Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 169 Taking Qin Yu'er to experience life, arriving in the ancient capital

"Soraka."

The name echoed softly in the ice cave, but Qin Yu'er had no recollection of it whatsoever.

She blinked blankly.

“Come with me.” Soraka stretched out her hand. “I’m traveling around now and I need a companion.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu'er subconsciously took a half step back, her back pressing against the cold rock wall.

She shook her head, her long, silvery-white hair swaying slightly with the movement: "I'm sorry, I can't leave Tianshan."

The cave suddenly fell silent, with only the faint sound of the ice spirits flapping their wings anxiously.

Soraka gazed at the girl before her, who was as frightened as a bird, a hint of pity flashing in her starry eyes.

She said, "You have been sealed here by the Holy City for several years now. The Holy City can no longer control everything. Don't you want to go out and see the world? Don't you have anyone you want to see? Why add more constraints to yourself?"

Qin Yu'er's refusal to leave must be due to the Holy City.

Soraka knew that the Void Queen's power was almost fully accumulated, and by then, the Holy City would be in dire need of its own survival, let alone have time to pay attention to Qin Yu'er.

Even if they do come, I will treat them well.

Then Soraka drew a star trail in the air with her fingertips, and the outside world appeared in the light and shadow: shuttling vehicles, flashing neon lights, bustling crowds, and the slow-moving atmosphere of human life.

This is what Qin Yu'er truly desires.

Abandoned by her family at a young age, she has lived alone ever since, facing endless snow and ice.

After the National Government was established, although she was able to control her own power, she was still targeted by the Holy City. No one was willing to save her. The only one, Zhan Kong, was willing but unable to help, which led to his exile as well.

Qin Yu'er's life from birth to the present has been extremely difficult.

“Look,” Soraka pointed into the distance, “the sunrise over the Tian Shan Mountains is waiting for you.”

"I—" Her voice choked with emotion, tears streaming down her face as the loneliness in her heart welled up. "Can I really do it?"

Soraka did not answer, but simply wiped away the tears on her face.

The starlight blooming in her palm was as warm as a spring breeze. That light not only healed Qin Yu'er's frozen body, but also quietly melted the frost that had accumulated in her heart.

Every ray of starlight contains the power to soothe the soul, allowing this girl abandoned by the world to feel some tenderness.

“Come with me,” Soraka said softly. “I’ll show you the world.”

Qin Yu'er raised her eyelids and saw Soraka's eyes, which seemed to hold the stars.

She nodded in agreement.

Soraka must have been a bit lonely traveling alone; having a companion would have made the journey more interesting.

Qin Yu'er was willing to go with her, and she did use a little bit of her own methods; otherwise, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

After leaving the Tianshan Mountains, the two traveled slowly eastward along the Silk Road.

Having experienced many things along the way, and faced with the bustling world of people coming and going, Qin Yu'er was somewhat moved. The simplest life was something she could hardly attain.

At this point, Soraka led her through all of them.

Finally, the two arrived at the ancient capital.

However, the ancient capital was getting closer and closer to the undead riot, and she and Qin Yu'er also encountered some undead corpse pits along the way.

Qin Yu'er is a naturally born ice-type soul seed, and her cultivation level is now approaching the super-tier. The ground in the distance began to tremble violently, and countless pale white bone claws burst forth from the earth.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds and thousands of undead creatures surged in like a tide—rotten skeleton warriors dragged rusty weapons, stinking zombies swayed their bodies, and several enormous corpses let out chilling roars.

"Hmph." Qin Yu'er snorted coldly, her slender fingers lifting slightly.

In an instant, a visible ripple of ice spread out from her center.

Wherever it passed, the air condensed into frost, and the earth was covered with ice crystals.

Before the menacing undead could even get close, they were instantly frozen by the extreme cold. Glistening ice rapidly climbed up from their feet, transforming the entire undead army into a forest of ice sculptures in the blink of an eye.

Just then, the ground suddenly exploded.

A commander-level axe-wielding zombie burst from the ground, its body shrouded in dark corpse energy, and its giant axe gleaming with an eerie green light.

It let out a deafening roar and swung its giant axe at Qin Yu'er, the blade emitting a piercing shriek wherever it passed.

Qin Yu'er remained expressionless, her delicate hand rising slightly.

Suddenly, a dazzling ice-blue light emanated from her body, and countless tiny ice crystals swirled and danced around her.

As she activated it, an extremely solid aura of icy coldness shot out like a bolt of lightning.

The moment the giant axe of the corpse was raised, icy breath enveloped it.

Then an astonishing scene unfolded—the eerie green corpse energy on the axe blade came into contact with the icy breath, making a hissing sound, and was then frozen into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The power of ice spread along the axe blade to the entire body of the corpse. Its ferocious face still retained its roaring expression, but its entire body had been completely frozen, turning into a lifelike ice sculpture.

With a crisp "click," Qin Yu'er lightly snapped her fingers.

The ice sculpture shattered instantly, turning into countless sparkling ice crystals scattered all over the ground.

She withdrew her hand, and the surging ice magic around her slowly subsided.

Such effortless spellcasting demonstrates a level of power far exceeding that of ordinary high-level mages.

Soraka watched the whole thing without intervening, and remarked, "Not bad."

Seeing that there were still endless waves of undead creatures charging towards them in the distance, she didn't want to waste any more time here, so she said, "Let's go into the city first. We can deal with these things when we have time."

Soraka's slender fingers gently gripped Qin Yu'er's wrist, and a warm and mysterious power emanated from her palm.

Before Qin Yu'er could react, she saw Soraka gracefully raise her other hand, her fingertips sparkling with starlight, as if the brightest star in the night sky had been plucked down to earth.

"Relax," Soraka's voice was soft and dreamlike.

Before she finished speaking, Qin Yu'er felt her body suddenly become lighter. Looking down, she found that her body was gradually turning into specks of starlight, like fireflies scattered by the wind, yet under the pull of some mysterious force, they condensed and did not disperse.

She instinctively tried to grab Soraka, but found that even the sensation of touch had become unreal.

Qin Yu'er felt her consciousness slightly dazed, as if she had fallen into a brief dream, or as if she had been gently pushed into a crack in time and space by some force.

The next instant, a solid sensation came from the soles of my feet.

Qin Yu'er suddenly opened her eyes and found herself in an elegantly decorated hotel room.

Soft light spilled onto the dark carpet, and the faint sounds of city noise drifted in from outside the window. She subconsciously looked around to make sure she wasn't hallucinating, and Soraka was standing right beside her, looking perfectly normal.

"This..." Qin Yu'er rarely showed a hint of shock, "That was... spatial magic?"

(End of this chapter)