"It's been half a month. That would be at least an hour in the God Realm. Is the God of Destruction's efficiency this low?"
Su Ming felt the God of Destruction probably wouldn't help him much.
So, he began to find his own way out.
"Speaking of which, Elder Eight-Arms, that Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Embryo should still be in your possession, right?"
"It is."
"That's right, we do have a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast in hand." Du Busi's eyes lit up.
"The embryonic state is the most rare and shouldn't be released just for questioning. I'll try to see if I can communicate with it through the God Sealing Platform," Su Ming spoke up.
He was truly afraid Du Busi might happily decide to open the God Sealing Platform.
Because Du Busi was confident in his own strength and definitely wouldn't think the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast could do much once the platform was opened.
But, what was inside wasn't an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast embryo; it was the Snow Empress with nearly seven hundred thousand years of cultivation!
And she had a fierce, unyielding temperament; it was very likely she would self-destruct the moment she was released.
He couldn't give this reason, so Su Ming emphasized the embryonic state—this was a state that could potentially help a Spirit Master gain a second Martial Spirit; it shouldn't be destroyed.
Du Busi did indeed calm down a bit because of Su Ming's words.
"You try researching it first," Du Busi said. "First, ask which Spirit Beast habitat it comes from, and if it has seen a Mirror Shadow Beast."
"Although 'Hundred-Thousand-Year' refers to cultivation, not actual age, since it chose to take human form at the hundred-thousand-year level, and its transformation site could even be invaded, its bloodline probably isn't great. It's a weak hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, but its actual age shouldn't be small."
Some Spirit Beasts can accumulate a hundred-thousand-year cultivation in just ten thousand years, while others need fifty or sixty thousand years of arduous cultivation.
Du Busi guessed the one inside the God Sealing Platform was the latter.
Su Ming forced himself not to laugh.
He had Electrolux first scan the God Sealing Platform with his divine sense before he started researching it himself, ensuring he wouldn't accidentally touch something and cause the platform's seal to fail.
After finding a way to transmit mental fluctuations into the barrier without destroying it, Su Ming tapped on the barrier and sent a mental greeting.
"Are you there?"
Inside the barrier, the mass of white air frantically slammed against it.
"There's still some consciousness."
Su Ming revealed a pleasantly surprised expression.
As the air current hit the barrier, he shook the God Sealing Platform, making the white air slam against the barrier dizzily due to inertia.
"Reply quickly."
"Bastard!"
She replied!
"Which Spirit Beast habitat do you come from?"
Su Ming started politely before potentially resorting to force.
"Get lost!"
"Tell me, and I'll let you out."
"..."
Seeing that Su Ming seemed to be communicating with the Spirit Beast inside the God Sealing Platform, Du Busi asked, "How's it going? What did you ask?"
Su Ming's dialogue with the Snow Empress was through the God Sealing Platform. With Electrolux's help, he intercepted the Snow Empress's mental fluctuations to allow Su Ming to communicate with her.
The Snow Empress's own mental fluctuations couldn't transmit through the God Sealing Platform.
"I'm negotiating with her."
After briefly answering Du Busi, Su Ming continued his 'heated' chat with the Snow Empress.
"Help me three times, and I guarantee I'll let you out. If you don't trust me, set a condition yourself. What would make you feel at ease?"
"Humans are not to be trusted."
Ahem, you can't generalize. I am very sincere. How about this: do you know any Fierce Beasts strong enough that I can't handle them? Help me, and I'll hand the God Sealing Platform over to that Fierce Beast, then release you. That way, you won't have to worry about me breaking my promise, releasing you, and then killing you for your Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
"Heh—"
"You're an ice attribute Spirit Beast, right?"
"..."
"I know clues about the God of Ice. How about it? Let's trade."
Su Ming was truly out of options and started lying.
It wasn't his fault; it was all because the Snow Empress was too aloof.
"Speak."
Sure enough, news of the God of Ice might move the Snow Empress.
"I know the inheritance location of the God of Ice. Do you know if there's a massive Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cavern in the Extreme North?"
"Are you Tianmeng?"
Su Ming: ???
Who are you insulting?
"No, that's not right either. Your mental fluctuations definitely aren't his."
The Snow Empress was becoming more talkative.
"The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow inside the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cavern was all eaten by Tianmeng. I explored it afterwards; there is absolutely no God of Ice inheritance there."
Su Ming hurriedly backtracked.
"I didn't say the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cavern is the God of Ice's inheritance site, just that the key to enter the inheritance site is there."
"The key?"
The Snow Empress signaled Su Ming to continue.
"The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cavern is accompanied by Extreme Ice Divine Crystals. That is the key to enter the God of Ice's inheritance site."
"Extreme Ice Divine Crystals? I truly didn't find any," the Snow Empress said.
Of course, you didn't find any.
The energy of Tianmeng's Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cavern was all used to condense the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cavern, accompanied by Extreme Ice Divine Crystal,s is the one beneath Dragon City.
Su Ming praised his own quick thinking.
"How do you enter the God of Ice's inheritance site with the Extreme Ice Divine Crystal? Where is the God of Ice's inheritance site? Also, how do you know about the God of Ice's inheritance site?"
The Snow Empress fired off three questions in a row.
"Never mind that. I've said so much already; it's your turn to share information with me."
Su Ming couldn't be bothered to make up more.
His goals in communicating with the Snow Empress this time were two: first, to ask about the Mirror Shadow Beast. No matter how he had to trick her, he needed to get the answer first. After all, the Icy Forest was near the Extreme North, so the Snow Empress might have had information.
The other goal was simply to chat with the Snow Empress and confirm she was in a communicable state.
If she could communicate, there was room for negotiation in the future.
"What do you want to know?"
"You're probably a Spirit Beast from the Extreme North, right? Perfect. What I want to ask you about is information on the Mirror Shadow Beast."
"Mirror Shadow Beast?" The Snow Empress fell into thought.
A long time passed before Electrolux managed to intercept the Snow Empress's mental fluctuations again.
"Most of my will is sealed, and my memories are also incomplete."
Snow Empress, you are not being honest!
Su Ming shook the God Sealing Platform.
"Don't play tricks. Just tell me if there are any or not."
"There are," the Snow Empress said. "But my memory is very blurry."
"What are their ages?"
"Two of them. One is twenty thousand years, the other should be about fifty thousand years."
"Good, I know."
Su Ming returned the God Sealing Platform to Eight-Arms.
"It's better for you, Sect Master, to hold it."
Du Busi put away the God Sealing Platform and looked at Su Ming. "How did the talk go?"
"This hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast is from the Extreme North. She said she has seen two Mirror Shadow Beasts, one twenty thousand years old, the other about fifty thousand years."
"Is it credible?" Du Busi frowned.
"The credibility should be quite high. I estimate that among the Mirror Shadow Beasts she saw, the twenty-thousand-year-old one was the one hunted by Oscar ten thousand years ago. Regarding the other one, she used 'should be about fifty thousand years' cultivation, probably meaning she hasn't seen it much in the last ten thousand years. When she saw it back then, it was at most forty thousand years."
Du Busi nodded, finding Su Ming's analysis quite reasonable.
"Then let's make a trip to the Icy Forest. If we can't find it in the Icy Forest, we'll go to the Extreme North."
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