Chapter 98: Her Embrace

In the bone-chillingly cold ocean of the Extreme North.

Countless marine creatures had already gathered around Xu Lingqing.

They were of various shapes and sizes, practically surrounding Xu Lingqing like a sea urchin.

“Oh my, what are you all doing?”

Xu Lingqing smiled helplessly. Being stuck together with these cute little animals brought a bit of joy to her heart.

Didn’t Jialan Academy say she was a lone star of calamity?

A lone star of calamity could never have friends; getting close to her would bring a lifetime of bad luck.

Now, with so many small animals seeing Xu Lingqing, it completely proved that she was not a lone star of calamity.

Sliiiide…

A small cuttlefish spat a bead of water from its mouth, which passed through the violet-gold light ring and sprayed directly onto Violet Lightning.

The fur on the little Violet Lightning beast stood on end. It glared with wide eyes and roared, its body transforming into a shadow that suddenly expanded.

“Ah… ooh, ah… ooh…!”

The small cuttlefish was so frightened that it fled in a panic. The other small animals did the same, rolling and swimming rapidly in the same direction, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Xu Lingqing narrowed her eyes, her heart skipped a beat, and an irrepressible joy instantly surged into her heart.

“You’ve rendered a great service this time!”

Violet Lightning looked bewildered, opening its mouth and babbling, “Master, then I want a reward!”

Xu Lingqing threw a few pieces of dog food towards Violet Lightning’s mouth, while she quickly followed in the direction of the small animals.

Under normal circumstances, a person’s perception and ability to foresee opportunities were inferior to an animal’s, but animals lacked the wisdom to use those opportunities.

Therefore, a large number of animals were trained by humans as treasure-hunting beasts to spy out the treasures left by nature.

For so many marine animals to be rushing in that direction was proof enough that there must be a great opportunity or treasure there.

Xu Lingqing followed the marine animals, swimming quickly. After an unknown distance, all the marine animals in front of her abruptly stopped as one, standing before a wall of light that emitted a faint violet glow.

Hiss…

Xu Lingqing’s eyes widened, her pupils couldn’t help but shrink abruptly. That wall of light was like the wall of a magnificent palace on land. After being soaked in the deep sea for so long, it seemed its former appearance had not been affected.

Its surface was covered with another layer of glowing seaweed, like stars fallen to the bottom of the sea, emitting a faint violet light.

The seaweed and the wall merged together, actually producing an effect similar to a magnetic field.

The violet light flickered. All the marine animals stopped there, and one after another, bubbles continuously rose to the sea surface.

“Master! They are preparing for a ceremony!”

Violet Lightning exclaimed. Qilins were amphibious animals, and the Violet Ink Qilin was a creature that truly belonged to life in the water.

As a member of the Violet Ink Qilin clan, it was also innately extremely sensitive to water, even more so than ordinary marine animals.

Gurgle, gurgle…

The bubbles grew larger. Some animals had already prostrated themselves on the wall, sucking on the faint violet seaweed with their tongues.

At this moment, Xu Lingqing’s heart beat faster and faster, as if a huge secret in the depths of her heart was about to be revealed.

What could it be?

She desperately wanted to know the answer, but an invisible barrier was blocking that impulse, causing some pain in her mind.

“Ah…”

Suddenly, Xu Lingqing couldn’t help but let out a miserable cry, simply because most of the seaweed on the wall had been cleared away, completely revealing the pattern on the entire wall.

It was a woman holding a pipa, sitting gracefully, her jade-like fingers raised lightly, as elegant as a butterfly dancing among flowers.

Leaning against her side was another man. The man was about half a head taller than her. His chin rested in her hair, and his hands held her in a tight embrace.

Mom…

Why is your portrait on this wall?

Then who is this man next to you? What is his relationship with you?

The little beast Violet Lightning couldn’t help but shout again, “It’s him! I’ve heard of his existence in my father’s memories!”

“You know who he is?”

Xu Lingqing’s gaze was solemn as she stared into Violet Lightning’s eyes. In fact, she had some ideas in her own heart, but they were always just conjectures.

Violet Lightning blurted out without any warning, “Father told me that this person is a god between heaven and earth, with the power to rule over all ages. It’s just a pity that his whereabouts are now unknown.”

“Rule over all ages? Hehehe! If he really had such power, why would he disappear?”

Xu Lingqing’s expression was cold, and she became even more certain of his relationship with her mother, Xu Biqing.

Generally, men who liked to call themselves that were probably a little…

Except for him… he was the best man in this world.

Xu Lingqing closed her eyes, recalling that moment of happiness, and also imagined the continuous sequel to that happy moment.

Suddenly, the two figures on the faint violet wall abruptly emitted a dazzling light.

The light was carved on their clothes, making every contour of their bodies appear lifelike, as if the two were not images, but real people existing here.

The man extended his arm and, right in front of Xu Lingqing, gently pulled her mother into his embrace.

Immediately after, the man gently lowered his head, and his lips kissed her forehead, leaving a faint lip print.

Xu Lingqing closed her eyes, slightly shy, her face blushing as she pouted and grumbled, “Mom! I didn’t come here to be fed dog food!”

“Open your eyes, my Qing’er!”

Her mother’s gentle voice came to Xu Lingqing’s ears, a voice that made her feel a trace of warmth.

“Mom…”

She couldn’t help but open her eyes. On the wall, the two were embracing affectionately, holding hands in a lovey-dovey manner.

“Qing’er, do you envy this kind of life?”

Xu Lingqing nodded. In the depths of the ocean, she swallowed, and bubbles gurgled upwards.

“Hehehe, you envy it, right? Then let Mom show you if things are really as you imagine?”

The next second, the faces of the two people on the wall suddenly underwent a huge change. The previous lovey-dovey warmth was gone. Instead, they passed each other like strangers.

Not only that, the woman’s pipa suddenly stiffened, just because a wisp of green light emerged from the man’s palm.

Under that frivolous display, the temperature of the water at the bottom dropped by several degrees, and it was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths, with the wall as the center, the ocean within a ten-meter radius began to turn into frost, and even froze into ice.

The temperature at the bottom of the water was not as easy to freeze as on the coast. That was the ocean’s temperature from nature itself; ordinary means could not possibly contend with an entire sea.

Hiss…

This was the first time Xu Lingqing had seen such a terrifyingly cold method. A look of disbelief appeared on her face.

Even the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Crystal Ice could only achieve a tenth of this effect. She couldn’t help but doubt in her heart, was this really human power?

“Mom… what on earth is going on?”

[End of Chapter]