[You really are sharp as ice!]

Three days later, in a private dining room on the top floor of the Crystal Hotel.

Qian Renxue looked at the table full of delicacies, her expression shifting slightly.

They're all my favorites!

How did this guy know what I liked?

Grandpa must have told him!

Honestly, Grandpa tells him everything. He can't really be trying to match us up, can he?

"What exactly is going on with your soul rings?"

"Why do you have a Hundred Thousand Year Fifth Soul Ring?"

Qian Renxue asked from the seat opposite him.

"This is the answer!"

Wei Fan pointed at the dining table.

"What do you mean?"

Qian Renxue was puzzled.

"My Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was a reward for treating people to meals."

"Do you take me for an idiot?" Qian Renxue's face immediately hardened.

A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as a reward for treating someone to a meal? Wei Fan was clearly toying with her.

Even claiming a soul beast had sacrificed itself would have been more convincing.

"I've already told you. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."

Wei Fan had expected this reaction all along.

Even if he told the truth, how many people would believe something so outrageous?

"Did you eat something?"

"An immortal herb, for example!"

Qian Renxue had come today because Porcupinefish Douluo's words three days earlier had piqued her curiosity.

She had asked Ge Long what the trident wielded by the thief who had previously infiltrated the Imperial Palace looked like. According to his description, Wei Fan's trident had no ice attribute.

Yet during her fight with Wei Fan that day, this guy had displayed extreme cold.

So she suspected Wei Fan had eaten something that changed his martial soul's attribute.

"That's right!"

"Do you want one?"

Wei Fan asked with a smile.

For him, eating one or two useful immortal herbs was enough. Eating more would offer no benefit.

If he could trade them for things he needed, that would be perfect!

"What do you want?"

One look at Wei Fan's eyes told Qian Renxue things would not be that simple.

There was no free lunch in this world!

"You really are sharp as ice!"

"I heard the Elder Hall has a Hundred Thousand Year skull bone with an ice attribute..."

Wei Fan found dealing with clever people effortless. Before he had even asked, Qian Renxue already knew he wanted something in return.

"Absolutely not!"

Before Wei Fan could finish, Qian Renxue refused.

That Hundred Thousand Year ice-attribute skull bone had been left behind by a deceased elder. The soul bone came from an Ice Bone Dragon, and its attribute was exceptionally pure.

Even if she wanted to exchange it with Wei Fan, she had no authority to do so yet.

Besides, she did not even know what effects the immortal herb Wei Fan mentioned had.

Trading for it like this... would surely leave her bleeding losses!

"All right, then!"

"Come find me whenever you've thought it over."

Wei Fan was in no hurry. He believed Qian Renxue would definitely come looking for him once she learned what the immortal herb could do.

"Have you ever considered joining the Elder Hall?"

Qian Renxue had also considered her grandfather's words. Once she became the Elder Hall's Great Enshrined, she would certainly need capable people by her side.

Wei Fan's strength and talent genuinely impressed her, and he possessed twin martial souls as well.

She also knew this guy was still a lone wolf, with no sect backing him. He merely had a good relationship with her grandfather.

"Are you trying to recruit me?"

"Yes!"

"Let's talk about it another day!"

Wei Fan did not agree to join Spirit Hall.

He did not want to be any faction's dog!

Of course, he also knew that traveling the Douluo Continent without a sect's support was dangerous.

Fortunately, he still had a few trump cards!

Half a year later.

The Star Dou Great Forest.

"Where have all the soul beasts gone?"

"We've been walking for over two weeks, and we haven't found a single decent soul beast."

Huyan Li sat on a rock like a deflated ball.

Not long ago, he had successfully broken through to Soul Ancestor. To give them some experience, the Elephant Armor Academy had not sent a teacher to hunt soul beasts for them this time. Instead, Wei Fan led the team.

The members of the Elephant Armor Team had quite a few objections to that decision!

It was not that they doubted Wei Fan's strength. After all, during the semiannual student assessment, this guy had swiftly knocked a Soul King teacher flat.

They had been utterly stunned!

They objected because following Wei Fan meant stuffing their faces!

"Li, looks like your luck isn't up to much!"

"Have you been doing something rotten?"

"If nothing else works, just go back and absorb that lone bamboo's soul ring."

The others teased him with laughter.

"That's fucking bullshit!"

"You're the one doing rotten things!"

"I wouldn't take a lousy lone bamboo soul ring even if you gave it to me."

Huyan Li shot back.

If a Diamond Mammoth Soul Master absorbed a lone bamboo soul ring, his entire fucking career as a Soul Master would be ruined.

These bastards were vicious!

"Everyone's hungry, right?"

"Let's eat before we keep going."

As he spoke, Wei Fan took several large bowls of delicious food from his Soul Tool.

He might not have much else in his Soul Tool.

But he had plenty of food!

The others' mouths twitched at the sight.

Here we fucking go again!

Six meals a day!

"Brother Wei Fan, are we still going farther?"

"If we keep going, we'll reach Star Luo Empire territory."

Huyan Li stood up as he spoke.

"So what if it's the Star Luo Empire?"

"As long as we find soul beasts!"

Wei Fan said casually.

"All right, we'll follow your lead!"

After they had walked through the soul beast forest for another while, Wei Fan's eyebrows lifted slightly. He pushed off the ground, and in an instant, he stood atop a tree like a nimble monkey.

"Thank goodness Wei Fan came along. Without him, not a single one of us could even fucking climb a tree."

"His strength is terrifying, too. If Wei Fan hadn't come, I really wouldn't feel confident about entering the Star Dou Great Forest with just us."

"..."

While they were talking, Wei Fan floated down from the treetop.

"Brother Wei Fan, have you found my soul ring?"

"No, mine!"

Wei Fan had agreed so readily to come to the Star Dou Great Forest because he wanted to add a fourth soul ring to his first martial soul.

Otherwise, if he kept presenting himself with a Soul Elder's strength, even an idiot would know something was wrong.

Huyan Li: "..."

He had wondered why Wei Fan had been so enthusiastic for the past two weeks. It turned out he was searching for his own soul ring.

When did this guy become a Soul Ancestor?

On second thought, it made sense. Wei Fan had been at rank thirty-nine for a long time. If he still had not leveled up, he would have been pretty pathetic.

"Brother Wei Fan, what kind of soul beast is it?"

Although it was not for his own martial soul, Huyan Li was still curious.

"A Mirrorwater Flying Fox!"

After speaking, Wei Fan used his soul power to propel himself slowly upward until he was more than ten meters above the ground.

At the same time, he hoisted an ice-blue cannon onto his shoulder.

Energy gathered continuously at the muzzle, and the sudden plunge in temperature made Huyan Li and the others shiver.

Boom!

A pointed, conical ice shell shot out, trailing a long plume of white frost.

"Shit, it's going to hit someone!"

After firing, Wei Fan saw a black figure running toward the spot he had targeted.

Judging by their speed, the shell and that figure were certain to collide.

The others immediately froze!

An accidental hit?

How the fuck did that even happen?!