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"These two immortal herbs are indeed the most suitable ones."

After seeing what was in the box, and combining it with the immortal herb information he had just memorized, Li Chang'an immediately judged that Dugu Yan hadn't held anything back and had indeed put a lot of thought into selecting these herbs. Even if he were to choose himself, he would definitely pick these two and no others.

From this, it was clear that Dugu Yan genuinely considered Xue Ke one of her own. Otherwise, among the many immortal herbs, there were some low-grade ones that could勉强be considered immortal, and she could have chosen those for Xue Ke instead of these most precious ones.

It's important to know that immortal herbs are also ranked. Low-grade immortal herbs are generally numerous, with several or even more than ten of the same kind. However, mid- to high-grade immortal herbs usually only have one of each kind. Once picked, they're gone. Even if the roots are left behind, it would take hundreds or even thousands of years for them to grow back, even with the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to accelerate their growth.

The so-called 'rarity increases value' principle applies here, showing the difference between immortal herbs.

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And Dugu Yan's willingness to give such precious immortal herbs to Xue Ke shows how much she values her.

"I'll give them to Ke'er when she gets back."

Li Chang'an put one of the boxes away, then estimated the time and realized that there was still a considerable amount of time before Xue Ke returned from Yue Xuan. So, he sat in a chair and waited, closing his eyes, seemingly to rest, but in reality, he had transferred most of his mind to the snake body...

The Far North.

Thousands of miles of ice, ten thousand miles of snow.

The scene is a vast expanse of white, with freezing temperatures and howling winds that seem capable of extinguishing all life. But even in such harsh environments, life can still survive.

Under the ice.

Inside an ice cave that had been specially opened up.

The behemoth that was originally sleeping slowly opened its eyes. The nine long snake heads scattered and stretched out, each writhing and moving. The thick snake tail below was also slowly swaying, adapting to its body that hadn't moved for a long time.

Feeling the qualitative change that had occurred since its last awakening.

It muttered to itself, "Finally, ten thousand years."

Since being killed that time, in order to get revenge, Li Chang'an worked hard, adhering to the principle of '苟' (gou - enduring/playing it safe), while diligently hiding himself. At the same time, he secretly devoured a large number of soul beasts to strengthen himself, quickly replenishing the origin he had lost from losing a life.

After that, he secretly developed and strengthened himself.

After three years, he finally succeeded in reaching the stage equivalent to a ten-thousand-year soul beast today.

The hundred-year, thousand-year, ten-thousand-year, and hundred-thousand-year stages of soul beasts are each a qualitative change.

As a ferocious beast from another world, Nine Infant's upgrade system is naturally different from that of soul beasts. The reason for also using ten thousand years to refer to it is just for convenience of distinction. After all, he didn't obtain a bloodline inheritance, nor did he create a demon cultivation system. What he can refer to now is only the soul beasts of this world.

Purely in terms of the amount of energy in his body, he is now only equivalent to a ten-thousand-year soul beast in this world, but in an actual fight, with the advantage of his bloodline and various accompanying innate abilities, Li Chang'an said that ten-thousand-year soul beasts are just trash.

"It's time to get revenge."

Recalling how he was robbed of his first blood by that Ice Emperor scorpion a few years ago, Li Chang'an said that he couldn't let it go.

He said he would get revenge, and he will definitely get revenge!

As the saying goes, revenge shouldn't wait overnight. With strength, of course, he should go for revenge immediately.

As for whether he, who is only ten thousand years old, can beat the Ice Emperor, who is three hundred thousand years old?

Here, it must be said that he left a hidden move on the Ice Emperor when he died a few years ago.

At that time, he didn't do nothing. The flames he spat out actually contained a strange poison originating from Nine Infant! Quietly lurking in the Ice Emperor's body, now, after several years of growth, Li Chang'an can sense that the strange poison has already grown to a certain extent... Presumably, the current Ice Emperor must be feeling uncomfortable.

On the other side.

A vast and deep underwater ice space.

This place is far wider than the ice cave where Li Chang'an lives, almost like a small ice and snow world. There are many small caves that have been opened up, and the surrounding area is full of traces of activity.

Many ice jade scorpions, large and small, come and go in this place, which shows that this is definitely the main camp of the ice jade scorpion clan, far from the place where Li Chang'an accidentally broke in last time. That place is at most a small tribe. It is estimated that meeting the Ice Emperor in that place last time was purely a coincidence, and his luck was too bad.

At this time, in the deepest part of this ice and snow world.

The place where the leader, Ice Emperor, lives.

It is also a small cave, no different from those inhabited by other ice jade scorpions. After all, soul beasts don't care about the human stuff. They just need a place to rest.

"Tzz!"

The sound of a red-hot iron melting ice rang out.

The Ice Emperor's condition was very bad at this time, and could even be described as a mess.

Her originally beautiful jade carapace was covered with fiery red lines, and the entire scorpion now looked like a cooked shrimp, emitting terrifying heat!

Melting the ice layer under her into a large pit, even the surrounding walls and the top were melted by the heat overflowing from her body, enlarging the already vast ice cave several times!

At this time, the Ice Emperor didn't look like a creature from the far north at all. Whether it was her image or the terrifying heat radiating from her body, she seemed so out of place with the cold far north.

"Ah!!!"

"Damn it!"

The Ice Emperor twisted her burning body, uttering a venomous hiss.

For the past three years, she had been almost driven crazy by the fire poison in her body.

Since birth, she had never known what 'heat' was, but she finally met her match.

At first, when she discovered the fire poison in her body, the Ice Emperor didn't take this small amount of poison seriously. After all, in this world, the ultimate ice attribute restrains all toxins. She naturally thought that this bit of poison couldn't do anything to her, but she soon realized that she was wrong, terribly wrong!

This was not an ordinary poison at all.

Her ultimate ice power had no effect on this poison at all, and she could only watch as the originally weak poison in her body rapidly developed and grew!

The Ice Emperor suspected that this was probably the so-called ultimate poison!

Only the ultimate attribute power of the same level could make her ultimate ice lose its effect.

In these three years, the Ice Emperor had tried many methods to solve the stubborn fire poison in her body, but to no avail. She could only watch with a heart full of unwillingness as the fire poison in her body devoured her soul power and life force day by day, while she, in turn, became weaker and weaker day by day.

Now, ninety percent of her original soul power has been devoured by the fire poison in her body. She is extremely weak!

"No! I can't stay here and wait to die!"

"I'm going to find the Snow Woman!"

"Yes, her cultivation is so much higher than mine. With her help, perhaps the fire poison in my body can be suppressed or even expelled!" At this critical moment of life and death, the Ice Emperor finally thought of seeking help from the Snow Emperor. She hadn't thought of it before mainly because of the inertial thinking of being in a high position, always accustomed to solving problems alone and never seeking help from others.

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