The Emperor Auspicious Beast's Gift

"Damn, Ring Teacher even knew I wanted to go to the Far North to hunt an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion!"

"That's incredible, truly incredible."

Ye Fan could not help thinking that.

"Teacher, let's set off now."

Then, Ye Fan activated his flying soul tool, intending to fly straight north.

Before Ye Fan could take off,

the God of Destruction spoke again to remind him, "Kid, wait a little longer. Your little Auspicious Beast has come back."

"And it brought along a high-level Soul Beast that doesn't have long to live."

"Ah!"

Hearing that, Ye Fan was utterly baffled, unable to understand why the Auspicious Beast had returned again.

Still, he patiently waited for the Auspicious Beast and the high-level Soul Beast the God of Destruction had mentioned to arrive.

Ye Fan stood there for a while before the Auspicious Beast and the high-level Soul Beast mentioned by the God of Destruction soon appeared.

Ye Fan raised his eyes and looked into the distance. His gaze cut through the breeze and instantly locked onto the Auspicious Beast.

At its side was an enormous Dark Demon Ape Soul Beast.

The giant ape was covered from head to toe in hard, ink-black fur, with a faint, violent black mist swirling around its body. Yet its condition was exceptionally miserable.

A gruesome, bowl-sized wound marred its massive head, its flesh turned outward. Though the wound had long since scabbed over, it was still horrifying to behold. Its entire right arm was completely gone, and its empty shoulder exuded ruin and weakness. It staggered along, its aura feeble to the extreme.

Ye Fan's brows suddenly furrowed, his heart filled with doubt as he secretly pondered:

Could this little fellow still be holding a grudge over what happened before? Did it deliberately find this powerful Soul Beast as help and come back to settle the score with me? At that thought, Ye Fan felt a complicated mix of emotions and sighed inwardly. What a waste of kindness. I showed mercy before, and now it has brought me trouble instead.

Outwardly, he remained calm and composed, but inside, every nerve was taut. He quietly continued feeding soul power into his flying soul tool, its wings poised to launch at any moment so he could flee.

He spoke in a low voice, "Hey, little Auspicious Beast, why did you come back?"

But the next second, the Auspicious Beast's clear voice rang out, leaving Ye Fan dumbstruck:

"Ye Fan, this is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Ape Soul Beast that is about to die. Consider it compensation for letting me go!"

After saying that, the Auspicious Beast leaned close and whispered a few words into the Demon Ape's ear. The severely wounded Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Ape immediately lowered its head obediently, without the slightest trace of ferocity.

In an instant, the world spun around him and everything before his eyes went dark. Ye Fan fell once more into that sacred and mysterious Sacrificial Space.

Inside the ring space, the God of Destruction watched Ye Fan's entire process of accepting the sacrifice.

The God of Destruction showed no intention of stopping it.

"Excellent. I never expected such an unexpected windfall."

In the God of Destruction's eyes, apart from the inscrutable Power of Destiny circling Ye Fan's body, a golden aura of fortune shot into the sky and swirled at Ye Fan's side, forming a ring that occupied the central position.

"This must be the protagonist's halo Ye Fan spoke of. It's truly powerful, not the slightest bit weaker than Huo Yuhao's plane fortune."

The God of Destruction quietly stared at the Sacrificial Space. Seeing the surging source soul power continuously pour into Ye Fan's body, he could not help marveling inwardly.

Just as Ye Fan focused on absorbing the Demon Ape's source, the air currents outside stirred slightly. The renowned Scarlet King silently descended from the sky and landed steadily beside the Auspicious Beast.

He lowered his head and gently examined the Auspicious Beast, asking with deep concern, "Auspicious Beast, while you were here, did the human do anything to you?"

The Auspicious Beast gently shook its head, her voice clear and soft. "Uncle Scarlet King, I'm fine. Ye Fan has been very good to me."

With Scarlet King's arrival, the God of Destruction inside the ring space became vigilant, ready at any moment to take over Ye Fan's body, open the Spatial Gate to the undead demiplane, and flee.

