The Frost Spirit Beast’s tone was filled with reluctance, and the aura emanating from its body grew increasingly weak.
Leo used his divine sense to examine the Frost Spirit Beast’s body and knew it was telling the truth.
He then turned around, used his spiritual power to envelop the egg, and moved it in front of the Frost Spirit Beast.
The Frost Spirit Beast extended its giant claw with difficulty and gently touched the ice-white egg.
The egg seemed to sense its mother’s touch, emitting a shimmering icy glow.
After a while, the Frost Spirit Beast’s gaze shifted from the egg, and it gently pushed the egg towards Leo.
“Human cultivator, I hope you won’t mark it with a Contract Beast Rune,” the Frost Spirit Beast’s large ice-white eyes looked at Leo, its tone pleading.
Leo looked at the blood-soaked, sorrowful, and helpless Frost Spirit Beast. After a moment of silence, he nodded, “I will take good care of it and won’t mark it with a Contract Beast Rune. I will treat it as a friend or a companion.”
Once a beast is marked with a Contract Beast Rune, it must obey the commands of the human cultivator without question, losing its freedom.
“Thank you.” Leo’s promise relieved the Frost Spirit Beast of its only remaining concern.
Then, as if recalling something, the Frost Spirit Beast laboriously moved its head to look at the egg and then at Leo.
“What’s wrong?” Leo asked, seeing that the Frost Spirit Beast seemed to want to say something.
The Frost Spirit Beast hesitated before speaking, “If one day it asks about its father and your strength is sufficient, could you take it to the Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts to find its father?”
“The Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts? Its father?” Leo was taken aback, his gaze becoming suspicious. “You come from the Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts?”
As far as Leo knew, the Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts was located on the westernmost part of the Awakened Continent and was home to various Demonkin, with very few humans.
Moreover, the Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts was very far from the Southern Marches region.
The Frost Spirit Beast slowly began to speak, “I am originally from the Frost Spirit Beast clan in the Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts. The child’s father is the son of the clan leader of the Holy Qilin clan in the Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts. Our union was not accepted by the Holy Qilin clan.”
“Two hundred years ago, I eloped with the child’s father to the Southern Marches region. We discovered this hidden island and settled here. But fifty years later, the Holy Qilin clan found us. The child’s father was taken away by them to protect me.”
After hearing the Frost Spirit Beast’s story, Leo and Seraphina exchanged glances, somewhat at a loss for words.
Leo couldn’t help but think of the story of Cinderella and the prince. He hadn’t expected such things to happen among beast clans in this world.
“When my strength is sufficient in the future, I will take it to find its father,” Leo promised after some thought. He also wanted to visit the Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts someday.
“Thank you.” Gratitude filled the Frost Spirit Beast’s eyes. It continued, “I will now pass on information about its father to you.”
As it spoke, a baby fist-sized ice-white light ball emerged from the Frost Spirit Beast’s forehead.
When the ice-white light ball entered Leo’s forehead, the information transfer was complete.
“Young man, beneath the Ice Soul Yin-Yang Tree lies a precious ice-element spiritual object.” After transmitting the information, the Frost Spirit Beast’s aura grew even weaker, and its voice became faint.
Leo turned his gaze towards the distant Ice Soul Yin-Yang Tree.
The Sealing Light Screen protecting the Ice Soul Yin-Yang Tree had not been broken by Elder Warren.
As Leo looked at the Ice Soul Yin-Yang Tree, the dim Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus in his dantian began to react excitedly again.
Understanding the Frost Spirit Beast’s intention, Leo signaled Seraphina with his eyes. The two of them flashed towards the Sealing Light Screen.
Leo closed his eyes slightly and released his divine sense to envelop the entire Sealing Light Screen.
Soon, Leo found a weak point in the Sealing Light Screen.
Hovering in midair, Leo gathered his spiritual power into his right fist and struck the weak point of the Sealing Light Screen with a punch.
With a muffled sound, the entire Sealing Light Screen shattered.
As the Sealing Light Screen broke, a chilling cold air spread from the ice pool, instantly lowering the temperature within the entire ice valley.
Leo and Seraphina stepped onto the ice surface and walked towards the Ice Soul Yin-Yang Tree in the center.
The closer they got to the Ice Soul Yin-Yang Tree, the stronger the cold air became, penetrating deep into their bones.
Leo was protected by the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus and was unafraid of the cold air.
Seraphina had to activate her internal spiritual power to resist the cold air.
Soon, they reached the Ice Soul Yin-Yang Tree.
In Leo’s view, these two Ice Soul Yin-Yang Trees could bear so many Ice Soul Fruits because of something beneath the ice pool.
Leo raised his hand, summoning the Dragon Sword into his grip.
He then used the Dragon Sword to carve out a square on the ice surface.
With a punch, he caused a square hole to collapse into the ice.
Through this hole, Leo saw that the ice layer was at least three meters thick. The cold air emanating from within felt like sharp knives cutting into his skin.
Seraphina’s internal spiritual power fully erupted, causing her white dress to shimmer with a blue glow.
“Seraphina, I’ll go down and take a look,” Leo said.
Seraphina nodded, “Be careful.”
Leo used the cold power of the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus to protect himself and leaped into the water below.
Splash!
Entering the pool felt like being enveloped by eons-old cold air that quickly surrounded Leo.
Even with protection from the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus, Leo could still feel an intense chill penetrating his bones.
In his dantian, the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus reacted even more excitedly.
Leo’s heart raced as he swam deeper towards the bottom of the pool, guided by an ice-white shield that parted the water around him.
A few minutes later, Leo’s eyes lit up as he saw something ahead. The Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus inside him became even more excited.
At the bottom of the pool, about ten meters away from Leo’s sightline, there was a transparent ice ball about the size of a basketball.
The ice ball contained an icy blue liquid and a small snow-white fish inside it.
The fish was about half a foot long with ice-clear scales and icy blue eyes that were quite lively.
As it swam within the ice ball, an extremely cold aura emanated from it, making all water in the pool bone-chillingly cold.
After probing with his divine sense, Leo’s face lit up with uncontrollable joy. “This is… Frost Essence Elixir! And there’s already a spirit born within it!”
Without a doubt, like the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus, this Frost Essence Elixir was also a Celestial Artifact.
“I never expected to find a Celestial Artifact here!” Excitement flashed uncontrollably in Leo’s eyes.