"What do you want?" Xu Yuanshan looked at the son he had once been so proud of, complex emotions filling his eyes.
There was regret, heartache, and unwillingness.
"Father!" Xu Yang took the prescription from his robes and raised it above his head with both hands, offering it to Xu Yuanshan.
Xu Yuanshan accepted the prescription and glanced over it, his brows knitting slightly. The medicinal ingredients listed were all exceedingly precious, especially an ice-attribute spirit crystal and an Ice Soul Snow Lotus.
An ice-attribute spirit crystal could be obtained as long as one was willing to spend enough money, but the Ice Soul Snow Lotus was a spiritual herb that money might not be enough to buy. One could only leave it to luck.
Ten years ago, one had arrived from the northern Snow Kingdom and sold for an astronomical price at auction.
"You cultivate our family's fire-attribute Crimson Sun Art. Why are all the spiritual herbs in this prescription ice-attribute?" Xu Yuanshan asked in confusion.
Xu Yang had already prepared his answer. "Father, after a Gang Qi Realm elder from Hidden Spirit Academy examined my condition, he determined that the excessive yang attribute within my body was the cause. I need ice-attribute spiritual herbs to balance it."
Xu Yuanshan nodded and did not ask further. "The other spiritual herbs can all be found within half a year. Only the Ice Soul Snow Lotus is troublesome—it is found in the northern Snow Kingdom, and is exceedingly rare on our Western Desolate Continent. We can only rely on luck."
Xu Yang understood this as well. He nodded and said, "Father, I also need a ranked ice-attribute sword art."
"Hmm? An ice-attribute sword art?" Xu Yuanshan stared at Xu Yang, utterly baffled. "Is that also required by the Gang Qi Realm