Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 28 Dai Huabin Turned into an Ice Sculpture

Qian Renxue stroked her chin: "However, your spirit ring is currently only a thousand-year-level spirit ring, so the effect of its spirit skill probably won't be too strong, right?"

Xue Di said, "The essence of this soul skill is to use mental power to distort the surrounding space. Currently, it should affect a range of about 1.5 meters around. However, when encountering humans or soul beasts with strong mental power, this disguise will be seen through."

Xue Di's soul skill is the same as Huo Yuhao's second soul skill in the original timeline. However, Huo Yuhao was able to deceive many high-level soul masters because he had the blessing of the million-year-old spiritual soul beast, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

"That's already quite good," Qian Renxue exclaimed. "This will make traveling together much more convenient. However, since your spirit rings are automatically formed, wouldn't the quality of your spirit skills be stronger than ordinary spirit skills?"

Xue Di nodded: "Yes, and because I am a ferocious beast in human form, these spirit rings can gradually strengthen and evolve as my cultivation level increases. Therefore, this spirit skill and the spirit skills that follow will also become stronger and stronger."

"What?" Qian Renxue was stunned. How come the privilege she only had during the Divine Examination was automatically granted to her after this ferocious beast transformed?

"I am, after all, the Snow Empress." As she said this, the Snow Empress's face seemed to regain its cold expression. "I sealed my seven hundred thousand years of cultivation with snow lotus, which eventually turned into a snow pill and was sealed inside. This will be my capital for revenge later."

"This is truly unexpected." Qian Renxue sighed with a touch of emotion. It would be a lie to say she wasn't envious, but she wasn't jealous either, because this was what the Snow Emperor deserved. If the Star Luo Empire had obtained this Snow Emperor embryo, it might have ended up being absorbed by some fool. At best, that would be a waste of talent; at worst, it would be creating an extremely powerful enemy for her future. If the Snow Emperor became someone's soul ring or soul bone, it would be a huge boost, not only for the Snow Emperor herself, but also by a bonus of a celestial snow lotus and a level nine soul tool.

"However, since I'm called Heavy Snow and you're called Light Snow, and we're friends, then we're on the same path!" said the Snow Empress. "Your enemy is my enemy! That's called repaying kindness!"

Qian Renxue nodded, thinking to herself that soul beasts were easier to fool.

Just then, a figure darted past from the side.

"Who?!" Qian Renxue immediately realized what was happening. She had been busy chatting with Xue Di and hadn't noticed anyone passing by.

The Snow Empress also sensed the abnormality around her. With a flick of her finger, she lowered the surrounding temperature. It seemed as if she had control over the ice element within the天地元力 (Heaven and Earth's Elemental Power). Although the area she could control was not large at the moment, one could clearly feel a sense of "submission."

It was a form of submission to the sovereign emperor; as long as the Snow Emperor gave the order, the ice elements in the surrounding天地元力 (heaven and earth energy) would be commanded by her.

A figure in the jungle was frozen into an ice sculpture by the Snow Emperor.

"Amazing," Qian Renxue exclaimed. She examined the ice sculpture; it was incredibly lifelike. Other ice-attribute soul masters and soul beasts might be able to freeze a person, but none could do it like Xue Di. The thin yet solid ice perfectly covered the person, making it look like a perfect work of art from a distance.

This ability to control the elements is unparalleled. Similarly, she can also control the elements of light and fire. After all, she was once a god, and her control over these two elements is unique in the world.

If the Snow Empress were still a spirit beast in her original form, then by understanding the elements of ice and snow and removing the suppression of spirit beasts by the divine realm, she might actually be able to ascend to godhood in the future.

"Who is this kid?" Xue Di accepted Qian Renxue's praise, then looked at the ice sculpture. At this time, the ice sculpture had completely covered the human form. Qian Renxue had no interest in using her mental detection on him. She knew with her toes that he was probably just a playful child from the Duke's mansion. She would not choose to kill him for the time being. There were eyes in the sky watching around the Duke's mansion.

