Chapter 115: Is Taking on a Disciple Equivalent to Acknowledging a Father?

In a pure white world of ice and snow.

A beauty like a painting gazed at Bai Yuan; in her ethereal, translucent sky-blue eyes, she regarded him with curiosity and vigilance.

His body showed no soul power fluctuations.

He was exactly like an ordinary person.

But is he truly human?

The Snow Empress instantly denied that answer.

How could a human possibly travel alongside the Beast God?

Especially since there was also a woman beside him who seemed to be the Soul Beast Sovereign.

After a moment of silence here, the Snow Empress opened her vermilion lips, and her clear, cold voice sounded: 'May I ask, sir, why you have mobilized such forces?'

With the Beast God and the woman who seemed to be the Soul Beast Sovereign, this lineup basically meant that if she disagreed, they would use force to compel her agreement.

Actually, if it were only Di Tian, the Snow Empress of the Extreme North's core region would not be inferior to him, but since the Soul Beast Sovereign has arrived...

The Snow Empress could only indicate that she had no chance of victory.

Bai Yuan gazed at the beauty before him, who was only slightly inferior to Gu Yue Na, and smiled as he said, 'It's nothing major; I just want to take you and the Ice Emperor as my disciples.'

The Snow Empress stared blankly; on her expressionless, delicate pretty face, a hint of doubt first appeared, then turned into astonishment.

Confused, the Snow Empress did not know what taking on a disciple meant.

As the ruler who had lived all her life in this icy world, the Snow Empress had hardly ever interacted with humans, so naturally she was not clear on what taking a disciple entailed.

However, as a being that had lived for so long, after traversing her lengthy yet extremely singular memories, the Snow Empress still recalled some things about human master-disciple relationships.

The Snow Empress's ethereal, translucent sky-blue eyes fixed on Bai Yuan; a few strands of her hair fluttered in the wind and snow as she slowly asked, 'Do you want to be my and Ice Child's father?'

In her memories, the Snow Empress recalled a scene where a master brought a disciple to hunt soul beasts, only to be besieged by the soul beasts and fall into desperation.

In that final moment, the master exerted all his strength to break out with the disciple, but he himself ended up severely injured and on the brink of death.

At that time, the disciple embraced the blood-soaked master and asked why.

But the master said, 'One day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father.'

A father protecting his child is natural and justified, needing no reason.

That scene left the former Snow Empress puzzled, for she clearly knew the master could have abandoned the disciple and fled alone, yet that master did not.

Thus, in the Snow Empress's mind, becoming a disciple equaled acknowledging a father.

Bai Yuan was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

He only felt that the aloof persona of the Snow Empress in his eyes had collapsed.

However, thinking of how the Snow Empress, after losing her memory, called Huo Yuhao 'dad,' and even after regaining her memory still sometimes did so, Bai Yuan felt resigned.

Gu Yue Na, Di Tian, and Bai Yu in Bai Yuan's hand, as well as Mu Junwu's earthly and wooden forms behind him, were all stunned.

Even the normally aloof Golden Form couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth upon hearing this.

Just what kind of tiger-and-wolf words did the Snow Empress utter?

As soon as she opened her mouth, she demanded to acknowledge a father.

As for Wang Qiu'er, she had no reaction.

She had long understood that she was not Bai Yuan and Bai Yu's biological child, yet this in no way prevented Wang Qiu'er from calling Bai Yuan 'master and father,' and Bai Yu 'eldest senior sister and mother.'

This icy world fell silent, leaving only the sound of the cold wind carrying countless snowflakes, fluttering everywhere.

After a few seconds, Bai Yuan pondered and said, 'Snow Empress, if you feel too lonely as one person, you can let me be your father.'

Their conversation, which was completely on different wavelengths, strangely connected at this moment, and each felt there was no problem.

Snow Empress: ……

The Snow Empress was speechless; her gaze swept over Di Tian, Bai Yuan, and Gu Yue Na, and a hint of bitterness suddenly welled up in her heart.

