"It's actually the Spirit-Swallowing monster!"

Elder Monster Duan-Xi-Gong suddenly exclaimed after he saw the true face of the figure inside the Winter Coffin.

"Huh? Spirit-Swallowing monster?" Zheng-Fu was slightly puzzled; he had never heard of this name before.

"Yes, Son-in-law, this one is the Spirit-Swallowing monster. It was a cold-blooded thief and assassin from hundreds of years ago. There was news that it disappeared after being seriously injured from being constantly hunted by many clans for the crimes it had committed. No one knew where it had gone. Actually, it sneaked into the ancient forest and hid in the Winter Coffin!"

Monster King Duan-Jian explained to Zheng-Fu the history of the Spirit-Swallowing monster.

"Mhm! If so, it deserves to die! How dare you deceive me as my ancestor!!?" Zheng-Fu suddenly became furious and cursed at him, recalling his previous words that claimed to be his ancestor.

"Forget it! Quickly take out its body and take Fu-Er's body in its place!" the female elder monster quickly cut off everyone's conversation and told Zheng-Fu to hurry and take out the Spirit-Swallowing monster's corpse from the coffin before replacing it with Fu-Er's body because she seemed to be unable to stand it any longer.

"Yes, sir!"

Zheng-Fu did not hesitate to take out the dead body of the killer-thief monster immediately. He then used his energy to clean the inside of the coffin once more, along with bringing fine silk to lie inside, before gently laying Fu-Er's body down in the coffin.

"You must be fine. I'll find an antidote for you!" Zheng-Fu held Fu-Er's body and spoke to her warmly.

"I… I… I believe you. I'll wait for tha… that day!" Fu-Er replied, with a faint smile.

Mhm...

Flop!!!

"There's no need to cover the coffin. Only transferring energy to induce it to work is enough," Elder Monster Duan-Xi-Gong suggested to Zheng-Fu after he had considered this coffin. But actually, Zheng-Fu also knew what to do to make it active.

Wooooooosh!!!

Boooooom!!!

As soon as Zheng-Fu injected energy into the Winter Coffin to activate its function, a cold wave of energy immediately spread out from the coffin. And it spread out continuously until the surroundings of this bedroom had begun to turn into an ice chamber.

Soon, the entire room was filled with ice and snowflakes, as if it were the North Pole. And not only in this bedroom, but the surrounding area of Fu-Er's palace also began to be covered with ice.

"Father-in-law, Grandpa, Grandma, you guys should hurry to block Fu-Er's palace area. If you don't hurry, this capital city will definitely turn into a snow city. And all the people and great, skilled martial masters with energy levels below the highest level of the Divine Emperor stage will surely become ice sculptures," Zheng-Fu knew exactly what would happen from now on. He hurriedly told the three of them to help limit the territory of Fu-Er's palace to avoid damage due to the extreme cold of the Winter Coffin.

"All right!!!"

The three of them immediately did as Zheng-Fu said because even those who were highly skilled martial masters at the Divine King stage could feel a chill that was not like normal snow. Then what would a person who had an energy level below them be like?

Wooooosh!!! Wooooosh!!! Wooooosh!!!

To prevent snow from spreading throughout the royal palace, the three of them had to work together, releasing energy to compress it to form an energy curtain, covering the entire of Fu-Er's palace. Anyway, it could only temporarily prevent it since the energy of this cold vapor was much more than the general energy curtain could resist. Therefore, Zheng-Fu had to engrave the fire elemental spell formation as another layer of protection.

Two shichens had passed...

"Finally, it's done! Creating this fire elemental spell formation was really difficult for a non-fire elemental. Fortunately, I'm a non-elemental type who can get along with any element. Otherwise, it would have been a mess. But I don't understand why I can't store the coffin in my dimensional space right now?"

Zheng-Fu muttered incomprehensibly to himself. After his father-in-law and Fu-Er's grandfather and grandmother left, he tried to store the Winter Coffin in his dimensional space again. But it refused to enter as if it had its own consciousness. And that was the reason why Zheng-Fu had to engrave the spell around Fu-Er's palace, which took him two full shichen.

After completing the handling of the protection against the effects of the Winter Coffin, Zheng-Fu then went back into Fu-Er's bedroom again. He could freely enter and exit this place and stay there for as long as he wanted without being affected by the cold. As for Fu-Er, she was already in hibernation now. She could not move until the coffin's activation was turned off, but she could still speak.

"Zheng-Fu, I know that, in this world, there's no such antidote. And it would be impossible for me to recover. If I had to live like this without seeing you or hugging you, I can't take it. It's better for me to die than to suffer like this!" Fu-Er's voice rang sadly. Even if she could not move or could not see anything, she could sense that Zheng-Fu was nearby now.