"Forget it, who cares who he is, let's just steal his... oh right, his soul tool! Steal his soul tool!"

After saying that, she took a bracelet from the ice sculpture and then took a round storage soul tool from its belt.

"You've learned how to manage a household so quickly?"

"We need some travel expenses, right?" Xue Di fiddled with the two items. "This bracelet is quite pretty, can I have it?"

"Take both of these. I still have some loot I seized earlier," Qian Renxue said. "Let's see if he has anything else of value. With two storage soul tools, he must be some kind of young master."

The two searched the man again and found a small dagger. "What young master?" Xue Di said dismissively, toying with the dagger. "He doesn't have much of anything good on him. We'll find a chance to trade this with some other humans and see how much money we can get."

Qian Renxue shook her head helplessly: "That's enough. Most people don't have these things. What should we do with this person? Do you want to kill him? Or just leave him frozen like this for now?"

"Don't worry, the ice element only temporarily knocked him unconscious. He'll thaw on his own in a little while. I'm not the type to kill people with violence so casually... We're far from the far north, so I doubt he or his family would harm their compatriots there."

Xue Di blew a breath at the ice sculpture, and then left with Qian Renxue.

A short while after they left, the ice sculpture thawed, and the young master inside awoke. He was a handsome young man dressed in a magnificent white robe embroidered with python patterns, with double pupils in his eyes.

"Ah...!" The young master shuddered. "What's going on?"

He looked down at his wrist. There used to be a bracelet on his wrist, a soul tool given to him by his family, which could store things and also be used to tell time. But now, the bracelet on his wrist was gone.

"Who froze me here and then stole my things!" The young master frowned; he couldn't remember anything that had happened.

"Forget it, I guess I ran into some robbers who only care about money. I'm a three-ring Soul Master now, a rare talent in the family. They think they can freeze me so quietly... I should hurry home. I've been sneaking out to play for a bit too long this time. Once I get back, I need someone to send me to Shrek Academy as soon as possible." The young master sniffed.

Less than half an hour later, the young master returned to the Duke's mansion.

"Oh, young master Dai Huabin, you're finally back!" The butler rushed to greet Dai Huabin when he saw him appear in the Duke's mansion. "You have to report to Shrek Academy first thing tomorrow morning. If you hadn't come back, we probably would have had to go looking for you."

Dai Huabin wiped his nose and said, "It's nothing, Uncle Ge. I'm back now."

"Young Master, why do you feel so cold?"

"When I went out to play, I encountered a soul beast with an ice attribute. I beat it up in no time, but that beast breathed on me, and I almost died from the cold. But it's okay, I have a White Tiger martial soul, so I roared at it a couple of times, and it ran away." Dai Huabin said confidently, "Just give me a hot bath in a bit."

"Achoo!" Xue Di, who was on her way, sneezed and covered her face with her hands, which was flushed.

"What happened?" Qian Renxue looked at the Snow Emperor strangely. "Even the Ice and Snow Emperor catches a cold?"

"What a joke!" Xue Di wiped her nose, her voice haughty. "Someone must be insulting me."

Thank you all for your support!

Regarding the Snow Empress's ability to evolve her spirit rings, there is no historical evidence to support this claim. It's a personal interpretation of the story, as the Snow Empress was the first, and likely the only, human to transform from a ferocious beast. She also sealed her cultivation energy with a snow lotus, hence the interpretation. Ultimately, she was able to distribute nearly 700,000 years of cultivation across her various spirit rings.

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Ah, in the author's note in the previous chapter, I mentioned that I would soon meet Huo Yuhao for the first time, so this chapter will be released today. Tomorrow, Xuezi will meet Huo Yuhao.

Also, there's something I feel I should mention again (it's actually already been mentioned in the introduction).

The protagonist of this book is Qian Renxue, not Huo Yuhao.

The story revolves around a strong female lead, with no male protagonist. She opposes the main characters, Shrek Academy, and the Tang Sect. She will kill the main characters and steal some of their opportunities.

(End of this chapter)