Chapter 44: The Lost Scroll
The initial excitement over the Frost Snow Woman news quickly faded as a sense of unease settled in.
Realizing her lapse in composure, Shui Qinghou coughed delicately, smoothed her attire, and regained her dignified and elegant demeanor.
“So, why did the Ice Shield Palace inform only our Sea Concubine Palace, instead of convening a Sea Region Alliance meeting?”
“An Alliance meeting? Didn’t you see your reactions just now? They would undoubtedly shift their focus from the Frost Snow Woman to the Snow Sovereign. I fear the entire Sea Region would be destroyed, with no escape.”
“Our Ice Shield Palace only wants the Frost Snow Woman. We won’t get involved in anything else.”
Only the Frost Snow Woman…?
Shui Qinghou and the other two blue-haired women exchanged glances, understanding dawning in their eyes.
“Of course, we won’t resort to forceful coercion like the Serene Passage Pool did. To gain the Frost Snow Woman’s willing cooperation, besides our Wrathful Saintess, we also need a low-level Spirit Master with an offensive Saint-rank spirit beast.”
“So, with the Sorrowful Saintess’s assistance, we have a chance!!!”
As the higher-ups of the Sea Concubine Palace and the Ice Shield Palace negotiated, Gong Lianyue froze, petrified.
What kind of development was this? Were they really so certain she had a Saint-rank spirit beast? The little fox could only pretend to be Saint-rank!
The Ice Shield Palace’s intentions were clear. Few could resist the allure of a legendary being, but they had made their choice.
Abandon the legendary, target the Saint-rank!
Their Wrathful Saintess would team up with her to confront the Frost Snow Woman, convincing her to willingly submit. This way, even the Snow Sovereign would have no reason to intervene.
The Wrathful Saintess, whose Saint-rank spirit beast was suspected to be the Misty Heart Lotus. If she also contracted the Frost Snow Woman, she would become the only dual Saint-rank Spirit Master in the Sea Region Alliance.
With two Saint-rank spirit beasts, she would shed the title of the Sea Region’s strongest new generation fighter and become the undisputed strongest fighter in the entire Sea Region.
Truthfully, if the Wrathful Saintess and the Sorrowful Saintess joined forces, they might actually have a chance against a lone Frost Snow Woman.
The Misty Heart Lotus had no combat ability whatsoever. Ultimately, they would have to rely on the legendary Variant Water Emperor, which was why the Ice Shield Palace had contacted the Sea Concubine Palace privately.
Convening a meeting would not only alert the entire Sea Region but likely even the Storm Realm.
They might end up with nothing. It was better to conspire with the Sea Concubine Palace and secretly acquire the Frost Snow Woman.
This meant… she would soon have to face a real Saint-rank…?
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy Gong Lianyue felt, almost turning to stone.
“If the Sea Concubine Palace agrees to our request, the Ice Shield Palace will lend you a fragment of the Lost Scroll for a hundred years.”
“A fragment of the Lost Scroll…!!!”
As the woman from the Ice Shield Palace finished speaking, the breathing of the Sea Concubine Palace members quickened.
Gong Lianyue’s teardrop eyes narrowed slightly. She knew of this item, a true miracle of spirit techniques from ancient times.
Modern spirit techniques were merely flawed imitations derived from the Lost Scroll, categorized as advanced and ordinary. They couldn’t truly influence the outcome of battles, rendering the Spirit Master’s own power negligible.
Most Spirit Masters considered spirit techniques useless, preferring to spend their time meditating and cultivating. Even she, as the Saintess, had only learned the ordinary Water Armor and the advanced Tidal Wave techniques.
However, legends claimed that a Spirit Master who mastered the complete Lost Scroll could even fight high-rank spirit beasts head-on.
Within the Sea Region Alliance, the Cold Court and the Ice Shield Palace each possessed fragments of the Lost Scroll, treasures that attracted countless Spirit Masters, driving them into a frenzy.
Now, the opportunity to study a fragment of the Lost Scroll was right before them. How could the Sea Concubine Palace members not be excited?
“A hundred years with a fragment of the Lost Scroll in exchange for a Saint-rank spirit beast…?”
“Indeed, that’s fair,” Shui Qinghou immediately agreed.
Gong Lianyue felt a lump in her throat. She had wanted to refuse, but the mention of the Lost Scroll made it impossible.
What excuse could possibly justify refusing the Lost Scroll? Her usual cleverness was useless now.
She didn’t know what would happen when facing a real Saint-rank spirit beast…
The Wrathful Saintess, Luo Kuxin.
Information about the woman surfaced in Gong Lianyue’s mind. Her early experiences were somewhat similar to her own. She too had been chosen as Saintess because of her pure, emerald-green hair.
Most Ice Shield Palace Spirit Masters absorbed wind-attribute spirit energy during battle, causing their hair color to change, becoming mixed with black. But hers was naturally green.
It was said that Luo Kuxin’s original spirit beast was only a mid-rank Jade Wolf King. But during a battle against a Saint-rank enemy from the Storm Realm, she had finally revealed her true companion spirit beast.
Decapitated dozens of times, limbs severed hundreds of times, body pulverized, disemboweled, turned into mush.
Yet, seconds later, she would reappear unharmed, fully revived.
After nearly an hour, reinforcements finally arrived, and the enemy retreated. Luo Kuxin’s name became famous throughout the Sea Region.
The Misty Heart Lotus was her true companion spirit beast, its existence concealed by her palace.
The Misty Heart Lotus… bringing the dead back to life. What a bizarre spirit beast.
Unlike the fake little fox, this was the true power of a Saint-rank spirit beast…
“But that location is too close to the Storm Realm. Won’t they notice something?” After some discussion, Shui Qinghou asked worriedly.
“Simple. Set the final trial location for the Saintess selection at the entrance to the Storm Realm. Claim it’s a practical combat exercise.”
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Brilliant. After the recent provocation from the Storm Realm, such a move by the enraged Sea Concubine Palace would seem perfectly logical.
Using the Saintess selection as a cover to conceal their true objective—the Frost Snow Woman!
The three Vice Palace Masters of the Sea Concubine Palace looked at the woman from the Ice Shield Palace who had proposed the idea. For some reason, she seemed quite clever.
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