Chapter 321: Ice Coffin (Bonus Chapter for Donations)
Fei Yuan chased after her, smelling the lingering sweet scent of a female in the air. His face darkened abruptly. "What were you in such a hurry to come here for? So you wanted to steal my person! Where is Luo'er? Hand her over!"
Cang Qian stared fixedly at the air before him, his voice cold and unwavering. "She's not here with me. She ran away."
"Why can't I sense her aura? You must have secretly hidden her! You look like a blockhead on the surface, but you're secretly playing tricks on me?"
"…I really didn't do anything to her. She's not in my hands right now."
"If I don't beat you until you submit, you won't hand her over!"
"…"
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Sang Luo arrived at an ice cave filled with rampant cold, looking utterly lost. Where had she randomly teleported herself to?
The air was cold, damp, and oxygen-thin, as if she were underground.
The chilling cold that stabbed at one's spine was extremely unusual. Sang Luo covered herself in a layer of fire spiritual energy, but she still shivered from the cold, unable to resist it much. She already had a bit of a cold, and now she sneezed several times fiercely, rubbing her hands. "I should hurry up and leave!"
Just as Sang Luo was about to teleport away, Little Zhi Xin ran out, sniffing wildly in the air. "Mother, there's something here!"
With that, she dashed towards the depths of the ice cave.
Sang Luo couldn't even stop her. That child!
She's an ice beast and isn't afraid of the cold, but what about her mother!
Sang Luo looked around and used her spiritual power to investigate the surroundings. This ice cave was truly unusual. Many specially made lodestones were embedded inside, which could shield internal sensing. Her spiritual power couldn't see anything.
Curiosity ultimately took over.
Sang Luo surrounded herself with several more layers of fire spiritual energy and followed her daughter.
The underground ice cave was absurdly large, estimated to be larger than the entire Ice Emperor Palace. Sang Luo guessed that she should still be near the Ice Emperor Palace, perhaps right under it.
The ice cave was empty, filled only with ice. Not even a colored stone could be seen. The ice and snow were crystal clear at a glance, and the cave was dozens of yards high. The boundless desolation swept through people's hearts, which was quite shocking.
"Mother, quiz you, what is this kind of ice stone used for?" Sang Luo walked to an ice wall and released Little Qi from her space.
Little Qi looked small, but he was her eldest child. He hadn't learned much from his father, Quan Jin, in the past few years, but after she took him in, she and Si Ye started to 'chicken-parent' him.
Little Qi was also very clever, learning almost everything quickly, especially enjoying browsing ancient books about rare treasures.
He saw the problem at a glance, happily wagging the tip of his tail. "Mother, this ice cave wasn't formed naturally, but was created by someone. This ice is called Xuan Yun Ice, which is very precious and rare. Your son sees that there are at least a thousand years' worth. It is no ordinary person who can gather so much Xuan Yun Ice that is thousands of years old, most likely Uncle Qilin did it."
"That's what Mother guessed too, but what did he put so much Xuan Yun Ice in the cave for? What is Xuan Yun Ice used for?"
"Xuan Yun Ice is hard and strong, like metal and stone. Some weapon refiners have always specifically looked for this kind of ice stone to refine some special magical artifacts, but this ice stone also has a very special use, which can keep the flesh incorruptible for ten thousand years."
Sang Luo's heart trembled. Cang Qian shouldn't have any special hobbies, right? Hiding dead people in the ice cave… She immediately thought of some unpleasant scenarios…
Little Zhi Xin's voice came from the depths ahead, echoing in the cave.
"Mother, come quickly, there are good things here!"
Sang Luo could hardly see where she was. "Walk slowly, don't get lost."
Sang Luo carried Little Qi over and arrived at the deepest part of the ice cave.
There was a three-meter-long ice stone hanging in the air, with eight ice chains embedded in the walls at the top and bottom corners to ensure that the ice stone would not fall.
Sang Luo looked at it for a long time, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt something was wrong. Why did the shape of this ice stone look so much like… a coffin?
Damn! Could there really be a corpse in this place!
Sang Luo felt like backing out.
Little Zhi Xin ran over. "Mother, I smell the Soul Returning Pearl! There must be a Soul Returning Pearl fragment hidden here!"
Sang Luo's heart was excited. Heaven knows what it means for a person with a collecting habit and obsessive-compulsive disorder to be just one last piece away.
The excitement was quickly extinguished by cold water. She shook her head and said, "After all, this is not our territory, it's not good to take things randomly."
Little Zhi Xin stomped her front paws alternately, reluctant to leave. "Mother, if I can get the complete Soul Returning Pearl, my soul laws can be completely improved, and I can also use the power of the Soul Returning Pearl."
Sang Luo was pleasantly surprised to hear this, but she was still a little hesitant.
Little Zhi Xin rubbed her paws, coaxing her. "Uncle Cang Qian wants to use the Soul Returning Pearl to do something. He can't do it with just the Soul Returning Pearl fragments. He definitely hopes to combine the three Soul Returning Pearls into one even more than Mother does. We will have to get this Soul Returning Pearl fragment sooner or later. At that time, I can not only help Mother, but also help Uncle Cang Qian achieve his wish."
Sang Luo thought that what her daughter said made sense, and she also remembered that Cang Qian looked honest, but she didn't expect him to be so despicable, and he even wanted to force himself! The anger in her heart burned even more. "Mother will look for it with you!"
"Mmm, mmm, Mother is the best!"
Little Zhi Xin was extremely excited.
Sang Luo released all the other cubs to help find it together.
After searching for a while, they didn't find it.
Sang Luo set her sights on the coffin in the sky.
She didn't really want to go there to look, but her instinct told her that the Soul Returning Pearl fragment Little Zhi Xin wanted was most likely inside that ice coffin.
Sang Luo thought about the ins and outs of the matter and could roughly guess the reason. The Beast God High Priest had passed away many years ago, and his remains were buried in the north, guarded by the Qilin clan. This kind of Xuan Yun Ice can keep the dead body incorruptible. The identity of the person using so many precious ice stones must not be low.
The one lying in this ice coffin…
Was probably the legendary Beast God High Priest!
Sang Luo took a deep breath, took all the children back into the space, and flew to the coffin.
This time, without Little Zhi Xin opening her mouth, she sensed the strong aura of the Soul Returning Pearl. It was indeed in this coffin!
She looked down at the ice coffin in front of her.
It was made of ten-thousand-year Xuan Ice, and the coffin surface was covered with a layer of thick frost, making it impossible to see what was inside.
Sang Luo put her finger on the coffin lid, thought for a while, and then withdrew her hand.
If there was really a dead person lying inside, she would be committing a great disrespect.
Sang Luo put her hands together and muttered a few times, "Descendants have offended you, sorry to disturb you! I'll just take a look!"
Her warm palm gently brushed across the ice surface, and the frost melted inch by inch the moment it touched her skin, revealing the man inside the coffin. He lay quietly in the coffin, as if he had fallen into a long sleep.
When Sang Luo saw the man's appearance clearly, she almost forgot to breathe.
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