A continuous week of light rain had caused the temperature to drop quite a bit. The originally warm breeze that blew in had turned slightly cool, and the sound of dripping water droplets was incredibly crisp, but after a long time, it still felt a little tedious.
Yet at this moment, the evergreen trees bloomed with vibrant flowers. The bright red color paired perfectly with the somewhat deep green, as if adding a great deal of special interest to the dull world.
These past few days, the Ice Empress has not been taking people around to stroll, seemingly having grown somewhat tired of it. She spent the whole day clinging to the Snow Empress, leaving Shen Hanyu somewhat helplessly squeezed out.
But he went along with the Ice Empress anyway. After all, in just a few more days, the Ice Empress would have to sacrifice herself. Having stayed in Element City for so long, he still had several soul rings that needed to be filled. He could not continue wasting time idly in Element City.
The Snow Empress unusually spoke in a gentle and soft voice to comfort the Ice Empress. She had already chosen Shen Hanyu, but how could she not understand the Ice Empress's feelings toward her? It was just that some things were destined by fate and could not be forcibly changed.
She and the Ice Empress had been friends for tens of thousands of years. Perhaps at some point in the past, she had also considered responding to the Ice Empress's feelings, but in the end, that time had passed. She and the Ice Empress would each have their own final destination.
Tianmeng, on the other hand, sighed repeatedly while continuing to soak himself in fruit juice, swimming around. From time to time, he would pour out his grievances to Shen Hanyu, complain about the current situation, then slap himself and comfort himself for a long time, only to regain his confidence in the blink of an eye.
Looking at his good brother who kept cheering himself on, Shen Hanyu could only let out a soft sigh and gently pat the other party as encouragement and comfort.
Gazing at the thick dark clouds slowly approaching in the distance, as well as the vibrant flowers by the window, Shen Hanyu slowly closed his eyes. He estimated that this would be one of the few leisurely moments he would have in the next year or two. Once he left Element City, countless threats and haste would become the main theme of life, making it hard to have such idle tranquility again.
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A dazzling red light soared into the sky once more. Accompanied by raging flames, the Ice Empress, now revealing her soul beast's true form, slowly became empty in both eyes. A ferocious beast soul ring approaching forty thousand years, slowly landed in the position of the fourth soul ring on Shen Hanyu's second martial soul. The other three differently colored soul rings slowly rotated, almost unaffected.
As Shen Hanyu opened his eyes, a piece of emerald-green torso soul bone also slowly arrived in his hand.
"Level ninety-five…"
Shen Hanyu lightly clenched his fist, feeling the soul power within his body surge once again.
In the sea of consciousness, Tianmeng was attentively replenishing energy for the Ice Empress. He didn't know what Tianmeng and the Snow Empress had said to this flat little loli these past few days, but the Ice Empress's attitude toward Shen Hanyu had surprisingly become much friendlier. At the very least, she no longer gave him a cold face upon seeing him as she had before.
Shui Bing'er stepped forward somewhat worriedly and asked:
"My teacher… she… is she still okay?"
It had to be said that the Ice Empress was truly devoted to teaching Shui Bing'er. Not only did she pass on her understanding and usage methods of Ultimate Ice to the other party, but she even personally guided and trained them hands-on.
Shui Bing'er had never shown any prejudice toward the Ice Empress because of her soul beast identity. She was extremely respectful toward this "little sister" teacher, who was a full head shorter than her.
It could truly be called "a kind master and filial disciple."
Shen Hanyu glanced at the Ice Empress in the sea of consciousness, who was currently directing Tianmeng to renovate the residence, and said:
"She is doing very well. The souls of the soul beasts who sacrificed themselves to me are preserved extremely intact. In certain moments, they can even briefly manifest a physical body to move in the outside world through special methods."
Only then did Shui Bing'er nod and prepare to leave.
"Wait…"
Shen Hanyu called out, then handed over the torso bone left by the Ice Empress to Shui Bing'er, continuing:
"The Ice Empress wants to leave her soul bone to you. This is her intention."
Shui Bing'er held the emerald-green soul bone somewhat at a loss, pausing for a long while before saying:
"You're not giving it to Liuyu?"
