My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

No, wait, could it be that he has already advanced to the 7th level of the Climate Master path, [Storm]...?

At this moment, even Bingfei could no longer tell the difference.

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[Family members, while writing this today, I finally realized why I couldn't write it yesterday.]

It seems I've caught COVID again, which is why I felt so groggy and weak yesterday. The real symptoms only started appearing after I woke up today. I feel like all my bones are burning up, similar to my COVID symptoms from a few years ago, but it could also just be a regular fever.

Chapter 109: Promotion!! [1 words]

Seeing Weiss's completely reversed aura, Bingfei slowly widened her eyes in disbelief.

This was the first time in her life she had witnessed such a faint, elusive, and elusive seventh-order aura...

It's almost as if it's constantly jumping back and forth between the critical points of the 8th and 7th orders.

One second he had clearly crossed the threshold of the seventh level, and then without warning he was pushed back to the eighth level. He climbed up again and then slid down again, endlessly repeating this strange phenomenon.

She had never read about this kind of advancement in any classic texts, nor had she ever heard of similar cases in the oral accounts of any predecessors.

At this moment, Weiss's energy was clearly saturated to its limit, and the path to the higher sequence was clear, yet he still could not advance, as if he was waiting for something to complete its progress.

At the same time, Weiss himself was also puzzled.

He slowly focused his thoughts on the pages of the Book of World Mysteries.

All that could be seen were the six Arcane Cards belonging to him as a Wind Addict of the Natural System, starting with the Snowflake Fragment Arcane Card, silently turning into sand from the very top edge.

The entire card resembles an anti-gravity hourglass, with fine, dust-like golden sand particles slowly rising from the top of the card and floating away one by one.

Although it seems extremely slow, judging from this rate, it doesn't seem like it will take more than a month at the latest.

At that time, all six Secret cards will be completely destroyed, leaving not a single one.

But for some reason, Weiss felt no anxiety or even a ripple of panic.

Based on his instinctive perception, he realized that this seemed to be part of this advancement as well...

Once all six mysteries are completely burned away, it will inevitably trigger an unprecedented leap in nature—

As for what that qualitative change is, he can't see it clearly yet, but he is very clear that he is in an unprecedented and powerful state of advancement.

In this bizarre state of flux between reality and illusion, Weiss couldn't even perceive the saturation of the extraordinary source.

Of course, he could no longer absorb anything, and his whole being was in an extremely strange critical state, completely hollow and insulated from any form of supernatural power.

"That's strange..."

"When advancing to the 7th tier of Slaughter Annihilation, it was clearly completed in one go!!"

"I didn't expect the Climate Master's full secret advancement to have a special animation loading bar...?"

Weiss muttered to himself thoughtfully.

Just then, without warning, Bingfei, who had already absorbed the water to saturation and left the spring, suddenly stepped in from the side.

It's important to know that this extraordinary source is not very large; its size is at most the size of a bathtub.

As she landed, her body almost pressed directly against Weiss.

Weiss: ?

"Don't move, let me test it a little..."

While giving orders in a serious manner, Bingfei gently leaned her back against Weiss's chest, her icy blue hair scattering in the spring water, with several strands covering his body.

Bingfei had her back to him, so he couldn't see the expression on her face.

After a few seconds of silence, she slightly activated the Snow White Factor within her body and quickly noticed this somewhat strange phenomenon.

Sure enough, it was similar to the situation she had vaguely sensed before.

Weiss's ethereal, ambiguous state at this moment is like a power bank with unlimited power and countless output ports plugged into it.

Even such minor physical contact allows the purest white snow factor to be continuously extracted from his body.

Under the infinite replenishment mechanism of the extraordinary source, the Snow Factor she extracted from Weiss would be immediately returned to his body by the spring water, with almost no loss, which is equivalent to having no energy shortage.

Thus, Bingfei simultaneously channeled the saturated extraordinary power within her body into Weiss's body and absorbed it back from him, forming a closed, two-way cycle.

In this way, her absorption threshold, which had already reached saturation, began to be gradually squeezed and stretched upwards under the perfect operation of this closed-loop system.

Along with the excessive heat accumulated in her body from the previous overuse of extravagant techniques, it gradually dissipated under the cleansing effect of this cool cycle.

A few seconds later, Bingfei exhaled a breath of cold air with great pleasure, tilting her head back slightly, almost resting it on Weiss's shoulder.

Weiss's body stiffened, and he instinctively tried to break free and get up.

However, Bingfei simply swung her small hand lightly underwater and accurately found the snowflake brooch hidden in his pants pocket. With a soft sound, her Ice Coin balance increased out of thin air.

"I've given you three Ice Coins. Don't touch them!"

Weiss: ......

This isn't about money.

Instead, he has a bedridden, vegetative wife waiting for him to come home. If he were to spend time with another woman in the same bathtub, where would his ethics and personal bottom line be?

Thinking of this, he leaned back, as if he was about to get up and leave.

Seeing that Weiss was still sticking to his bottom line, Bingfei deducted two more Frost Coins from his account without saying a word.

"I'll give you five coins once a month. I'll send you a letter next month with the specific delivery time."

This time, she didn't even bother asking whether she agreed or not.

Weiss was completely stunned by this huge sum of money.

It's not about the money.

He was mainly curious about Bingfei's motivations.

So for a moment, he stopped struggling.

Where did you get so many?

You get 5 Ice Coins a month, which is 60 Ice Coins a year.

