"Yun Shen Ice Field?"
Hearing what Master Yao said, Xiao Yi couldn't help but frown slightly, but his eyes were filled with excitement!
After all, the progress of collecting these medicinal ingredients had already far exceeded Xiao Yi's expectations...
Master Yao nodded and said, "Back then, when I found the Bone Chilling Flame, it was in the Ice Hell at the center of the Yun Shen Ice Field..."
"And besides the Bone Chilling Flame, there was also the Nine Nether Cold Dragon..."
After Master Yao finished speaking, a hint of loss inadvertently flashed in his eyes...
Although the Bone Chilling Flame greatly helped Master Yao improve his alchemy skills, it also brought back a past that Master Yao didn't want to recall...
Because back then, after Master Yao learned from a friend that the Bone Chilling Flame might exist in the Yun Shen Ice Field, he went to search for it.
Master Yao endured hardships to reach the Ice Hell at the center of the Yun Shen Ice Field, where he first saw the Bone Chilling Flame.
He discovered that the Bone Chilling Flame had already become a sentient Strange Fire (otherworldly flame).
To subdue the otherwordly flame, Master Yao was in a stalemate with it.
The Bone Chilling Flame seized Master Yao's Master, Han Shanshan, intending to refine her.
Master Yao used all his strength to defeat the Bone Chilling Flame and placed it inside Han Shanshan's body, but he himself was on the verge of death.
However, Master Yao's Master, Han Shanshan, couldn't bear to see Master Yao perish, so she sacrificed her life to save Master Yao, and she died in his place...
The Bone Chilling Flame also successfully escaped...
It wasn't until several years later, when Master Yao became a Dou Zong, that he found the Bone Chilling Flame again in the Yun Shen Ice Field and finally subdued and refined it...
Therefore, whenever Master Yao thought of the Yun Shen Ice Field, he would think of Han Shanshan again...
But Master Yao had never mentioned this past to anyone, so even though Xiao Yi knew that Master Yao was saddened by this matter, he couldn't directly speak of it.
Instead, he softly said:
"Thank you, Master Yao!"
"This junior will immediately head to the Yun Shen Ice Field to search for the nine nether cold dragon tendon..."
At this moment, Xiao Yi naturally couldn't wait, as the medicinal ingredients were right before his eyes; there was no reason not to go and retrieve them...
Master Yao nodded: "Very well..."
"However, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you on this trip..."
"With Soul Mie Sheng's demise, Hun Qianmo has replaced him as the new Hall Master of the Soul Hall, and the Hall of Souls is becoming increasingly arrogant and domineering..."
"I need to remain in the Starfall Pavilion and cannot go out..."
A hint of worry appeared in Master Yao's eyes.
Although Master Yao had reached the true Saint-Grade Realm, he was also very aware that there were always higher heavens and more capable people...
His current Dou Saint strength was still not enough in front of Hun Qianmo...
Xiao Yi nodded upon hearing this:
"This junior understands..."
"That Nine Nether Cold Dragon is merely an Eighth-rank Magical Beast, which translates to a human Dou Zun level..."
"This junior is still confident against an opponent of the Dou Zun level..."
Xiao Yi paused, then turned to Xiao Yan and said:
"Little Yanzi, you should stay in the Starfall Pavilion for this trip..."
"Cultivate well..."
"But you must do me a favor and keep a close eye on Xiao Yi Xian; don't let her leave the Starfall Pavilion..."
Xiao Yan nodded upon hearing this, agreeing...
Xiao Yi: "Then this junior shall depart..."
...
The Yun Shen Ice Field was a snow-covered region rarely visited by people, but guided by the Soul map Master Yao provided, Xiao Yi arrived at the area where the Yun Shen Ice Field was located quite smoothly...
The world before him seemed to be swallowed by inky frost.
Xiao Yi looked up, and all he saw were endless profound ice permafrost.
The snowflakes here were different from the usual white snowflakes; they were black!
Black snowflakes, mixed with fine ice crystals, danced wildly in the howling black wind.
Wind blades, like steel knives tempered in extreme cold, left streaks of ice cracks when they scraped against exposed rocks.
Even the air seemed to be frozen solid, each breath carrying a bone-chilling cold.
Cracked ice fissures were visible everywhere on the permafrost, with light blue cold Qi seeping from the bottomless cracks.
Occasionally, ice crystals condensed into twisted, grotesque shapes, resembling frozen remains.
