Chapter 2: Shu Yan, Journey to the Extreme North

Everything that followed was actually inexplicably cliché.

Shu Yan, super martial soul Ice Sky Snow Maiden, Extreme Ice attribute, innate full soul power, clean background, introverted and gentle personality—this was all the information Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei obtained in the first instance.

This luxurious data once made Xu Jiawei clap his hands and praise it repeatedly. Coupled with the good image Shu Yan had maintained in the welfare institution, Xu Jiawei once wanted to invite the most mysterious Grand Elder from the Star Luo royal family's Offering Hall to take Shu Yan as a disciple, but it ended up being left unsettled for unknown reasons.

Among all the Titled Douluo belonging to the Star Luo Empire, no one possessed an ice attribute martial soul, so who would teach Shu Yan became a huge problem for Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei struggled with this problem for a long time, and even once had the idea of letting Shu Yan hide his name and go to the Star Luo National Academy to study, but later, Xu Jiawei quickly dismissed this thought.

The Extreme Ice martial soul that Shu Yan possessed was already the only one in the world of humans, not to mention that this Extreme Ice martial soul was the Ice Sky Snow Maiden, the overlord of the Extreme North. If this news were exposed, it would definitely cause quite a stir, and countless forces would follow suit. At that time, Shu Yan's final destination would really be uncertain...

And this was obviously not a situation Xu Jiawei wanted to see. He wanted a peerless genius who was loyal to the Star Luo Empire and hidden in the dark. When necessary, Shu Yan could become the sharpest sword hidden in the dark for the Star Luo Empire, dealing a fatal blow to the enemy. If Shu Yan were exposed to the public too early, this would definitely not be a rational decision.

It was also at this time that Xu Jiujiu proposed a solution.

The plan was very simple: let Shu Yan learn from her. As a Star Luo princess, Xu Jiujiu had many attendants, and she didn't need to study at the Royal Academy. With the knowledgeable old senior, Star Cloud Douluo, by her side, no teacher in the Star Luo Empire Academy could compare to her.

Xu Jiujiu herself was extremely good at socializing and winning hearts. As long as they spent enough time together, letting her and Shu Yan build a deep friendship would be far more reliable than brainwashing or anything else. Other troubles and difficulties to face would naturally be fewer.

Of course, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu's ideas were both beautiful, but the original friendship gradually changed in the ignorant interaction of childhood sweethearts, and the reason for the change was actually that Xu Jiujiu had raised him and developed feelings...

Everything that followed was naturally logical. Although it meant losing a younger sister, Xu Jiawei's goal was achieved, wasn't it...

This move can be described as killing two birds with one stone!...

Xu Jiujiu didn't lie this time. The next day, the Shattering Star Douluo appeared and found Shu Yan. This level 95 Super Douluo was powerful and held a very lofty status in the Star Luo Empire. He could be described as the pillar of the Star Luo Empire. But even such a powerful old-school expert was now helplessly doing the small task of taking a junior to hunt for a soul ring.

But the Shattering Star Douluo himself had no complaints. Building a relationship in advance with a young genius like Shu Yan who had a bright future also had many benefits for him... Besides, with his status in the Star Luo Empire, he knew more or less some secret inside information...

Ahem, almost went off topic.

Now, other preparations and arrangements were all in place, only the original personnel arrangement had some deviations.

Originally, the personnel arranged to go out for soul hunting should only have been Shu Yan, the Shattering Star Douluo, and the Star Cloud Douluo, but in the end, Xu Jiujiu was added.

Shu Yan didn't know how she convinced Xu Jiawei to let her leave Star Luo City, only knowing that this young lady probably wasn't scolded little by Xu Jiawei for this trip...

In terms of achievements and the state of the country during his reign, Xu Jiawei was undoubtedly a qualified monarch. At the same time, he was absolutely a qualified brother. While being rational and majestic, he also possessed the domineering and long-term vision that a monarch should have. But regarding Xu Jiujiu's safety, he was indeed sometimes too concerned. But from another perspective, this undoubtedly reflected his importance to Xu Jiujiu.

The royal family is usually heartless, but unfortunately, these two siblings were exceptions, so everything was understandable.

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The journey to the Extreme North Land was extremely long, and they also had to pass through the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire. When passing through some large cities, all four of them had to take detours to prevent being detected by Heaven Dou experts and causing accidents.

Shu Yan had already traveled this route once before, so he was naturally not too unfamiliar with it.

The Shattering Star Douluo's expression was also calm. As a Super Douluo, he was actually not too unfamiliar with the four great empires. When Shu Yan hunted for his third soul ring before, it was he who took him to the Extreme North Land to obtain it.

