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Chapter 2499: The Chaotic Yin Essence
lín xuān liǎn shàng dùn shí lù chū chén yín zhī sè 。（ quán wén zì diàn zi shū miǎn fèi xià zài ）
林轩脸上顿时露出沉吟之色。（全文字电子书免费下载）
Lin Xuan's face immediately showed a contemplative expression. (Full text without ads)
píng xīn lái shuō ， zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng zài xiū xiān jiè yě bù suàn hǎn jiàn de 。
平心来说，这种情况在修仙界也不算罕见的。
To be honest, such situations were not uncommon in the cultivation world.
bù guò huì fā shēng zài dù jié qī lǎo guài shēn shàng jiù lìng rén jīng è 。
不过会发生在渡劫期老怪身上就令人惊愕。
However, for an old monster at the Tribulation Transcending stage to encounter this situation was astonishing.
zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī ， xiū liàn huà shēn yǒu zhe zhòng duō de hǎo chù ， ràng xiū wèi shāo wēi gāo yì diǎn de xiū xiān zhě dōu qū zhī ruò wù ， rán ér fán shì yǒu lì jiù yǒu bì ， shēn wài huà shēn zài dài lái zhòng duō hǎo chù de tóng shí ， bì duān yǔ yǐn huàn yě zǎo jiù shì mái xià le 。
众所周知，修炼化身有着众多的好处，让修为稍微高一点的修仙者都趋之若鹜，然而凡事有利就有弊，身外化身在带来众多好处的同时，弊端与隐患也早就是埋下了。
It was well known that cultivating a body clone brought numerous benefits, making it highly sought after by cultivators with slightly higher cultivation levels. However, as with all things, there were pros and cons. The drawbacks of body clones had long been inevitable.
ér qiě zhè jī hū shì bù kě bì miǎn de 。
而且这几乎是不可避免的。
Most cultivators who cultivated body clones weren't like Lin Xuan, possessing an additional Yuan婴 (spirit embryo) that could be separated at will. They needed to address the source of their second Yuan婴 first.
yào zhī dào ， dà bù fèn xiū liàn shēn wài huà shēn de xiū xiān zhě ， kě bú shì xiàng lín xuān yī yàng ， běn shēn jiù xiū liàn yǒu dì èr yuán yīng de shén tōng 。
要知道，大部分修炼身外化身的修仙者，可不是像林轩一样，本身就修炼有第二元婴的神通。
Since they didn't have one, the only feasible method was to invade and take over another cultivator's Yuan婴, erasing its consciousness and assimilating it into themselves.
dào shí hòu zhí jiē jiāng yí gè yuán yīng fēn lí chū qù jiù xíng le 。
到时候直接将一个元婴分离出去就行了。
For high-ranking cultivators, this wasn't a difficult task; eliminating a slightly weaker cultivator was easy if they caught the right opportunity. However, the隐患 (hidden dangers) were also sown from then on.
tā men xiǎng yào xiū liàn cǐ mì shù ， shǒu xiān yào jiě jué dì èr yuán yīng lái yuán de wèn tí 。
他们想要修炼此秘术，首先要解决第二元婴来源的问题。
Erasing the memories of the Yuan婴 wasn't particularly challenging at first glance, but could it be completely erased? Over time, the body clone would succumb to heart demons and gradually develop new emotions.
zì jǐ jì rán méi yǒu ， nà wéi yī kě xíng fāng fǎ ， jiù zhǐ yǒu qīn zhàn qí tā xiū shì de yuán yīng ， jiāng qí shén shí mǒ chú ， tóng huà wèi jǐ suǒ yòng 。
自己既然没有，那唯一可行方法，就只有侵占其他修士的元婴，将其神识抹除，同化为己所用。
In this way, the body clone could be seen as another cultivator, one desperately trying to break free from its original host's control.
zhè duì nà xiē gāo jiē xiū shì lái shuō ， bìng bù suàn nán shì ， miè shā yí gè bǐ zì jǐ shāo ruò diǎn de xiū xiān zhě ， zhǐ yào chǒu zhǔn jī huì le ， hái shì hěn róng yì de 。
这对那些高阶修士来说，并不算难事，灭杀一个比自己稍弱点的修仙者，只要瞅准机会了，还是很容易的。
Of course, this wasn't inevitable either. The flaws of body clones had been evident since the inception of the cultivation technique, and ancient cultivators had already found solutions through practice and refinement.
