Chapter 20

Perennial Ice Spirit.

The treasure of the thousand-year-old North Sea, the tears of the North Sea people who suffered terribly, lay there.

To Xue Bai, the Perennial Ice Spirit was a fervent desire he longed to touch even in his dreams and a bitter wish that made him swallow his blood.

How many times had he imagined this scene today?

His lifelong wish was now spread out before his eyes.

The thousand-year-old North Sea legend.

The legendary Absolute Ice Person, to achieve the glorious myth that would save the North Sea, one must necessarily obtain the Perennial Ice Spirit.

After the Ice Empress Han Bai Xia was humiliated and died by the Central Plains people, the North Sea never recovered from the near-extinction blow.

That Perennial Ice Spirit was the last hope and pride of the eighty thousand North Sea people.

They had endured a life of humiliation, denying their ancestors and hiding their family names, all for this day.

Thinking of his mother, who murmured "Absolute Ice Person" until her last breath, tears threatened to pour out.

Xue Bai, or Han Xue Bai, held his twin sister Han Xue Xian's hand even tighter.

Han Xue Bai barely calmed his heart and regained his cold expression.

He was the last descendant of the Ice Heaven Han family, the direct lineage of the thousand-year-old North Sea Ice Palace, and was destined to become the next Ice Palace Master.

When the Central Plains people suddenly visited the North Sea and mentioned the Perennial Ice Spirit, Han Xue Bai rushed to Anhui, setting aside all other matters.

He glared at Zhao Hui as if he wanted to kill him.

The thousand-year-old North Sea's wish, that ancient treasure, being used as an accessory for an ice storage room!

Then, Zhao Hui's next words were even more outrageous.

"I really don't understand the miserable lives of the North Sea people. Don't you know about the ice-cutting families? Do you really not know how valuable and precious ice is in the Central Plains? If all the ice in this large ice storage room were sold at the market, do you know how much silver it would be worth? If I were you, I would lead all the ice palace experts and use the ice to dominate the Central Plains market."

Ice-cutting families.

This idiom reflects the old custom where only families of high-ranking officials could use ice for funerals and rituals.

The power and wealth of high-ranking officials were unimaginable. Ice was something that only such noble families could see.

Ice in the Central Plains was that expensive and rare.

Without the Perennial Ice Spirit, Zhao Hui would never have imagined the establishment of the Zhao Family Inn, the Zhao Family Medicine Hall, the Zhao Family Brewery, and the Hebin Hall.

On the other hand, Han Xue Bai was almost speechless.

What does this person think of the Absolute Ice Technique?

Ice White Divine Technique.

When this great martial art of the North Sea was revealed to the Central Plains, all the martial artists trembled.

Whenever the legendary "Absolute Ice Person" of the North Sea appeared, there was always a terrible bloodbath in the Central Plains.

An ice technique that transcended the norms of martial arts, its destructive power was beyond the imagination of martial artists.

The chilling Ice White Divine Palm, freezing all mountains, rivers, and plants with just one strike.

Those who had seen dozens of martial artists turn to ice in a single day would never spout such nonsense.

The North Sea Ice Palace was the most feared by the Five Overlords of the Frontier among the Central Plains martial artists.

What?

Learning ice techniques to manufacture ice and make a fortune in the Central Plains?

Does this person have no respect or admiration for excellent martial arts?

Shivering.

Han Xue Bai felt like washing his ears, which had been dirtied.

But that was just the beginning.

"Why do you keep that expression? Do you have any feelings towards me? Didn't you come here to work?"

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"..."

Zhao Hui looked at the Han siblings with a dissatisfied expression.

"Let's talk about business. I can lend you the Perennial Ice Spirit for the whole day. I want to receive labor in return. You might have already heard this from the warriors who brought you here."

When Zhao Hui referred to the cultivation of ice techniques as "business" or "labor" until the end, Han Xue Bai, as a member of the Ice Palace, felt his pride explode.

"Shut your mouth!"

Zhao Hui's eyes turned cold.

"Then leave."

Zhao Hui's gesture pointed to the stairs they had come down.

Han Xue Bai bit his lips until they bled.

"Arrogant, just because you're alone! Xue Xian!"

Whoosh!

A white coldness formed in Han Xue Bai's hands.

Han Xue Xian also used the Ice White Divine Palm, which she had raised to its highest level, and attacked Zhao Hui.

The already cold ice palace interior became even colder.

Zhao Hui's eyes, now completely white, sank like the depths of the sea.

The Ice White Divine Palm, as seen through the Sword Heaven Omnipotent Body.

The moisture in the air was compressed and condensed at an incredible speed, and the geometric patterns were instantly visible.

Truly amazing.

As the moisture in the air, repeatedly compressed and condensed, dropped below the critical temperature, it instantly caused numerous waves and increased in power.

The mathematical perfection of the process of creating extreme cold by compressing and condensing the air in an instant was, surprisingly, the highest level, except for the sword techniques.

Even the imperial sword techniques of the Nangong family were inferior.

Who could have thought of such a vicious method of using inner energy?

To use inner energy in this way, one must not only practice the emission of inner energy but also the absorption, or "suction," of inner energy simultaneously.

Most martial arts in the world focus on the effective emission of inner energy and rarely practice the absorption techniques because it is much harder to absorb inner energy than to emit it.

