Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

"I used the source of the strange ice to condense the power of the snowfield and sealed that black mist. However, without the source of the strange ice, I lost all my cultivation and was no different from a cripple. Fortunately, I was fast enough to retrieve some usable items from my storage artifact before my cultivation completely disappeared. Thanks to those items, I didn't freeze to death on the snowfield."

"After leaving the depths of the snowfield, I encountered the large entourage brought by the Crown Prince of Beiming," Emperor Dongyang said slowly. "I handed the child over to the Crown Prince of Beiming and told him what had happened beneath the rift."

"After the Crown Prince of Beiming learned of this, he ordered the team to speed up and go there. However, the black mist was too strange. The Yibing Spirit Source could only seal it temporarily. It was impossible to seal it forever. People would probably die if we went there. I wanted to persuade the Crown Prince of Beiming to give up, but he wouldn't listen and insisted on going. I was injured and couldn't leave alone, so I had to go with them. But when we returned, we found nothing."

"The black mist is gone, the source of the strange ice has disappeared, and the crack has also disappeared." Emperor Dongyang said, "During that time, I stayed with the team to recover from my injuries, while the Crown Prince of Beiming's people kept looking for the crack. However, after searching for half a year in that place, I was almost fully recovered, but they still couldn't find the crack, so they had no choice but to return home."

"When we left the snowfield, the Crown Prince of Beiming told me that the black mist was of unknown origin and could take over people's bodies. He said that if this got out, it would cause panic and asked me to keep it to myself and not to spread it."

“I understand Crown Prince Beiming’s concerns and agreed. Therefore, after returning to Dongyang, I never mentioned it to anyone who asked.” At this point, Emperor Dongyang looked at Ling Yi: “Ling Yi, do you know why I am telling you this today?”

Ling Yi asked, "Why?"

"Because you killed the three-headed python and solved the strange incident in the Spring Kingdom." Emperor Dongyang looked at Ling Yi: "I think that perhaps you will know what that black mist is and be able to deal with it."

"I understand." Ling Yi looked at Emperor Dongyang: "Your Majesty wants me to go to Beiming to investigate the origin of that black mist?"

Emperor Dongyang nodded: "What do you think?"

Ling Yi sneered: "I don't think so."

"If even a Spirit Saint and a Spirit Venerable combined can't handle it, what's the difference between me going and throwing my life away?" Although Ling Yi was curious, it had nothing to do with her, so she didn't want to go.

"Ling Yi, I don't think you're just throwing your life away." Emperor Dongyang said solemnly, "I believe that if it were you, you would definitely be able to find out the truth about this matter."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yi instinctively wanted to refuse, but the words caught in her throat.

Fragments of the Mountain and River Mirror.

The two existing fragments are from the Dongyang Empire and the Chun Kingdom, which is affiliated with the Nanyuan Empire. What about the remaining two fragments?

Could it be in the Northern Underworld Empire or the Western Flame Empire?

It's uncertain, but not impossible, and... the story Emperor Dongyang told was also related to the source of the strange ice.

Thinking of this, Ling Yi looked at Emperor Dongyang: "Your Majesty wishes me to go, so of course I should go, but..." Ling Yi stopped speaking.

Emperor Dongyang met Ling Yi's dark eyes and said amiably, "Of course I wouldn't let you go for nothing."

"It won't be a wasted trip. Does Your Majesty have anything to offer?" Ling Yi asked directly. "Spirit stones, pills, magic weapons, cultivation techniques—I don't need any of those. Besides these, what else can Your Majesty give me?"

"I don't want these. I really don't know what else to give you right now," Emperor Dongyang said, looking at Ling Yi. "Why don't you suggest something?"

“I’d like to mention…” Ling Yi pondered for a moment, and then thought of something: “Your Majesty, Lingyang Kingdom is affiliated with Dongyang Empire. I’m sure that if Your Majesty speaks up, Lingyang Kingdom will do its utmost.”

Emperor Dongyang nodded: "Indeed."

“Then I’ll trouble Your Majesty to speak with the Lingyang Kingdom and investigate the Lin family’s background.” Ling Yi thought for a moment and added, “Especially what happened during Madam Lin’s pregnancy.”

This matter is nothing compared to cultivation techniques and elixirs, but investigating past events is time-consuming and laborious. Ling Yi is too lazy to investigate it himself, so it's better to leave it to someone else.

As for the Northern Underworld Empire, although it is not yet certain whether it is related to the Mountain and River Mirror, it is related to the Different Ice Spirit Source, so it wouldn't hurt to go and take a look.

"Alright." Emperor Dongyang readily agreed: "Ling Yi, when you go, tell me that I will tell the Crown Prince of Beiming, no, I will tell Emperor Beiming. After all, it is the Beiming Empire, and he knows about what happened back then. He wants an answer even more than I do."

"Alright." Ling nodded. "Your Majesty, is there anything else? If not, I'll take my leave."

"It's alright, you can go back and rest."

"Okay." Ling Yi responded and left the room.

After coming out of the house, Ling Yi found Lin Xinze.

"Little sister." Lin Xinze smiled as soon as he saw Ling Yi.

When Dongfang Jibai saw Ling Yi arrive, he said goodbye to Lin Xinze and left.

Ling Yi sat down next to Lin Xinze and looked at the Dark Night Golden Tiger flying beside him: "I have a question for you."

When facing Ling Yi, Dark Night Golden Tiger was extremely polite: "Ask whatever you want, and I will answer you if I know the answer."

Ling Yi said slowly, "You are a spirit-level beast, so you should have just gained intelligence. Your intelligence is about the same as a child's, and you don't understand human speech. If you don't understand human speech, how can you understand what Lin Xinze is saying?"

"This..." Dark Night Golden Tiger flicked its tail: "I don't know either."

Before Ling Yi could speak, Dark Night Golden Tiger said, "I can understand not only Xiao Ze's words, but also the words of others. However, Xin Ze's words convey a kind of power that is different from others, which is why I chased after Xin Ze back then."

"But I didn't expect Xinze to understand me, and I certainly didn't expect you to understand me too." Little Golden Tiger grumbled, "I understand what you just said. Do you think it's possible that someone taught me human language, which is why I can understand you?"

Ling Yi looked at it: "You're asking me?"

Little Golden Tiger: "Mm."

"Heh." Ling Yi sneered, "You yourself don't know, how could I possibly know?"

Little Golden Tiger: "..." If you don't know, you don't know. What's with the sneer?

So fierce!

Seeing that it remained silent, Ling continued to stab it: "Have you lost your memory, or are you simply unable to remember?"

"I don't know..." the little golden tiger continued wagging its tail, "I slept for too long and forgot a lot of things."

"You've even forgotten how it got shut down?"

Little Golden Tiger: "Hehe, I forgot."

Ling Yi: "..." Forgot what you were grinning about?

Knowing nothing when asked, Ling got up, not intending to ask any more questions. After giving some instructions to Lin Xinze, she got up and left.

Xiao Jinhu and Lin Xinze saw Ling Yi off until she was out of sight. Only then did Xiao Jinhu breathe a sigh of relief and look at Lin Xinze: "Xiaoze, your sister is so fierce."

"No way," Lin Xinze retorted, "My sister is clearly very gentle."

Little Golden Tiger exclaimed in disbelief, "What kind of look is that?!"