Gui Yuan smiled slightly and nodded.
Upon learning this, Hu Liena looked utterly dejected. "Fine, I'm not going to compete with you anymore. I'm only level 54 now, and you're already level 60."
She put her hands on her hips and sighed, "I'm supposed to be a ninth-level innate genius, but compared to you, I feel like an ordinary person?"
Gui Yuan glanced at her. "Senior sister, you're quite impressive too. A seventeen-year-old Soul King is top-tier even on the continent."
"Then why don't you just say you're a ten-year-old Quasi-Soul Emperor?" Hu Liena rolled her eyes at him.
Xie Yue shook his head with a smile, "You two should stop competing. If you keep going, Nana might become withdrawn."
Hu Liena snorted, "I won't become withdrawn; I'm used to it."
The three chatted as they walked toward the Pope's Palace.
Gui Yuan thought to himself that if Xie Yue's Martial Soul wasn't too suitable for absorbing ice-attribute Soul Ring, he could have traveled with him.
It's not that the Moon Blade Martial Soul can't absorb ice-attribute Soul Ring, but choosing to absorb a power-type or a space-type Soul Ring that continues the Fourth Soul Ring is naturally a better choice.
Absorbing an ice-attribute Soul Ring won't cause any conflicts, and you might even gain an ice-attribute melee attack Soul Skill, but frankly, it's not beneficial unless the Soul Ring is a 100,000-year-old one.
For Xie Yue, the best Martial Soul type is either strength-based or space-based.
After the three entered the Pope's Palace, they informed Bibi Dong of the matter.
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong remained silent for a moment, thinking to herself, "This is rather unfortunate."
Xie Yue's current status in her eyes is second only to her two disciples, and with his strength, he will definitely be able to be granted a title in the future.
Furthermore, he can perform Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Nana, so he certainly can't be careless when it comes to Soul Skill.
As for Yan?
Although his talent was also quite good, and he originally held the same position as Xie Yue in Bibi Dong's heart, it was all because he had a problem with his disciple.
Therefore, Yan will receive the same amount of resources on the surface, but she will not give him any special treatment.
She's giving Xie Yue special treatment right now.
After Xie Yue absorbed the space-type Soul Ring ring as his Fourth Soul Ring, Bibi Dong continuously sent people to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a suitable space-type Soul Beast for Xie Yue, hoping to find one that was over ten thousand years old as his Fifth Soul Ring.
It's important to understand that sending people to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for suitable Soul Beast is an extremely dangerous mission.
Therefore, the Spirit Hall needs to offer some good incentives to these Soul Master.
"In that case," Bibi Dong said, "Let Yue Guan and Gui Mei take Xie Yue to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beast. This trip is to the Far North; with me and the Great Enshrined there, the two of them don't need to go."
As she spoke, she looked at Gui Yuan.
In fact, given Yue Guan and Gui Mei's current strength, one of them could go with Xie Yue to hunt Soul Beast, and at most, they could bring two more Soul Douluo teachers.
However, Yue Guan and Gui Mei are inseparable when they go on missions, Bibi Dong has no intention of separating the two.
Gui Yuan nodded; he had no objection.
He's just going to hunt for a Soul Ring; with his teacher and Grandpa Qian accompanying him, he doesn't need his uncles to follow him around all the time.
Upon hearing this, Xie Yue respectfully replied, "Thank you, Your His Holiness the Pope."
After receiving the news, Yue Guan and Gui Mei felt a little empty, but they didn't say much.
Xie Yue's Fifth Soul Ring is also very important.
Regarding that ten-thousand-year-old space-type Soul Beast, the Spirit Hall has obtained some information through its exploration.
However, whether they can obtain the Soul Ring of that Soul Beast by taking Xie Yue with them this time still depends on luck.
After all, even if such Soul Beast is discovered, it would be very difficult to keep it in captivity.
Space-type Soul Beast are inherently elusive, and the Soul Beast they typically keep in captivity are all under ten thousand years old.
