LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 26: Chapter 26
Chapter 26: Exploration of the Far North
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In the original novel, Peerless Tang Sect, the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan is indeed the strongest ice-type soul beast in the Far North, except for the Snow Emperor. They usually live in the core area of the Far North, and because they like to eat weak ice silkworm soul beasts, they often go to the outer areas to forage.
Perhaps this is why the Shui family's ancestors encountered it in the outer area and named it the Ice Scorpion King, and included it in the Shui family's soul beast atlas passed down from generation to generation.
Other soul master families probably don't know about the existence of soul beasts like the Ice Scorpion King.
"If we stay in the Far North for too long, we will definitely attract the attention of powerful soul beasts. In order to find the Ice Scorpion King more safely and quickly, we chose your Speed Mercenary Group."
At this point, Shui Jia looked at Xia Liang with a burning gaze and said, "My friend, I heard that you are one of the few summoning spirit masters on the continent. You have the ability to summon strange will-o'-the-wisp, which can easily find various spirit beasts. I just don't know how long your will-o'-the-wisp can maintain the search under the erosion of the cold air in the far north?"
"My will-o'-the-wisp can only be used at night." Xia Liang smiled awkwardly, "Master Shui, it's daytime now, I can't summon it."
Hearing this, the head of the Shui family was startled, "Why didn't you say it earlier? Didn't we waste an entire night in vain?"
"No." Xia Liang said, "Since last night, I have sent a large number of will-o'-the-wisp to investigate the surroundings. There is no ice field within a ten-mile radius, nor any trace of the Ice Scorpion King you mentioned. So, we can continue to move forward for another ten miles. Tonight, I will let the will-o'-the-wisp to look for soul beasts. What do you think?"
"Another ten miles?" Looking ahead, the vast snow-covered landscape made the Shui family head worried. He came here to find a spirit ring for his daughter, not to commit suicide.
If they went any deeper and were noticed by the powerful soul beasts in the Far North, everyone in the Shui family would be doomed to die.
But now that we are here, how can we give up halfway?
"Okay. Then let's go another ten miles." The head of the Shui family asked very seriously, "My friend, your will-o'-the-wisp should be able to withstand the cold air in the far north, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to detect anything last night."
"After taking the hot drink made by the milk spirit, the will-o'-the-wisp I summoned also gained the ability to resist the cold. As long as they drink the hot drink on time, they can persist in searching for soul beasts all night. During the day, for safety reasons, we can retreat ten miles to rest."
After listening to Xia Liang's arrangements, the head of the Shui family thought for a moment before nodding.
Just like that, the group walked forward another ten miles, and a Soul Saint once again used the surrounding snow to condense an ice castle with a diameter of twenty meters.
After entering the castle and having dinner, it was already night time.
There is a difference between night and day in the Far North.
The howling wind and snow already obstructed vision, and at night it was even more difficult to see.
This is also one of the reasons why soul masters dare not set foot in the Far North.
When it is difficult to see, one can only maintain mental perception for a long time, which can easily lead to mental fatigue or even snow blindness.
Outside the Ice Castle.
The head of the Shui family, Shui Bing'er and others stood together, looking at Xia Liang with confusion. They all wanted to see how this rare summoning soul master on the continent summoned the ghost fire that could find soul beasts.
In order to conceal his undead attributes, Xia Liang deliberately released his first soul ring under the gaze of everyone, and made a summoning gesture with his left hand placed in front of his chest and his right hand pointing to the sky, then whispered something similar to a soul spell.
As black and purple ribs covered the entire body, the first soul ring lit up, and the right arm that grew from the skeleton martial soul also pointed to the sky.
At this moment, above the pitch-black sky, countless black and purple ghost fires lit up in rows and quickly scattered in the wind and snow.
Looking at the countless black and purple ghost fires flying in all directions, the head of the Shui family asked uncertainly, "Is this all right?"
Xia Liang shook his head. "Just now, there were only fifty will-o'-the-wisp fires flying around to search for soul beasts. Some of them may be shattered by soul beasts or dissipate naturally. I need to create more. But I don't have enough soul power."
"It's okay, we will help you." The auxiliary Soul Saint and the food-type female Soul Emperor used their respective recovery soul skills on Xia Liang.
It took three minutes for the soul power to recover to full state.
Xia Liang continued to create black and purple will-o'-the-wisp fires and sent them to the ice field to search for the Ice Scorpion King. At the same time, he also secretly let them search carefully for soul bones or other wild resources in each area.
In the hunting and fighting between soul beasts, one of them will inevitably die.
If soul beasts kill each other, there is a chance that their soul bones will be exposed.
With a history of over 100,000 years, very few human soul masters have set foot in the Far North, so if there are soul bones, you will definitely be able to pick them up, and maybe even some precious relics of dead soul masters.
Scavenging, this is why Xia Liang decided to adventure into the Far North.
Two hours later.
The number of black and purple ghost fires sent out to search for soul beasts has reached nearly two thousand. The Shui family members dare not go deeper into the ice field in the far north and can only stay in the ice castle and wait for news.
Some of the Shui family's soul masters were chatting and laughing in the castle, while some were playing cards.
The head of the Shui family sat cross-legged in a corner and meditated, practicing with the ice energy contained in the Far North.
Xia Liang has always been with Shui Bing'er. They are only two or three years apart in age, and young people have more topics to talk about.
Through chatting, it was discovered that Shui Bing'er's third soul ring should be obtained by going to the Frozen Forest to obtain a soul skill called Resist Ice Ring.
But after the Speed Mercenary Group gained a high reputation and credibility, the head of the Shui family changed his mind and decided to let the Speed Mercenary Group help find soul beasts such as the Ice Scorpion King in the Far North.
After learning this information, Xia Liang realized that his intervention had more or less affected the characters and plots mentioned in the original work.
Three years ago, he had used a lot of nonsense theories to exchange soul beast manuscripts with Yu Xiaogang.
It was thought that Yu Xiaogang had discovered that those theories were nonsense, but unexpectedly, just a year ago, the Spirit Hall released a report on spirit research.
Yu Xiaogang, a theoretical master who once published the top ten core competitive advantages of martial spirits, re-published the new top ten core competitive advantages of martial spirits, and used examples to prove the martial spirit mimicry theory that plant martial spirits can also absorb animal spirit rings.
In addition to some theoretical evidence, the ten core competitive advantages of the new martial soul announced by Yu Xiaogang also involve the explicit martial soul bloodline and the concept of the martial soul being one with the beast.
Perhaps only Xia Liang knew that these concepts were actually all the nonsense he made up three years ago, which led to the plot where Yu Xiaogang released a new theory in the Spirit Hall.
Now, because of me, the Speed Mercenary Group exists. And because of the existence of the Speed Mercenary Group, Shui Bing'er has the opportunity to absorb the soul ring of the Ice Scorpion King, which is suspected to be a soul beast of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan.
If Shui Bing'er could really absorb the Ice Scorpion's soul ring, then her strength would become even stronger than in the original.
And she herself will also transform from a control-type soul master to a dual-type soul master of control and strong attack.