Douluo Dalu: The Frozen Throne

Chapter 179 The -Year-Old Skyfrost Centipede and the Idea of ​​Winning Over the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect
The mist is lingering and the ancient trees cover the sky.

After a not-too-long period of time, they came to the Star Dou Great Forest again. There was not much change here. There happened to be a soul hunting town in the direction they were heading. There was more than one soul hunting team outside the forest. They did not stay for long, but flew straight to deeper places. After all, there were no soul beasts they needed here.

As the sun gradually rose, the fog lingering above the trees slowly dissipated, and the view below gradually widened. Countless small soul beasts were fleeing on the ground, and behind them was a huge snake-like soul beast with a body length of more than ten meters.

Shu Yan was familiar with this soul beast. Its name was Mandragora Snake, a relatively rare species among snake soul beasts. Speaking of which, this soul beast had some connection with Tang San and Tang Yapo, who was later called the Lord of the Tang Sect's Revival in the original work.

The mandrake snake in front of him was more than ten meters long and had cultivated for more than ten thousand years. It was powerful enough to act arrogantly outside the mixed circle, but if it went deeper, it might be treated as food.

After going more than halfway into the mixed circle, there was no trace of human beings within a hundred miles. Here, the land beneath their feet had truly become a paradise for high-level soul beasts. Even the hundred thousand year soul beasts that enjoyed a fierce reputation in the outside world could be encountered here.

In the original novel, Zhang Lexuan and many Shrek inner courtyard disciples encountered a hundred thousand year soul beast in the mixed circle, and the Holy Spirit Church's supreme elder Chicken Leg Douluo Xuanzi disappeared "at the right time". In the end, Zhang Lexuan and his group killed the hundred thousand year soul beast at the cost of losing more than half of their troops, and the soul rings and soul bones of the hundred thousand year soul beast naturally belonged to Zhang Lexuan, who had contributed the most.

Everyone walked on the slightly damp ground and then began to explore the surrounding area.

A fifty thousand year old white-armored earth dragon, a thirty thousand year old swift wind demon wolf, a thousand year old earth dragon group, a twenty five thousand year old middle-split chicken…

Powerful soul beasts appeared one after another within the sensing range. Hmm... it seemed like something strange had mixed in...

As they explored, they traveled deeper into the forest. This was the biggest difference between the Star Dou Great Forest and the Far North. Compared to the Far North, where the soul beasts had only a single species, the Star Dou Great Forest could be said to have gathered the best of all worlds. There were all kinds of soul beasts, and there were even many rare soul beasts that had been recorded as extinct by humans, thriving in the core area.

Shu Yan really wanted to find a local ferocious beast to ask if there were any starlight unicorns over 100,000 years old in the Star Dou Great Forest. Xu Jiujiu had previously absorbed the fourth soul ring produced by a holy spirit horse whose bloodline had returned to its ancestral home. The incomparable sense of fit allowed her to obtain an extremely powerful fourth soul skill.

If one could obtain a hundred thousand year starlight unicorn soul ring and a hundred thousand year starlight soul bone, the long-lasting martial soul evolution could be completed in one go, and one might even be able to become the top existence among super martial souls in one fell swoop.

As for Ling Luochen and Su Tong, their requirements for soul rings were simple in comparison. As long as they were powerful ice-attributed soul beasts that were between 50,000 and 95,000 years old, they would be fine. Their foundation might not be inferior to Xu Jiujiu, but fundamentally, they were still far behind. After all, they had never absorbed a hundred thousand year soul ring, nor did they have strong enough head soul bones to enhance their mental strength. In terms of mental strength, they were undoubtedly far behind Xu Jiujiu.

Snow Emperor had been walking alone at the front of the team to explore the way, while Ice Emperor was protecting the others a little further back. Until sunset, everyone finally found an ice-attributed soul beast of the right age and attributes in a cold pond.

"Six-winged Sky Frost Centipede, with a cultivation level of about 83,000 years, is a rare ice-attributed centipede soul beast. It has the ability to fly, and its attack power and speed far exceed those of soul beasts of the same level. However, its body is extremely fragile, and the attacks of ordinary 10,000-year soul beasts can easily break through its defense. Of course, this is based on the premise that these soul beasts can encounter this guy."

Ice Emperor introduced that among all the people present, she and Snow Emperor were undoubtedly the most knowledgeable about ice-attribute soul beasts. Soul beasts like the Sky Frost Centipede also have populations in the Far North, and are also extremely powerful ice-attribute soul beasts.

"Which one of you two comes first?"

Bingdi asked, looking at Su Tong and Ling Luochen.

The two looked at each other, and then Su Tong spoke first:

"Let me do it. I am a strong attack spirit master. A spirit beast like the Sky Frost Centipede that only cultivates attack is undoubtedly more suitable for me."

Ling Luochen also nodded. With her status, she had to call Su Tong sister, but she couldn't say it out loud, and she felt a little embarrassed. Bingdi didn't say anything more, and then jumped down and sank into the cold pool.

Soon, countless bubbles stirred the originally calm water surface to make it slightly turbid. A sharp hissing sound seemed to ring faintly in the ears, and then a thick column of water shot up into the sky. A huge centipede with six ice-blue wings on its back flew out from the bottom of the pool, and in an instant it rushed out of the forest and came into the air.