rán ér yǐn huàn què yě cóng cǐ mái xià 。
然而隐患却也从此埋下。
To avoid emotional memories diverging from the main body required only periodically using secret techniques to re-cultivate the clone, which would naturally help in assimilation.
jiāng cǐ yuán yīng de jì yì mǒ chú ， biǎo miàn shàng bù suàn yǒu tài dà de nán dù ， kě zhēn néng mǒ dé yī gān èr jìng me ， suí zhe shí jiān de liú shì ， róng hé le cǐ yuán yīng de huà shēn huì shòu xīn mó yòu huò ， jiàn jiàn yǎn shēng chū lìng wài yī fú qíng gǎn lái de 。
将此元婴的记忆抹除，表面上不算有太大的难度，可真能抹得一干二净么，随着时间的流逝，融合了此元婴的化身会受心魔诱惑，渐渐衍生出另外一幅情感来的。
However, this old Ice Spirit Patriarch clearly hadn't done so. The reason was unknown.
rú cǐ yī lái ， huà shēn cóng mǒu zhǒng jiǎo dù ， kě yǐ shuō biàn chéng le lìng wài yī míng xiū xiān zhě ， bìng qiě shì jí lì xiǎng yào bǎi tuō běn tǐ kòng zhì de nà zhǒng 。
如此一来，化身从某种角度，可以说变成了另外一名修仙者，并且是极力想要摆脱本体控制的那种。
Perhaps he was overly confident that his powers wouldn't lead to a backlash from the body clone. Little did he know, human calculations often fell short of divine plans, and the result was still a failure.
dāng rán ， zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng yě bìng fēi wú kě bì miǎn 。
当然，这种情况也并非无可避免。
Alternatively, perhaps he was in the middle of closing the life-and-death gate and encountered some unexpected events, unable to interrupt it. Thus, whether or not the body clone would cause trouble was left to fate.
bì jìng shēn wài huà shēn de quē xiàn zǎo zài cǐ gōng fǎ chuàng lì zhī chū ， jiù yǐ rán xiǎn lù ， qián bèi gǔ xiū jīng guò shí jiàn gǎi liáng ， yě zǎo yán jiū chū jiě jué zhī dào le 。 quán wén zì wú guǎng gào
毕竟身外化身的缺陷早在此功法创立之初，就已然显露，前辈古修经过实践改良，也早研究出解决之道了。全文字无广告
After all, there were priorities; the main body's cultivation was more important than the body clone.
yào bì miǎn huà shēn de qíng gǎn jì yì yǔ běn tǐ piān lí ， yě méi yǒu tài dà nàn dù ， zhǐ xiāo měi gé yī duàn shí jiān ， yòng mì shù jiāng huà shēn chóng xīn jì liàn yī biàn ， zì rán jiù kě yǐ qǐ dào tóng huà de xiào guǒ 。
要避免化身的情感记忆与本体偏离，也没有太大难度，只消每隔一段时间，用秘术将化身重新祭炼一遍，自然就可以起到同化的效果。
Lin Xuan wasn't sure which situation this was, nor did he need to care too much. After all, his second Yuan婴 had been cultivated through hard work and not taken from others, so such a backlash wouldn't occur.
bù guò yǎn qián zhè wèi xuán bīng lǎo zǔ ， xiǎn rán méi yǒu zhè me zuò 。
不过眼前这位玄冰老祖，显然没有这么做。
Thus, while Lin Xuan was puzzled, he didn't express his thoughts, instead listening quietly as Shang'er continued her story.
zhì yú yuán yīn shì wèi hé ， nà jiù bù kě kǎo le 。
至于原因是为何，那就不可考了。
"Thanks to my benefactor's protection, this battle finally turned the tide. The Snow Crow tribe was completely wiped out, and we, the Snow Foxes, successfully established ourselves in the Frost Soul Ice Plain. However, good times were short-lived; several hundred years later, not only did Sister encounter an accident, but my benefactor also met with misfortune and perished."
