"Still nothing?" Yiren asked as she watched Xuefeng from up close.
Xuefeng took another Cursed Fragnt at the end of the twelfth section but nothing changed. No matter how much he tried to match the pieces together, it was all for naught.
"Yup, nothing. I hoped that maybe so of the fragnts would eventually fit together but none of them does. Not sure what to think about it," Xuefeng replied with a sigh.
Yiren cheered with a bright smile and gave his palm a rub.
"Don’t worry, you will figure it out soon," she assured lovingly before glancing down at the Cursed Fragnt. "Can I touch it?"
"Sure," Xuefeng nodded and passed her one of the fragnts. "Be careful though. We are still not sure what it does."
Yiren took it carefully and observed it all around as Xuefeng explained, "We tried to use Elental Qi and even Fate Qi to maybe awaken sothing from within but the tal doesn’t even absorb any type of Qi."
"Mhmm, I see. Can I have the other fragnt too?"
Xuefeng only smiled at Yiren’s curiosity and passed the second fragnt to her. He had full trust in her and even if she dropped them, he was ready to catch them so he wasn’t worried.
Yiren inspected the two fragnts and tried to match the two tal fragnts sohow, causing Xuefeng to laugh.
"Hah, baby, I already tried every possible combina—"
His smile died halfway through when sothing changed.
"Oh! It works!" Yiren exclaid as two fragnts suddenly brightened and rged like two liquid tals. It changed shape into a completely different fragnt, this ti much bigger and angular.
’What?!’
Both Ming and Ling cried out in shock while Xuefeng was left speechless, his expression changing between amazent and admiration. They have been struggling this whole ti while Yiren didn’t even need ten seconds to discover the fragnt secrets.
"Yiren! What did you do?!" Xuefeng called out excitedly as he embraced her and grabbed the fragnt. The texture was the sa aside from the more cubic-like structure.
"Oh... Did I break it?" Yiren muttered with a saddened expression. "I just wanted to help..."
"No, no! You did great!" Xuefeng assured as he kissed her deeply, realizing he must have been too explosive.
She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and claid her reward without hurrying. The rest were still picking up their Treasure rooms, so they had ti left for themselves.
"What happened?"
Nuwa was the first to notice their celebration and approached them, but Xuefeng didn’t release Yiren until she was fully satisfied.
"You know how much I love you?" Xuefeng confessed as he rubbed their noses together. "I realized I should say it more often."
"Hehe, I love you too," Yiren giggled as she rubbed his ear. "Did you forget we are connected? I can feel what you feel. If you stopped loving us, I would already ask if there is sothing wrong."
"Mhmm, that won’t happen," Xuefeng promised with a kiss and finally pulled away, showing Nuwa the bigger fragnt.
"Oh, did you finally connect it? How did you do it?" Nuwa asked in surprise, but Xuefeng simply glanced at Yiren, also wanting to know the sa.
"I also don’t know how I did it, though. I simply tried to glue the two pieces together with my Soul Power, and then it started shining before it rged," Yiren explained innocently.
’Soul Power? Quick, try with another fragnt,’ Ming suggested urgently while Xuefeng was already on it.
"So just glue it together?" Xuefeng asked as he grabbed two fragnts and channeled his Soul Power through his bloodline.
It wrapped around the fragnts, lifting and bumping them together, but no matter how much he tried, nothing happened.
"Let try," Nuwa suggested as she took over the fragnts, but she frowned right after, failing miserably. Both of them looked at Yiren, who simply reached out for the fragnts with a smile.
The mont Yiren touched the Cursed Fragnts, they shone brightly and instantly rged as if to tease them both.
"See? Like this," Yiren displayed the bigger fragnt happily. "Should I help with all the fragnts?"
She seed so excited to help him that Xuefeng didn’t hesitate and pulled out all the fragnts he collected so far. Sure enough, Yiren didn’t even need a minute to connect them all, creating a head-sized tal fragnt.
’Wait, what if it’s not the matter of how but who?’ Ling proposed an explanation. ’You and Nuwa both tried, but only Yiren succeeded. Maybe it depends on what kind of Soul is used? If we assu that tal has consciousness or even behaves like an Artefact, maybe it chooses who is worthy of being its master?’
’So there is a chance I was rejected, and Yiren was chosen? I don’t really mind as long as we can get this treasure,’ Xuefeng replied, not even slightly jealous. His wives’ strength was his strength as well.
’It’s just the theory, though. We won’t know for sure unless you reach the top. For now, let’s just ask Yiren to help you,’ Ming suggested.
"Yiren, how about you stay with for now and help rge the fragnts?" Xuefeng questioned right away, and Yiren couldn’t help but start jumping cutely.
"Yes!" Yiren called out happily, but then she wondered worriedly, "But what if I can’t handle the pressure and continue to follow you?"
"We will worry when that happens. You should still be good to go, right?"
They were already on the one hundred twenty-ninth floor, and even he could feel the pressure building up. Naturally, his body was tempered by his Regeneration Ability for much longer than his wives, so it was much easier for him. Not even counting Ming’s blessing that rebuilt his bodily structure.
"Mhmm, I’m still good. Our bloodline is a little bit stronger than that of humans," Yiren nodded and offered to give back the Fragnt.
"No, you hold it for now. You can give it back when you can’t handle the pressure anymore," Xuefeng decided as he patted her on the head. "Alright, let’s get going."
As they talked, his wives grouped up one by one, and they could continue to climb further. Unfortunately, it soon ca the ti they had to say goodbye.
Lisa and Wu were the second to stop, giving up just ten floors later. Even though Xuefeng improved their constitution, there were limits to the strength of a human body.
The next to follow were Wen, Shan, Yi, and Tianshi, stopping ten floors after them. Wuying reached the barrier of one hundred and fifty floor, retiring only after Xuefeng asked her to. He couldn’t allow her to suffer, seeing how much she struggled even to walk.
"So it seems it’s just the seven of us left," Xuefeng counted as he gave Mona a scratch under her chin. She already had five fluffy tails rubbing against his back and neck, recovering much faster than he anticipated.
All left had a stronger bloodline which gave their body additional resistance, but he could see the group slowed down with each floor reached. The only one who didn’t seem to struggle was surprisingly Yiren which gave him a sudden idea.
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