Snow Empress
"Meeting."
"When?"
"Have no idea."
"So, are we just going to keep waiting?"
"Not waiting."
Long Yao stood up.
"Go have lunch."
Shui Yue'er followed immediately.
Shui Bing'er put away the Ice Crystal.
Bibi Dong held the Myriad Laws Returning to the Origin Tome in her hand and followed behind Long Yao.
The teapot on the lakeside platform still retained its warmth.
Long Yao walked to the tower gate and suddenly stopped.
Shui Yue'er almost bumped into his back.
She stopped in time and took a step back while holding the tray in her hands.
"Dean?"
"Bring the jade box from the table."
Shui Yue'er turned around to look.
The jade box, Lovesick Heartbreak Red of acacia, still sits in the corner of the stone table.
She walked quickly over and picked up the jade box with both hands.
"Does this flower also need to eat?"
"Flowers don't eat."
"Then why should you bring it?"
"Send it to the Kitchen after lunch."
Shui Yue'er hugged the jade box tightly.
Can flowers be placed in the Kitchen?
"Place it by the window."
"What if Teacher Lin uses it to cook?"
Bibi Dong glanced at her.
"The Lovesick Heartbreak Red' is no ordinary flower."
"I know it's number Tenth Place on the Treasure Ranking."
"So nobody uses it in cooking."
Shui Yue'er felt relieved.
She followed Long Yao into the True Dragon Tower.
Bibi Dong glanced back at the lake.
Where the water droplet fell, a ripple still remained.
She withdrew her gaze, grasped the Jade Tome, and walked into the tower.
The midday sun shone outside the tower gate.
The Azure Lotus- patterned lines slowly rotated along the stone wall.
True Dragon Tower, the aroma of food was already wafting from the Kitchen.
Upon smelling the fragrance, Shui Yue'er immediately quickened her pace.
Shui Bing'er raised her hand and grabbed her sleeve.
Wash your hands first.
Shui Yue'er stopped in her tracks.
She glanced at the jade box in her arms, then looked in the direction of the Kitchen.
"I'll put the flowers down first, then wash my hands."
"Once placed properly, you are not allowed to use your Soul Power to ripen the fruit."
I haven't asked Bibi Dong yet today.
Bibi Dong placed the Jade Tome on the table.
"Asking won't help you."
Shui Yue'er turned to look at her.
"Then I'll ask tomorrow."
Long Yao took the jade box from her hands.
"After you've put it away, go wash your hands first."
Shui Yue'er nodded immediately.
"I see."
Long Yao placed the jade box by the window.
The Lovesick Heartbreak Red, lay quietly in the box.
The red veins reflected the sunlight, falling onto the green fruit beside them.
After washing her hands, Shui Yue'er sat down at the long table.
Shui Bing'er placed the spoon in front of her.
Bibi Dong sat on the right.
Long Yao took the seat of honor.
As usual, four meals were served for lunch.
Shui Yue'er looked at the jade box by the window, then at the food on the table.
"Your Excellency, Dean."
"Um?"
"The Lovesick Heartbreak Red is so precious, why wasn't it placed on the seventh floor?"
"The seventh floor is used for cultivation."
"What about the sixth floor?"
"Inhabitant."
"The fifth floor?"
"You'll live with Shui Bing'er."
Shui Yue'er picked up the spoon.
"So every layer has a purpose."
Long Yao picked up his teacup.
Therefore, it cannot be used to store fruit.
Shui Yue'er had just scooped up a spoonful of soup when she stopped.
She glanced at the green fruit by the window.
"Then I'll put the fruit outside the window."
"Eat it again in seven days."
Shui Yue'er had no choice but to lower her head and drink her soup.
Bibi Dong watched her chew intently, then picked up her chopsticks and took a piece of fish.
The Treasure Ranking on the celestial screen has temporarily returned to calm.
The lake water is still flowing.
Lunch at the True Dragon Tower began on time.
