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Inside the Snow Empress Palace.

Lin Xiao once again cradled Xiao Bai's great bear head in his arms.

He chuckled at how reluctant she was to part with him.

Xiao Bai suddenly thought of something.

She pulled her head out of Lin Xiao's embrace.

"Dad, wait here for me."

Then she stirred up flurries of snow once more.

About twenty minutes passed.

Lin Xiao saw Xiao Bai running back with an enormous fish in her mouth.

"Oh, so the grilled fish last time got the kid hooked, huh?"

"You actually found another fish for me to grill before I leave."

Lin Xiao took some seasonings from his Storage Soul Tool.

Then he used the Fire Dragon King's Soul Bone to grill the entire fish Xiao Bai had caught.

He sprinkled the seasonings over it.

Watching Xiao Bai wolf down her meal,

the Snow Empress beside him couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling.

"Still trying to deny it? Look how much Xiao Bai likes you, hmm? My dear daddy~"

The Snow Empress's teasing once again triggered Lin Xiao's passive coughing reflex.

"Ahem, let's get ready to head back. Lexuan just messaged me saying someone's reached the perimeter."

That perimeter was actually a threshold Lin Xiao had established.

The Spirit Pagoda's name was already fairly well known, and the various powers had all heard something about it.

A newly emerged organization with a Titled Douluo.

Any faction or organization would probably want to cooperate with it-or absorb it.

The Soul Spirits and related matters were still in preparation.

They also needed to be showcased through the National Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

So he had used a little of the system's divine power.

He set up a mist barrier covering the Spirit Pagoda and the surrounding ten kilometers.

Only those with Soul Saint-level cultivation or higher could enter.

The rotten fish and shriveled shrimp below Soul Saint would fall into illusions and leave.

Of course, as its administrator, Zhang Lexuan also had the ability to admit people.

If they were special individuals, or if Lin Xiao gave the order,

she could let those below Soul Emperor enter.

Now she had sent Lin Xiao a message.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or Qian Renxue?"

After all, the Spirit Pagoda was located in the Sunset Forest on the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.

Those two were the first to come to mind.

One was that fox Ning, forever jumping up and down; the other was a foolish, lovesick young angel lady.

Just then, Xiao Bai shook herself and nudged Lin Xiao with her head.

Then a pearl fell from her chest.

"Dad, this is our Ice Bear clan's treasure: the Ice Bear Pearl. I want to give it to you! It can help you cultivate!"

The Ice Bear Pearl... did it have anything to do with the Ice God Pearl?

Besides, if I had to pick, wouldn't my attributes lean toward wood or metal?

Lin Xiao grumbled inwardly, but still accepted it with a smile.

He couldn't let his dear child's heartfelt gift go to waste.

I'll take it back for Bing'er.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion certainly had the ice attribute.

As he imagined the Ice Empress looking at the Ice Bear Pearl he brought her,

her face full of haughty reluctance, yet still yielding to his tempting offer,

then being held tightly in his arms and kneaded,

the corners of his mouth rose of their own accord.

"Hehehehehehe..."

Smack!

The Snow Empress slapped him on the head, dragging him back to reality.

"One look at that expression tells me you're up to no good.

"Are you plotting something with Bing'er, or that other Bing'er from the Shui Family?"

The Snow Empress smiled, but her smile couldn't conceal its boundless chill.

Lin Xiao shivered.

"Xue'er, let me make excuses-no, explain!"

Seeing Lin Xiao's awkward expression, the Snow Empress laughed.

Her voice was filled with tenderness and affection.

"All right, I was just teasing. You more or less 'bought' both Bing'er and me anyway, and having multiple wives isn't exactly uncommon. Why would I stop you, my 'Lord' Lin Xiao~?"

Although she was joking, Lin Xiao still detected a hint of jealousy.

And to punish the Snow Empress for frightening him,

he pulled her into his arms.

His index finger lightly tapped the tip of her nose.

"All right, I swear that my first wife can only be my Xue'er~ You'll always hold the greatest weight in my heart."

The Snow Empress gave a couple of indistinct murmurs.

Then she saw the wicked grin on Lin Xiao's face.

"There's no hurry anyway. Lexuan's there, and she can handle things just fine without me.

"I'm easily frightened. You scared me just now, so I want compensation."

A faint blush spread over the Snow Empress's earlobes.

Her voice clearly lacked confidence.

Though they were already like an old married couple,

she could never refuse Lin Xiao's "unreasonable demands," nor did she want to.

After all, she did the same thing herself. Hehe.

Lin Xiao kissed her lips, and a Sky Azure Bull Python poked its head out.

The Snow Empress let out a muffled sound and could only send out her own opening Pokémon: another Sky Azure Bull Python to meet his in battle.

The battle was fierce, lasting several long minutes.

In the end, because the Snow Empress hadn't trained her Pokémon enough,

she lost to Lin Xiao.

Meanwhile, in the Sunset Forest.

Snake Lance Douluo stared at the shabby little village ahead.

He rubbed his eyes three full times.

"Am I still half asleep?"

He couldn't believe that the Spirit Pagoda, whose Titled Douluo possessed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring,

was shabbier than the little village where his second aunt's third aunt lived.

Yet there was clearly nothing wrong with the location.

The center of the Sunset Forest was home to Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and even hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

A shabby little village sitting here really did have to be the Spirit Pagoda.

"Maybe it's some powerful expert's peculiar taste? Or a secluded sect without much money?"

That was the only explanation Snake Lance Douluo could think of.

At the center of the Spirit Pagoda, Lin Xiao stood before a large screen.

He laughed at Snake Lance's incredulous expression.

"So Qian Renxue's man got here first. I wonder if his eyes will pop out of his head when he comes in and sees how magnificent it is inside."

He had hurried back after all.

After all, the Snow Empress's strength already stood at the pinnacle.

With nearly eight hundred thousand years of cultivation and a divine artifact,

she could now truly say that, aside from that mysterious sovereign of the Soul Beasts, she feared no one.

Bring Di Tian over!

So bringing him back in a very short time hadn't been difficult.

The Snow Empress and Zhang Lexuan stood quietly on either side of him.

He tilted his head slightly.

"Sister Lexuan, go wait for him at the entrance and bring him over."

"All right."

Zhang Lexuan nodded in agreement.

As Snake Lance Douluo drew closer,

two figures appeared before his eyes.

"Dugu Bo? And Shui Tianyi from the Shui Family?"

As a Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall, he naturally recognized both of them.

His expression grew even more bewildered.

One was a Titled Douluo unwilling to join Spirit Hall, and the other was Skywater City's local dragon.

Why had they come to this shabby little place?

And from the looks of it, they were guarding the gate.

At that moment, Dugu Bo was reclining in a lounge chair, leisurely sipping tea.

Shui Tianyi frowned deeply at the Go board before him.

"Heh... young Shui, you weren't even born when I started playing Go."

"Nine-Twelve, Skyward Barrier!"

Seeing that all was lost, Shui Tianyi could only shake his head helplessly.

"Your skill at Go is truly exquisite, Your Eminence Poison Douluo. This is simply an old man toying with a mischievous child."