My filial piety will never change

Zhao Yuchen smiled and said, "Wealth and honor are sought in danger. If she really exists, we can make a fortune from her."

Shen Suxin rolled her eyes. "What if she's lying? Aren't we falling into a trap?"

Zhao Yuchen said, "Even if we hand over the Rootless Fire to her obediently, she may not let us go. A fight is still inevitable. Instead of that, why not give it a try? The worst-case scenario is still just a fight. I'm sure that even if I can't defeat her, I can at least escape unscathed. Rest assured, young ladies!"

The two girls looked at each other, speechless, and could only follow him.

Han Ning's cave is at the bottom of an iceberg. Zhao Yuchen secretly left an Ice Sword Formation at the door just in case.

The passage in the front half of the cave is very narrow, and there is a relatively wide space in the center. This should be where Han Ning lives daily, with some strange utensils and beds placed here.

Continue going deeper and you will reach the second half. The passage in this part is wider and extends downwards.

After walking for at least several hundred meters, the terrain became flat, and we were already deep underground.

After walking a few hundred meters, the environment suddenly became clear. It seemed to be an underground ice palace.

There are nine icicles standing in the center of the palace. In the middle of the icicles is a large piece of ice stone covered with mysterious patterns.

A skeleton is sealed inside the ice stone, and in the skeleton's arms is a purple diamond-shaped ice crystal.

Han Ning said, "He is the Five Elements Venerable. His body has turned to bones, and his spirit has dissipated without a trace. But this seal still locks him tightly, not giving him any chance."

Seeing the real thing, Zhao Yuchen let down his guard a little and asked, "Since the Five Elements Venerable has mastered the Way of the Five Elements perfectly, why does he only have ice marrow and no crystals of other properties?"

Han Ning said with a hint of sorrow, "The four crystals of fire, earth, metal, and wood have all been assigned to their respective clans. Only the ice marrow remained untaught. Only by obtaining the ice marrow can I unite with the other four clans and reunite the Five Elements. You have seen the remains of the Five Elements Venerable, so it's time to state your conditions."

Zhao Yuchen stared at the seal and said, "I hope you can become mine."

Chapter 154 Ice Marrow

These words left Han Ning stunned, and her snow-white face instantly turned red.

The two lovers who were traveling with him also gave him looks that seemed to want to strangle him.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Zhao Yuchen immediately explained: "Ahem! What I mean is, form an alliance with me."

Han Ning asked suspiciously, "Ally? You want me to help you do things in Yuxuan Continent?"

Zhao Yuchen said, "Shangxuantian will be clearing out Yuxuan Continent soon. Did you know that?"

Han Ning nodded. "I remember the cleanup happened every 30 million years. I calculated the time, and it's about the same. If you want me to help protect Yuxuan Continent, honestly, I can't do it even if I die. Because the one coming to clean up is the Zhendao League. Although they cooperate with the three great Dao ancestors, their status is the same as the three great Dao ancestors, and naturally their strength is the same."

Zhao Yuchen said solemnly: "I won't force you to do anything you can't do. I just hope you can take me and my companions to Shangxuantian."

Han Ning showed a look of contempt. "You are quite clever. As long as you go to Shangxuantian, you can indeed avoid this disaster. However, after you go there, you will have no official identity and will have to hide from place to place."

"You misunderstood. I went to Shangxuantian not to seek refuge, but to become stronger."

"Become stronger?"

"Yes, the resources of Lower Xuantian are limited. Even the most talented person can't make a living without rice. So I want to go to Upper Xuantian and use the resources there to become stronger, strong enough to protect Lower Xuantian."

Han Ning's expression changed from contempt to admiration. "You are very brave to go to the enemy's territory to seek a way to deal with them. Very good! I'll make this deal. In addition, I will not forget the magic weapon and skills I promised to give you."

The deal was done, and Zhao Yuchen didn't say much. He took out the rootless fire and began to dissolve the seal.

Chichi~

Under the gentle burning of the rootless fire, the ice began to melt slowly, and the nine icicles became smaller and smaller.

Han Ning's beautiful eyes opened wide, filled with anticipation and excitement.

The bones in the ice were slowly exposed to the air, and as it continued to melt, the entire corpse fell into a pool of water.

The ice marrow was still suspended in the air, emitting circles of cold light.

Things would have been over at this point, but under the impact of the cold light of the ice marrow, the rootless fire began to gradually weaken, and the range of warmth was also shrinking.

Zhao Yuchen knew something was wrong, "What's going on?"

Han Ningxiu's face turned pale as she spoke, "The Ice Marrow has always been active. After the seal was lifted, its power began to run wild. A larger Rootless Fire could still contend with it, but the Rootless Fire in your hand is too small."

"Then what's your plan?"

"I'll try to put my own divine seal on it to see if I can suppress it!"

After saying that, Han Ning sent out his elves to surround Bing Sui and began to suppress him.

But soon, white frost appeared on the elf's body, and her spiritual power was absorbed by the ice marrow, making her unable to escape.