This is equivalent to the total annual salary of a regular bodyguard over twenty years.

This also means he can buy a bottle of Tier 6 Dream Potion every month!!

Bingfei didn't explain; she just remained silent.

Gradually, Weiss stopped struggling.

Anyway, Bingfei didn't do anything more outrageous.

Moreover, her entire back was ice-cold, and with the added benefit of his own being a natural male, he was completely devoid of any desire or physiological signals.

Completely different from the fiery, scorching aura of the Little Sword Saint, which could directly pierce through the will of a natural man, the Ice Queen's body temperature was like taking a cold shower, which instead gave people a strange and unusual sense of clarity.

Weiss's attention was quickly diverted.

He discovered that as the Ice Queen's cool yet exhilarating snow factor repeatedly entered and exited his body, the concentration of his own snow factor was also slowly increasing, as if it were being driven by the same source of energy as the other party.

As the activity level of the Snow White Factor increased, he suddenly had an inexplicable urge to study Snow White's abilities in more depth.

Fragment abilities awaken automatically, so you don't need to worry about them.

Therefore, Weiss directed his will towards the depths of the annihilation path of the killing system, towards the [Ice Block] mystery that remained silent and unlit.

As Bingfei previously stated, the true miracles and mysteries lie in those that don't awaken automatically, and the power gained upon comprehension will be several times greater than that of ordinary sequence mysteries!

It's worth a full 200 Ice Coins.

However, there was something that Weiss didn't quite understand.

As a path that is purely positioned with ranged violent output as its core, how exactly should the One-Armed Sequence of the Killing System achieve the freezing effect?

It is clearly impossible to do this using my current forbidden methods.

Furthermore, before attempting to develop it, shouldn't we at least understand the basic logic behind one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Snow White's abilities?

So Weiss tentatively asked Bingfei, who was leaning against him with her eyes closed, "What are you doing?"

"That...woman, speaking of which, you mentioned before that only unawakened mysteries are complete miracle mysteries?"

"Then, do you know what the other miracles and mysteries are, besides yours?"

Ice Princess: ......

She held her mouth underwater for a while, blowing bubbles, before speaking in a soft, eerie tone:

“Mr. Weiss, may I call you by your name? You can just call me Shiva…”

Shiva?

I still have ice armor...

Now Weiss finally knows Bingfei's real name.

"So, Miss Shiva, do you know?"

Ice Queen nodded, explaining with her back to him, "Yes, I know a little bit about it, since I need to save up 200 Ice Coins to immediately exchange for the next Miracle Mystery development."

"To comprehend the secrets of miracles, one must adopt the perspective of the conquest system. Whether it's forbidden objects or variations of abilities, one must try to apply the abilities and methods of extraordinary individuals within the conquest system—that is, the so-called forced alteration of the nature of things—"

"For example, Winter Duke's crystallization path involves turning everything in sight into crystals. I've done some research. Thousands of years ago, a Rank 6 Snow White Clan member once suppressed an era, holding a higher status than the current Snow Queen. Her achievements were also outstanding. Back then, her path was through crystallization and advancement to a higher rank..."

"I think this is probably why Lord Snow White can dye Winter Duke, but it is clear that he has not developed the true use of this system."

"Therefore, if you want to grasp the true secrets of the snow, you must consider integrating the will to conquer, to forcibly change the nature of something. However, I am now a member of the Night Patrol, and it is impossible for me to reveal any written descriptions of the wonders and secrets to you..."

"One last reminder: neither the Arcane Fragment nor the complete Miracle Arcane is randomly bestowed by Lady Snow White. They will all be more or less suitable for you. After all, this is choosing a companion, not opening a blind box."

"It's alright, it's enough, thanks~~"

Weiss nodded; Bingfei's words had indeed given him some inspiration.

It seems that the mystery of this ice block cannot be simply considered from the perspective of self-enhancement through killing, because the system classifications are different, and the idea of ​​enhancing oneself is inherently wrong.

We should align ourselves more with the system of conquest and try to change the nature of external things.

Only in this way is there any possibility of successful development...

Just then, Weiss suddenly realized what was happening.

Wait a minute, Ice Queen is giving herself 5 Frost Coins every month, yet she talks about saving up 200 Frost Coins to exchange for the Miracle Secret so casually!?

Logically speaking, only those who make significant contributions should be rewarded with Frost Coins, right?

Bingfei has been living a life of luxury in the royal city recently, so how could she possibly have saved up two hundred coins?

so......

Her method of earning Ice Coins won't be the same as the World Book's...

Is it through some covert means that they are slowly stealing Snow White's inventory?

Weiss glanced at Bingfei with a suspicious expression.

Noticing the gaze behind her, Bingfei looked up and glared at him, her soaked clothes and snow-white skin almost completely exposed. Weiss quickly looked away, not daring to glance around anymore.

Afterwards, while being under Ice Queen's control, Weiss had nothing to do.

I suddenly realized that I hadn't checked the latest status of my pile of forbidden items.

【Wei Xiao (1008) → (1008)】

【Wind Garment (791) → (787): The Wind Garment, now imbued with ice and snow properties, possesses enhanced resistance to high temperatures】

Wei Xiao remained unchanged.

This was an expected development.

However, Weiss didn't know why the upgrades to the Wind Garment were always as slow as a tortoise's pace.

Despite having gone through several life-or-death battles alongside me, my ranking has only fluctuated by single digits.

It seems its core mechanism is simply shielding one's aura; aside from that, any improvement in combat power is considered negligible...