Chapter 2955: Opportunity

The Ice Lord felt quite proud, as this was the same thing that everyone who saw the Iceheart said. The Iceheart had given birth to the Ice Spirit Tribe, which was why the Luna Alliance had once threatened to take away the Iceheart. That disaster would cause the Ice Spirit Tribe to completely melt away.

Losing the Iceheart would mean the death of the entire Ice Spirit Tribe.

"Senior Ice Lord, how many people have seen Iceheart?" Lu Yin asked.

The Ice Spirit considered the question. "Besides me, only a few members of the Five Spirits Alliance and people who belong to the Lord of Lightning."

"For example, my master," Jiang Qingyue interjected.

The Ice Lord agreed, "Your master, Kong Tianzhao, has seen it, and the decisive battle that took place between his two selves took place here in in our Ice Spirit Tribe’s universe."

Lu Yin arched a brow. What did this mean? How could a decisive battle have taken place between a man and himself?

Jiang Qingyue's expression fell.

"Aside from those few, no one else has seen it. Oh, also, Bi Rong has seen it," the Ice Lord continued.

Lu Yin pressed further, "Has any person or creature with any connection to the Aeternals ever seen it?"

The Ice Lord answered with absolute confidence, "No.

"The only ones who have ever seen the Iceheart are the people who have been recognized by our tribe. Without that, not even other members of the Five Spirits Alliance can see it."

Lu Yin continued to consider the problem. The most important point of this visit was for him to somehow create a fake Iceheart that he could take back to Aeternus as part of his cover story. However, for that to work, the Aeternals could not know what the Iceheart looked like.

It would not be easy to fake the Iceheart, but he would be able to do it, provided he obtained a piece of froststone.

"Why do you ask, Dao Monarch Lu?" The Ice Lord was quite curious.

Lu Yin did not hide his thoughts. "I want to make a fake Iceheart to take back to the Aeternals to explain myself."

The Ice Lord shook his head. "That’s impossible. The Aeternals are not stupid, and the Iceheart is unique. So far, such a thing has not appeared in any other parallel universe. It can’t be faked or copied. Even our tribe’s oldest froststone is impossible to compare to the Iceheart."

"Senior, can you give me a piece of froststone? It doesn’t need to be much, and it can be any random piece." Lu Yin said.

"Just a piece?" The Ice Lord gave Lu Yin an odd look. Did this young man want to use a froststone as a fake Iceheart to deceive the Aeternals? That would be nothing less than courting death.

Jiang Qingyue also grew worried. "Brother Lu, what you’re thinking can’t possibly work. The Iceheart cannot be copied."

Lu Yin replied, "Don't worry, I will find another way."

Not needing any further explanation, the Ice Lord gave Lu Yin a piece of froststone. Dao Monarch Lu was no fool, and he would not chase after death.

Lu Yin stared at the froststone as though in a trance. It radiated a biting cold that was far more intense than the froststone that Lu Yin had first acquired. It was clear that the Ice Lord had not given Lu Yin a random froststone. This one was clearly quite old.

"This froststone is quite old. Ones at this age can be used as life-saving treasures."

Lu Yin put the froststone away. "I know. I’ve acquired one before."

This caught the Ice Lord by surprise. "Have you ever used it?"

Lu Yin nodded.

The Ice Lord stared at Lu Yin. "That’s highly unlikely. Froststones that are capable of freezing someone’s vitality to save their life are simply too rare. Even our entire tribe only has one such froststone. In the past, we had several, but all the others have been used."

Lu Yin did not argue and simply brought out Ming Yan’s frozen form.

The moment she appeared, the Ice Lord saw her, and his expression completely changed. "No!"

Lu Yin was startled, and he was slow to react.

The frozen form of Ming Yan shot straight towards the Iceheart. This startled Lu Yin, and he quickly stopped the movement. However, the moment his hand made contact with Ming Yan’s frozen figure, his entire arm froze. This was because freezing sequence particles had appeared.

"Let go." The Ice Lord grabbed Lu Yin.

Lu Yin felt desperate. "Yan'er!"

"She's fine." The Ice Lord pulled Lu Yin back, and he stared in a daze as she entered the Iceheart. He was completely confused, and his mind went blank for a moment.