There was no sunlight or moonlight here; only a deathly dark blue silence filled the world.
Even sounds seemed to be frozen in this Yun Shen Ice Field, leaving only silence.
This ice field, imbued with the meaning of death, would surely not have been trodden by Master Yao and others had the Bone Chilling Flame not been reborn...
And were it not for the nine nether cold dragon tendon, Xiao Yi would certainly not have set foot here...
Xiao Yi did not intend to linger here for too long.
Immediately, he activated the Soul Power of his Half-step Heavenly Realm Great Perfection within his body to scan the entire Yun Shen Ice Field!
He wanted to find the whereabouts of the Nine Nether Cold Dragon...
Without any surprises, Xiao Yi detected the aura of an Eighth-rank Magical Beast in the Ice Hell at the center of the Yun Shen Ice Field!
Without a doubt, that must be the overlord of the Yun Shen Ice Field—the Nine Nether Cold Dragon!
And the Nine Nether Cold Dragon seemed to have sensed Xiao Yi's arrival...
Its originally tightly closed eyes slowly opened, and a blue light filled with immense pressure instantly burst forth...
"Human..."
"This is not a place you can come to..."
The Nine Nether Cold Dragon rumbled, its ancient voice instantly breaking the silence of the Yun Shen Ice Field...
As its voice fell, the Nine Nether Cold Dragon slowly rose into the air, ascending to the black firmament above the Yun Shen Ice Field...
Only then did Xiao Yi clearly see the true appearance of the Nine Nether Cold Dragon!
It was a hundred zhang long, its dark blue scales embedded with ice prisms, and as its Dragon body twisted, ice fell, leaving marks.
Dark golden ice horns grew on its forehead, their tips solidified with profound ice of a thousand years.
When its ethereal blue eyes opened, cold mist overflowed, and the air within its gaze froze.
Its deep Dragon roar penetrated the entire snow region, fully displaying the might of an Eighth-rank Magical Beast...
And at the moment the Nine Nether Cold Dragon appeared, the firmament, which had just been snowing black snowflakes, instantly stopped...
"An Eighth-rank Magical Beast can already cause a resonance with heaven and earth..."
Xiao Yi murmured softly upon seeing this.
And no sooner had Xiao Yi spoken than the black wind of the Yun Shen Ice Field suddenly froze, and light blue cold Qi gathered around the Nine Nether Cold Dragon like a tide...
When the mist dispersed, a Xuan Yi man stood amidst the ice prisms, still enveloped in lingering cold mist.
With every step he took, tiny ice crystals formed beneath his feet, only to instantly merge back into the permafrost.
It is known that when a Demonic Beast reaches the Eighth-rank, it can transform into a human...
And this Xuan Yi man before him was precisely the transformed Nine Nether Cold Dragon...
Faint golden patterns were faintly visible on his forehead, a miniature reflection of his original ice horns.
The patterns glowed slightly with his breathing, exuding the pressure of an Eighth-rank Magical Beast.
And at this moment, Xiao Yi could sense that the aura of this human-transformed Nine Nether Cold Dragon seemed not to be that of a Dou Zun, but rather a Half-Saint level existence...
Moreover, the Dragon scales around the Nine Nether Cold Dragon's body seemed to begin to emit golden light...
"Could it be that it's about to evolve into a Ninth-rank Magical Beast?"
Xiao Yi looked at the Nine Nether Cold Dragon, which was stepping through the air towards him, and couldn't help but make a bold guess.
And upon hearing this, the Nine Nether Cold Dragon smiled charmingly and said:
"Human, you are very clever!"
"It's been a long time since I've seen a human's trace.
Since you've come today, then offer your Physical Body and Soul to help this venerable one ascend to the Ninth-rank!"
After the Nine Nether Cold Dragon finished speaking, it slowly raised its hand, and faint purple cold Qi overflowed from its fingertips.
That cold Qi very easily froze the black wind that swept past.
At this moment, although the Nine Nether Cold Dragon emitted no deliberate aura, it made the surrounding ice prisms dare not tremble...
And looking at the Half-Saint level Nine Nether Cold Dragon approaching him step by step, Xiao Yi, though only at the Nine-Star Dou Zun level...
Showed not the slightest fear:
"A mere sub-Dragon, wishing to advance to the Ninth-rank?"
"I'm afraid you are not worthy of my Physical Body and Soul!"
"Then I shall be direct.
My purpose in coming today is but one: to take your Dragon tendon!"