martial soul using a few drops of blood?"

"Aren't only gods capable of bestowing martial souls upon mortals?"

Was this still Douluo speech? Had Tian Meng truly eaten poisonous mushrooms from the Star Dou Great Forest?

Looking at Jiang Ziya standing in place and gently stroking his beard, and especially sensing the unfathomable aura emanating from Jiang Ziya, Ice Empress cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Senior, could you perhaps be a God?"

Faced with Ice Empress's inquiry, Jiang Ziya merely shook his head slightly.

"Through the end of my days, this old man never became a god."

Upon receiving the answer, Ice Empress's gaze dimmed. Could attaining godhood truly be this difficult? Even an expert of this caliber had not become a god!

Yet the sentence Jiang Ziya uttered immediately afterward left everyone present frozen in place, stunned into speechlessness.

"However, this old man did once confer titles upon three hundred and sixty righteous gods."

"Investiture of the Gods?"

"Is that true, Teacher?"

Hearing Jiang Ziya's words, Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng looked at Jiang Ziya with adoring eyes.

Jiang Ziya smiled faintly and offered no explanation to the others. Instead, he raised his head slightly and said calmly toward the sky:

"Little friend up in the sky, you've watched for long enough. It's time to come down, too!"