In less than two months, Xi Xi experienced a journey from heaven to the mundane world, being cast into hell from the mundane world, and finally being redeemed by Lin Yun.
Her psychological journey was unimaginable.
However, despite the painful process, she finally welcomed her new life.
She lowered her head and looked at her left hand and right leg, which were a shade whiter than normal skin. A faint smile appeared on her lips. She slowly walked over to Lin Yun and knelt down, silently watching the master who had given her a new life.
No words were needed, no declarations were necessary.
'I am willing to offer my life to you.'
"My Lord, are you just going to leave that human woman in the Star Dou Great Forest?"
Lin Yun was flying over the Star Dou Great Forest. The words of the Ice Empress, who was perched on his shoulder in her scorpion form, entered his ears with a hint of doubt.
The "human woman" the Ice Empress was talking about was, of course, Xi Xi.
After waking up from his nap, Lin Yun planned to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
This time, he not only brought the Ice Empress but was also followed by the Snow Empress, who had stabilized her cultivation. She now had a yin-yang complementary dual soul core and had reached seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
"It's not convenient to bring her with us on this trip. Besides, that girl Qiu'er also needs to learn some human knowledge. It's a good idea to leave Xi Xi at the Lake of Life; she'll have a companion there," Lin Yun said.
Mu En had already approved his early entry into the inner court after the tournament ended. Since he didn't need to attend any classes, he wasn't in a hurry to return to Shrek.
Lin Yun's current cultivation was level 57, and he was about to break through to level 58. He wasn't far from reaching the Soul Emperor realm. According to his current physical limits, he could absorb a Fierce Beast soul ring of twenty-three to twenty-five hundred thousand years for his sixth soul ring.
On this trip, he needed to reach level 60 and absorb a soul ring to break through to Soul Emperor.
He had already chosen his target for the sixth soul ring.
The Overlord of the Seas: the Evil Demon Orca.
But first, he needed to break through his soul power. The fastest way to level up was to eat. He could go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and eat a couple of "pigs," and with the nutrients they provided, he could easily break through to Soul Emperor.
He could also pick out two immortal herbs for Qiu'er and Xi Xi along the way. Killing two birds with one stone.
Of course, breaking through his cultivation just by eating immortal herbs was a very low-cost-effective method for Lin Yun. On the Douluo Continent, the greatest use of immortal herbs was to evolve martial souls and improve aptitude.
But Lin Yun, who had the Golden Dragon King's possession at the start, had a martial soul and aptitude that were already at or close to the peak of the Douluo Continent. All along, he had used the best cultivation resources. His martial soul and aptitude had no room for improvement; he was already standing at the peak.
For him, the greatest use of any spiritual or immortal herb was, at most, to add some dispensable abilities and provide a large amount of energy.
Just like the Glimpse of the Autumn Water Dew and the Strange and Beautiful Chrysanthemum he had eaten before.
Did these two immortal herbs give him any substantial leap forward?
No.
He would have the spiritual power and physique of a Titled Douluo eventually. Even without the Glimpse of the Autumn Water Dew and the Strange and Beautiful Chrysanthemum, the process wouldn't be too long. These two immortal herbs only shortened his growth time and helped him prematurely unlock a part of the Golden Dragon King's power.
Other than that, his talent was what it was; there was no improvement.
The biggest boost he received from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was actually the left and right arm soul bones of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, which gave him the seeds of divine ice and fire power on top of his ultimate and destruction powers, allowing him to have the attribute abilities of ultimate ice and fire.
After that incident, Lin Yun wasn't very keen on just eating his fill at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
While the "pigs" were good, they could be used for greater purposes. For example, the corpse of the Infernal Apricot. Eating it would at most increase his soul power by three or four levels, but using it to blackmail Shrek resulted in him digging out six hundred-thousand-year soul bones from them.
Not only did it cause them a lot of heartache, but it also silently turned Ma Xiaotao, a beneficiary of the Infernal Apricot, into his maid.
