Douluo Continent: The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? A Soul Beast Pagoda!

Chapter 52 Never Waste

Hyotei was completely stunned.

She froze for several seconds before suddenly lunging forward, hugging the thickest ice pillar like a child, rubbing her face against it happily, and letting out a satisfied whimper.

Hyotei: Hmm~ 99% - a rare find~

Then she began to count: "One, two, three — ten — twenty — thirty —"

Forty-five?! A full forty-five!

Her voice trembled slightly with excitement.

Forty-five strands of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow! What does that mean? It's enough for her and the Snow Empress to smoothly weather the next few Heavenly Tribulations! It might even help the Snow Empress break through to the Eight Hundred Thousand Year Realm!

Hyotei flew up and landed in front of Jiang Bai, patting him hard on the shoulder, her beautiful eyes filled with admiration and—

kind?

The way she looked at Jiang Bai at that moment was as if she were looking at her closest "own person".

"Kid, not bad! You're a decent traitor."

Hyotei said with a grin, "From now on, you'll be a good friend of our far north!"

Ginger White:

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The Snow Emperor walked up to the Xuanbing Marrow, carefully sensed it, and confirmed that it was genuine ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow of extremely high quality.

Then she began collecting the Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice Marrow into the storage soul tool she had picked up.

With a light wave of his hand, strands of Xuanbing marrow detached from the rock wall, enveloped in soul power, and slowly flew into the storage soul tool.

As agreed, she collected thirty. Then, she looked at the remaining fifteen, used her soul power to lift them up, and presented them to Jiang Bai.

"This is your share," Xue Di said calmly.

Jiang Bai took a deep breath and put everything away.

Hyotei watched from the side, his eyes darting around, before suddenly leaning closer with a "friendly" smile on his face.

"Jiang Bai, look, you're not an ice-attribute soul master, so these ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrows aren't of much use to you."

How about this, you give me your share too, and I'll protect you for a few more years! Five years, no, ten years!

"Furthermore, our Ice Jade Scorpion clan has collected quite a few good things over the years—soul bones, rare and precious materials—take your pick! How about it?"

Her golden eyes sparkled, full of anticipation.

Jiang Bai was both amused and exasperated. This Hyotei was truly—endearingly straightforward.

"Ice Emperor, I need these Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mystic Ice Marrows," he said earnestly.

"You don't need it!"

Hyotei panicked. "You're only a fire attribute—uh, no, you seem to have several attributes? But you definitely don't have ultimate ice! Taking you would be a waste!"

Jiang Bai shook his head, offering no further explanation. He raised his right hand, a thought forming in his mind.

A crystal-clear seven-jeweled glazed pagoda appears in the palm of your hand, its four-story body shimmering with light.

Immediately afterwards, the fourth tower shone brightly, and a stream of icy blue light flew out from it and landed on the cave floor.

The light faded, revealing the figure of the little ice dragon.

The ice dragon seemed to sense the extremely dense ice-attribute energy within the cave, letting out a joyful low roar, its icy blue dragon eyes filled with longing.

Jiang Bai took out a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow from his storage bracelet and threw it directly at the ice dragon.

With lightning speed, the ice dragon opened its mouth and precisely bit down on the millennia-old mystic ice marrow!

Then it looked at Jiang Bai and made an urgent whimpering sound in its throat.

Those eyes clearly said, "Master! Let me go back! I need to absorb! Immediately! Right now!"

Jiang Bai smiled and waved his hand: "Go back."

As if granted a pardon, the ice dragon transformed into a streak of icy blue light and instantly disappeared into the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

A brief silence fell over the cave.

Hyotei: "————"

Snow Emperor:

Both of the ferocious beasts, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, wore expressions of disbelief.

Hyotei blinked, then rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

She pointed to the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda in Jiang Bai's palm.

"You—this is—that was just now—"

"That's my fourth spirit ring," Jiang Bai said calmly. "Or rather, it's my partner, the ice dragon from earlier."

Hyotei and Yuki-tei exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

A spirit ring—can it materialize like this? And retain its complete intelligence and memories? Even—can it continue to cultivate and absorb rare and precious materials?

"My martial spirit—Aba—Aba—"

"—So, the fourth brother does indeed need the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. And not only that, if I can find other rare and precious materials of other attributes in the future, my other companions will also need them."

Jiang Bai concluded.

After listening, Hyotei and Yuki-tei remained silent for a long time.

Human martial spirits—they are truly diverse and full of wonders.

Hyotei suddenly remembered something, her beautiful eyes lighting up: "Wait! You said you could accelerate cultivation in your tower? Then if we—"

"Can't."

Jiang Bai decisively interrupted her, "My tower space can currently only accommodate soul beasts that have established a soul ring connection with me."

Upon hearing this, Hyotei's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he quickly recovered.

That's true. If it were that powerful, humans would have already ruled the entire world of soul beasts.

In truth, Jiang Bai also wished it were possible.

If he could take Snow Empress and Ice Empress into the tower, and carry a peerless Douluo and a super Douluo with him, wouldn't he be able to roam freely across the continent?

But dreams are often grand, while reality is often harsh.

As Xue Di watched the interaction between the human and the beast, a barely perceptible smile flashed deep within her icy blue eyes.

She said softly.

"Alright, we've got the item. We shouldn't stay here any longer. With the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mystic Ice Marrow gone, the energy balance of this cave will be disrupted."

Hyotei nodded, then took one last, reluctant look at the beautiful scenery formed by the ice crystals.

Jiang Bai suddenly spoke up: "Snow Empress, could you do me a favor? I'd like to collect some of these Ice Extreme Divine Crystals."

Ice Extreme Crystal itself is an extremely precious ice-attribute material, and its value is considerable whether it is used for forging, cultivation, or traded for money.

As I said before, even if you don't need it, you can't be without it.

Moreover, I, Yuwen—cough cough—I, Jiang Bai, dislike wasting things the most; every grain of rice in the bowl must be eaten cleanly. "Okay." Xue Di did not refuse. To her, it was just a small favor.

She raised her right hand, and a vast amount of soul power once again spread out, enveloping the entire cave.

Instantly, all the ice crystals in the cave began to tremble slightly, emitting a soft buzzing sound.

Then, guided by the soul power, these azure crystals were as if peeled off the rock wall by an invisible hand, and they all flew up.

Xue Di took out another storage soul tool. She had collected quite a few of these kinds of things, all of which were "contributed" by human soul masters who ventured into the far north over the long years.

She collected all the Ice Extreme Crystals into it and then tossed them to Jiang Bai.

"Thank you!" Jiang Bai accepted the gift and expressed his gratitude solemnly.

"Let's go." Xue Di once again deployed her soul power shield, enveloping the two of them. "The energy in this cave is rapidly dissipating; it will collapse soon."

The three of them did not linger and quickly passed through the pale blue light membrane, re-entering the cold spring water.

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