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Shui Wuya stepped outside, and the Grand Elder quickly huddled next to Xu Mo, asking for details.
"Master, what's going on? Does the young master not appreciate our offerings?"
"I... I don't know. He just took the illuminating bead from before, without even going into the treasure vault."
Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder, like Xu Mo, couldn't comprehend. It was just an ordinary ice bead.
Besides illumination and serving as a power source, it had no other use.
"Master Xu, where are we resting tonight?" Shui Wuya's voice was heard, prompting Xu Mo to signal the Grand Elder with a glance before leading Shui Wuya forward.
In the guest room prepared by Xu Mo, Shui Wuya paid no attention to the surroundings or the specifics of the room. After entering, he took out the ice bead.
Both Xu Mo and the Grand Elder remained outside, as Han Feng stood there, emanating an aura of no entry.
"If there's anything the young master needs, please inform us anytime." Xu Mo said to Han Feng before leaving with the Grand Elder.
They needed to quickly discuss everything that happened today with the other elders in the sect.
They still intended to deepen their relationship with Shui Wuya by offering treasures from the vault.
As Xu Mo and the Grand Elder left, Han Feng continued to guard the room's entrance.
Inside the room, Ice Emperor and Octagon had taken human form, sitting on either side of the table.
"So, how is this thing used?" Shui Wuya looked at Bingdi.
"I don't know," Ice Emperor shook his head directly. "I only sense the aura of the Ice God, but I've always been in the Extreme north. You're asking me to understand human things?"
"Don't look at me, I was previously planted in the ground and couldn't move," Octagon also shook his head repeatedly.
Shui Wuya suddenly had a headache. Although Ice Emperor and Octagon both said there was the aura of Shui Bing'er on it, what use could such a small ice bead have?
"Let me think... the Xuanming Sect used this thing as a tool for illumination, more accurately as a power source..."
"And, this was given to the Xuanming Sect by the Shui Family. Thinking deeper, it's likely arranged by Shui Bing'er specifically for me now. I should consider it from this angle," Shui Wuya muttered to himself.
So, if it was given to me by Shui Bing'er, what would I do?
Following this line of thought, Shui Wuya immediately found a direction.
"Yes, since it's from Shui Bing'er, if I can't figure it out, why not just ask her directly?"
"Wuya, do you have a plan?" Ice Emperor asked.
"Yes, I have an idea now. Let's try it next," Shui Wuya replied.
Listening to the conversation of the three, the Dream Ice Silkworm, feeling aggrieved, flew out of the spiritual world, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you guys talking about? Can someone explain it to me?"
The Dream Ice Silkworm was ignored.
Shui Wuya sat cross-legged, while Ice Emperor and Octagon held down the indignant Dream Ice Silkworm, taking her back to Shui Wuya's spiritual world.
After entering a meditative state, Shui Wuya held the ice bead in his palm, about to activate his abilities, when suddenly he felt a slight tug from the ice bead.
Moreover, it was a mental tug.
With a thought, Shui Wuya loosened his own mind. In the next moment, some mental power detached and entered the small ice bead in his hand.
Soon the mental power returned, and a message appeared in Shui Wuya's mind.
[Ice God's Divine Trial.]
[Trial Rules... Awaiting acceptance of the divine trial...]
Shui Wuya had considered many possibilities but never imagined that this small ice bead contained the Ice God's divine trial!
In other words, this was an artifact, one that could initiate the Ice God's divine trial and make one become the Ice God.
"Ah, I see." Shui Wuya instantly understood.
This was Shui Bing'er using his abilities to fix some bugs.
As the future deity Shui Bing'er, by entrusting him with the Ice God's divine trial, she could then pass on the trial to the Shui Bing'er from ten thousand years ago using his abilities.
And Shui Bing'er, in turn, would use this divine trial to become the Ice God, thus completing a time loop.
"Incredible foresight from our ancestor..." Shui Wuya exclaimed, activating his abilities to see Shui Bing'er.
"Ancestor, I'm about to pass something very important to you. However, I'm not sure how much of my mental power it will consume."
"If it's significant, I might need some time to recover my mental strength in the future."
Shui Wuya quickly explained, not waiting for Shui Bing'er's reply before sending the ice bead over.
The next moment, Shui Wuya felt everything go black, his abilities abruptly interrupted.
A large amount of mental power was instantly drained, causing a disturbance in his spiritual world.
"What's happening?" The three spirits of the Ice Emperor were startled.
"I don't know, he suddenly consumed too much mental power, causing a deficit. Ice Emperor, quickly act to fill this gap!" The Dream Ice Silkworm, as an ice attribute soul beast, had more experience in this regard than the Ice Emperor and hastily spoke up.
After speaking, she herself contributed her mental power first, starting to help Shui Wuya.
The Ice Emperor also acted promptly.
In just a moment, Shui Wuya felt his consciousness return once more, overwhelmed by a heavy sense of fatigue.
He wanted to continue meditating, but with the remaining mental power, even that seemed challenging.
"Wuya, what did you just do?" As soon as Shui Wuya woke up, the Dream Ice Silkworm appeared before him, wearing a stern expression.
Shui Wuya noticed that the Dream Ice Silkworm's body had become somewhat ethereal and immediately understood what had happened. "Thank you."
The Dream Ice Silkworm didn't accept the gratitude. "What exactly did you do? With that level of mental power consumption, are you really just a Soul King?"
"Forget it, even if I ask, you won't tell me. There can't be a next time. The next time, I might end up dead because of you." With that said, the Dream Ice Silkworm's body disappeared.
Shui Wuya smiled. Indeed, he wouldn't explain.
However, he was confident that nothing would go wrong. Shui Bing'er dared to send this thing to him, she must be sure it wouldn't harm him.
Relaxing his grip, the small ice bead turned into ice chips, quickly melting into water.
The part containing the divine trial had been sent to ten thousand years ago.
He had just learned that this small ice bead actually consisted of two parts: the part containing the divine trial and the part replenishing his mental power.
If it weren't for the Dream Ice Silkworm's help, the outer part would also have replenished his mental power.
Shui Bing'er had always been cautious.
In the divine realm, Shui Bing'er sensed the disappearance of the aura of the ice bead from the mortal realm, a smile appearing on her lips.
"His abilities are indeed extraordinary, I can't even trace the aura of the artifact."
Shui Bing'er checked her memories and indeed, the source of the Ice God's divine trial had changed.
(End of this chapter)