Douluo Dalu, a junior student, started his journey after being adopted by Bibi Dong.

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Eyes.

The sound was crisp and clear.

As she stepped back, a glimmer of light remained on his face.

The essence of the elixir.

Yue Qingge reached out and touched the spot where she had been kissed. Her fingertips touched the dampness, and she paused for a moment before smiling broadly.

All of this was witnessed by the two people who had just emerged from the ice.

Xue Di's body was still half underground, her hands supporting her on the edge of the ice, her long silver hair falling from her shoulders and swaying gently in the wind.

Her gaze fell on Yue Qingge and Liya, her icy eyes showing no displeasure, only a knowing calm.

She even smiled slightly.

She had no objection to Yue Qingge finding a partner.

Or rather, she would help him.

This is my duty as an older sister.

Hyotei stood beside her, and as she watched the two of them embracing and kissing, a strange and inexplicable emotion welled up inside her.

It gently pricked my heart.

She quickly suppressed that emotion, which flashed briefly in her vertical pupils without leaving any trace.

She looked away, reverting to her usual haughty demeanor.

"Qingge," Xue Di's voice came from behind, clear and cold as a tress.

"We should go down now."

Yue Qingge and Liya both froze for a moment.

Liya reacted the most, burying her face in Yue Qingge's chest in a flash, even hiding her ears inside.

She clutched his clothes like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, pretending she didn't exist.

Yue Qingge glanced down at her and smiled helplessly.

Snow Empress leaped out of the ice and landed on the ice surface, her skirt gently falling.

She glanced at Liya in Yue Qingge's arms but didn't say anything more.

"We've already made contact. As for Liya, she might be able to go down there."

It could be dangerous; the temperature below has reached a level that is dangerous for life.

Her gaze lingered on Liya for a moment, as if to say, "You decide what to do."

"It's alright," Yue Qingge said, tightening her grip on Liya's waist slightly.

"I can dispel the chill. If not, let me stay up here with Liya while you go down and collect the materials."

Snow Empress nodded and said no more. Gentle white soul power surged from her palm, enveloping Yue Qingge and Liya. She then glanced at Ice Empress.

Ice Emperor withdrew his gaze, walked to Snow Emperor's side, and agreed without speaking to release his soul power to protect them.

Four figures, enveloped by soul power, descended into the depths of the cave.

Thick frost flowers covered the sides of the ice wall, and the air was so cold it felt like it would freeze.

It was a cold that could freeze even soul power, a forbidden zone for life, where any flesh and blood would be frozen into ice.

But Yue Qingge's embrace remained warm.

His body temperature was like a small stove, keeping the cold out.

Liya curled up in his arms, her cheek pressed against his chest, for a long time.

The four landed safely at the bottom of the cave.

Yue Qingge looked up and paused for a moment.

The cave is not large, and its four walls are made of translucent ice.

On the ground, strands of ancient, mysterious ice marrow lay scattered about.

They are pure white, lustrous like jade, with a faint fluorescence flowing across their surface.

Yue Qingge glanced at it briefly; there were only about thirty sticks.

For a vein of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow, this is a very small amount, and it's even more regrettable that we didn't see the worm.

However, each piece of Ice Marrow is extremely pure, enough to make any Title Douluo fight tooth and nail for it.

Hyotei isn't that picky.

For her, two or three pieces would be perfectly fine.

A suppressed groan escaped her throat.

Just as she was about to step forward and transform into her true form to absorb it, a hand blocked her way.

"Don't absorb it yet." Yue Qingge's voice was calm but firm.

"Try to seal it first. You can take as much as you can, pack up the rest, and we'll go to another cave."

She turned to look at him, the eagerness in her vertical pupils slowly replaced by a complex emotion.

She knew better than anyone the weight of the words, "Give her as much as you can take."

She took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to pounce.

It was suppressed.

"OK."

She turned around to face the pile of ancient ice marrow, spread her arms, and the Ice Emperor's Claw materialized beside her.

She rolled up the strands of Xuanbing marrow one by one, her fingers moving swiftly, her soul power transforming into countless fine threads.

She wrapped, compressed, and solidified the Xuanbing Marrow—pieces of Xuanbing Marrow the size of a fist were pinched into beads the size of a fingernail in her palm.

She strung them together into a bracelet.

After working for most of the day, she had only managed to string together five beads.

A fine layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her breathing was slightly rapid.