"That's right, honey, in this world, there's no such antidote, because the antidote is in another world. And no matter what, I must go get it to heal you. Don't worry! Just give me a little more time; I'll surely not allow you to suffer for not being able to hug me. And when you are healed, I'll let you hug me to your satisfaction. And not just hugs; I'll also let you have fun every night!"

Zheng-Fu knew that his wife was in despair, so he tried to comfort her by teasing her. This was probably the only way he could make her feel better.

"You idiot! Who wants to hug you and have fun with you all night!?" Fu-Er immediately forgot about the sadness upon hearing Zheng-Fu's words. She was very happy to hear that. Even though she could not make any facial expressions or gestures, the tone of her voice showed that she was delighted.

"Zheng-Fu, if finding an antidote is a life-threatening matter, I want to ask you not to do it. I don't want you to be in danger because of me, even if you want to do it. In this life, you're the one I love the most. And you'll always be the one I love, no matter how many lives it takes!"

"No! You shouldn't say that. You also know that I love you and will do anything for you! No matter what, I must find the antidote to heal you!"

Both of them were equally stubborn, no matter what the other party said.

"Sigh... You're still you anyway. You must be very tired by now. You better go and take a rest!" Fu-Er finally gave up on both forcing and begging Zheng-Fu not to let him risk himself because even if she did that, he would not listen to her anyway. Therefore, she had to let Zheng-Fu do as he wanted despite her great concern.

"Mhm, you too. I'll come to stay with you tomorrow!" Zheng-Fu nodded at Fu-Er's body with a sad smile. Then he turned around and walked away. Before he left, he engraved one more layer of a protection spell and an attack spell in case some intruders entered here.

After coming out of Fu-Er's palace, Zheng-Fu immediately headed towards the grand hall, where his father-in-law and Elder Monster Duan-Xi-Gong were now. He still had one thing to ask them about joining the disciple selection of five weird elders and one mystery elder, as mentioned.

At the grand hall in the royal palace...

"Is everything all right, Grandson-in-law?" as soon as Zheng-Fu arrived, Elder Monster Duan-Xi-Gong immediately asked.

"Everything is fine, Grandpa. I'm sure that no one else will be able to do anything to Fu-Er," Zheng-Fu nodded with a confident expression.

"Good! Sigh... Why does something like this have to happen to my granddaughter and my family? And now, it's nearing the day of the disciple selection of five weird elders and one mystery elder. But the great, skilled martial masters of Monster Kingdom were killed in large numbers. How unfortunate!"

The sadness appeared on the elder monster's face. Although the disciple selection of five weird elders and one mystery elder was regularly held, the people who could pass the selection were very few. Sometimes there were thousands of applicants, but only one person passed. And the people from the Monster Kingdom had not been chosen for hundreds of years because the qualifications were not as specified.

"Grandpa, I want to ask you something. I don't know if you'll…"

"You want to know about the disciple selection of five weird elders and one mystery elder, right?" Seeing Zheng-Fu's curious expression and gesture, the elder monster spoke up before he asked.

"That's right, sir. I want to know the details of the disciple selection this time because I must be qualified to become their disciple at any cost!!!" Zheng-Fu nodded with an extremely serious expression.

"It's not a secret. The disciple selection of five weird elders and one mystery elder is usually arranged every three years, but it can be five or even ten years apart. The time will not be the same; it depends on those elder masters. However, this time, the selection occurs much sooner than in the past. Also, a large number of people are recruited. As long as that person is at the Divine Emperor stage or above, he can participate.

"This disciple selection will be held in the next two months. As for the venue, it remains a mystery as to where it is. But most people believe it will be a special dimensional space created by the five weird elders and one mystery elder. It's a place where anyone from any race can participate."

Elder Monster Duan-Xi-Gong explained to Zheng-Fu in detail as he knew.

"What about the selection rules, sir?" Zheng-Fu nodded intently before asking about the rules for qualifying as a disciple.

"No one knows about the rules because the rules for passing the selection each time are not the same. So, no one knows what the rules this time will be," the elder monster shook his head helplessly at this question from Zheng-Fu because it was difficult to tell what rules the five weird elders and one mystery elder would use when deciding on their disciples.

"Mhm! Just this information is more than enough. I only need to know the date and time. There are still two months left until the disciple selection date. I must return to the Holy Ancient Region first. I've been here a long time. Many people there must have worried and missed me. As for Fu-Er's body, I'll have to let my Father-in-law and Grandpa protect her for me. When the errands are finished, I'll be back!"

During the remaining two months, Zheng-Fu thought of returning to the Holy Ancient Region first to deal with the safety of his clan and people. Besides, he was worried about the demon army's invasion. He was afraid that they would invade In-See City and injure his people.

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