Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 109 Cold Spring and Thousand Snowflakes Condense Soul Core

A dazzling sword light pierced through Li Fei's body, bringing with it blood and fragments of internal organs.

Li Fei's figure froze instantly, flying hundreds of meters backward before crashing heavily to the ground, where he remained motionless.

"His heart has been shredded by the sword energy, he's definitely dead now!" Hyotei said smugly.

Xue Di looked at Li Fei, panting, a rare hint of joy appearing in her cold eyes.

"That was a terrifying move! If I hadn't activated my Undying Body, I probably would have been dead by that attack."

Li Fei, who had fallen, suddenly opened his eyes and spoke in a deep, powerful voice.

"Bang!"

Li Fei's figure vanished instantly, and the Ice Emperor's pincers slammed heavily into the earth, causing it to crack and countless fissures to spread outwards, forming a massive stone forest.

"How is this possible? His heart was pierced, yet he can still move at such a high speed."

Hyotei looked at the figure in front of them with disbelief.

Standing there, Li Fei's face was somewhat pale, and there was a fist-sized hole in his chest. Where his heart had been, a heart made entirely of crimson energy had appeared, beating powerfully.

On the surrounding blood vessels, rings of granulation tissue grew at a visible speed, and in just a few breaths, Li Fei's heart had completed its regeneration.

Seeing this, Xue Di looked at Li Fei in disbelief.

"That's impossible. Isn't the human heart a vital organ?"

How could a creature with a broken heart be able to live perfectly well?

Moreover, Li Fei's aura hadn't decreased much; on the contrary, Li Fei's soul power had been almost completely depleted by the sword strike, leaving him unable to fight for much longer.

It would be difficult for Hyotei to defeat this human using only their power.

"roar!"

"roar!"

A bear's roar and an ape's howl came from afar, followed by two giant beasts galloping towards them, leaving a trail of snow and wind in their wake.

"Damn it, it's only been a short while since I took Xue Di for a walk, and these two clumsy guys have caught up!"

Li Fei's pale face turned solemn. The strength of both the Ice Bear King and the Titan Snow Demon King was far beyond that of ordinary Title Douluo. If four 100,000-year-old soul beasts joined forces, even if he couldn't die, he would be sealed in ice forever by the four beasts.

"Snow Empress, that's all for now! I'll come back again once I've grown stronger!"

After greeting the Snow Empress, Li Fei turned and flew towards the edge of the far north. Having experienced so much, he was confident that the Snow Empress would not dare to bring any soul beasts with her to human settlements.

"Little White! Snow Demon! No need to chase!"

Seeing that the Ice Bear King and the Titan Snow Demon King wanted to give chase, the Snow Empress's cold voice rang out, and the two beasts immediately stopped and roared at Li Fei's departing figure.

"Snow Empress, what's wrong with this human?!" Ice Empress flew to Snow Empress's side with a solemn expression and asked in a deep voice.

"I don't really know either. The first time I met him, he sneaked into my palace and stole the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mystic Ice Marrow that I had collected over the years!" The Snow Emperor shook her head and said solemnly.

They didn't mention that their bed had also been stolen!

"Ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow?! In that case, Snow Emperor, you don't have any left!" The Ice Emperor nodded, and a smile appeared on her jade-like compound eyes.

"Hmm!" Xue Di said with some confusion.

"Hey Snow Emperor, I have some Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow. Would you like to come and cultivate with me?" The Ice Emperor revealed his purpose with a hint of infatuation in his eyes.

"All right!"

Snow Empress looked Ice Empress up and down, and finally nodded.

……

Dragon City! The city closest to the far north on the entire continent is now under complete martial law. The inexplicable riots in the far north have caused panic in the city. Everyone is worried about the appearance of the beast tide. Many soul hunting groups have suffered considerable casualties due to the rioting soul beasts, and have been unjustly affected.

Inside the Frost Hotel in the city, Li Fei sat cross-legged on the bed, using his blood and soul power to heal himself. Although he hadn't died from the Snow Emperor's sword strike because of his Undying True Body, a considerable amount of extremely compressed ice remained in his body, hindering the recovery of his injuries. Fortunately, however, it didn't affect his ability to exert his strength.

"As expected of the Snow Empress! The power of that sword strike is beyond imagination!"

