Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's impulsive improvisation made Huo Yuhao's forehead twitch as he played along.

"Then I'll look for another Soul Beast first..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm didn't wait for Huo Yuhao to finish. It reared upright and clung to his leg.

"Don't! It's only ten thousand years of cultivation. It'll be quick!"

Gu Yuena furrowed her brow and pondered for a moment. "This Ice Silkworm is very special. If it has enough natural treasures to absorb, it can grow to the million-year level in an extremely short time."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded hurriedly.

"Before, I just ate and slept, slept and ate, slowly digesting the energy with my body. That's why my progress was so slow."

"Trust me! This time, once I absorb the energy, I'll start cultivating immediately. I won't waste a single moment!"

Huo Yuhao looked at Gu Yuena, then at Di Tian.

"How about I choose a different Soul Ring this time, and wait until I get stronger before..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm twisted its enormous silkworm body into a knot.

"Your Martial Soul only has ten slots. The Soul Rings you absorb before mine won't have much chance of increasing your lifespan!"

"If you choose one of our Ice Silkworm Clan as your First Soul Ring, there's a decent chance that, since we're the same species, it can increase your lifespan."

"But as your Second Soul Ring, I'd be another Ice Silkworm. Our clan doesn't have that many powerful Soul Skills to give you..."

"Don't waste your talent, young man!"

"Don't you want your First Soul Ring to be a million years old? It would be an unprecedented feat, one that no one could ever surpass!"

"Every Soul Ring would be at least a hundred thousand years old!"

Huo Yuhao silently gave Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's performance a thumbs-up.

Who said Sky Dream was a bad actor? Oscar owed it a little golden statue!

Huo Yuhao seemed tempted by its words.

At that moment, Gu Yuena also realized that having Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrifice itself to Huo Yuhao really would help him grow even faster.

"What natural treasures do you need to increase your cultivation?"

"Profound Ice Marrow. Ideally, Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. That would help me increase my strength faster."

All the Soul Power in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body had come from eating Profound Ice Marrow.

"The underground cave where I slept back then should still have quite a lot of Profound Ice Marrow. The rest should be enough to add ten thousand years to my cultivation."

Di Tian spoke up. "Do you remember where that cave is?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "..."

Di Tian, you really are an unpleasant fellow!

"We can take our time looking. We'll find it eventually. Good things take time!"

"What is Profound Ice Marrow?"

Since it was something he wasn't supposed to know about, Huo Yuhao always asked when he needed to.

As a veteran connoisseur, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was the first to explain it to Huo Yuhao. "If we find a single piece of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, I can immediately become a million-year Soul Beast."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was just one step away from reaching the million-year level.

"If it has the form you described, I might know where to find it."

Huo Yuhao's words surprised not only Di Tian, Gu Yuena, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but even Tian Meng in his sea of consciousness.

"How would you know about it?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm exclaimed in surprise.

That was Profound Ice Marrow! An extremely rare natural treasure!

Across the entire Far North, it was the only one lucky enough to have entered such a Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave and seen Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

"As you know, I'm currently a disciple of the Pope of Spirit Hall. Some time ago, an Ice-type Spirit Master went to the Far North to look for a suitable Soul Beast. While fleeing from a Soul Beast, he accidentally fell into a spring."

"Below the spring, he saw two caves. Inside one of them were ice pillars that looked very similar to what you described."

"It was far too cold there for him to get close, so he left once he was safe."

The advantage of being in Spirit Hall was that there were plenty of Spirit Masters who could stumble across exactly the things you wanted them to.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes lit up.

"That's right, that's right! It must be an undiscovered Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave. The energy in Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow is so powerful that anyone who isn't an Ultimate Ice Spirit Master would get frostbite from touching it."

Gu Yuena also asked, "Did that Spirit Master mention its exact location?"

Huo Yuhao nodded. "In the northern part of the Heaven Dou Empire. I don't know the precise location."

He knew that ten thousand years later, this Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave would be inside a sect called the Earth Dragon Sect in Dragon City.

But this was ten thousand years earlier. The Earth Dragon Sect hadn't been established yet.

"No problem, no problem! As long as I know the general area, I'll be able to find it!"

"In that case..." Gu Yuena looked at Di Tian. "Di Tian."

Di Tian immediately lowered his head. "Rest assured, Sovereign. I will..."

Gu Yuena spoke at almost the same time as Di Tian. "You stay here and keep watch. I'll take this Ice Silkworm and Yuhao to the Far North."

Di Tian: "???"

Huo Yuhao: "???"

Why had she called Di Tian over? Wasn't she supposed to entrust the task to him?

But Gu Yuena had her own reasons.

"The Far North is bitterly cold. With Yuhao's current strength, he might not be able to withstand it. If I'm there to protect him, he won't have to suffer as much."

Gu Yuena was the Silver Dragon King who governed the elements. She'd be far more useful in the Far North than Di Tian, who only knew how to destroy things.

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say that he wasn't afraid of the cold.

Surely he wasn't expected to travel all the way to the Far North on foot with only Tian Meng for company.

Since someone had to fly them there, naturally he'd choose Gu Yuena, who was powerful, gentle, and beautiful!

"Yes, Sovereign. I'll take care of things here."

When Sky Dream Ice Silkworm heard that it was finally going back to its homeland, tears of gratitude streamed down its face.

"Wonderful! I won't have to be these guys' food anymore!"

After it sacrificed itself to Huo Yuhao, once Huo Yuhao became a god, it would at least become a divine official!

Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. He looked at Gu Yuena beside him. "Did I steal someone's opportunity?"

Gu Yuena smiled faintly. "You don't need to worry too much. Even without this Ice Silkworm, they would still cultivate; they'd just progress more slowly."

Besides, the Star Dou Great Forest had the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which could help them cultivate faster.

There was some connection, but it wasn't a big deal.

"In that case..."

Huo Yuhao brought out the grilled fish and meat he'd prepared to lure the Auspicious Beast.

"I grilled these myself, and they taste great. Consider them compensation for taking the Ice Silkworm. If they like them, I'll bring more next time I get the chance!"

Since an accident had kept him from meeting the Emperor Auspicious Beast, he might as well leave a hook behind and whet its appetite.

Come on, no person or beast could stay calm after tasting his drug-laced grilled fish and meat!

Next time he came, he wouldn't have to do a thing. That gluttonous Auspicious Beast would come to him on its own.