Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

Chapter 358 Something is wrong with Zu Jiming

When Ai Jiangtu came back carrying Xu Shen, who was too exhausted to walk, everyone came to their senses.

When Bai Tingting saw his bloody appearance, tears immediately welled up in her eyes and then froze into ice crystals.

"Your man is so handsome, why are you crying?"

Xu Shen smiled and wanted to wipe away the tears from her eyes, but he didn't have the strength to lift his arms.

Bai Tingting took Xu Shen from Ai Jiangtu and held him in her arms.

The healing star map emitted a warm glow, and several elf butterflies danced gracefully, casting crystal light spots that made Xu Shen's whole body numb, and the frozen wounds scabbed and fell off piece by piece.

On the other side, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan had already gone to deal with the snow python materials.

Monarch-level creatures are full of treasures.

Especially the monarch creatures of this extremely cold ice world, even the naturally cold-blooded snakes, their blood boils like magma, and is the best medicine to fight against ice invasion.

Jiang Yu knew a lot about the so-called ice invasion.

His teacher Pang Lai had been to the Antarctic Ice Realm and told him about this special power that only existed in extremely cold places.

Ice invasion is like a chronic poison that will erode and consume a person's vital functions bit by bit. This influence has nothing to do with one's cultivation level and even a forbidden spell mage cannot avoid it.

Xu Shen and Mu Ningxue had personally experienced the horror of the icy force in Tianshan.

Even Mu Ningxue, who was born with ice spirit, couldn't bear it, which shows how terrifying it is.

Originally, everyone thought that there should be no ice invasion force on the Antarctic Peninsula, but after staying here for a few hours, everyone realized that this was not the case.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Emperor of the Far South, the force of the ice here is even more terrifying than that of the Tianshan Mountains.

In just a few hours, everyone's magic power, mental power, and physical strength were constantly consumed in the process of fighting against the icy force. After some time, they might not even be as strong as ordinary people.

If you don't fight back, the only outcome will be freezing to death in the ice or running to the Research Institute's headquarters in disgrace to admit defeat.

They are all proud young people, how can they tolerate being defeated without even putting up a resistance.

Therefore, when Xu Shen proposed the seemingly fantastic suggestion of killing a monarch, no one objected.

Fortunately, the result was good.

Now, there is a habitat to block the storm, and there is also the blood of ice beasts to resist the invasion of ice.

Young Master Zhao is quite proficient in water magic, and can preserve the precious blood to the greatest extent possible. If used sparingly, it is estimated that it can last at least half a month.

"Damn it, the spirit exploded!"

Young Master Zhao shouted loudly, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

A fist-sized ball of light emitting a faint blue fluorescent light slowly rose from the snow python's head.

Even the cheapest servant-level demon's spirit is worth over millions, let alone a monarch.

This level of soul essence is fully qualified to become the main material of a heavenly grade soul-repairing magic weapon. If it is well made, it can become a family heirloom. Even a top magic family like the Mu family would not take it lightly.

Everyone looked at each other, and reason allowed them to control their greed.

Mo Fan, in particular, held down the restless little loach pendant tightly, fearing that he would become the target of public criticism.

Everyone looked at Xu Shen at the same time. Ai Jiangtu said, "You killed the snake, so you decide how to distribute it."

"This spirit belongs to me, is that okay with you?"

Xu Shen was not polite either.

He took this soul essence with a clear conscience.

"In addition to this spirit essence, I also want the snake gallbladder. You can divide the rest among yourselves."

Snake gall is generally the most precious part of a snake's body besides its essence and soul. It has the effect of circulating qi through all the bones and orifices, and strengthening the body.

The gall of the snow python is useless to him, but it is a great tonic for the delicate Tingting.

After he finished speaking, no one said "no".

To be fair, Xu Shen has been very generous.

Under normal circumstances, he would just take the entire snake corpse for himself, and no one would say anything.

After cleaning up the snake corpse, everyone walked into the mountain through the vent.

