Sincerity is the Greatest Trump Card

The cold wind howled.

Two round, bundled-up figures trudged through the snow of the uninhabited zone.

They were Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei.

Both had changed into thick cotton clothes, wrapped in layer upon layer, with warming Soul Tools tucked against their chests. Bei Bei had bought the warming Soul Tools in the town where they had stopped to rest.

No matter how much Shrek people looked down on Soul Tools, they still had to use this kind of everyday auxiliary Soul Tool when necessary.

Besides, in the Far North Land, one careless mistake could leave you stiff for life—and people would still say you were damn hard.

Inside Huo Yuhao's cotton clothes was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Molted Skin. Though only a thin layer, it worked even better than several layers of cotton clothing.

According to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, his Molted Skin was the strongest weapon a soul beast could produce in this world!

This million-year Molted Skin was not only extraordinarily resilient, impervious to water and fire, and highly breathable, but could also conceal one's aura. It could maintain Huo Yuhao's body temperature as well. Even if Huo Yuhao stripped off all his cotton clothes and wore only the Molted Skin, he could roll around freely in the Core Region of the Far North Land.

Mm, it looked like two people were staggering forward, but in truth, only Bei Bei was risking his life to venture deep into the Far North Land. Huo Yuhao was not worried about freezing to death at all.

Feeling the powerful effects of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Molted Skin, Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue in amazement and spoke with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. "Brother Sky Dream, once this is done, I'll refine this Molted Skin into my magic artifact."

"..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "No way, Brother Hao. I'm already your beast pet, and you still want to skin me?"

"What skinning? You said it yourself in the original story—this is Molted Skin! Besides, you don't need it anymore. It would be a waste not to use it. I'm just recycling it!" Huo Yuhao said with a righteous expression.

"Uh... that does make sense." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sighed. After this, he truly would not need it anymore, nor would he be able to use it.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt heartache because, unlike in the original story, he now understood just how precious his Molted Skin truly was.

In the original story, the Molted Skin had been activated by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to seal Ice Empress, and Ice Empress had been utterly unable to break free.

Unfortunately, it had only been used that one time. Afterward, neither Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nor Huo Yuhao had considered developing its other uses.

The reason it had only been used once was because Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had already fused with Huo Yuhao and become Huo Yuhao's soul ring. He could only forcibly leave Huo Yuhao's body and unleash his power once.

Now, with the power of Fortune, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could enter and leave Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea at will with Huo Yuhao's permission. Within a certain range around Huo Yuhao, he could freely act outside Huo Yuhao's body and could even help Huo Yuhao activate the soul skills of his soul rings.

However, if he wanted to use the Molted Skin's true power, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm still had to expend a tremendous amount of spiritual power.

It was foreseeable that once this matter was settled, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would remain listless for quite a long time.

Once Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recovered the spiritual power he had expended, he could still activate the Molted Skin again and unleash its true power.

Yet forcibly activating the Molted Skin's true power was actually a waste of it!

The reason Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Molted Skin could seal Ice Empress was that its true power was equivalent to sacrificing all of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Life Force. Forget Ice Empress—even if Snow Empress came, he could wrap her up whenever he wanted.

Where did that expended power come from?

The answer was the residual energy within the Molted Skin!

That was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's final stubbornness.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year spiritual origin had been sealed within Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.

His million years of Soul Power and Life Force had been drained by the Ferocious Beasts, but in the process, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had also secretly tempered his own skin with his Soul Power and Life Force, making it incomparably tough.

After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Sacrifice, a vast amount of energy still remained within his Molted Skin!

Even if the Molted Skin was forcibly activated by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to seal Ice Empress, the residual energy inside it would not be depleted all at once.

Of course, if Sky Dream Ice Silkworm forcibly activated the Molted Skin several more times in the future, there would still come a day when all the residual energy within it was exhausted. After all, the Molted Skin had no ability to replenish its own energy.

When that happened, the value of the Molted Skin would plummet, and its quality would inevitably fall.

After seeing Pudu Cihang's memories, however, both Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized that the Molted Skin was not merely something that could be used to wrap up Ice Empress. Neither of them would allow its quality to decline.