The Flower Shadow of the Tenth Place- ranked flower gradually faded away.
The Heavenly Dao Treasure Ranking never stopped.
A golden light rose from the bottom of the list and landed above the Tenth Place.
Shui Yue'er had just picked up the spoon when she looked up again.
[Ninth place.]
Four golden characters appeared in the sky.
Immediately afterwards.
An Azure-Gold Scale appeared on the list.
The scales are only the size of a palm.
The edges are neat, and the surface has no extra textures.
Yet the nine primordial lights flowed slowly deep within the scales.
Fire, earth, thunder, ice, storm, light, darkness, space, and destruction.
The nine powers are distinct from one another.
They were then connected by another layer of cyan origin.
Golden text continued to appear in the sky.
[Ninth Place: Dragon God Reverse Scale]
[Formed from the very essence of the Primordial Dragon God.]
[Capable of Bearing the power of the nine Elements.]
[It can protect the Divine Soul and resist the erosion of rules.]
[Current owner: Snow Empress. ]
The spoon in Shui Yue'er's hand fell back into the bowl.
The soup rippled outwards.
"Snow Empress?"
Shui Bing'er looked up at the sky.
She had heard of the name of the Far North before the Treasure Ranking appeared.
They also knew that the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress were the most powerful Soul Beast in the Far North.
But she hadn't expected it.
The ninth-ranked treasure was actually in the hands of the Snow Empress.
Bibi Dong looked at the scale.
Her gaze lingered on the center of the scale, on that extremely fine blue line.
"These are the master's scales."
Long Yao picked up his teacup.
"Um."
Shui Yue'er turned to look at him.
"You gave this to Snow Empress?"
"It was a gift from before."
The image on the celestial screen then changed.
The Far North.
Outside the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave.
The Snow Empress stood amidst the swirling snow.
She was dressed in white, with her long hair falling to her waist.
He held an Azure-Gold Scale in his hand.
Snowflakes fell beside her.
Before it even got close to the scales, it separated on its own.
The scales did not release any pressure.
The nine primal forces completely absorbed the chill from the surroundings.
The wind and snow of the Far North fall silent before it.
Golden lettering falls on one side of the image.
[After Long Yao's reincarnation, the Dragon God Origin has not yet fully awakened.]
[A Dragon God Reverse Scale detached from Long Yao's body.]
[Long Yao gifted it to Snow Empress. ]
In the picture, Snow Empress looks down at her palm.
In the center of the scales, there is a blue lotus pattern.
The lotus pattern was exactly the same as the Azure Lotus Seal between Long Yao's eyebrows.
Snow Empress raised her other hand.
She did not Refinement with her Soul Power.
It did not integrate the scales into itself.
The scales were simply tied to the side of her neck with a white ribbon.
The scales clung close to her chest.
The rules of ice and snow in the Far North changed accordingly.
The chill that had been constantly invading the Snow Empress's Divine Soul slowly dissipated along the scales.
The Snow Empress's aura stabilized.
Ice Empress stood in the distance.
She stared at the scale, her gaze lingering for Jiujiu.
The golden text continued to appear.
[The Dragon God Reverse Scale was not Refinement the Snow Empress.]
[The Snow Empress nourishes herself solely with her own essence.]
[The Dragon God Reverse Scale resonates with the Snow Empress's aura.]
[It can share some of the pressure when the Snow Empress is subjected to the impact of the rules.]
The Far North.
Outside the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave.
Snow Empress looked up at the sky.
She lowered her head and touched the side of her neck.
The scale was pressed against the white robe.
The past scenes have been fully displayed in the Golden Ranking.
She didn't raise her hand to cover herself.
There was no explanation.
Ice Empress stood to the side.
She looked at the scales on Snow Empress's neck, then at Long Yao in the sky.
"Sister Snow Empress, when did he give it to you?"
Snow Empress did not answer.
Her gaze lingered on the figure in the green robe at the top of the list.
