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The eye of ice and fire, at the bottom of the icy spring.
Jiang Zhen suddenly opened his eyes, and the icy spring water instantly rushed into his nasal cavity.
What just happened felt like a long and real dream, but the dragon pill in my dantian was slowly rotating, radiating endless warmth and power.
And the cold, heavy, azure skull in his hand told him with absolute clarity—everything was real!
He received the final inheritance of the Water Dragon King who had fallen here!
Suppressing his excitement and shock, Jiang Zhen dared not linger.
He carefully stored the invaluable head bone into his storage ring, then circulated his soul power and swiftly swam towards the surface of the spring above, where a faint light shone through.
...
"Splash—"
The calm surface of the ice spring suddenly broke, and Jiang Zhen's head emerged from the water.
He took a deep breath of the special air inside the Yin-Yang Well, which was a mixture of extreme heat and extreme cold, and the icy spring water slid down his hair and cheeks.
He quickly swam to the spring, pushed himself up with his hands, and climbed ashore, looking somewhat disheveled.
At this moment, his face was somewhat pale, not because he was exhausted, but because the experience he had just had was too shocking, and his mind was still in turmoil.
More importantly, the clothes he wore when he dived into the bottom of the spring had already been tattered and barely covered his body under the combined impact of the extreme cold energy below and the pressure of the remnant soul of the Dragon King.
The cold air touched his skin, bringing a chill and making Jiang Zhen even more awake.
Without hesitation, he took out a spare set of clothes from his storage ring and quickly changed into them.
Bing Di , who had been keeping a close eye on the spring and hadn't left its side, appeared in front of him almost the instant he stepped ashore.
Her delicate and aloof face showed undisguised eagerness and curiosity, and her long, dark green hair moved without wind, revealing the turmoil in her heart.
"Ah Zhen! What exactly happened down there?"
Bing Di 's voice still carried her characteristic coolness, but her speaking speed was a few degrees faster than usual.
"You've been down there for so long, I couldn't even sense your presence for a while. I thought you'd been completely frozen to pieces by that extreme ice core!"
"What was that unusually ancient and terrifying pressure that came from below just now? Although it was only for a moment, but..."
Her emerald eyes swept sharply over Jiang Zhen, then she suddenly paused, a hint of surprise and uncertainty flashing in her eyes:
"Wait... your aura... seems a little different?"
She sensed that Jiang Zhen's soul power level had made a huge leap, soaring to level 48.
Moreover, the "scent" emanating from Jiang Zhen underwent a subtle change.
It was a deeper, more primal feeling, especially the scent of water and ice, which became incredibly pure, even subtly giving her a sense of…
An indescribable, subtle sense of oppression originating from a fundamental level of life?
This is incredible!
Jiang Zhen fastened his belt, took a deep breath, and looked at Bing Di .
Faced with the questioning of one of the three great kings of the far north, he knew that the commotion just now could not be hidden from her.
He gathered his thoughts, met Bing Di 's scrutinizing gaze with honesty, and slowly began to speak:
"I'm sorry to have worried you. Something unexpected did happen down there."
"...Just when I was about to be assimilated and frozen by that energy, some previous opportunities within me triggered the remnant consciousness of an ancient being hidden at the bottom of that spring." Jiang Zhen's voice carried a hint of shock from recollection.
"An ancient being?" Bing Di 's pupils contracted slightly.
"Yes."
Jiang Zhen nodded, his expression solemn. "A self-proclaimed... Dragon King who rules over all waters and ice."
"The Dragon King?!"
Bing Di gasped in shock, his previously composed aloof expression shattering instantly, replaced by utter astonishment.
Her beautiful green eyes widened suddenly, almost letting out a cry of surprise, but she forced it back down, her voice trembling almost imperceptibly.
"You...you mean...one of the nine elemental dragon kings under the command of the ancient dragon god?!"
How could this be?! How could such a being... perish at the bottom of such a small spring?!
As a super soul beast that has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, she knows what the word "Dragon King" means!
That is a being that truly stands at the top of the soul beast system, and is even comparable to a god king in the god realm!
It's a legend among legends!
"It's hard to believe, but it's true."
Jiang Zhen continued calmly, "That was just a wisp of residual consciousness. It put me through a test concerning my understanding and application of the essence of water and ice."
"Fortunately, I barely passed its test."
He omitted the specific details of the test, but Bing Di could easily imagine how difficult it must have been.
The "understanding and application" that can gain the approval of a remnant soul of an ancient dragon king is by no means ordinary.
"Then what?"
Bing Di pressed on impatiently, his body involuntarily leaning forward slightly.
The existence of the Dragon King was so astonishing that she couldn't help but lose her composure.
"Then…"
Jiang Zhen paused, his mind stirring slightly as he sensed the dragon pill slowly rotating in his dantian, radiating immense power. "It bestowed upon me a portion of its remaining primordial power—a dragon pill—and a piece of its leftover soul bone."
"And he entrusted me... to take care of the descendants of the dragon clan if possible in the future."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the magnificent, azure dragon-head soul bone, which seemed to have countless ice stars flowing inside, reappeared in his hand.
Although he had deliberately concealed the power of the soul bone, its crystal-clear material, the mysterious patterns naturally engraved on it, and the supreme dragon might that was faint yet enough to make all beasts submit all demonstrated its extraordinary nature!
Bing Di 's gaze was instantly drawn to the soul bone, and she could not look away for even a moment.
She could clearly sense the terrifying energy and profound laws contained within that soul bone, far exceeding her comprehension! It was definitely a relic of the god-level!
At that moment, she had no more doubts, only endless shock and realization.
Her gaze towards Jiang Zhen became incredibly complex again. Surprise, envy, and even a hint of something indescribable...?
This human boy's luck is simply too incredible!
After a long silence, Bing Di slowly exhaled and spoke in a complex tone:
"I never imagined... you would have such good fortune. The Dragon King's inheritance... this is an immense opportunity, you should cherish it."
After the initial shock, she looked at the lush immortal herbs and spiritual medicines surrounding the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, and her eyes regained their fervor.
She hasn't brought any for Xue'er yet...
"Ah Zhen, you haven't forgotten what you promised me, have you?" Bing Di pointed to those celestial herbs. "Find me some more spiritual herbs and celestial herbs that can aid in ice-type cultivation."
"Of course."
Jiang Zhen nodded, his gaze sweeping over the exotic flowers and plants that emitted various precious lights, quickly calculating in his mind which ones he must collect and which ones he could leave for the Bing Di .
He stepped toward a pure white, eight-petaled fairy orchid, as if sculpted from ice and jade, and prepared to pluck it.
At that very moment—
"presumptuous!"
A furious roar, filled with boundless rage, suddenly exploded from the direction of the valley entrance, like a thunderclap from a clear sky!
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