madnovel Chapter 36 Holy crap, white-haired loli!
Chapter 36 Holy crap, white-haired loli!
The bone-chilling Yin coldness instantly enveloped Chengxiao.
Cheng Xiao channeled his spiritual energy and floated in the deep pool.
In an instant, frost formed on his eyebrows and hair, and the blood in his body seemed to freeze.
A sharp pain, as if a million ice needles were piercing him simultaneously, came from deep within his spinal cord.
But his face remained calm, without even a muffled groan. He simply circulated his internal energy, guiding the cold air into his body to forcibly reshape his meridians.
Previously, he could only cultivate on the shore and be tempered by the cold air.
But yesterday, his physical body's strength returned to the Foundation Establishment stage, and he finally qualified to enter the deep pool.
As Long Yingxue looked at the human boy in the pool who was even more ruthless to her than to his enemies, the fear in her eyes gradually dissipated.
I initially thought Cheng Xiao was a psychopath, but it turns out he's just as ruthless to himself.
Although this does not prevent Long Yingxue from believing that Cheng Xiao is a pervert who enjoys watching others being tortured.
She gritted her teeth and twisted her body to enter the pool.
If even a mortal can endure such pain, what is there for her, a princess of the dragon race, to fear?
The biting Yin coldness instantly enveloped Long Yingxue.
Even though she had an innate resistance to the cold, she almost fainted from the pain the moment she came into contact with the pool water.
A terrifying chill crept in through the gaps in her newly formed scales.
Stimulated by the cold air, the dragon tendon that never belonged to her suddenly erupted in intense pain, as if it were about to burst out of her body and explode at any moment.
Long Yingxue rolled back and forth in the pool in agony, her huge dragon tail constantly churning the water.
The once calm lake surface was now completely boiling.
The water droplets that were slapped away turned into icicles as they flew through the air.
Long Yingxue struggled violently because of the pain.
She glanced unintentionally at Cheng Xiao, who was not far away.
But just one glance was enough to completely stun her.
Cheng Xiao had no defensive means.
He sat down in the pool with his upper body bare and floated on top of it.
The chilling energy of the Taiyin Cold Marrow had already formed a layer of ice armor on his body.
His lips were already bluish-purple, and his skin was deathly pale.
Long Yingxue understood this pain all too well. Even she, a dragon, couldn't bear it, let alone Cheng Xiao, a human.
But there wasn't a trace of emotion on that pale face.
He didn't frown, and his breathing was perfectly steady.
He calmly continued his cultivation.
Long Yingxue didn't understand.
He was clearly just a mortal who had lost his cultivation, and his physical body was so weak.
How could anyone endure such torture without uttering a sound?!
Looking back on that short yet long day and night.
He roughly hoisted her onto his shoulder; he coldly threw her into the cave of ten thousand snakes; he cruelly sewed disgusting snake tendons into her marrow with withered vines...
He uttered the most ruthless words, defining everything as a "profit-driven transaction" for revenge.
Is this really the case?
In the Cave of Ten Thousand Snakes, who was it that forcibly infused spiritual power to protect her heart meridian when she was about to be bitten to death by the Poison King?
At this moment, in the icy pool, he could have stood on the shore and watched himself suffer.
Why use this fragile mortal body to jump into this perilous place where only one of life or death is possible?
"He did this so that he could be there for me through this difficult time."
An incredible thought popped into Long Yingxue's mind.
Although it seemed absurd, she became increasingly convinced of it.
Once she accepted this logic, she began to fill in the details herself.
After entering the deep pool, Cheng Xiao's condition deteriorated.
Long Yingxue saw a similar scar on his back.
The scar stretched from his neck all the way to his waist, and it was extremely gruesome.
Someone dug out his supreme spiritual bone from there!
Thinking of this, she felt a pang of heartache.
Long Yingxue couldn't tell whether she felt sorry for Cheng Xiao or for herself after having her dragon tendons removed.
All she knows now is that Cheng Xiao didn't actually need to come down and suffer with her.
Did he do this just to tell me that even in the deepest abyss, there are people who will be there to help me through it?
He may seem cold-blooded on the surface, but he actually cares about her.
Long Yingxue stopped struggling.
She followed Cheng Xiao's example, ceasing all defenses and letting the chilling energy of the Taiyin Cold Marrow wash over her body.
Both of them entered a meditative state.
The deep pool was calm, but Hakimi in Cheng Xiao's sea of consciousness was not so calm.
Because he had just noticed that his favorability rating, which was originally -80, had soared to a positive number, even reaching a full ten points!
The key point is that he had no idea what had happened.
"Holy crap, this works? Bro, Little Dragon Girl's favorability rating has turned positive! Is she the legendary McDonald's? The more you torture her, the more excited she gets?" Hakimi exclaimed excitedly.
It took Cheng Xiao a long time to understand what Hakimi meant; it was a joke from his hometown.
He didn't know whether Long Yingxue was a special person.
Cheng Xiao only knew that the Dragon Clan revered martial prowess and respected the strong the most.
Now that he is a mortal, he is willingly enduring the Taiyin Cold Marrow, so it is normal for his favorability to increase.
I just didn't expect it to rise so much all at once.
It seems his line of thinking is correct.
Cheng Xiao ignored Hakimi's shouting in her mind and simply replied, "Don't disturb my practice."
......
After an unknown amount of time, the biting cold air in the icy pool finally stopped churning.
The once bottomless pool has now been completely drained of its spiritual energy, turning into a pool of ordinary ice water.
With a series of cracking sounds, the thick layer of ice armor covering Cheng Xiao's body shattered instantly, turning into countless ice shards that fell down.
He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.
The aura contained impurities that were originally present in this body.
Cheng Xiao's soul traveled throughout his body, and a section of crystal-clear "ice bone" had now formed deep within his spine, which was originally empty!
The meridians, which were originally riddled with holes, were also reshaped.
Although the body was still weak and constantly suffered from the stinging pain of the cold backlash, the cultivation was very successful this time.
Ice is its bone structure, and coldness is its pulse.
This originally useless physical body can now barely bear the trace of spiritual power emanating from his soul, and at the same time, his cultivation speed will be faster.
His cultivation level had even reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
Cheng Xiao slowly emerged from the deep pool, releasing his spiritual energy to gradually dispel the chill and moisture from his body.
Just as he was about to call Long Yingxue to leave together, his gaze suddenly paused, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
The silvery-white dragon that was in the pool just now has disappeared.
Cheng Xiao turned his head and saw a little girl who looked to be about ten years old. She was sitting on the shore, swinging her legs and creating ripples in the deep pool.
The little girl was adorable, with long, silvery-white hair that almost reached the ground. On her head were two small, cute dragon horns, which were crystal clear and even emitted a faint glow.
She was completely naked, her skin was as white as snow and as smooth as jade, without a single flaw.
The little girl's delicate and lovely face was as pale as paper, and she looked very weak, but she still maintained a sense of aloofness and nobility despite her weakness.
Her eyes were exceptionally special; they were golden vertical pupils.
The little girl stared intently at Cheng Xiao and whispered, "You're out?"