Frozen Forest, an extreme cold zone!
Due to the temperature, even the outer towns of the Frozen Forest had become sparsely populated.
The originally bustling streets of the outer towns near the Great Star Dou Forest were now deserted here.
Correspondingly…
It was precisely because of this reason that prices in this desolate town housing over a hundred people were outrageously high.
One room cost five gold spirit coins!
This thoroughly embodied the concept of "expensive as hell."
However, being expensive had its reasons!
This small inn with only ten guest rooms had abundant charcoal fires. Stepping into the room made one feel a wave of warmth. For those soul masters without Heavenly Flames to protect them, it could save half their lives.
"Yang Fan?"
"It really is you?"
"I thought I was seeing things. I never expected you would also come to the Frozen Forest."
"Doesn't this count as fate?"
Yang Fan stared at this stranger he met at the only small inn in town.
"???"
Sis, who are you?
This woman standing before him dressed like a bear—he completely didn't recognize her!
He admitted that after winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, he had become famous, but this couldn't be the reason he knew everyone.
"You heartless thing, and here I liked you for so long."
"It's me!"
"Shui Yue'er from Sky Water Academy."
As she spoke, the woman removed her "bear" outfit, revealing her true appearance beneath the thick cotton hat and scarf.
A face not yet twenty years old, ice-blue eyes, light blue shoulder-length wavy hair.
"Remember now?"
Now Yang Fan had some impression.
During the tournament, although he hadn't fought against Sky Water Academy, because Sky Water and Blazing Fire both belonged to the Tian Dou division, they had crossed paths several times.
It wasn't his fault!
Mainly, she was wearing too many clothes to recognize.
"Old classmate!"
"Isn't your martial soul the mutated flame Soul Breaking Spear?"
"Why would you also come to a place like the Frozen Forest?"
It had to be said that Shui Yue'er's ability to be familiar with strangers was truly strong.
In just a few words…
She made the two of them seem like old friends who hadn't seen each other for years.
At this moment…
Another group of people in thick cotton clothes came down from the second floor of the small inn.
The leader was precisely the captain of the Sky Water team, Shui Bing'er, and the four or five people behind her were also familiar faces.
"Yang Fan?"
The others also showed puzzled expressions upon seeing Yang Fan, very confused about why he was here.
The usual logic of Douluo Continent soul masters was that only ice-attribute soul masters would step into this extremely cold land.
This thinking couldn't be considered wrong!
If not for searching for the Bone Spirit Fruit to help Yao Lao reconstruct his physical body, he might never have traveled north in his lifetime.
"Sisters, don't you think this is fate? We actually met the champion here."
Yang Fan discovered something interesting.
Ever since he won the championship at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, the good people around him had gradually increased.
Of course!
He was very clear that the biggest reason for this was the fame Yao Lao gained from suppressing the five enshrinement elders before the Pope's Hall. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good people increasing, but killing intent everywhere.
During their chat…
Shui Yue'er actively invited him to have dinner together.
He didn't have any outstanding characteristics—just that he couldn't really refuse persuasion.
However…
He had to admit that having dinner with the girls of Sky Water Academy also served his own private purposes.
Sky Water, Blazing Fire, God Wind, Thunder!
Currently, these four academies all belonged to the Tian Dou division and were closer to the Tian Dou Empire.
At this time, smoothing out relations between both sides was beneficial for future development.
Who knew when it might come in handy?
Even someone as powerful as Yao Lao couldn't predict the trajectory of future development.
...
After the meal...
The relationship between Yang Fan and the several girls had warmed up by a few notches.
During their chat, Yang Fan learned that Shui Bing'er and the others were all commoner soul masters. After the tournament ended, they had already graduated.
But they didn't leave Sky Water Academy because of this. Instead, they stayed on to become teachers who passed on knowledge and education.
For commoner soul masters…
This was also one of the best destinations!
Of course!
For soul masters of their level to be teachers at an advanced soul master academy was a bit too tender. Sky Water Academy's purpose was nothing more than to keep this batch of outstanding soul masters.
Starting from teaching assistants...
"Seventh sister."
"Didn't you have something to ask Yang Fan?"
Seventh sister... this was precisely Shui Yue'er's designation among the group.
The ranking at Sky Water Academy wasn't by age, but by strength.
Although Shui Yue'er had always called Shui Bing'er big sister, she was actually a year and a half older than Shui Bing'er.
Of course!
She was only older than Shui Bing'er in age. Apart from that, Shui Bing'er was bigger than her everywhere.
"Right!"
"You still haven't told me what you came to the Frozen Forest for?"