Shen Hanyu shook his head and said:
"This torso soul bone contains the soul skills Eternal Freeze Domain and Ice Empress's Fury. The former is a powerful domain-type soul skill, while the latter is an attack soul skill that can be called the strongest among ice attributes. Without a doubt, both soul skills are extremely suitable for an ice phoenix with the Ultimate Ice attribute.
The Ice Empress has full authority over the allocation of this soul bone, and she is undoubtedly the best master for this soul bone."
In the sea of consciousness, the Ice Empress looked at this scene with some suspicion, seemingly curious why Shen Hanyu seemed to understand her soul bone's skills even better than she did.
Shui Bing'er hugged the soul bone, still somewhat hesitant as she looked toward Shen Hanyu, feeling a bit uneasy after all.
Shen Hanyu felt somewhat helpless. He then took out a torso soul bone that emanated pure ultimate cold energy and dragon might. For a moment, even the soul bone produced by the Ice Empress seemed to be suppressed.
"This soul bone comes from the third soul ring of my second martial soul, a sixty-thousand-year true dragon-level ice dragon, also the clan leader of this generation's ice dragon clan. This soul bone is specially reserved by me for A-Yu."
Shen Liuyu, beside him, instantly beamed with joy. She rushed forward, hugged Shen Hanyu's arm, and began to act coquettishly, though her gaze remained fixed on the soul bone in Shen Hanyu's hand.
Shen Hanyu found it somewhat amusing. He tossed the soul bone to Shen Liuyu and then said:
"Don't rush to absorb it. The Ultimate Ice attribute of this soul bone has already been nurtured and assimilated by me quite a bit, and there is no resentment or anything like that. However, you still need to at least break through to Soul King before you can even attempt to absorb it. When absorbing it, Aunt Shui must stand guard by your side."
"Of course, the same goes for Bing'er. Both of these soul bones are top-grade among soul bones. What they can bring you is not only improvement in attributes and soul power, but they may even cause your martial souls to undergo some kind of evolution. That will depend on how you grasp it yourselves…"
Shen Liuyu and Shui Bing'er both nodded seriously, happily put away the soul bones, and then withdrew.
Shen Hanyu noticed Shui Yue'er, who had become somewhat invisible. This youngest girl was very diligent in cultivation, but her martial soul was considered the worst among everyone. In such matters, she almost had no say and was easily overlooked.
Shen Hanyu looked at the little girl who seemed somewhat aggrieved and pitiful, and for some reason, he thought of Shen Liuyu when she was little. Back then, Shen Liuyu had also been this cute, liking to cling to him, shed tears, and act spoiled. It was just that with the passage of time, things had changed a bit.
Watching the backs of the crowd leaving, Shen Hanyu slowly caught up to Shui Yue'er, who was walking at the very end, and patted her obviously somewhat downcast shoulder.
Shui Yue'er turned back in confusion, then said in surprise:
"Brother Yu…"
Shen Hanyu smiled and said:
"Feeling uncomfortable inside?"
Shui Yue'er shook her head and said:
"No… It's just that compared to my sister and Sister Liuyu, I feel like I'm a bit too ordinary…"
Shen Hanyu shook his head with a laugh and said:
"Feeling down means feeling down. You're not ordinary at all. It's not that we're not giving you soul bones, it's just that the soul bones we have almost all come with powerful attack properties and uniqueness. The suitable ones have years that are too low and don't match you. But you don't need to worry.
The dolphin martial soul may be considered ordinary, but it also has its own unique path of evolution. Later, when obtaining soul rings, let Aunt Shui take you to hunt soul beasts with strong mermaid bloodlines in the ocean as much as possible. Awaken the mermaid bloodline in your martial soul as soon as possible to complete the evolution. When the time comes, you won't be short of soul bones…"
A gleam appeared in Shui Yue'er's eyes. Somewhat surprised, she said:
"Really?"
Shen Hanyu rubbed Shui Yue'er's head and said with a smile:
"I rarely lie in this regard."
Shui Yue'er became lively again. She hopped and skipped to catch up with Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu, and the three of them started playing and frolicking once more.
Shui Bing'er secretly turned back to give Shen Hanyu a grateful look, then joined Shen Liuyu in surrounding Shui Yue'er, teasing and playing around…
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