As per Huo Yuhao's request, Yan Shaozhe and Xiao Xiao were both released by Di Tian back to Shrek. So when Huo Yuhao came out of seclusion, he naturally did not see the two of them.
Huo Yuhao took out Xian Lin'er, who had been imprisoned in the Kamui space for a long time, and after having Gu Yuena place several restrictions on her, amid a series of angry curses, he threw her back into the Kamui space with a backhand.
Before setting off for the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao was going to take a group of his partners, as well as Ye Linlin and Meng Hongchen, on a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first.
Gu Yuena, as one half of the Dragon God, had her divine soul greatly traumatized when she was split open by a sword strike from the previous generation's Asura God back then. And the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was precisely where the two great dragon lords among the nine great dragon kings, the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, had simultaneously fallen in the Sunset Forest. Their corpses were buried ten thousand zhang below this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had also come from this, nourishing all things.
The divine senses of the two great dragon kings were, for Gu Yuena, an excellent supplement for her soul. So in the team that was heading for the Sunset Forest this time, the Silver Dragon King was impressively on the list. Of course, this was a surprise that Huo Yuhao had prepared for her and had not told her in advance.
It's unknown why, but the Snow Empress had also, as if possessed by a ghost, followed along.
The Star Dou Great Forest was located in the center of the continent. The climate was pleasant, and the temperature was maintained between twenty and thirty degrees all year round. There was almost no existence of winter, let alone seeing ice and snow.
And the Sunset Forest, compared to the Star Dou Great Forest, was more than a thousand kilometers to the north. If one continued to go north, one would be able to enter the Land of the Extreme North. Therefore, the temperature was much lower. Under this situation, the vegetation was naturally mainly coniferous forests, which were more suitable for medium and low temperatures. Of course, it was also accompanied by some subtropical plants.
Compared to the Star Dou Great Forest, the species here were not so rich, so it would appear sparse. But the vegetation that could survive here would have a stronger survival ability.
With the help of the Silver Dragon King's spatial transfer, the crowd soon arrived at the outer perimeter of the Sunset Forest. They had just walked a few steps when soul beasts began to appear within the range of Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection. It was just that these soul beasts were really pitifully weak. There was simply no need for the Silver Dragon King to release her own aura. They had already fled in disarray, let alone proactively attacking.
"They're all just ten-year soul beasts. This place is really barren!" The Snow Empress frowned.
Gu Yuena glanced at her and said, "You can't always compare this place to the Star Dou Great Forest. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest is the number one soul beast settlement on the entire continent. The great ominous land in its core area is even more so known as one of the five great heavenly and earthly forbidden zones, along with the extreme north core circle of the Land of the Extreme North and the other three extremely dangerous places."
"Let's go in first." In the Sunset Forest, they indeed had not sensed any threatening existence. Huo Yuhao was naturally unwilling to delay time. With everyone, he opened up a formation and went deep into the interior of the Sunset Forest.
Because the vegetation here was not as lush as the Star Dou Great Forest, their speed of advance was a little faster. In addition, Huo Yuhao's mood was urgent. They were almost advancing at the fastest speed. Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress occupied his left and right sides. The two seemed to have a tacit understanding not to bother with each other again.
After traveling continuously for one shichen (two hours), they had already gone deep into the interior of the Sunset Forest. As they went deeper, the vegetation also became more and more dense. They could be considered to have entered a relatively deep place in the Sunset Forest. But the soul beasts that appeared in Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection were still not of any powerful existence. Let alone a ten-thousand-year soul beast, even a thousand-year soul beast was a rare sight.
They had with great difficulty run into a thousand-year soul beast that dared to approach them, with ill intentions. Gu Yuena just slightly released a little of her own aura, and the soul beast was so scared it immediately tucked its tail and ran away. For a whole shichen, they had actually not experienced a single battle. This could simply be described as unbelievable.
In this life, Huo Yuhao had not obtained the map that marked the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Fortunately, his and Gu Yuena's spiritual power were not weak. Gu Yuena was even more so an existence that surpassed a Limit Douluo. Along the way, it was simply impossible for there to be any obstacles.
The crowd found a place with a higher terrain, which was convenient for observing the surroundings and also not easy to be sneak-attacked, and sat down to rest for a while.
"How much further is it?" Meng Hongchen was a little impatient and couldn't help but ask.
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "I don't know. While it's still light and the view is open, it will probably take at most three to five days for us to find our destination."
"So hungry," Xie Huanyue sat down on the ground with a plop, his face listless.
