Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow was a supreme treasure of ice attributes. If it truly were Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, Shui Wuhen could easily absorb its energy. However, the deep blue crystal in his hand could not do so, which was enough to show that this thing was not Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, but something similar.
"However, even if it's not Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, it should still be some kind of treasure. Since we're already here, I might as well collect some and take it back."
With that, Shui Wuhen placed his hand on a deep blue crystal embedded in the wall and circulated his soul power, preparing to forcefully pull it out.
However, he quickly discovered that the deep blue crystal actually began absorbing his soul power, and then its own texture turned into something like jelly. There was no need to exert force at all—it could simply be pulled out.
"It actually reacted with my soul power. What exactly is going on?"
Shui Wuhen felt somewhat puzzled in his heart. He had never heard of a material that would soften upon contact with soul power.
But this doubt was quickly suppressed by Shui Wuhen. Now was not the time to investigate it.
Afterwards, Shui Wuhen quickly pulled out several deep blue crystals, stored them into his storage soul tool, and then left the cave together with Articuno.
Next, Shui Wuhen searched again beneath the cold pool, but found nothing unusual.
"Only the spring eye remains. If Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow truly exists, then it should be beneath this spring eye."
After a moment, Shui Wuhen returned to the side of the spring eye and thought inwardly.
However, he soon frowned, because the cold aura emitted from this spring eye had reached an extremely terrifying level. Even for him, descending into it carried risks.
After all, no one knew whether the temperature below would continue to drop, or how low it could go.
Faced with this situation, Shui Wuhen signaled to Articuno beside him.
In this situation, Articuno was undoubtedly the most suitable for scouting. After all, Articuno was his martial soul. Even if it were destroyed, he would at most suffer some injury.
Moreover, as long as he did not die, Articuno could be summoned again. In a sense, it was almost an immortal existence.
"Wu~"
Seeing this, Articuno nodded. It shrank its body and turned into a streak of light, entering the spring eye.
Above the cold pool, Shui Bing'er was pacing back and forth along the edge.
She glanced at the position where Shui Wuhen had dived in, feeling somewhat anxious: "Why hasn't brother come back after so long? Should I go down too?"
"Splash—"
At that moment, two water sounds rang out. Shui Wuhen and Articuno flew out of the water.
Shui Wuhen, who had just come out of the cold pool, was covered in dense cold air. If it were an ordinary soul master, they would have already retreated in fear. However, Shui Bing'er rushed forward instead, asking with concern, "Brother, are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Shui Wuhen shook his head and smiled at Shui Bing'er. "We were very lucky. We found it, and the quantity far exceeded my expectations."
"A lot? How many?" Shui Bing'er's eyes immediately lit up.
If what her brother said was true, wouldn't it mean their cultivation levels would skyrocket?
Shui Wuhen did not answer directly, but instead asked, "How many exactly? Bing'er, come down with me and you'll know."
Immediately, Shui Wuhen jumped back into the cold pool, and Shui Bing'er followed right after.
Soon, the two arrived in front of the freezing spring eye.
Shui Wuhen transmitted his voice: "Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow is beneath this spring eye. However, the temperature below is extremely cold. You must hold onto me tightly, or you may be frozen stiff."
"I… I could be frozen stiff?"
Shui Bing'er was startled, then nodded with a serious expression.
At the same time, curiosity arose in her heart. Her martial soul was the top-tier Ice Phoenix, and she was already at level fifty-five. What kind of temperature could even freeze her stiff?
But this doubt was quickly answered. Not long after entering the spring eye, she felt a terrifying cold current, and the surrounding temperature dropped to an incomprehensible level.
However, at that moment, a familiar surge of soul power entered her body, warming her previously stiff limbs.
"It's brother!"
Shui Bing'er instantly recognized the source of that soul power and gratefully looked toward Shui Wuhen in front of her.
With Shui Wuhen's protection, Shui Bing'er continued forward. Soon, the pressure disappeared, and they fell into a cave.
In an instant, an extreme coldness pierced through them, causing Shui Bing'er to shiver.
At that moment, she even felt as if everything in her body was being frozen solid, which made her realize how terrifyingly cold this place truly was.
If not for Shui Wuhen's protection, she would have been turned into an ice sculpture in no time.
Even as an Ice-attribute Soul King, she would not be an exception—unless she reached the level of a Titled Douluo, it would be impossible to withstand it.
At that moment, Shui Wuhen condensed a light sphere in his hand, instantly illuminating the surroundings.
The small space was filled with ice-blue mist, and within the cave were numerous irregular, crisscrossing white ice pillars. Within the pillars, faint streams of liquid could be seen flowing.
Careful observation revealed that the terrifying cold aura all originated from those ice pillars.
"Brother, are those Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow? There's so much of it?"
Seeing the scene inside the cave, Shui Bing'er covered her small mouth in shock.
Shui Wuhen nodded. "Yes, those ice pillars are Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. I counted them—there are forty-six in total. More than enough to support our cultivation all the way to Titled Douluo."
Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow was formed deep within extreme ice environments over tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years, condensing extremely pure and abundant energy.
Any single stalk of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow here was enough to greatly increase their strength, let alone forty-six of them.
Hearing this, Shui Bing'er trembled inwardly, almost fainting from joy.
Although she had heard about its effects before, she never expected it could directly carry them to Titled Douluo.
She immediately suggested, "Then brother, let's quickly take them away. If we leave them here and someone else discovers them…"
However, Shui Wuhen shook his head with a wry smile. "If only it were that easy. I tried already—even if stored in jade boxes, the extreme cold emitted by Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow is not something a soul tool can withstand. My storage soul tool almost got damaged just now."