A silver light flashed on Shu Yan's body, and his figure suddenly disappeared. Then there was a loud bang, and countless grass and trees exploded. The Sky Frost Centipede was kicked down from mid-air. The huge inertia caused it to break dozens of thick ancient trees in one breath before it came to a stop. Weak hissing sounds continued to sound. Su Tong's pupils shrank, and then she quickly stepped forward to end the life of the Sky Frost Centipede.

A black airflow swept over, and Su Tong sat cross-legged on the ground, pulling the black soul ring above the corpse of the Sky Frost Centipede down to herself.

The figure of the Ice Emperor flew out from the bottom of the cold pond, dragging a pile of crystal-like jade stones with her. After leaving the water, she swung the pile of stones hard, and they fell directly in front of everyone.

"Hey, ice-attributed ore. The reason why this creature chose to build its nest under this cold pond is because there is a mineral vein under the water. I don't recognize this ore, but it should contain some rare ice-attributed metal that you mentioned. Otherwise, an 80,000-year-old soul beast wouldn't have built a nest nearby to protect it."

Shu Yan waved his hand casually, and a fist-sized piece of ore flew over. Xu Jiujiu reached out to take it. The ability of Qiluo Tulip to identify spiritual objects in heaven and earth burst out. After feeling it for a while, Xu Jiujiu said:
"This is meteorite ice crystal, a metal vein formed by the combination of meteorites from outer space and local ice energy. Its strength is enough to support soul masters to engrave the eighth-level core array. If I remember correctly, even in the Sun-Moon Empire, this metal is still a precious metal that countless soul masters dream of. Especially when the Mingde Hall of the Sun-Moon Empire strictly prohibits the sale of high-level soul guides and precious metals to the former Douluo Three Kingdoms, the preciousness of these meteorite ice crystals is even more amazing."

Having said that, Xu Jiujiu sighed slightly and continued:
"We in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms don't even have a particularly complete and unified method for purifying and refining these rare metals, but the Sun-Moon Empire has still begun to use these rare metals to manufacture various amazing soul guides. The gap is as big as that between ordinary Qianjun Ants and Qianjun Ant Kings. It's direct and clear."

Shu Yan took out a special storage soul guide to collect the raw ores that had not been purified and refined, and finally said:
"These will change later. I will first collect all the ores that can be mined below and give them to Elder Han and his men after returning to Xingluo City. Rare metals that are free are worth taking away. Speaking of which, the origins of the rare metals that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect secretly resells are quite curious. If you don't know, you might think they have betrayed the Heavenly Soul Empire."

"It's almost done. The Tianhun royal family clearly favors the Body Sect, and its princess is also going to marry the candidate for the next leader of the Body Sect. Once it is confirmed, the Body Sect will be the Tianhun protector of the country. By then, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, which has many disputes with the Body Sect over its ancestors in the Tianhun territory and competes with it for the interests of the sects, will undoubtedly become the target of public criticism."

"The current leader of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is a smart man. Once he realizes the situation the sect is facing, coupled with the neglect and indifference of the royal family, he will definitely choose a way out for the sect. At that point, treason is not impossible."

The quiet Ling Luochen rarely took the initiative to speak a few words. The late Grandpa Ling once had a friendship with the older generation of powerful men in the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. In order to break through to the Super Douluo level, he even exchanged an ice-attribute soul bone from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. When Ning Xiangxue had just taken over the position of sect master, she also came to visit Grandpa Ling. Of course, their friendship ended there.

Shu Yan paused, but didn't say anything else. He jumped into the cold pond and began to explore. He thought for a long time, and then continued Ling Luochen's words:
"The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is undoubtedly one of the superpowers that the empire can win over. I remember that the ancestor of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong, took the Qiluo Tulip to evolve her martial soul into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Tower. After that, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had the name of Nine Treasures but not the reality of Nine Treasures. I still have a part of the essence and seeds left over from the sacrifice of Qiluo Tulip, which should be enough to give birth to a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Tower."

Snow Queen and Ice Queen did not speak. They had no interest in the affairs of the human empire. They just followed Shu Yan and did things for him. Shu Yan made them a vow to protect the soul beasts of the Far North after they became gods. As for the future fate of other humans and even soul beasts, they did not want to interfere, and were too lazy to interfere.

As night fell, Ling Luochen and Xu Jiujiu gathered dry firewood nearby and started a fire. After mining the ore, Shu Yan deftly dissected a hundred-year-old earth dragon, and finally took out the dragon tendons and some of the purest dragon meat to stew. Soon, the fragrance wafted around, and everyone sat around the campfire with the tents set up behind them. There were no soul beasts around the cold pond, and with the noise made when everyone was hunting the Sky Frost Centipede today, no soul beasts would approach here in the short term. It was likely that everyone could sleep well today.

The cooked dragon tendons and dragon meat are fragrant, soft and tender, and paired with the mellow soup, it makes one's mouth water. Shu Yan's cooking skills have indeed been improving. There is no other way, as he is surrounded by greedy cats who can eat but cannot cook. Raising cats and even cultivating relationships with cats is a very learned thing.

There is an old saying that goes, if you want to control a person, you must first control his stomach...

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(End of this chapter)