Frostflower Record

"Brother Yichen!"

Seeing Lin Yichen return, Xiao Wu hurried over to greet him.

She threw her arms around him.

Her delicate fragrance smelled wonderful.

Lin Yichen was squeezed so tightly he could barely breathe, so he could only gently pat her back to soothe her.

"Alright, alright, Xiao Wu. Let go."

Just then, Xiao Wu's stomach gave an ill-timed rumble.

Xiao Wu's face instantly flushed red, and she buried herself in Lin Yichen's arms without saying a word.

"Hungry..."

Lin Yichen cleared his throat and gently set Xiao Wu down.

He took out the food he had bought in Soto City, and the two of them wolfed it down in the pavilion.

"The carrots smell so good!"

"And there's meat too!"

"Brother Yichen treats me the best!"

After eating and drinking their fill, the two held hands as they walked back to the dormitory.

Lin Yichen told her everything that had happened that day.

Except for blowing up the chicken and killing people.

He had originally figured Xiao Wu would praise him for being amazing or something.

But her focus was clearly elsewhere.

"You gave that Xiao Rou flirtatious looks?"

"You touched her head?"

Alright, Xiao Wu's jealousy was about to boil over. Who knew what tomorrow's trip to the auction would be like.

Early the next morning, Lin Yichen once again rushed nonstop toward Soto City.

He remembered that, in the original work, Heaven Dou City had an auction house with an entrance fee of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

But Lin Yichen naturally did not have that much money right now.

He could only lower his sights and head to the Soto Auction House.

The entrance fee should be much cheaper...

This time, he only brought five thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving less than a hundred for Xiao Wu.

Going all out this time, he arrived very early.

By seven in the morning, he had already reached Soto City and was taking in the morning market.

Today, he not only had to attend the auction, but also fight at least two spirit battles.

But the auction house was still today's main objective.

The front of the auction house was already packed with people. As far as the eye could see, there were nobles dressed in luxurious finery.

In a corner of the auction house, an old man's street stall had drawn no interest at all.

Yet Lin Yichen vaguely sensed a peculiar aura within it.

Lin Yichen walked over, looked over the items on the stall, and sniffed them.

It was a Snow Silkworm.

But after passing through the old man's hands, it was indeed filthy and utterly unremarkable.

"Sir, how much are you selling this Snow Silkworm for?"

The old man had clearly not expected Lin Yichen to actually ask about the price. After a brief daze, he said,

"Three hundred Gold Soul Coins. Buy this, and I'll give you an instruction manual."

The old man kept his eyes closed the entire time, probably assuming that anyone who asked would not buy it.

Sure enough, the people nearby laughed as soon as they heard it. Setting up a street stall outside an auction house and charging such a high price?

Was he crazy for money?

But Lin Yichen did not care. He casually tossed a bag of Gold Soul Coins beside the old man.

"Sir, weigh it and see whether it's enough."

"Hm?"

The old man took the money pouch and weighed it in his hand. Grinning to reveal two large yellow teeth, he casually tossed a wooden box beside Lin Yichen's leg as well.

"These two come together. They're both yours."

After saying that, the old man left while humming a tune. He was clearly pleased with the haul; three hundred Gold Soul Coins would be enough for him to live on for years.

Truly, five years' earnings in one day, then live off it for five years.

The nobles waiting in line all revealed contemptuous expressions when they saw Lin Yichen spending so freely.

Lin Yichen ignored them and focused solely on sensing the Snow Silkworm he had just bought.

Snow Silkworms were yin-aligned, matching the attributes of his Lunar Jade Rabbit and also enhancing his strength.

Lin Yichen then looked at the wooden box that had just been casually discarded. A faint, almost imperceptible chill lingered around it.

When Lin Yichen stimulated it with Guanghan soul power, the wooden box sprang open by itself, revealing a tattered book inside.

Frostflower Record

Had he really found a treasure?

Lin Yichen opened the Frostflower Record. The first page bore a preface:

"Since retiring into the mountains and forests in the year 2026 of the Douluo Calendar, I have remained indoors all day, living free from worldly strife."

"The world believes ice to be a cold and heartless path, yet knows not of its warmth and gentleness."

"During my seclusion, I cultivated vegetation with lunar cold energy, raised silkworms and bred butterflies, and more than fifty years have now passed."

"This silkworm favors cold yin and delights in moonlight. On the fifteenth of every month, I refine it with moonlight essence."

"Though this creature is small, its silk may be used in medicine, its molt may nourish the soul, and even its droppings can ward off evil. Its uses are truly wondrous."

"Yet though I have the will, I lack the strength. I have left behind a medicinal garden in Sunset Forest, which can only be entrusted to those who come after."

"Here and now, I bestow this Snow Silkworm and the book Frostflower Record upon future generations. May they not disappoint Frostflower."

"Madam Frostflower's final writing."

After the preface came the main text, filled with methods for cultivating plants with moonlight essence and refining pills from cold yin materials.

Lin Yichen took a deep breath and closed the book.

Those three hundred Gold Soul Coins were well spent!

And Sunset Forest...

It seemed that, aside from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it truly held quite a few secrets.

Just as Lin Yichen finished roughly reading through the Frostflower Record, the auction house officially opened as well.

A huge crowd filed inside in a grand procession.

But a fluctuation of soul power felt somewhat familiar to Lin Yichen, and its source was a woman.

Blue hair, a well-proportioned figure.

She looked like an exceptionally beautiful girl next door.

Since she made Lin Yichen feel that her soul power was familiar, her martial soul should be ice-attributed.

Yet her face still carried a trace of youth and innocence. She appeared only a year or two older than Xiao Wu.

"The entrance fee is five hundred Gold Soul Coins. Those without enough money, please leave on your own."

The guard gave this reminder at the entrance, though it was clearly of little use. Those who came to an auction house were either wealthy or noble, except for curious people visiting for the first time...

A few people left awkwardly.

When it was Lin Yichen's turn, he paid five hundred Gold Soul Coins and entered.

Everyone was given a mask upon entering, supposedly to protect each guest's privacy.

Since this was a lower-tier auction venue, the interior was not especially large.

There were no private rooms reserved for nobles, either.

Lin Yichen was therefore assigned a seat in the main hall.

All sorts of people packed the place.

Scantily clad women and fat, big-eared men.

They were basically all nobles.

But Lin Yichen deliberately chose a seat beside the blue-haired woman.

With her mask on, he could not make out her precise features. All he could vaguely discern was her fair skin.

Lin Yichen had already determined that she was an ice-attributed soul master.

Should he greet her?

This was a response between martial souls! A response between soul powers!

He definitely could not simply call it lust at first sight!

Right, I really am a genius.

"Pleasure to meet you. Might I have the honor of knowing this young lady's name?"

The woman slightly raised her head as well. The instant she saw Lin Yichen, her eyes could not help but light up.

After all, Lin Yichen possessed an involuntarily seductive aura. Even without deliberately releasing it, women around him felt their hearts stir at the sight of him.

"My name is Shui Bing'er, a disciple of Heavenly Water Academy in Heaven Dou City. I just returned from the Far North after hunting a soul ring. I passed through Soto City and happened to catch today's auction, so I came to take a look."

Just as expected, she had even told Lin Yichen her itinerary.

But what surprised Lin Yichen somewhat was...

She was Shui Bing'er?

The true genius from the original work who had not consumed immortal herbs?

What a fated meeting across a thousand miles!