Chapter 93 Zhu Lu's Persistence
Dai Huabin pulled Zhu Lu to the two of them and solemnly introduced them.
"Lulu, this is the Snow Empress I told you about, the leader of the three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, an elemental spirit with 700,000 years of cultivation."
Zhu Lu's brain went blank for a moment.
Is the Ice and Snow Empress, with her 700,000 years of cultivation, really such an incomparably beautiful woman?
"Snow Empress, this is Zhu Lu, whom I mentioned to you." Dai Huabin turned to look at Snow Empress.
Xue Di looked Zhu Lu up and down.
Although this human girl's cultivation level was only around level 30, her blood and qi were extremely pure, and her meridians were exceptionally strong, indicating that she had consumed some kind of top-grade natural treasure.
"The foundation is good," Xue Di commented.
Ice Emperor stepped forward, circled around Zhu Lu, and pursed her lips.
"Level 39, that's a bit weak. Xue'er has 700,000 years of cultivation. Can this girl withstand signing a blood pact with her?"
Zhu Lu blushed a little at what Ice Emperor said, but she gritted her teeth and straightened her back.
"Ice Emperor-senpai, I'm not afraid of hardship!"
Zhu Lu's voice was very clear and crisp.
"As long as I can become stronger and help Hua Bin, I can endure anything!"
Ice Emperor was taken aback by her impulsiveness, then snorted.
"You do have some backbone. However, a blood pact is no joke; the pain of having your soul torn apart is excruciating!"
Dai Huabin held Zhu Lu's hand tightly, conveying a sense of warmth to her.
"With Elder Yi here, everything will be alright," Dai Huabin called out in his mind. "Elder Yi, may we begin?"
Electrolux's aged yet gentle voice echoed in the sea of consciousness.
"It can be done at any time. However, this little girl does not have the Life Gold to strengthen her physique. During the blood pact signing process, I will forcibly extract a portion of the Life Gold's life force as a harmonizing agent to assist the blood pact."
After he finished speaking, the phantom of Electrolux appeared. He raised his hand and waved it, and a complex array of runes lit up on the gray undead demiplane.
The array has a double-ring structure, with the inner ring engraved with soul chain patterns and the outer ring containing guiding runes for bloodline resonance.
"Hua Bin, drip your blood onto the main node of the outer ring."
Electrolux raised his chin. "The life-gold within you will automatically flow into the array through your blood, acting as a harmonizing agent."
Dai Huabin nodded, bit his fingertip, and dripped a drop of blood onto the outer ring.
The moment the blood droplet fell, a faint golden halo spread from the blood, which was the life force contained in the gold of life circulating on its own.
"Snow Empress, you stand on the left side of the inner ring. Zhu Lu, on the right." Electrolux pointed to the two positions.
Snow Empress stepped barefoot into the inner ring, the hem of her white dress brushing against the runes, and the icy aura emanating from her body instantly covered the entire magic circle with a thin layer of frost.
Zhu Lu took a deep breath and went inside as well.
She stood opposite Xue Di, with less than two meters between them.
"Ready?" Electrolux looked at the two of them.
Xue Di nodded.
Zhu Lu nodded, her voice steady: "Ready."
"Then let's begin. Each of you bites your index finger and drips blood into the intersection in the center of the inner ring."
Xue Di raised her right hand, gently biting her fair fingertip, and a drop of blood with a pale blue sheen seeped out.
Zhu Lu also bit her finger, and a bright red bead of blood hung from her fingertip.
Two drops of blood fell at the same time.
The moment the red and light blue collided at their intersection, the entire magic circle suddenly burst forth with a blinding white light.
The rune array spun wildly, and two beams of light rose from beneath Xue Di and Zhu Lu's feet, intertwining and entwining in mid-air.
Dai Huabin stood outside the formation, watching all of this, his heart pounding faster than usual.
The next second, an extremely large amount of ice-attribute bloodline power surged from Xue Di's body, and guided by the magic array, it rushed straight towards Zhu Lu.
Zhu Lu was startled.
The moment that power entered her body, the sensation in her meridians was not pain, but a tearing sensation.
Even if only a tiny trace of the 700,000-year-old elemental spirit bloodline is transmitted through a blood pact, it is still an earth-shattering impact on a level 39 Soul Elder.
Zhu Lu's face turned deathly pale instantly, and large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.