It's like it's harder to scoop up water than to pour it out.

Unless it's a special martial art like the Wudang's Yi Hua Jie Mu, the sword technique's "touch," or the demonic technique of Xing Cheng Da Fa, there's no need to use the absorption technique of inner energy.

To achieve such a level of vibration with inner energy, one would have to give up all other martial arts achievements and dedicate their entire life to the emission and absorption of inner energy.

If not, the secret of this vibration must lie in the true inner energy itself.

Suddenly, Zhao Hui's figure disappeared as if it had been extinguished. The supreme form of movement, Yi Xing Huan Wei, was displayed.

Whoosh!

The energy of the Ice White Divine Palm, which had cut through the air, made the already high ice wall even more solid.

Zhao Hui, who had instantly moved behind the Han siblings, smiled contentedly.

"Wow... It's much bigger and stronger. It can be delivered further."

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

The faces of the man and woman, both of heavenly beauty, were full of bewilderment, as they couldn't even follow Zhao Hui's movements with their eyes.

This man in front of them.

He is definitely not a simple merchant!

Thinking that he would attack from behind, they were prepared, but the opponent was just standing with his hands behind his back, smiling slightly.

Han Xue Bai clenched his teeth and charged.

"Scoundrel!"

The ultimate technique of the North Sea Ice Palace, the Snow Flower True Phosphorus Step, was displayed.

Illusions appeared as he closed the distance with Zhao Hui in an instant and raised the energy of the Ice White Divine Palm.

Ice White Divine Palm.

Second Technique: Northern Wind Continuous Form.

The palm techniques of extreme cold penetrated one after another.

A continuous palm technique that added destruction to destruction.

Although it consumed a lot of inner energy, its instantaneous destructive power was superior to any other technique of the Ice White Divine Palm.

However...

Whoosh!

Zhao Hui's figure disappeared again as if it had been extinguished.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The palm technique of extreme cold, the Northern Wind Continuous Form, with its tremendous coldness, swept through one side of the warehouse.

There, a large bucket of ice, which was only half-frozen, was piled up.

When the extreme cold palm technique hit the bucket of ice, the coldness spread in all directions, covering all the ice buckets.

Flash, flash!

The ice, which was only half-frozen, became solidly frozen!

Zhao Hui, who had benefited again, secretly rejoiced.

Grin!

Han Xue Bai, with a face of disbelief, was frozen in place.

If he wasn't a fool, he would have realized it by now.

The opponent's intention was clear.

He was skillfully guiding Han Xue Bai's Ice White Divine Palm towards the ice wall!

"Wow...! It takes more than three hours to freeze ice in the stone ice storage, but you froze it all with one palm technique! Why do you want to use such a great ability just to kill people? Listen carefully."

Zhao Hui's serious gaze turned to the ice buckets.

"That technique you just used, isn't it a technique for fighting a person? Even a technique with a narrow destructive range froze eleven ice buckets in one go. Surely you have a technique that can spread coldness over a wide area, right?"

Han Xue Bai answered as if in a trance.

"Of course."

Ice White Divine Palm.

Fifth Technique: Snow White Under the Sky.

A wide-range technique that covers a circular area of twenty feet with extreme cold, consuming a lot of inner energy but having the best killing power among all the techniques of the Ice White Divine Palm.

"How many ice buckets can you freeze with that technique?"

Han Xue Bai, roughly calculating, tilted his head.

"Fifty?"

Zhao Hui was repeatedly amazed.

"Wow! Look at that! How many times can you use that technique with full inner energy?"

"Four or five times?"

Zhao Hui's eyes widened.

"Is that all? It seems to be a technique that consumes a lot of inner energy. Anyway!"

Zhao Hui pointed to an ice bucket.

"One ice bucket is worth thirteen taels of silver. Now, let's do the math. Roughly fifty buckets per technique, and you can use it four times with full inner energy, so two hundred buckets."

"Full inner energy?"

"Such a thing exists. Anyway, let's say you can make two hundred buckets at once. How much is that in silver? Two thousand six hundred taels! In gold, two hundred sixty taels! What an insane efficiency! You're walking trading companies!"

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"..."

Zhao Hui's smooth talk was as sweet as a multi-level marketing pitch.

"Think about it. There's the Perennial Ice Spirit you've longed for. Make two hundred buckets of ice, meditate on the ice spirit, make another two hundred buckets, and meditate again. Repeat this five or six times a day. How will your ice technique improve?"

It's true.

Not just the Ice White Divine Technique, but the basic training method for all inner energy techniques involves repeated practice of emission and circulation.

After repeatedly practicing the Ice White Divine Palm until the dantian is empty, meditate on the Ice White Divine Technique on the Perennial Ice Spirit.

Theoretically, it's the best training method.

"If you repeat this for five years, what will you become? A super expert Ice Person!"

The Han siblings, though they found Zhao Hui's smiling face annoying, couldn't help but be tempted.

"I'll give you one-tenth of the ice sales as your salary. Isn't this a golden opportunity? I don't understand why you're angry."

Zhao Hui's persuasive words gradually eroded the martial artists' pride.

Han Xue Bai suddenly had a suspicious look on his face.

"Ten percent, how much is that?"

Grin.

A cold smile spread across Zhao Hui's lips.