Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 496: Snow Queen’s Cards
The Titan Snow Demon King glanced at Ji Lin and said, "We have completed this mission, so we will go back first. As for the mining, I will send soul beasts over after those humans leave. You just need to send someone to pick it up with the token after a while."

"Also, please give my regards to Xue Di."

"Atai, wait a minute."

Ji Lin stopped the Titan Snow Demon King who was about to leave, took out a piece of ten thousand year old black ice marrow from the storage soul guide, waved and threw it to the Titan Snow Demon King. The Titan Snow Demon King subconsciously took it, and the next moment, his eyes changed.

"This is too expensive!"

An icy blue light lit up, and the figure of the Snow Queen appeared beside Ji Lin. Seeing her, the Titan Snow Demon King hurriedly bowed and saluted. The Snow Queen looked at the Titan Snow Demon King seriously and said, "A-Tai, the Far North is now in your hands. You should accept this piece of Ten Thousand Years Mysterious Ice Marrow. With it, you can at least get through one more level."

The Titan Snow Demon King's eyes were moist, and he knelt down in front of the Snow Emperor with a plop.

"Xue Di, Ji Lin, thank you for extending my life. A Tai will remember this for the rest of his life."

As he spoke, he kowtowed respectfully to Xue Di and Ji Lin three times in a row before he stood up again, turned around, and strode away with his Titan Snow Demon clan.

Watching the Titan Snow Demons leave, the Snow Queen turned to look at Ji Lin, and with her slender jade fingers she lifted the white hair beside her ear, and said softly, "Thank you very much for helping A-Tai."

Ji Lin shook his head and said with a smile: "It helped me this time, didn't it? Just consider it as the reward for this mission. It's just a piece of ten thousand year old black ice marrow. I can build a good relationship with the current Lord of the Arctic Icefield, so I will definitely make money."

Xue Di shook her head with a gentle smile on her face. She knew that Ji Lin gave A Tai a piece of Ten Thousand Years Mysterious Ice Marrow just for her sake, so that A Tai could safely survive the next catastrophe. Otherwise, how could a mission without any loss be exchanged for the priceless Ten Thousand Years Mysterious Ice Marrow.

Xue Di came closer to Ji Lin, almost sticking to him. Ji Lin could clearly smell the fragrance of Xue Di. Without waiting for Ji Lin's reaction, Xue Di put her red lips close to Ji Lin's ear and whispered softly, "Aren't you going back to collect the reward this time? If you can't find another person, then come find me!"

After saying that, she gently kissed Ji Lin on the cheek, and her body instantly turned into a white light and merged into Ji Lin's body.

Ji Lin subconsciously touched the wet part of his cheek, and he was a little confused. What was going on? What was the Snow Girl doing? I remember that I didn't flirt with her! Why did she give it to him for free? And why did she make such a big deal? What did she mean by going to her if she couldn't find another person?

Ji Lin is not an idiot, how could he go find someone else! Xue Di has already made it clear, if he really goes to find someone else, he would be really stupid.

A smile appeared on Ji Lin's lips. He did not ask Xue Di any more questions. He knew that even Xue Di would not dare to see him at this time. It would be better not to do it, lest he would make things worse and miss such a good opportunity.

This is perfect. He was still racking his brains over how to persuade Wang Qiuer and Ling Luochen. Xue Di helped him solve the problem directly. Sister Jiujiu! Sister Jiujiu, you miscalculated this time!
Just wait, when I get back, I will come to you to claim the reward as soon as possible.

Ji Lin was so excited thinking about the reward he would get after returning that he wanted to tear the space apart immediately to return to Xingluo City. However, he knew he couldn't be impatient. He had to at least give Xue Di some time to prepare. It was her first time, and the first time was for two. Although it was Xue Di who proposed it, Ji Lin couldn't be too anxious.

Stay calm, Ji Lin, stay calm, business is important.

Ji Lin took a few deep breaths, turned around, looked at the place where the Sun and Moon Empire’s army was stationed, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

Orange! I hope you can leave here as soon as possible and don't force me to do it again.

He was not worried that the previous lessons were not enough. With so many infrastructures destroyed, no matter how unwilling Orange was, she would not be able to rebuild the mining in a short period of time. After all, it was not easy to move those infrastructures here, and the value of those mining equipment was also very high. It was estimated that she would not be able to gather such a batch within at least two months.

As for those rare metals that had been refined, Ji Lin had already taken advantage of the snowstorm to secretly put them into his storage soul guide when he was causing trouble before.

After this lesson, the Sun-Moon Empire would need to think more carefully before re-mining the rare metals here. And this period of time is enough for Atai and others to help Ji Lin mine enough rare metals.

As for the subsequent matters, other people can be sent to take over. There is no need for him to stay here. Zizai Sect is not just a lone commander. At least they have a Soul Sage. If it is just about transporting rare metals, a Soul Sage is enough. If it really doesn't work, let Xu Jiujiu send a trustworthy Titled Douluo, such as the Nebula Douluo Manyi beside her, who can definitely be trusted.

