Chapter 1603 - 1577: Ice Lake Cave

Along the ice cave, I continued to walk ahead, and suddenly, the view brightened as a gigantic cavern appeared before me.

The entire cavern is like an ice sculpture, spanning several hundred meters in width and extending onward.

Zhang Hao estimated based on his sensations that the temperature here is already around minus thirty degrees Celsius, which poses no issue for Genetic Evolvers at the Emperor Level Realm.

The air is permeated with intense Evolution Energy.

Yang Xiao had previously cultivated in the underground tunnels of Wuji Island, understanding what it means when the air is filled with Genetic Evolution Energy.

This place is different from Wuji Island,

The Genetic Evolution Energy in Wuji Island's underground tunnels is neutral, not carrying attributes of ice, fire, wind, or lightning; however, the Genetic Evolution Energy here naturally belongs to the Ice Attribute, indeed an invaluable resource for those who aspire to cultivate Ice Element Techniques.

Continuing about a hundred meters ahead, many evolvers have appeared in the cavern, casually finding a spot to sit on the ground and run their cultivation techniques, absorbing the Ice Attribute Genetic Evolution Energy from the ice.

Zhang Hao stood in one spot, casually running the most basic Evolution Technique from Shendu College, immediately feeling a cold evolution energy penetrating his body, turning his entire body icy.

Yang Xiao suddenly remembered the Spirit Transformation Pearl and took it out from the Space Ring.

The Spirit Transformation Pearl faintly shimmered, and the Ice Attribute Spiritual Power within a few meters around Yang Xiao instantly became much more gentle, no longer feeling so cold.

"It turns out this Spirit Transformation Pearl has the function of purifying spiritual power to assist in enhancing evolution; it truly is a good thing."

As soon as Yang Xiao took out the Spirit Transformation Pearl, several evolvers around, who were meditating and cultivating, opened their eyes and stared at Yang Xiao.

Among them, an elderly man with a white beard, eyes gleaming, stood up and said to Yang Xiao:

"Young brother, could it be you hold the Spirit Transformation Pearl in your hand?"

"Yes."

"Young brother, would you be willing to sell this Spirit Transformation Pearl to me?"

Yang Xiao smiled and deliberately asked:

"What price are you willing to offer?"

Everything related to cultivation resources within Shendu College is free; there's no place to spend money here, so if one talks about exchange value, it must be other special treasures.

Upon hearing there might be hope, the old man immediately got excited and said:

"Young brother, I am the City Lord of Lanze City from the Beifeng Clan, and Lanze City belongs privately to me, with a population of a million; if you wish, I am willing to exchange Lanze City for it."

Yang Xiao was shocked upon hearing this; he never imagined this Spirit Transformation Pearl was indeed priceless, with this old man actually willing to exchange a city of a million people.

Yang Xiao smiled slightly,

"Don't exchange, what would I do with your city?"

A middle-aged man beside him stood up and said:

"I offer two cities, along with a peerless beauty, my daughter—how about it? I marry my daughter to you, pass the City Lord position to you, and in the future, I can even gift another Spirit Transformation Pearl to you for cultivation."

"..."

Damn, such madness?

Yang Xiao was momentarily speechless.

"Young brother, those cities out there hold no value for us evolvers, and beauties likewise—if one desires beauties, leave Shendu College, and aren't we evolvers able to pick as we wish?

I have a Treasure Jade Plate from the Ancient Continent here, along with a powerful Magic Sword obtained from the Ancient Continent; I'll give them to you without needing your Spirit Transformation Pearl, on one condition: while you cultivate, I sit by your side, and you place the Spirit Transformation Pearl between us—is that acceptable?"

If you can't buy it, just try to share it.

There are various types of sharing in this world; who would have thought there's even sharing of a pearl.

The surrounding crowd grew larger; Yang Xiao quickly put away the Spirit Transformation Pearl and said:

"Sorry, everyone, I am not selling the Spirit Transformation Pearl, nor making any exchanges."

He said this and pushed through the crowd, walking ahead.

The group beside him was persistent, with dozens of people following Yang Xiao forward, hoping Yang Xiao would stop somewhere to cultivate, giving them a chance to grab a seat close to him and enjoy the benefits of the Spirit Transformation Pearl.

The purification effect of the Spirit Transformation Pearl can reach around ten meters, with the core of the pearl being the place with the best purification effect.

Yang Xiao didn't bother with them and continued to walk forward, looking around from side to side, searching for Xiao Qingliu.

Given Xiao Qingliu's extraordinary charm, she should be relatively easy to find among the evolvers with more males than females.

Xiao Bai, being surrounded by dozens of people behind, felt very uncomfortable.

Yang Xiao noticed this, so he reached out his left hand to hold Xiao Bai's hand and walked forward.

Xiao Bai, suddenly having her hand held by Yang Xiao, felt electrified, her body trembled, and a peculiar warmth flowed into her heart, feeling indescribably sweet.

Xiao Bai's heart raced, her face flushed, as she silently wondered,

"What is this feeling, why does it feel like this?"

However, Yang Xiao didn't notice Xiao Bai's feelings, simply holding her hand and walking forward, all his attention focused on searching for Xiao Qingliu.

Continuing forward, the Evolution Ability in the air within the cavern became increasingly powerful, the temperature steadily dropping, and the number of people sitting on the ground to cultivate gradually decreased, no longer crowded like it was hundreds of meters back.

Among the dozens of people following Yang Xiao, continuously, people stopped following, sighed deeply, shook their heads, and turned back.

Xiao Bai and Yang Xiao's Beast Souls are both Fire Element Beast Souls, naturally possessing stronger resistance to extreme cold.

However, even so, both still felt the chilling Ice Element Evolution Energy penetrating their skin into their bodies.

Both had cultivated a technique specifically for absorbing Evolution Energy at Shendu College, and even without consciously running it, there's still a partial passive absorption of Evolution Energy.

This is the distinctive aspect of Shendu College's Evolution Technique.

Absorbing Ice Element energy into the body versus resisting the external cold are two different concepts.

Purely resisting the external extreme cold, an Emperor Level evolver can withstand cold as low as minus two or three hundred degrees.

However, if one wishes to absorb this Ice Element Evolution Energy, they must open their defense, allowing this Ice Element energy to enter the body, thus their ability to resist cold drastically declines, managing to resist minus fifty degrees can be considered impressive.

This is why, as the cavern extends inward, evolvers keep diminishing in numbers.

"Senior brother!"

Xiao Bai softly called.

Yang Xiao turned to look and saw Xiao Bai's face pale, body trembling, her hair covered in frost.

Xiao Bai, being at the Emperor Level Primary Level Realm, naturally couldn't resist the cold as well as Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao released his hand, patted Xiao Bai's shoulder, held her face in both hands, and smiled:

"Foolish child, speak up if you can't stand it early on; what's the point of forcing it? You head back, find a place to rest, I'll come over for you later."

Xiao Bai, with her face held by Yang Xiao, internally felt another strange sensation, gently released Yang Xiao's hands, gave him a resentful look, and nodded.

She knew the gap between herself and Yang Xiao is vast; this is a place where strength speaks, and there's no room for reluctance—previously, Vice Dean Le took her to enter Dungeon Purgatory, always instructing her to wait behind or directly go home.

Xiao Bai walked back while Yang Xiao continued forward searching for Xiao Qingliu.