Target: Far North, Snow Empress's Seventh Soul Ring
Youyou first picked out a pure blue Ice Lotus from near the Ice Spring and handed it to Ice Empress.
"This Ice Lotus has seventy thousand years of cultivation and is purely ice-attribute. It can solidify your ice-elemental origin, making it a small supplement for a powerhouse like you with Ultimate Ice power..."
Ice Empress glanced at it, reached out and took it, their attitude much better than before. "Hmm, not bad."
Youyou then took out a small silver herb emanating a strong chill from the depths of the valley and presented it to Snow Empress with both hands.
"This is the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Soul Silver Grass, with extreme cold attributes, which can amplify the cohesion and explosive power of snow-type Soul Power."
Snow Empress took it, glanced at it, and nodded her thanks. "Thank you."
Finally, Youyou approached Di Lingxi.
Her attitude was noticeably more attentive than towards the previous few; she even leaned several inches closer to them.
"Is this little princess a Youyou Auspicious Beast?" The voice softened considerably.
Di Lingxi was squatting on the ground drawing with a twig. When she heard someone call her, she looked up.
"Um?"
Youyou carefully took out an Immortal Herb that emitted a faint golden halo from the deepest part of the spiritual soil.
The plant was entirely interwoven with gold and green, and its roots and stems were covered with a warm, jade-like luster.
"This is a 10,000-year-old Golden Auspicious Spirit Ginseng I have treasured for a long time. It is specially made to nourish the essence of Soul Beast and is most suitable for your physique."
Her voice, Youyou and ingratiating, said, "Auspicious Beast are nature's lucky ones. I dream of getting close to one Auspicious Beast absorbing its auspicious energy."
Di Lingxi took it, smelled it, and then casually put it in her mouth.
"It's delicious, thank you."
Youyou watched as Di Lingxi ate her treasured possessions like snacks, and silently shed tears of Immortal Herb.
Zhu Lu watched for a long time before finally bursting out laughing.
Dai Huabin stood up and dusted off his pants. "Alright, let them absorb the Immortal Herb here. We'll wait outside."
Ice Empress had already sat cross-legged by the icy spring, holding the Ice Lotus in his hand, and began to circulate his Soul Power to absorb the medicinal power.
Snow Empress also found a quiet corner and closed her eyes to cultivate.
Di Lingxi was the fastest; she chewed up and swallowed her Golden Auspicious Spirit Ginseng.
After finishing her meal, she let out a burp, and her golden eyes shone even brighter than before.
Then she lay down on the grass to sunbathe, looking very content.
Zhu Lu walked to Dai Huabin's side, and the two stood side by side at the edge of the valley, looking down at the people cultivating below.
"With the Ice and Fire Body Tempering and the Holy Light Ganoderma, you've gained quite a lot this time," Zhu Lu said in a low voice.
"Hmm." Dai Huabin stretched. "One more Golden Tree meditation will complete the process. But before that, there are two things to do."
"Sister Snow Empress's Seventh Soul Ring?"
"Yes." Dai Huabin looked up at Snow Empress, who was cultivating with her eyes closed. "Xue'er has already reached level 70 in the Soul Master Tournament, it's time to add the seventh ring."
"What about the other one?"
"Go to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect."
Dai Huabin thought of the agreement he made with Ning Tian a year ago.
"I promised Ning Tian I'd visit her sect sometime. Since I'm passing by, I thought I'd take the opportunity to discuss what we needed to discuss."
Zhu Lu didn't press for details about what they were going to discuss. She rarely interfered with Dai Huabin's arrangements.
About an hour later, Ice Empress and Snow Empress opened their eyes one after the other.
Both of their auras were slightly more refined than before. Although it wasn't a significant improvement, for beings of their level, every bit of progress was invaluable.
Di Lingxi also got up from the grass, and the aura of the Auspicious Beast on her body became noticeably stronger.
Dai Huabin walked up to Youyou and, unusually, said something polite.
Thank you very much this time.
Youyou weakly waved the petals and said, "Please, don't come again..."
Just as the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was about to speak, the Ice Empress turned around and glared at him. The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass immediately shut up and pretended to be dead.
Dai Huabin did not take the Mysterious Heaven Skill manual. At present, the Mysterious Heaven Skill was of limited use to Dai Huabin, and there was no need to come into contact with it.
The five then returned the way they came.
When the five of them emerged from Sunset Forest, it was already getting dark.
Dai Huabin rode in the same carriage straight to Heaven Dou City. As soon as Di Lingxi got in the carriage, she leaned against the window to look at the scenery outside.
Ice Empress leaned against the corner of the carriage, closing his eyes to rest, while Snow Empress sat silently on the other side.
Zhu Lu sat down next to Dai Huabin and handed him a pot of warm tea.
Dai Huabin took the drink and drank a couple of sips, then suddenly asked, "Xue'er, have you figured out how to deal with your Seventh Soul Ring?"
Snow Empress opened her eyes.
While she was absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Soul Silver Grass beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dai Huabin was pondering this matter. As Soul Master, the quality of the Seventh Soul Ring is of paramount importance.
"Actually, the quality of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass isn't bad," Dai Huabin said carefully. " Its Ultimate Ice attribute is pure, perfectly matching your essence. But the problem is that its age is too young."
Although the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass is a 100,000-year-old Immortal Herb, its age is somewhat too young for the Snow Empress.
Of course, for others, Seventh Soul Ring takes 100,000 years is already sufficient.
Snow Empress nodded gently:
"That's true. If I want to return to my peak, the quality of every step must be top-notch. A 100,000-year-old Immortal Herb is indeed a bit too low."
Ice Empress also opened their eyes at this moment:
"There will still be quite a few ice-attribute Soul Beast in the Far North at that time."
"There definitely is," Dai Huabin said.
"When Soul Beast reaches the 100,000-year mark, the tribulations it faces become increasingly dangerous. Some whose cultivation is stuck at a few hundred thousand years and who know they can't withstand the 200,000-year tribulation, rather than waiting to die, choose to take a gamble."
Snow Empress picked up the conversation:
"If I can become a god, I can also help others become gods. For those Soul Beasts who have nowhere else to turn, this is a completely new path."
Di Lingxi turned around from the window, her golden pupils shining brightly in the twilight. "Become a god? Can Soul Beast really become gods?"
The carriage swayed and rattled into Heaven Dou City.
Di Lingxi's eyes lit up, and she started tapping on the car window. "I smell roasted meat! It's roasted chestnuts! No, it's roasted sweet potatoes!"
Dai Huabin: "Was your nose modified from a hunting dog's nose?"
Di Lingxi confidently, "I'm a hundred times more sensitive than humans."
Zhu Lu had no choice but to take out a few pieces of dried meat from her storage bag and hand them over, hoping to shut him up for now.
The group returned to the hotel they had stayed at before, Dai Huabin booked the same three rooms as always.
After being stuffed with a huge amount of snacks, Di Lingxi returned to her room contentedly, while Ice Empress and Snow Empress also went back to rest.
The next morning.
The five people gathered at the hotel entrance.
After leaving the city, the strongest Ice Empress was the first to release her Soul Power, using it to break through the wind and carry the rest of them towards the Far North.
"They're gone."
Dai Huabin glanced back at the walls of Heaven Dou City one last time before heading towards the Far North with the others via their Flying Soul Tool.