The Cure for Cold Syndrome, Only Half Revealed

It was not until the next day that Shui Bing'er's Cold Syndrome finally eased. Li Xianyue brought her to the meeting room once more, where Ji Wuming and the other man had already been waiting for quite some time.

"Big Brother, Little Ji, you both saw her Cold Syndrome flare up yesterday. I had no choice. And ever since this child absorbed her first Soul Ring, her episodes have only become more frequent."

As she spoke, Li Xianyue pointed at Shui Bing'er, whose complexion had become much rosier.

Dean Shui looked at Ji Wuming and asked impatiently, "Little Ji, everyone is here now. Stop keeping us in suspense. Tell us what you think about Bing'er's Martial Soul, and how it should be treated going forward."

Ji Wuming looked at Dean Shui and the two women, who were watching him expectantly. With a troubled yet solemn expression, he said, "Just as you already understand, an ordinary person's body cannot withstand a top-tier elemental Beast Martial Soul. But there is one exception: Innate Full Soul Power."

"Unfortunately, Miss Bing'er does not possess Innate Full Soul Power. If I am not mistaken, the first Soul Ring Miss Bing'er absorbed was an ice-attribute Soul Ring, correct?"

Seeing how serious Ji Wuming was, Shui Bing'er immediately nodded. Li Xianyue added, "That is correct. Her first Soul Ring came from an Ice Falcon in the Ice Seal Forest."

"Then I was right. She already had the flaw in her Martial Soul—Cold Syndrome—and absorbing an ice-attribute soul beast only shortened the intervals between its outbreaks."

The moment he said this, Li Xianyue recalled that, during an earlier clan meeting, several healing-type Soul Masters had raised the same concern. Yet most of the clan elders had rejected it outright. A top-tier ice-attribute Beast Martial Soul should absorb ice-attribute soul beasts.

Only then could the family continue to grow stronger. A minor case of Cold Syndrome could easily be resolved with potent fiery medicine and fire-attribute Soul Masters. Besides, once she grew up, they could find her a fire-attribute bird-type Soul Master as a partner. Perhaps the Cold Syndrome would resolve itself then. In the future, she might even bring the family two Soul Saints—or perhaps two Titled Douluos.

Ji Wuming continued, "Cold Syndrome is actually a drawback caused by physical weakness and an overly thin Martial Soul bloodline. It can only be cured by absorbing a Soul Ring with phoenix attributes to replenish the source of her phoenix bloodline."

As he spoke, Ji Wuming frowned.

"What a pity. Phoenixes, as well as soul beasts carrying their bloodline, have become exceedingly rare on the continent. Their numbers may even be lower than those of soul beasts with pure Dragon-type bloodlines."

However, according to his memories, when Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Emperor, a phoenix-like bird had submitted to him. Ji Wuming did not know where exactly it had come from.

Upon hearing this, Li Xianyue and Dean Shui understood the matter well. Soul beasts with phoenix bloodline attributes were undoubtedly the most suitable for Bing'er. Yet according to historical records preserved by their family and other sects—

Soul beasts with phoenix bloodlines had already vanished when the Fire Phoenix Sect was destroyed two or three thousand years ago. There might still be a few somewhere on the continent, but the moment they appeared, they would become prey for countless other soul beasts.

"Big Brother, is this all your most prized student is capable of? Other than obtaining the Whale Rubber you gave me, this trip to Vast Sea City has been a complete waste."

Li Xianyue had just turned to leave with Shui Bing'er, but Shui Bing'er did not move. Dean Shui immediately stepped in front of Li Xianyue.

"Look how confident Little Ji is. He must have another solution."

Then he looked at Ji Wuming and urged loudly, "Little Ji, if you have anything else to say, stop dragging it out and tell us all at once."

Seeing this, Ji Wuming stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point.

"Although soul beasts with pure phoenix bloodlines have already disappeared, there may still be one or two in some uninhabited places. As far as I know, the Ten Thousand Mile Ice Plain north of the Ice Seal Forest is one such place."

Li Xianyue's eyes trembled slightly. There was indeed a boundless ice plain north of the Ice Seal Forest, but its environment was unimaginably harsh and its temperatures were extremely low.

With the environment empowering them, even a hundred-year ice-attribute soul beast there could defeat a low-level Soul Elder. Elders of their family had once gone there, but they had only dared wander around the outer regions of the Far North, never venturing deeper.

Looking at Ji Wuming, whose knowledge of soul beasts was so extensive, Li Xianyue asked somewhat anxiously, "Other than the Far North, where else might such soul beasts exist? Even a general area would do."

After thinking for a moment, Ji Wuming immediately replied, "I was once fortunate enough to see a pale blue bird resembling a phoenix. It may carry phoenix bloodline within its body, but I do not know which direction it flew from."

"There is a high probability that it came from the Star Dou Great Forest."

Ji Wuming was more certain that the phoenix-like soul beast had come from the Star Dou Great Forest. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest was known as the cradle of soul beasts. For a soul beast that had already gone extinct elsewhere, there should still be one or two within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Only then did the anger on Li Xianyue's face gradually fade. Shui Bing'er looked at Ji Wuming with curiosity.

"Brother Ji, how old was that Phoenix Soul Beast?"

"Based on my estimate, that Phoenix Soul Beast should have been at the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast level. Only then could it possibly have survived in the Star Dou Great Forest."

As top-tier soul beasts, they possessed powerful bloodlines and high attack power, but such soul beasts often became prey for others. No matter how old they were, they could not escape death under a group assault.

Hearing this one-of-a-kind piece of information, Li Xianyue was both thrilled and somewhat disappointed.

"A Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast... Its age is too high. I fear that before Bing'er even reaches level fifty or sixty, it will have already been killed by other soul beasts."

"No, perhaps it has descendants!"

Ji Wuming had made another guess. Although phoenixes did not share the shameful habits of dragon-type soul beasts, with their species nearly extinct, perhaps they had changed their ways and reproduced with other birds.

Li Xianyue was overjoyed at his words. Whether they could find such a Phoenix Soul Beast or not, they had at least gained useful information. They could send disciples from the family to investigate. She continued asking, "Do you know of any other soul beasts with this kind of phoenix bloodline?"

"No. As far as I know, these are the only two possibilities. Even if there are soul beasts with phoenix bloodline attributes elsewhere, their other attributes would not suit the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul."

Ji Wuming appeared quite helpless as well. Judging by its appearance, the Phoenix Soul Beast that had submitted in the Blue Silver Forest should have been water-attribute. There might also be soul beasts with phoenix bloodlines in the ocean, but its depths were a hundred times more dangerous than the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, Ji Wuming actually had another method that could completely cure her condition and even allow the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul to evolve further. That was to consume the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, or consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass within the Yang Spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

But the secrets of those herbs were his greatest future reliance. Even though the Shui Family had shown him kindness, he absolutely could not let outsiders learn this secret.

Yet the next moment, Shui Bing'er said firmly, "Little Aunt, it is fine even if we cannot obtain one. Using Whale Rubber and soul fire to suppress the Cold Syndrome is good enough."

Li Xianyue's tone gradually softened upon hearing that.

"No. Now that we have clues about a phoenix-type soul beast, how can we give up? And I watched you grow up. Your talent is also the highest in our family. I will immediately notify the family elders and have people go to the Star Dou Great Forest to search—"

But before that, she still needed to learn more about that phoenix-like soul beast from Ji Wuming.