The Ice Master was pleased with herself. Everyone who saw the Iceheart said the same thing. The Iceheart had nurtured the Ice Spirit Race, which was why the March Alliance had once said that they wanted to steal the Iceheart and completely dissolve the Ice Spirit Race.
Losing the Iceheart meant that the Ice Spirit Race would perish.
"Senior, how many people have seen the Iceheart?" Lu Yin asked.
The Ice Master thought for a moment. "Other than the Five Spirit Race, only a few people from the Thunder Master's side have seen it."
"Like my master," Jiang Qingyue said.
The Ice Master grunted. "Your master Kong Tianzhao has seen it. His final battle with himself took place in the Ice Spirit Race."
Lu Yin raised a brow. What did she mean?
What did she mean by his final battle with himself?
Jiang Qingyue's expression darkened.
"Other than them, no one else has seen it. Right, Birong has seen it as well."
Lu Yin asked, "Has anyone or any creature related to the Eternals seen it?"
The Ice Master was certain. "No."
"Only those recognized by our race can see the Iceheart. Otherwise, not even the Five Spirit Race can see it."
Lu Yin muttered to himself. The most important reason he had come to see the Iceheart was to imitate it and bring it back to the Eternals for an explanation. Of course, he had to make sure that the Eternals did not know what the Iceheart looked like.
Imitating the Iceheart was not easy, but he could do it as long as he had an extreme ice stone.
"Why do you ask?" The Ice Master was curious.
Lu Yin did not hide anything. "I want to imitate the Iceheart and bring it back to the Eternals for an explanation."
The Ice Master shook her head. "Impossible. The Eternals are not stupid. The Iceheart is unique, and there isn't a second one in the parallel universe. It cannot be imitated. Even our race's oldest extreme ice stone is far from the Iceheart."
"Senior, can you give me an extreme ice stone?
I don't need it to be that old. Any one will do, "Lu Yin said.
"Any one?" The Ice Master was confused. Was this person really planning to use an extreme ice stone to imitate the Iceheart to trick the Eternals?
That was suicide.
Jiang Qingyue was worried. "Brother Lu, your plan will not succeed. The Iceheart cannot be imitated."
Lu Yin said, "Don't worry, I'll think of another way."
The Ice Master gave Lu Yin an extreme ice stone and did not try to persuade him any further. This Dao Master Lu was not a fool.
Lu Yin stared at the extreme frost stone in a daze. It was cold to the touch, and it was much colder than the one he had obtained in the past. Evidently, the Ice Master had not given it to him casually, and it had to be quite old.
"The age of this Extreme Ice Stone is not bad. The oldest Extreme Ice Stone is the true life-saving treasure."
Lu Yin put away the stone, "I know. I've even used it before."
The Ice Master was surprised. "You used it before?"
Lu Yin nodded.
The Ice Master looked at Lu Yin. "That's not possible. Extreme ice stones that can freeze life force and save lives are too rare. Even my family only has one such stone. We did have a few in the past, but they've all been used up."
Lu Yin did not retort, and he immediately took out Ming Yan.
The moment Ming Yan appeared, the Ice Master's expression changed drastically. "No!"
Lu Yin jumped in fright, unable to react in time.
The frozen Ming Yan suddenly moved towards Bing Xin. Lu Yin was shocked, and he hurriedly tried to stop her. However, the moment his hand touched Ming Yan, his entire arm froze. It was a frozen sequence particle.
"Let go!" The Ice Master grabbed him.
"Yan 'er," Lu Yin said anxiously.
"She's fine."
The Ice Master stopped Lu Yin, who stared blankly as Ming Yan entered Bing Xin. He was completely stunned, and his mind went blank.
"Brother Lu!" Jiang Qingyue shouted.
Lu Yin stared at her.
"Senior, what's going on?"
If not for the Ice Master stopping him, he would have been able to snatch Yan 'er back.
The Ice Master opened her mouth, looking at both Bing Xin and Lu Yin in a daze. She wanted to cry, but no tears came out.
"Senior, what's going on?" Jiang Qingyue did not understand. She looked at Bing Xin, but Ming Yan was nowhere to be seen.
She knew of Ming Yan's existence; she was Lu Yin's most important wife.
If this matter was not handled properly, it would be troublesome. Everything had happened too quickly.
The Ice Master bitterly replied, "Don't worry, this is that person's fortune."
Lu Yin did not understand.
The Ice Master turned to face Bing Xin. "That person should be about to die, which is why she was frozen by the extreme frost stone. Being frozen by the extreme frost stone is indeed useful, and one day, an extreme powerhouse might be able to save her. Now that she has entered Bing Xin, it's no longer just a matter of being frozen, but also her fortune.
"Not only has her vitality been frozen, but even her time has been frozen. One day, someone might be able to revive her. She might possess the power of frost, which is equivalent to the human Ice Spirit Clan, and an extremely powerful one at that."
Lu Yin's eyes widened. Was there such a thing?
Jiang Qingyue was astonished. "She's both frozen and cultivated at the same time?"
The Ice Master bitterly replied, "Something like that. To them, it's a fortune, but to the Ice Spirit Clan, it's a huge loss. It took a long time for Bing Xin to form, and freezing one person already caused us to lose a lot of laws. Now that a second person has appeared, we don't even know if Bing Xin will be used up."
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have let you take out the extreme frost stone. Bing Xin is very greedy, and her favorite food is ancient extreme frost stones. The clan originally had a few extreme frost stones that could freeze vitality, but most of them were consumed by Bing Xin. That human was frozen by Bing Xin, and the moment the extreme frost stone appeared, Bing Xin swallowed it whole. The person inside is basically frozen in Bing Xin's heart."
