Chapter 449: The Spirit Pearl is in hand, Fu Xue's face flushes

The earth's core is actually a huge lump of ice.

Ice Star,

After Xiao Jin drilled down for about half a day, they finally reached the core of Ice Star.

After reaching the core, Xiao Jin's speed actually slowed down.

Because the core of Ice Star is ice that has not melted for a hundred million years.

This ice is extraordinarily solid; even a Fourth Realm cultivator would find it hard to shatter.

At least Fifth Realm or above is needed to shatter it, but the efficiency is very low.

For Xiao Jin, however, this is not too big a problem.

But its efficiency also slowed down.

The Ice Spirit Pearl should be right at the center of the core.

From this, it can be seen that this Ice Spirit Pearl is truly miraculous.

You should know that, generally, a planet's core is a high-temperature, high-pressure liquid substance.

But Ice Star's core has become an ice ball.

Obviously, the formation of this Ice Star is likely related to the Ice Spirit Pearl.

"Someone."

At that moment, a large group of people flew over.

Lu Xun looked from afar and saw they were Easterners.

Leading them was an old acquaintance of his, Director Xu of the War Mansion.

Besides Director Xu, there was also a Seventh Realm Fu Ning from the Fu family.

In this Ancient Road Node, Old Master Fu entered the Rainbow Bridge first, and he still hasn't received news of this.

Otherwise, Old Master Fu would definitely have come over.

Seeing that it was Director Xu, Lu Xun and the two women walked out of the formation together.

"Hahaha, Xiao Xun, this time you have greatly increased our nation's prestige."

Before Director Xu even approached, his loud laughter already echoed across the sky.

When he drew near, he gave Lu Xun a big bear hug.

"Uncle Xu, it's good that I'm with the two teachers; otherwise, I might have fallen into their trap this time."

Lu Xun was very modest, pushing the credit onto others.

This is also true.

Although he relies on the Inner Dharma Appearance, Nirvana-level Sword Intent, and Chaos Power, enabling him to fight an Eighth Realm cultivator.

But being able to kill two Eighth Realm cultivators is thanks to the Sword Origin in the two women's hands.

These two Eighth Realm cultivators are only early Eighth Realm, not mid‑late Eighth Realm; otherwise, the previous battle would have had even more variables.

"You two are already engaged, so why are you still so formal, Xiao Xun? When you got engaged, you didn't call me; when you get married, you must definitely invite me to the wedding wine."

Director Xu, however, focused his attention on Lu Xun's way of addressing Fu Yue and Fu Xue.

Lu Xun touched his nose, steeled himself, and said, "Okay, Uncle Xu, I will definitely call you then."

"That's good; our strong ones have mostly entered the Spirit Realm, so I came in to check the situation. The West and Support Mulberry are really asking for death; when you return, we'll seek justice for you!"

Immediately, Director Xu's voice turned cold.

Although Lu Xun won a complete victory this time, counter‑killing the Seven and Eighth Realm cultivators of Support Mulberry, not a single person from the West escaped back.

But this matter cannot just be left as is.

The West and Support Mulberry dare to openly attack Eastern talents; if the Eastern high‑level shows no reaction, wouldn't that chill the talents' hearts and make others think the East fears them?

Now the East's fist is rock‑hard; whoever dares to provoke it will surely have to taste the East's iron fist.

"Thank you, Uncle Xu."

"This is what we should do, Xiao Xun; as long as you're fine, take these few Spirit Talismans for self‑defense. I still have plenty of matters to attend to, so I won't stay longer here..."

Seeing that Lu Xun was unharmed, Director Xu prepared not to linger much longer.

Few strong ones remain stationed in the East; he must continue returning to hold the fort.

Although this Ancient Road Node encountered no insect‑race attack, Lan Xing as a whole currently faces little danger, but within an Ancient Road Node the situation changes in an instant—no one can guarantee that danger won't arise later.

Recently, alien peoples have also been causing trouble frenetically.

In recent years, Lan Xing has given birth to even more talents.

It is said that last year, a talent who had just been born caused a heaven‑earth phenomenon—a rare talent who awakened an innate constitution the moment they were born.

Such a talent can embark on the cultivation path even earlier.

Thus they have become a key target for assassination by alien peoples.

