Falling into a Mysterious, Frigid Ice Cavern-There's Treasure!
Several days later, inside an ice crystal palace deep within Ice and Snow Valley in the core region of the Far North.
The Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King — the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North— gathered here to discuss one matter. The Titan Snow Demon King looked at the Snow Empress and said, "Snow Empress, since that powerful aura appeared on the outskirts a month ago, I have sent beasts to investigate, but there is nothing unusual in that direction. We have also checked Snow Woman Town, and it is unchanged from before."
With her flowing blue hair, tall and stunningly beautiful figure, and an aura of queenly arrogance and aloofness, the Snow Empress sat calmly on an ice chair. At that moment, the Snow Demon King added, "However, there's something very strange about this place."
Snow Empress and the green-haired, twin-tailed little girl Ice Empress Ice Empress looked at Snow Demon King and asked, "What is it?"
"In the southwest of the Far North, in that area bordering the territory of the human Heaven Dou Empire, nothing was happening at first. But a month after that aura erupted, two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast there died without leaving a trace." The Snow Demon King's expression turned serious as he continued, "We originally thought they had simply died fighting for territory."
But I sent two more Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to oversee the area, and they disappeared within a few days. After that, I sent several more nearly thirty-thousand-year-old Soul Beast to investigate, and finally...
"Dead too?" Ice Empress immediately asked. Snow Demon King nodded. "They should be dead too. There's absolutely no trace of them."
"Hmph, is it really that strange? I'll go see for myself." Ice Empress was feeling cooped up in the Ice and Snow Valley and was planning to go out for some fresh air, but then Snow Empress spoke up, "Don't bother me, Bing'er."
"Sister." Ice Empress looked at Snow Empress, somewhat arrogantly saying, "Don't worry, sister, I'm just going to take a look. Nothing will happen. Besides, with my strength, even a human Titled Douluo can't do anything to me."
"That aura that suddenly appeared on the outskirts was very strong; it even made me tremble. I'm worried about you going alone." The Snow Empress's exquisite face was fixed on the Ice Empress. Sensing the Snow Empress's concern, the Ice Empress thought for a moment and said, "Then let Xiao Bai come with me. That way, you can rest assured, sister."
"A-Tai can go too," Titan Snow Demon King said, but Ice Empress immediately refused, saying, "No, it's too dull and boring."
"I... alright." The good-natured Titan Snow Demon King hesitated, seemingly wanting to refute but unable to.
After pondering for a moment, Snow Empress stood up, walked to Ice Empress, and said, "Alright, but you have to promise me that if you encounter danger, or if the opponent is someone you can't handle, you must run away immediately."
"I understand, sister. You can focus on your cultivation now." Ice Empress shook Snow Empress's hand, then turned and walked out of the Ice Crystal Palace. After Ice Empress left, Snow Empress looked at Titan Snow Demon King and said, "A-Tai, I'm still a little worried about them. Could you please follow them secretly?"
"Is this necessary, Snow Empress?" Titan Snow Demon King was very puzzled. Ice Empress and Xiao Bai were stronger than him, or even equally powerful. Snow Empress's expression hardened. "It is necessary."
"Alright." Titan Snow Demon King nodded, then followed him out.
Snow Empress clutched her chest and slowly sat down on the ice chair.
"Uncle-Master, please stop hitting Da Bai. Da Bai is trying very hard to find the treasure, isn't he?" Bibi Dong spread her arms to block the Ten Thousand Year Ice Bear, then looked at Qian Xunling with fear and tension.
The ancient Ice Bear howled twice, trembling behind Bibi Dong like an eight-year-old child weighing several thousand pounds. Qian Xunling held an extremely thick and long vine whip with barbs, imbued with her own lightning Soul Power, and glared at the Ice Bear, scolding, "It's been days, and I haven't found a single hair on it! What use are you to me?!"
After saying that, Qian Xunling was about to strike again when the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Bear roared twice and got up to run away. Qian Xunling shouted angrily, "Stop!"
