Xiao Fan sat on Kai Jin's back, holding a little one in each arm as he gazed into the distance along their route.
Kai Jin was not particularly fast, but in a place like the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he soon reached its deeper regions.
This was the place Xiao Fan and the others had discovered back then, where Kai Jin had accidentally swallowed the blood essence of an eighth-rank magical beast.
"Hm?"
Xiao Fan surveyed his surroundings with a slight frown. He had almost forgotten about Kai Jin swallowing that blood essence. Only now, when Kai Jin brought him back to the old site, did he remember it.
He had spent a long time investigating back then without finding anything else unusual. With his current strength, he naturally had nothing to worry about.
"This is the place."
Kai Jin landed before the pool where Xiao Fan had first noticed something amiss. As he looked at the deep water constantly exuding cold air, his voice carried a hint of apprehension.
Ever since discovering the anomaly here, Kai Jin had often come back on his own.
At first, the Lion King had worried about Kai Jin's safety. Unwilling to leave him alone, he had cautiously followed behind him. But after a long time passed without any accidents, the Lion King stopped paying it much attention.
He let Kai Jin play here as he pleased.
Later, however, Kai Jin discovered that the water in the Cold Pool seemed to have grown much colder. At first, he paid it little mind. After all, he had inherited the Lion King's purple flame, so the icy water barely affected him.
Only when the water grew so cold that even his purple flame could no longer keep its chill from seeping into him did he realize