Lu Xun naturally knows Director Xu is busy; the fact that he came to visit and shared a situation has already made Lu Xun feel quite grateful.

Director Xu, throughout, did not overly investigate how Lu Xun became so strong.

Lu Xun's plan to "appropriately" display his combat power thus counts as a success.

Gradually revealing his combat power like this can avoid causing even greater shock later.

Of course,

Before having sufficient strength, the power of the Demon Clan still needs to be concealed.

His Inner Dharma Appearance can also be explained by some fortunate encounters on the Ancient Road Nodes.

Once this demon power is revealed, the problem becomes serious.

If, by chance, the high‑level of Lan Xing mistakes him for a demon clan reincarnation, that would be terribly problematic.

By then, even if the Eastern high‑level could tolerate Lu Xun,

The West also absolutely will not tolerate Lu Xun.

They will find an excuse and take the opportunity to cause trouble.

The East is strong, but not strong enough to decide everything on Lan Xing.

Take the Heavenly Dao Council as an example.

11 councilors, the East occupies 5, while the many Western nations occupy 6.

The East, with the strength of a single nation plus less than one-fifth of the global population, has achieved this; indeed it is powerful.

But it still hasn't occupied a decisive number.

This is also why the Western powerhouses want Lu Xun dead.

Because Lu Xun has risen too quickly, he may become a Heavenly Dao councilor in the future.

This possibility is not small.

If Lu Xun does not die, once he becomes a new councilor, the East's councilor count will exceed half.

By then, they will be in trouble.

Director Xu left.

Fu Ning originally intended to stay and help, but seeing Lu Xun and the two women getting along fine, he decisively followed them and left.

Their three-person world is going just fine.

Wouldn't he just be a lightbulb here?

After they left, Lu Xun continued to recover.

One day later,

Finally, Little Gold drilled all the way to the earth's core.

"Ice Spirit Pearl!"

Lu Xun thereby obtained the Ice Spirit Pearl.

This spirit pearl emits endless chill.

If one's strength is insufficient, merely approaching it will freeze them into ice.

Lu Xun took it in his hand and examined it.

It looks no bigger than a chicken egg, yet the icy power it brings has frozen the entire ice star.

This thing truly deserves to be the supreme treasure of the ice system.

Lu Xun felt a desire arise from within his body.

You know, he possesses the Eternal Ice Divine Body returned from Fu Xue.

This physique has some flaws, because it is merely an ice-system physique.

It is too singular.

But because the return multiplier is high, its level is also extraordinarily high, even surpassing the Chaos Divine Body.

Of course,

Here we refer only to the level.

Not to its divine marvel.

The greatest marvel of the Chaos Divine Body lies in its ability to accommodate multiple powers, and it can be upgraded via Dark Energy into a mightier Chaos Body.

"Don't, using it myself would be not worthwhile."

Lu Xun suppressed the desire.

This Ice Spirit Pearl, naturally given to Fu Xue, yields the greatest benefit.

Using it oneself is the least worthwhile.

"Teacher, for you."

Lu Xun flew up holding the Ice Spirit Pearl.

Upon seeing the Ice Spirit Pearl, Fu Xue's breath caught, her pupils shrank slightly, and she could not look away at all.

Seeing her like that, Lu Xun's lips curled slightly, and he passed the pearl over.

"This… Lu Xun, this is too precious…"

Fu Xue stammered, stepping back repeatedly.

She indeed wanted it.

But she felt this Ice Spirit Pearl was truly too precious; obtaining it relied entirely on Lu Xun, so she felt unworthy of having it.

Lu Xun, smiling, gently pushed the Ice Spirit Pearl into Fu Xue's palm: "Teacher, a fine horse deserves a fine saddle, a pearl beautifies a beauty. This Ice Spirit Pearl is lustrous and radiant, yet it falls short of your grace by ten thousand."

At the moment their fingertips touched, Fu Xue felt a chill surge along her Meridians straight to her heart's tip, and her ears instantly burned.

The pearl lay still in her palm, reflecting her faintly trembling eyelashes.

"Little Xue, this spirit pearl is indeed very useful for you; please accept it."

Fu Yue advised.

"En!"

Fu Xue, as if having made a decision, put the Ice Spirit Pearl away.