Zhao Yuchen gave the two lovers a look, asking them to help.

Shen Suxin and Gu Lingling immediately mobilized their strength, intending to weaken the power of the ice marrow.

With two more people helping, there was indeed an effect, and the cold state was relieved a little, but it was still unable to completely suppress the ice marrow.

Zhao Yuchen threw the rootless fire above the ice marrow and kept spinning it. Every time it spun, it emitted a wave of heat.

The ice marrow seemed to sense the pressure and became more violent. The rootless fire was directly extinguished, and Shen Suxin's body began to frost. Gu Lingling could still barely hold on because her physique and cultivation were in harmony.

Zhao Yuchen mobilized the yin and yang energies to continuously reduce the impact of the ice marrow, giving Han Ning a chance to conquer it.

Without the Rootless Fire, the temperature throughout the Ice Palace continued to drop. Even Gu Lingling began to feel a bit tired, and Shen Suxin was half frozen. It was feared that she would soon become an ice sculpture.

Zhao Yuchen knew that if he withdrew his power to protect her now, the Ice Marrow would completely lose control and everyone would suffer.

The only hope now is that Han Ning can calm him down as soon as possible, so that there is room for recovery.

Han Ning also knew this, and he gritted his teeth and persevered, sweat already oozing out of his body. As soon as the sweat flowed out of his body, it condensed into ice beads.

Fortunately, with the joint efforts of the four people, Bing Sui finally began to relax, and Han Ning put his divine seal on it bit by bit.

But she had just used up a lot of her strength and was a little overwhelmed. If she forced herself to continue, she was afraid that she would suffer a greater backlash.

But she was already in a difficult situation. If she retreated, she would die; if she didn't retreat, she would also die.

Zhao Yuchen saw his predicament at a glance and said, "I will divide a part of my spiritual power to help you complete it!"

Han Ning shook his head and said, "You are not a member of the Five Elements Water Tribe, so your attributes are not compatible with them..."

"You'll know if you try it!" Zhao Yuchen transformed his Qi into an extremely yin force, attached it to his spiritual thoughts, and assisted Han Ning in branding.

The ice marrow did not reject anything.

Han Ning couldn't help but be surprised, and quickly collected his mind, merging with Zhao Yuchen's mind, and continued to brand under his own leadership.

At the moment when their minds merged, her entire soul was throbbing. It was a strange feeling she had never experienced before. Even her heartbeat and blood were accelerating, as if she had entered a wonderful palace.

When she came to her senses, the ice marrow had been subdued by her and slowly floated to her chest.

Zhao Yuchen withdrew his mind at the right time: "Finally done."

"What the hell is going on? Look at me and Xiao Suxin..." Gu Lingling complained from the side.

Half of her body was frozen, and Shen Suxin turned into an ice sculpture.

Zhao Yuchen immediately used the power of pure yang to help Gu Lingling thaw out first, and then went to help Shen Suxin.

After thawing, Gu Lingling can rely on her own cultivation to hold on, but Shen Suxin has just consumed a lot of energy and cannot be replenished, so she is very weak after thawing. Unless Zhao Yuchen continues to supply her with pure yang power, she will find it difficult to hold on.

"Let me do it." Han Ning released his icy marrow. The chill that could have been fatal now became incredibly gentle, completely controlling the cold surrounding Shen Suxin and providing some relief. The disappearance of the cold also allowed the storage bag to be opened. She immediately swallowed several pills to restore her strength.

"Uh..." Han Ning suddenly fell down and lost consciousness at this moment.

The ice marrow lost control and turned into ice cubes and fell to the ground.

Without the ice marrow, Shen Suxin couldn't hold on for long, and frost began to form on her body surface again.

Gu Lingling held Shen Suxin in her arms and used her icy sword energy to form a sword formation to absorb the surrounding cold air. Although it was far less effective than ice marrow, it could still buy her some time.

Shen Suxin said faintly: "I'm sorry, I'm holding you back..."

"It's okay, there will be a solution." Gu Lingling rubbed her face and looked at Zhao Yuchen.

If there was still Rootless Fire, it would be fine. But the Rootless Fire was just dispelled by the Ice Marrow. The Filial Piety Shop cannot purchase it a second time, and I can't find anything similar.

"I won't let anything happen to you!" Zhao Yuchen picked up the ice marrow in one hand and carried Han Ning in the other and walked outside.

...

Zhao Yuchen threw Han Ning onto the ice bed and pressed his right hand against her exposed belly.

At this moment, something strange happened.

Chapter 155 The Iceberg Beauty Also Melts

As soon as Zhao Yuchen's yin and yang energies entered her dantian, they were entangled by her extremely yin power, which sucked them madly like a soul-eating ghost.

With every suck, Han Ning let out a soft moan, and her snow-white skin began to turn red.

Zhao Yuchen has treated others so many times, and except for Shen Suxin's Jade Maiden Sword Qi back then, this is the first time that he has been absorbed by the person being treated.