However, Qian Xunling's vine whip was too painful, and it dared not stop. Bibi Dong hugged Qian Xunling's leg and cried out, "Uncle-Master, please stop bullying Da Bai! Da Bai has really been searching for treasures on the Angry Road. Haven't you noticed that it has lost at least several hundred pounds in this short time?"
"What's it to me?" Qian Xunling said speechlessly, then dragged her legs and chased after the ten-thousand-year-old Ice Bear, adding, "If it doesn't find me the treasure, it can just wait to die."
"Da Bai, run! I've stopped your martial uncle for you!" Sensing that her martial uncle was angry, Bibi Dong hugged Qian Xunling's leg tightly again and shouted to the ten-thousand-year-old Ice Bear.
The eternal Ice Bear glanced back at Bibi Dong, its eyes almost welling with tears, but after a couple of howls, it decisively fled from Qian Xunling. Qian Xunling pushed Bibi Dong and said coldly, "Little Spider, you've really gone too far."
"Uncle-Master." Bibi Dong didn't say anything, she just hugged Qian Xunling. At this moment, the fleeing ten-thousand-year-old Ice Bear suddenly lost its footing, the snow collapsed, it roared loudly twice and then fell down!
Seeing Da Bai suddenly fall into the snow, Bibi Dong let go of her martial uncle's leg, her face showing surprise. She then looked at her martial uncle and said, "Martial Uncle, it seems Da Bai has fallen into a trap."
trap?
Qian Xunling put the vine whip back into her storage bag, slowly walked to the snow where the ten-thousand-year-old Ice Bear had fallen, and then looked down.
It was very deep, and chilling air emanated from within, much colder than the air outside. Bibi Dong, standing nearby, immediately trembled, her face contorted with discomfort, and said, "Uncle-Master, it's so cold."
Qian Xunling covered Bibi Dong with her Soul Power, thus protecting Bibi Dong from the chilling aura within. With her uncle's care, Bibi Dong blushed and gently tugged at Qian Xunling's clothes.
"The air down there is even colder than outside. This means either it's the lair of an extremely powerful Ice Soul Beast, or there's treasure inside." Qian Xunling chuckled, then picked up Bibi Dong and jumped down. Bibi Dong cried out in terror, "Uncle-Master!"
Bibi Dong clung to Qian Xunling like an octopus, and the two fell at least 300 meters before landing.
Upon landing, Qian Xunling immediately realized that this was an ice cave, filled entirely with blue ice blocks, and the cold was extremely biting. Then, following the direction of the cold and the light, Qian Xunling felt that there must be something good there.
When Bibi Dong opened her eyes, she immediately saw the nearly lifeless Da Bai beside her. Da Bai had fallen from such a height, and the fact that it wasn't killed outright but left barely alive was thanks to its own strong physique. Bibi Dong tugged at Qian Xunling's clothes and said, "Uncle-Master, please save Da Bai."
"Alright." Qian Xunling rolled her eyes at the ten-thousand-year-old Ice Bear, and sent a wisp of simple Life energy into Da Bai's body. Instantly, Da Bai's injuries were almost healed, and he was able to stagger to his feet. Bibi Dong was overjoyed and said sweetly, "Little Spider likes Martial Uncle the most."
Qian Xunling felt a chill run down her spine, as if she had been electrocuted. She immediately shook off Bibi Dong and said, "I saved it because it did find the treasure. Although it was by accident, we might have missed this place without it."
"Oh~" Bibi Dong looked disappointed after being shaken off by her martial uncle, but she quickly ran to Da Bai with a cheerful expression and asked, "Da Bai, are you alright?"
Originally terrified and wary of the two humans in front of it, Da Bai never expected them to save it. At this moment, it felt a little bit of goodwill towards the two, but it was still very scared. It nodded repeatedly in response to Bibi Dong's question.
Bibi Dong smiled, "That's wonderful."