Under everyone's teasing, Shui Yue'er became the vanguard of Sky Water Academy.
Because they were all very curious why a fire-attribute soul master would come to the freezing Frozen Forest.
Even if it was to find a simulated cultivation environment, they should look for volcanoes, magma... and so on.
"I came to the Frozen Forest to search for a type of fruit."
"Have you seen it?"
As he spoke, Yang Fan once again took out his soul artwork for everyone to appreciate.
"What is this thing?"
"You drew it?"
"I didn't expect you to have quite a talent for painting."
"..."
They passed it around one by one, but obviously, they were all focusing on Yang Fan's soul artwork, ignoring the question itself.
At this moment…
A short-haired girl slammed the table and stood up.
"Alright!"
"We're asking if you've seen this kind of fruit, not for you to study the artwork."
These words undoubtedly spoke to Yang Fan's heart.
Although he didn't know this girl's name, her already good looks undoubtedly increased by three per cent at this moment.
"Never seen it."
"I haven't seen it either."
"Looks like a pinecone."
"Ask big sister. She usually reads more books and naturally knows more than us."
"..."
When everyone turned their gazes to Shui Bing'er, they were surprised to find that their big sister was in a dazed state.
Who knew what she was fantasizing about!
Shui Bing'er suddenly woke up after hearing everyone's calls, shaking her head with an embarrassed expression.
Their previously omnipotent big sister was now as pure as a blank sheet of paper.
These people had not only never seen it, but had never even heard of the Bone Spirit Fruit on the Douluo Continent.
"I know!"
A voice from the second floor of the inn attracted Yang Fan's gaze.
An old lady in her seventies or eighties!
From her dress, it wasn't hard to see that she should be a veteran teacher of Sky Water Academy.
"Dean Bing!"
Everyone stood up respectfully and looked at the old lady standing on the stairs.
Only then did Yang Fan learn that this old lady was the dean of Sky Water Academy.
Everyone called her Dean Bing!
"Dean Bing!"
"Youngster Yang Fan."
"I beg you to inform me about the whereabouts of the Bone Spirit Fruit."
Yang Fan bowed slightly.
Pulling full respect for a senior from a junior at this moment.
"I know you."
"The super genius that Blazing Fire Academy lucked into."
Dean Bing was clearly somewhat dissatisfied with Blazing Fire Academy, but there was no malice toward Yang Fan in her expression.
On the contrary, her eyes showed appreciation!
Blazing Fire Academy had indeed won the championship of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, but she didn't believe Yang Fan was cultivated by Blazing Fire Academy.
Pure luck!
At this moment…
Dean Bing reined in her emotions and looked at Yang Fan's soul artwork.
Her hands actually began to tremble!
Her tone excitedly repeated: Yes, yes, she had seen this thing back then.
Dean Bing slowly raised her head, moving her gaze away from the artwork.
A sigh!
Seemed to take her back decades in a trance.
"If not for seeing your painting, I would have already forgotten what happened back then."
"Back when I was the captain of the Sky Water Academy team, I followed my teacher into the Frozen Forest to obtain soul rings."
"At that time, we experienced a once-in-a-century heavy snow that caused us to get lost and mistakenly enter the Extreme North."
"It was there... that I saw the thing you painted."
Dean Bing's memories stopped abruptly here!
Perhaps because of fear, she didn't really want to continue recalling what happened next.
"Child!"
"I don't know why you've gone through such hardships to come to the Frozen Forest to search for this fruit."
"But as an elder, let me say one more thing: Never before has such a super genius soul master appeared on the Douluo Continent. Don't enter the Extreme North and throw your life away for nothing."
Yang Fan bowed ninety degrees in thanks!
Not only for providing him with information about the Bone Spirit Fruit.
Although it was just a very vague experience from decades ago, it also confirmed Yao Lao's guess from another angle.
The Extreme North!
Now at least he could be certain that there was hope of finding the Bone Spirit Fruit in the Extreme North.
Another reason he thanked Dean Bing was that as a stranger, she could sincerely advise him not to go to his death—this alone was enough to make him bow in gratitude.
...
Night.
"Seventh sister."
"Didn't you always tell us that Yang Fan was your husband?"
"Your husband is right next door now. Why aren't you going over to attend to his bed?"
"Go away!"
"I think you're the one who wants to go to his bed."
"Hey... don't randomly put a lovesick hat on me. During the Soul Master Tournament, you were the one who kept saying Yang Fan was your husband."
"..."
In another room.
Yao Lao, pressed against the wall listening to the girls next door fantasizing about his beloved disciple, had already revealed an auntie's smile.
"Master."
"Eavesdropping on others' conversations is a shameful behavior."
