Douluo: The Throne of Ice

Chapter 94 After a satisfying meal, Nan Shuishui packed up some leftovers and said, "Try to become a concubine..."

Having accomplished most of their objectives, the four spent two more days in the far north before deciding to leave.

Both Xiaobai and Titan Snow Demon King need to refine the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and undergo the Heavenly Tribulation. Xiaobai, in particular, has a cultivation level of 290,000 years, just one step away from the 300,000-year Heavenly Tribulation. It is slightly inferior to Titan Snow Demon King in cultivation level. It is precisely because of its superior cultivation level that Xiaobai is able to barely have equal combat power with Titan Snow Demon King, who possesses the bloodline of the ancient Ice God.

After briefly explaining a few things to Xiaobai, the four of them quickly embarked on their journey home, with Xiaobai looking on with reluctance.

However, they still had a few things to do before returning to Xingluo City.

First, the Snow Empress took a piece of the torso bone of an Icefield Mammoth from the soul bones preserved by the Little White Clan.

Icefield Mammoths are a rather special type of spirit beast. They are not permanent residents of the far north. Instead, they migrate repeatedly between the vast frozen forests near the far north of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire. Since they do not have a fixed territory, if they want to have a comfortable place to live and reproduce in the far north, they can only encroach on the territories of other spirit beasts.

This 100,000-year-old ice mammoth was the previous king of this group of ice mammoths.

Because these guys were blind and invaded the territory of the Ice Bear Clan, and instead of showing off their power, they used their limited intelligence to intimidate the Ice Bear Clan, the angry Little White tore their king apart to intimidate the others. Naturally, this piece of the torso bone that was left behind was preserved, and unexpectedly, it came in handy at this time.

The Icefield Mammoth isn't actually an ice-attribute soul beast. On the contrary, it gets its name from its preference for living in icefields and frozen forests. Strictly speaking, its true attribute is earth, with a slight ice attribute evolved to adapt to its environment. Whether it's suitable for Earth Dragon Gate soul masters like Xue Di is irrelevant. Ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow is far too precious for them; a hundred-thousand-year-old soul bone is nothing compared to it, not to mention that they, as soul beasts, have absolutely no use for it…

As for Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu... one was completely unappealing, and the other's attributes were simply not a good match. Once their initial interest wore off, they no longer had much of a connection.

However, adhering to the principle of not wasting food and drink, Shu Yan still searched for a lot of soul bones among the Ice Bear and Ice Jade Scorpion clans. Why? Rather than letting these soul bones weather away in the far north over time, it was better to make the most of them in his hands. Anyway, Ice Emperor and Xiao Bai had no objections to this, so they let Shu Yan do as he pleased.

Xu Jiujiu was somewhat disappointed. There were quite a few soul bones in front of her, but none of them were suitable for her.

It's not that ice-attribute soul bones are of little use to her, but they're simply not suitable. Unless there are truly exceptional soul bones among them, she can only feel regret.

She was very serious and picky about choosing a soul bone. Shu Yan's potential was undeniable, and she wasn't in a hurry.

However, surprises always come very quickly. After Xue Di went out for a while, she found a very strange soul bone from somewhere.

This is the tail of an ice fox. In other words, it's an external soul bone, an external soul bone that comes from the tail of an ice fox. Its inherent soul skill is Dreamy Ice Mist, a multi-purpose soul skill that includes control, cover, and interference. However, it's not particularly outstanding in any aspect. But fortunately, an external soul bone doesn't occupy a body soul bone slot. Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu are both very happy about this, for different reasons...

……

After leaving the far north, the group once again entered the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

It arrived over Longcheng around dusk that day.

When the four appeared in front of Nan Shuishui and her daughter, Nan Shuishui, who was tutoring Nan Qiuqiu in cultivation, was startled and almost thought that there was an invasion of foreign enemies and was preparing to fight.

When she realized it was Shu Yan and the other three, a bitter look flashed across her face, but before she could say anything, Xue Di had already used her soul power to send the torso bone of the 100,000-year-old ice mammoth over.

"The torso of a mammoth from the 100,000-year-old ice plains—this is fulfilling my promise. Now, it belongs to you..."

The 100,000-year-old torso bone slowly landed on the stone table in front of Nan Shuishui and her daughter. When the mother and daughter came to their senses again, there was no trace of Shu Yan and the other three in the backyard. Everything that had just happened was as magical as a dream.

Nan Qiuqiu stared in disbelief. She grabbed her mother's arm and shook it frantically for a long while before she finally came to her senses and excitedly said:

"Mom, was I dreaming?"

Snapped!

A slap landed hard on Nan Qiuqiu's head, and Nan Qiuqiu let out a wail before immediately crouching down, clutching her head.

"Does it hurt? If it hurts, then it's not a dream..."

Nan Shuishui stared intently at the torso bone that exuded a heavy aura, her gaze never even once falling on Nan Qiuqiu.

Tears welled up in Nan Qiuqiu's eyes. "Does it hurt? Isn't it obvious?"

"Okay, class!" Nan Shuishui finally came to her senses. She picked up Nan Qiuqiu from the ground, then took the torso bone that was on the stone table with one hand. A gentle soul force slowly enveloped it. Then, Nan Shuishui's eyes widened in shock, and she excitedly said:

"This energy... Qiuqiu, this really seems to be a 100,000-year-old soul bone..."

Nan Qiuqiu stared longingly at the soul bone in Nan Shuishui's hand. Just as she was about to reach out and touch it, Nan Shuishui slapped her hand away.

"Mom! What are you doing?!"

Nan Qiuqiu covered her hands and said with a wronged expression.

Nan Shuishui forced herself to calm down. Her mind was racing with thoughts. Then, she said in a low voice:

"I've used my spiritual power to investigate, and there's no one else around the backyard. A 100,000-year-old soul bone! It's a treasure that only a handful of people in the entire soul master world possess. Qiuqiu, listen to your mother, we must keep this information safe, otherwise, it could very well bring annihilation upon our sect. Do you understand?!"

Nan Qiuqiu was startled and quickly said:

"Mom, I understand the道理 (dàolǐ, principle/reason), I promise I won't tell anyone a word, otherwise you'll make me that handsome guy's wife!"

Nan Shui Shui slapped him again, saying with exasperation:

"You...you...you're really infuriating! That boy is just a bit handsome, what is it about him that attracts you...?"

Nan Qiuqiu covered her head, and after a long while, she whispered:

"But he's really handsome, and very tall. His gentle yet icy aura is also very charming. Besides, Mom, you said he's an absolute one-in-a-million cultivation genius. Isn't it normal for me to be interested in such an outstanding young man?"

"this……"

Nan Shuishui was confused for a moment. After a long while, she helped Nan Qiuqiu up, then sighed softly and said:

"Stop thinking about it. Didn't you see the relationship between that blonde girl and him? If you happen to meet him again in the future, you can still try your best to become his concubine..."

Nan Qiuqiu looked up in disbelief, hardly able to believe what she had just heard…

……

Don't ask why the protagonist doesn't absorb it. First, the quality is too poor. Second, I've basically already reserved the protagonist's soul bone position, and the same goes for the very old ones. Compared to these, it will only be better, not worse.

(End of this chapter)