"Hey! Dad is asking you, do you want to become his Soul Spirit? Why are you spacing out?" Snow Empress shouted at the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
"Oh, oh!" The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass startled awake and immediately said, "I'm willing, but please don't touch the Ice Dragon King's remains!"
"Tsk! Since you're willing to become my Soul Spirit, why do you still care about these Ice Dragon King's remains?" Zhu Ziyang revealed a speechless expression and said, "Don't tell me these Ice Dragon King's remains are related to the rules of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. I'm not that easy to fool."
"This..." The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass hesitated, not answering immediately.
"Heh heh! You don't know what to say, do you?" Zhu Ziyang showed a disdainful smile and said, "What you care about isn't disrespecting the Ice Dragon King, but whether the broken Ice Dragon King's remains can continue to summon the Ice Dragon King's Soul, right?"
"...That's right!" The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had her thoughts exposed and no longer concealed them. She said, "You also know that Jiao Jiao and I are the nominal leaders of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Ice and Fire Dragon King's Soul is the capital for the two of us to command all the Immortal Herbs. If I become your Soul Spirit and leave the Yin Spring, then new plants will grow from the roots at the bottom of the spring. I can't not think about it!"
"So that's it," Zhu Ziyang chuckled and said, "You don't have to worry about this. The Ice Dragon King's Soul still exists and has nothing to do with the Ice Dragon King's remains. Although I haven't seen the Ice Dragon King's Soul you summon, I can be sure that the Ice Dragon King's Soul is definitely unrelated to the Ice Dragon King's remains. If the Ice Dragon King's remains contain the Ice Dragon King's Soul, then do you think it's a dead Ice Dragon King, or a sleeping Ice Dragon King?"
"This..." The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had never deeply considered this question. The first thing she saw after she was born was the Ice Dragon King's remains, and she learned the method of summoning the Ice Dragon King's Soul. So, she preconceived that the Ice Dragon King's Soul came from the Ice Dragon King's remains. Now, hearing Zhu Ziyang's words, she also found something wrong. She looked at Zhu Ziyang with confusion and asked, "Then, how did the Ice Dragon King's Soul come about?"
"I think it should be the effect of the Ice Dragon King's divine force and divinity contained in the spring water," Zhu Ziyang explained, stroking his chin.
"Oh! That should be it then." The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass reluctantly accepted Zhu Ziyang's explanation, or rather, she had no intention of delving deeper. After all, she was about to become Zhu Ziyang's Soul Spirit, and everything in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well no longer had much to do with her.
"Alright, no more questions, right?" Zhu Ziyang waved his hand and said, "If not, then prepare to become my Soul Spirit. Oh, right, I need a left leg bone!"
"Mm! No problem, I understand!" The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass replied.
"That's good, come on!" Zhu Ziyang nodded, handed the Ice Dragon King's torso bone to Snow Empress, waved at the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and then sat down on the Ice Dragon King's remains.
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass floated to Zhu Ziyang's side. Zhu Ziyang, familiar with the process, offered his essence blood, which landed on the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's leaves. At the same time, he recited the Soul Spirit contract, and a blue-white light gradually enveloped Zhu Ziyang and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, forming a large blue-white cocoon.
Snow Empress watched the blue cocoon and silently landed nearby, observing with full concentration.
Because the Soul Spirit contract was formed in the Extreme Cold Yin Spring, the ice-attributed elemental energy was very rich, so the Soul Spirit relationship between Zhu Ziyang and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was established very smoothly and quickly. In less than half an hour, the blue cocoon disappeared, revealing Zhu Ziyang's figure and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass in a brand new form.
Leaving aside Zhu Ziyang's changes for now, focusing on the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, after becoming a Soul Spirit, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass undoubtedly underwent the same transformation as the Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower, turning into a flower fairy.
The Immortal Herb form of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was a blue plant with a slender stem, at the top of which was a blue flower resembling snow. At the bottom of the stem were eight uniquely shaped leaves, similar in appearance to agave, but transparent and pure like ice crystals. The eight leaves overlapped, forming an umbrella-like structure.
Because the overall Immortal Herb form was primarily blue and white, the flower fairy form of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass also featured blue and white. For example, she wore a small blue and white dress with a long skirt hem that concealed her ankles. For example, she wore a white hairpin on her head, with three intertwined snowflakes at the top of the hairpin. And for example, both of her small hands wore white lace gloves, with a golden thread sword pattern on the back of her hands.
"Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, greetings, Master!" The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass stood in the void in front of Zhu Ziyang, holding her small skirt with both hands, and performed a very standard curtsy. She was also the first Soul Spirit to address Zhu Ziyang as Master.