Yang Fan had also heard it!
With his current strength, he didn't even need to deliberately sense to hear the conversation in the next room clearly.
"Stinky boy!"
"Master is doing this for you."
"These little girls in the next room are all competing to come over and attend to your bed."
Yao Lao's smile hadn't been this brilliant in a long time.
Since ancient times, beauties have loved heroes!
This now proved that his beloved disciple had become a strong person beloved by all.
"Master, don't distort the facts."
He had heard clearly that only Shui Yue'er wanted to come over to attend to his bed.
Unfortunately, she didn't come in the end!
After the joke…
Yang Fan and Yao Lao also began their proper business.
"Master."
"Shouldn't you teach me some Sixth-Tier pill formulas?"
Yang Fan rubbed his hands.
His eyes were filled with longing for Sixth-Tier pills, his emotions filled with impatience to try.
"Take them!"
Yao Lao waved his hand grandly, and in an instant, dozens of pill formulas landed on the table in the room one after another.
After doing all this, Yao Lao lazily ran back into his body again.
Obviously!
He still hoped Yang Fan could rely on his own strength to handle Sixth-Tier pills.
Seven-Core Pill, Breaking Calamity Pill, Earth Spirit Pill, Spirit Ascension Pill, Breaking Emperor Pill, Clear Soul Pill...
Yang Fan's attention suddenly focused on the Spirit Ascension Pill formula.
Because he was now a seven-star Dou Ling!
[Spirit Ascension Pill: After consumption, a Dou Ling can advance one star without any risk.]
[Refining materials: Blood Python Branch, Clear Heart Fruit, sixth-order magical beast essence blood, one fifth-order demonic core...]
[Note: Spirit Ascension Pill can only be consumed once in a lifetime!]
Yang Fan looked at the more than ten medicinal ingredients on the pill formula and suddenly beamed with joy.
He had all these medicinal ingredients!
The sixth-order magical beast essence blood could be completely substituted with the essence blood he had taken from the Sky Azure Bull Python.
A fifth-order demonic core was roughly equivalent to a soul bone produced by a soul beast over ninety thousand years.
This... he already had them!
It was that hundred-thousand-year soul bone produced from killing Xiao Wu.
Yao Lao had said: The Tier of the demonic core can be high, but cannot be low.
So the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit soul bone was completely sufficient!
If he could refine the Spirit Ascension Pill at this time, then he could directly reach eight-star Dou Ling.
Wouldn't that be one step closer to Dou Huang?!
Besides these few pill formulas, Yang Fan also saw several fire-attribute pill refining methods at the bottom.
All were pills that had unexpected effects against ice-cold attribute enemies.
It could be seen that these were all prepared by Yao Lao for him beforehand.
Let's do it!
Yang Fan decided to first refine the Spirit Ascension Pill to raise his strength to eight-star, then continue with the subsequent fire-attribute pills.
But before this, he needed to first confirm his own capabilities—whether he truly had the strength to refine Sixth-Tier pills.
So he first chose a pill called the Green Nether Longevity Pill to refine.
The reason was simple: this pill's formula didn't require sixth-order magical beast essence blood, nor did it require a fifth-order magical beast's demonic core.
The medicinal ingredients needed were only three: Green Nether Fruit, Xuan Tortoise Paste, Ten-Thousand-Year Green Vine.
Green Nether Fruit had the effect of extending life.
As for the latter two, no need to say more—turtles and tortoises were famous for their long lifespans, and Ten-Thousand-Year Green Vine never withered in all four seasons.
[Green Nether Longevity Pill: Sixth-Tier pill. Consumption can increase lifespan by ten years.]
[Note: Can only be consumed once in a lifetime!]
This pill wouldn't increase strength, but the reason it could become a Sixth-Tier pill naturally went without saying.
Ten years of lifespan!
This was a temptation that no one could resist.
He dared say that if such a pill were taken to the Tian Dou Auction House, it could probably be bid up to ten million gold spirit coins.
After all, no one could resist the temptation of extending their lifespan.
Yang Fan first prepared all the medicinal ingredients for refining the Green Nether Longevity Pill, then took out the Crimson Flame Furnace that Old Huo had previously gifted him.
Taking a simple look at the pill formula, Yang Fan expressed that it wasn't difficult at all.
The soul realms in Battle Through the Heavens were arranged in order: Mortal State, Soul State, Heavenly State, and Di State.
Each realm was further divided into: Low, Middle, High, and Perfection four levels.
The soul realm required to refine Sixth-Tier pills was High Mortal State, and he now already met all the conditions for refining Sixth-Tier pills.
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