This was much more cost-effective than speeding up his cultivation by a few levels.
After all, if you were to convert it to a Titled Douluo, an Infernal Apricot might not even be enough to increase one level of his soul power. The later you got, the harder it was to cultivate.
If he hadn't been in a hurry to break through to Soul Emperor and wanted to have more certainty when dealing with Tang San in the Golden Tree, Lin Yun wouldn't have gone to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well again to increase his cultivation by "eating pork."
And the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well... it was, of course, not a place to bring Xi Xi.
There was no need.
Thinking of this, Lin Yun couldn't help but turn his head and look at the Snow Empress, the ice-cold beauty who always maintained a dignified and serene demeanor. This was the person who, in the original story, had shown great power in the Yin-Yang well as a soul spirit, scaring a group of cowardly immortal herbs into trembling and begging for mercy.
Speaking of which, after the Snow Empress began her isolated cultivation to break through to seven hundred thousand years, Lin Yun rarely saw her. It was only now, after she had completely stabilized her cultivation, that she reappeared.
Noticing Lin Yun's gaze, the Snow Empress withdrew her eyes from the surroundings, turned to him, and showed a breathtaking smile.
"My Lord, is there anything you need me to do?" the Snow Empress said softly.
"Ahem, no. It's just been a while since I've seen you. You've been doing well in the Star Dou Forest, haven't you?" Lin Yun coughed twice and turned his head to look elsewhere.
The Snow Empress's presence was a bit too much for him. Not only were her beauty and demeanor top-notch, but she also had a natural advantage.
The killing power of her smile was even more alluring than Xi Xi's repeated "Master" title.
The Ice Empress, who was on Lin Yun's shoulder, moved her eyes slightly and smiled to herself.
In terms of time spent with Lin Yun, the Ice Empress had been with him even longer than Di Tian. She had been by Lin Yun's side for the past few years, and they had even done the most intimate things together. She could still very sensitively detect Lin Yun's psychological fluctuations.
Seeing this scene, the little loli couldn't help but secretly praise: It's stable, my extreme north is stable!!!
After giving the Snow Empress a meaningful look, the Ice Empress continued to lie down calmly, the beautiful hook on her tail slightly wagging with delight.
The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress exchanged glances. Her expression became a little unnatural, and a faint blush appeared on her fair face.
This reaction was naturally not possible without the Ice Empress's assistance.
...
"Qiu'er, I'm telling you, my Lord is so good! He's definitely the perfect mate!"
"Listen to me, we in the extreme north must hold on to my Lord! The future of our extreme north depends on your choice!"
"That kind of thing is very comfortable, heh heh heh... you'll definitely like it, Qiu'er~"
"He he he he he..."
...
Thinking of the Ice Empress clinging to her a few days ago, constantly filling her with topics that made even a master of the extreme north feel unstable, the Snow Empress felt so embarrassed her toes were curling. Every time she met Lin Yun's eyes, she felt an unusual shyness.
When her identity, status, and even her proud strength were completely useless in front of Lin Yun, coupled with the Ice Empress's side-assist, this master of the extreme north finally revealed the innocent, girlish side of her personality that had never experienced any feelings.
The love-driven continent is great again!
Lin Yun naturally didn't see the encrypted conversation between the Ice and Snow Empresses. He was already a bit unstable from the Snow Empress's beauty shock. He wouldn't just stare blankly at her.
Well... he had lustful intentions but no guts, I guess.
He was still a bit hesitant with the Snow Empress, whom he had spent less time with. It wasn't like with the Ice Empress, where he could turn her into a cream puff anytime he wanted.
He still needed... to have a deeper conversation!
In this somewhat ambiguous and awkward atmosphere, the co-lord of the soul beasts, along with his Ice and Snow Empresses, once again arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, facing this group of "pigs" loyal to him!
(End of Chapter)
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