Tian Meng, You Actually Chose a Good-for-Nothing (Please Vote and Keep Reading)

Hearing Brother Sky Dream say that, Huo Yuhao wanted to find out how Jiang Chen had managed to snatch the opportunity meant for him.

It was something he could not afford to lose on his Path of Revenge.

Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, rose, and walked toward Jiang Chen.

"Yuhao, do you know him well? Maybe you shouldn't go."

Wang Dong caught Huo Yuhao's hand, looking worried.

Xiao Xiao also urged him, "I heard Jiang Chen is pretty cold. He's not the friendly type. You'd better not go talk to him."

Huo Yuhao smiled faintly. "It's fine. I just want to get to know Jiang Chen."

Ignoring his companions' attempts to stop him, he sat down beside Jiang Chen. "Jiang Chen, could we exchange some insights on cultivation?"

Jiang Chen frowned.

What did Huo Yuhao want? I don't want anything more to do with the God King's dog than I have to. That leash might get tangled around me.

Jiang Chen said, "Ask away. Whether I answer depends on my mood."

Huo Yuhao murmured an acknowledgment, then picked a few things about cultivation he did not understand and asked Jiang Chen about them, buying Brother Sky Dream time.

Meanwhile, in the Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shouted through the mental sound waves unique to the Ice Silkworm Clan:

"Ice Empress, I know you're there! It's Tian Meng. I'm back!"

"After all these years apart, didn't you miss me? Didn't you miss this plump, chubby body of mine?"

Some time passed without a reply from the Ice Empress, and Tian Meng grew anxious.

Had he tried to wake her the wrong way?

Or had the Ice Empress's soul already been extinguished, vanishing from the world and leaving behind only her Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and essence?

Tian Meng panicked.

He still wanted to see the Ice Empress again.

So he shouted once more, "Ice Empress, I know you're there! Why won't you come out and see me?"

This time, an answer came.

The Ice Empress had only just awakened. She said in surprise, "Tian Meng, I didn't expect a good-for-nothing like you to still be alive. Why didn't you come to the Far North sooner and let me eat you? I could have overcome my four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation."

"Hm? You actually used Sacrifice on such a worthless human? You've truly disappointed me."

Tian Meng was overjoyed.

Wonderful.

The Ice Empress was still here. She was still alive!

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told the Ice Empress how Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts had used him as a source of nourishment, then recounted how he had finally met Huo Yuhao and used Sacrifice.

After listening, the Ice Empress said regretfully, "I searched for you for so long, intending to swallow you. I never thought Di Tian and the others would get there first."

"But it makes sense. Though you've cultivated for a million years, your actual fighting strength doesn't even match a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Wherever you went, you'd only be waiting to die. I just didn't expect that, on top of being a good-for-nothing yourself, you'd choose such a worthless human as your host and even dream of becoming a god. It's as though a donkey kicked you in the head."

Tian Meng gave an awkward laugh.

Yuhao might be weak, but his possibilities are endless. Put two good-for-nothings together and they might become a genius. We might even have a chance to claim a divine position.

Now that I know the Ice Empress is alive, the rest is simple. I'll coax her into becoming Yuhao's Second Martial Soul. Then he'll have everything he needs.

Tian Meng asked, "Ice Empress, why are you here?"

The Ice Empress replied flatly, "What does that have to do with a good-for-nothing like you?"

Tian Meng persisted. "With your pride, I know you'd never use Sacrifice on a human lightly. Why not come with us? We can pursue the legendary divine position together."

"I saved a Second Martial Soul for Yuhao. If you leave Jiang Chen now, you can become Yuhao's intelligent Martial Soul and be with me forever."

The Ice Empress had been in a good mood, but the thought of spending the rest of her life with this worm made her furious.

That worthless human and that worthless Tian Meng think they can lure me over?

With Level-One Innate Soul Power, Huo Yuhao thinks his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul can make him a god? Forget it.

It was not that she was arrogant. Huo Yuhao truly was that hopeless.

The Ice Empress said scornfully, "I understand why you chose a human with the Mental Attribute. But thinking someone with his aptitude can reach a legendary divine position? You're dreaming."

"Throughout history, how many outstanding humans have fallen at the threshold of level ninety-nine, unable to reach God Level? They included top geniuses with top Martial Souls, yet none attained that realm. And you think this Level-One Innate Soul Power good-for-nothing beside you can become a god?"

"Isn't Jiang Chen, whom I chose, ten million times better than your companion? Follow you, cling to life for a few more decades, then die of old age full of regrets? I won't do that."

Tian Meng silently lowered his head. Her scolding had left him feeling small.

Yuhao clearly has so much potential.

But just as Tian Meng tried to continue, the Ice Empress cut off contact and told him to crawl back wherever he had come from.

Become a god with Level-One Innate Soul Power? What a joke. Did he take me for a brainless fool like Xiong Jun?

Soon, Tian Meng returned to Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness. Jiang Chen and Huo Yuhao's conversation was also drawing to a close.

"Brother Sky Dream, how did it go?"

As soon as Huo Yuhao left, he asked for the result, unable to wait.

The Ice Empress was my opportunity. How could I hand her over to someone else?

Tian Meng's next words left him dumbstruck.

Tian Meng replied, "Yuhao, I did my best. The Ice Empress answered me, but she was firm. I won't repeat the nasty things she said. Focus on cultivating for now. I'll find a way to get you an Ice Martial Soul."

Huo Yuhao stood frozen. "Brother Sky Dream, does the Ice Empress think I'm not good enough?"

Tian Meng sighed. "It's not that. Jiang Chen is simply too outstanding. We have nothing that would persuade the Ice Empress to take a gamble with us."

"Jiang Chen has a top-tier Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, and now he has the Ice Empress's help. He's bound to go farther in the future."

"But I'm not completely out of options. If you defeat Jiang Chen in the Freshman Tournament, I'll have a way to convince the Ice Empress to come with us."

Defeat Jiang Chen?

Huo Yuhao looked back at the unfathomable young man and clenched his fists.

No one will stand in the way of my revenge!

Not even Jiang Chen!

I'll defeat him. I have to.

Huo Yuhao then took Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao out of the Cafeteria, determined to push himself before the Freshman Tournament.

Meanwhile, the Ice Empress told Jiang Chen about Tian Meng and Huo Yuhao's little scheme.

He merely smiled faintly.

Whether he's a mule or a horse, we'll know the day after tomorrow.

The Ice Empress warned him, "Tian Meng is a million-year Soul Beast. Even if he didn't give Huo Yuhao a Soul Bone, he must have given him at least four Soul Skills that let him unleash his mental abilities to the fullest. Don't underestimate him."

"Tian Meng is the cleverest Ice Silkworm I've ever met. There's nothing simple about someone who has survived this long."

Jiang Chen nodded. "I know. Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. I've never underestimated Huo Yuhao. People like him are the best at creating miracles."

"But this time, I won't give him the chance."

With that, Jiang Chen left the Cafeteria too. He intended to find Ning Tian and Wu Feng to discuss tactics and get used to fighting alongside each other.