Over the next few days.
Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran stayed inside Ice Spirit Mountain, each focusing on their cultivation.
Xia Qingran needed quite some time to suppress the Xiaoyang Fruit's power. It wasn't something she could rush.
Zhou Fan had a much easier time of it.
He had come here for only two reasons: to help Xia Qingran suppress the Xiaoyang Fruit's power, and to absorb cold ice spiritual energy for his cultivation.
Helping Xia Qingran took priority.
As for absorbing cold ice spiritual energy, he could simply leave that to his shadow clone.
Once the shadow clone was dispelled, all the spiritual energy it had absorbed would return to his original body without any loss.
So Zhou Fan only needed to hand the Cold Ice Pearl to his shadow clone and let it absorb cold ice spiritual energy in his place.
That gave him time to keep an eye on Xia Qingran in case the Xiaoyang Fruit's power went out of control again.
If that happened, he could help her suppress it immediately.
Fortunately, Xia Qingran's cultivation went smoothly over the following days, and the Xiaoyang Fruit's power never went out of control.
The two of them cultivated during the day and rested at night.
During the day, they each cultivated and made considerable progress.
At night, they prepared food together-barbecue, hot pot, spicy soup, fish with pickled mustard greens, and the like.
Zhou Fan had plenty of food in his Kamui Dimension. He had come very well prepared.
If they didn't feel like eating any of that, he could also go hunting outside.
There were plenty of mutant beasts roaming out there. Having survived in this frozen wilderness for so long, their meat was exceptionally delicious.
When they rested after dinner, Xia Qingran still liked to lean