Douluo Continent: Martial Soul - Ice and Snow Maiden, Calls Snow Empress "Mom"

Upon hearing the word "Mom," Hyotei's eye twitched slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

After all, Xue Bingchen was the first child adopted by Xue Di, and these two soul beasts, who had lived for over a million years, had never raised a child before.

It was their first time being elders, so naturally they could only refer to the ethical system of human society.

In the human world, female elders who raise children are usually called mothers.

So, from the time Xue Bingchen began to speak, he naturally called Xue Di "Mom".

As for Hyotei, he called her "Hyotei Auntie".

Although when Xue Di first heard this title, a rare blush appeared on her eternally icy face, and she seemed at a loss, she eventually acquiesced to it under the onslaught of Xue Bingchen's innocent and pure gaze.

Hyotei, though she complained about why she was the aunt, actually quite enjoyed the little guy's dependence on her.

Hyotei reached out a finger and gently flicked Xue Bingchen's forehead, correcting him:

"Silly boy, of course it's not because you drank the soup."

Although you are only three years old, your physique has already been tempered by countless rare and precious herbs, making you stronger than the cubs of those ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Hyotei's expression turned serious. Looking at the distant snowstorm, her tone held a hint of reverence and longing as she softly explained:

"Because the Snow Emperor believed that the origin of the Ice and Snow Maiden clan was contained in the wind and snow between heaven and earth."

The "Ice and Snow Maiden Dance" is not only the most beautiful dance in the world, but also a concrete manifestation of the Snow Emperor's understanding of the ultimate ice and the laws of the far north.

Although you cannot cultivate yet, your body has been purified and made flawless by the treasure of the far north.

The Snow Emperor hopes you will see more of this Ice and Snow Maiden Dance, allowing your soul and body to experience and resonate with that ultimate ice and snow rhythm in advance.

This will greatly increase the probability of you awakening the 'Ice and Snow Maiden' martial soul when you turn six.

At this point, Hyotei reached out her delicate white hand and ruffled Xue Bingchen's soft white hair, pouting as she said:

"The Snow Empress has gone to great lengths for you, little one."

You must know that in this far north, apart from me, even those soul beast overlords with 100,000 years of cultivation would be instantly frozen into ice sculptures and their souls would be destroyed if they dared to steal a glance at the Snow Empress dancing.

You little rascal, I really don't know what kind of incredible luck you had.

Xue Bingchen nodded as if she understood, her clear, icy blue eyes sparkling with contemplation.

In fact, even Xue Di and Bing Di didn't know that as Xue Bingchen grew older, fragmented images and words would inexplicably appear in his mind recently.

Looking at the vast white Arctic ice plains before him, at the Ice Emperor who had transformed into a green-haired twin-tailed girl beside him, and even recalling the aloof Snow Emperor who always held him and used her primordial power to nourish his body, he felt a sense of familiarity that he could not describe.

This sense of familiarity is not simply because he was born and raised here.

It was a kind of cognition that seemed to transcend time and space, deeply imprinted on the soul.

"The far north... the Snow Empress... the Ice Empress..."

Xue Bingchen silently murmured these names in her heart.

He always felt as if he had heard these names a long, long time ago, in a completely different world.

Moreover, it seems that an extremely large memory is sealed in his mind.

Whenever he tried to touch the seal, he would feel a slight dizziness.

He had a strong intuition that perhaps only when he was six years old, when he truly awakened his so-called "Martial Soul," embarked on the path of cultivation, and possessed stronger spiritual power, would he be able to recall all those sealed memories, and only then would he truly understand who he was and why he was born in this extremely cold forbidden zone.

"call--"

Just as Xue Bingchen was pondering to himself, the biting cold wind that had been howling at the top of the snow mountain suddenly stopped without warning.

No, it's not stagnation, it's surrender.

The raging ice and snow elements floating in the air seemed to sense some supreme call at this moment, and instantly became extremely docile.

The snowflakes falling from the sky were no longer chaotic, but as if controlled by an invisible hand, they swirled and danced in mid-air, eventually laying a crystal-clear snow carpet on the summit of the snow-capped mountain.

"They're here!"

Hyotei's eyes lit up instantly, and he excitedly stood up from the ice rock, his gaze fixed on the deepest part of the snowstorm.

Accompanied by a refreshing yet extremely cool fragrance, a flawless figure slowly emerged from the swirling snowflakes.

She was still wearing that pure white dress without any extra decorations, her long silver hair fluttering in the wind behind her head, as if it were woven from the purest ice crystals in the world.

Her face was stunningly beautiful, and her temperament was as aloof as a banished immortal, untouched by the dust of the mortal world.

Every time her jade-like feet gently touched the ground, a palm-sized ice-blue lotus would naturally bloom in the void, supporting her steadily.

Every step is like a lotus blooming, a master of ice and snow.

This is the supreme ruler of the far north, the Snow Emperor.

Snow Emperor landed lightly in the center of the snow mountain peak.

Her eyes, which were originally as indifferent as ancient ice, melted slightly when she saw Xue Bingchen sitting on the ice rock and Bingdi standing beside him, revealing an extremely rare tenderness, like a gentle spring breeze.

She didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly to the two people, one big and one small, and then slowly raised her arm, which was as perfect as white jade.

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

Upon seeing this, Hyotei immediately raised their hands excitedly and began to clap vigorously.

The crisp applause echoed across the vast snow-capped mountaintop, as if it were the sole accompaniment to this epic dance.

Xue Bingchen reacted immediately. He imitated Aunt Bingdi, standing up from the ice rock, clapping his little hands vigorously, and shouting in his childish voice:

"Mom dances so beautifully! Mom is the best!"

"Pfft..."

Hearing Xue Bingchen's praise, which was devoid of any skill but full of childlike innocence and affection, Bingdi couldn't help but roll her eyes, but a smile she couldn't hide was on her lips.

She was already used to it.

After all, Xue Di was the first person to lift Xue Bingchen out of the snowstorm, and the one who had devoted the most effort to cleansing and rejuvenating him over the past three years by feeding him ice marrow milk with his mouth and using his primordial power.

Although neither of the two rulers of the far north had ever raised a child, and could only imitate human ethics to raise them, Xue Bingchen's clear calls of "Mama" had unknowingly melted the Snow Emperor's heart, which had been lonely for hundreds of thousands of years.