He exhaled a breath of cold air, freezing the bed curtains in front of him into an ice curtain. Li Fei couldn't help but sigh, thinking that if it weren't for his prior planning and good luck, he might not have been able to escape from Xue Di's clutches.

Having fully recovered from his injuries, Li Fei probed his storage bracelet with his spiritual power to examine his gains from the far north.

"A total of fifteen pieces of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow, and that one three-meter-thick one alone is equivalent to the sum of the other fourteen. Not only that, but the thirty-meter-wide ten-thousand-year-old cold jade bed is also a great find."

He took out the smallest one, which was ten centimeters in diameter and a meter long. He placed his hand on it and began to meditate and refine it. As streams of extremely pure ice-attribute spiritual energy flowed, although there was a chill, it had no effect on Li Fei, who had already consumed the Eight-Cornered Profound Ice Grass.

The Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow is a kind of condensed life energy, which is very suitable for ice and water attribute soul masters, and also has many benefits for other attribute soul masters. However, Li Fei can freely change the attribute of the soul power in his body, and the benefits he gets are not much worse than those of ice attribute soul masters.

"Not bad, the effect is much stronger than the Chongming Bird Soul Power Crystal from before. Should we look for that cold spring at the Earth Dragon Gate again?"

Half an hour later, the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow under his hand had transformed into a stream of life energy and merged into Li Fei's body. Feeling that cold life energy continuously improving his cultivation, Li Fei was very satisfied.

He opened the window, glanced at the sky outside, and saw that the sun had just set and it was still early, so Li Fei pushed open the door and went out, heading towards the largest tavern in Dragon City.

As the city closest to the far north, the people here are very fond of drinking, especially strong spirits, relying on the burning sensation brought by alcohol to warm their bodies.

As Li Fei pushed open the door, a mixture of smells of alcohol, sweat, and cosmetics hit him, causing him to frown. The tavern was extremely noisy, filled with the sounds of drinking contests and shouting, and many scantily clad women constantly urging the people nearby to drink more.

Li Fei disliked the environment here and planned to leave after gathering all the clues.

Arriving at the bar, I found a booth and sat down. I tapped the table and said, "Waiter, bring me your most expensive drink!"

"Alright, please enjoy your meal, sir!"

The waiter took a beautifully packaged bottle of wine from the wine cabinet and slowly placed it in front of Li Fei.

"Waiter, could you tell me if there are any cold springs in or near Dragon City? The surface temperature of the spring water isn't that low, but the internal temperature is terrifyingly low!" He took out a dozen gold soul coins from his storage bracelet, placed them on the table, pushed them in front of the waiter, and asked.

"Hehe! You've come to the right person, sir! No one knows Dragon City better than me!" The waiter, with a fawning expression, tucked the gold coins on the table into his pocket. "There are five cold springs around Dragon City, but none of them meet your requirements. However, there is a special cold spring outside the city, within the Luo family's residence. It's said to increase a Soul Master's cultivation speed, but no one has ever seen it!"

"It seems that's it!"

A smile flashed in Li Fei's eyes. In the original story, the Nan family mother and daughter of the Dragon Gate also drank from that cold spring to accelerate their cultivation. The effect was similar, so it must be the same. I didn't expect to be so lucky!

Li Fei finished the entire bottle of wine in one gulp, tossed the waiter several dozen gold soul coins, and then turned and walked out of the tavern.

The Luo family outside Longcheng is the most prestigious family in the vicinity of Longcheng, and most of their information is already public knowledge.

"Their martial soul is the Ice Wolf, and the family head, Luo Lin, possesses a Soul Douluo level of 81. In this remote region, they are considered a top-tier power!"

Li Fei smiled casually, and his figure entered the Luo family like a ghost. Even the family head, Luo Lin, a Soul Douluo, could not sense Li Fei's presence.

With a slight sweep of his mental energy, he discovered the cold spring in the backyard, which was guarded by four Soul Kings. He smiled disdainfully, and his mental energy spread out like ripples.

Then Li Fei walked towards the cold spring as if no one else was there. The four Soul Kings also ignored him, as if Li Fei did not exist at all.

"That's right, it seems to be this one!"

Feeling the extremely low temperature at the bottom of the spring, comparable to that of the far north core region, Li Fei knew he hadn't gone to the wrong place. He jumped directly into the spring without even a ripple.

