Bei Bei: Bei Bei, You Really Are No Damn Good! Pah!

Huo Yuhao did not keep them in suspense. He said directly, "The ancestor in my family who successfully awakened his Martial Soul once ventured deep into the Far North Land, and also recorded some information about Ultimate Ice."

"There are clues to Ultimate Ice in the Far North Land?!" Bei Bei asked urgently.

Xuan Zi also pricked up his ears.

"That's right. There are soul beasts with the Ultimate Ice attribute in the Far North Land!" Huo Yuhao said with certainty.

"What kind of soul beasts?" Bei Bei asked hurriedly.

"The Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North Land: the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King. They all possess the Ultimate Ice attribute."

When Huo Yuhao said this, he could not help grumbling inwardly, The Titan Snow Demon King ruined the formation. Why didn't he give himself some 'Emperor' title?

"The Titan Snow Demon King only barely broke through two hundred thousand years. How could he possibly compare to the Snow Empress and Bing Bing? Call himself emperor? Is he worthy?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could not help saying.

Bei Bei and Xuan Zi were both rendered speechless.

Those three—were they existences they could touch?

They did not even dare think about it!

"Little Brother Huo, I think we should keep our feet on the ground and go look for the herbs first," Bei Bei said helplessly, pressing a hand onto Huo Yuhao's shoulder, afraid that Huo Yuhao would open his mouth and say he wanted to take him to cause trouble for the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North Land.

Bei Bei still knew the reputation of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North Land, and had even heard that two of them ranked among the top ten Ferocious Beasts of Douluo Continent.

Who knew that Huo Yuhao would shake his head instead?

"Big Brother Bei Bei, you misunderstood me. Our target isn't the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North Land, but the places where their tribes live."

"Their tribal settlements? What do you mean?" Bei Bei did not understand.

"My ancestor left records behind. Among the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North Land, the Ice Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King have tribes. Under the influence of their tribes, the areas near where their tribes live are more likely to produce high-quality Ice Attribute treasures."

As he spoke, a trace of yearning appeared on Huo Yuhao's face. "My ancestor once obtained an Ice Attribute supreme treasure near the settlement of the Ice Emperor Tribe, allowing his Martial Soul to evolve and become even stronger."

Then Huo Yuhao's expression turned downcast. "Only after that, my ancestor married and had children, yet discovered that his descendants were unable to fully awaken the inherited Martial Soul. They could even only awaken the power of some of its attributes."

"Why did it become like that? Was there something wrong with that supreme treasure?" Bei Bei asked in confusion.

"My ancestor guessed that it might have been because his Martial Soul became too powerful. The physical aptitude of his descendants could not allow the Martial Soul to awaken completely. Unless a descendant could cultivate to the Soul Saint stage and activate the Martial Soul Avatar, the Martial Soul could not complete its awakening."

"But if the Martial Soul couldn't even fully awaken, how could they possibly cultivate to Level 70?"

Bei Bei froze. This... sounded a little familiar.

Wait, wasn't this the script of ancestor Yu Xiaogang?

Because ancestor Yu Xiaogang's Mutated Martial Soul was powerful, he himself could not fully awaken his Martial Soul, and instead became trash in the eyes of the world. Fortunately, through "unceasing effort," "hard struggle," and "unyielding will"... ancestor Yu Xiaogang not only became Master, but also, with the "tiny bit of help" from his disciple, the Sea God Tang San, completed the full evolution of his Martial Soul, broke through his own limits, and ultimately became a Titled Douluo.

Mm, at least when Bei Bei was little, that was the story his family told him.

But very quickly, Bei Bei spotted the blind spot.

"Wait, Little Brother Huo. If descendants can't withstand their parents' powerful Martial Soul, shouldn't the Martial Soul automatically degrade?" Bei Bei asked.

Because that was exactly the situation in their family. The Light Holy Dragon Martial Soul could not be awakened directly. It could only be fully awakened after reaching Level 70.

The Martial Soul that descendants awakened at the start was always the lower-level Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

Xu San Shi was also the same type of soul master.

Even Xuan Zi was the same, because his Godly Taotie Bull could evolve into the Taotie!

But Huo Yuhao jutted his little mouth out. "Who told my family to inherit an Ultimate Martial Soul? And not an ordinary Ultimate Martial Soul, either."

Bei Bei: "..."

There was no way to respond to that.

Even the Light Holy Dragon was not an Ultimate Martial Soul. It was only close to ultimate light.

Xuan Zi, hidden in the dark, instead had a gleam flash through his eyes. His expression showed sudden understanding, and he muttered to himself, "I knew something was off... no wonder. So that's how it is."

