"Of course. An ice-attribute Martial Soul suits Wuchen perfectly."
A Soul Bone compatible with oneself was exceedingly hard to come by.
He had thought this Soul Bone would gather dust in the Spirit Hall's storeroom forever, but he had never expected it to serve its greatest purpose today.
"Big brother, Wuchen is so outstanding. Perhaps he really would be a good match for Xue'er."
Hearing Golden Crocodile Douluo's words, Qian Daoliu paused. "Xue'er? Golden Crocodile, when did that occur to you?"
"Think about it, big brother. Sooner or later, Xue'er will complete her mission. Besides, under heaven and earth, only Wuchen is worthy of Xue'er. She might look down on anyone else."
"Xue'er prides herself on being clever as ice and snow, but now that a genius like Wuchen has appeared, perhaps we could give it a try?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo really did want the two to be together. That way, they would become a celebrated couple on the continent.
At present, aside from the enviable immortal couple Gu Linchuan and Shen Suwei, no second couple had appeared on the continent.
He had watched Qian Renxue grow up with his own eyes. In his view, apart from the Bone God, no one was worthy of her.
"It isn't... impossible."
Qian Daoliu pondered. He was fairly receptive to Golden Crocodile Douluo's idea, but young people still needed to grow.
"Let's settle it this way. Once Wuchen is older, we'll ask him, Gu Lingchuan, and Shen Suwei what they think."
"All right, it's settled."
Back in his room, Gu Wuchen prepared to absorb the Soul Bone, while Ye Yuan'er left him undisturbed.
Gu Wuchen needed to absorb it alone in peace, and he had indeed grown somewhat tired lately and needed some rest.
"At last, it's time for your perfect, beautiful, elegant Sister Xue to make her appearance."
After making sure no one was there, the Snow Empress emerged from Gu Cheng's spiritual sea of consciousness and reached out to pinch Gu Wuchen's cheek.
"It still feels the same. Soft and smooth. So comfortable."
Gu Wuchen looked at the narcissistic Snow Empress. "Sister Xue, I've noticed you're very narcissistic."
"How can you call that narcissism? It's called seeking truth from facts," the Snow Empress retorted.
After kneading his cheek for a while, the Snow Empress let go and examined the Ice Abyss Sacred Mark Sabertooth Dragon's right arm bone in Gu Wuchen's arms.
Amid the aura of extreme ice and cold, the Snow Empress blinked. "Not bad. The Soul Bone that Qian Daoliu gave you is quite good. Hurry and absorb it. Sister Xue will stand guard for you in a moment. Once you've absorbed it, you only need to cultivate a little longer before you can break through to Soul Elder."
Gu Wuchen gripped the Ice Abyss Sacred Mark Sabertooth Dragon's right arm bone and pressed it against his right arm.
A connection began to form between the two, and in an instant, the extreme ice attribute flowed through Gu Wuchen's body.
To Gu Wuchen, the sensation was extremely comfortable.
Gu Wuchen closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, concentrating fully as he guided the Soul Bone's power to wash through his meridians and bones.
The Snow Empress sat at the edge of the bed with her arms folded, looking him up and down. The longer she looked, the more she felt something was missing.
At that moment, deep within a palace built of ten-thousand-year-old ice in the core region of the Far North.
The Ice Empress looked at the palace doors, which had been shut for months, her emerald-green eyes full of confusion.
Lately, Xue'er had been acting mysterious, going into secluded cultivation at the drop of a hat and staying there for ten days or half a month at a time. She wouldn't even let the Ice Empress in, and the Ice Empress had no idea what she was up to.
Every time she wanted to enter secluded cultivation together, she was turned down.
The more she thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. Finally, unable to hold back, she raised a hand and pushed open the palace doors.
Inside, the Snow Empress sat cross-legged on the ice bed, her eyes closed. She was perfectly calm, and nothing seemed amiss, except that most of her spiritual presence was clearly absent from her main body.
The instant the Ice Empress stepped forward, the Snow Empress's eyelashes trembled sharply, and her scattered spirit returned to its place in an instant.
She snapped her eyes open and saw the Ice Empress standing before the ice bed, studying her with an inquisitive look. Her heart gave a violent jolt, and she panicked at once.
"Bing'er? What brings you here?"
The Snow Empress hurriedly jumped down from the ice bed and clumsily withdrew the presence surrounding her. Her gaze wandered, and she didn't dare look the Ice Empress in the eye for fear she would notice something amiss.
The Ice Empress folded her arms, raised an eyebrow, and looked her up and down.
"If I hadn't come, I still wouldn't know what on earth you've been up to, hiding in here every day. Secluded cultivation? Most of your spirit isn't even in your main body. What kind of secluded cultivation is that?"
The Snow Empress turned around, trying to compose herself. She couldn't very well tell her she had been getting intimate with Little Wuchen.
She had originally wanted to tease Gu Wuchen, but the Ice Empress had suddenly entered the room. Startled, she had cast a protective barrier over Gu Wuchen and fled back to her main body in a panic.
When had Bing'er entered the room? And why did she have to come when no one was beside Little Wuchen?
"Xue'er, are you hiding something?"
The Ice Empress stared at the Snow Empress.
The Snow Empress squirmed under her gaze. "How could I be? You must have seen it wrong. All right, hurry back. I need to cultivate."
With that, the Snow Empress pushed the Ice Empress out.
She couldn't let Bing'er interfere with her plans.
By then, Gu Wuchen had finished absorbing the Soul Bone. The right arm bone had completely fused into his right arm.
After absorbing the Soul Bone, Gu Wuchen summoned the Dustless Sword again and discovered that his arm had grown much stronger.
His sword path core was enhanced, doubling the speed of his sword strikes and increasing their power by eighty percent. This was an unexpected bonus, and quite a good one at that.
Core Soul Bone Skill: Sacred Ice Wuchen Slash!
It completely fused extreme ice and cold, sacred evil-breaking power, and Dustless Sword Intent. Using the right arm as a medium, it condensed a sacred ice sword shadow from the same source as the Dustless Sword. A single slash carried the Sacred Mark Seal effect.
After hitting a target, it would directly freeze the target's Martial Soul Origin and the circulation of their Soul Power for three seconds, while its sacred attribute directly tore through eighty percent of the defenses of a Soul Master at the same level.
"This Soul Bone Skill makes up for quite a few shortcomings." Pleasantly surprised, Gu Wuchen looked around, only to find that the Snow Empress was nowhere in sight.
"Where did Sister Xue go?" Gu Wuchen was utterly puzzled.
As he puzzled over it, Gu Wuchen discovered that the Soul Bone also had an additional defensive skill.
Ice Saint Wuchen Protection activated the power of its origin to condense a layer of Ice Saint armor around the body, blocking thirty percent of the damage received.
Gu Wuchen was very satisfied with the two Soul Bone Skills, and the Golden Generation of Spirit Hall Academy would make excellent opponents.
Just as he was saying this, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
"Is Young Master Gu here?"
Hu Liena's sweet voice came from outside.
"Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives."
Gu Wuchen got up and opened the door.
Hu Liena was a little surprised to see Gu Wuchen respond so quickly. "That was quick, Young Master Gu."
"Of course. And you've come at just the right time. Let's try again and let me see whether your charm ability has improved lately!"
Hu Liena smiled sweetly. "All right. I happened to come to avenge that arrow from last time. My charm ability has improved a great deal. This time, you'll definitely bow down before it."