Such a Husband Was Pretty Good

Lin Ye thought for a moment.

He was certain he could handle the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

No sooner said than done!

Lin Ye struck the Cold Jade Bed with his palm. With a clear crack, the jade on its surface shattered.

An irregular piece of Profound Ice Marrow the size of his palm lay exposed to the air.

In an instant.

Extreme cold flooded the entire room, and a thin layer of ice crystals visibly spread across the walls.

Shui Bing'er, who was absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, had even had her hair frozen icy white.

Lin Ye picked up the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

A frigid current rushed through his palm and into his body, but it did not freeze his meridians.

Quite the opposite.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow resonated with him, sharply accelerating the circulation of his Soul Power.

It really is good stuff!

Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow was immensely beneficial to ice-type Soul Masters.

As that conclusion formed in his mind, Lin Ye drew a deep breath of cold air.

Then he broke the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow into small pieces and fed them into his mouth one after another.

The moment the ice marrow entered his mouth...

It turned into a torrent of extreme cold that thundered through his body.

Deep in his dantian, the Ice Dragon King Bloodline began to boil, guiding the violent cold along his meridians.

Lin Ye sat cross-legged.

Nourished by the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, he entered Deep Meditation.

The process lasted half a day.

When he opened his eyes again, his Soul Power had climbed to level fifty-six.

And that increase had come from just one small piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

If he could find more...

Meanwhile.

Shui Bing'er's absorption of the Aromatic Silk Beauty had reached its final, critical stage.

The gentle medicinal power made one last circuit through her extraordinary meridians, then slowly gathered and settled in her dantian.

The blue glow around Shui Bing'er faded layer by layer.

The fissures in her meridians had been completely smoothed over, and the once-unsteady foundation of her Martial Soul was now firm as a rock.

It had fully stabilized!

As the last wisp of medicinal power merged into her Martial Soul Origin.

Shui Bing'er slowly opened her eyes...

At that moment.

She could not hide the excitement on her face.

Before her Soul Power had fully settled back into her body, she walked toward Lin Ye. Her outstretched arms hung in midair, then slowly drew back.

"Look!"

The moment she spoke.

Dazzling blue light surged from Shui Bing'er's body, and the phantom of an Ice Phoenix spread its wings behind her with a clear cry.

But this time was different.

A crown of profound ice had formed on the Ice Phoenix's head.

Her Martial Soul had evolved!

The Aromatic Silk Beauty's medicinal power had also purified her Martial Soul Origin.

She now possessed a trace of the True Phoenix Bloodline.

Her Soul Power had climbed steadily as well, finally settling at level forty-five.

Four levels in one leap!

She felt as though she were dreaming.

If she had relied on meditation and bitter cultivation alone, she might not have reached her current level in another year or more.

"Thank you!"

The thousand things Shui Bing'er wanted to say came down to those two words.

In truth...

She had wanted to give Lin Ye a hug.

After thanking him.

A flicker of surprise and doubt crossed her face.

The Cold Jade Bed she had gone to such trouble to obtain was broken.

The thousand-year cold jade had become fist-sized fragments, and the chill that once flowed from it had vanished too.

Was Lin Ye really that hot-blooded?

He had slept on the bed for half a day and broken it?

"I was just about to mention that," Lin Ye said. "Do you know where your Shui Family got the Cold Jade Bed?"

"I heard my great-great-grandfather found it in the Frozen Forest."

"Where exactly?"

"That, I don't know."

"..."

As they talked, Shui Bing'er learned the secret hidden at the heart of the Cold Jade Bed.

For a moment, she did not know what to make of it.

The Shui Family elders might have known the bed's secret long ago, but Lin Ye was probably the only one who would dare smash it open.

Seeing his disappointment, she could not help offering another clue. "It should be recorded in my family's genealogy."

"Bring it here and let's have a look!"

Shui Bing'er shook her head.

Under her family's rules, a junior like her was not permitted to read the genealogy.

"We'll just take one look, then put it back."

Shui Bing'er still shook her head.

She could not bring herself to do something so underhanded.

Lin Ye was helpless!

This woman was no Dugu Yan.

If it were Dugu Yan...

One word from him, and she would dig out Dugu Bo's heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys for him.

"You know what Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow can do, don't you?"

"That palm-sized piece just raised my Soul Power by two levels."

"Imagine..."

"How much stronger we'd become if we found an entire piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow?"

For now, Lin Ye could only tempt Shui Bing'er with honeyed promises.

Clearly.

It worked.

A greedy glimmer had appeared in Shui Bing'er's beautiful eyes.

Half-believing him, she asked, "Is that true?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

Lin Ye gave the same answer he had before.

At the same time.

He released his Soul Power so Shui Bing'er could see how he had changed.

"How about this..."

"You find out where the Cold Jade Bed came from."

"I'll take you to look for the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. If we find it, we'll split it fifty-fifty."

Lin Ye was not a man without principles.

Those who put in the work should share the rewards!

His terms were fair enough.

"Hmm..."

"I can try."

In the end, Shui Bing'er could not resist the temptation of gaining levels.

If Lin Ye was telling the truth...

Wouldn't she soon become a Soul King?!

At the thought, Shui Bing'er could barely contain her excitement.

"I trust you'll bring me good news."

It would be easy for Shui Bing'er. She had simply been too well-behaved all her life.

Hmm...

I'll have to train that out of her later.

"Shall we try cultivating together?" Shui Bing'er suggested.

That was the most important thing for them right now.

After every Martial Soul Evolution either of them underwent, they needed to test whether their Martial Souls could still resonate.

"Mm... let's do it."

The two were already well practiced at dual cultivation.

His Soul Power flowed into Shui Bing'er, and she returned it at the same moment.

Nothing dreadful happened.

Only a pleasant surprise!

It was exactly as he had suspected.

After Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul Evolution, the speed of their joint cultivation increased again.

Now.

Their dual cultivation was thirty percent faster than ordinary meditation.

"..."

Shui Bing'er could no longer hold back her smile.

Deep down, she had accepted that she and Lin Ye were husband and wife.

Hmm...

Having a husband like this was pretty good!

The two cultivated until the next morning.

When they finished.

Shui Bing'er did not leave.

She lay quietly on the bed. When Lin Ye said nothing, she edged a little closer to him.

An ultrasound in broad daylight, too?!

Lin Ye understood what Shui Bing'er meant.

Mm...

She was ready.

With that thought.

Lin Ye wrapped both hands around Shui Bing'er's slender waist.

This woman was practically a cabbage.

A little heat, and she was all water!