Scarlet King let out a breath of relief, but then caught sight of the glowing sacrificial light screen. Fury immediately surged through him. "As a Soul Beast, it actually sacrificed itself to a human. This is simply the greatest humiliation of the Soul Beast race!"

He immediately gathered soul power and prepared to strike to interrupt it, only to be sternly stopped by the Auspicious Beast.

"Uncle Scarlet King, I arranged this."

"Auspicious Beast, you!"

Scarlet King was both angry and helpless. Due to the Auspicious Beast's special status, he could only endure it.

The Auspicious Beast also noticed Scarlet King's agitation. Before Ye Fan finished accepting the sacrifice, she said to Scarlet King, "Uncle Scarlet King, let's go."

As she turned around, her gentle gaze lingered on Ye Fan within the light screen, and she softly murmured:

"Ye Fan, I look forward to our next meeting."

The next moment, she took her little legs and vanished with Scarlet King into the distant mountain forest.

Inside the ring space, the God of Destruction secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast leave together.

"From the way this Auspicious Beast is protecting Ye Fan, it looks like she has taken a liking to this kid!"

"Hehehe, then I'm going to become a grandmaster!"

In his previous life, he and Life had never had children because their attributes conflicted. In this life, taking on a disciple and having him give him several granddisciples was not bad either. "Hehehe."

Another hour passed before the Demon Ape's Soul Beast Sacrifice was finally complete.

The Dark Demon Ape transformed into a soul body and entered Ye Fan's spiritual sea.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was already living within it.

The moment the Dark Demon Ape entered,

it heard Tianmeng Ice Silkworm speak in a somewhat teasing tone, "Yo, big guy, you're new here. Big Brother will show you the ropes with Brother Fan."

The Dark Demon Ape said, "Get lost!"

Ye Fan paid it no mind.

He had something more important to do: absorb the External Soul Bone formed by the Dark Demon Ape—the phalanges of his right fist.

Since the Dark Demon Ape had sacrificed itself voluntarily, Ye Fan faced no restrictions whatsoever in absorbing this External Soul Bone.

Very soon, Ye Fan completed the absorption of this External Soul Bone.

His strength evolved once again, but because he lacked a third Soul Ring, Ye Fan had no idea what level his strength had reached.

Logically speaking, Ye Fan possessed dual ultimate attributes, so his cultivation speed should have been very slow. But with the sacrifices of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, Ye Fan believed that his current soul power could not possibly be low.

Everything would become clear once Ye Fan obtained his third Soul Ring.

After finishing everything, Ye Fan looked toward the mountain forest where the Auspicious Beast had disappeared and thought, Auspicious Beast, I look forward to seeing you again next time.

Then, Ye Fan activated his flying soul tool and headed for the Far North.

Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen had already reunited.

"Grandpa, where's Xiaofan?"

The moment they met up, Meng Hongchen anxiously asked Jing Hongchen where Ye Fan was.

But all she got in response was, "At the time, Grandpa only saw Ye Fan vanish into thin air."

"As for where he is now, Grandpa doesn't know either."

"How about this? Xiao Xiao, take Meng Meng back to the Sun Moon Empire first."

"I'll continue searching the Star Dou Great Forest."

Meng Hongchen wanted to say something else, but Xiao Hongchen stopped her at once. "All right!"

Because Ye Fan's cultivation and soul power were limited, he traveled in fits and starts along the way, stopping frequently to rest and recover his soul power.

Over the course of the journey, Ye Fan gained nothing else, but his cooking skills improved considerably.

They seemed not far behind Huo Yuhao's cooking skills.

And so, Ye Fan spent seven days traveling intermittently.

At last, he reached the edge of the Far North.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Upon arriving in the Far North, Ye Fan summoned Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's beast spirit. "Tianmeng, this is your homeland. You know this place."

"Take me to find the Ice Empress."

"Ah! Brother Fan! Please, don't!"