Chapter 241 Do you have a way to make Ice Emperor leave Huo Yuhao?
Hyotei's voice echoed in Yuki-tei's perception.
Xue Di sat by the cold spring, her feet immersed in the water, her eyes closed.
Her brows twitched slightly, then she slowly opened her eyes and looked in Huo Yuhao's direction.
Or rather, looking at the faint, ethereal figure within Huo Yuhao's body.
"Hyotei?" Yuki-tei's voice carried a hint of surprise. "How did you end up inside a human body?"
The phantom of Hyotei trembled slightly in Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness.
Her voice was low, carrying an indescribable complexity.
"It's a long story. Xue'er, tell me first. How did you recover?"
"The last time I saw you, you were still in the Conferred God Platform, and you looked like that... I thought you wouldn't last much longer."
Xue Di's face was full of strange expressions:
"You still know I was in the Investiture of the Gods? When did we meet?"
But she quickly responded again via telepathy.
"It was Liu Yuan who saved me. He released me from the Conferred God Platform, and then Electrolux helped me nourish my soul and reshape my body."
"In exchange, I will be his protector."
The phantom of Hyotei trembled even more violently.
"A protector? You agreed to be his protector?"
"Hmm." Xue Di's voice remained calm. "He helped me recover, and I will ensure his safety for a hundred years. A fair trade."
Hyotei remained silent for a long time.
She looked at Xue Di's face, which had regained its luster, at the white aura flowing around her, and at her composed demeanor as she sat by the cold spring.
Xue Di was telling the truth.
Her recovery was indeed due to Liu Yuan.
That Soul Emperor, who's over level 60, really has the ability to do things that even she can't.
"And what about you?" Xue Di's voice pulled Bing Di back from her thoughts. "How did you end up in a human body? Your current state seems very strange."
The phantom of Hyotei trembled slightly.
She didn't know where to begin.
That period of time was too long, from the far north to the Star Dou Great Forest, from being bewitched by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to choosing Huo Yuhao, every step was like a gamble, and every step was a losing gamble.
"It was that stinking bug." Hyotei's voice carried a hint of hatred. "The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. It came to me and said it had chosen a host with great potential, and wanted me to gamble with it. I believed it."
Xue Di frowned.
"The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm? That million-year-old silkworm?"
"It's this one." Hyotei's voice was even lower. "It said that if I followed it, I would have a chance to become a god and then enjoy eternal life. I was confused at the time, so I agreed."
Xue Di shifted her gaze from Huo Yuhao to Liu Yuan by the pool.
The boy was bending down to pick a magical herb on the other side of the pool, the purple-gold light in his three pupils flickering slightly.
"That Huo Yuhao?" Xue Di asked.
"Um."
Xue Di was silent for a moment, then spoke, her voice turning colder.
"That bug. I'm going to crush it."
Hyotei gave a wry smile.
"It's too late for you to crush it now. It's already merged with Huo Yuhao, just like me. We're both inside him, unable to get out."
Xue Di frowned even more deeply. She looked at Huo Yuhao.
The boy was squatting by the rock, tending to the wound on his chest. His movements were clumsy, his face was pale, and there was a scab of blood on his forehead.
Xue Di thought of Liu Yuan.
They're both young people, but the difference is huge.
"This Huo Yuhao is far inferior to Liu Yuan."
Xue Di's tone was very straightforward, without any embellishment.
"At his age, Liu Yuan had already condensed his first soul core and possessed a 100,000-year-old soul spirit. What about him? He can't even take care of himself."
"I dare say that Liu Yuan now, in a one-on-one fight, could take on ten Huo Yuhaos."
Hyotei did not refute this.
She had no way to refute it.
"Yes." Hyotei's voice carried a deep weariness.
"He is indeed not as good as Liu Yuan."
"Talent, temperament, and decisiveness are all inferior. I just didn't meet Liu Yuan back then, otherwise... I wouldn't have made this decision."
Xue Di looked at her, remained silent for a moment, and then asked a very direct question.
"Can you leave him now?"
The phantom of Hyotei trembled.
"Leave?" Her voice carried a bitter smile.
"I have completely merged with him. My martial spirit, my soul bone, and my origin are all inside him. I can't leave."
Xue Di's brows furrowed.
She rubbed her temples, as if she had a headache.
"You've staked your life on someone like this..." She didn't finish her sentence, but Hyotei knew what she wanted to say.
"I know," Hyotei said in a low voice. "I know."
The chill of the cold spring still lingers.
The white, frigid air of the Snow Emperor and the chill of the icy spring mingled together, indistinguishable from one another.
She sat there without saying anything more, and Hyotei also remained silent.
On the other side of the pool, Liu Yuan was still bending over to pick the fairy grass.
His movements were quick, but very careful.
Each plant was examined first to confirm its age and condition, then it was picked and stored in the storage soul guide.
In the areas he traversed, the number of miraculous herbs growing in the crevices of the rocks dwindled.
Poison Undying followed behind him, but did not make another move.
He watched Liu Yuan pick those magical herbs, occasionally nodding and saying "This one is not bad," but most of the time he remained silent.
Long Aotian walked at the very back, without carrying any immortal herbs.
He wasn't very interested in these things; he was more concerned about his surroundings.
His eyes were constantly scanning the area, remaining alert.
Liu Yuan's storage soul tool was already filled with many immortal herbs.
Eight-pointed Ice Grass, Fiery Apricot Blossom, Extraordinary Chrysanthemum, Narcissus Jade Skin, Eight-petaled Fairy Orchid, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and Dew-laden Autumn Water. Each one is a rare treasure found nowhere else, and each one exudes a faint fluctuation of soul power.
He didn't stop.
There are still many things he can take from the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, and he doesn't want to waste this opportunity.
About half an hour later, Liu Yuan finally straightened up and stretched his slightly sore neck.
He glanced around the pool and saw that most of the medicinal herbs he could see had already been picked.
His storage soul tool was completely full; he had exceeded his goal for this trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
He turned around and looked in the direction of the cold spring.
Xue Di was still sitting there, her feet in the water, her eyes closed.
Her white aura was thicker than before, surging from her body, mingling with the chill of the cold spring, and slowly dissipating in the air.
Her complexion was better than before; her lips were no longer so pale, and her skin had a more noticeable glow.
The coldness of the cold spring is decreasing.
It didn't disappear; it was absorbed by the Snow Emperor.
The thin frost that had covered the rocks began to melt, revealing the grayish-white stone surface beneath. The temperature of the spring water was also changing, though it was still cold.
Liu Yuan walked to the edge of the cold spring, squatted down, and looked at the Snow Emperor.
"Is that enough?"
Xue Di didn't open her eyes, but nodded.
The mist was still billowing around the pool, and the cold and hot springs flowed separately.
Snow Empress stood up from the cold spring, her feet leaving the water. The water droplets on her skirt froze into ice crystals the moment they left the water, then shattered into powder and dissipated into the air.
Her complexion was much better than before, and her skin had a more noticeable glow. The chill circulated around her body before slowly receding back in.
She opened her eyes and looked at Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuanzheng stood not far away, holding a freshly picked immortal herb in his hand, preparing to put it into his storage soul tool.
Then, a voice rang out in Liu Yuan's mind.
It wasn't Electrolux's voice, it was Xue Di's.
"Liu Yuan, there's something I want to ask you."
Liu Yuan paused for a moment, put the immortal herb into his storage soul tool, and then responded in his sea of consciousness.
"What's up?"
Xue Di paused for a moment, as if she was carefully choosing her words.
Then she spoke.
"Do you have a way to get Hyotei away from Huo Yuhao?"
(End of chapter)