Yue Qingge noticed her struggle, walked over and patted her on the shoulder.

"There are other caves as well."

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end she just nodded and carefully put the bracelet away.

Xue Di stood aside, watching this scene, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

Chapter 45 The Obedient Hyotei

"Xue'er, take those top-tier ice-grade items too, we can move on to the next spot."

The Snow Emperor responded, and her icy blue soul power, like silk threads, reached out and peeled off the scattered ice crystals from the cave walls one by one.

The divine crystals emitted a crisp hum as they detached from the rock wall, and she then stored them one by one into her storage ring.

Yue Qingge closed her eyes and released her spiritual power once again.

This time he probed even more thoroughly, his spiritual energy surging in all directions like a tidal wave.

Then, to the east, he sensed a deep barrier of spiritual energy.

It seems something is deliberately hidden underneath.

His lips slowly curled up into a smile.

I've finally found you.

"Xue'er, let's stop collecting for now," he said, opening his eyes and gazing intently eastward.

"Go to the snowfields to the east. That's where our destination lies."

Hyotei stared at him, a look of shock in her vertical pupils.

This human—he can actually sense the location of the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow? And with such precision?

Her gaze lingered on him for several moments, and he gave

Her surprises grew with each passing day.

"Hmm." Xue Di didn't ask any more questions. She floated back to Yue Qingge's side and took his hand.

The four of them transformed into streaks of light once more and sped off to the east.

Half an hour later, they landed on a flat snowfield.

All around was an endless expanse of white, and the boundary between heaven and earth was indistinguishable at the horizon.

This time, Hyotei no longer hesitated. The moment she landed on the ice, her soul power surged from her palm.

The azure light transformed into a sharp blade, piercing straight into the ice beneath their feet.

She dug faster and faster downwards, her vertical pupils burning with a scorching light—then she stopped.

A deep blue cave unfolded beneath her feet, deep within the cave.

A white, fluffy thing was curled up on a small hill made of millennia-old black ice marrow, its six short legs curled up on its round belly, its head buried in its body, fast asleep.

A giant silkworm.

It was sleeping soundly, its round body rising and falling slightly with its breathing.

It was completely unaware that its time was coming to an end; it even smacked its lips in its sleep, rolled over, and revealed its softer belly.

Yue Qingge landed at the bottom of the cave, her gaze fixed on the million-year-old Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, and nodded to the Snow Emperor.

"Just kill it when there's no snow in the middle of winter."

Snow Empress nodded in the dim light, then floated forward, her long silver hair dancing behind her.

Ice-blue soul power exploded from her palm, transforming into an ice curtain that blotted out the sky.

Carrying the most biting chill of the far north, it poured down upon the sleeping Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

Wherever it passed, the air crackled and popped.

Almost at the same instant, Hyotei also moved.

She seemed to be repaying Yue Qingge for giving her the Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice Marrow, and her actions were even more ruthless than those of the Snow Emperor.

The Eternal Frozen Domain launched its attack immediately, unleashing a turquoise wave of cold air from beneath her feet, which overlapped with the Snow Emperor's attack.

The temperature in the entire cave has reached absolute zero.

Ice blades and ice spikes rained down on the Dream Ice Silkworm, their attack extremely cruel.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was awakened from its slumber by pain, letting out a sharp screech.

White blood gushed from the lacerated wounds on its body, splashing onto the ice and instantly freezing into white blood crystals.

It dragged its bloodied and mangled body and hurriedly got up from the ground, its six short legs slipping on the ice several times before it could stand still.

"Who are you! How dare you launch a sneak attack—"

Before it could finish speaking, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress had already pressed forward again.

Two figures, one in white and one in green, danced and intertwined in the dark blue cave, each intersection raising a cloud of white blood mist.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm hastily offered up its own silkworm molt, which was the outer shell it had shed over ten thousand years, as hard as divine iron.

It unfolds in front of it, serving as a giant shield.

Yue Qingge calmly raised her hand, and the Zhenbing Moon String Bow took shape in her palm.

The bowstring vibrated, and a thunderous roar erupted.

The two soul skills of the third soul ring were activated simultaneously, with Ice God's Wrath and Frost Star Meteor Moon overlapping.

Wherever the arrow passed, the space was frozen into an ice-blue trail.

The arrow struck the edge of the silkworm's molt precisely, lifting it open from the side to reveal the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm behind it.

"You've gone too far in bullying silkworms! This is a mental attack!"