Zhongli visits a friend?

Chapter 14 Zhongli visits a friend?

Of course, after absorbing the "Ink Jade Divine Bamboo", there is another direct boost, which is the level of soul power.

Both Zhongli and Ying reached the level 50 threshold immediately after absorbing the medicinal power of the immortal herbs. Once they fuse their fifth spirit ring, they will become Spirit Kings. Twelve-year-old Spirit Kings.

In fact, this was because they hadn't intentionally increased their soul power level quickly, and had even suppressed it to some extent. The "soul power" in this world wasn't the simple elemental power found on the Teyvat continent; it contained some unsavory elements. Things that even a legendary level 99 Limit Douluo couldn't detect, Zhongli and Ying could see at a glance.

How could a world where humans must hunt soul beasts to break through levels, a world where gods intend to abandon their divine positions, be so clean and simple?

Before leaving Sunset Forest, Zhongli set up a simple array to enclose the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. With his current cultivation level, he was not yet capable of opening up his "inner vision" to directly absorb the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well into it. However, he could use some other methods.

After he set up this immortal formation, anyone who comes here will only see an illusion created by Zhongli. In other words, even if Tang San, like in the original story, is guided by "fate" to break through the poisonous miasma left by Dugu Bo and arrive at this treasure land, he will only see an ordinary forest. Nothing at all.

Not to mention Tang San; after leaving the poison array, Dugu Bo looked back and was also surprised to find that the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had simply "disappeared," just like an ordinary place in the Sunset Forest, which would not attract anyone's attention.

"Your Highness's methods are truly remarkable."

Watching Zhong Li's retreating figure, Dugu Bo's eyes revealed an increasing sense of fear. This prince of the Heavenly Dou Empire was probably no ordinary person.

Neither Zhongli nor Ying chose to hunt for spirit rings and break through in the Sunset Forest. They had a new destination in mind.

Before heading to their destination, Zhong Li and Ying returned to Soto City, bringing along two Soul Douluo-level elders from the Heaven Dou Empire who had accompanied Zhong Li. He hadn't brought these two with him to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well because the fewer people who knew its secrets, the better. After all, even elders from the Heaven Dou Empire couldn't be completely trusted at this point.

"Your Highness, if you intend to hunt for spirit rings, why not go to the Star Dou Great Forest? The spirit beasts there are far more diverse than anywhere else on the entire continent."

Dugu Bo asked, a hint of confusion on his face. At this moment, their journey was not south, but north.

Zhong Li's chosen destination this time was not the Star Dou Great Forest, but the far north. The far north is arguably the second largest gathering place for spirit beasts on the entire continent after the Star Dou Great Forest, but the environment there is far harsher for humans. Even Dugu Bo, a Title Douluo, was not very willing to venture deep into that area.

If Zhongli and Ying were ice-attribute soul masters, that would be one thing, but why did they choose to go there?

"I went there not only to obtain a spirit ring, but more importantly, to see two 'friends.' What I did before was prepare a gift for them."

Zhongli shook his head and replied. Zhongli's words were somewhat cryptic, leaving Dugu Bo puzzled; however, he was already used to Zhongli acting as a "riddler" all the time. His Highness is indeed His Highness; his words are truly unfathomable!

He had witnessed what Zhongli did before leaving. Zhongli took several immortal herbs growing in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, then retrieved a strange, three-legged, two-eared bronze furnace from his storage soul tool, and boiled the herbs inside. To him, it looked like cooking, or perhaps like the blacksmiths of Gengxin City forging armor and weapons.

Finally, Zhongli took out several round objects from the furnace. They looked like glass, but he didn't know what they were.

Although it was late summer and Soto City was still slightly hot, snowflakes began to fall as they approached the far north. The environment here was so harsh that the population was extremely sparse; one could travel far and wide without seeing many towns. And further north, in the true far north, although nominally belonging to the Heavenly Dou Empire, the empire's control over this area was practically nonexistent.

This is the territory of those two emperors. In a sense, their level is far higher than that of Emperor Xueye.

If an ordinary person were to enter the far north, even just the outer edges, they would need to wear thick fur coats and struggle to move. But Zhongli and Ying seemed completely oblivious to the cold, still wearing their usual clothes, with Ying's long, white legs even exposed.

Dugu Bo was secretly amazed when he saw this, while the two retainers of the Heavenly Dou Empire were wrapped up tightly. They couldn't understand how Zhongli and Ying could be so unafraid of the cold with their current soul power cultivation.

They don't seem to be ice-attribute Soul Masters either. I don't understand, I really don't understand.

Upon entering the far north, they did not linger but continued deeper into the land. The snowflakes grew larger and larger, the temperature dropped lower and lower, and the strength of the spirit beasts roaming around them became increasingly terrifying.

"Your Highnesses, are you really going to continue forward? Further?"

One of the princes looked slightly displeased and said...

Further ahead lies the legendary "Far Northern Core Area," a forbidden zone of life on par with the "Great Evil Land" of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Furthermore, since several legendary beings in the Star Dou Great Forest seem to have long been asleep, the current "Land of Great Calamity" is not actually that dangerous. Some Title Douluos with higher cultivation levels are not that wary, and some have even set their sights on the two beings guarding the gate of the Land of Great Calamity.

But the far north core area is a completely different story. Even a titled Douluo who tries to cause trouble will end up as an ice pop. No one is an exception.

If the goal is to acquire a fifth spirit ring, there are already countless beings at the ten-thousand-year level outside the core area. Could it be that these two princes intend to reach the hundred-thousand-year level for their fifth spirit ring? Even considering that their previous spirit rings are already far beyond the range of ordinary spirit masters, this is still somewhat unbelievable!

"Keep moving forward!"

Zhong Li looked at the vast expanse of silvery white in the distance and said, "This scene reminds me of the Dragonspine Mountains on the Teyvat continent."

After traveling a little further, the wind and snow ahead suddenly became chaotic, as if interfered with by some force. Dugu Bo's expression suddenly changed slightly.

"There are people fighting over there? They're incredibly powerful."

Even Dugu Bo, a Title Douluo, uttered the phrase "What a powerful being!", demonstrating just how powerful it was. The other two Soul Douluo-level elders had completely changed their expressions.

"Your Highness, let's go back!"

However, Zhong Li didn't say anything this time. Instead, he transformed into a streak of rock-yellow light and rushed towards the direction from which the fluctuations came.

"Your Highness!"

"boom!"

Large swaths of snow and ice erupted as four figures separated and stood facing each other. Although this was the deepest part of the far north, one of the legendary forbidden zones for humans, the beings currently engaged in combat were actually four humanoid figures.

(End of this chapter)