Su Ling took out another six fruits for the Snow Empress. She held them without eating them right away, then put them away, perhaps reluctant to finish them.
"These are for you!" The Snow Empress took out another six ten-thousand-year Icewave Fruits.
The difference in value between the two was as vast as heaven and earth. Su Ling had certainly come out ahead.
After getting what she wanted, the Snow Empress asked, "Su Ling, you're a human Soul Master. What level are you, exactly?"
She had already developed some interest in him.
Su Ling did not hide it. "Level seventy-four."
The Snow Empress continued, "That External Soul Bone you used to fly just now-I sensed that its age was very high. How did you get it?"
"I was lucky. After obtaining this External Soul Bone, I happened upon an opportunity to improve its quality and age," Su Ling explained.
"Oh? Then how did you find my snow lotus?" The Snow Empress looked at Su Ling curiously.
That place was well concealed, hidden inside an ice wall beneath an enormous crevasse. It was hardly easy to find.
Su Ling said, "Actually, I came to the Far North to search for a ten-thousand-year snow lotus, so I carefully explored every place I passed with my spiritual power."
"Even if there were snow lotuses in ordinary areas, I wouldn't get a turn at them. So I blazed a different trail, looking specifically in places other Soul Masters or Soul Beasts couldn't easily reach. That was how I found the entrance to that ice cave."
Since the Snow Empress had asked, Su Ling simply told her his real purpose.
"I see. What do you need a 10,000-Year Snow Lotus for?" the Snow Empress continued.
"Snow Empress, would you be willing to listen to a