huò xǔ shì tā xìn xīn bào péng ， rèn wéi yǐ zì jǐ de shén tōng ， bú huì chū xiàn huà shēn fǎn shì ， nǎ zhī dào rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn ， zuì hòu de jié guǒ ， què hái shì chū pī lòu le 。
或许是他信心爆棚，认为以自己的神通，不会出现化身反噬，哪知道人算不如天算，最后的结果，却还是出纰漏了。
Shang'er's voice added a touch of sorrow: "The Ice Bear and Frost Mouse tribes found another body clone of the old Ice Spirit Patriarch as their support. Over these years, they've been relentlessly pressuring our Snow Fox clan. And just when we were tasked to guard the Holy Temple, the treasures were stolen again..."
yě huò xǔ shì tā zhèng zài bì shēng sǐ guān ， yù jiàn le yī xiē yì wài ， wú fǎ zhōng duàn chū lái ， yú shì huà shēn shì fǒu fǎn shì ， yě jiù zhǐ hǎo tīng zhī rèn zhī 。
也或许是他正在闭生死关，遇见了一些意外，无法中断出来，于是化身是否反噬，也就只好听之任之。
"Yuanke encountered an accident?"
bì jìng shì yǒu qīng zhòng huǎn jí ， yǔ huà shēn xiāng bǐ ， běn tǐ de xiū liàn cái shì zuì zhòng yào dì 。
毕竟事有轻重缓急，与化身相比，本体的修炼才是最重要地。
Lin Xuan's brows furrowed slightly but didn't rush to ask more questions. He had some patience and let Princess continue.
yǎn qián jiū jìng shì nà zhǒng qíng kuàng lín xuān bù qīng chǔ ， ér qiě tā yě yòng bù zhe tài zài hū ， bì jìng zì jǐ de qíng kuàng bù tóng ， dì èr yuán yīng nǎi shì xīn kǔ xiū liàn chū ， bìng fēi qiǎng duó bié rén de yuán yīng jiāng shén shí mǒ chú 。
眼前究竟是那种情况林轩不清楚，而且他也用不着太在乎，毕竟自己的情况不同，第二元婴乃是辛苦修炼出，并非抢夺别人的元婴将神识抹除。
Half an hour passed as Shang'er narrated in detail. Through her description, Lin Xuan finally understood the current situation of the Frost Soul Ice Plain. It was unrelated to him at first, but now that he'd met the adorable Princess Shang'er, he felt compelled not to stand idly by.
rú cǐ yī lái ， gēn běn jiù bú huì chū xiàn zhè zhǒng huà shēn fǎn shì běn tǐ qíng kuàng de 。
如此一来，根本就不会出现这种化身反噬本体情况的。
After all, from Little Fox's words, the Snow Fox clan's situation seemed dire. While the Ice Bears and Frost Mice were troublesome enough, their powerful patron, the old Ice Spirit Patriarch, was no small matter. Normally, Shang'er could find ways to handle it, but this time, the theft of treasures provided a significant pretext for conflict.
suǒ yǐ lín xuān yí huò guī yí huò ， què bìng méi yǒu chā kǒu biǎo dá zì jǐ de kàn fǎ shì shén me ， ér shì jì xù jìng jìng de tīng xiāng ér wǎng xià shuō 。
所以林轩疑惑归疑惑，却并没有插口表达自己的看法是什么，而是继续静静的听香儿往下说。
The two unfriendly tribes wouldn't miss an opportunity to stir up trouble, and whether or not the Snow Fox clan could weather this crisis was uncertain.
