Outside a quiet manor a hundred miles from the edge of the Far North in the Douluo Continent.
For the past two days, Luo Zixi, wearing a black mask, had led Hu Liena, changing horse-drawn carriages several times along the way.
Although they encountered several violent inspections from the Spirit Hall along the way, fortunately, Luo Zixi was able to rely on his perception of the surrounding plants to know the situation ahead in advance and lead Hu Liena to bypass it on foot.
This way, although the other party could guess their approximate location, they couldn't find their specific position at all.
Perhaps because they were close to the Far North, even though they were still nearly a hundred miles away from the actual Far North, the temperature here had already dropped to nearly minus ten degrees Celsius.
"Ma... Master, Nana is so cold."
Although Hu Liena was a Soul Sect, all her abilities were in the area of spiritual power, and her tolerance for extreme cold was only about the same as a Great Soul Master of the defense system.
In fact, this was also the reason he wanted to leave Hu Liena behind initially. After all, according to the Life Goddess's divine test, besides the ocean, the only place he could find Soul Rings of eighty thousand years or more was here in the Far North.
He directly ruled out the ocean because a sea Soul Beast of eighty thousand years or more would have at least hundreds or thousands of its kind under its command, not to mention the Deep Sea Demon Whale King lurking in the depths of the ocean.
He himself was an Ice Spirit Body, not afraid of extreme cold or heat, and could advance and retreat freely in the Far North.
But if he brought Hu Liena, both the difficulty and the risk would definitely increase by more than ten times.
Thinking of this, Luo Zixi seemed to hear the voice of the Life Goddess again.
Damn, what should I do if I want to spank her little butt? Seeking strategy, waiting online!
At the same time, in the God Realm, the Life Temple.
"Ah-choo!"
The Life Goddess, who was previously lightly napping in the flowerbed, actually sneezed.
She slowly sat up and rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"I feel like someone is cursing this Goddess."
Immediately, she directly opened the crystal ball, and the people inside were none other than Luo Zixi and Hu Liena.
"Hmm? The Far North? Oh, as expected of the person I chose, his mind is truly sharp."
Luo Zixi looked back at Hu Liena. Perhaps due to the effect of the Slave Mark, or perhaps she had compromised, she had been very cooperative with his actions these past two days.
Although there was sometimes a hint of dissatisfaction in her expression, it was all within Luo Zixi's acceptable range.
Now that she said she was cold, she was probably truly about to freeze.
After all, she wouldn't usually say an extra word to Luo Zixi, and Luo Zixi was too lazy to bother with her, simply treating her as a bargaining chip for his survival.
Looking at her trembling body, Luo Zixi took out a soft women's cold-weather suit from his System warehouse.
The cold-weather suit had a layer of very warm second-tier magical beast Red Flame Tiger fur inside, and it was also covered with a layer of third-tier Blazing Bear hide on the outside, presenting an overall reddish-brown style.
Within the soft cold-weather suit, there was still a faint scent of milk and lavender. It was clear that this was not Luo Zixi's; it was one of the "personally worn" cold-weather suits that Xun'er had given him in the past.
Whenever the weather was cold at night, Xun'er liked to wear all sorts of cold-weather outfits for Luo Zixi to see, and after he sent her back to her room, she would directly drape the clothes she had worn over Luo Zixi.
The excuse was that she was afraid he would get cold.
In fact, she just wanted Luo Zixi to wear clothes with her scent.
He had at least eighty or a hundred such clothes in his System warehouse.
He naturally knew that this was Xun'er's kind intention, but now was an extraordinary time. If Hu Liena, whom he had gone to great lengths to rescue, froze to death on the way to the Far North, then he would truly have nowhere to reason.
"Put it on, it can keep you warm."
He casually handed the cold-weather suit to Hu Liena. In her opinion, the clothes didn't seem very thick, even somewhat thin. Seeing this, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared in her eyes.
At least she was a "slave" now; the other party couldn't possibly just watch her freeze to death here, right?
However, she didn't dare to say anything. To keep warm, she could only put the "thin" fur clothes on herself.
But when she truly put on this cold-weather suit, she realized that this was not an ordinary fur garment.
Warm, comfortable, soft. At this moment, these three simple words appeared in Hu Liena's heart.
But after the warmth, she also smelled a faint special scent mixed with lavender and milk.
As a girl, she almost instinctively recognized that this was the unique body scent of other girls!
"We will be hunting for Soul Rings in the inner area of the Far North for this period of time. You only have this one piece of cold-weather clothing, so don't damage it."
Luo Zixi's words were as cold as usual.
They had now entered the last manor where they could stay, a hundred miles outside the Far North. For the past two days, the two of them had only used cultivation to replace sleep in the carriage. Arriving here today was just right for a rest and recuperation.
After all, according to Luo Zixi's estimation, he would likely need to obtain three Soul Rings of eighty thousand years or more here.
After all, absorbing Soul Rings could also quickly increase cultivation.
Tsk, the day I slaughter Tang Ritian is one step closer, so happy!
The luxurious carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the manor. Luo Zixi knew that this should be the maximum distance they could be transported.
Looking at the sky that was gradually turning dark, Luo Zixi got off the carriage with Hu Liena, who was wearing the cold-weather suit. He paid the coachman the remaining fare and gave him a very generous tip.
Luo Zixi walked in front, and Hu Liena followed behind him.
Looking at the four large characters carved from ice beside him, Ice Snow Manor, Luo Zixi stepped directly into it.
As Luo Zixi stepped in, his originally somewhat excited mood gradually turned gloomy.
Goose feather-like heavy snow obscured their vision. Before long, they arrived at the entrance of an inn on higher ground.
Pushing open the large door, Luo Zixi led Hu Liena to shake off the ice and snow from their clothes in the entrance corridor, and then walked directly inside.
In the warm hall, a trace of cold air entered with Luo Zixi and Hu Liena. At this moment, the three burly men sitting on the other side drinking and eating meat showed a hint of fierce ruthlessness in their eyes after feeling this chill, which was not easily noticeable.
"Boss, one superior room, and a table of superior banquet."
A bulging bag containing five hundred golden soul coins was directly pressed onto the front desk by him.
For some reason, Luo Zixi's eyes were filled with hostility when he looked at the waiter, and the other party seemed to be frightened by Luo Zixi's gaze, quickly agreeing to everything.
"Guest, this is the key to the room. It's on the second floor, on the right-hand side. Please wait a moment for the superior banquet, I will arrange for someone to prepare it for you right away."
The waiter's eyes carried a hint of flattery, and at this moment, Hu Liena was very puzzled after seeing this scene. After all, according to her observations over the past two days, the other party seemed to rarely get angry, but now...
"Okay, hurry up."
Cough cough, keep up the good work