"..."
After hearing Hyotei's words, Qingmu paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.
He hadn't held out much hope that Hyotei would know anything about Tenmu.
For the next period of time, Qingmu stayed in the Snow Emperor's Ice Valley, while waiting for news from Tianmeng.
"It seems that Tianmeng has most likely left the far north and headed to the sea, or has even been captured by Di Tian and his group."
After waiting for a month without finding any news about the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Qing Mu sighed inwardly.
The ocean is vast and boundless; the chances of finding the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in it are practically zero.
If it were to fall into the hands of ferocious beasts like Di Tian, Qing Mu wouldn't be able to forcibly take it back now, because he doesn't want to court death.
Feeling somewhat agitated, Qingmu felt a surge of urge to fight, so she shouted to Hyotei, who was not far away, "Hyotei, come and fight!"
"Another fight? You really are a battle maniac!"
Upon hearing Qing Mu's words, Bing Di muttered something under his breath, then transformed into his true form, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and arrived at the center of the Ice Valley.
During this month, Qingmu frequently challenged Bingdi to battles, and Bingdi generally did not refuse, which eased the tension between the two considerably.
Countless dark green vines rose from the ground, the Ice Emperor Domain was activated, and a green breath was exhaled, instantly freezing the dark green vines in front of him.
Immediately afterwards, her two huge pincers swung rapidly like scissors, shattering the dark green vines in front of her. Her scorpion legs moved so fast that afterimages appeared as she rushed straight towards Qingmu and Venusaur.
In a month, the two fought nearly a hundred times. Under such a frequency of battles, Hyotei naturally gained some insights into dealing with the descent of the Azure Wood Realm.
She even developed a new move called Ice Emperor's Breath based on Ice Emperor's Wrath. Although its power is not as great as Ice Emperor's Wrath, it can still freeze vines if controlled properly. Moreover, it is easy to control and consumes less energy.
However, when she finally reached Qingmu's original spot after a long while, Qingmu and Venusaur, who were originally there, had already disappeared.
"Where did you go?"
The Ice Emperor Scorpion, transformed from the Ice Emperor, looked around. All around were dark green vines that resembled towering trees, and nothing else.
The next moment, a dark green vine took advantage of Hyotei's momentary loss of focus and wrapped itself around her. Immediately afterward, Hyotei felt the vine draining the energy from her body, which caused her expression to change.
"Qingmu's Wood World Descent technique also has the ability to absorb the opponent's energy?"
Hyotei's tone was somewhat incredulous, clearly shocked by the sudden appearance of energy from the Wood Realm's descent.
However, after the vine extracted energy from her body, it instantly froze into an ice sculpture, which relieved Ice Emperor.
"Extreme ice is indeed difficult to deal with."
Somewhere in the dark green forest, Qingmu sensed that the vine had been frozen, and felt somewhat helpless.
Hyotei wasn't the only one who made progress; his progress was equally evident. The energy-absorbing vine he had just used was an attempt to integrate Ultimate Absorption into the Wood World Descent. However, because he couldn't resist the extreme ice, the vine was frozen.
"However, although it had no effect on Hyotei, the Descent of the Wood World was much more troublesome for other powerful beings."
Ultimate Absorption absorbs the opponent's energy during battle, which is equivalent to indirectly increasing Qingmu's endurance.
"Furthermore, Venusaur should be able to Mega Evolve!"
Qing Mu had a strong premonition that his seventh soul skill was Mega Evolution. Once Venusaur Mega Evolved, its Thick Fat ability would combine with its current Ice and Fire immunity, at which point Hyotei's Ultimate Ice would no longer pose any threat to him.
Qing Mu's soul power has already broken through level 70 and he has gained a huge foundation. If nothing unexpected happens, he can even leap to level 75 or 76!
After all, Qing Mu's opponent in the past month was Ice Emperor, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts. Although most of their battles ended in a draw or he was defeated due to exhaustion of his soul power, those few minor victories still gave Qing Mu a lot of experience.
A moment later, the dark green forest slowly retreated back into the ground, and Qingmu's Wood Realm descent came to an end.
"Da na~ da na~"
Beside Qingmu, Venusaur instantly reverted to Ivysaur, panting heavily with some fatigue.
No matter how Qingmu improves it, the current Wood World Advent is still a very heavy move for Ivysaur.
Hyotei transformed back into her girl form, looking at Qingmu as if she were a monster.
"You humans are truly abnormal. You can cultivate to the peak in just a few decades or a hundred years, and there is even a slight possibility of becoming a god. I don't know if I can survive the great calamity ten thousand years from now."
At this point, Hyotei looked somewhat dejected. The great calamity that would come ten thousand years later was still a thorn in her side, and given the current situation, she was unlikely to survive it.
Upon hearing this, Qing Mu's expression shifted slightly. After weighing the pros and cons in her mind for a while, Qing Mu said, "If you trust me, you can take the gamble!"
"Let's make a bet? What kind of bet?"
Upon hearing Qingmu's sudden words, Hyotei asked curiously.
Qing Mu: "I bet I'll become a god!"
"What do you mean? Are you suggesting that after you break through to godhood, you'd be willing to take me to the God Realm?"
Hyotei paused for a moment, his tone filled with doubt and disbelief.
She knew that Qing Mu's talent was unbelievable, and that someone like Qing Mu was indeed qualified to challenge for godhood.
What puzzled her was that although she had gotten over the initial hurdle of attacking Qing Mu after spending a month together, and the two even practiced together frequently, it didn't mean their relationship was this good.
"Could it be that he...?"
Hyotei started daydreaming, glancing at Qingmu every now and then, noticing that this human was actually quite handsome, and if this human could really do this...
In an instant, Hyotei felt his heart pounding like a deer's.
"No, no, my favorite is still Sister Xue. My love for Sister Xue will not change because of a human."
Hyotei immediately shook his head, trying to dispel those chaotic thoughts.
However, once those thoughts arise, they are not so easy to dispel. The more Hyotei tried to control herself from thinking about them, the more those thoughts appeared in her mind.
"Of course not!"
At this moment, Qing Mu shook his head and said, "If you are willing to gamble, you can make a sacrifice that preserves your soul. If I can become a god, I can naturally take you to the god realm to resurrect you. This is nothing to a god."
If you lose, you can live for a maximum of a thousand years as a soul.
But for you, the difference between ten thousand years and a thousand years shouldn't be that significant, right?