“ yīn wèi yì fù de bì hù ， zhè yī zhàn zhōng yú yǒu le niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn de xiào guǒ ， xuě yā zú quán jūn fù mò ， ér wǒ men xuě hú ， zé rú yuàn zài hán pò bīng yuán zhā xià gēn lái le ， rán ér hǎo jǐng bù cháng ， shù bǎi nián hòu ， bù jǐn jiě jiě yù jiàn le yì wài ， yì fù yě dǎo méi yì cháng de yǔn luò diào le 。” xiāng ér shuō dào zhè lǐ ， shēng yīn píng tiān le jǐ fēn bēi shāng zhī yì ：“ ér bīng xióng hán shǔ ， què xún dào le xuán bīng lǎo zǔ de lìng yī jù huà shēn zuò kào shān ， zhè xiē nián lái ， duì wǒ xuě hú yī zú shì bù bù jǐn bī ， piān piān lún dào wǒ men kān shǒu shèng diàn de shí hòu ， bǎo wù yòu shī qiè le qù ……”
“因为义父的庇护，这一战终于有了扭转乾坤的效果，雪鸦族全军覆没，而我们雪狐，则如愿在寒魄冰原扎下根来了，然而好景不长，数百年后，不仅姐姐遇见了意外，义父也倒霉异常的陨落掉了。”香儿说到这里，声音平添了几分悲伤之意：“而冰熊寒鼠，却寻到了玄冰老祖的另一具化身做靠山，这些年来，对我雪狐一族是步步紧逼，偏偏轮到我们看守圣殿的时候，宝物又失窃了去……”
Lin Xuan listened silently without making any promises. After all, body clones at the Tribulation Transcending stage were no small matter, and his nature didn't enjoy unnecessary麻烦 (troubles). He had good relations with the two princesses but wasn't obligated to take up their cause.
“ yuàn kē yù jiàn le yì wài ？”
“媛珂遇见了意外？”
With his thousand-year experience and current strength, he rarely acted impulsively; everything depended on the situation.
lín xuān méi tóu wēi suǒ ， què méi yǒu máng zhe zhuī wèn shén me ， zhè diǎn nài xīn hái shì yǒu de ， xiān tīng xià gōng zhǔ wǎng xià shuō 。
林轩眉头微锁，却没有忙着追问什么，这点耐心还是有的，先听下公主往下说。
The duo's遁光 (flying light) was swift. In a short while, they traveled tens of thousands of miles further into the Frost Soul Ice Plain, where the Snow Foxes' main habitat lay ahead.
jiù zhè yàng ， dà bàn gè shí chén guò qù le 。
就这样，大半个时辰过去了。
Soon, they encountered a patrol group of Snow Foxes.
tōng guò xiāng ér de wěi wěi miáo shù ， lín xuān zhōng yú jiāng rú jīn hán pò bīng yuán yāo zú de xíng shì nòng qīng chǔ ， yuán běn zhè yǔ tā sī háo guān xì yě wú ， bù guò rú jīn zài zhè lǐ yù jiàn le kě ài de xiāng ér gōng zhǔ ， xiù shǒu páng guān sì hū yǒu xiē zuò bù chū 。
通过香儿的娓娓描述，林轩终于将如今寒魄冰原妖族的形势弄清楚，原本这与他丝毫关系也无，不过如今在这里遇见了可爱的香儿公主，袖手旁观似乎有些做不出。
Seeing Shang'er, the disciples in their化形期 (metamorphosis stage) were elated and bowed down to greet her.
bì jìng cóng xiǎo hú lí de kǒu zhōng ， rú jīn xuě hú zú de xíng shì shì pǒ wèi bù miào de 。
毕竟从小狐狸的口中，如今雪狐族的形势是颇为不妙的。
Lin Xuan followed Shang'er back without further ado. "Right, what happened to Yuanke?"
hán shǔ yǔ bīng xióng zú yě jiù bà le ， guān jiàn shì tā men bèi hòu nà wèi xuán bīng lǎo zǔ de kào shān shí zài shì fēi tóng xiǎo kě ， wǎng cháng ， xiāng ér hái kě yǐ xiǎng bàn fǎ yìng fù ， dàn zhè cì bǎo wù bèi dào gěi duì fāng de kǒu shí shí zài shì bù xiǎo de 。
寒鼠与冰熊族也就罢了，关键是他们背后那位玄冰老祖的靠山实在是非同小可，往常，香儿还可以想办法应付，但这次宝物被盗给对方的口实实在是不小的。
"Big Sister..." Shang'er sighed: "I'll take you there."