Shrek Academy had cultivated soul masters with Ultimate Martial Souls before, yet there had never been a case where an Ultimate Martial Soul was too powerful, causing descendants to be unable to fully awaken the Martial Soul.

On the contrary, the descendants of those few Ultimate Martial Soul soul masters, without exception, all had degraded Martial Souls. Among their descendants, no Ultimate Martial Soul soul masters ever appeared again.

Logically speaking, Huo Yuhao's situation should not have happened.

Now Xuan Zi understood. So it was because the ancestor's Ultimate Martial Soul had evolved and become even stronger that the Ultimate Martial Soul could not awaken directly!

"If the situation of Little Huo's family is really as he says, then their family's Martial Soul truly is no ordinary Ultimate Martial Soul."

What made it extraordinary was that their family's Ultimate Martial Soul could be inherited!

How could Shrek Academy not want to possess an Ultimate Martial Soul that could be stably passed down?

After realizing this, Xuan Zi's heart turned burning hot.

Xuan Zi decided that even if Huo Yuhao truly could not fully awaken his Martial Soul, he would bring Huo Yuhao back in one piece and arrange eight or ten wives for him, so he could leave this Ultimate Ice Martial Soul in Shrek Academy.

Even if it could not awaken now, who could say about the future?

At that time, Shrek Academy would also possess its own inherited Ultimate Martial Soul!

Looking at Bei Bei's shocked expression, Huo Yuhao secretly nodded.

The patch for his identity had been applied.

"Little Brother Huo, what are you thinking?" Bei Bei looked at Huo Yuhao and asked.

This trip was not only for Tang Ya's sake, to search for herbs. It was also for Huo Yuhao to fully awaken his Martial Soul. Bei Bei felt that Huo Yuhao might already have an idea in mind.

"Naturally, we should search for the settlement of the Ice Emperor Tribe and look nearby for a treasure that can help me awaken my Martial Soul!" Huo Yuhao blurted out, his face full of determination.

"Little Brother Huo, that's too dangerous!" Bei Bei said hurriedly.

Even with Xuan Zi protecting them, Bei Bei did not feel it was safe.

"If I don't succeed, then I'll die trying!" Huo Yuhao smiled freely and said to Bei Bei, "Big Brother Bei Bei, don't worry. I'll first help you find the herbs that can treat Sister Xiao Ya, then tell you the treatment method. After that, I can walk the road alone."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao looked toward the depths of the Far North Land. "After all, my forebears have already walked that road for me. I am merely following in their footsteps."

Bei Bei's lips trembled. "Little Brother Huo..."

No matter how Bei Bei thought about going to the settlement of the Ice Emperor Tribe, he felt it was a path of certain death.

Either he would be discovered by the Ice Emperor Tribe and die miserably on the spot, or he would be trapped by the harsh environment of the Far North Land and buried in the wind and snow.

"So Little Brother Huo had prepared himself for death long ago? If I'd known his goal was this, I shouldn't have brought Little Brother Huo to the Far North Land. I should have forcibly kept him in Shrek Academy!"

Bei Bei felt mournful, but still wanted to persuade Huo Yuhao again.

"Little Brother Huo, are you sure you really can fully awaken your Martial Soul? At your age, you probably haven't left any descendants yet. If something happens to you, then your family's inheritance will be cut off."

Huo Yuhao looked back at Bei Bei, a calm smile on his face.

"I should be able to. The limit level that the forebears of our family could cultivate to has been gradually decreasing. The forebears guessed that it was because our family's inherited Martial Soul had degraded to a certain extent. Maybe in my generation, Level 20 will be enough to fully awaken the Martial Soul, but I still need some assistance."

"As for the family inheritance... it might be better for a Martial Soul like this to end with my generation."

"It's all right, Big Brother Bei Bei. Mountains and rivers meet again; if fate allows, we'll see each other in the future."

Bei Bei fell silent.

Huo Yuhao's calmness made his chest feel blocked.

I only lost Xiao Ya for the time being, but Little Brother Huo's family has endured who knows how many years of suffering. Little Brother Huo has helped me so much, and now he's right in front of me, saying he's going to take a risk. How can I remain unmoved? But why did I hesitate? Bei Bei, oh Bei Bei, when did you become such a hypocritical person?

You really are no damn good! Pah!

Guilt. It was simply guilt without rhyme or reason.

Bei Bei suddenly slapped himself.

And Huo Yuhao watched the fluctuations of Bei Bei's Fortune and nodded in satisfaction, casually shearing off a handful.

"As expected of Sheep Number One. This wool grows really fast."