Chapter 229: Searching for the Divine Artifact
"I've been in the extreme north for hundreds of thousands of years, and I've never sensed the aura of a divine artifact."
A trace of helplessness flashed across Xue Di's face. Clearly, she felt powerless regarding the Ice Snow Divine Artifact Ning Bei mentioned.
After carefully recalling, Bing Di gave the same response as Xue Di.
Now it was Ning Bei's turn to be troubled. If even the natives of the extreme north didn't know the location, how could he, an outsider, possibly know where it was? Was he expected to search the entire Extreme North Plains like looking for a needle in a haystack?
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence, mainly because everyone felt at a loss for what to do.
Suddenly, a spark of inspiration lit up in Ning Bei's mind. If a divine artifact really existed somewhere in the extreme north, then there must be some abnormal phenomenon occurring around it.
So what could be more out of the ordinary than a bunch of fat worms breaking through to the million-year level? Clearly, nothing.
Although the original story said that Tian Meng fell into a fissure and reached a place full of cold ice jade marrow, how could a place that could nurture so much cold ice jade marrow be an ordinary place?
"Tian Meng, come here quickly, stop playing dead."
"I'm coming, I'm coming."
"You little... cough, Ice God, do you have any ideas?"
Ning Bei, with a delighted expression, spoke up.
"Tian Meng, where is that icy cave you've been holed up in?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
After Ning Bei spoke, even the Ice Snow Emperors' expressions brightened, clearly having guessed his intent.
"Exactly. That cave of yours full of cold ice jade marrow can't be an ordinary place. I can't think of anywhere else in the extreme north that would be more likely to house the Ice Snow Divine Artifact."
"Hiss, hearing you say that, it does seem quite possible. Otherwise, where did all those cold ice jade marrows come from?"
Bing Di stepped forward and kicked Tian Meng's rear, her eyes full of disdain.
"You useless creature, all you remember after a million years is to eat and sleep? You couldn't even bother to observe the place you've stayed in for so long?"
Tian Meng awkwardly rubbed his rear. With so many nutrients, why would he pay attention to anything else?
However, thinking this in his mind was one thing, but saying it out loud was impossible. Tian Meng still cared about his face.
"Let's not discuss other things. Let me think about where I fell in. After all, it was a long time ago."
"Oh right, I was being chased by a group of Xuanbing Bees and fell into a fissure when I panicked and took a wrong turn. If we find more places with Xuanbing Bee nests, we should be able to locate that fissure."
Upon hearing Tian Meng's explanation, Bing Di was even more disdainful.
Because Xuanbing Bees could only cultivate up to the hundred-year level before they died, and even the queen bee at most had a thousand years of cultivation. How could he be chased by a bunch of these creatures and still have the face to talk about it?
Seeming to see the disdain on Bing Di's face, Tian Meng suddenly felt embarrassed.
"The Xuanbing Bee is the natural enemy of my Ice Silkworm Clan. You know the significance of a natural enemy, right?"
"Oh? Sorry, the Ice Blue Scorpion Clan has no natural enemies."
"Yeah, the Ice Sky Snow Maiden Clan doesn't either."
"Don't look at me, who else would be foolish enough to come to Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to find trouble with me?"
Tian Meng looked around helplessly before lowering his head. It seemed that only he was the one to get hurt in this world.
"Let's focus on finding the fissure now!"
Seeing that Tian Meng was changing the subject, Ning Bei decided not to bring up his embarrassment. After thinking for a moment, he decided to visit the Ice Blue Scorpion Clan.
The reason was simple—though the scope had been reduced significantly, searching for the Xuanbing Bee nests all by himself in the entire extreme north was still too difficult.
This kind of species was abundant in the extreme north. Mobilizing the Ice Blue Scorpions to help him search would save a lot of effort, and he could also send Little Hail back to the clan.
Over the past two years, Xiao Xuehua and Xiao Bingbao, who had stayed in the Ninth Floor of the Pill Tower, had successfully reached 200,000 years of cultivation.
They were now practically invincible in the extreme north.
After arriving at the Ice Blue Scorpion Clan's territory, the green-haired little loli's phantom appeared again.
"Ice Sha!"
At the call of Bing Di, the vast ice plains echoed with the "shua shua" sound of footsteps, and a two-meter-long Ice Blue Scorpion appeared in front of them—it was Ice Sha, the one they had seen a few years ago.
Looking at her now larger form, it was clear that her cultivation had reached the 100,000-year level. It seemed that the Ice Spirit Grass left before had worked wonders.
"King, you've returned!"
"Hmm, call the clan out. The Ice God has something to instruct."
"Yes, King!"
Ice Sha turned and shook her body towards the distance. Ning Bei sensed a special sound wave spreading with her movements. He knew this was Ice Sha summoning her clan.
During this time, Ning Bei summoned Xiao Bingbao from the Pill Tower. A small girl with ice-blue hair and twin tails appeared before them.
"Brother?"
"Little Bingbao, your cultivation has reached 200,000 years. You'll return to the clan now!"
The little girl's expression froze for a moment, and a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes. However, she didn't object to Ning Bei's arrangement.
"I understand, brother!"
Ning Bei patted the little girl's head and comforted her.
"I'll come back to see you when I have time. Don't be sad."
The little girl pursed her lips but didn't say anything.
It's not that I'm sad about not seeing you. My free food and lodging golden rice bowl is gone! Wuwuwu!
As Ning Bei was talking with the little girl, hundreds of Ice Blue Scorpions of various sizes appeared in front of him. The stronger ones had over 50,000 years of cultivation, and the weakest ones were just over a thousand years old—newborn scorpions.
"King!"
Seeing Ice Sha looking at them again, Bing Di nodded in satisfaction.
"You all go out and search the entire extreme north for the Xuanbing Bee nests. After finding them, check if there are any narrow ice fissures around."
"Yes, King!"
With Bing Di's command, the hundreds of Ice Blue Scorpions scattered and started moving in different directions. It wouldn't be long before they would have results.
Ning Bei couldn't help but admire how easy it was to get things done with capable subordinates.
Seeing that Ice Sha was preparing to join the search team, Bing Di hurriedly called her over and pointed to the blue-haired little girl next to him.
"This is Bing Lan's daughter, who now has 200,000 years of cultivation. From now on, you'll assist her."
Ice Sha's green pupils widened in shock. She remembered that a few years ago, the blue-haired little girl in front of her was still a newborn who couldn't even hunt. Now, she had grown to a level that required her to look up to.
This was truly shocking!
However, she didn't dare to go against Bing Di's order. She respectfully nodded and then came to kneel in front of Little Bingbao.
"Greetings, new queen!"
Little Bingbao froze for a moment and quickly helped Ice Sha up.
"Aunt Ice Sha, there's no need to do this. Please assist me from now on."
"Yes."
With everything settled, all that was left was to wait for the Ice Blue Scorpions' mine-clearing action.
Half a day later, a 10,000-year-old Ice Blue Scorpion returned to the clan territory, respectfully approaching Ning Bei and shaking its body.
Ning Bei looked at the green-haired little girl beside him in confusion.
"Hmm, she says they've found the fissure. It's located in the forest 300 kilometers away from here."
(END CHAPTER)
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