"I was too careless."
Lu Yin relaxed. "Does that mean Yan 'er is fine?"
The Ice Master was helpless. "Not only is she fine, but she's also fine."
Lu Yin opened his Celestial Eye and stared at Bing Xin. He had not looked at her like this before, as he was afraid that the Ice Spirit Clan would be displeased, but now he could not care less.
With his Celestial Eye, he saw frozen sequence particles circling around Bing Xin. There were even more sequence particles inside, and he could vaguely see a figure lying inside. Yan 'er? Eh? Why are there two of them?
"There are two people inside?" Lu Yin was shocked.
Jiang Qingyue was startled, but not by Lu Yin's words. Rather, it was because Lu Yin's expression looked as if he had seen a ghost. Was it really that scary?
The Ice Master replied, "There was already one person frozen inside."
Lu Yin relaxed, his heart thumping wildly. So that's how it is. That's good, that's good.
He had thought that Yan 'er had a split personality, and that she had two personalities to begin with. Such a guess had horrified him.
"Who's the other one?
Is it a human as well? "Jiang Qingyue was curious.
The Ice Master stared at Lu Yin. "You can see through Bing Xin?"
"It's vague." Lu Yin did not hide anything.
The Ice Master sighed. "You're not even an Extreme Realm powerhouse, but you can see through Bing Xin. As expected of Dao Master Lu."
He sighed and then looked at Jiang Qingyue. "There's another person inside. You know her, Qingyue."
Jiang Qingyue was puzzled. "I know her?"
"Right, your father forbade me from saying anything. Forget it, just pretend you didn't hear anything."
Jiang Qingyue's eyes flickered and widened. "It's her?"
"Don't say anything even if you remember. Your father keeps this person's existence a secret," the Ice Master stopped her.
Jiang Qingyue nodded.
She smiled. "She's not dead. That's great."
"Senior Ice Master, how did Yan 'er come out?"
"As long as a powerhouse who can save her arrives, they can bring her out. I can't do that."
Lu Yin looked at Bing Xin with a complicated expression. Staying here was a blessing, but he would have to leave her for a while. For a moment, his heart felt empty.
The Ice Master was in a bad mood as well. The Lightning Master had paid a huge price to freeze the person inside Bing Xin, but now, another one had appeared out of nowhere without paying a single price. No matter how she looked at it, the Ice Spirit Clan was at a disadvantage.
"Brother Lu, how's the injury on your arm?" Jiang Qingyue asked.
Lu Yin looked at his arm. "It's fine. I'll be fine after a while."
His arm had been frozen by Bing Xin, and if not for the Ice Master's quick reaction, his entire body would have been frozen.
Speaking of which, he should thank the Ice Master for saving Yan 'er and Yan' er.
To the Ice Spirit Clan, the most valuable thing was still the extreme ice stone. It would be perfect if they could also create an Bing Xin, and that was something that Lu Yin might be able to accomplish.
He left the Ice Spirit Realm and did not immediately return to the Eternals. Instead, he wanted to upgrade the extreme ice stone and see if he could create an Bing Xin.
Jiang Qingyue did not leave either, as she had come to the Ice Spirit Realm to cultivate.
Atop the snowy mountain, a snow-white tornado swept through the area. This planet was not suitable for living, but it was suitable for Lu Yin to enter seclusion.
He raised his hand, and his die appeared. He tapped it and began to roll it.
He rolled one, and a powdery item fell out. Lu Yin looked at it and saw that it was a seasoning packet. He threw it away and continued. Five, and he could borrow an innate gift. There was no one else here that he could borrow an innate gift from.
Lu Yin exhaled and took out an extreme ice stone. This one was much larger than the one that had frozen Yan 'er.
Lu Yin split it into two, and that was enough.
He tossed one on and began to upgrade it rapidly.
This extreme ice stone was equivalent to the previous one that had been upgraded about ten times, and this upgrade had cost him seven billion star essence. As he watched the extreme ice stones continuously drop, this amount of money was nothing to Lu Yin.
He had close to a hundred trillion star essence.
As the extreme ice stone continued to upgrade, the frigid aura that it contained underwent a qualitative change.
When one upgrade required a trillion star essence, even Lu Yin was a little apprehensive of the extreme ice stone's frigid aura. That was not enough, so he continued.
Again, again, and again. Eventually, Lu Yin managed to upgrade it ten times, which was equivalent to upgrading the extreme ice stone twenty times. This upgrade required five trillion star essence.
This was not a simple amount, as repairing a single Book of Destiny had only cost six trillion star essence.
As the extreme ice stone slowly descended, its surface suddenly cracked and turned into mist that surrounded the stone's surface. The entire area instantly froze, and the mist spread into outer space.
A purplish black substance appeared in Lu Yin's left hand, and he grabbed the extreme ice stone. If not for his Master Realm battle force, he felt that he would not have been able to withstand it.
This stone should be able to disguise itself as an iceheart. This frigid aura was something that even Sequence Laws powerhouses would be wary of. Even Divine Sovereign Shaoyin had not truly touched the iceheart, which meant that he was more likely to believe that it was real.
Furthermore, the extreme ice stone had not been upgraded to the peak, and there was still room for improvement. The only question was how many times it could be upgraded.
If it could be upgraded to the level of an iceheart, would that mean that anyone who cultivated within it would gain the ability to freeze?
Would that also mean that it would be possible to freeze Sequence Laws?
Lu Yin's eyes burned as he looked at the extreme ice stone in his hand. This was also a path to becoming stronger.