As they went deeper, the howling cold wind disappeared and everyone gradually felt a little warmer, but along with it came an increasingly strong stench.

The stench was so strong that it made people dizzy and their eyes sore. The group wanted to curse, but they were afraid that they would vomit up the food they had eaten the previous night, so they had to bite the bullet and go in.

Only when they actually entered the open area of ​​the mountain did they discover the source of the stench.

The "boiling blood" unique to the extremely cold ice beast prevented the food stored by the snow python from remaining frozen. Piles of bones and rotten meat piled up like small hills, filling up half of the cave.

The demons in the extremely cold lands don't have an easy life either. The long polar night forces these guys to eat carrion.

Mu Nujiao had already achieved a certain level of accomplishment in wind magic. In an instant, a gust of wind swept up all the rotten corpses and bones and sent them out of the mountain. Everyone was able to take a deep breath.

Zu Jiming, Zhao Manyan and Guan Yu, three earth-type mages, took on the civil engineering work and built a circular building similar to the Fujian Tulou in this space of several acres.

Zhao Mingyue took Mo Fan and set up a fire-warming formation in the earthen building, and the task was finally completed.

Everyone chose a room and arranged the furniture they had purchased in advance. Soon this temporary residence had some of the warmth of home.

There was no worry about storms in the belly of the mountain, and the force of the ice was weakened a lot by the thick layer of stone. Not long after drinking the boiling blood, everyone gradually regained their vitality.

In the open space in the center of the earth building, people set up a barbecue grill, ate snake meat and sang songs, which was quite a unique experience.

After the roasted snake banquet, Xu Shen was recuperating, but he did not expect an unexpected visitor to come to his door.

Zu Jiming knocked on the door. His sneaky look didn't quite match his big and strong figure.

Seeing Jiang Shaoxu and Bai Tingting busying around, and Xu Shen lying on the bed like a big boss, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.

"Looking for Xu Shen?"

Bai Tingting sat on the edge of the bed, bent her legs and propped up Xu Shen's head.

Zu Jiming nodded hesitantly and said, "Can you two step aside for a moment?"

"Hey, what shameful thing are you doing that you have to avoid us?"

Jiang Shaoxu handed over a cup of hot tea with a smile.

Zu Jiming's mouth twitched slightly. Every time this woman spoke, no matter how serious the matter was, it always felt a little distorted for some reason.

"I really have something important to do."

Zu Jiming's voice deepened a little, and Jiang Shaoxu stopped teasing. He and Bai Tingting helped Xu Shen up and leaned him against the bed before leaving.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xu Shen's voice was lazy.

It’s not that he was perfunctory, it’s just that he hasn’t yet gained strength and his body is too weak.

Zu Jiming hesitated and asked, "Do you know our Zu family's cursed body-borrowing technique?"

"You are famous, so you will know it naturally."

Xu Shen said this casually, and couldn't help but think of Zu Guangyao wearing evil armor in the ancient capital.

Everything that happened in the past started because of him and ended because of him.

Whenever I think of that person, I feel resentment and respect, but that mixed feeling can now only turn into a sigh in my heart.

"Since you already know, I won't introduce it any further. I am willing to use the curse to borrow my body in exchange for your Snow Python Spirit."

"???"

Xu Shen was truly shocked this time, and his weak body even sat up a little straighter.

Instructor Zhan Kong once told him that it was the Zu family's foundation and must never be passed on to outsiders.

This dark-faced boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes betrayed his family just for a spirit essence?

Such a spendthrift?

"Ahem." Zu Jiming seemed to see what Xu Shen was thinking. His dark face flushed slightly. He said awkwardly, "As long as you are also from the Zu family, it can't be considered an outlier."

"What the hell? Zu, my sexual orientation is normal!"

Xu Shen's eyes widened.

At this moment, he felt completely powerless and it was possible that this guy could take advantage of him.

Suddenly, he felt as if he was facing a great enemy, and in his heart he was calling out for Apas as if his life was urging him to do so.

Even a huge snow python had never made him so nervous!

(End of this chapter)