"You... didn't you just eat a wild boar an hour ago?" Ye Linlin was dumbfounded. She had just joined this team and was not very familiar with Huo Yuhao's original partners.
"Haha, he can eat four big elephants in one day!" Cui Yejie laughed loudly and explained to her.
Meng Hongchen's face was strange. She looked at Xie Huanyue with some fear. She was afraid that this fellow would even eat them when he got hungry.
Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of something and suddenly took out pieces of thumb-sized green metal from his Kamui space.
"This is for you all."
As Huo Yuhao spoke, he distributed all the metal in his hands to his partners and the Snow Empress.
Seeing the thing in Huo Yuhao's hand, Gu Yuena was furious. How could she not recognize this thing? This was clearly pried from the pedestal of the Gold of Life!
"It's a waste for this thing to be placed there and not used. We should cooperate for a win-win! In the future, if there are any benefits, I will think of you!" Seeing that Gu Yuena had a tendency to go berserk, Huo Yuhao hurriedly transmitted his voice to comfort her.
"You'd better have only pried these!"
Gu Yuena turned her head away in a huff and ignored him.
Ye Linlin and Meng Hongchen, who had been given the Gold of Life, their faces were a little dazed. The former even more so hurriedly asked, "This... this is for me?"
"Mmm, that's all. One piece for each person," Huo Yuhao nodded at her. For those who were willing to follow him, he would never be stingy.
"I can't see it. This boy is quite generous," Meng Hongchen pouted, but in her heart, she was blooming with joy.
They were not the kind of people who had not seen the world. They could naturally feel the specialty of this piece of metal.
The one that Xie Huanyue had gotten was naturally the largest piece. Its total volume was enough to be on par with the Life Carving Knife in Huo Yuhao's hands. After all, some of this fellow's fighting styles consumed too much. The small piece he had been given before had already been used up.
Huo Yuhao had additionally left a piece for himself and had placed it in his spiritual sea, where the wisp of Electrolux's divine sense was lodged.
Of course, if in the future he could help the soul beast lineage more, he could also bring himself to ask for more Gold of Life from Gu Yuena.
Because before, with Gu Yuena taking them with her spatial transfer, the time they had traveled was not long. This time, the time for them to rest was naturally also a little shorter. After a quarter of an hour, Huo Yuhao stood up again and led the crowd to explore forward.
It was already afternoon now. There was still some time before dusk. The temperature had also begun to drop. The forest already had a bit of a cold and clear taste.
The number of soul beasts in the Sunset Forest seemed to be a little out of scale. At least from the direction they had entered, Huo Yuhao could draw such a conclusion.
Before, when he had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest, this feeling was not so strong. The number of soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest was numerous, and the experts were like clouds. But the current scene in the Sunset Forest seemed to also be able to reflect the severity of the destruction of the soul beast world by the human soul masters. Perhaps, in not too long a time, this Sunset Forest would really become an ordinary forest.
In the original world line, this place had in the end been sealed off by the Tang Sect and had become a treasured land of the Tang family.
It seemed that the release of the soul spirit system had to be put on the agenda. However, even if the soul spirit system was successful, at most it could only reduce the demand for the number of soul beasts. But in fact, it still had to be based on soul beasts.
These thoughts continuously flashed in Huo Yuhao's mind. He was very clear that these contradictions would surely erupt in the near future. Perhaps it would be ten years, a hundred years, or perhaps a thousand years. With the extinction of soul beasts, the human world would surely be greatly affected. After countless years, the profession of a soul master would become a thing of the past and would no longer exist.
Of course, these things were too far away for Huo Yuhao. The urgent task now was to first find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The crowd continued to advance. Even if there was danger ahead, under the situation where Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress were holding the line on the left and right, there was nothing to be afraid of. Gu Yuena had taken out her Golden Dragon Spear and Silver Dragon Spear. The Snow Empress had condensed her Snow Sword. Huo Yuhao had also opened his spiritual detection to its maximum, from time to time concentrating his mind to probe a direction in the distance.
After advancing for about another quarter of an hour, Huo Yuhao felt that there seemed to be something in the dark, which made his heart feel a little oppressed.
The Snow Empress said, "Stop for a moment."
Gu Yuena immediately stopped her steps and looked at her. "I also feel that something is not right. Snow Empress, how do you feel?"
Huo Yuhao looked around and said in a deep voice, "Have you felt that the surrounding light has weakened?"
"Miasma," after Gu Yuena had felt it for a while, she soon analyzed the truth and said.
Huo Yuhao's face instantly turned to wild joy. It seemed that Dugu Bo's treasured land should be nearby!