"Hehe, since I have sacrificed myself to you, from today on, you shall be my little master…" The Snow Empress's cold eyes seemed to have warmed up a little at this moment.
Gulp ~
Lu Cheng's throat bobbed.
It was only then that he had the presence of mind to carefully examine the Snow Empress's face beside him.
Her appearance was no different from a human's. Her snow-white hair cascaded over her shoulders like a waterfall. Her long, delicate body was graceful and charming. She hovered in mid-air, her fair, tender feet bare. With a high-bridged nose and sky-blue eyes, even though she was dressed in only a pure white long dress, she appeared so noble and stunning, like a plum blossom in the snow, standing aloof from the world.
She was truly beautiful beyond compare.
Her 1.8-meter frame carried the oppressive aura of a mature beauty, and in terms of scale, she was on par with Ma Xiaotao, still blocking his view.
"According to your human standards… Am I beautiful?" The Snow Empress asked softly.
"Beautiful." Lu Cheng coughed twice and looked away in some embarrassment, his face slightly flushed.
"Haha~" A faint smile suddenly appeared on the Snow Empress's indifferent, pretty face.
This scene made the Ice Empress and A'Tai next to her look at each other, stunned.
In these hundreds of thousands of years, they had almost never seen the true ruler of the Far North laugh, not even once.
However, it was also clear that the current Snow Empress was in a good mood.
"Also, please lead the way to the Earth Dragon Gate you mentioned. Although I don't need the ten thousand-year profound ice marrow, Bing'er does; her limit is also approaching," the Snow Empress said softly.
"Alright!" Lu Cheng nodded slightly.
He also wanted to take the Divine Ice Crystal. Since he had the Snow Empress with her ultimate ice martial soul, it might not be impossible to replicate the Ice Extreme War God Armor. Even if he couldn't replicate a true Battle Armor, the "pseudo-Battle Armor" that was the Ice Extreme War God Armor in the original work provided an exponential increase to Huo Yuhao's combat power.
Dragon City.
An important city of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
Being close to the Far North, it also appeared to be covered in frost and snow.
And at this very moment.
Inside a magnificent mansion, the heart of a beautiful noblewoman was colder than the weather, especially with the two obviously ill-intentioned, nearly vicious beast-like existences in front of her. Her throat bobbed, and her body was stiff.
"Sect Leader Nan, we have only one purpose for coming here." Lu Cheng said with a smile.
"Trade!"
"Trade?!" Nan Shuishui's face twitched, and she subconsciously looked at the little girl beside the young man, whose eyes were filled with indifference and coldness and whose terrifying qi was undisguised.
'You call this a trade?'
If she displeased the other party even slightly, she feared that the ten thousand people of her Earth Dragon Gate would be in danger!
After all, the strongest person in her entire Earth Dragon Gate was only at the peak of Soul Douluo. Even the Heavenly Dragon Gate, which suppressed them, only had a 94th-level titled Douluo as their strongest. Faced with such an existence, they could only turn and run…
"That's right."
Lu Cheng smiled.
He pursed his lips.
Beside him, the little girl Ice Empress reluctantly opened her palm, and an exquisite snow lotus floated slowly in her hand.
"Ten thousand years of snow lotus!!!" Nan Shuishui's pupils constricted violently.
This thing was priceless and hard to find.
Living on the border of the Far North, she knew the terrifying value of this item best.
It only bloomed in the core area of the Far North. Even in her entire life, she had only seen one at an auction in the Heavenly Soul Empire, but the price was out of her reach.
Over thirty million gold coins. And this one seemed larger than the one she had seen at the auction, and the cold aura was even richer and deeper!
Gulp ~
Nan Shuishui's throat bobbed.
Her gaze was fixed on the snow lotus, her fists clenched, and her heaving chest proved the turbulent inner heart of the beautiful woman. After a few breaths, she finally looked away with difficulty at the smiling young man. "I wonder, Your Excellency—what do you want me to exchange for it?"
"A secret realm in the backyard of your sect."
Nan Shuishui looked stunned for a moment, seemingly surprised that the place was worth a snow lotus to trade for, but she also instantly realized that the ordinary "Secret Realm" her ancestors had assumed it to be now seemed to have a great background.
After a moment of silence, she still nodded slightly.
Some opportunities depend on whether one is qualified to take them. The successive Sect Masters of their Earth Dragon Gate had left the Sect's Secret Realm shelved because their own strength was limited, and they couldn't explore further.
No matter how precious the things inside were, if they couldn't get them, they were useless. Now that the Earth Dragon Gate had been in decline for a long time, if they didn't revitalize it, they would likely be suppressed by the Heavenly Dragon Gate forever.
In any case, it was just a place for Sect disciples to train. To be able to trade it for a ten-thousand-year snow lotus was a huge profit.
What's more, looking at the two who are glaring at them. They were definitely not easy to deal with.
It was like someone breaking into the house and holding a knife to their throat, shouting about some so-called "free trade."
"Alright!" Nan Shuishui nodded heavily.
"Then, happy cooperation."
Lu Cheng showed a kind smile and shook hands with her.
Earth Dragon Gate backyard. Deep in the ice spring.
After everyone entered and stood firm, looking around, the Ice Empress's expression gradually became shocked. The cave was filled with various ores, mainly emerald blue, like a huge crystal palace, transparent and dazzling.
"Divine Ice Crystal!!!"
The Ice Empress said excitedly.
"It's the Divine Ice Crystal, a companion of the myriad-year-profound ice. Since the Divine Ice Crystal has appeared here, it also means there is actually a huge myriad-year profound ice cave hidden here!!!"
"If I'm not mistaken, the ten thousand-year profound ice marrow should be deeper underground, but I won't go. With my current physique, I still can't withstand that extreme cold qi." The young man smiled and flicked the emerald-blue ice crystal.
"This cave is enough for the Ice Empress to advance."
"I'll stay here with Xiao Cheng." The Snow Empress manifested a figure, condensing beside Lu Cheng, her eyes becoming increasingly gentle and moving.
Although she had never doubted Lu Cheng, seeing the myriad-year profound ice cave Lu Cheng spoke of, she truly felt the young man's sincerity.
He was unwilling to deceive her—since that is the case, I will never let you down.
The Snow Empress looked at Lu Cheng gently, thinking to herself.
"Divine Ice Crystal, good stuff…" Lu Cheng's eyes were attracted by the cave full of crystals, and he didn't notice the Snow Empress's gaze at all. In the original work, this thing could only be influenced by someone with the Ultimate Ice martial soul, and then peeled off. Otherwise, no matter how sharp the carving knife was, it couldn't be scratched.
He placed his palm on the ice crystal wall, released the ultimate ice martial soul in his body, and in the next moment, the originally solid divine ice crystal on the wall was peeled off in a large chunk, just like jelly.
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