Chapter 91 – Frost-Blue Maiden

“Both Stone-Condensing Magic Dragons were killed by Junior Lin Ze, so we won’t take any of that portion of the spoils—it all goes to him. Does anyone object?”

After they arrived at the logistics office, Liu Man suddenly spoke up.

Song Ting and Gu Lengyan had clearly already entertained similar thoughts and showed no surprise at her words, merely nodding slightly.

Guo Xinyi naturally had no objections either.

The Stone-Condensing Magic Dragons had been slain by Lin Ze single-handedly, and they hadn’t contributed a shred of effort, so they naturally felt too embarrassed to claim any share of the loot.

Moreover, if not for Lin Ze, they probably wouldn’t even have made it out of Grey-Blood Valley.

Lin Ze, however, shook his head in refusal.

To free up space for storing the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon materials, everything they had obtained along the way had been discarded without exception.

If he were to hog all the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon materials, it would mean Liu Man and the others would end up with almost no spoils to divide.

This secret realm expedition would have been a wasted trip for them.

He certainly couldn’t do something like that.

After some back-and-forth, they finally decided that Lin Ze would take 80% of the total harvest, with the remaining 20% divided among the four girls.

Of course.

The most valuable item—the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon egg—went to Lin Ze.

Materials such as dragon hide, dragon horns, and dragon scales were all exchanged for Resource Points.

The dragon meat and dragon blood were kept and taken by Liu Man and the other girls, offsetting the corresponding Resource Points.

Their Pet Beasts were all of the Dragon Attribute Type, so these materials could be used to strengthen them.

In the end, aside from the dragon egg, Lin Ze received a total of 126,198 Resource Points.

Converted to Credit Points, that came to roughly sixty-three million.

A veritable astronomical figure!

“Secret realm exploration really is where the money is!” Lin Ze marveled inwardly.

But he was also well aware.

It was only because they had encountered two Stone-Condensing Magic Dragons this time that the harvest was so bountiful.

In an ordinary second-ring secret realm expedition, the maximum take would be around fifty to sixty thousand Resource Points.

And that was the entire team’s income.

Divided among members, each person’s share would be even less.

Of course.

If an ordinary team were to encounter a Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon, even escaping would be a pipe dream, let alone talking about loot and gains.

The girls were equally overjoyed.

After all, this harvest was nothing short of spectacular.

Even Guo Xinyi, who received the smallest share, still got over ten thousand Resource Points.

For a First Year student, that was already a considerable sum.

By the time they came out of the logistics office, it was already quite late, so everyone said their goodbyes and parted ways.

Just before leaving.

Liu Man smiled at Lin Ze and said:

“Junior, we really have you to thank this time. If you ever run into any problems at the academy in the future, don’t hesitate to come to us for help.”

Song Ting and Gu Lengyan both gave a slight nod.

“I—me too.”

Guo Xinyi quickly added.

Lin Ze didn’t stand on ceremony and agreed with a smile.

All four of Liu Man’s group came from prominent families, lacking neither connections nor resources, so there might genuinely come a time in the future when he would need their help.

Back in his dormitory.

Lin Ze immediately focused his mind and sensed his consciousness.

A message quickly surfaced.

[Achievement Unlocked!]

[First Secret Realm Expedition]: Successfully complete one secret realm expedition, kill at least 100 Ferocious Beasts, and achieve an exploration rate of over 10%. Completing this achievement grants 500 Achievement Points and Burst Card X1 (Completed—reward pending claim).

He had actually received the achievement notification back when he first exited the secret realm, but it was only now that he had time to look at it in detail.

“Nice, I got another Burst Card!”

A glint of delight flashed in Lin Ze’s eyes.

Having used it twice now, both instances proved the Burst Card’s practicality and power.

In critical moments, it was the trump card that could turn the tide.

When it came to life-saving measures, the more the better!

All in all.

Although this trip to the Secret Realm had cost him one Burst Card, the achievement had rewarded him with another.

He had also obtained a dragon egg with potential as high as King Rank, along with a large number of Resource Points. Far from a loss, it could be called a bountiful harvest.

Satisfied, Lin Ze nodded and summoned Xiao Xue, then took out a crystalline, tear-shaped gem.

Ice Blue Tear!

When exchanging materials at the logistics office, Lin Ze had casually purchased the Ice Blue Tear.

The Ice Blue Tear was a deep azure throughout, shimmering with a hazy glow under the light.

Although it was an ice-attribute material, it felt not the slightest bit cold when held in the hand.

Clearly, its energy was completely contained, condensed deep within the gem’s core.

“Swallow it.”

Lin Ze held the Ice Blue Tear out to Xiao Xue.

Xiao Xue blinked, but instead of taking it, she leaned forward and closed her mouth around the gem.

Taking the front of Lin Ze’s finger along with it.

A soft, smooth, and tender sensation came from his fingertip.

Making one’s heart skip a beat involuntarily.

Lin Ze looked at the mischievous expression on the Pet Beast Maiden’s face and couldn’t help but let out a wry chuckle.

Fortunately, Xiao Xue didn’t continue her mischief and soon released her lips.

The next instant.

A dazzling azure light suddenly burst from her body.

The evolution had begun!

Without warning, wisps of pale white mist appeared in the air.

Frost even began to form on the floor near Xiao Xue.

The temperature in the living room dropped sharply all at once.

Even with Lin Ze’s Constitution, he could feel waves of biting cold.

Reluctantly, he had no choice but to wrap himself in a layer of Soul Guardian.

Fortunately, this situation didn’t last too long.

After about two minutes, the light on Xiao Xue’s body finally dissipated, and her figure was revealed once more.

She was still graceful and lovely in appearance.

Only her originally light blue hair had become a beautiful deep blue.

Cascading down like a waterfall, reaching all the way to her waist.

Her skin was as fair as snowflakes, slightly translucent.

The cold, ethereal aura about her grew even more pronounced, like a spirit of ice and snow.

[Name]: Frost-Blue Maiden

[Level]: Tier 6, Stage 2

[Skills]: Ice Waterfall, Sigh of the Snow Maiden, Extreme Ice Chain, Ice Crystal Mirror, Frost Nova, Blizzard

[Empress Path, next Evolution Form [Extreme Ice Princess], requirements: Growth Rate 100%, Lower-grade Ice Element Source Stone X10, Millennial Extreme Ice X1]

“Finally evolved!”

Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief, overjoyed.

This way, he now had two Tier 6 Pet Beasts.

His strength had skyrocketed by a huge margin!

In the center of the living room, Xiao Xue lowered her head to examine her own body, then after a moment, she turned her gaze to Lin Ze, a bright, flower-like smile blooming on her face.

The maiden stepped forward and threw herself into Lin Ze’s arms with a playful laugh.

Her delicate face nuzzled affectionately against his chest.

Her eyes were filled with unconcealed adoration and closeness.

Lin Ze coughed awkwardly.

If the original Xiao Xue had the outward appearance of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

Then after evolving, Xiao Xue’s appearance was now indistinguishable from that of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youthful maiden.

With such close contact in the moment, Lin Ze could clearly feel the girl’s graceful, soft body curves, making his heart stir involuntarily.

“No wonder so many people are fond of humanoid female Pet Beasts.”

Lin Ze thought to himself.

However, meeting Xiao Xue’s innocent and straightforward gaze, he quickly calmed down, patted her head, gently pushed her away, and then summoned the Pet Beast panel.

His gaze then fell upon the Skill column.