Chapter 568: The Snow Emperor's Treasure: The Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus

Following Xuedi's guidance, the group followed her deep into the Extreme North, where a castle condensed from cold ice was situated.

It was likely Xuedi's usual residence.

"What a beautiful castle. Xuedi, is this your home?" Feihuang asked. "With such a fine castle, there must be a treasure vault inside, right? Did you bring me here for Treasure Hunting?"

Xuedi nodded. "That's right. I have roamed the Extreme North for many years and have hidden quite a few treasures. Besides, I actually have a godson named Xiaobai, who is an Ice Bear King. However, he is not here right now; I don't know where he ran off to play. Little brother Feihuang, after you become a god in the future, come and give him a hand."

Xuedi was quite fond of her godson, thinking of him even at a time like this.

If it weren't for Feihuang telling her that his Dunjia Heavenly Book's ninth ring already had a fixed candidate, she really would have wanted to let Xiaobai have it directly.

Now, they could only wait until after Feihuang became a god.

"Rest assured, Xuedi. In the future, as long as that Ice Bear King is willing, I will always find a way to give him the opportunity to become a god," Feihuang promised.

Xuedi nodded. "Then go inside and retrieve the treasures first; I will show you the way."

"Everyone, remember to follow me closely," Feihuang said, turning back to the group. He was the only one who could see Xuedi's figure and hear her speak.

Leading the group into the silent, deserted palace, they followed Xuedi's guidance deep into the heart of the castle.

Xuedi pointed to a large door made of cold ice and said, "Little brother Feihuang, it's right here. Just channel my Extreme Ice power into the door."

It seemed that this castle and the treasure vault inside were all crafted by Xuedi using her Extreme Ice. It was indeed difficult for ordinary Spirit Beasts to enter; only her own Extreme Ice could open it.

Having absorbed Xuedi's power, Feihuang could naturally use Extreme Ice similar to hers perfectly.

As he channeled the power, the door slowly opened. Suddenly, a treasure vault appeared before everyone's eyes. Inside were not gold or jewels, but cold marrow.

Although these were only ordinary cold marrow and not the ten-thousand-year cold marrow that the Tianmeng Iceworm consumed, for Ice Soul Masters or Spirit Beasts, such a large amount of cold marrow was ten thousand times more precious than gold or jewels.

"Heavens, with so much cold marrow, if it were all absorbed, how many Title Douluo could it create?" Nan Feiling exclaimed.

She also possessed the ice attribute within her, but unfortunately, it was not her primary cultivation attribute. While these cold marrow were useful to her, she could not maximize their effects.

At this moment, she felt a bit envious of Shui Bing'er, because she was of pure ice attribute. With this cold marrow, her cultivation speed might just catch up to Xun Yu or even E Lai.

"As expected of Senior Xuedi's hundreds of thousands of years of collection. With so much cold marrow, I could buy my Gulei Kingdom and still have some left over," Feihuang sighed.

"Hehe, these are just small tricks. The truly valuable items are on the storage platform above. Go take a look," Xuedi said proudly.

Hearing this, Feihuang walked quickly to the center of the treasure vault. On the storage platform sat six ice blocks condensed from Extreme Ice, and inside those ice blocks, treasures were sealed.

"No way, are these all soul bones?" Haote was shocked. As an Ice Soul Master, he could clearly sense the powerful ice-attribute soul power contained within these soul bones.

Their ages were all between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand years; every single one could be called top-tier. "Just as I expected," Feihuang smiled. In fact, when Xuedi mentioned there were treasures, he had already guessed it.

The world of Spirit Beasts is one of survival of the fittest, with endless slaughter.

The title of Xuedi, the Snow Maiden, was not something boasted about, but something recognized after she had fought across the entire Extreme North.

She was so beautiful that she even attracted the covetousness of the Titan Snow Demon King. If she did not use thunderous means to deter the other beasts, how could she cultivate in peace?

It is easy to imagine how many Spirit Beasts Xuedi had killed along the way. Even the Azure Bull Python had some soul bone storage, so how could she not? It was just that she herself was a Spirit Beast, and soul bones were useless to her, so she didn't collect every single one that dropped.

She only kept those of high enough quality, placing them here as decorations, or rather, as trophies to serve as proof of her glorious battle record.

However, the most precious thing here was not these soul bones.

"Junior brother, come look at this quickly!" Shui Bing'er suddenly called out, pointing excitedly at something inside a block of ice.

Inside was not a soul bone, but a snow lotus. She felt the aura of life from it, meaning this snow lotus was alive—it was an ice-attribute plant-type Spirit Beast.

"Ten petals in bloom, and it has already begun to bear snow lotus fruit. This is a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus!" As a top student of Tianshui Academy, Shui Bing'er had studied all the data on discovered ice-attribute Spirit Beasts.

The Ice Crystal Snow Lotus sprouts after a hundred years, grows for a thousand, blooms at ten thousand, grows its first petal and gains intelligence. Thereafter, it gains another petal every ten thousand years. After one hundred thousand years, it begins to bear fruit, and in another ten thousand years, the fruit will be fully mature.

For an Ice Soul Master, the effect of consuming this fruit would be no less than that of an ice-attribute Immortal Herb.

Feihuang suddenly recalled that the original Xuedi, having no confidence in passing the Heavenly Tribulation, had intended to transform into a human and recultivate. However, her age had long exceeded two hundred thousand years, and she did not have the ability to transform.

Her method was to use the hundred-thousand-year snow lotus as a catalyst to seal her own cultivation and begin recultivating as a human. Could this be that very lotus?

"Xuedi, is this the true treasure you spoke of?" Feihuang asked.

"That's right. I originally intended to use this snow lotus to transform into a human. Look, little brother Feihuang, this snow lotus has already begun to bear fruit. My original plan was to wait ten thousand years until the fruit was fully mature, then immediately transform. You should also know that Spirit Beasts that transform into humans at the hundred-thousand-year level all start with Innate Level 20 soul power. Once I successfully transform and consume this hundred-thousand-year snow lotus fruit, my aptitude would be doubled, giving me a glimmer of hope to become a god," Xuedi said.

As expected of the head of the three great kings of the Extreme North, her preparation to transform was not a whim, but a long-planned scheme.

No wonder she had already obtained this hundred-thousand-year snow lotus but did not act immediately; she was waiting for the fruit to mature.

Indeed, while normal Innate Level 20 soul power is genius, it is not rare on the continent. Nearly twenty have appeared in the last century, yet the number of those who became gods is zero.

But if one surpasses Innate Level 20, the probability increases significantly.

Xuedi smiled. "Little brother Feihuang, give this snow lotus to your senior sister. Isn't she at the point of leveling up? Rest assured, the intelligence of this snow lotus has already been extinguished by me; there isn't even any soul shock. As long as one can withstand the impact of the soul power, anyone can easily absorb this Ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring. It's just a pity about this snow lotus fruit; it has only just formed and is still ten thousand years away from maturity."

(End of chapter)