méi shì dōu yào zhǎo chá er de liǎng dà yāo zú jué bú huì fàng guò ， zhè yī cì xuě hú zú néng fǒu dù guò wēi jī zhēn shì hěn nán shuō 。
没事都要找茬儿的两大妖族绝不会放过，这一次雪狐族能否度过危机真是很难说。
"Alright."
lín xuān mò mò de tīng zhe ， bìng méi yǒu gěi xiǎo jiā huo shén me chéng nuò ， bì jìng dù jié qī cún zài de huà shēn fēi tóng xiǎo kě ， hé kuàng yǐ lín xuān de xìng gé ， yě shì bù xǐ huān zì zhǎo má fán de ， tā yǔ liǎng wèi gōng zhǔ jiāo qíng bù cuò ， dàn bìng bù dài biǎo jiù yào wèi zhěng gè xuě hú zú chū tóu 。
林轩默默的听着，并没有给小家伙什么承诺，毕竟渡劫期存在的化身非同小可，何况以林轩的性格，也是不喜欢自找麻烦的，他与两位公主交情不错，但并不代表就要为整个雪狐族出头。
Lin Xuan's response was equally straightforward as they followed Little Fox into the heart of the Snow Fox clan.
shí lì dào le tā zhè ge děng jí ， yòu yǒu qiān nián de yuè lì ， yǐ hěn shǎo huì tóu nǎo fā rè ， yī qiè dōu yào xiān kàn qíng kuàng zài zuò dìng duó 。
实力到了他这个等级，又有千年的阅历，已很少会头脑发热，一切都要先看情况再做定夺。
The defenses here were extremely strict, but with Princess Shang'er accompanying them, their journey was unobstructed. Unexpectedly, they arrived at a secret chamber in a valley.
liǎng rén de dùn guāng shí fēn xùn sù ， shuō huà jiān ， yòu fēi yuè le shù shí wàn lǐ zhī yáo ， cǐ shí cǐ kè ， shì zhēn zhèng jìn rù hán pò bīng yuán de fù dì ， zài wǎng qián ， jiù shì xuě hú zú fán yǎn shēng xī zhī suǒ 。
两人的遁光十分迅速，说话间，又飞跃了数十万里之遥，此时此刻，是真正进入寒魄冰原的腹地，在往前，就是雪狐族繁衍生息之所。
"What's going on?"
hěn kuài ， jiù pèng jiàn le yī duì xún luó de xuě hú 。
很快，就碰见了一队巡逻的雪狐。
Lin Xuan was surprised to see the scene before him. The stone room contained nothing else except a massive ice block towering over two meters high.
kàn jiàn xiāng ér ， nà xiē huà xíng qī de dì zǐ què yuè bù yǐ ， fēn fēn dà lǐ bài jiàn 。
看见香儿，那些化形期的弟子雀跃不已，纷纷大礼拜见。
Inside the ice block lay a beautiful young woman with delicate eyebrows and eyes—Princess Yuanke of the Snow Fox clan.
zhè ge guò chéng bù yòng miáo shù ， lín xuān gēn zhe xiāng ér huí lái le 。
这个过程不用描述，林轩跟着香儿回来了。
"How could Big Sister be frozen here?"
“ duì le ， yuàn kē jiū jìng zěn me le ？”
“对了，媛珂究竟怎么了？”
Lin Xuan's keen eyes immediately detected that this ice was no ordinary matter; ten-thousand-year-old Ice Essence paled in comparison. "I'm not sure about the exact details."
“ jiě jiě ……” xiāng ér tàn le kǒu qì ：“ wǒ dài nǐ qù 。”
“姐姐……”香儿叹了口气：“我带你去。”
Although it had been many years, Shang'er's expression remained sorrowful when discussing her sister's misfortune. Since their father's death, they'd relied on each other, and Sister Yuanke's kindness to her was beyond measure.
