Ten-thousand-year-old ice is already rare enough, let alone ten-thousand-year-old cold marrow.
"Sister actually has such a treasure." Song Siyao chuckled, glancing around at her surroundings.
“Before you left, Shen Zhuochuan gave you a treasure. We can’t be biased, can we? This Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow was a gift from him,” Song Tingwan explained with a smile.
However, Shen Zhuochuan felt that she was an alchemist and that everything could be used as medicine, so he gave it to her.
Unexpectedly, the pill wasn't refined, but it was used to subdue the strange fire.
The surrounding area experienced fire and ice in a short period of time, leaving only some unburnt ruins in the entire city. As far as the eye could see, it was empty and desolate.
But... one of the large vats was completely intact.
Song Siyao subconsciously pulled his older sister back behind him and cautiously approached with his sword in hand.
"This tank..."
Before Song Tingwan could finish speaking, the Heavenly Ladder fragment in her hand, which had been quietly lying there, flew towards the large water vat on its own.
"Huh, it's actually conscious?"
Song Tingwan said softly, "The first fragment has no consciousness of its own."
Therefore, it can also be stored in Ayao's storage space.
The mist on the blade of the sword slowly condensed into a cloud of white vapor, which gently approached the translucent, five-colored fragments of the Heavenly Ladder.
Then, Song Tingwan quickly grabbed it and put it in a new glass bottle.
The white ball was so angry that it kept banging on the ground.
Song Tingwan shook the bottle in her hand and threw it into her mustard seed space before she and her sister warily watched the large water vat.
I wonder if it's the second strange fire inside.
The fragments of the Heavenly Ladder slowly rose higher, then swooped down before the sisters' eyes.
It looks like a stone.
It also smashed into the large vat like a stone.
The large vat, taller than Song Siyao's waist, shattered with a loud bang.
Even amidst the raging fire, this ordinary-looking large vat was still able to store water.
As the water flowed out, a comatose child came into their view.
The little girl was about three or four years old. She was chubby, fair-skinned, and very cute.
Song Tingwan quickly squatted down and carefully took the child out.
"How could this be..."
Song Siyao frowned and looked around. "It looks like someone has hidden inside."
Song Tingwan first pressed on the little one's belly, but there was no water.
The spiritual energy then entered the little girl's body without any hindrance and withdrew after a moment.
She simply fainted.
She breathed a sigh of relief and fed him a pill.
"How is it?" Song Siyao leaned down and touched the little girl's face, asking.
The fragments of the ladder that broke the vat fell back onto the little girl's stomach. In just a moment, an attractive and intoxicating feeling suddenly made them pause.
After a moment, Song Tingwan and the other woman shook their heads to calm down and looked at each other in shock.
The allure of the Heavenly Ladder is terrifyingly potent.
It leaves people with no chance to resist.
Meanwhile, the child in Song Tingwan's arms slowly woke up.
"Ugh..."
"Mother, Father..."
"Waaaaah..."
It was like waking from a nightmare, a baby's voice trembling with sobs.
Song Tingwan pulled the person into her arms and patted them soothingly, "Don't cry, don't cry—"
The gentle voice and the unfamiliar yet warm embrace stopped the little girl from crying.
"I want my mother, waaaaah—"
The little one's eyes were blurred with tears, and he couldn't see the people and environment around him at all.
My mind is filled with the terrifying image of the fire igniting.
"Fire, Ah-Nan is afraid..."
The little girl hugged Song Tingwan's waist tightly, as if she wanted to embed herself into her.
Song Tingwan hugged her tightly, her heart aching. "The fire's out, don't be afraid..."
Her parents…
They're probably all dead.
Song Siyao silently squatted down beside them. As taciturn as she was, she didn't know how to comfort the little girl.
As the little girl fearfully hid in Song Tingwan's arms, the fragments of the Heavenly Ladder on her stomach rolled off.
It rolled around a couple of times and then stopped moving.
Song Siyao tentatively picked it up, and it did not resist.
She tried again to put it back into her storage space, but even after calling her name two or three times, she still couldn't put it back.
"Sister, it's conscious, and the storage space can't hold it."
Considering the little girl who was crying and grieving the loss of her parents, Song Siyao lowered his voice and spoke to Song Tingwan.
Song Tingwan nodded, indicating that she understood.
Song Siyao rolled the stone in her hand toward the little girl again, as if she cared a lot.
She then softened her grip, took the little girl's hand, and placed the fragment of the Heavenly Ladder into her palm.
The little girl held a stone two or three times her size in her tiny hands, and she even forgot to cry.
"The Divine Stone..."
"It's a divine stone, a wonderful stone... Where have my father and mother gone? Waaaaah!"
The little girl let go of Song Tingwan, sat in her lap, and cried uncontrollably while clutching the stone in her arms.
Song Tingwan patted her back worriedly, but she couldn't soothe her.
After all, it's about losing a loved one.
The little girl may have been naive, but the absence of familiar surroundings naturally frightened her.
The beautiful, translucent stone nuzzled affectionately against the little girl.
The little girl patted it with tears streaming down her face, looking at it as if it were a familiar object.
Song Tingwan took a handkerchief and gently wiped away the little girl's tears, carefully saying, "Your parents..."
"Dead, right?"
Unexpectedly, the child who had been crying out for his parents looked up at her with tears in his eyes and sobbing.
When her parents put her into the vat, they were very sad and told her that little girl must live.
The surrounding area was engulfed in flames, and my aunts and sisters were screaming in agony.
She clung anxiously to her parents' hands, asking why they were hiding.
Her parents are so sad. They said they want to play hide-and-seek with her.
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