Chapter 8: Fifty Thousand Years Ice Crystal Dragon's Blood
Soon, Elder Xue arrived in front of him.
Seeing that his hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn, and there were bloodstains on them, Dugu Han's heart tightened, and he hurried to greet him: "Elder Xue, are you injured?"
"Young Master!"
Elder Xue smiled palely and took out five or six translucent jade bottles from the storage soul guidance device.
The jade bottles contained an ice-blue liquid, with a faint stream of light blooming on the surface, exuding a biting coldness.
Even though there was some distance between them—and even though he had an ice-attributed martial soul and had a certain resistance to the cold—Dugu Han still shuddered uncontrollably after feeling the cold emanating from the liquid in the jade bottle.
"Young Master, I have been hiding in the Frozen Canyon for more than a month, and I have not seen any soul beasts making a pilgrimage."
Elder Xue was somewhat helpless about this, but then he smiled and said, "But I was fortunate enough to encounter a severely injured 50,000-year-old ice crystal dragon. I found an opportunity to kill it, took its blood, flesh, and bones, and brought them back."
"50,000-year-old ice crystal dragon!"
Dugu Han was shocked when he heard this!
He had seen the description of this soul beast in the family-inherited Soul Beast Atlas of the Extreme North.
This is a true top-level ice-attributed dragon soul beast, and it also has the blood of the Ice God in its body. Among all the soul beasts in the entire Extreme North, its combat power at the same level can be ranked in the top five.
It is the top soul beast among the ice-attributed dragon soul beasts.
It is also the most suitable existence for him to enhance his ice attribute origin.
Thinking of this, Dugu Han couldn't help but get excited.
However, after the excitement, he looked at Elder Xue's pale face and asked with concern, "How are you injured, Elder Xue?"
"I am fine. I just suffered some internal injuries from the dying counterattack of this ice crystal dragon. I will be fine after some recuperation. It's a pity..."
Elder Xue said with some regret, "It's a pity that I couldn't see the soul beast pilgrimage and couldn't find the Snow Empress. Moreover, this 50,000-year-old ice crystal dragon didn't explode soul bones. Otherwise, it would be the most suitable soul bone for the young master to absorb."
"Soul bones are something that can be encountered but not sought. If I get them, I am lucky. If not then just be it!"
Although Dugu Han also wanted a soul bone that suited him, he knew that except for 100,000-year-old soul beasts and auspicious beasts, not every soul beast could explode with soul bones.
This thing depends on luck!
As for not finding the Snow Empress, he was a little disappointed, but because he had prepared himself in advance, he could accept it.
Anyway, he still had time.
If he couldn't find her this year, he would wait until next year or the year after...
As long as he could find her before the Snow Empress was ready to transform, it would be fine.
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In the evening!
After eating the medicinal food, Dugu Han picked up a bowl of medicinal soup with ice mist constantly surging.
The medicinal soup is called Ice Soul Dragon Soup!
It is made according to the Dugu family's inherited prescription.
In that prescription, the medicinal effects of other materials are used to protect the body's veins, so that people with underdeveloped bodies and particularly fragile veins can absorb the essence of soul beasts safely.
So there is no need to make other changes. Just replace the top poisonous snake soul beast essence blood with the essence blood of the 50,000-year-old Ice Crystal Dragon, and it can be used directly.
Only half a drop of Ice Crystal Dragon essence blood was added, but the Ice Soul Dragon Soup already exuded a chilling cold air.
A wisp of ice mist rose from the surface of the soup, intertwining in the air and forming a vague ice crystal dragon phantom.
For a moment, the temperature of the entire ice house dropped significantly.
Dugu Han took a deep breath of the icy air and felt refreshed.
He picked up the jade spoon and scooped a spoonful into his mouth.
In an instant, an extremely icy breath exploded from the tip of his tongue, quickly permeating his entire mouth and then spreading throughout his body.
The icy air wandered freely within him, finally rushing straight into the origin of his ice serpent martial soul.
After absorbing this icy breath, Dugu Han's Ice Serpent Martial Soul—originally weak and slightly sluggish due to malignant mutation—seemed to be rejuvenated.
It also conveyed to him a need called desire, and a feeling of joy and excitement because its origin was strengthened.
"It works!"
Dugu Han was delighted. He then took the Ice Soul Dragon Soup, drank it all quickly, and immediately began practicing and refining the medicinal power within his body.
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The next morning!
Dugu Han refined all the medicinal power of the Ice Soul Dragon Soup in his body, opened his eyes, stood up, and summoned his Ice Serpent Martial Soul.
The scales on the Ice Serpent Martial Soul were brighter than when the martial soul had just awakened, and its previously sluggish eyes also appeared more spirited.
Dugu Han looked at his Ice Serpent Martial Soul, which had already undergone some subtle changes and smiled.
One year!
No, it won't take a year!
Dugu Han looked at the medicinal bath prepared beside him.
The medicinal bath had changed from milky white to ice blue and was filled with cold air because of a drop of 50,000-year-old Ice Crystal Dragon's blood.
He had a feeling that with the help of the Ice Soul Dragon Soup and the medicinal bath—also infused with Ice Crystal Dragon's blood—his malignantly mutated Ice Serpent Martial Soul would undergo a huge transformation in less than a year.
Thinking of this, Dugu Han smiled and walked toward the medicinal bath with Ice Crystal Dragon's blood.
When he reached the bath, he stretched out his hand to feel it.
Ice cold!
Extremely cold!
Compared to the Ice Soul Dragon Soup with only half a drop of Ice Crystal Dragon essence blood, the medicinal bath with a full drop of Ice Crystal Dragon essence blood was even colder.
"When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart and mind suffer and his muscles and bones work hard..."
Dugu Han silently recited a famous saying from his previous life, took off his clothes, took a deep breath, and jumped in.
As soon as he entered the medicinal bath, Dugu Han shuddered, feeling as if he was frozen in a piece of ten-thousand-year-old ice, wrapped in the extremely cold.
The coldness, like countless sharp ice needles, penetrated from his skin into the depths of his bone marrow.
Dugu Han was instantly engulfed by the cold below his head. His teeth chattered uncontrollably, making a clattering sound, and every inch of his pores was desperately contracting, trying to resist the piercing cold—but to no avail.
The hot air he exhaled instantly condensed into a white mist, quickly forming a fine ice mist.
"When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart and mind suffer..."
"The sword is sharpened by grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold."
"Only those who endure the most bitter hardships can become the best!"
"As long as you are willing to endure hardships, there will be…."
Dugu Han closed his eyes tightly, circulating his soul power and absorbing the medicinal energy from the bath. He silently recited classic sayings about enduring hardships, using his willpower to resist the chill that penetrated deep into his bones.
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End of this chapter.