"Mm!" Zhu Ziyang was very satisfied with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's appearance; her beauty was exceptional, countless times better than her original plant form. He said, "The other Immortal Herbs all call you Bingbing, but I already have an Bing'er among my Soul Spirits, so first come, first served. You can only be called by another name. Calling the full name every time feels a bit distant."
"Please bestow a name, Master!" The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass adopted a very humble posture, which made Zhu Ziyang feel a surge of vanity, like a grand lord.
"Hmm! I'll call you Lu'er. It'll be a perfect fit with Xue'er, Bing'er, and Shuang Er to form a group." As Zhu Ziyang spoke, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
"Thank you for bestowing the name, Master!" The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Lu'er, happily accepted the name and said.
"No need to be so reserved." Zhu Ziyang looked at the somewhat shy Lu'er, smiled, and said, "Go find Xue'er. She will tell you about me. I need to check my own condition."
"Yes!" Lu'er nodded and floated towards Snow Empress. Snow Empress was already prepared, and as Lu'er floated towards her, she also went to meet her.
Zhu Ziyang began to examine the newly acquired spirit ring, Spirit Bone, and the changes these two brought to his own strength.
First, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass only provided one spirit ring for the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon Spirit, so the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon now has six spirit rings. Naturally, Zhu Ziyang's dragonization degree is also only at the six-ring level, meaning his legs can also undergo dragonization. From then on, Zhu Ziyang's dragonization is only missing the last part, the dragon wings.
Dragon wings can only be obtained when the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon has its seventh spirit ring and unlocks its Martial Soul True Body. Note that the dragonization of a True Dragon Spirit and Martial Soul True Body are two different abilities. Martial Soul True Body is a Spirit Ability, while dragonization is a bloodline instinct. Martial Soul True Body strengthens Spirit abilities, while dragonization strengthens physical abilities. In short, they are not the same thing. A True Dragon Spirit Master can perform Martial Soul True Body after dragonization.
Secondly, the two Spirit Abilities provided by the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's spirit ring for Zhu Ziyang are Heavenly Frost Dragon Breath and Heavenly Frost Dragon Sword Rain. There's nothing much to say about Heavenly Frost Dragon Breath; it's a characteristic ability of a True Dragon, like Dragon Claw, Dragon Roar, and Dragon Breath, of which Zhu Ziyang already possesses two. However, Heavenly Frost Dragon Sword Rain is worth mentioning. Zhu Ziyang releases the extreme cold aura of Ultimate Ice, solidifying the surrounding air into countless ice swords. These ice swords will pour down on the enemy like heavy rain. This is a powerful offensive Spirit Ability that can be used for both area-of-effect and single-target attacks.
Finally, of course, there was the left leg bone provided by the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Left Leg Bone. After fusing this Spirit Bone, Zhu Ziyang's speed, ice attribute affinity, and ice element resistance all increased significantly. He also gained two Spirit Bone abilities: Octagonal Omni-Directional Sting and Octagonal Ice Spring.
Octagonal Omni-Directional Sting: Centered on Zhu Ziyang, it generates countless ice spikes within a certain range. Each ice spike possesses the powerful penetrative force of a ten-thousand-year defensive Spirit Beast's physique. Once struck by an ice spike, one will immediately be frozen by the Ultimate Ice, unable to break free. This is a large-scale, control-type offensive Spirit Ability.
Octagonal Ice Spring: Generates a virtual Yin Spring eye. The spring eye releases an ice-elemental aura, which can enhance Zhu Ziyang's and all ice-attributed Soul Spirits' ice attribute attack power, ice element gathering speed, and ice attribute spirit power recovery speed. This is an overall amplification-type Spirit Ability, and the beneficiaries are naturally Zhu Ziyang and his four Soul Spirits: Snow, Ice, Frost, and Dew.
"Not bad!" Zhu Ziyang's face showed a light smile, and then he looked at Snow Empress and Lu'er, saying, "Xue'er, Lu'er, I'm going to fuse the Ice Dragon King's torso bone now. Guard me."
"Okay, Dad!" Snow Empress replied with a smile and a nod.
"Master, did you really receive the inheritance of a God Position?" Lu'er, after learning about Zhu Ziyang from Snow Empress, was instantly filled with intense joy and surprise. A sense of unreal happiness made it difficult for her to accept the news. She needed Zhu Ziyang to tell her personally to feel at ease.
"Mm-hmm!" Zhu Ziyang smiled and nodded, "Otherwise, why do you think I would come looking for the Ice Dragon King's Spirit Bone?"
As he spoke, Ice Empress and Second Shuang were also summoned by him to guard him together.
After taking the Ice Dragon King's torso bone from Snow Empress, Zhu Ziyang's eyes were burning, and his heart was excited, thinking: "Let me see what a God-level Spirit Bone is all about!"