How could the experienced Zhao Yuchen allow himself to be exploited in vain? He immediately transformed his breath into pure yang power and resisted forcefully.

boom!

Something even stranger happened. The extremely yin power in Han Ning's body was not intimidated by the pure yang power. Instead, it became more active, and was accompanied by divine thoughts, as if it wanted to merge with the pure yang power.

Zhao Yuchen was forced to inject his spiritual thoughts into it as well. The two's spiritual thoughts merged again and communicated at the level of consciousness.

"What are you doing? I'm trying to help you out, but you're trying to suck me dry?"

"Hmm~ I... I don't know either. When your Qi entered my Dantian, my body couldn't help but crave your power... Even now, I can't control my spiritual desire. It seems like it wants to get more..."

"More of what?"

"Ah~ Should I say it's pleasure... or satisfaction..."

Zhao Yuchen sighed, "So that's how it is. As the saying goes, 'Yin alone cannot produce life, Yang alone cannot grow.' Your body has been in an extremely Yin state for a long time. Once you experience the feeling of Yin and Yang combining, you'll be unstoppable. Especially the pure Yang power I transformed. Not only does it not put pressure on it, but it will make it even more excited. The combination of Yin and Yang does not cancel each other out, but will generate each other, making your extremely Yin power even stronger."

Han Ning seemed to understand. "So that's why my cultivation has stagnated for so long. It's because I never considered introducing Yang Qi to assist. The same is true for the others in my clan. Occasionally, a genius is born, but they grow rapidly in the early stages and slowly in the later stages. No one can compare to the Five Elements Venerable. The reason is that they don't truly understand the principle of tolerance of opposites. So what should I do now?"

Zhao Yuchen said helplessly, "What else can I do? I can only satisfy your needs first. During this period, the damage you suffered from forcibly accepting the ice marrow will slowly be repaired. Now relax and follow me to circulate your Qi and spiritual thoughts. I am quite skilled in this area."

"it is good!"

Han Ning knew that he had almost harmed Zhao Yuchen and his group, so now he could only cooperate.

So under Zhao Yuchen's guidance, she opened the door to a new world.

Inside his body, the delightful fusion of spiritual consciousness and Qi permeated every nerve. Outside his body, Zhao Yuchen's hands continuously conditioned his flesh, reaching its limit.

"Hmm~ah~"

Under this double conditioning, the ice beauty twisted her waist with an intoxicated expression.

The Jade Spring on the Snow Mountain flows gently, melting the ice and snow wherever it passes, and the sky and earth become clear.

Even though she had never had this experience before, she could still instinctively hook her arms around Zhao Yuchen's neck and ask for the pitiful warmth from his mouth.

This was an inevitable battle. In order to end it as soon as possible, Zhao Yuchen had to use his natal artifact.

This artifact was condensed from pure Yang power. Once it was used, the temperature of the entire ice room rose a few degrees. The scorching light made the beauty's pretty face turn rosy, making her look intoxicated yet shy.

When the power of the artifact was fully unleashed, she felt as if her soul was about to be wiped out. She clung to Zhao Yuchen tightly, trying to grasp at a life-saving straw.

But she didn't know that this straw was the culprit that sent her into the abyss.

Her thoughts and facial features were swallowed by the relentless tide. She was unable to move and could only allow herself to slowly sink to the bottom of the dark water, rolling and moving with the waves.

...

As she regained consciousness, she was still lying on the ice bed, barely colder than her own skin. Her silk dress was disheveled, and Zhao Yuchen was gone.

She quickly got out of bed, tidying up her clothes as she ran. When she arrived at the Ice Palace, Zhao Yuchen was using ice marrow to dispel the cold air around him.

Shen Suxin's condition gradually improved, while Gu Lingling was absorbing spirit stones to replenish her strength.

Han Ning's beautiful eyes widened, "How...how can you use ice marrow?"

Seeing the ice marrow floating in his palm, he said, "When you suppressed the ice marrow, I used my divine consciousness to help you leave a mark, and it seems to have accepted my manipulation. Also, when I was helping you recuperate, part of your aura merged into my energy, strengthening the connection with the mark. In other words, I am half a Five Elements Water Spirit."

A red color crept up Han Ning's face. According to the special physique of the Five Elements Elves, Zhao Yuchen might become her lifelong partner, so her aura would merge into Zhao Yuchen.

Recalling the previous interaction on the ice bed, it seemed that Zhao Yuchen was not to blame. It was all her own fault for not being able to control her thoughts and impulses.

"Things have turned out like this, I can't blame anyone..." Han Ning looked at Zhao Yuchen with complicated eyes, "You can go with me to Shangxuantian and become a member of the Five Elements Clan."

"no!"

Shen Suxin and Gu Lingling spoke at the same time and refused on his behalf.

Zhao Yuchen shrugged and said, "I will go to Shangxuantian, but not now, and not to accompany you. You just need to remember the agreement between us."