"Brother Lu!" Jiang Qingyue shouted.

Lu Yin turned to stare at the Ice Lord. "Senior, what just happened?"

If the Ice Lord had not stopped Lu Yin, he would have been able to find some way to pull Yan'er back.

The Ice Lord’s mouth fell open. The Ice Spirit looked adorable as he stared at the Iceheart, and then at Lu Yin. He felt like crying, but he had no tears.

"Senior, what just happened?" Jiang Qingyue was puzzled. She examined the Iceheart, but there was no trace of Ming Yan's figure.

Jiang Qingyue was aware of Ming Yan’s existence, and regarded her as Lu Yin's most precious person and his wife.

If this matter was not handled carefully, there would be big trouble. Everything had happened too quickly.

The Ice Lord sounded bitter as he explained, "You don’t need to worry. This is that person’s great luck."

Lu Yin felt incredibly confused.

The Ice Lord turned around and faced the Iceheart. "That person should have been on the verge of death, which is why you froze her with that froststone. Such measures are incredibly useful, as they allow a truly powerful expert to save them later on. However, now that she has entered the Iceheart, she’s not merely being frozen by the Iceheart, but has also encountered a matter of fate.

"She did not merely have her vitality frozen, as she was also frozen in time. This means that, one day, someone could save her. Now, she might also obtain the power of freezing, which will basically make her a human member of our Ice Spirit Tribe. She will be equal to a very powerful Ice Spirit."

Lu Yin was shocked. Was this really possible?

Jiang Qingyue was similarly stunned. "Are you saying that she’s both frozen and cultivating?"

The Ice Lord still sounded quite bitter. "Very nearly. For them, this is a blessing, but for my Ice Spirit Tribe, this is a massive loss. It took uncounted years for the Iceheart to form, and a tremendous amount of power was taken from it by freezing a person long ago. With a second person added, the Iceheart might be completely consumed.

"This is all my fault. You shouldn't have been allowed to take out that froststone. The Iceheart is very greedy, and it tries to devour ancient froststones. Our Ice Spirit Tribe had several such stones, but they were all consumed by the Iceheart. That human was frozen by a froststone, so the moment that she appeared, the froststone was devoured by the Iceheart, which means that she is now being frozen by the Iceheart.

"I was simply careless."

Lu Yin breathed a sigh of relief. "So, are you saying that Yan'er is fine?"

The Ice Lord shrugged. "She’s not just fine, she’s doing wonderfully."

Lu Yin used Heaven’s Sight to examine the Iceheart. He had not done so before, as he had been worried about offending the Ice Spirit Tribe, but at this point in time, Lu Yin simply did not care.

Instantly, he saw the freezing sequence particles that surrounded the Iceheart, as well as countless more inside. Everything was blurry, but he could make out the form of a person within the Iceheart. Wait, why were there two people?

"Are there two people inside it?" Lu Yin was horrified.

Jiang Qingyue was startled, not because of what Lu Yin had said, but because Lu Yin’s expression looked like he had just seen a ghost. Was the sight that scary?

The Ice Lord replied, "There is another person frozen within it."

Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief, and his pounding heart calmed down.

I see. That's good, that's good.

For a moment, he had thought that Yan'er’s two personalities had separated into different bodies, and he had been terrified by the prospect.

"Who is the other one? Are they also human?" Jiang Qingyue was curious.

The Ice Lord was still staring at Lu Yin. "Dao Monarch Lu, can you see through the Iceheart?"

"It’s very blurry," Lu Yin admitted.

The Ice Lord was impressed. "You are not even a peak powerhouse yet, but you can already see through the Iceheart. Your reputation is certainly deserved, Dao Monarch Lu."

With a sigh, he then turned to look at Jiang Qingyue. "There is another person inside, Jiangyue, and you know her."

Jiang Qingyue grew terribly confused. "Do I know her?"

"Right, your father won’t let me speak of that matter, so just forget I said anything at all," the Ice Lord continued.

Jiang Qingyue's eyes flickered, and then grew large. "Is it her?"

"Don't mention anything, even if you understand. Your father is keeping her existence a secret." The Ice Lord stopped Jiang Qingyue from saying anything.