Skywater Academy
Shui Yue'er had already stood up from her seat.
She pointed to the scales on the sky.
"Dean, why are your scales in Snow Empress's hands?"
Long Yao put down his teacup.
"This was given to her by me."
Why give it to her?
"She needs it."
Shui Yue'er blinked.
"She needed it, so you gave it to her?"
"Um."
Shui Yue'er looked down at her palm.
She suddenly remembered how Long Yao used to correct her Soul Power, and also the primordial energy within the True Dragon Tower that had never dissipated.
Long Yao never bestows power lightly.
But that scale had indeed been given to the Snow Empress.
Bibi Dong looked at Long Yao.
"Master, can your own scales also fall off on their own?"
"Once the Dragon God Origin returns to its rightful place, it can then differentiate."
"Does this scale belong to your power back then?"
"Belongs to me."
Bibi Dong did not press the matter further.
The text on the Golden Ranking is still changing.
[The Dragon God Reverse Scale is not an ordinary scale.]
[A wisp of Long Yao's original essence remains within it.]
[The source has never acknowledged the Lord.]
[The Snow Empress can use it to protect herself, but she cannot possess it.]
Shui Bing'er looked at the last line.
"Therefore, this scale still belongs to the Dean."
"Um."
Long Yao picked up his teacup and took a sip.
"The Snow Empress is only temporarily holding it."
The Far North.
Ice Empress looked at Snow Empress.
"Just temporarily stored?"
Snow Empress lowered her hand.
"That's what he said back then."
When are you going to return it to him?
Snow Empress did not answer.
The white ribbon in her hand was gently lifted by the wind and snow.
The scales were hidden beneath the hem of the garment, their full shape not yet revealed.
New text slowly appeared on the sky.
[The Dragon God Reverse Scale has been held by the Snow Empress for many years.]
[The Snow Empress never used these scales to harm anyone.]
[Never used scales to fight for sovereignty over the Far North.]
[The source within was not forcibly extracted.]
[Bearer's affinity with the treasure: Extremely high.]
Various places in the Far North.
Countless Soul Beast looked up at the sky.
They already knew that Snow Empress possessed a special item.
But I never expected it.
That item actually came from Long Yao.
I never expected that.
The Snow Empress has possessed this scale for many years, but has never claimed its essence as his own.
Before the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave.
Ice Empress looked at the words on the list, a hint of shock appearing in their eyes.
She always knew that Snow Empress and Long Yao knew each other.
Little did they know that the Snow Empress had once accepted the Dragon God Reverse Scale.
It is unknown whether that scale can Bearing the Nine Great Origins.
"Sister Snow Empress, this treasure is ranked ninth."
Ice Empress looked at her.
Even after receiving three awards, Gu Yuena only ranked second.
"The Dean's scales actually made it into the top ten of the Treasure Ranking."
Snow Empress looked down at her clothes.
"It was never ordinary to begin with."
"But it's just a scale that Long Yao gave you."
"Long Yao's scales alone are enough to get him onto the Treasure Ranking."
Snow Empress raised her eyes.
Her gaze fell on the top of the list.
The figure in the green robe still stood above the sky.
Azure Lotus hangs beside her.
There was no divine light emanating from it.
Nor did the original source of the nine colors reveal itself.
Yet, a single scale has already made it to ninth place on the Treasure Ranking.
Shui Yue'er opened her mouth.
"Dean, why didn't you give me the scales you gave to the Snow Empress?"
You don't need it.
"I can keep it too."
You'll use it to store fruit.
Shui Yue'er immediately shook her head.
"I won't."
Long Yao at her.
Shui Yue'er paused for a moment.
"One at most."
Shui Bing'er raised her hand and pressed it against her shoulder.
That's the Dragon God Reverse Scale.
"I know."
Shui Yue'er looked up at the sky.
But it's only the size of a palm.
Bibi Dong picked up her teacup.
Size has nothing to do with value.
Shui Yue'er carefully examined the scales on the list.
