Within the ice coffin lay a beautiful woman.
She wore a thin white gown, unblemished, as if enveloped in mist, ethereal like a fairy.
Her appearance seemed only in her twenties; aside from her black hair, her entire body was snowy white, her features exquisitely beautiful, her eyes tightly closed, her skin lacking colour, appearing unusually pale.
As the saying goes,
No beauty endures through the ages, yet a pleasing sight is a fine lady, a face that could topple kingdoms, astonishing the world!
This woman’s appearance fully deserved the title of peerless beauty.
Ye Qiu had seen many beauties, including Lin Jingzhi and Bai Bing, all of whom were of unparalleled charm, but the woman in the ice coffin was in no way inferior to them. Moreover, she carried an otherworldly仙气.
For some reason, after just one glance at the woman, Ye Qiu couldn’t tear his eyes away.
It wasn’t that her beauty had captivated him, but rather he felt a strange sensation, as if the woman in the coffin was someone he had known before, like meeting an old friend, inexplicably stirring a sense of familiarity.
Even seeing her lying in the ice coffin, a pang of pain arose in Ye Qiu’s heart, as though this woman were someone very close to him!
“Strange, why do I feel this way?”
“Could I know her?”
“That doesn’t make sense, this is my first time at Shushan!”
Ye Qiu was utterly perplexed.
Master Longbrow leaned closer and couldn’t help but exclaim, “What a beautiful woman.”
Then, Master Longbrow asked Ye Qiu, “Is this woman dead or alive?”
“I don’t know.” Ye Qiu had just extended a wisp of his aura to check her life signs, but the ice coffin was sealed tight, and his aura couldn’t penetrate it.
Moreover, even with his Heavenly Eye activated, his sight couldn’t pierce the ice coffin.
Master Longbrow frowned, “Strange, why is this woman lying in an ice coffin? And what connection does she have with Shushan?”
Ye Qiu asked, “Old man, you mentioned earlier that this ice coffin is made of ten-thousand-year ice marrow. What’s special about it?”
Master Longbrow replied, “Ten-thousand-year ice marrow is extremely rare. To put it simply, such a thing cannot exist in the mortal world.”
“I’m certain this must have been brought from the cultivation realm by a supreme powerhouse.”
“It’s said that a coffin made of ten-thousand-year ice marrow is impervious to sun, rain, or fire, incredibly sturdy, and even through the shifting of stars or the changing of seas to mulberry fields, it remains unchanged.”
“When a person lies in it after death, as long as the coffin remains intact, no matter how much time passes, the body will not decay in the slightest.”
“Moreover, ten-thousand-year ice marrow is priceless, far rarer, more precious, and more valuable than a coffin made of golden nanmu wood.”
“To put it this way, the coffin before us, if converted to money, could buy the entire Jiangzhou.”
What!
Ye Qiu’s face was full of shock. A single ice coffin could buy a city?
That’s too exaggerated!
“Little brat, do you think I’m exaggerating?”
Master Longbrow shook his head and said, “Let me tell you, I’m actually being conservative.”
“Ten-thousand-year ice marrow is already exceedingly rare, and this coffin, crafted from a single block of it, can truly be called unmatched in the world!”
At this, Master Longbrow’s eyes gleamed with greed, and he said, “If only we could take this coffin back to Dragon Tiger Mountain.”
“Not only would we gain a coffin, but we could also admire a beauty, truly a win-win.”
“What a pity…”
“Old man, I advise you to abandon that idea,” Ye Qiu warned. “This is Shushan’s forbidden ground, don’t act recklessly.”
“Besides, for this woman to be lying in a coffin made of ten-thousand-year ice marrow, her status must be extraordinary.”
“Don’t bring trouble upon yourself.”
Master Longbrow scoffed, curling his lip, “Shushan’s people are all dead, what trouble could there be?”
Ye Qiu warned again, “I advise you not to act rashly.”
“Little brat, why are you so nervous?” Master Longbrow looked at Ye Qiu and said, “Have you taken a fancy to this ten-thousand-year ice marrow coffin?”
Ye Qiu denied it, “No.”
“Then you’ve taken a fancy to the woman,” Master Longbrow cursed. “You shameless little brat, you already have so many beautiful confidantes, each one a rare gem, yet you’re still eyeing the pot while eating from the bowl. Utterly despicable.”
“I look down on you!”
Ye Qiu’s eyes flared with anger, “Old man, if you keep spouting nonsense, watch out, I’ll smack you.”
“Oh, oh, oh, did I hit a nerve and make you angry?” Master Longbrow stepped back a few paces, afraid Ye Qiu might actually strike him, and grinned cheekily, “Little brat, I have an idea.”
“Let’s team up.”
“We’ll take the coffin away, the woman’s yours, and the coffin’s mine. How’s that?”
Ye Qiu’s face was full of disdain, “I don’t even know how to describe you. You wouldn’t let go of someone’s spirit tablet, and now you’re eyeing a coffin. Your tastes are quite peculiar.”
“What’s that supposed to mean? I have plenty of peculiar hobbies, like…” Seeing Ye Qiu’s unfriendly expression, Master Longbrow abruptly stopped and said, “Little brat, think about it, my proposal is solid.”
“You get the beauty, I get the coffin, a win-win!”
“Of course, if you don’t want the beauty, I can reluctantly take care of her…”
“Shut up!” Ye Qiu glared at Master Longbrow, his gaze falling on the coffin lid.
He wanted to open the coffin to see if the woman inside was dead or alive.
After a moment’s hesitation.
Ye Qiu placed both hands on the coffin’s edge and pushed with all his might, but to his surprise, the lid didn’t budge an inch.
“Open!”
Ye Qiu shouted, channeling all his strength and pushing again.
The coffin lid still didn’t move.
Ye Qiu tried several more times, but he couldn’t shift the lid.
Strangely, the lid, less than a foot thick, felt like an immovable mountain.
“Old man, the lid won’t budge,” Ye Qiu said.
“Of course it won’t,” Master Longbrow said. “Ten-thousand-year ice marrow is incredibly heavy. I estimate the lid alone weighs at least a million jin.”
Ye Qiu’s face darkened, “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
Master Longbrow chuckled, “You didn’t ask, so why would I say?”
“Damn it!” Ye Qiu let out a curse, itching to give Master Longbrow a beating.
This old man was too infuriating!
“Little brat, don’t rush. Once you become a peak king-level expert, you should be able to open the lid.”
“Then, the beauty’s yours, and all you need to do is give me the ice coffin…”
Before Master Longbrow could finish, a hearty laugh suddenly echoed from outside, “What a fine ten-thousand-year ice marrow coffin!”
“What a peerless beauty!”
“This trip was truly worthwhile, haha…”