In fact, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm now deeply regretted that, before his Sacrifice, if he had refined his own skin even a little, the Molted Skin left after his Sacrifice could have become his Natal Magic Treasure!

Even now, with only his soul remaining, he could have used his connection to his Natal Magic Treasure to activate the Molted Skin's power more easily, reducing the damage to it and greatly lowering the consumption of spiritual power.

In the future, the Molted Skin might even have had a chance to advance into a divine artifact.

Even if Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had become Huo Yuhao's beast pet, having a divine artifact of his own would still have been wonderful.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs. Back then, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had not known how to refine a Natal Magic Treasure, nor had he ever considered such matters.

So now, Huo Yuhao got the benefit.

Once something fell into Huo Yuhao's hands, would he return it to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm? Obviously not!

Of course, Huo Yuhao could not refine the Molted Skin into a magic artifact right now. He could only wait until the future.

Refining a magic artifact was not something that could be completed in a day or two. Huo Yuhao was still too weak and lacked both the ability and experience to refine one. If he ruined the Molted Skin during the process, Huo Yuhao would have to give himself two hard slaps.

Besides, refining a magic artifact with only fifteen levels of Soul Power—he might go limp the moment he started.

He could only wait until his Soul Power became more abundant and he accumulated some artifact-refining experience before refining the Molted Skin into a magic artifact.

Even without refining it into a magic artifact, the Molted Skin could be used directly. Worn over the body, it was already an extraordinary defensive item.

However, no matter how precious the Molted Skin's energy was, between consuming part of that energy and Ice Empress's Sacrifice, Huo Yuhao still chose the latter.

After all, Huo Yuhao could not use the Molted Skin during this early stage, while Ice Empress's Sacrifice would allow him to grow better and gain the ability to acquire more resources.

Huo Yuhao had even already decided what kind of magic artifact to refine the Molted Skin into in the future.

"Brother Sky Dream, do you think I should refine your Molted Skin into a defensive magic artifact? Or a control-type magic artifact? Or something that combines both?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "..."

What was this feeling of having others discuss how to use his corpse before he was even fully dead?

Did silkworms not have human rights?

Huo Yuhao did not lead Bei Bei anywhere. He merely followed Bei Bei as they searched through the Far North Land.

In any case, Huo Yuhao was in no hurry.

They carefully explored the outskirts of the Far North Land, searching for usable Ice Attribute herbs.

That was right, Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei were still operating on the outskirts.

To humans, the Far North Land was even more dangerous than the Star Dou Great Forest, because the Star Dou Great Forest did not have environmental effects.

Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei really did come across some Ice Attribute herbs.

"Little Brother Huo, do you know what kind of herb this is? Do you know what it does?"

Huo Yuhao still wore an honest, simple expression, but his thoughts stirred slightly.

Bei Bei was testing him!

"Big Brother Bei Bei, let me take a look." Huo Yuhao accepted the herb without revealing anything unusual.

Huo Yuhao truly did not recognize herbs, but Pudu Cihang's memories and experience were there. By comparing it to what he remembered, Huo Yuhao could still roughly analyze some of the herb's medicinal properties.

But was Huo Yuhao the kind of person who pretended to know what he did not?

"Sorry, I don't recognize it."

That's right, Honest Young Man—that's me!

"Huh?" Bei Bei was dumbfounded.

He really had wanted to test Huo Yuhao's medical skills, but why was Little Brother Huo being so frank?

Wasn't he even going to make something up?

However, before Bei Bei could say anything, Huo Yuhao struck first, looking at him resentfully.

"Big Brother Bei Bei, I already told you. I specialize in virility enhancement and beauty treatments, not every kind of medicine."

Huo Yuhao's sincerity left Bei Bei speechless.

Sure enough, sincerity was the greatest weapon.

Xuan Zi, who had been watching in secret, mercilessly mocked Bei Bei.

"Bei Bei, you're still too green. Little Huo was born poor, and he lost his parents at a young age. Where would he have gone to learn such precious medical arts? At most, his ancestors left him a few prescriptions. He probably doesn't even recognize many herbs, hahaha..."

Seeing Bei Bei suffer a setback, Xuan Zi's pent-up frustration eased somewhat.

His fondness for Huo Yuhao, who had amused him, also grew.