"Did Snow Empress always wear it?"
"Um."
"She's been wearing it ever since you gave it to her?"
"Almost."
Long Yao did not continue to explain.
The image on the sky changed again.
The Snow Empress walked alone on the Far North Ice Plains.
The wind and snow obscured the distant mountains.
The scales on the side of her neck gleamed with a bluish light.
A ten-thousand-year-old Ice Bear burst out from the depths of the snow.
The rules of ice and snow gather around it.
Snow Empress did not make a move.
The blue lotus pattern within the scales lit up first.
The nine primal elements circulate once inside the scale.
The power surrounding the Ice Bear immediately dissipated.
It stopped in front of Snow Empress, bowed its head, and stepped back.
The battle was not shown further on screen.
Only a few lines of the Golden Ranking remain.
[The Dragon God Reverse Scale can stabilize the nine Elements.]
[During the reign of the Snow Empress, the icy essence of the Far North became even more complete.]
[Snow Empress's cultivation speed increased.]
[The Snow Empress's Divine Soul loss has been reduced.]
This treasure did not alter the Snow Empress's essence.
[Providing protection solely for the Snow Empress.]
Shui Bing'er looked at Long Yao.
"The scales you gave her are still helping the Far North cultivate."
"When the scales merge with her, they naturally influence the surrounding environment."
Bibi Dong looked at the list.
"Master, since it can protect the Snow Empress's Divine Soul, why not take it back?"
"She needs it."
Long Yao's answer remained unchanged.
Shui Yue'er looked at him.
"You knew Snow Empress before?"
"Know."
"Did she seek your guidance in cultivation before?"
"She once consulted me about the origins of ice."
Shui Yue'er was taken aback.
On the platform of the Skywater Academy, Shui Bing'er also raised her head.
Bibi Dong's gaze fell on Long Yao.
"Is Snow Empress your guide?"
"She once gave me guidance."
Long Yao picked up his teacup.
"It was she who introduced me to the source of ice in the Far North."
The image on the sky changed again.
That was a Far North Ice Plains.
The much younger Snow Empress stood by the frozen lake.
She raised her hand.
On the frozen lake, an Ice Lotus slowly blooms.
The petals are formed from frozen ice.
Each petal Bearing with it a different transformation of ice.
Long Yao stood by the lake.
He did not release the Nine Great Origins.
I just watched as the Ice Lotus petals opened one by one.
The Snow Empress pointed to the frozen lake.
The Golden Ranking did not show the conversation between the two.
The image only lingered for a moment.
Long Yao raised his hand.
A wisp of azure essence fell into the frozen lake.
The Ice Lotus did not break.
The nine primal elements flowed along the patterns of the Ice Lotus, eventually coalescing into a single Azure-Gold Scale.
The scale fell from the blue light.
Long Yao handed it to Snow Empress.
The image freezes.
[Long Yao used his own essence to condense the Reverse Scale as a gift.]
This is in gratitude.
[This is not a transaction.]
The Far North.
Snow Empress looked at the words on the Golden Ranking.
She did not deny it.
Ice Empress, however, was speechless.
She always thought so.
Long Yao gave the Snow Empress the scales because the Snow Empress had a special status.
Now the Golden Ranking tells her...
That scale was formed by Long Yao using his own essence.
This was simply to express my Snow Empress.
This act of gratitude was enough to shake all the Soul Beast in the Far North.
Skywater Academy
Shui Yue'er looked at the Ice Lotus in the picture.
"Did Snow Empress teach you?"
"Um."
Is she a good teacher?
"Very good."
"Is she very capable?"
"She is the mistress of the Far North."
Long Yao at the sky.
Shui Bing'er watched Snow Empress's figure.
She finally understood.
Snow Empress is not only the holder of the scales given to her by Long Yao.
She was also Long Yao's mentor.
An being capable of teaching the Dragon God Reincarnation.
This event alone is enough to shake up all forces on the mainland.