“ hǎo 。”
“好。”
"Two hundred years ago, Big Sister went out with a few friendly tribesmen to search for a treasure. They encountered the Chaotic Yin Essence, which froze them in place."
lín xuān huí dá dé yě shì gān cuì yì cháng ， suí hòu yóu xiǎo hú lí dài lù ， xiàng xuě hú zú de fù xīn zhòng dì ér qù le 。
林轩回答得也是干脆异常，随后由小狐狸带路，像雪狐族的腹心重地而去了。
"What? The Chaotic Yin Essence?"
zhè lǐ de fáng bèi ， zì rán shì sēn yán yǐ jí ， bù guò yǒu xiāng ér gōng zhǔ suí xíng ， yī lù shàng dāng rán shì chàng xíng wú zǔ ， zuì hòu ， chū hū yì liào de ， què shì lái dào yī wèi yú shān gǔ de mì shì zhōng 。
这里的防备，自然是森严以极，不过有香儿公主随行，一路上当然是畅行无阻，最后，出乎意料的，却是来到一位于山谷的密室中。
Lin Xuan's expression was one of astonishment: "Shang'er, are you sure about this?"
“ zhè shì zěn me huí shì ？”
“这是怎么回事？”
"Probably not. After Big Sister was frozen, we tried everything but couldn't save her. That's when we suspected the ice block and sought our benefactor's help."
lín xuān jīng yà de jiù kàn zhuó yǎn qián de yí mù ， zhěng jiān shí shì bié wú tā wù ， rán ér zài shí shì de zhōng xīn ， què yǒu yī gāo liǎng zhàng yǒu yú de jù dà bīng kuài 。
林轩惊讶的就看着眼前的一幕，整间石室别无他物，然而在石室的中心，却有一高两丈有余的巨大冰块。
PS: Today is the first day of the month; according to schedule, there should be no reason for such a late update. However, I bought a new smartphone, which seemed so fresh that I even played with it in the bathroom. Unfortunately, it fell into the toilet, and now I'm feeling very upset. So, here's a request for votes—really need some cheering up!
bīng kuài zhōng yǒu yī róng mào jué měi de shào nǚ ， liǔ méi xì mù ， zhèng shì xuě hú zú de dà gōng zhǔ yuàn kē 。
冰块中有一容貌绝美的少女，柳眉细目，正是雪狐族的大公主媛珂。
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“ nǐ jiě jiě zěn me huì bèi bīng fēng zài cǐ chù ？”
“你姐姐怎么会被冰封在此处？”
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Chapter 2499: The Chaotic Yin Essence
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To be honest, such situations were not uncommon in the cultivation world.
However, for an old monster at the Tribulation Transcending stage to encounter this situation was astonishing.
It was well known that cultivating a body clone brought numerous benefits, making it highly sought after by cultivators with slightly higher cultivation levels. However, as with all things, there were pros and cons. The drawbacks of body clones had long been inevitable.
Most cultivators who cultivated body clones weren't like Lin Xuan, possessing an additional Yuan婴 (spirit embryo) that could be separated at will. They needed to address the source of their second Yuan婴 first.
Since they didn't have one, the only feasible method was to invade and take over another cultivator's Yuan婴, erasing its consciousness and assimilating it into themselves.
For high-ranking cultivators, this wasn't a difficult task; eliminating a slightly weaker cultivator was easy if they caught the right opportunity. However, the隐患 (hidden dangers) were also sown from then on.
Erasing the memories of the Yuan婴 wasn't particularly challenging at first glance, but could it be completely erased? Over time, the body clone would succumb to heart demons and gradually develop new emotions.
In this way, the body clone could be seen as another cultivator, one desperately trying to break free from its original host's control.
Of course, this wasn't inevitable either. The flaws of body clones had been evident since the inception of the cultivation technique, and ancient cultivators had already found solutions through practice and refinement.
To avoid emotional memories diverging from the main body required only periodically using secret techniques to re-cultivate the clone, which would naturally help in assimilation.
However, this old Ice Spirit Patriarch clearly hadn't done so. The reason was unknown.
Perhaps he was overly confident that his powers wouldn't lead to a backlash from the body clone. Little did he know, human calculations often fell short of divine plans, and the result was still a failure.
Alternatively, perhaps he was in the middle of closing the life-and-death gate and encountered some unexpected events, unable to interrupt it. Thus, whether or not the body clone would cause trouble was left to fate.
After all, there were priorities; the main body's cultivation was more important than the body clone.
Lin Xuan wasn't sure which situation this was, nor did he need to care too much. After all, his second Yuan婴 had been cultivated through hard work and not taken from others, so such a backlash wouldn't occur.