Li Fei quickly reached the bottom of the spring, then turned and entered a huge ice cave with a space of thirty meters. The ice cave was surrounded by a large number of blue ice crystals, and there were dozens of blue ice pillars around it.

"Forty-five strands of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow, and a large quantity of Ice Extreme Divine Crystals—we've definitely come to the right place!"

He stored all the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals in his storage bracelet. These were top-grade soul tool materials, and Li Fei didn't want to miss them. As for the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, he only collected thirty pieces and kept fifteen, hoping that the ice cave would produce more Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow in the future.

After tidying up, Li Fei flew out of the cold spring without alerting anyone, and then returned to Dragon City.

Li Fei then stayed in Dragon City for another half month to ensure that the Snow Emperor had no intention of launching a beast tide before returning to Heavenly Dou City and easily making his way to the palace.

"What have you been doing all this time?!"

Inside the Imperial Study, Qian Renxue asked curiously.

"Nothing much! I just went to the far north and found some things!"

After saying that, he took out twenty pieces of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow from his storage bracelet and placed them on the table in front of him.

"What is this?!" Qian Renxue was very puzzled as she felt a terrifying chill.

"This is Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow. Although it doesn't perfectly match your attributes, the benefits it brings are immense. With these twenty pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow, I think you should have no problem successfully condensing your Soul Core!"

He reached out and grabbed a piece of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow, handing it to Qian Renxue: "Try refining it!"

Qian Renxue nodded, and the six-winged angel instantly possessed her, guiding the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow to begin refining it. Her body ignited with golden-red light, continuously absorbing the special life energy of the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow.

Li Fei wasn't idle either. He took out the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal from his storage bracelet and began carving, while waiting for Qian Renxue to condense her soul core and creating the core of the soul tool.

The increased wisdom brought by the Great Stability deepened Li Fei's understanding of magic arrays, making him feel that he should be able to stably manufacture sixth-order soul tools.

At this moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged, and more than a dozen golden and red soul power ribbons appeared, continuously surging into Qian Renxue's body. The ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow placed on Qian Renxue's leg had completely merged into her body!

"The speed of absorbing soul power has increased; it should be time to condense a soul core!"

Realizing that Qian Renxue had reached a critical moment, he quickly placed the remaining nineteen strands around her and used his spiritual power to capture all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the entire palace, absorbing it all to help Qian Renxue condense her soul core.

Time passed second by second, and with a jolt of Qian Renxue's soul power, the surrounding tables and chairs were blown away.

"Is this the soul core that only titled Douluo have?! Although my soul power hasn't increased, my cultivation speed, the explosive power of my soul power in an instant, and the recovery speed are all much faster than before." Qian Renxue stood up and said excitedly, then hugged Li Fei and kissed him hard.

"That's right, that's the idea I came up with!" Li Fei said with some pride, then hugged Qian Renxue and kissed her.

……

After leaving Qian Renxue, Li Fei returned to the Body Sect, took out a ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow, divided it into dozens of portions, and gave them to Oscar and others to refine.

Li Fei also began his life as a recluse, spending his days either cultivating, making soul tools, or visiting the palace to accompany Qian Renxue.

At the same time, they also passed on the knowledge of soul tools to the people of the Body Sect, because soul tools are very suitable for both Body Soul Masters and Food Soul Masters.

Whenever Oscar and the others had a spare moment to cultivate, they would seize the time to learn and create soul tools, leaving them with far less time to play.

Inside the Soul Guidance Device Room of the Body Sect, Oscar held a piece of iron essence in his hand, carefully carving it with a carving knife while stabilizing his soul power output.

As the last stroke was made, a deep blue light shimmered from the spherical iron in his hand.

"Great! It worked!"

Oscar jumped up excitedly and stuffed the soul core in his hand into the small soul cannon that the narrator had already assembled.

He aimed at the target beside the screen, channeled his soul power, and fired a beam of azure light that shattered the target into pieces.

"Congratulations, Xiao Ao, you've become a first-tier Soul Master!"

Li Fei, who was in charge of teaching, smiled and said that he had seen Oscar's efforts. Just like in the original work, he also fell in love with Ning Rongrong. After Li Fei told him about the rules of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he wanted to become a food-type soul master with combat abilities no less than those of a power-attack type. Soul tools were his first step in getting through the early stages.

(End of this chapter)