74: Chapter 74 As a Dowry

Xiaoling's tone was filled with determination: "Little girl, I'll be blunt. He has too many attributes on him; my sacrifice might not necessarily bring him benefits, and it could even harm him."

Hearing that it would harm Mu Qingci, Meng Hongchen no longer insisted that Mu Qingci absorb it, but she was still unwilling to absorb it herself.

"Silly Mengmeng, I only ask you this: are you willing to marry me in the future?"

Upon hearing Mu Qingci say this, Meng Hongchen's face turned bright red in an instant, and then she nodded shyly.

Mu Qingci grabbed her hands: "In that case, just treat this as the betrothal gift I've prepared in advance. Hurry up and absorb it; don't keep Senior Ice Spirit Crane waiting."

Meng Hongchen's face turned even redder upon hearing this, but when she saw Mu Qingci's serious expression, she finally nodded. After all, if she refused again, it would mean she didn't want to marry Mu Qingci, which was not her intention.

She picked up the god-sealing platform, and following the knowledge she had learned, she activated the switch to turn it on.

The moment the god-sealing platform was opened, a cold current radiated from within it, and the temperature in the room, and even the entire hotel, plummeted rapidly.

Seeing this, Mu Qingci hurriedly released his Darkness Domain to seal off this space, preventing the abnormal low temperature from attracting external attention.

A ball of ice-blue light flew out from the god-sealing platform, transforming into the figure of the Ice Spirit Crane.

It was extremely illusory at this moment, as if it could dissipate into the heavens and earth at any time.

"Come now, girl, sit cross-legged and begin circulating your Soul Power. Remember not to resist later, otherwise it will very easily result in failure."

Meng Hongchen nodded seriously, sat cross-legged as Xiaoling had instructed, and began to circulate her Soul Power.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Xiaoling transformed into a stream of light and flew into Meng Hongchen's body; the fusion had begun.

As Xiaoling merged into Meng Hongchen's body, a layer of ice instantly condensed over her entire body.

Although the Ice Spirit Crane is not an Ultimate Ice Spirit Beast, it is at least a single ice-attribute Spirit Beast. Coupled with the fact that Xiaoling had cultivated for one hundred thousand years, even if it wasn't Ultimate Ice, it wasn't far off.

Behind Meng Hongchen, the phantom of an Ice Spirit Crane slowly emerged, followed by a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring with a single golden pattern.

A blood-red light shone, nearly breaking through Mu Qingci's Darkness Domain.

At Meng Hongchen's right arm, an ice-blue light also emanated; clearly, what Xiaoling had bestowed upon her was a top-grade right arm Spirit Bone.

The moment the spirit ring settled onto her body, Meng Hongchen felt an incomparably vast amount of Soul Power surging into her body like a flood, flowing through her meridians.

It felt completely different from the sensations she had when absorbing spirit rings in the past, because this time she was the object being sacrificed, rather than her absorbing a spirit ring after killing a Spirit Beast.

Therefore, there was no violence or other negative emotions in this Soul Power; it was just pure Soul Power.

At the same time, Xiaoling's soul also appeared in Meng Hongchen's spiritual sea.

However, its soul did not appear in the form of a soul shock, but was simply residing within the spiritual sea.

Learning that it had truly succeeded in preserving itself, and that its consciousness was residing within Meng Hongchen's spiritual sea, Xiaoling was quite happy.

"Little girl, steady your mind, strive to absorb this Soul Power, and accept my core power!"

Under Xiaoling's guidance, Meng Hongchen was methodically absorbing Xiaoling's power.

Time passed minute by minute, and Mu Qingci could clearly feel Meng Hongchen's aura steadily growing.

Her Soul Power was also increasing bit by bit, stepping towards the realm of a Spirit Emperor.

One hour passed.

Two hours passed.

Three hours passed.

For an entire day and night, Mu Qingci kept watch by Meng Hongchen's side, never leaving her side.

His Soul Power was continuously being consumed to maintain the Darkness Domain, preventing outsiders from approaching and preventing others from discovering anything unusual.

Finally, the next morning.

The layer of ice on Meng Hongchen's body slowly began to crack.

"Boom."

Accompanied by the shattering of the ice, Meng Hongchen's figure slowly emerged.

Her figure had become a bit taller, and she possessed a bit more of a cold and aloof aura.

Her stunning face had gained a bit more coldness and an ethereal quality compared to before.

Her eyes had turned ice-blue, looking quite dreamlike.

The moment Meng Hongchen saw Mu Qingci, all the coldness vanished instantly, and she threw herself into his arms.

"Qingci, thank you so much! I swear that in this life, I, Meng Hongchen, will marry no one but you!"

There was a slight sob in Meng Hongchen's voice; it was tears of being moved.

During the process of absorbing the embryo just now, her main Spirit, the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad, had also received some evolution, making up for some of its shortcomings.

This would undoubtedly allow Meng Hongchen to walk more smoothly on her future path as a Spirit Master.

Moreover, Meng Hongchen now possessed twin spirits.

Her second Spirit, the Ice Spirit Crane, possessed a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring with a single golden pattern.

"Alright, Mengmeng, don't be in such a rush to be moved. What level is your Soul Power at now?"

Meng Hongchen got up from Mu Qingci's arms, her face still bearing tears of happiness.

"After absorbing a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and a one-hundred-thousand-year right arm Spirit Bone, I have reached the bottleneck of level 60 and can obtain my sixth spirit ring."

Mu Qingci rubbed her head: "Good, wait until I complete my breakthrough in these next two days, and then we will go to the Star Dou Great Forest together to obtain our spirit rings."

Meng Hongchen looked at him with some confusion: "Qingci, aren't you only level 58? How can you break through within these two days?"

Mu Qingci smiled mysteriously: "You don't need to worry about that. Just consolidate your cultivation these two days and prepare to obtain your sixth spirit ring."

"Okay then."

After Meng Hongchen left, Mu Qingci sat cross-legged on the bed and his consciousness entered his spiritual sea.

He found the Ice Empress in the spiritual sea: "Senior Ice Empress, I have something to ask."

The Ice Empress had originally been resting, but upon hearing Mu Qingci's voice, she slowly awakened: "Qingci, there is no need for such politeness between us; just speak directly."

Mu Qingci told her about the matter of him auctioning that Ice Jade Scorpion left arm Spirit Bone.

"So I wanted to ask, Senior, if there is a way to fuse that Spirit Bone with your Spirit Bone?"

Mu Qingci had originally intended to directly use a secret technique to fuse the Spirit Bones, but after thinking about it, he decided to ask the Ice Empress first; perhaps there was a method.

The Ice Empress pondered for a moment, then immediately said: "If it were an ordinary ice-attribute Spirit Bone, I certainly wouldn't have a way, but the Spirit Bone you auctioned belongs to the same clan as me—it is my tribesman. Since I am the ruler of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, I do have a method for the fusion of the two Spirit Bones."

"Please tell me, Senior."

"Just as a tribesman can sacrifice their life for their ruler, a tribesman's Spirit Bone can also be absorbed by the ruler's Spirit Bone. However, after this Spirit Bone is absorbed by my Spirit Bone, it will only increase the age and your Soul Power, and there will be no other effects. You must consider this carefully."