Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 208 Letting Go of Obsessions, Finding Oneself

At this moment, fragments of memory come rushing in like snowflakes.

The young Mu Ningxue did not have the aloof personality she has now.

She is the little princess of the Mu family in Bocheng.

As she ran through the courtyard, her apricot-colored skirt fluttered in the wind, and her laughter was as clear and crisp as the wind chimes on the eaves.

At that time, her eyes reflected the clear sky of Bocheng, warm and bright.

The turning point in her fate began with the autonomous awakening of her ice-type spirit seed.

The ice-type spirit seed not only endowed her with ice affinity and total magic power far exceeding her peers, but also opened the prototype of the "ice domain" for her at the beginning of her awakening!

However, this premature power was accompanied by unbearable cold.

Her small body seemed to have turned into an ice container, and her body temperature dropped rapidly.

She had to exert all her strength to cultivate, and her icy body was like a gradually growing demon, constantly chasing after her from behind, forcing her to need a higher level of cultivation to support it.

At the same time, "Ning Xue, remember," her mother held her cold little hand in her palm, her eyes filled with a complex mix of worry and anxiety, "the embryo of this 'Ice Crystal Bow' needs to be nurtured day and night with your own innate magical energy. It will be your arm and your future support... but it will be hard on you."

From then on, Mu Ningxue had to cultivate diligently every day, and after cultivating, she would inject the ice-type magic energy flowing in her body into the illusory and exquisite ice bow embryo that floated in front of her chest.

The weakness from the draining of magical energy intertwined with the bone-chilling cold brought by the spiritual seed, like countless ice needles wandering through the blood.

She bit her lip, her small body trembling slightly in a corner where no one could see her.

But the family's gaze became intense and heavy.

"A once-in-a-century genius from the Bo City branch!" the elders whispered excitedly.

"She will be our hope for establishing ourselves in the capital!" The father's eyes burned with ambition.

Expectations are like invisible chains, wrapping around us layer by layer.

The lively little princess gradually fell silent.

She no longer runs, no longer laughs.

A warm smile was frozen, and bright eyes were covered with frost.

The girl in the mirror, with her pale face and bluish lips, became increasingly unfamiliar.

Her long, silver hair flowed with a moonlit glow, breathtakingly beautiful, yet also so cold that strangers dared not approach.

Mu Ningxue stroked the cold silver threads, feeling as if they were piercing shackles.

Qin Xiaonan's words were like a heavy hammer, shattering the last shred of stubbornness beneath her icy exterior.

"No one in the world has ever reached the top alone."

"Accepting help is not a disgrace."

The helplessness during the day, Mu Tingying's miserable state, Mu Nujiao's transformation... all these images churned in my mind.

These things finally overwhelmed her reserve regarding "accepting gifts".

Mu Ningxue opened the azure box with trembling hands.

The galaxy veins floated up, as if a section of the dazzling Milky Way had been cut off.

A vast and boundless energy instantly filled the room. Mu Ningxue sat cross-legged, focusing her mind on the already bulging, mid-level ice-type nebula within her body. "Break!"

Silently recite in your heart, "My will is as sharp as a knife!"

The galactic vein transformed into a surging liquid river of light, which roared into the ice nebula!

The long-accumulated magical energy, like ignited explosives, spun, compressed, and transformed wildly under the precise guidance of the mind! At the center of the nebula, a point of extreme icy blue light suddenly shone, then rapidly expanded, devouring the surrounding stardust.

Boom——!
The ice nebula exploded completely, and countless ice-blue stardust was drawn and condensed by an invisible force, transforming into a vast, crystal-clear galaxy of pure ice magic energy!

High-level ice element, achieved!

However, the moment the ice-type star river stabilized, a sudden change occurred!
A dazzling silver starlight suddenly lit up from her shoulder!

This sliver of starlight seemed to possess a life of its own, instantly detaching from the surface of the body, transforming into a stream of light, and actively plunging into the newly formed ice-type galaxy!

Om-!
The icy blue Milky Way seemed to have been infused with a completely new soul! The starlight was not assimilated, but rather, like the most exquisite navigation core, it was embedded in the center of the Milky Way, slowly rotating.

It exudes a strange, gentle, and inclusive rhythm that blends perfectly with the originally violent and cold ice magic!
The frost recedes, and warmth returns.
Mu Ningxue was astonished to discover that, under the harmony of the starlight rhythm:
Magic flowed freely, as if controlling an extension of one's own limbs! The power of ice, which originally required immense mental strength to control precisely, now became incredibly fluid.

With a slight thought, one can condense ice crystals of various shapes at their fingertips, from the thinnest snowflakes to the most solid prisms, transforming at will with minimal energy consumption.

It was as if the starlight infused her ice magic with "spirituality," making the power a true extension of her body.

The biting cold has quietly melted away!
The most unbelievable changes came from inside her body.

The chill that had been lingering and penetrating to the bone since the awakening of the ice-type spirit seed was being dispelled by a gentle warmth!

She tentatively clenched her fist, and a clear, normal human warmth came from her palm!

So unfamiliar, yet so chilling!
Tears finally broke through the dam.

This is not sadness, but the thawing and surging of a frozen river! It is the return of lost souls to their homeland! It is the release of ten years of suppressed grievances, loneliness, coldness, and burdens at this moment!
She missed that feeling so much.

She collapsed to the ground, letting tears flow freely, wetting her hair.

She knew that the source of all these miracles was that mysterious starlight that had merged into her icy galaxy.

It helped her perfectly control the power of "ice," and like a warm key, it unlocked the cold shackles imposed on her body and mind by the spirit seed, allowing her to rediscover her long-lost "self" and "warmth."

Outside the window, the first rays of dawn were breaking.

A ray of golden light pierced through the clouds and fell upon her, illuminating the tear tracks in her eyes that had not yet dried.
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When the Nationalist government team reassembled, it was their mentor, Feng Li, who arrived.

He didn't say much about Mu Tingying's death, as there was a certain mortality rate in the National Academy training program.

Then, Qin Xiaonan and Mu Nujiao noticed the figure standing by the window—Mu Ningxue.

She was looking out the window at the rising sun, but unlike usual, she naturally turned around.

In that instant, it was as if the glaciers were melting and spring waters were beginning to flow.

Mu Ningxue's face was no longer icy and aloof, but instead blossomed into a clear and bright smile! The corners of her lips were slightly upturned, outlining a beautiful arc, and her eyes were clear and bright, reflecting the morning light, carrying a long-lost, almost gentle radiance.

"Good morning." Her voice was no longer the cold, clear sound of ice beads falling onto a jade plate, but carried a hint of gentleness as she greeted the two of them.

When her gaze turned to Qin Xiaonan, the smile in her eyes deepened slightly, and she nodded earnestly, saying, "Qin Xiaonan, thank you."

She was grateful to Qin Xiaonan for saving her life, and even more so for his resounding words that changed her depressed state of mind.

(End of this chapter)