In this situation, could she refuse?

Although the Snow Empress had lived alone for a long time and had long been able to face death calmly, the other party had no intention of killing her, so she naturally would not seek death.

Furthermore, regarding familial affection and other human emotions.

The Snow Empress was also extremely curious.

She had seen humans sacrifice themselves for their kin, and also seen Soul Beast mothers, like moths to a flame, rush to defend their children against far stronger Soul Beasts.

But the more she witnessed, the less the Snow Empress could understand.

She herself could obviously live on, and the child could be reborn, so why would they choose to die merely to give that so-called kin a slim chance of survival?

As a being born and nurtured by heaven and earth, having come alone into this world, the Snow Empress is destined to be solitary, and she certainly will not understand.

Yet this does not hinder the Snow Empress's curiosity.

The land of ice and snow fell silent once again.

After a long while, the Snow Empress seemed to have made up her mind; she looked at Bai Yuan, lightly bit her red lips, and said, 'Father……'

Upon uttering that cry, the Snow Empress felt a hard-to-describe emotion rise in her heart, a feeling she had never experienced before.

Even though Bai Yuan was prepared, his expression still jerked.

Bai Yu, upon hearing this, also froze in expression.

She glanced at Wang Qiu'er with the corner of her eye, then cast a look at Mu Junwu's wooden form, with whom she had previously competed for favor, before finally fixing her gaze on the Snow Empress.

Bai Yu's own sense told her that, besides Wang Qiu'er and Mu Junwu, someone else had come to vie for affection against her, the eldest senior sister.

This made Bai Yu's teeth itch.

Mu Junwu's three forms were utterly speechless.

Wang Qiu'er felt nothing in particular.

Gu Yue Na glanced at Bai Yuan, the resentment in her eyes flashing fleeting, yet her fists involuntarily clenched slightly.

It was supposed to be just coming to take on two disciples.

In the end, it has now turned into taking two daughters.

Previously, Bai Yuan had a senior disciple and a third disciple's daughter, who occupied his left and right hands, forcing Gu Yue Na to maintain only her own poise and elegance.

Now another two daughters have arrived.

Isn't that that we need to have one in front and one behind?

Thinking of that scene, Gu Yue Na wanted to punch Bai Yuan.

Coming to his senses, Bai Yuan said, "Better to become a disciple first."

"Apprentice? How does one become a disciple?" Snow Emperor completely didn't understand.

Bai Yuan smiled, "To take me as master, you only need to sincerely call me Master once; whether your heart is sincere or not, I can sense it."

Snow Emperor's calm mind stirred with slight ripples.

Can sense whether the heart is sincere?

Can sense others' hearts?

What exactly is this ability?

After a moment of contemplation, Snow Emperor bowed and said, "Disciple has seen you, Master."

"Congratulations, host, on successfully taking a disciple!"

Bai Yuan listened to the voice echoing in his mind and seemed very satisfied.

Actually, before coming here, he hadn't expected taking Snow Emperor as a disciple would be so easy; he had prepared many excuses, but now none of them are useful.

Without thinking much, Bai Yuan simply used spiritual energy to lift Snow Emperor, smiling, "Snow Child, where is Ice Emperor? Take us over there for a moment!"

"Alright." Snow Emperor nodded.

Snow Emperor's figure rose with the cold wind; she was like a snowflake, soaring with the breeze, appearing extremely light.

Bai Yuan and his disciples rose under Gu Yue Na's power, but for some reason, he only felt cold now.

It was a bone‑piercing cold.

But this cold would not harm Bai Yuan.

In an instant, he understood.

Gu Yue Na was jealous and wanted to mess with him.

And while everyone was flying, Snow Emperor suddenly stopped.

The crowd only heard a clear, cold voice rise.

"Ice Child, come out for a moment, someone wants to be your father."

(End of chapter)