Even those that are over 10,000 years old are mostly common species, and their aggressiveness and abilities are relatively weak.
In addition to Gui Yuan, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu, the team for this trip to the Far North also includes two other retainers, Azure Luan and Guang Ling.
Golden Crocodile Douluo originally wanted to go with them, but if he left too, the Spirit Hall would lack a top-tier expert to oversee it.
He, a Level 99 Peerless Douluo, must stay.
Although the Spirit Hall is currently so powerful that there is a 99% chance it won't be attacked, it's still best to be on the safe side.
Upon hearing this, the Golden Crocodile had no choice but to stay, albeit reluctantly.
He longed to go to the Far North and fight that guy called Ice Empress again, if he had the chance.
Qian Jun and Jiang Mo also wanted to join in the fun, but their requests were rejected.
Qian Daoliu said, "Why mobilize so many Titled Douluo just to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
Two weeks later.
They arrived at a snowy section of the road, and the carriage moved forward through the snowstorm.
These days, the scenery along the way has gradually changed from lush green forests to withered yellow grasslands, and then from grasslands to barren frozen ground.
The further north you go, the colder the air gets, and the sparser the vegetation along the roadside becomes.
Occasionally, you can see a few short trees twisted and frozen, their branches covered with icicles.
Gui Yuan sat in the carriage, looking out the window. The distant horizon was tinged with a grayish-white light, and the world was a vast expanse of white.
He wrapped his clothes tighter around himself, but even so, he could still feel the chill seeping in through the gaps.
"It's getting a bit cold..." he muttered to himself.
Two days later, they finally reached the outskirts of the Far North.
The temperature here is even lower than Gui Yuan had anticipated.
Looking around, the world was a vast expanse of white, with the ground covered in ice and snow several meters thick, and even the exposed rocks were frozen white.
The wind, carrying shards of ice, blew against my face, feeling like tiny blades cutting me.
Gui Yuan jumped down from the carriage, his feet landing on the ice with a crisp sound.
"This is the Far North..." He looked around and took a deep breath.
The cold air rushed into my lungs, like swallowing a mouthful of ice water.
Bibi Dong stepped down from the carriage, carrying a thick coat, and walked up to him.
The coat was entirely snow-white, with soft, thick fur and a faint silver sheen at the edges.
She draped the coat over Gui Yuan's shoulders, tightened the collar, and said in a calm but concerned voice, "Put this on. It's made from the fur of a ten-thousand-year-old snow fox; it's very effective at keeping warm."
Gui Yuan felt a warmth instantly envelop his entire body. The coat was like a breathing barrier, keeping out the biting cold wind and keeping him very warm.
He nodded and said, "Thank you, teacher."
He looked up at the distant ice field. "But this is only the outer edge, and it's already this cold..."
The external temperature is actually not too bad for him right now, after all, he has undergone Ice and Fire Body Tempering and has a relatively high resistance to cold. However, as he goes deeper, his resistance will not be of much use.
As seen in the original novel when Tang San faced Shui Bing'er's attacks, the so-called ice immunity only applies to ordinary ice-attribute power and is not that powerful.
Qian Daoliu stepped down from another carriage and said, "When we get to the Core Zone, the temperature will only get colder."
Ordinary flames would be frozen instantly upon emerging; even Titled Douluo would have to circulate their Soul Power to resist if they ventured deeper.
"But I'll use my Soul Power to help you out when the time comes."
Gui Yuan smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Grandpa Qian."
Qian Daoliu's Martial Soul is Six-Winged Angel, with the primary attribute being holy light and the secondary attribute being fire.
With his abilities, his flames would naturally not be extinguished in the Core Zone, and his Soul Power also had a strong heat-preserving effect.
This is why Qian Daoliu came along this time; even Bibi Dong couldn't do that.
The most Bibi Dong could do was channel her Soul Power into Gui Yuan, allowing him to circulate more Soul Power to resist the cold, but she couldn't make his body warmer.