Thus, while Lin Xuan was puzzled, he didn't express his thoughts, instead listening quietly as Shang'er continued her story.
"Thanks to my benefactor's protection, this battle finally turned the tide. The Snow Crow tribe was completely wiped out, and we, the Snow Foxes, successfully established ourselves in the Frost Soul Ice Plain. However, good times were short-lived; several hundred years later, not only did Sister encounter an accident, but my benefactor also met with misfortune and perished."
Shang'er's voice added a touch of sorrow: "The Ice Bear and Frost Mouse tribes found another body clone of the old Ice Spirit Patriarch as their support. Over these years, they've been relentlessly pressuring our Snow Fox clan. And just when we were tasked to guard the Holy Temple, the treasures were stolen again..."
"Yuanke encountered an accident?"
Lin Xuan's brows furrowed slightly but didn't rush to ask more questions. He had some patience and let Princess continue.
Half an hour passed as Shang'er narrated in detail. Through her description, Lin Xuan finally understood the current situation of the Frost Soul Ice Plain. It was unrelated to him at first, but now that he'd met the adorable Princess Shang'er, he felt compelled not to stand idly by.
After all, from Little Fox's words, the Snow Fox clan's situation seemed dire. While the Ice Bears and Frost Mice were troublesome enough, their powerful patron, the old Ice Spirit Patriarch, was no small matter. Normally, Shang'er could find ways to handle it, but this time, the theft of treasures provided a significant pretext for conflict.
The two unfriendly tribes wouldn't miss an opportunity to stir up trouble, and whether or not the Snow Fox clan could weather this crisis was uncertain.
Lin Xuan listened silently without making any promises. After all, body clones at the Tribulation Transcending stage were no small matter, and his nature didn't enjoy unnecessary麻烦 (troubles). He had good relations with the two princesses but wasn't obligated to take up their cause.
With his thousand-year experience and current strength, he rarely acted impulsively; everything depended on the situation.
The duo's遁光 (flying light) was swift. In a short while, they traveled tens of thousands of miles further into the Frost Soul Ice Plain, where the Snow Foxes' main habitat lay ahead.
Soon, they encountered a patrol group of Snow Foxes.
Seeing Shang'er, the disciples in their化形期 (metamorphosis stage) were elated and bowed down to greet her.
Lin Xuan followed Shang'er back without further ado. "Right, what happened to Yuanke?"
"Big Sister..." Shang'er sighed: "I'll take you there."
"Alright."
Lin Xuan's response was equally straightforward as they followed Little Fox into the heart of the Snow Fox clan.
The defenses here were extremely strict, but with Princess Shang'er accompanying them, their journey was unobstructed. Unexpectedly, they arrived at a secret chamber in a valley.
"What's going on?"
Lin Xuan was surprised to see the scene before him. The stone room contained nothing else except a massive ice block towering over two meters high.
Inside the ice block lay a beautiful young woman with delicate eyebrows and eyes—Princess Yuanke of the Snow Fox clan.
"How could Big Sister be frozen here?"
Lin Xuan's keen eyes immediately detected that this ice was no ordinary matter; ten-thousand-year-old Ice Essence paled in comparison. "I'm not sure about the exact details."
Although it had been many years, Shang'er's expression remained sorrowful when discussing her sister's misfortune. Since their father's death, they'd relied on each other, and Sister Yuanke's kindness to her was beyond measure.
"Two hundred years ago, Big Sister went out with a few friendly tribesmen to search for a treasure. They encountered the Chaotic Yin Essence, which froze them in place."
"What? The Chaotic Yin Essence?"
Lin Xuan's expression was one of astonishment: "Shang'er, are you sure about this?"
"Probably not. After Big Sister was frozen, we tried everything but couldn't save her. That's when we suspected the ice block and sought our benefactor's help."
PS: Today is the first day of the month; according to schedule, there should be no reason for such a late update. However, I bought a new smartphone, which seemed so fresh that I even played with it in the bathroom. Unfortunately, it fell into the toilet, and now I'm feeling very upset. So, here's a request for votes—really need some cheering up!
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