Chapter 453: Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow Cavern

When those Ice Extreme Divine Crystals vanished into Huo Yutong's storage ring, the temperature inside the cavern began to rise noticeably; the surrounding stone walls were also layered with crystals that looked like large granules of ice slag—hard in themselves, but far inferior to the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.

Finally, Huo Yutong also stored the last Ice Extreme Divine Crystal into her Storage Soul Conductor Device, and at that moment a huge sound rang out; turning around, they saw a massive torrent roaring toward them.

Without the miraculous power contained in the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals to hold it back, and with the entrance left open, the icy spring water outside finally surged in.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong naturally were not frightened by such a trivial matter; as the soul spirits returned to Huo Yutong's body, they flashed their forms and burst out of the cavern.

At the well mouth, Nan ShuiShui and Nan Qiuqiu mother and daughter were already waiting a bit anxiously.

Nan ShuiShui knows perfectly well how low the temperature below is; even an Honored Douluo could not stay long. Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's duration below has already exceeded twice the time that the Honored Douluo‑level exceptional practitioner in the history of the Earth Dragon Gate stayed, and because they recognized the two's extraordinary strength, they did not lose their minds.

Suddenly, a sound of water breaking rang out; two figures suddenly flew out of the well and landed steadily on the open ground beside them—it was Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

Nan ShuiShui hurried forward and asked, "How is it, has the extraction been completed?"

"Hmm, the yield is even larger than we imagined."

Then, Tang Wulin briefly relayed Snow Emperor's words to Nan ShuiShui and Nan Qiuqiu.

Nan ShuiShui, upon hearing, suddenly understood.

"I see, no wonder. So there is indeed that so‑called Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow Cavern below, right?"

"Hmm."

Tang Wulin nodded and said sincerely, "Senior Nan, those Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow are truly important to us; if you do not wish to hand them over, I can personally pay to purchase them."

In theory, they could have concealed the matter of the Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow and simply taken it away quietly, since Nan ShuiShui knows nothing about the Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow Cavern; she guards the treasure mountain without realizing it, and even if later she notices the chill in the well dissipating, she would most likely attribute it to the extraction of the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.

But the other party has already shown such sincerity, and Tang Wulin truly cannot deceive her.

Moreover, he does not intend to use Academy funds; after all, the recent refunds to those travelers just caused a wave of bloodshed, and war is looming, so it is better for him to pay out of his own pocket at this time.

Huo Yutong tugged his sleeve and said, displeased,

"Wulin, what are you saying? Even if we have to pay, it should be me, after all these Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow are for my use, and don't forget, I am far richer than you."

She truly wasn't bragging; although Tang Wulin can earn money through forging, compared with Huo Yutong, who can develop Soul Conductor Devices, his savings are indeed rather insignificant.

Not to mention, the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, a Soul Conductor Device that almost every current Douluo‑era former Three Kingdoms formal soldier possesses, was developed by Huo Yutong; as its developer, she receives a full five percent royalty.

Besides the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, many novel Soul Conductor Devices in the Tang Sect were also invented by her; it can be said that she is currently the wealthiest in the Tang Sect, even Xuan Ziwen's earnings are lower because his productions are all high‑level Soul Conductor Devices that are not often sold.

To say without exaggeration, given Huo Yutong's current income, as long as Tang Wulin can get past his own mental hurdle, even living off her support and being kept for a lifetime would be no problem.

Tang Wulin frowned and was about to say something when Nan ShuiShui suddenly coughed twice.

"Ahem, it's good that the two of you get along well, but could you hear me out?"

"Ah."

Both of them instantly flushed, and hurriedly said, "No problem, please go ahead."

Nan ShuiShui glanced at the slightly flushed pretty face of Huo Yutong, then at Nan Qiuqiu, and sighed helplessly in her heart.

Her own daughter now has no chance at all.

She actually holds no bad impression of Huo Yutong; the number of exchanges between them lately hasn't been few, and with the Earth Dragon Gate's unique talent‑recognition technique, she has already understood Huo Yutong's character.

A youth as outstanding as Tang Wulin can only be matched by a girl as outstanding as her.

She closed her eyes, then fixed her gaze on Tang Wulin, and said softly,

"To be honest, I know you, Wulin, are a good person, but I didn't expect you to be so honest. I won't take your money, and you needn't feel embarrassed; when your Shilake Academy fought for our Heavenly Soul Empire, you didn't consider the cost, right? In principle, even if you stand by, the Ri Yue Di Guo wouldn't do anything to you."

She walked up to Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, placing one hand on each of their shoulders.

"In short, if you truly feel apologetic toward me, then strive to defeat the opponent in the upcoming war, and help us preserve our nation; that will be the greatest reward to us."

"…Understood, thank you, Senior Nan!"

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong both sensed the earnestness in Nan ShuiShui's words; after giving her a slight bow, they said no more and turned to plunge deeper into the well again.

With the experience from last time, their descent speed this time was much faster.

Regarding the exact location of the Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow Cavern, they actually already had it figured out in their minds.

Just now, while heading to the lair where the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals reside, Huo Yutong's spiritual detection discovered a spring eye at the bottom of the well, continuously emitting astonishing cold outward.

Even the temperature around the spring eye was already lower than that of the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal lair.

If I'm not mistaken, the Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow Cavern lies beneath the spring eye.

They quickly reached the side of the spring eye, exchanged glances, and then one after another began to dive down.

Just like the cold spring above, the water beneath the spring eye also grew colder as the depth increased.

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters…

Soon, even with Huo Yutong's Ice Emperor Protective Body guarding him, Tang Wulin began to feel his body growing increasingly cold.

It should be noted that Huo Yutong's ultimate Ice cultivation is already very close to the Limit Douluo level; for anything to breach her ultimate Ice attribute defense indicates that the external Ice attribute concentration is at least not weaker than her power.

In other words, the ambient temperature has now reached the lowest temperature that a Limit Douluo‑level Ice attribute soul master can generate.

And they have not even reached the end yet.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong also did not know exactly how far the Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow Cavern was, because Huo Yutong's spiritual detection, after advancing another ten meters, was brutally frozen by the overly dense ice elements.

(End of Chapter)