Actually, to be honest, one could also find suitable soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Xu Jiawei preferred to have a Super Douluo take Shu Yan thousands of miles away to the Extreme North Land to hunt, which must have had its reasons.

On one hand, the Extreme North Land had many ice-attribute soul beasts, and their quality was far higher than those in the Star Dou Great Forest, making it a paradise for ice-attribute soul masters. On the other hand, he also had some little-known concerns. The Ice Sky Snow Maiden was a super martial soul that had never appeared on a human before, and it even carried an extreme attribute, which was extremely rare in the history of human soul masters. Xu Jiawei's concern was that Shu Yan was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast reincarnated and transformed.

After all, humans still haven't been able to explore what exactly is in the core area of the Extreme North Land. No matter when, Xu Jiawei believed that one needed to maintain the necessary vigilance, even if the other party was someone he watched grow up, and later became the lover of his imperial sister...

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The four of them were busy rushing on their way, so they naturally had to sleep in the open, only occasionally going down to rest when passing through some villages and towns.

The Shattering Star Douluo and the Star Cloud Douluo naturally felt nothing, but Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan were both low-level soul masters. Even though their physical fitness was not bad, such high-intensity travel still made their complexions much worse.

Even so, Xu Jiujiu's interest was always good, and she would pull Shu Yan to appreciate the scenery along the way from time to time. This was extremely rare for her. Being able to see all the beauty of the world with the lover she had decided on, Xu Jiujiu couldn't help but feel romantic about it.

Shu Yan just quietly accompanied Xu Jiujiu. His personality became more introverted and plain as time passed and his own martial soul influenced him. Perhaps Xu Jiujiu, who had been with him for a long time, didn't feel it, but the accompanying Star Cloud Douluo felt a lot.

Although the age difference between their princess and Shu Yan was not much, their personalities were inexplicably compatible, and both of them were rare cultivation geniuses. Although the Star Cloud Douluo was usually a bit serious and rigid, she was top-notch in her optimism about their relationship.

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After three days of traveling day and night, the group finally arrived at the edge of the Extreme North Land.

With ten thousand years of development, the gap in combat power between humans and soul beasts was gradually narrowing, and the human encroachment on the Extreme North Land had already been revealed on the surface.

At least half of the original outer area of the Extreme North Land had become human territory. In recent years, humans were still slowly pushing toward the deeper parts. Of course, in this process, humans were extremely cautious, fearing that one carelessness would trigger a beast tide, and then everything would be irrecoverable.

The essence of humans is just like this: they had expectations of the results before plundering, but they still couldn't control the greed in their hearts, and it was only a matter of time before a major disaster was brewed.

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The wind and snow howled. This was also the first time Xu Jiujiu had left Star Luo City so far away. The howling wind and snow made her, who had the protection of a Soul Elder level soul power, feel a bit cold, not to mention that the further one went into the Extreme North Land, the worse the environment and the lower the temperature. Once there, it was the true forbidden zone for humans.

Once here, the phrase "frozen to death" was no longer a sigh or a complaint, but the most realistic description of the area covered by the Extreme North Land...

Extreme low temperature is fatal to low-level soul masters, but Shu Yan was just casually wearing a white summer robe. Unlike ordinary people, he didn't feel the slightest anomaly, but instead felt that the biting cold wind hitting his face was very comfortable. The immunity of the Ice Sky Snow Maiden martial soul to extreme cold temperatures was undoubtedly top-notch, and this was vividly displayed on him.

On the side, the two Titled Douluo had deep soul power and were naturally unaffected. The only one who suffered was Xu Jiujiu, who was on her first long trip.

Xu Jiujiu was fourteen this year, two years older than Shu Yan, and her soul power level had reached the level of a level 34 Soul Elder, which was already considered a rare genius. But the strength of a Soul Elder was still a bit reluctant in the face of the wind and snow of the Extreme North Land, not to mention that they had encountered a blizzard that was rare in a hundred years.

Just as the Star Cloud Douluo was about to take action to protect her, Shu Yan stuffed a pale blue crystal into Xu Jiujiu's hand. The bone-chilling cold instantly dissipated a lot, replaced by a touch of warmth.

This was a special ice crystal condensed from the origin soul power of the Ice Sky Snow Maiden martial soul. Not to mention other effects, but just in terms of the effect of immunity to cold when carried on the body, it could indeed be considered half a divine skill for low-level soul masters in the Extreme North Land.

Xu Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, then gently gave Shu Yan a clear smile.

Shu Yan chuckled and shook his head, then turned and continued walking into the wind and snow.

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3 =====