Lěng Yè suddenly looked anxious. He stared intently at Shí Yùtáo and asked, "What do you mean by that? Why did you keep the truth from me?"
Shí Yùtáo looked calmly at Lěng Yè and slowly began to speak: "For over a thousand years, the Ice Stone has indeed brought me unspeakable agony. But what you don't know is that it is also the key to my survival to this day. The Ice Stone, together with the Evil-Suppressing Sword and my remains, forms a complete system. Only through the water droplets produced by the Ice Stone nourishing my skeletal remains can my soul endure eternally."
"This is a formation specifically set up for me by Fàn Hónggé. As long as this formation exists, I can continue to survive. However, in order to control me, he infused countless torturous forces into the formation, trying to twist my mind and turn me into a servant completely obedient to him. Later, affected by a drop of blood from the Demon Lord, Fàn Hónggé lost his control over the formation and could not even approach the area where it was located. Even so, the inherent properties of the formation did not change."
Chapter 477