Above all spirits

Chapter 229 Caught a slight cold

"Cough cough."

"Palace Master, what happened? Has the cold attacked your heart again? But I remember that the elders just suppressed it."

The personal maid who was walking with Xue Qingwu in the passageway of Bingyun Palace noticed her unusual cough and asked her with concern.

Xue Qingwu frowned slightly, quickly circulating her qi to sense the stable yin energy within her body. Finding no agitation, she shook her head, puzzled.

"No."

"The cold air did not erupt."

"Perhaps he caught a slight cold."

maid:?

The current master of Ice Cloud Palace, who possesses the ultimate Yin imperial will and wields the ultimate power of ice elements, has caught a cold.

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The maid gave an awkward laugh, then, on a sudden impulse, seized the opportunity to speak.

"Perhaps someone is missing the Palace Master."

"It's a pity that Young Master Ye didn't find the Extreme Yang Emperor's Will. This Emperor's Will is also strange. Even with the power of the Free and Unfettered Sect, they've searched for so many years without any success. Perhaps they don't even have this kind of Emperor's Will. However, I've heard that the Thunder Emperor's Will is also a rare Emperor's Will in the world that possesses the power of Extreme Yang. It might be able to solve this problem..."

"Xiao Ning!"

Xue Qingwu raised her voice unusually, and a hint of anger appeared in her eyes, which were originally as pure as snow.

"I only kept you by my side because you are of good rank and quite clever in your work."

"But don't be too clever for your own good, this is the last time."

"I don't know what benefits Ye Changfeng promised you, but you've mentioned it to me several times."

"If there is a next time, I will find someone else to be my deputy."

Xiao Ning was shocked upon hearing this and immediately knelt down on one knee, her voice trembling as she spoke.

"Palace Master, Xiao Ning knows she was wrong. Please don't leave. Xiao Ning was only worried about your health. If the Extreme Yin Emperor's Will wants to break through to the Innate Realm, it needs a large number of Yang Stones without the assistance of the Extreme Yang Emperor's Will. And by your time, the Yang Stones stored in Ice Cloud Palace are already..."

“Xiao Ning has been by your side for nearly ten years, from when you first entered the ninth level of the Sacred Body and inherited the Extreme Yin Emperor’s Will to the peak of the Sacred Body. Your coldness has become more and more intense. Xiao Ning is really just worried about your health.”

"Young Master Ye didn't promise Xiao Ning anything. It's just that Xiao Ning feels that Young Master Ye and you are a perfect match in every way, and he treats you very well. Moreover, Thunder Emperor's Will is currently the most promising way for you to transition to the Innate Realm. If you really don't like it, Xiao Ning won't bring it up again, and there definitely won't be a next time!"

Seeing Xiao Ning's panicked state, Xue Qingwu thought of their years of friendship and realized that perhaps Xiao Ning was really just concerned about her health.

Feeling somewhat reluctant, he finally softened and gently helped her up.

"I may have been a bit too harsh. As long as it doesn't happen again, that's fine."

"Don't worry, there's still a long way to go before reaching the Innate Realm. The cold air won't harm me for now, but the Yin coldness of the Extreme Cold Emperor's Will can only be dispelled by the Extreme Yang Emperor's Will. Although the Thunder Emperor's Will is also an extremely Yang power, it's too violent and uncontrollable, mostly used for killing. If it's rashly balanced for me, it might backfire. I've considered all of these."

"I was born a disciple of the Ice Cloud Palace, and now I am the Palace Master of the Ice Cloud Palace. I should shoulder the responsibility of protecting the entire Ice Cloud Palace. Personal interests have long been suppressed in my heart. There is nothing wrong with Ye Changfeng. If he is alone and really finds the Extreme Yang Emperor's Will, it will be beneficial to my strength and the entire Ice Cloud Palace. What's wrong with marrying him?"

"But putting aside the fact that he hasn't found it, the fact that he is backed by the Xiaoyao Sect alone makes me very worried. There are some things that I have to be wary of. The legacy of the Bingyun Palace cannot be broken in my generation."

Xue Qingwu looked longingly at the Ice Cloud Palace that had nurtured her until now, and let out a long sigh.

"The Emperor's Will is unique, but the Free and Unfettered Emperor's Will is very special. Almost all sects and clans, except for the Samsara Sect and the Free and Unfettered Sect, have a period of weakness, which is the vacuum period when the current holder of the Emperor's Will dies and the current inheritor has not yet advanced to the Innate level."

"Although there was an agreement between sects and clans that no force should take advantage of others' weakness to bully them, this agreement has been somewhat torn ever since the Samsara Sect produced three inheritors of imperial wills."

"Not to mention that the Xiaoyao Sect has now obtained a second kind of imperial will inheritance. At this meeting targeting the Heavenly Demon, I vaguely felt that Ye Changfeng seemed to have a very good compatibility with the Thunder Emperor's Will and was about to successfully condense it. He is indeed flawless in terms of talent."

“But the Free and Unfettered Sect is different from the Samsara Sect. If they really had no other intentions, the Free and Unfettered Sect and the Yang family would not have considered a marriage alliance back then. There were many disgruntled forces involved in this marriage alliance, but in the end, it did not erupt.”

"The Xiaoyao Sect... is really hard to trust."

Xue Qingwu suddenly felt that her emotions were somewhat out of control, and she had unknowingly said a lot. These words should have been kept deep in her heart, but now she was confiding in others. Fortunately, Xiao Ning had been with her for many years and should not say too much.

But I still gave a reminder.

"Xiao Ning, don't mention this to anyone else. I'm just explaining it to you, so don't mention Ye Changfeng again."

"If there truly weren't enough Yang Stones, and if the Extreme Yang Emperor's Will hadn't appeared, perhaps my fate, Xue Qingwu's fate, and the fate of the Ice Cloud Palace, would have been the same..."

"I'm sorry, Master, I've done my best."

Some things are beyond human control. The Extreme Yin Emperor's Will is more domineering than ordinary Emperor's Will. When one advances to the Innate Realm, the Yin Cold Qi in one's body will advance first. Without Extreme Yang or a large number of Yang Stones to balance it, one will be eroded by the Yin Cold Qi and eventually die. Similarly, it is rumored that the Extreme Yang Emperor's Will is probably the same.

The Extreme Yang Emperor's Will has only existed in legend since the founding of the Ice Cloud Palace, and has never been seen. Perhaps the Extreme Yang Emperor's Will never existed at all.

Previously, there was a sufficient reserve of Yang Stones. These are crystals that exist in the star field and are produced after the natural dissipation of the most Yang star body that provides illumination to the entire star field. The first palace master of Ice Cloud Palace collected a lot of them. Although the palace masters of each generation have been collecting them, they have not been able to make ends meet. By the time of his generation, there was not enough.

However, it is impossible for me to actively destroy these yang celestial bodies. Putting aside whether I could successfully obtain the yang stone, the sheer power of the celestial bodies exploding would be unbearable even for peak-level holy bodies or pseudo-innate beings. At the same time, it would also cause devastating damage to all the surrounding stars. I would never do something that would cause such widespread suffering.

Thinking of this, Xue Qingwu felt a little lost. She slowly turned around and continued forward, hoping that the Supreme Yang Star would naturally dissipate in the years to come.

Perhaps because her thoughts were a little heavy, Xue Qingwu was completely unaware of the gloom that flashed in Xiao Ning's eyes the moment she turned around.

This gloom contains so much.

There was joy, jealousy, gratitude, but also resentment.