Chapter 16: The Angry Snow Empress, The Harvest

Time rewinds to one minute ago.

Shu Yan's spiritual power entered these storage soul tools with almost no effort. The original soul imprints and restrictions left on these soul tools had already been cleared by the Ice Empress. Now, these storage soul tools could indeed be considered ownerless objects; otherwise, he would likely have had to expend a great deal of effort to break the restrictions on them.

A flash of white light passed, and a dense array of objects appeared in Shu Yan's perception. Most of them were complete soul tools of various types along with their corresponding blueprints. Shu Yan did not have much understanding of soul tools, but he could roughly identify that the grade of these soul tools was definitely not low, and the craftsmanship was exquisite—one look and it was clear they came from the hands of a master.

Aside from these soul tools and blueprints that Shu Yan did not understand well, the most dazzling item among these storage soul tools was a strange soul tool emitting a faint golden light.

Shu Yan's expression tightened slightly. Looking at the pale golden soul tool floating in mid-air, he already had an idea in his heart.

The golden soul tool radiated an aura of heaviness and solidity. Its appearance was not delicate; rather, it had a sense of returning to simplicity. In a corner on the lower front, Shu Yan saw three small characters written in gold: God-Sealing Platform! That's right, this was the very Grade 9 soul tool that sealed the Snow Empress in the original work, and it was currently the most powerful sealing-type soul tool on the Douluo plane. It possessed the powerful ability to completely seal time and space. In other words, as long as an object was locked inside, no matter if a thousand or ten thousand years passed in the outside world, the object inside would remain in its original state and never perish. In some respects, being locked in this God-Sealing Platform could actually be considered a form of alternative immortality?

Shu Yan dismissed the other thoughts in his mind, took a deep breath to adjust his state, and then investigated the other storage soul tools one by one, eventually discovering quite a few useful good things among them.

It had to be said that these few soul masters who broke into the Extreme North Land were truly wealthy. Not only were the high-grade soul tools on their persons numerous and exquisitely crafted, but what was even more surprising was that almost every type of soul tool retained its corresponding blueprint, including that Grade 9 soul tool, the God-Sealing Platform.

Besides these, there were large quantities of daily cultivation resources and gold soul coins. In several jade boxes, there were also a few thousand-year soul bones. Although their age was not high, they were very complete. Shu Yan thought for a moment; he would just throw them to his little princess when he returned. Xu Jiujiu naturally wouldn't absorb these soul bones, but as an Imperial Princess, it was very necessary for her to cultivate her own confidants. These soul bones could just happen to give her a helping hand.

Otherwise, no matter how many thousand-year soul bones one had, they would be of no use to the prominent younger generation of their status.

The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress waited quietly for Shu Yan. They had already judged from Shu Yan's expression that the items in these storage soul tools were extremely extraordinary, even to a terrifying degree. Thinking of this, the two looked at each other again, and a flash of relief crossed their eyes.

Shu Yan's spiritual power withdrew from these soul tools, and then he put them away solemnly before looking at the Ice and Snow Dual Emperors. As it happened, the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress were also waiting for him.

"Can the origins of these humans be determined, or rather, what exactly was their purpose?"

The Snow Empress asked in a deep voice. She already had some guesses about this matter, and now, she wanted confirmation from Shu Yan's mouth.

Shu Yan sighed slightly and then said: "These people were likely high-grade soul masters who defected from the Sun Moon Empire. The leader was a Grade 9 soul master, and the others were likely hovering between Grade 7 and Grade 8. They carried a large number of soul tools for reconnaissance or concealing their aura, and there was no shortage of attack-type soul tools. But the most terrifying thing is that among the soul tools they carried, there was one Grade 9 soul tool named the God-Sealing Platform."

"This soul tool possesses no attack or defense power, but its own sealing power can be said to be the pinnacle of sealing soul tools on the continent today. If a soul beast were sealed inside it, it would be at the mercy of others..."

"As for their purpose... perhaps it was to capture a 100,000-year soul beast to take away, or perhaps it was for other matters. But now that they have perished, their true purpose can be said to be unknowable..." The Snow Empress slammed a palm onto the ice wall beside her, and the entire ice palace shook from her strike. It was evident that these people had successfully ignited the Snow Empress's fury, and a very severe one at that.

"Damn it, if it is as you say, then their purpose was highly likely to capture and take me away when I was undergoing the transformation with the help of the Snow Lotus. Otherwise, I truly cannot understand how an ant who hasn't even reached level 95 and a group of scum at the Soul Douluo realm would dare to ambush any 100,000-year soul beast in the core circle of the Extreme North Land..."

Seeing the Snow Empress in such a rage, the Ice Empress hurriedly stepped forward and gently patted the Snow Empress's back to soothe her, while not forgetting to say:

"Alright Xue'er, nothing happened, didn't it? Everything is in the past. Look, I have personally dealt with those filthy, foul-smelling humans and left them with no place to be buried. If you are still not satisfied, Xue'er, I will go dig them out and kill them again..."

The Snow Empress's full chest heaved gently; it was clear that she was truly angered by the sinister schemes of these humans. Shu Yan sighed softly, and for a moment, he really didn't know what to say.

After a long while, under the Ice Empress's tireless comfort, the Snow Empress's emotions finally stabilized completely. The red light in her eyes slowly receded, and then she spoke again:

"Can you be sure that they are all dead? Don't leave behind any hidden dangers that might have escaped by luck, otherwise, I fear the entire Extreme North Land will have no peace."

The Ice Empress nodded repeatedly and then said: "Don't worry, Xue'er. I have already ordered my clansmen to notify Xiao Bai and the other powerful races of the Extreme North Land. They will conduct searches throughout the entire core circle and even the side of the Extreme North Land near Bing Hai. As long as any abnormality is discovered, they will spare no cost to resolve it."

The Snow Empress thought for a while, and then she nodded gently.

She slowly raised her eyes, her gaze falling on Shu Yan, and her voice carried a trace of exhaustion.

"This concerns the myriad spirits of the Extreme North; no matter what, this matter cannot be neglected. Let us wait for a period of time, and afterwards, I and Bing'er will accompany you to the human world."

"Alright, I am tired. You go cultivate first, and let Bing'er accompany me for a while..."

Shu Yan nodded sensibly and did not insist on staying, instead leaving the space to the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress. At such times, it was better for him not to participate casually. People should have self-awareness. Although the attitude of the Ice and Snow Dual Emperors toward him was completely different from that toward ordinary humans, he did not think the feelings between the three were that deep. Feelings were consumables; if they could not be increased, and the enthusiasm and patience were worn away, the feelings would become waste paper in the wind, drifting away and disappearing without a trace...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 17 =====