52: Chapter 52 Where is Brother Bingbing?

With Elder Ma intervening, the confrontation between the two sides was forced to a halt.

Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen were exhausted, their Soul Power completely drained to the last drop, and they were currently lying on the ground, unable to move.

Mu Qingci's condition was slightly better; although his face was somewhat pale, he could still stand normally, and he still had a little Soul Power left.

"In this match, the team led by Mu Qingci is the winner."

As Elder Ma announced the result, the gaze of the team members toward Mu Qingci changed.

They all saw it clearly and understood that Mu Qingci was the one most responsible for this victory; even if he were to take on all seven alone, he might not necessarily lose.

The substitute team members looked at him with intense heat and envy, while the main team members looked at Mu Qingci with a bit more respect.

They would not mindlessly discriminate against someone young and inexperienced; they respected the strong, and as it happened, Mu Qingci was strong.

From this point on, the team finally became truly united, becoming a cohesive collective.

Time passed in a flash.

In the blink of an eye, the vacation for the first academic year of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy arrived.

As for things like the final exams before the vacation, someone of Mu Qingci's level was directly exempted.

That was for the ordinary first-year students; what did it have to do with a monster like him?

There was no real point in Mu Qingci going to such exams; instead, it would only discourage the other students from striving to improve.

Therefore, Jing Hongchen simply granted Mu Qingci special permission to go on vacation early.

"Qingci, do you have any plans for the vacation?"

On the streets of Mingdu, Meng Hongchen asked, holding onto Mu Qingci's arm.

"I don't have any plans for now, and I don't know where to go. Perhaps I'll just stay at the academy to cultivate and study spirit tools."

Xiao Hongchen followed alongside the two, watching the intimacy between his sister and Mu Qingci, his eye twitching from time to time.

And trailing behind them, someone was quietly following: Ye Guyi.

Mu Qingci keenly sensed that someone was following him, and with a turn of his head, he caught Ye Guyi in the act.

"Guyi, you're here too!"

Meng Hongchen grabbed Ye Guyi's hand, holding Mu Qingci with her left hand and Ye Guyi with her right.

"Guyi, do you have any plans for the vacation?"

Like Mu Qingci, Ye Guyi had no home to return to, so her answer was much the same as his.

"Since neither of you has any plans, why don't you come back with me and my brother? We can still often go to Mingde Hall to study during the vacation."

Mu Qingci had no objections to Meng Hongchen's suggestion; it didn't matter to him where he went.

Upon hearing Mu Qingci agree, Ye Guyi also nodded to herself.

...

The outskirts of the Far North, the Frozen Forest.

"Brother Skydream, why did you have me come to this Far North?"

Amidst the ice and snow, a thin, frail figure was struggling to trudge forward against the cold wind.

"Yuhao, your Brother Skydream is bringing you here to find a monumental opportunity. Once you succeed, your future will be bright!"

That's right, the thin, frail figure was none other than Huo Yuhao.

Skydream Ice Worm was currently fantasizing in his mental sea, imagining the scene of meeting the Ice Empress in the near future.

"Bingbing, I've come to find you!"

As he thought this, he urged Huo Yuhao to move forward quickly.

What they didn't know was that in the core area of the Far North, the figures of the two Ice and Snow Emperors were long gone, and of the three great kings of the Far North, only the Titan Blood Demon King, A-Tai, remained.

One week later.

After a difficult journey over mountains and through waters, Huo Yuhao finally set foot in the core area of the Far North.

Under Skydream's guidance, he headed toward the place where the Ice Empress lived.

"Brother Skydream, it's so cold! I can't hold on much longer!"

Huo Yuhao was only a level 20 quasi-Spirit Grandmaster at this time; if not for the protection of Skydream Ice Worm, he would have long since frozen to death in this Far North.

"Yuhao, hang in there; victory is just ahead!"

Skydream was extremely excited; he was finally going to see the Bingbing he had been thinking about day and night.

When Huo Yuhao finally arrived at the location specified by Skydream, Skydream couldn't wait to emerge from his mental sea.

Just like in the original story, Skydream took out his shed skin and began to summon the Ice Empress using his powerful million-year Mental Energy.

An incense stick's worth of time passed, and there was no reaction.

Half an hour passed, and it was still the same.

An hour passed.

At this moment, Skydream had black lines all over his face. Looking at the boundless, vast ice field, he still could not see that figure in his heart.

Huo Yuhao's life force was very weak at this moment. Without the protection of the skin shed by Skydream Ice Worm, he simply could not withstand the bitter cold of this Far North.

"Where is my Bingbing?"

Skydream murmured in disbelief.

"Bingbing! Where are you?!"

But his shouting did not receive any response. Sensing the danger to Huo Yuhao, Skydream had to return to Huo Yuhao's mental sea.

Once again protected by Skydream, Huo Yuhao was spared from the crisis.

"How could this be? How could this be?! Where is Bingbing, where is my Bingbing?!"

In Huo Yuhao's mental sea, Skydream Ice Worm roared powerlessly.

Just a moment ago, his million-year Mental Energy had spread over a huge range, yet he still hadn't found the Ice Empress's figure, nor had he detected even a trace of her aura.

At this moment, Skydream's mood plummeted to the bottom; he simply couldn't imagine that the Bingbing he had been thinking about day and night had actually just disappeared like this.

Helpless, he had to take Huo Yuhao back the way they came.

Huo Yuhao's second spirit ring for his Spirit Eyes Spirit was still the same as in the original story: a thousand-year Ice Worm, and the Spirit Ability was still Mimicry.

One has to say that Huo Yuhao is the Child of Destiny; when it comes to luck, there's really nothing more to say.

On their way back, they encountered a snowstorm and lost their way.

Relying on his powerful Mental Energy, Skydream finally locked onto the path out of the Far North again, but they had already deviated from the route they had originally taken.

Just as they were traveling, Skydream Ice Worm, who was in Huo Yuhao's mental sea, suddenly sensed something.

"Yuhao, there's something going on in that area ahead!"

Skydream's powerful Mental Energy sensed an unusual aura ahead; the owner of that aura should be very powerful, yet it was extremely weak.

A possibility appeared in Skydream Ice Worm's mind, and his breathing began to become rapid.

When Huo Yuhao finally arrived at the place pointed out by Skydream, what came into view was a huge cave.

A faint smell of blood drifted from the cave, along with an indescribable sense of pressure.

"Yuhao, go in."

"Brother Skydream, but..."

Feeling that faint, indistinct pressure, Huo Yuhao was a bit afraid.

"What are you standing there for? Go in quickly! Would your Brother Skydream ever scam you?"

Under Skydream's urging, Huo Yuhao stepped into the cave.

As he went deeper, the smell of blood became even stronger.