Companion Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus!

Huo Yuhao looked very dashing when he made his threat, but when he ran away, he cut an extremely sorry figure.

Afraid the Snow Empress would return early, Huo Yuhao sprinted over two mountains until he was half-dead with exhaustion. In the end, he even jumped down into an ice crevice before he finally felt at ease.

Even so, he still used the Molted Skin to tightly conceal his aura.

"Delay invites trouble. I'll deal with the gains first."

Using Bei Bei as a cushion beneath his backside, Huo Yuhao began taking inventory.

First was the corpse of a Bighorn Sheep Soul Beast frozen by Ultimate Ice. Inside it was a Soul Bone approaching one hundred thousand years.

"After I awaken an Ultimate Ice martial soul, I can absorb the Ultimate Ice power inside the Bighorn Sheep Soul Beast's corpse to cultivate. The Bighorn Sheep Soul Beast's flesh and blood can also help me cultivate my body and vital energy. I'll take out the Soul Bone then. Whether or not I absorb it will depend on the Soul Bone's quality. Though, a Soul Bone that's just short of a hundred thousand years... isn't that a little unworthy of my status as the chosen one? What a pity there's only the soul beast's body and no remnant soul. Otherwise, the remnant soul of this soul beast could also help me cultivate."

The plain and simple spirit of a rogue cultivator was to waste not a single bit of nutrition.

Then, there was a bottle of Snow Lotus Dew.

"There isn't much, only a dozen or so drops. But it's an excellent medicine for healing injuries and extending life. I'll put it away for now. Once my alchemy proficiency rises, and I supplement it with other materials, I should be able to refine pills for healing and life extension. Only then can its value be brought out to the fullest."

Finally, and most importantly, the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus!

A Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus without consciousness would not take the initiative to attack, but that did not mean it was easy to touch.

The ice-and-snow attribute of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus was already close to Ultimate Ice. Huo Yuhao had only successfully picked the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus by protecting his hands with the Molted Skin.

The Soul Tool Box used to store the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus had also been wrapped in the Molted Skin by Huo Yuhao.

Now that he took it out again, he discovered that the Soul Tool Box was almost frozen to pieces.

After all, this Soul Tool Box was not especially high-grade. It was still fine for storing ordinary herbs, but storing the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus was completely beyond its level.

The box: I can't take it, I really can't take it!

Huo Yuhao carefully tapped the box. The box finally reached its limit. With a crack, it shattered completely, revealing the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus inside.

Seeing the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus again, Huo Yuhao still felt dazzled by it.

"I don't have any vessel that can store the Snow Lotus. Looks like I have to use the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus as soon as possible." Huo Yuhao pondered how to use the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus.

By comparison, the effects and value of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus were not the slightest bit inferior to those immortal-grade treasures in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

It could be swallowed directly.

But that would be like a cow chewing a peony.

What proper cultivator ate grass directly?

It was all meant for pill refinement, all right?

"However, using such a special Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus for pill refinement and consumption would only be a middle-to-upper method. What's more, I don't know alchemy yet, and I'm even less capable of refining such a precious Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus. I might as well just eat it directly."

"Then, there's only one best choice..."

"Snow Lotus, become one with me!"

Was Huo Yuhao finally unable to hold himself back and about to lay hands on the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus?

All right, the "becoming one" Huo Yuhao meant was not becoming one in action, but becoming one in cultivation.

It was not some spell art, merely a simple cultivation method.

It could be called Spirit Herb Symbiosis.

All it required was the cultivator himself, as well as the corresponding spirit herb.

Through certain means, the cultivator drew the spirit herb into his body and let the spirit herb live inside him. The power emitted by the spirit herb would improve the cultivator's aptitude from the inside out, continuously providing the power needed for cultivation. After the cultivator grew stronger, his own power would also feed back into the spirit herb.

When cultivating this way, there were generally two choices.

One was when the spirit herb was of relatively high value, the cultivator would choose to remain in a symbiotic state with the spirit herb, each helping the other succeed. The cultivator himself would gradually acquire the characteristics of the spirit herb and improve his own aptitude. In the future, the spirit herb would have the chance to be refined into a Natal Magic Treasure.

Growth would be fast in the early stages, but in the later stages, because he would have to feed power back into the spirit herb, it would drag down the cultivator's own cultivation. Before refining the spirit herb into a Natal Magic Treasure, trying to replace it would damage the cultivator's foundation.