Jiang Qingyue nodded with a smile. "So she's not dead. That’s wonderful."

"Senior Ice Lord, how do I get Yan'er out again?"

"She simply needs someone powerful enough to pull her out. I am not able to do that."

Lu Yin looked at the Iceheart, conflicted emotions playing across his eyes. Staying here would greatly benefit Yan’er, but it meant that he would need to leave her behind for some time, and that made his heart feel empty.

The Ice Lord was also in a bad mood. The person who had first been frozen in the Iceheart had only entered after the Lord of Lightning paid a steep price. However, another person had entered without explanation, and no price had been paid at all. No matter how the Ice Lord looked at the situation, the Ice Spirit Tribe had suffered a terrible loss.

"Brother Lu, how is your injured arm?" Jiang Qingyue asked.

Lu Yin glanced down. "It's fine. I’ll just need to be careful for a bit."

His arm had been frozen by the Iceheart. If the Ice Lord had not acted as quickly, Lu Yin’s entire body would have been frozen.

Thinking of that, Lu Yin realized he should be grateful to the Ice Lord for rescuing him and Yan’er.

Speaking words of thanks were meaningless. Froststones were the Ice Spirit Tribe’s greatest treasures, culminating in the Iceheart. However, not even Lu Yin could produce a second Iceheart.

He moved away from the Ice Spirit Domain, but he did not immediately return to the Scourge. Rather, he wanted to first Enhance the froststone that he had been given and see if he could create another Iceheart.

Jiang Qingyue also did not leave. She had visited the Ice Spirit Tribe to cultivate in their universe.

Above snow-capped mountains, pure white maelstroms swept through the sky and across the earth. This planet was not suitable for living creatures, but it suited Lu Yin’s needs for his seclusion.

His hand rose, and his die appeared. He tapped it with a finger to begin rolling the die.

With Pilfer, a packet of something powdery fell out. Lu Yin checked it and found that it was a seasoning envelope. He simply threw it away. Again. Five pips, Gift Copy. However, there was no one nearby from whom Lu Yin could borrow an innate gift. Again. Three pips.

Lu Yin let out a breath as he pulled out the froststone. It was much larger than the one he had received years ago that he had used to freeze Yan’er.

Lu Yin broke it in two, as that was big enough.

He first threw one of the two pieces onto the top light screen and started frantically throwing out star essence.

The froststone was already roughly equal to Lu Yin’s first froststone after ten Enhancements. Lu Yin quickly spent seven billion star essence Enhancing the stone, and he watched as the froststone fell through the two screens of light. Such an amount of money no longer meant the same to Lu Yin as it once had.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

He had nearly 100 trillion star essence at the moment.

As the froststone was continuously upgraded, the coldness it radiated underwent a qualitative change.

Once it cost over a trillion star essence for a single upgrade, even Lu Yin started to grow wary of the froststone’s chill. Even so, it was not enough, so he continued.

Again and again, the froststone was Enhanced until it had passed through the two light screens ten times, which was roughly the same as if Lu Yin’s first froststone had been upgraded twenty times. The last upgrade cost him five trillion star essence.

This was an incredible cost to Enhance something. It had only cost him six trillion star essence to repair one of the Books of Destiny.

Lu Yin watched as the stone slowly fell down, and the ground beneath it cracked. Mist appeared and surrounded the froststone. Everything nearby froze instantly, and the effect spread throughout the nearby area.

A purple-black substance appeared on Lu Yin's left hand, and he grabbed the froststone. If not for his Wielder-level battle force, he would not be able to endure this extreme cold.

This level should be enough to make a convincing fake Iceheart. Even sequence powerhouses would need to be careful of this cold, and Shao Yin had never actually made contact with the Iceheart. Because of that, he was even more likely to believe that this froststone was the Iceheart.

However, this froststone had not been Enhanced to its limit yet, and it was still capable of further upgrades. Lu Yin could not say how many more times it could be Enhanced.

If it reached the same level as the Iceheart, would that mean that, by cultivating inside the stone, they would gain the power to freeze things?

Would that also cause freezing sequence particles to appear?

Lu Yin stared at the froststone in his hand, excitement blazing in his eyes. This was another way to gain strength.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA