Chapter 38: Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, Han Lin's Peak Work

Time flew by, and half a month passed.

During this half month, Shu Yan didn't have any urgent matters to attend to. Apart from cultivating all day, he was learning ice-control methods and pushing his limits under the guidance of the Ice and Snow Dual Emperors.

The Snow Empress originally intended to teach Shu Yan the Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, namely the so-called Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless, Emperor Palm: Great Cold No Snow, and finally Emperor Cold Sky: Snow Dance Dazzling Sun.

As the Ice Snow Dual Emperors' trump card techniques, each of these three styles is incomparably powerful, and they are also the strongest killing moves that the Ice Snow Dual Emperors only comprehended after slowly exploring and perfecting them for so many years; for an ordinary person to want to fathom them thoroughly, the difficulty is no less than facing a Titled Douluo head-on with the cultivation of a Soul King.

But Shu Yan was different. He was almost of the same origin as the Snow Empress, and his speed in comprehending these three major killing moves was much faster than others. In just half a month, Shu Yan had already vaguely touched the threshold of entry. As his cultivation increased day by day, his comprehension of these three major killing moves would gradually deepen. One day, he would completely master these Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, so Shu Yan was not in a hurry.

Xu Jiujiu was still very busy. As a princess of the Empire, although she didn't need to face those cumbersome and boring state affairs, many things still required her concern. There was no way around this. The current royal bloodline was weak, and there were very few people who could shoulder the heavy burden. As a direct descendant of the royal family, Xu Jiujiu naturally couldn't sit idly by. She would contribute as much as she could. After all, from other levels, wasn't this also a kind of tempering for herself?

When the half-month deadline arrived, Han Lin's figure appeared outside the Princess's Mansion right on time. Shu Yan welcomed him into the mansion, and the two sat opposite each other at the table. Shu Yan looked at the disheveled Han Lin and then at the visible fatigue on his face, sighed, and said:

"Sorry to trouble you this time, Old Han. I imagine the effort you put in this time must have been significant. After going back today, take a good rest for a while. Later, I will have people send some heavenly materials and earthly treasures to nourish your body and soul as compensation."

Han Lin grinned, waved his hand indifferently, and said happily:

"No need for such trouble. Little friend providing me with such precious raw materials for my research is already the best compensation for me. This time, I didn't let little friend down. I have also brought the finished product. Little friend, please look."

As he spoke, a flash of silver-white light appeared, and a circular soul tool with a strange appearance appeared before Shu Yan's eyes.

The circular soul tool was silver-white all over, with gorgeous and strange patterns engraved on its periphery. As it rotated slowly, wisps of cold air poured down from above, like clouds and mist.

Unlike the silver-white shell, the interior of this soul tool was a nearly transparent deep blue, with flowing light flashing from time to time. Five diamond-shaped crystals were embedded on its top, one of which had turned red, while the other four were still gray-white without any fluctuation.

"According to little friend's requirements, with the help of Jili Douluo, I combined that ten-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon skull with the 8th-level soul tool Soul Shield I had previously developed. In the process of crafting and fusing, I selected many wonderful uses of soul tools and fused them together."

"This soul tool not only has the effect of controlling and imprisoning souls, but it can also instantly fire the 7th-level soul tool skill 'Heavenly Net' to be used as a control-type soul skill. Within a reasonable range, it can even store spiritual power and soul power to boost oneself. It can even be said to be a forced control and summoning of the remnant soul of that ten-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon to fight in a form close to a physical entity. However, doing so requires sacrificing... ah, pui, storing enough souls..."

"Besides that, because of the combination with the 8th-level soul tool Soul Shield, this soul tool can also amplify and shrink spiritual power within a certain range. This is an extremely rare breakthrough in the entire soul tool world. It's just that because I am also coming into contact with this situation for the first time, I don't know its true upper limit and practical application..."

"But it is undeniable that this soul tool is undoubtedly the peak work of my soul tool crafting career. Although it is only an 8.5-level soul tool, it is actually enough to rival some 9th-level soul tools. Even I am surprised that I was able to complete the entire crafting process within half a month. The smoothness was simply like divine help..."

By the end, there was a clear excitement and madness in Han Lin's voice. This was a situation that had never appeared in his previous soul tool research. To him, it was a huge surprise and also a historic breakthrough in his soul tool research journey, even if he clearly knew that this soul tool from his own hands was no different from that of an evil Soul Master in some abilities.

But in the end, Han Lin didn't care about these things. He only wanted to research and craft soul tools. As for what Shu Yan was using it for? Sorry, he didn't care at all.

Perhaps many people didn't know that Han Lin's teacher was once a powerful evil Soul Master and 8th-level soul master. The teacher and student eventually broke up and killed each other, which had something to do with this aspect.

But it is undeniable that that 8th-level soul master influenced Han Lin's entire life and also greatly influenced Han Lin's temperament. Perhaps, deep in his bones, he still carried a trace of deeply hidden cruelty and bloodthirst, but relatively speaking, Shu Yan didn't care about these things either. Cruelty or indiscriminate killing, what did it have to do with him? As long as Han Lin was loyal enough, even if he were a hidden evil Soul Master, he would never say a word of nonsense.

After accepting this beautiful and cool-looking soul tool, Han Lin said again:

"This soul tool doesn't have a name yet. I was originally going to name it myself, but after thinking about it, I'll leave it to little friend to decide."

Shu Yan nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Let's call it 'Yin Ming Zhi Duo' (Fall of the Yin Underworld). Old Han, what do you think?"

Han Lin repeated the name softly and then laughed loudly: "Good, let's call it 'Yin Ming Zhi Duo'. This name is domineering enough, I like it!"

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Han Lin stood up to say goodbye. Shu Yan sent him out of the mansion, then came to the empty backyard of the Princess's Mansion in a few flashes. The Snow Empress had already been waiting here for a long time. Shu Yan didn't know exactly when she had come. Presumably, she had sensed Han Lin's aura and was worried, so she came to see what was going on.

After all, the Snow Empress's current residence was really only separated from the Princess's Mansion by two walls......

Seeing Shu Yan arrive, the Snow Empress narrowed her eyes and sized him up for a while, then reached out directly and said: "Bring it here."

Shu Yan was slightly stunned, looked down at himself, and for a moment really didn't understand what the Snow Empress meant.

Looking at Shu Yan's confused appearance, the Snow Empress tapped the table lightly and then said in a flat tone: "That soul tool you just got, bring it here for me to see."

Shu Yan was stunned again. Although he didn't know why the Snow Empress wanted to see Yin Ming Zhi Duo, Shu Yan still took it out. The next moment, Shu Yan felt his hand go empty. When he came back to his senses, he found that Yin Ming Zhi Duo was already in the Snow Empress's hand.

The Snow Empress's spiritual power probed into it and instantly felt a powerful attraction. In the deeper part, the Snow Empress felt a familiar aura. Her expression changed slightly, but then quickly returned to normal. Seeing this, Shu Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the three Titan Snow Demons they hunted in the Extreme North Land were not ordinary soul beasts. He was somewhat worried that the Snow Empress was harboring dissatisfaction, but thinking about it, this was actually very helpless.

He had no interest in the soul spirits that would appear in the future. Now, obtaining soul rings naturally still relied on hunting soul beasts. In the entire world, only the Extreme North Land and the Ice Sea outside the Extreme North Land could satisfy his requirements. Honestly, if the Snow Empress really had an opinion, the whole thing would inevitably be a bit troublesome.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 39 =====