If one had not encountered an especially precious spirit herb, using this was not recommended, because there was almost no room to regret it.

The other was when the spirit herb was of relatively low value, the cultivator would simply drain the pond to catch the fish, constantly extracting the spirit herb's power one-sidedly to strengthen himself. Once the spirit herb withered, he could switch to the next plant.

However, refining a spirit herb required a lot of time, and there were no other effects, so it was not as fast as directly eating the grass.

Its advantage lay in being able to fully absorb all of the spirit herb's effects without hidden dangers. It was generally the choice of poor cultivators.

Naturally, Huo Yuhao chose the first posture... method.

The quality of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus could already be considered the peak on Douluo Continent, and its attribute also suited Huo Yuhao perfectly. Before level 95, Huo Yuhao did not need to consider the problem of being dragged down at all.

As for after level 95...

With that level of strength, what couldn't he just go and snatch? Why worry about his strength getting stuck?

After making his decision, Huo Yuhao prepared to put it into action.

Before that, Huo Yuhao first pointed a finger at Bei Bei's glabella beneath his backside, renewing Bei Bei's sleep package for a few more days.

"Young people really do have good sleep quality."

After that, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged in front of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, activated his own aura, and began building a connection with the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus.

The Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus had no consciousness, so naturally it had no possibility of resisting.

Like a silicone doll, Huo Yuhao could arrange it however he liked.

The method of turning the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus into his Companion Spirit Herb was not complicated either. It was about the same as putting an elephant into a refrigerator.

Step one: communicate with the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus.

Step two: Huo Yuhao opened his body.

Step three: stuff the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus inside.

Step four: Huo Yuhao closed his body.

Huo Yuhao integrated his aura and power into the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus bit by bit, dyeing the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus in his own colors. This was so the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus would adapt to Huo Yuhao's existence in advance and not reject him.

Finally, Huo Yuhao completely dyed the inside and outside of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus with his aura.

He could begin the next step.

Huo Yuhao took out the White Tiger Dagger, held it in a reverse grip, and aimed it at the position of his heart.

That was right. The "opening" in step two was opening in the physical sense.

Thinking of what he had to do next, Huo Yuhao felt some hesitation and fear in his heart. But then he thought about how, in the future, he might be trained like a dog by a certain God King, and Huo Yuhao's gaze once again turned resolute.

"It's just opening up my heart. Not worth mentioning!"

He took out a towel and bit it in his mouth.

Mental Detection activated, scanning the inside of his body.

In the end, Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and stabbed the White Tiger Dagger into his chest. Blood instantly sprayed out.

The intense pain made Huo Yuhao's entire body tremble, and he bit down hard on the towel in his mouth.

But Huo Yuhao did not stop.

Perhaps because of the influence of Pudu Cihang's memories, there was now a streak of ruthlessness deep in Huo Yuhao's bones as well. It could also be called a streak of evil.

Little Huo, who had lived in a peaceful era, would absolutely never have been able to do something like operate on his own heart.

Under the watch of Mental Detection, Huo Yuhao accurately stabbed the White Tiger Dagger into his heart, yet did not pierce through it.

Then Huo Yuhao pulled out the White Tiger Dagger. Without the slightest hesitation, he grabbed the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus and stuffed it into the wound at his heart.

"Snow Lotus, I've opened my heart to you. You can't let me down!" Huo Yuhao thought in his heart, but his hands did not stop.

Power guided it.

The Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus sensed Huo Yuhao's aura and actually reacted. It actively sank into Huo Yuhao's body, burrowing into Huo Yuhao's heart and shrinking to a size his heart could endure.

After all, it was not an ordinary spirit herb. There was no need for Huo Yuhao to operate manually any further.

Step three complete!

At this point, Huo Yuhao let out a long breath.

Next was treating the wound and closing up his body.

Huo Yuhao prepared to use Snow Lotus Dew to treat the wound.

But unexpectedly, the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, which itself possessed healing ability, sensibly helped Huo Yuhao complete this step.

The Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus growing on Huo Yuhao's heart released its own power. The wounds on Huo Yuhao's heart and body recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

That was not all. Then, the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus's power began traveling through Huo Yuhao's entire body, improving Huo Yuhao's body and filling Huo Yuhao's deficits.

"I didn't expect the Snow Lotus to be so proactive?!" Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised.

Unable to bother with anything else, Huo Yuhao hurriedly closed his eyes and began cultivating.