Douluo Continent: Ice Phoenix Rebuilds Her Skills and Enrolls in Tianshui Academy

Chapter 67 You must be sweating buckets, bro.

Chu Han's private residence.

The weapon-refining room.

With a loud "boom," most of the house was blown away.

"Cough cough, ptooey!"

Chu Han coughed as he walked out of the ruins.

"Still not working? It seems this really takes time; there's no way to rush it..."

Chu Han spent six years learning alchemy skills step by step, steadily and diligently, before gradually mastering them.

However, he wanted to master weapon crafting in three days.

To expect to go from complete novice to being able to forge the most basic spiritual artifacts in just three days is clearly wishful thinking.

Hyotei mocked without any mercy:

"Haha, Chu Han, you really are a genius at weapon crafting, managing to blow up your own house!"

The Snow Empress then gently advised:

"Chu Han, you should be careful. Be careful not to hurt yourself next time."

Chu Han: "..."

Compared to Hyotei's teasing, Yuki-tei's words of comfort were even more heart-wrenching.

My dear friends, I'm heartbroken.

Chu Han said disappointedly:

"I originally thought that whether it was alchemy or weapon forging, the most important thing was to control the heat, and that the two were interconnected, so I should be able to learn it quickly."

"But I never expected that even the most basic storage ring would fail to be crafted."

As he spoke, Chu Han's gaze suddenly sharpened.

Amidst the ruins, there was something gleaming.

What the heck? It wasn't blown to pieces?

Chu Han stepped forward, picked up the thing, and found that it looked somewhat like a diamond ring from later generations; it was quite attractive.

I tried it, but it can't store anything, so the refining was ruined.

However, by sheer accident, it produced an incredibly hard material with a shiny appearance.

"Wow, Chu Han, this ring is so beautiful!"

"I want it! I want it!"

Hyotei was just mocking Chu Han, and now they're about to attack.

Chu Han felt a deep sense of contempt:

[Pah, begging for money~]

"This thing is pretty but useless; it's just a decorative vase. What do you want it for?"

Hyotei said confidently:

"If it looks nice, it's useful. What are you going to do with a vase if you don't want to look at it? Use it to pickle vegetables?"

Chu Han was speechless for a moment.

Chu Han summoned the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor, and casually tossed the ring to the Ice Emperor.

"Here, you can have it if you like it."

Hyotei angrily caught the ring. "Chu Han, I want you to put it on my finger!"

She somehow learned that in the human world, when a man puts a ring on a woman's finger, it means that the man will protect the woman for life.

And they will never leave each other, and will always be together.

Hyotei thus regarded wearing a ring as a tacit oath in the human world. So, as long as Chu Han put a ring on her finger, it would be equivalent to Chu Han swearing that he would take care of her for the rest of his life, forever.

Chu Han rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay any attention to Hyotei.

"I'll put it back on you. Do you think this is a marriage proposal?"

Hyotei is getting anxious.

"Chu Han, are you bullying me? Don't think I don't understand. I clearly see in the human world that it's always men who give women these things!"

A woman wearing a ring by herself? What's the point of the ring then?

"But you're not human. You're just a little scorpion from the far north. Do spirit beasts need to abide by the etiquette of the human world?"

Chu Han couldn't understand. Could it be that after living in the human world for a few years, Hyotei's views were starting to align with those of the human world?

The power of culture is truly immense.

"Chu Han, you're bullying me! I ran away from the far north with you, you have to take responsibility for me! I don't care, I want you to put it on me!"

Xue Di looked at Bing Di and Chu Han, seemingly lost in thought.

As a ruthless ruler of the far north, the Ice Emperor never used to act cute, but recently he has been showing his girlish side in front of Chu Han.

Xue Di, being exceptionally intelligent and perceptive, immediately grasped the crux of the matter:

Is Bing'er experiencing puberty?

Or perhaps, during this time together, Bing'er has already developed enough affection for Chu Han and now wants to openly express her love?

Snow Empress could never have imagined that Ice Empress, who had repeatedly said she didn't want to leave her, actually had ulterior motives.

She had her eye on Chu Han long ago...

This is far too obvious.

Hyotei likes to sleep while holding Chu Han, clings to Chu Han for everything, enjoys showing her "weak" and "childish" side in front of Chu Han, and relishes the feeling of being pampered by Chu Han like a daughter...

Because she accidentally learned about Chu Han's fetish, she would put on white stockings every night before bed and use her tender lotus feet to "trample" on Chu Han.

When Xue Di wasn't looking, she liked to whisper secrets to Chu Han and create physical contact that Xue Di couldn't see, giving Chu Han a little secret with her...

Hyotei's little schemes were already evident in their daily lives, so much so that it was obvious to anyone with eyes to see.

The reason why Xue Di reacted so slowly and only realized this now was not because she had low emotional intelligence or was slow-witted.

Instead, she had spent hundreds of thousands of years with Hyotei, and in Yuki-tei's heart, Hyotei was always like a little girl who never grew up.

He used to always cling to her, and now he clings to Chu Han just like he used to. It's all because Hyotei treats her and Chu Han like family.

Hyotei shouted:

"Chu Han, if you don't put these on for me, I won't let you touch my feet anymore, and you're not allowed to smell my socks either..."

Chu Han's face darkened, and he rebuked:

"What nonsense are you talking about? That wasn't foot touching, didn't you ask me to massage you? And smelling your socks, you put your socks in my face and said I smelled your socks?"

Chu Han must severely punish such rumors, otherwise the mere sight of Xue Di watching him from behind would be enough to make him break out in a cold sweat!

Hyotei snorted:

"Chu Han, you're as hypocritical as a human being. I know you like my feet, so why won't you admit it?"

"stop!!!"

Chu Han knew that if he continued to argue, it would only confirm his reputation as a lecherous pervert with a love for young girls.

He regretted his actions, knowing that in his previous life on Earth, his predecessors had already warned him about this.

Never argue with a woman!

This will only cause you trouble!

"Fine, I'll put it on you, okay?" Chu Han surrendered, took the ring from Hyotei's hand, and prepared to gently slip it onto her index finger.

The index finger represents being single...

Suddenly, a light, airy voice rang out.

"Chu Han, put it on Bing'er's middle finger."

"Don't you understand Bing'er's feelings?"

In an instant.

Chu Han was truly drenched in sweat.

(End of this chapter)