You're Getting Addicted to Staying at My Place?

Skywater City.

Shui Bing'er's idea of taking a chance involved neither stealing nor robbing.

She came clean to her father.

She told him Lin Ye had an Immortal-Grade Herb that could repair the foundation of her Martial Soul.

Well...

That was what it meant to be a dutiful daughter.

Shui Tianhan's icy gaze made Shui Bing'er's skin crawl.

After a moment...

Shui Tianhan asked gravely, "You and Lin Ye haven't consummated your marriage, have you?"

Shui Bing'er lowered her head and said nothing.

But her expression gave her away completely.

"Hmph—"

"I knew it."

"What am I supposed to say to you?"

"If you and Lin Ye had truly become husband and wife, would he have asked the Shui Family to trade the Cold Jade Bed for it?"

"That Immortal-Grade Herb might already be in your hands."

"You—"

Shui Tianhan was so angry he could no longer find the words.

After catching his breath...

He asked again, "Does Lin Ye really have the kind of herb you described?"

After all...

The foundation of a Martial Soul was of paramount importance.

An herb that could improve a Martial Soul was worth no less than a Soul Bone.

"He does!"

"Lin Ye's Martial Soul evolved."

"I suspect he ate an Immortal-Grade Herb."

Shui Tianhan fell into thought.

His daughter had always been obedient and well-behaved. She would never lie about this.

After a long while...

Shui Tianhan spoke again. "The Cold Jade Bed is our family's treasure. Though I'm the family head, I can't decide this on my own. I'll need to discuss it with the Elders."

He knew Shui Bing'er never fought for things.

If a once-in-a-thousand-years chance to repair her Martial Soul's foundation had not appeared, his daughter would never have asked for anything.

"Yes!"

Shui Bing'er pressed her lips together.

She would accept whatever came of their discussion.

If the family refused to trade the Cold Jade Bed, she could only blame her own bad luck.

Just then...

She remembered what Lin Ye had told her.

"Father."

"Lin Ye sent these Dragon Ganoderma Leaves."

"Please try one."

Shui Bing'er offered him a leaf with both hands.

The so-called Dragon Ganoderma Leaf was actually an ordinary blade of grass. It had gained its special properties only because it grew at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Shui Tianhan examined the unremarkable green leaf for a long time.

Then he put it in his mouth...

"Hm?"

It tasted sweet and refreshing as it went down.

His Soul Power began circulating faster, and his mind grew more focused.

Shui Tianhan immediately recognized it as an herb whose effects were consumed in a single use.

"How many did he give you?"

"Twenty leaves in all... He also asked me to buy some other herbs in Heaven Dou City."

"That boy... crafty, cunning, and frighteningly clever."

"Yes!"

At first, Shui Bing'er had been puzzled.

But she had figured it all out on the way back.

Family rules allowed only core disciples to use the Cold Jade Bed. The less talented branch-family disciples could only look on and sigh.

If her father now announced that they would trade the Cold Jade Bed for an Immortal-Grade Herb, and that everyone in the family would receive resources to aid their cultivation...

Just imagine...

Would ordinary family members object?

If the core disciples opposed it, they would likely provoke public outrage. Everyone would think they cared only about their own interests.

For the sake of family unity, the Elders and Deacons would support the trade as well.

The twenty Dragon Ganoderma Leaves Lin Ye had sent served a purpose too: they were meant to soothe the core disciples.

That way...

No rift would open between family members.

Lin Ye would get the Cold Jade Bed.

And she would get the Immortal-Grade Herb she longed for.

Most importantly...

To ensure the trade went smoothly, her father would have to say the herbs were part of Lin Ye's offer.

That Lin Ye had made himself the good guy!

It was a masterstroke made in broad daylight!

Absolutely brilliant!

That afternoon...

When Shui Tianhan put the plan into motion, no one in the Shui Family could resist it.

In less than fifteen minutes...

The trade of the Cold Jade Bed for the Immortal-Grade Herb was settled.

In truth...

Everyone in the Shui Family with a head on their shoulders knew they were getting the better end of the deal.

Shui Tianhan knew it.

The Elders and Deacons knew it too.

And Shui Bing'er knew it best!

It was only the core disciples who would lose the Cold Jade Bed as a Mimicry Cultivation Environment.

"Thank you, Father."

Shui Bing'er had gotten her wish.

She could hardly wait to find Lin Ye.

Ever since the day of her Martial Soul Awakening, Martial Soul Foundation Instability had plagued her.

Her father had searched ancient texts, fed her herbs, and even married her off to Lin Ye—all to stabilize that foundation.

Now...

She could finally see a glimmer of hope.

She hoped this would heal her Martial Soul and mend the hollow place in her heart.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Shui Bing'er carried the Cold Jade Bed straight into Lin Ye's dorm room.

She could hardly have shown more sincerity.

"Shui Bing'er."

"I knew you could do it."

Lin Ye's eyes were fixed entirely on the Shui Family's Cold Jade Bed.

Oh... No!

The Cold Jade Bed was his now.

"..."

Shui Bing'er merely smiled at his teasing.

She was hardly that capable.

Lin Ye had been behind the whole thing from start to finish. Even her father had acted according to his plan.

"Where's the herb?"

Even the usually composed Shui Bing'er could no longer contain her longing.

"You'll get it."

Lin Ye took a gleaming golden herb from his Storage Soul Tool.

"It's called the Aromatic Silk Beauty."

"Don't swallow it whole!"

"Inhale the essential essence from its flower center. Slowly draw its medicinal power into your body, then circulate your Soul Power along your meridians..."

"You'll be surprised by the results."

A mysterious smile touched Lin Ye's lips.

"Thank you."

Shui Bing'er accepted it with both hands.

The next moment...

She sat cross-legged on the bed and prepared to absorb it.

"You're staying here tonight?"

Lin Ye was a little surprised.

This woman...

Was she getting addicted to sleeping at my place?

"..."

Shui Bing'er did not answer.

She simply kept her head down and got on with what she was doing.

Well...

It was her father's order.

He had told her again and again to make her marriage to Lin Ye real.

Lin Ye was not idle either.

He began studying the Cold Jade Bed intently, circling it as he went.

The bed had been carved entirely from Thousand-Year Cold Jade, its surface covered in fine, densely packed frost patterns.

He was puzzled...

Why could an ordinary piece of Thousand-Year Cold Jade increase an ice-type Soul Master's cultivation speed?

No!

Deep inside the Cold Jade Bed was a ring of profound blue light.

Lin Ye leaned over it for a closer look.

The light flowed slowly with the surrounding ice aura, and faint, delicate crystalline patterns lay within it.

"This..."

"Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow?"

Lin Ye bent over for another look.

He was certain!

At the Cold Jade Bed's core was actually a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, wrapped in Thousand-Year Cold Jade carved into the shape of a bed.

He had once researched every ice-type cultivation resource on Douluo Continent and read about Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow in an ancient text.

Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow was found in the Far North.

It was a top-tier cultivation resource.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had become a million-year soul beast by eating Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Who would have thought...

The Cold Jade Bed's core was Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Lin Ye stared at the bed before him.

Hmm... If I ate this bed, would I gain more than I would by lying on it?