Thinking of this, Ji Lin quietly returned to the Sun Moon Empire garrison to conduct reconnaissance.

Without the high-altitude detection soul guide in the sky, there would naturally be fewer troubles. With Ji Lin's ability, he didn't need to worry about anything. From a distance, he looked down from the air and could see the mess on the Sun-Moon Empire side. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the Sun-Moon Empire army was obviously busy. They were collecting the broken equipment and seemed to be dismantling the camp.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Ji Lin's mouth. Juzi was still very self-aware. He knew that due to the threat of soul beasts, he could no longer continue mining the mineral veins. He consciously cleaned up the mess and prepared to withdraw.

The damage to the machinery was not the most fatal, as it was possible to replenish the machinery. However, the destruction of a large number of tents meant that most soldiers had no place to live, which was fatal in this freezing northern land! Since Juzi was able to lead the soldiers to obey orders, she must have a good reputation in the army. It was impossible for her to leave these soldiers alone. Moreover, she had to consider the Douling Empire on the other side. In this case, retreating was the only thing she could do.

After a morning of rest, most of the damaged soul guide equipment was taken away by the Fire Phoenix Soul Guide Corps using storage soul guides. Although these things were damaged, the rare metals contained in them were still precious and could still be used after being recycled. Naturally, they could not be wasted.

After noon, the army of the Sun-Moon Empire cooked and had a hearty meal and quickly set out towards the territory of the Sky Soul Empire in the south. Walking at the end were the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group.

Watching them go away, Ji Lin breathed a sigh of relief. The next step was to hand over to the Titan Snow Demon King. With the help of soul beasts, although the efficiency could not compare with the professional equipment of the Sun-Moon Empire, don't forget that there are also soul beasts that are good at digging holes and mining. Ji Lin didn't need to worry about what happened next. The Titan Snow Demon King was very powerful. Even if the Sun-Moon Empire launched a surprise attack, it could retreat to the Far North with the soul beasts. The Sun-Moon Empire would never dare to pursue it into the Far North ice field, not even if Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao and Death Douluo Ye Xishui came.

After all, they didn’t know that the famous Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor were no longer in the Far North.

However, just in case, Ji Lin still stayed here for a day. When the Titan Snow Demon King led a large number of soul beasts to the mine, he quietly left and headed towards the direction of the Star Luo Empire.

Xingluo City seemed to be unaffected by the war on the continent and was still as lively as ever. However, upon closer inspection, one could still find that there were more soldiers patrolling the city, and they were far more elite than the previous patrols.

Ji Lin didn't stay for long and soon returned to Zizai Gate.

Wang Qiuer and others were overjoyed to see Ji Lin coming back. Although Ji Lin said goodbye to them before leaving, they couldn't help but worry as they hadn't heard from him for such a long time.

"You still remember to come back. You've been gone for so many days and haven't even sent back a message." Nan Qiuqiu shouted at Ji Lin with her hands on her hips, looking angry.

Ji Lin spread his hands helplessly, shook his head and said: "I have been in the Far North these days. How can I send you news? Do you think I can do anything?"

Nan Qiuqiu wanted to make things difficult for Ji Lin, but Ye Guyi patted Nan Qiuqiu's head helplessly and said, "Okay, Qiuqiu, he just came back, let him rest for a while!"

Ji Lin glanced at Nan Qiuqiu and said provocatively: "Gu Yi is still the best, gentle and considerate, unlike some people."

Seeing that Nan Qiuqiu was about to get angry, Ye Guyi quickly smoothed her over and glared at Ji Lin, saying unhappily, "Are you still a child?"

Ji Lin's mouth twitched. Why did he feel that Ye Guyi had become a mama-san? He glanced at Nan Shuishui in the distance. Between these two people, who is Nan Qiuqiu's mother?
Wang Dong'er and Xiaoxiao covered their mouths and laughed secretly. It was always so fun to see Ji Lin get humiliated.

Wang Qiuer looked at Ji Lin with strange eyes. She found that Ji Lin was restrained by Ye Guyi who was in the mama-san state. Thinking of this, Wang Qiuer quietly put her hand on the top of Ji Lin's head and stroked it slowly.

Ji Lin looked at Wang Qiuer with a puzzled look on his face, and asked, "Qiuer, what are you doing?"

Wang Qiuer tilted her head and frowned, "Don't you like it?"

Ji Lin looked at Wang Qiuer expressionlessly and said, "Do you think I will like it?"

"Well, you don't."

Wang Qiuer tactfully put down her hands. She sensed the crisis and had a premonition that if she had not put her hands down, she would have been in a miserable state tonight.

She didn't want to try whether Ji Lin would torture her in various ways. She knew very well how low Ji Lin's bottom line was when it came to that kind of thing. Many of his tricks were unbearable even for a non-human like her.

Most of the time, as long as she didn't want to, Ji Lin wouldn't force her, but there was one exception, that was when she angered Ji Lin. At that time, even if she wanted to resist, Ji Lin would forcibly suppress her and enforce the family rules.

(End of this chapter)