Trace of the Ninth Grade Ginseng King

Icebound Forest

Golden Ghost Butterfly Wings unfurled behind Huo Yuhao's back as he soared into the air, bypassing the Wolf Pack's encirclement and flying straight toward the Snowfield Wolf King atop the snowy slope.

The wolves racing across the forest snowfield raised their heads one after another, watching Huo Yuhao cross their encirclement through the air and head straight for their rear base!

Seeing the enemy flying directly toward it, the Snowfield Wolf King immediately threw back its head and let out a long howl.

As though they had received an order, the Wolf Pack turned around and sprinted back to provide support.

But how could wolves running on the ground compare in speed to Huo Yuhao flying through the sky?

As Huo Yuhao neared the Snowfield Wolf King, a blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared around him, followed closely by a purple Thousand Year Soul Ring that flickered with light.

When the Snowfield Wolf King saw that scarlet Soul Ring, it was clearly so startled that it instinctively took a step back.

The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring around Huo Yuhao suddenly lit up, and blood-colored radiance blanketed the snowy plains.

The moment the aura of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring emerged, the wolves chasing below were subjected to terrifying suppression, as though an invisible force had pinned them to the snow. Their limbs twitched violently.

The Snowfield Wolf King's body seemed to be sealed, leaving it unable to move.

First Spirit Skill: White Emperor Sword

Huo Yuhao's spiritual power condensed into an invisible flying sword that directly tore through the Snowfield Wolf King's Sea of Consciousness.

The might of that single strike left the Snowfield Wolf King completely dazed. Its gaze became unfocused, and its vision split into overlapping images.

Huo Yuhao's Second Soul Ring lit up in succession. As purple light flashed, golden radiance resembling a vertical eye gathered between his brows, then erupted in a brilliant beam of golden light that shot straight at the Snowfield Wolf King.

The Snowfield Wolf King crashed to the ground, its limbs twitching as white foam spilled from its mouth.

Huo Yuhao landed lightly on the snowy slope. Sharp Tiger Claws extended from the fingertips of his right hand as he prepared to send the Snowfield Wolf King straight to its death.

Then he hesitated.

The Wolf Dog that had originally pulled the carriage had already been set free. Although he could fly, he could not maintain it for long and still needed to travel on foot.

The Icebound Forest spanned nearly a hundred kilometers. Naturally, he could not possibly walk through it all on his own.

Huo Yuhao approached the Snowfield Wolf King and immediately cast Undead Magic, planting a trace of spiritual imprint deep within its consciousness and directly taking control of its mind.

Sea of Consciousness.

Electrolux watched Huo Yuhao cast Undead Magic in the outside world and fell silent.

In this world, whose power system revolved around martial souls and Soul Rings, it was unlikely for a system of Undead Magic to exist.

Moreover, the hand seals Huo Yuhao used for Undead Magic were completely identical to his own habits. It truly came from his inheritance.

That also confirmed something from another angle.

In some past timeline, he must truly have taken Huo Yuhao as his disciple, taught him Undead Magic, and even passed the Undead Plane on to him before departing.

But why had everything he encountered in the past happened all over again?

What kind of power had interfered with all this?

Electrolux sank into thought.

"Old Yi, Old Yi, I found something!" Huo Yuhao's excited call came from outside.

Upon hearing this, Electrolux immediately descended from the Sea of Consciousness.

On the snowy plains.

Huo Yuhao called out excitedly before the Snowfield Wolf King. Electrolux's figure quietly appeared, hovering in the air.

"Old Yi, I just searched the Snowfield Wolf King's Sea of Consciousness and made a major discovery. This guy once encountered a Ninth Grade Ginseng King. It had nine leaves growing from its crown, so its cultivation had clearly reached ten thousand years," Huo Yuhao said excitedly.

"Perhaps you do not have much of a concept of this, Old Yi. It is roughly like the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng you consumed before, except it was never harvested. Instead, it gradually developed intelligence and cultivated for as long as ten thousand years," Huo Yuhao said excitedly.

"Something that was already a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, an Immortal Herb or Divine Medicine, and then cultivated for ten thousand years—its cultivation could absolutely rival that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!" Huo Yuhao was extremely excited.

He was more familiar with such things than anyone.

In the era he came from, the immortal herbs growing in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had all become spirits.

Though they possessed only ten thousand years of cultivation, they all had exceptionally high intelligence and combat strength comparable to Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Even the Soul Rings produced by their Sacrifice were blood-red Soul Rings representing a hundred thousand years!

Electrolux understood. This was a rare opportunity.

"Are you confident you can find its trail?" Electrolux asked.

If they could encounter it, he could naturally capture it.

"Although I cannot be completely certain, we can search the areas where it has appeared and see if we can find any clues," Huo Yuhao said confidently.

Electrolux nodded slightly.

After determining the target, Huo Yuhao controlled the Thousand-Year Snow Wolf King and headed for the area where the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King had once appeared.

It was a mountain range south of Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range, located in the Central-Outer Mixed Zone of the Icebound Forest. The Soul Beasts entrenched nearby generally had cultivation levels ranging from a thousand to ten thousand years.

Huo Yuhao lay in wait in that area for more than half a month.

In the end, aside from being harassed by Soul Beasts from time to time, he could not find even the slightest trace of the Ninth Grade Ginseng King.

He gazed at the towering, sprawling Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range, which almost stretched across the central region of the entire Icebound Forest, ran through the Core Area, and separated the northern and southern regions.

Huo Yuhao knew that the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King was most likely hiding somewhere within the Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range.

In the end, he chose to venture deep into Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range in search of the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King.

He knew very well that even if he entered the depths of Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range, the chances of finding that divine medicine remained extremely low. Yet he was unwilling to give up just like that.

Perhaps heaven would favor him and let him happen upon it?

After all, luck was something impossible to explain.

As for the dangers lurking in the depths of Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range—

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Besides, he had Old Yi backing him up. Even if he truly encountered some crisis, they would be able to handle it.

Relying on Netherworld Stealth, the soul skill attached to his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, he moved through the Core Area of Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range in search of it.

In the snowy mountain region, he encountered many Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts, including no shortage of Soul Beast Kings with thirty to fifty thousand years of cultivation.

Yet after searching the depths of Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range for more than half a month, he still came up empty-handed.

It left Huo Yuhao somewhat dejected.

In the end, I still did not find it. What a pity.

My luck does not seem to work as well as I imagined.

North of the Snow Mountain.

Huo Yuhao looked at the towering snow peak before him with reluctance, but all he could do was sigh.

He did not know whether the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King was not here at all, or whether it possessed some ability to foresee fortune and disaster and was deliberately avoiding him.

He could not waste all his time on this meaningless search. He could only wait until his cultivation was stronger, then return to the Icebound Forest and lie in wait for it.

Huo Yuhao lingered a little in the northern part of the Icebound Forest, holding onto a faint hope.

Yet even after he left the Icebound Forest, he still had not encountered the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King.

There was nothing he could do about it but feel helpless.

Huo Yuhao pulled himself together and continued northward.

Up ahead lay the edge of the Far North Land.

Brother Sky Dream, wait for me!