Her body was trembling violently, and her teeth were clenched so tightly they were grinding together.
Dai Huabin suddenly took a step forward.
"Old Master Yi!"
"Don't rush," Electrolux stopped him. "The life force of the Life Gold is already at work."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dai Huabin felt a warm, golden energy spontaneously flowing into Zhu Lu's body along the outer ring of the magic array.
That was the life-giving metal sensing the vibration of the bloodline and actively repairing the meridians that Zhu Lu had damaged.
However, Zhu Lu's condition did not improve much.
Her lips were bleeding from being bitten, her legs were trembling slightly, and her body was swaying precariously.
Dai Huabin clenched his fist.
He had known Zhu Lu for so many years, and he had never seen her look so disheveled.
Dai Huabin almost instinctively mobilized the power of the living metal.
"Hua Bin!"
Zhu Lu suddenly spoke. Her voice was hoarse, but very firm.
"Believe me!"
Dai Huabin froze.
Those three words, once they hit his head, were more effective than anything else.
Yes.
He had been trying to make Zhu Lu stronger, giving her Immortal Herbs, giving her soul bones, and paving the way for her.
But he subconsciously overlooked one thing: Zhu Lu was never a woman who would just hide behind him.
She has her own backbone and resilience.
Dai Huabin slowly withdrew his foot and returned to his original position.
"Good."
Ice Emperor watched from the side, a hint of surprise flashing in her emerald green eyes.
She thought Dai Huabin would rush in, but to her surprise, the human boy actually held back.
Inside the magic circle, Electrolux nodded to himself.
Zhu Lu is very good.
As the life force of the living gold continued to flow in, Zhu Lu gradually stabilized her swaying body.
As her meridians were struck by the icy blood pulse, they were also rapidly repaired and expanded by the golden life force.
This process goes on and on, involving impact, tearing, repair, and reinforcement.
Zhu Lu's constitution gradually transformed amidst the pain.
At the same time, the core elements of the blood pact began to activate, with the fusion of Spiritual power.
Xue Di's Spiritual power far surpasses Zhu Lu's by countless times.
When their souls briefly merged, Zhu Lu's memories could not be hidden at all, and a large number of images flooded into Xue Di's consciousness without reservation.
Xue Di witnessed the process of a human girl growing up in the Zhu family.
The Zhu family is a prominent family in the Star Luo Empire, but Zhu Lu's mother died early and her father was stationed on the border for many years.
She has been cultivating with the elders of her clan since she was a child, and has a quiet and reserved personality.
Then, she saw Dai Huabin.
In her earliest memory, that blond-haired, blue-eyed boy was as cold as ice.
He was polite but distant towards Zhu Lu; their relationship was more like a contractual one. The marriage alliance between the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and the Zhu family, as well as their partnership in a martial soul fusion technique.
In those memories, Zhu Lu always silently followed behind Dai Huabin, neither too close nor too far.
But the scene suddenly changed.
One day, Dai Huabin changed.
He started to take her hand, whisper sweet words in her ear, bring her delicious food, wipe her sweat after training, and frown with heartache when she was injured.
At Shrek Academy, the two slept in the same bed. Dai Huabin would tuck her in at night and pour her water first thing in the morning.
Those trivial yet realistic details flooded into Xue Di's consciousness frame by frame.
Xue Di saw Zhu Lu's expression when Dai Huabin first hugged her. She was stunned for a long time, then buried her face in the boy's chest, her shoulders trembling slightly.
It wasn't because she was cold, it was because she was so happy, so happy that she couldn't help but want to cry.
A strange emotion suddenly welled up in Xue Di's heart.
She has lived for 700,000 years, witnessed countless deaths and rebirths, and experienced countless moments of loneliness.
But she had never experienced anything like it.
On the other side, Zhu Lu was also experiencing the impact of Xue Di's memories.
Tens of thousands of years.
That was a time span that Zhu Lu could not even imagine.
She saw the image of the Snow Empress walking alone on the icy plains of the far north.
There was only endless whiteness between heaven and earth, with no companions and no place to return to.
After a long time, Zhu Lu saw the Snow Empress and the Ice Emperor standing side by side, the two Heavenly Kings of the North fighting against the invaders in the blizzard and protecting the far north.
But she was lonely.
Zhu Lu couldn't speak, nor did she have the energy to comfort anyone. But she thought silently to herself.
Xue'er, you will no longer be lonely.
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