Chapter 83

This was the first time Shu Yan had witnessed the terror of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

After summoning his martial soul, Shu Yan, with the help of the Snow Empress, directly wrapped a medium-sized piece of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow in his own soul power.

As the pure and flawless shell of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow shattered, a deep blue liquid suddenly drilled into Shu Yan's body from it.

Shu Yan groaned. At the moment the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow shattered, he felt an even more powerful cold current suddenly descend. The rich ice-attribute energy occupied the interior of the cave, and even the ice-attribute energy that was already concentrated to the extreme inside the cave was triggered, and then all came toward Shu Yan's body together.

The Snow Empress looked at Shu Yan with a light laugh and waved her hand. Six more pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow of different sizes were attracted to Shu Yan's side, and the ice-blue light connected them together. Shu Yan raised his eyes slightly and heard the Snow Empress say:

"I just roughly felt it. With your current body strength, plus my help, you can withstand the energy of at most seven pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow."

"Calm your mind and guard your spirit. Next, I will help you integrate these seven pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow into your body. Remember, this is not to let you absorb all their energy at once, but to let them completely integrate into your soul power and your origin. During future cultivation, these energies that I have sealed in your soul power will be gradually attracted by you. This is the gentlest and most suitable absorption method for a soul master of your level."

"If you really want to absorb them all at once, then Bing'er and I are actually willing to wait here for you to wake up after sleeping for about ten years. In this process, Bing'er and I will slowly integrate the remaining Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow into your body. When you wake up, your cultivation might directly reach the Titled Douluo or even Super Douluo realm..."

Shu Yan listened to the Snow Empress's crisp voice and couldn't help but shiver. While circulating his soul power to absorb the pure ice-attribute energy and origin from those Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, he said: "That's really not necessary. Sleeping for ten or eight years is really fatal to me. I don't have that time, and I don't want to waste that time. It's better to absorb it slowly. If one could really absorb so much Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow without side effects, then the Sky Dream Iceworm wouldn't have to sleep for such a long time. Gifts also have limits. Once that limit of what can be withstood is exceeded, it's hard to say whether the result is a gift or a disaster."

The Snow Empress laughed lightly, but the speed at which she inscribed the inscriptions in her hands accelerated a little.

The energy of seven pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow surged into his body at the same time. Shu Yan's body swelled and flattened like a balloon. Fortunately, with the nourishment of the Gold of Life, Shu Yan's body was already strong, especially his meridians, which were extremely elastic, which allowed him to barely support the absorption of such terrifying energy.

In this process, Shu Yan was also constantly looking inside his body. He found that, just as the Snow Empress said, those Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow integrated into his body were vastly different from normal soul power.

These Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow that were integrated into his body and could not be absorbed for the time being were like ice dregs floating in his soul power and meridians. Each ice dreg contained considerable energy. As long as he circulated his soul power to cultivate, he would be able to refine and absorb it bit by bit. This was the absorption method that the Snow Empress said was most suitable for him.

In essence, this actually had the same effect as the Snow Lotus origin that the Snow Empress had sealed in his body before, but the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow played a greater role in improving cultivation, while the gentler Snow Lotus origin played a role in nourishing the body's meridians and origin. But no matter what, this was a great opportunity for him. Except for the pain now, there were almost no disadvantages.

While sealing, Shu Yan was almost trying his best to absorb the ice-attribute energy that could be attracted by him. The huge ice-attribute energy entered his body, and his soul power began to fluctuate, like a huge stone suddenly falling into a calm water surface, setting off stormy waves...

Time flew by, and it was a day later. Accompanied by one wave of soul power fluctuations after another spreading out, looking from a slightly further distance, the original seven pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow had long since shattered, and the Snow Empress was currently guiding a brand new piece of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and carefully injecting the energy within it into Shu Yan's body.

Crack—before long, accompanied by a crisp sound, a soul power fluctuation completely different from before spread out, and the ice-attribute energy in the cave was also attracted to become much more active. Until Shu Yan's aura slowly calmed down, the Snow Empress stopped the movements in her hands, and then threw this piece of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, which had been absorbed by at least half by Shu Yan, to the Ice Empress.

The Ice Empress took it happily, looking at Shu Yan with a look of slightly emotional surprise.

"I have to say, this kid's physical fitness is really good. A full eight pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, tsk tsk, even if a part of the energy was directly refined by him to improve his soul power, the remaining seven pieces are definitely not something an ordinary person can withstand."

The Snow Empress laughed lightly, then said:

"The treasure in his spiritual sea is extraordinary. That huge life energy makes it almost hard for him to die. Plus the day-and-night nourishment of the Snow Lotus origin, his physical fitness has always been far beyond his own level. Relatively speaking, his spiritual power is the one that is holding him back."

"However, with the existence of Elder Yi, he is almost immune to all spiritual attacks, so this is not really anything."

The Ice Empress tsked twice upon hearing this, and said with some envy: "What a lucky kid. He is far ahead of his peers in both career and love. Furthermore, with his personality that seems dedicated but is actually a bit amorous, I'm afraid there won't be few confidantes in the future. It's just a pity for Jiujiu. The boyfriend she worked so hard to raise is so outstanding, there will definitely be no shortage of trouble in the future..."

The Snow Empress's expression changed slightly for a moment, then she smiled and shook her head, saying in a gentle tone:

"Don't think so much. The most important thing for us now is to protect him and let him grow up quickly. Let everything else take its course."

"The strong are like this, just like our soul beast race. The strong are born with more choices and mating rights. Humans are the same. As long as he is strong enough, who can refuse what he wants..."

The Ice Empress hugged the Snow Empress from behind, smelling the fragrance on the Snow Empress, she chuckled, then continued:

"Then... Xue'er, do you like me?"

The Snow Empress's body stiffened slightly, and a trace of confusion appeared in her beautiful sky-blue eyes, but soon, she said:

"Bing'er, I don't know how to answer this question. But from my heart, Bing'er, I should like you... It's just that I have long been unable to distinguish whether my feelings for you are the friendship of hundreds of thousands of years, or the so-called love..."

(End of chapter)