Chapter 284: Icebound Forest_1
She increasingly recalled the scene within the bamboo forest, and surprisingly, she felt a feminine reaction towards Chu Qin, like that of a female creature towards a male one!
The clueless Chu Qin, watching Bi Ji’s figure fleeing as if in panic, furrowed his brow slightly and muttered, "What’s going on..."
At that moment, Chu Qin noticed something at the spot where Bi Ji had been; there was a small puddle of "water"!
"Bi Ji, you weren’t peeking just now, were you?" Chu Qin was first shocked, then chuckled, "No wonder you ran away so fast!"
"Chu Qin!"
"Chu Qin!"
Just then, two familiar and pleasant voices rang out.
Chu Qin quickly left his original spot and went to greet them.
He saw two incredibly beautiful women running towards him; it was Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling!
"Xue’er, Lingling, what’s up?" Chu Qin asked.
"Quick, take me to get my seventh Soul Ring!" Qian Renxue said with a beaming smile.
"You, you’ve broken through to Level 70?" Chu Qin asked in surprise.
"Mhm!" Qian Renxue nodded, "I broke through last night! I just need one more Soul Ring to advance to a Soul Sage and obtain my Martial Soul True Body!"
"No problem!" Chu Qin replied, "But Xue’er, your seventh Soul Ring should be at least eighty-thousand years old, right? There are no such soul beasts in a normal Hunting Soul Forest; we must make a trip to Aquipeia Forest!"
"Not necessary, not far north of Sky Water City lies the Icebound Forest, one of the three major soul beast territories within the Tiandou Empire!" Qian Renxue responded, "There, we’ll definitely find a suitable soul beast! Besides, Lingling, I’ve brought her along too since she just broke through Level 60! Let’s set off right away!"
"Lingling, you’re at Level 60?" Chu Qin said, astonished. His surprise was greater upon hearing about Ye Lingling’s breakthrough than about Qian Renxue reaching Level 70, because he was aware of Qian Renxue’s heaven-defying talent!
"Yeah! Thanks to the soul bones you keep giving me, and training together with Lady Nine, my Soul Power has been increasing rapidly!" Ye Lingling said with a grin.
"Lingling, why don’t we bring Xiao Jiu along?" Chu Qin suggested to Ye Lingling.
"Xiao Jiu?" Ye Lingling looked puzzled.
"That’s the Nine Demoness!" Chu Qin explained with a smile, "Don’t you need to train together?"
"We can be apart for up to seven days!" Ye Lingling shook her head, "Since Sister Xue is in a rush, let’s head out now!"
"No, we must tell Sister Zi Ji first!" Chu Qin said, "They’ll be looking for me if we don’t!"
"No need!" Qian Renxue shook her head, "Just now when we came, we already ran into Sister Zi Ji and told her!"
"All right then!" Chu Qin nodded, "Both of you, hold onto my arms!"
Ye Lingling and Qian Renxue immediately did as told, and in an instant, Chu Qin’s eight wings unfolded, his Soul Power surged to its maximum, and in a flash, he turned into a streak of light, dashing out of Sky Water City toward the northern Icebound Forest!
The Icebound Forest, as its name implies, is a forest perennially encased in ice, located in the northern part of the Tiandou Empire, at the border between the Tiandou Empire and the far northern lands!
Just as Qian Renxue had said, the Icebound Forest, along with the Sunset Forest and the Aquipeia Forest, is known as one of the Tiandou Empire’s three major territories where soul beasts congregate.
Unlike the primordial foliage of the Aquipeia Forest, the Icebound Forest is populated with sparser coniferous trees, not as dense and lush as those of the Aquipeia Forest!
Even so, the sprawling Icebound Forest still provides a strong visual impact!
"Xue’er, are you sure the Divine Light Dragon soul beast you mentioned is in the Icebound Forest?" Chu Qin, along with Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling, had searched the Icebound Forest for a week. Indeed, they had encountered many rare soul beasts, and Ye Lingling had already found the soul rings she needed!
However, they had yet to discover the kind of soul beast mentioned by Qian Renxue!
"Yes, I’ve specifically looked into the records on the Divine Light Dragon. They have appeared in the Icebound Forest before!" Qian Renxue asserted confidently.
"Then let’s search the core area. If that fails, we’ll just have to settle for another kind. That Scorching Sun Phoenix over there looks pretty good!" Chu Qin said while searching. "I really should have brought Qiu’er along. With her keen sense of smell, we might have found it by now!"
As Chu Qin continued deeper into the forest with the two women, they finally arrived at the entrance of a canyon, where a sign stood: "Icebound Forest Core Area, ferocious beasts roam, Humans Stay Out!"
"Looks like we’ve reached the core area," Chu Qin said with a nonchalant smile. "Ling Ling, Xue’er, don’t stray from my side!"
"Okay!" Ye Lingling and Qian Renxue nodded in agreement.
"Roar!"
Just as the trio ventured a short distance further, a fierce beast’s roar erupted. They had initially thought it was the Divine Light Dragon, but the soul beast, though draconic, was a blue-black color, evidently lacking a sacred attribute!
Upon seeing this, Chu Qin’s head transformed into a dragon’s, and he let out a roar at the beast, which quickly fled with its tail between its legs!
"We’ve searched the entire core area; it looks like we’ll return empty-handed!" Chu Qin said, sighing slightly as he looked at Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue pouted slightly, displaying a look of helplessness. "Alright, there’s no other choice!"
"Humans, blood, the scent of human blood!"
As Chu Qin and his companions were preparing to leave, an odd voice spoke up, followed by the emergence of a cloud of blood mist in front of them!
The blood mist was incredibly dense, emitting strange beastly howls from within.
"A soul beast capable of speech? Could it be a hundred-thousand-year soul beast!" Chu Qin’s pupils contracted slightly. If it were a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, then they had hit the jackpot. Chu Qin was, after all, worried about finding a soul ring for his second Martial Soul.
"Blood, human blood!"
The eerie voice rose again, and a ball of crimson light burst forth from the blood mist, charging straight toward Chu Qin and his companions!
One could tell that the power of this blood mist was far from ordinary. As it advanced, the forest and plants began to wither and dissolve!
This indicated that Chu Qin’s conjecture was probably correct; this must be the hundred-thousand-year soul beast!
"It looks unquestionable that it’s a hundred-thousand-year soul beast now! Azure Dragon Possession!" Chu Qin exclaimed excitedly. Immediately, three ten-thousand-year soul rings lit up beneath his feet, his arm transformed into a blue dragon claw, revealing his second Martial Soul.
"Blood Dragon Begonia, Dragon Blood Reinforcement!" Simultaneously, Ye Lingling immediately provided Chu Qin with Dragon Blood Amplification.
At this moment, Ye Lingling had just devoured the soul ring of a fifty-thousand-year Ghost Moon Blood Begonia and had smoothly advanced to level 62!
One could see, with the help of Ye Lingling’s soul power and Dragon Blood, Chu Qin’s momentum climbed instantaneously!
And to say so without exaggeration, Chu Qin’s current state had already reached level 98!
Keep in mind, this was without Chu Qin using Divine Dragon Transformation or Dragon God’s Protection!
"Truly, Ling Ling’s support is the strongest!" Chu Qin said with a tender smile.
"Hee hee!" Hearing this, Ye Lingling revealed a bright smile.
"Chu Qin, be careful, the blood ball is coming!"
