manynovel Chapter 86 The Exquisitely Elegant Penguin Dance
Chapter 86 The Exquisitely Elegant Penguin Dance
In the far north, where the land is frozen for thousands of miles, a vast snowfield is home to many different races of spirit beasts.
On this day, at Xiaobai's enthusiastic invitation, Ziji brought Huo Yutong and Diqiu to visit the territory of the Ice Bear Clan.
All that could be seen was pure, flawless white snow. Only the black, beady eyes and triangular noses adorning their round bodies distinguished these snowball-like polar bears from real snow. The polar bears, covered in thick, fluffy white fur, looked endearingly chubby.
Xiao Bai was enthusiastically introducing his people to the guests: "This is A Ke, the best fisherman in the tribe, he's the champion of every fishing competition; that's A You, the fastest swimmer in the water..."
They even touched the cubs of the Ice Bear Clan. The little guys were incredibly cute, tiny balls of fluff with soft fur, and just looking at you with their big, dark eyes was enough to melt your heart.
Especially Di Qiu, as an auspicious beast, possesses auspicious fortune and is naturally favored by soul beasts; one after another, little bear cubs flocked to her. Huo Yutong, who possesses extreme ice attributes, also had little bear cubs acting cute and affectionate towards her.
"Yutong, am I not cute, sister?" Tianmeng's soft voice echoed from within the sea of consciousness.
"Sister Tianmeng, of course you're cute," Huo Yutong replied in her mind.
"Then come on, enjoy your sister's cuteness to your heart's content!" Tianmeng said cheerfully, transforming from human form back into her Ice Silkworm form, wriggling her plump white body.
Huo Yutong stared at the wriggling silkworm, speechless for a moment, unsure whether to say... Tianmeng's wriggling posture looked a bit like... uh, maggots.
As for Zi Ji, perhaps because her aura as the Demon Dragon King of Hell was too powerful, not a single bear cub dared to approach her. She merely glanced at the bear cubs, and some of them whimpered in fear of that invisible dragon's might.
The little bear cub's inner thoughts: This dragon is so scary, does it want to eat me...?
While playing with the bear cubs, Di Qiu caught sight of this scene and simply moved closer to Zi Ji, rubbing his fluffy head against her hand.
Zi Ji immediately beamed with joy and began to "masturbate" Di Qiu with satisfaction.
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Afterwards, they went together to watch the "extremely elegant" penguin dance of the Frost Penguin family.
"To celebrate this gathering of all races, my Frost Penguin clan has prepared a special dance for you all to enjoy," the Frost Penguin King solemnly announced.
On a smooth, mirror-like ice rink, the King of Frost Penguins stood majestically at the front, leading the dance, with the entire penguin family arranged in neat square formations behind him.
"By the Ice God, today our tribe presents this dance to you in reverence, and also to celebrate the joy of our alliance."
After the Penguin King finished speaking, he moved. His people followed suit.
One by one, the penguins stood upright with their round, snow-white bellies outstretched, and then began to sway from side to side in a slow and even rhythm.
Their gait has the waddling characteristic of penguins, yet it is strangely full of confidence. Their upper bodies strive to maintain stability, while their lower bodies move in a magical and uniform swaying motion...
Audience members present: "…………"
Within Huo Yutong's spiritual sea, Tianmeng was laughing so hard she could barely breathe: "Pfft, hahaha—oh dear! Are they trying to make the Ice God laugh to death?!"
Hyotei couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his face, his shoulders trembling slightly as he tried to suppress his laughter.
She couldn't laugh. These were people from the far north, members of the far north... The Ice Emperor had only one thought in her mind: she hoped that this "elegant" dance would never be seen by human soul masters who came to the far north to hunt souls, otherwise, the far north would probably lose all face.
Unfortunately, Hyotei's wish was destined to be in vain.
In the future, a documentary called "Exploring the Far North - Frost Penguins" will become popular in the human world, and it will record this penguin dance in detail.
