Ice Empress II, Life Gold Acquired

The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion is considered a relatively powerful beast martial soul, possessing the Ultimate Ice attribute, and its original form was the fierce beast Ice Empress from ten thousand years ago.

Known as one of the three great kings of the Far North, she was later pestered, coerced, and enticed by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm into boarding Huo Yuhao's ship, becoming one of his soul spirits and ascending to the God Realm with him when he finally attained godhood.

"Although the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion is not weak, it is somewhat redundant for me as a martial soul," Tang Heng muttered, placing the Beast Disk into his inventory.

Rather than turning it into a soul spirit to become his new martial soul, it would be better to feed it some meat and poultry, raising it directly to a million-year cultivation level to serve as a guardian during his own weak period.

I wonder if Yun Ming, known as the strongest in the world today, could defeat a million-year soul beast?

Of course, this does not refer to that certain Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the disgrace of the million-year rank.

A race too weak to rival a hundred-thousand-year soul beast even after cultivating for a million years—that is a unique case in the entire history of the Douluo Continent.

Tang Heng looked at the Beast Disk in his inventory, hoping that the little Ice Jade Scorpion that hatches later would be female.

"Hehe, if nothing else, the Ice Empress in the Peerless Tang Sect manga is quite good; a tsundere loli with twin tails is a must-have, right?"

Taking advantage of the fact that no soul beasts were actively attacking, Tang Heng continued to descend, taking out his Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe to mine Life Gold.

He wasn't greedy; mining two or three stacks would be enough for now.

Nine pieces of Life Gold can be crafted into one Life Gold Block, and roughly nine pieces of Life Gold would occupy about one cubic meter.

I'll check later to see if I can use this Life Gold to make armor and weapons.

If possible, I'll choose Life Gold as one of the materials for my future Battle Armor.

Finally, after teleporting from the Lake of Life to the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Heng had mined a total of four and a half stacks of Life Gold and filled two buckets with water from the Lake of Life.

Tang Heng dug four grass blocks and poured the two buckets of Lake of Life water into the diagonal corners.

He then used an iron bucket to scoop up a bucket of water, but the four-square grid simply lacked a block and did not refill itself.

It was a pity; the infinite water source he had envisioned failed. Like the lava in the original game, it did not possess the infinite water property.

Tang Heng did not feel discouraged by this, collecting all the lake water and muttering to himself:

"But even so, the acquisition method is simpler than Enchanted Golden Apples; as long as one has the guts to go to the core area."

"At least the Lake of Life is right here, which is much better than the Enchanted Golden Apples that can only be obtained by looting chests or opening Lucky Blocks."

As a major unlucky person, Tang Heng never trusted his own luck.

It was like that before he transmigrated, and it is still like that now.

The trees in the outer perimeter were far less lush than those in the mixed and core areas, even giving off the comfortable feeling of a picnic in the countryside.

Tang Heng stretched his limbs, looked at the ten-year and hundred-year soul beasts not far away, and smiled confidently:

"Hehe, today I shall reign supreme! I will rule the entire outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest!"

A terrifying aura spread from his body, and those weak soul beasts all trembled in fear.

The evil Steve is going to bully the weak again; who will come to help us?

Half an hour later, Tang Heng successfully caught an Emerald Jade Horned Dragon with four hundred and thirty-two years of cultivation, a life attribute, and dragon bloodline.

Using this as Tang Wulin's first soul spirit is truly perfect.

The poor little Emerald Jade Horned Dragon, under the coercion and enticement of Tang Heng (the youth version of the Dragon God), was successfully brought to the Spirit Ascension Platform and signed a contract to become a glorious, off-duty soul spirit.

Whenever Tang Wulin reaches level ten, the little Emerald Jade Horned Dragon will start its job.

Before that, it will be personally cared for by its senior, Miss Golden Lion, to adapt to the future workplace environment in advance.

To this end, Tang Heng plans to align the time flow speed of the MC plane with the outside world later, just to make them consistent.

After returning home, Tang Heng couldn't wait to take out the Beast Disk of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion. After choosing to use it, a small, cute, and crystal-clear Ice Jade Scorpion was born.

At this time, the Ice Jade Scorpion was still very weak, with only one year of cultivation and health points so low they couldn't even compare to an Allay.

Tang Heng took out a Name Tag and changed the Ice Jade Scorpion's name to [Ice Empress].

Little Ice Empress was also very close to Tang Heng, crawling to his leg and rubbing against his pant cuff.

"So cute~"

Tang Heng gently picked up Ice Empress, and a chilly sensation immediately came from his hand. The current Ice Empress was still very weak, and her so-called Ultimate Ice was not as cold as he had imagined.

But that didn't matter; he just needed to feed her meat to increase her cultivation.

Soon, after feeding her a stack of beef, mutton, and pork, little Ice Empress's cultivation rose accordingly, breaking through to the hundred-year level.

This speed of cultivation would make countless soul beasts just born in the Douluo Continent plane envious.

She could become strong quickly, so she wouldn't be eaten by natural enemies before growing into her full form.

However, once they reach the hundred-thousand-year level, soul beasts wish their cultivation would grow slowly or not at all, otherwise, they would have to suffer heavenly punishment upon breaking through to the hundred-thousand-year mark and must survive a heavenly tribulation to continue living.

Even the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, had to suppress his cultivation under such ironclad rules, even though he could have reached the million-year realm long ago.

Tang Heng continued to rummage through his chests, but unfortunately, there wasn't much raw meat left at home to feed her, so he could only take out some spirit herbs and medicines, such as Century Ice Spirit Fruits and Century Blood Ginseng.

Ice Empress didn't refuse anything, opening her little mouth to accept Tang Heng's feeding, and her cultivation continued to improve, soon reaching the thousand-year level.

"If I can obtain an Eternal Steak, I can effectively solve the problem of insufficient feed."

"Just relying on beef won't be enough to improve cultivation later on; I'll need to get my hands on some heavenly treasures."

Tang Heng muttered to himself, as there was no surplus food left at home to feed little Ice Empress.

If only he could find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; that place was rich in all kinds of medicinal herbs, and even immortal herbs.

It was a pity that this treasure land was now the private property of the Tang Sect, and the lineage of its former owner, Dugu Bo, had long since vanished without a trace.

However, in the MC plane, there was a chance for the Sunset Forest to regenerate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well terrain. When the time came, he would find a gap in his schedule to take Ice Empress and his younger siblings along to search for it.

Immortal herbs were good stuff; which protagonist in the Douluo Continent lineage hadn't consumed them?

Certified by the Tang family, it must be a premium product.

"You stay here and be good. Listen to Big Sister Golden Lion along with Jade Horned Dragon, you hear?"

Tang Heng shook the Ice Jade Scorpion in his palm, and the creature nodded quite sensibly.

After handing the Ice Jade Scorpion over to Golden Lion's care and setting the time flow rate, Tang Heng left the MC plane and returned to the Douluo Continent.

Although the dormitory gates were already locked at this hour, it was nothing to him. Controlling the wind elements beneath his feet, he flew back to his room with ease, without disturbing a single soul along the way.

Except for a cold, arrogant boy from the neighboring academy, who stood under the moonlight, lost in thought and nursing his own secret sorrow.

"That figure that flashed by just now—was that a student from the elementary academy?"