Chapter 52 Never Waste
The Ice Empress was completely stunned.
She froze for several seconds before suddenly lunging forward, hugging the thickest mysterious ice pillar like a child. She rubbed her small face against it happily, letting out satisfied whimpers.
Ice Empress: "Mmm~ Ninety-nine percent—such a rare find~"
Then she began to count: "One, two, three... ten... twenty... thirty..."
"Forty-five?! A full forty-five pillars!"
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Her voice trembled slightly with excitement.
Forty-five pillars of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow! What did that mean? It was enough for her and the Snow Empress to safely weather the next few Heavenly Tribulations! It might even help the Snow Empress break through to the eight-hundred-thousand-year Realm!
The Ice Empress flew up to Jiang Bai, patted his shoulder hard, her beautiful eyes full of admiration and—
Affection?
The way she looked at Jiang Bai now was as if she were looking at one of her own most trusted people.
"Kid, not bad! You’re quite a guy; you’re a qualified traitor to humanity."
The Ice Empress said with a giggle, "From now on, you are a good friend of our Far North!"
Jiang Bai: "..."
The Snow Empress walked over to the mysterious ice marrow and sensed it carefully, confirming that these were all genuine ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow and of extremely high quality.
Then she began to collect the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow into a storage spirit tool she had scavenged.
With a gentle wave of her slender hand, the pillars of mysterious ice marrow detached from the rock walls one by one, wrapped in Soul Power, and slowly flew into the storage spirit tool.
As agreed, she took thirty pillars. Then, she looked at the remaining fifteen, lifted them with Soul Power, and sent them to Jiang Bai.
"This is your share," the Snow Empress said calmly.
Jiang Bai took a deep breath and put them away one by one.
The Ice Empress watched from the side, her eyes darting around. Suddenly, she leaned in again, her face wearing a "kind" smile.
"Jiang Bai, look, you’re not an ice-attribute Spirit Master, so these ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrows aren’t of much use to you."
"How about this: you give your share to me, and I’ll protect you for a few more years! Five years—no, ten years!"
"Besides, our Ice Jade Scorpion clan has collected many good things over the years—Spirit Bones, Heaven And Earth Treasures—you can take your pick! What do you say?"
Her golden eyes were sparkling, full of anticipation.
Jiang Bai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This Ice Empress was truly... adorably blunt.
"Ice Empress, I need these ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrows," he said seriously.
"You don’t!"
The Ice Empress grew anxious. "You’re a fire-attribute—er, wait, you seem to have several attributes? But you definitely don’t have Ultimate Ice! Taking them is just a waste!"
Jiang Bai shook his head, offering no further explanation. He raised his right hand, and with a thought,
The crystal-clear Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda emerged in his palm, its four layers shimmering with radiant light.
Immediately after, the fourth layer of the pagoda shone brightly, and an ice-blue streak of light flew out, landing on the cave floor.
The light faded, revealing the figure of the little Ice Dragon.
The Ice Dragon seemed to sense the incredibly dense ice-attribute energy in the cave. It let out a joyful low roar, its ice-blue dragon eyes filled with longing.
Jiang Bai took out a pillar of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow from his storage bracelet and tossed it directly to the Ice Dragon.
The Ice Dragon was quick; it opened its mouth and precisely caught the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow in its teeth!
Then it looked at Jiang Bai, letting out urgent whimpers from its throat.
Its gaze clearly said: "Master! Let me back in! I want to absorb this! Right now! Immediately!"
Jiang Bai smiled and waved his hand. "Go back then."
As if granted a grand pardon, the Ice Dragon turned into a streak of ice-blue light and instantly vanished into the fourth layer of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
A brief silence fell over the cave.
Ice Empress: "..."
Snow Empress: "..."
The two Vicious Beasts, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, both wore expressions of utter disbelief.
The Ice Empress blinked and rubbed her eyes to make sure she hadn’t seen wrongly.
She pointed at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in Jiang Bai’s palm.
"You... this... that just now was..."
"That is my fourth spirit ring," Jiang Bai said calmly. "Or rather, it’s my partner—the Ice Dragon you just saw."
The Ice Empress and Snow Empress exchanged a look, both seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.
A spirit ring... could be materialized like that? It could retain its full intelligence and memory? It could even... continue to Cultivate and absorb Heaven And Earth Treasures?
"My Spirit—aba—aba—"
"...So, Number Four indeed needs the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow. And not just him; if I can find Heaven And Earth Treasures of other attributes in the future, my other partners will need them too."
Jiang Bai concluded.
After listening, the Ice Empress and Snow Empress remained speechless for a long time.
Human Spirits... were truly bizarre and full of wonders.
The Ice Empress suddenly thought of something, and her beautiful eyes lit up. "Wait! You said Cultivation can be accelerated inside your pagoda? Then if we—"
"No."
Jiang Bai cut her off decisively. "The space inside my pagoda can currently only accommodate Spirit Beasts that have established a spirit ring connection with me."
Hearing this, a flash of disappointment crossed the Ice Empress’s eyes, but she soon felt relieved.
True, if it were that Heaven-Defying, humans would have ruled the entire Spirit Beast World long ago.
In truth, how could Jiang Bai not wish it were possible?
If he could take the Snow Empress and Ice Empress into the pagoda and carry a super Douluo and a peak Douluo with him, wouldn’t he be able to walk across the continent unchallenged?
But while dreams are full, reality is thin.
Watching the interaction between the human and the beast, a faint, almost imperceptible smile flashed deep within the Snow Empress’s ice-blue eyes.
She spoke softly.
"Alright, we have the items. It’s not wise to stay here long. Now that the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow has been taken, the energy balance of this cave will be broken."
The Ice Empress nodded, casting one last lingering look at the beautiful scenery formed by the ice polar god crystals.
Jiang Bai suddenly spoke: "Snow Empress, could you do me a favor? I want to collect some of these ice polar god crystals."
The ice polar god crystals themselves were extremely precious ice-attribute Materials. Whether used for forging, Cultivation, or as trade items for money, their value was significant.
Again, he might not need them now, but he couldn’t be without them.
Besides, I, —cough—I, Jiang Bai, hate wasting things most; every grain of rice in the bowl must be eaten clean. "I can do that." The Snow Empress did not refuse. To her, it was just a small effort.
She raised her right hand, and her vast Soul Power spread out once more, enveloping the entire cave.
Immediately, all the ice polar god crystals in the cave began to vibrate slightly, emitting a faint humming sound.
Then, under the pull of the Soul Power, these azure crystals were stripped from the rock walls as if by an invisible hand and flew up one after another.
The Snow Empress took out another storage spirit tool. She had collected quite a few such items over the long years, "contributed" by human Spirit Masters who had intruded into the Far North.
She put all the ice polar god crystals into it and then tossed it to Jiang Bai.
"Thank you!" Jiang Bai caught it and thanked her solemnly.
"Let’s go." The Snow Empress once again expanded her Soul Power shield to wrap around the two of them. "The energy in this cave is draining rapidly; it will collapse soon."
The three of them did not linger, quickly passing through the light blue membrane and re-entering the freezing spring water.