At that time, in order to show their friendliness to humans, these penguins would also wear exquisite top hats and sunglasses, tie bow ties, and strike the pose of successful people, seriously dancing this magical dance, which attracted countless humans to imitate them.
Hyotei (Future Version): ...Let me find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
Right now, Crescent Moon was tightly covering its long kiss with its claws, its whole body tense: It couldn't laugh… it absolutely couldn't laugh now…
Even Electrolux's lips seemed unable to suppress the urge to turn up.
Di Tian remained calm, striving to maintain a serious expression.
Bi Ji held his left arm, burying her face in his shoulder and arm, her body visibly trembling slightly; Zi Ji wrapped her arms around his waist from behind, her forehead pressed against his back, clearly trying hard to suppress her laughter; Huo Yutong, on the other hand, couldn't quite control her expression, whether intentionally or unintentionally, she stood to Di Tian's right, gently tugging at his sleeve, her fingers occasionally brushing against his arm, also trying to hold back her laughter...
Di Qiu couldn't hold back any longer, so she chose the simplest and most direct way—she lowered her head and buried her entire head in the snowdrift next to her.
Unable to contain himself any longer, Xiaobai immediately took action, quickly digging a hole in the snow and burying himself inside.
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The long dance has finally come to an end.
Di Tian secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Finally, the dance is over. If it continued, I wouldn't be able to hold on either.
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In the far north, the night was bitterly cold, with frost and snow falling everywhere. But Di Tian and his party, living in an igloo, remained undisturbed.
Every night before Di Qiu and Huo Yutong fall asleep, Di Tian would set up a barrier to protect them from the harsh cold outside.
At this moment, Di Tian was still telling the two girls about the great deeds of the Dragon God.
Biji and Ziji regretted not bringing more human storybooks with them when they set off. The "residents" in Huo Yutong's spiritual sea reacted in different ways: Tianmeng became drowsy upon hearing the "bedtime story"; Bingdi thought to himself that although he was not good at telling stories either, when he told stories to Xiaobai when he was a child, Xiaobai would at least fall asleep while listening, unlike Ditian's story... well, it had "depth"; Yueya preferred to gaze at the moon outside the window; even Ilex felt a long-lost drowsiness belonging to "sleep".
Di Qiu was already asleep. Huo Yutong, however, was still awake, gazing at Di Tian's remarkably calm and gentle profile in the soft light of the night-shining pearl. As for what Uncle Di Tian had actually said… she was too busy watching him.
"...Being close to the Dragon God is like being close to the sun; looking up at the Dragon God is like looking up at the clouds...He has always been the light I seek." Di Tian finally finished recounting a part of the Dragon God's many deeds.
"Di Tian, I have delivered the Ice God Pearl." The voice of the Douluo plane consciousness rang out from the depths of Di Tian's mind without warning.
In the past, when Di Tian and other beasts guarded the Silver Dragon King and fled to the Douluo plane, they made a pact with the consciousness and life core of this plane.
The dimensional consciousness and life core, through the "future memories" given by the God of Time and Space, already knew their fate of possibly being replaced in the future.
Since that's the case, they decided to pour all the resources they had accumulated into Huo Yutong, the chosen one of this generation.
As for the next generation? They may not have a "next generation." Di Tian has been identified as the protector of the chosen one, so the plane has generously reduced its suppression of him. As for the Silver Dragon King, he can continue to recuperate; it will ensure that the Silver Dragon King remains asleep.
At this moment, the consciousness of the plane is manipulating the movement of the earth's crust to send the Ice God Pearl to Huo Yutong's location.
The method was simple and direct, triggering a localized earthquake.
"Biji, Ziji, quickly pack your things!" Di Tian immediately bent down, picked up the sleeping Di Qiu and the somewhat bewildered Huo Yutong, one in each arm, and steadily carried them.
Biji reacted extremely quickly, and in a flash she arrived at the temporary alchemy room next door. Without even bothering to tidy up, she put the alchemy furnace, medicinal herbs, and the already formed pills into her storage soul tool.