Chapter 121 Looting and dividing the spoils
Jiang Bai taught the dragons how to "scientifically exploit "the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, he had six dragon beasts—the Fire Dragon, the Taotie, the Wind Dragon, the Light Dragon, the Dark Dragon, and the Rainbow Dragon—surround the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and begin to absorb the pure primordial energy and vast spiritual power it continuously released.
Six energy vortexes of different colors formed around the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, like six greedy giant mouths, frantically devouring the pale blue and shimmering white energy mist.
The dragon beasts groaned contentedly, their cultivation levels steadily increasing at a visible pace.
the Ice Dragon’s cultivation had exceeded 200,000 years, Jiang Bai temporarily placed it in the "second tier" and it did not participate in the first round of absorption.
After all, the other partners have to catch up first.
After making the arrangements, Jiang Bai took out a large pile of crystal-clear, deep blue crystals from his storage bracelet.
Ice Crystal!
These are the associated minerals that the Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor plundered from the Ten Thousand Years of Mysterious Ice Cave.
Although the energy it contains is far less than that of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, it is still an extremely rare ice-attribute treasure that has a good nourishing effect on ice-type soul beasts.
"We don’t need it for now, so let’s use it to help you replenish your blood supply." Jiang Bai piled the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals next to the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, forming a small mountain.
"Maintain an energy supply ; we can’t let this fat silkworm shut down halfway."
All the dragons nodded in unison, their eyes"kindly"fixed on the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
Jiang Bai gave a few more instructions before leaving the small world inside the tower with Bingdi, Xuedi, and Jiang Lier.
Bi Ji chose to stay inside the tower.
The icy, snowy environment outside was not comfortable for the Emerald Swan; on the contrary, the warm, pleasant, and spiritually rich environment inside the tower was more suitable for her to recuperate and cultivate.
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Back in the ice cave.
The four looked around the cave, which had been occupied by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm for countless years.
On the cave walls, a large amount of the millennia-old Profound Ice marrow had been absorbed, leaving only scattered fragments on the ground, still radiating pure ice-attribute energy.
"What a waste..."
Ice Emperor looked at the fragments that hadn’t completely exhausted their energy and muttered with heartache.
She turned to Snow Empress and Jiang Bai:"Xue’er, Jiang Bai, Li’er, let’s collect these fragments. Although a lot of energy has been lost, the remaining parts are still very beneficial to ice-type soul beasts."
The three nodded and began to divide the cleaning tasks.
About half an hour later, the cleanup was completed.
Three items of their spoils were piled up in front of everyone.
The ice crystals, weighing around 500 kilograms, were piled up like a small mountain, their deep blue crystals emitting a faint, cold light.
A huge pile of fragments of ancient ice marrow, the smallest of which was only the size of a fingernail and the largest no bigger than a fist, but the total amount was astonishing.
And ten intact , unabsorbed strands of Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow!
Each one is as thick as an arm and half a meter long, its entire body is as clear as white jade, and its interior flows with pure, liquid energy.
A relieved smile appeared on Snow Empress’s beautiful face as she said,"Jiang Bai, these Ice Extreme Divine Crystals are of little use to us. You should take them all."
Jiang Bai didn’t refuse and nodded , saying,"Okay, thank you very much."
With a slight thought , the phantom image of the Nine-Treasured Glazed Pagoda flashed behind him and disappeared.
of his right hand , the mountain of Ice Extreme Divine Crystals was enveloped in nine-colored light and disappeared in the next moment, being absorbed into the small world inside the tower.
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The world inside the tower.
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm lay sprawled on the ground, watching helplessly as the six dragon beasts frantically absorbed the energy it had released.
Suddenly, a ripple appeared in the space above their heads, and then...
"Crackling and popping!"
One after another, deep blue ice crystals fell like hailstones, crashing onto its obese body.
"Ouch! Who is it?! Don’t you have any sense of public decency...?"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had barely uttered a complaint when its small eyes quickly fixed on the crystals.
Ice Extreme Divine Crystal! Although not as good as Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, it is still a top-grade ice attribute supplement!
it was about to stretch out its little paw to grab it, the fire dragon swept its tail over and gathered most of the crystals in front of it.
"Enough nonsense! Fat silkworms, these are for replenishing your blood, eat them now! Replenish your energy and continue releasing your Yuan Power!"
The fire dragon stared wide-eyed, its enormous claws slamming onto the plump body of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. When it withdrew its claws, a small piece of silkworm flesh that it had just torn from the Heavenly Dream was still stuck to them.
"Hmm..."The fire dragon’s eyes lit up.
She tossed the piece of white, jade-like silkworm meat into her mouth, chewed it a few times, and tasted it. She found that the meat of this plump silkworm was surprisingly tender and delicious, and it was also rich in energy.
"The meat is quite good, with a chewy texture and a subtle sweetness, plus it’s packed with pure energy."
She smacked her lips, looking at the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm with some regret. Unfortunately, for the sake of sustainable development, she couldn’t actually eat it.
"I’ll eat... I’ll eat! I’ll put it in! Don’t eat me!"
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was on the verge of tears. It grabbed a piece of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal with its short claws and stuffed it into its mouth with a pitiful expression.
I must say , it tastes quite sweet and is also very nutritious.
"crunch, crunch"sound, feeling the icy energy melting inside their bodies, replenishing the energy that had been drained.
As it ate, it muttered,"Waaah... You’re not even human... No , you’re not even good dragons... You’re all soul beasts, give me a way to live..."
The wind dragon leaned closer, its blue eyes gleaming with mockery:"A way out? Sure. Be your... what’s it called again? Oh... right... charging station! I’ll guarantee you good food, good sleep, and a safe life!"
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm:"..."
It resigned itself to its fate and continued gnawing on the Ice God Crystal, swallowing its tears.
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Inside the ice cave, the division of spoils continued.
Jiang Bai pointed to the pile of fragments of Profound Ice Marrow :"These fragments are yours."
Snow Empress nodded , signaling Ice Empress to use her storage soul tool to put it away.
Ice Emperor took out an ice- blue bracelet.
This was a storage soul tool she had obtained many years ago from a human soul master who had ventured into the far north. It wasn’t very large, but it was more than enough to hold these fragments.
Although these fragments have lost energy and are not as valuable as the complete Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, they are still a good supplement for her, a Four-hundred-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. Moreover, they can be left for the strong and promising descendants in the clan.
The bracelet flashed with light, and all the fragments were collected.
Next, everyone’s gaze fell upon the ten intact ten-thousand-year-old Profound Ice marrow pillars. The icy blue marrow pillars floated silently in the air, radiating chilling fluctuations of ice-attribute energy.
Ice Emperor pondered for a moment before speaking:"This ice cave was discovered in search of that dead fat silkworm. Although Jiang Bai suggested finding the silkworm, the exact location was found by the Ice Jade Scorpion clan. So... how about we split it fifty-fifty?"
She looked at Snow Empress:"Xue’er, what do you think?"
The Snow Empress pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded:"That makes perfect sense. If it weren’t for the Ice Jade Scorpion’s search , we don’t know how much longer we would have had to search."
Ice Emperor then looked at Jiang Bai:"And you?"
Jiang Bai readily nodded :"Okay, let’s split it fifty-fifty."
Five strands of ten-thousand- year-old Profound Ice marrow are enough for the ice dragon to break through the three-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck.
He waved his hand, and the five strands of Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow were taken into the tower.
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