A Year in the Ice Sea

After Ye Fan said goodbye to Ling Qingshan and Hao Ziming, he returned to his residence in the other courtyard of the Imperial Academy, preparing to take the mammoth Hui in the animal stable in the other courtyard to practice outside.

The maids who were taking care of Da Hui in the other courtyard couldn't help but be surprised when they saw Ye Fan. They clearly felt that Ye Fan's aura was several times stronger than the day before yesterday. They all found it hard to imagine that Ye Fan only went to the Star Tower once and had changed so much in less than a day or two!

"Help me prepare some food for Big Gray and fill a big storage bag!"

"It's my lord! Are you going on a long trip?"

"Well, I guess I'll have to go out for a long time. I won't be here during this period, so you don't have to do any chores. Just practice!"

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Ye Fan left the Imperial College and went to the three women's house in the city.

However, he did not disturb them. He just saw that the three women's house was quiet and peaceful from a distance. No one disturbed them. He felt at ease and prepared to go on a long trip.

Ye Fan sold nearly half of his remaining rare treasures in scattered pieces, exchanged them for more than 100,000 yuan stones, and purchased enough supplies for two years of cultivation. He has used nearly 70% of the various treasures obtained from the Xia Yang Underground Palace, leaving less than 30%.

Fortunately, the remaining wealth saved was enough for him to cultivate all three martial spirits to the peak of the ninth level of Wu Houqi.

Ye Fan's current consumption of pills cultivated by Wu Houqi is very alarming. The consumption of elixirs that amount to tens of thousands of yuan stones every month can almost collapse an influential family in a county in an instant. No Marquis of Wu would dare to consume Yuan Stones at such a speed. Even a large family in a county would not be able to earn so many Yuan Stones in a year with the combined efforts of the entire clan. But he couldn't withstand Ye Fan's consumption of elixirs for a month.

For this palace examination, he is now willing to do whatever it takes.

Ye Fan plans to go out, find a suitable training place, and practice his ice martial soul with all his strength.

"Are you planning to major in the ice system in the next year or so?"

Shang asked.

"Well, during the three years in the Star Tower, I focused my energy on the cultivation of the three major martial arts, the sixth level of the ice martial spirit, the fourth level of the wind martial spirit, and the fourth level of the thunder martial spirit. But Ling Qingshan and Hao Ziming and I are not the same. We haven't opened up enough strength distance, it's just between brothers. They are both old Wuhou, and they must have hidden trump cards that can make a comeback at any time. In the next year and a half, I plan to fully improve my ice martial arts. Only by reaching the top of the soul realm and forming a complete overwhelming advantage over them can we hope to be among the top three in the palace examination."

Ye Fan nodded.

First, cultivate your ice martial soul to its peak and pass the palace examination. It will not be too late for Feng and Lei Wuhun to slowly cultivate in the future.

Shang nodded slightly and agreed with Ye Fan's plan to major in the first department, "In that case, I will help you find a suitable place for ice cultivation. The Ice Lake is the closest to the royal city. What do you think of this lake? This cold lake is close to The royal city is close and you can return at any time. Many Wuhou from Canglan Kingdom choose to practice here."

Ye Fan shook his head and said: "I plan to practice for a long time and find a place far away from the royal city, preferably a place where no one will disturb me! I plan to let Dahui come out to practice as well, and the place must be as big as possible!"

"It's big enough, and there aren't many people! ...The only one that meets this requirement is 'Yunchuan Ice Sea'! It's a little far away, but it's acceptable."

"what is the place?"

"This is not the Canglan Kingdom. In the territory of the 'Yunchuan Kingdom' in the north, there is an ice field that is vast and sparsely populated. On the ice field, there is an ice sea nearly ten thousand miles away, and the ice energy is very strong. Rent an ice field. The extremely fast third-level flying crane beast can travel tens of thousands of miles in one day, and it takes about fifteen days of high-speed flying to reach it."

"Okay, then go to the Yunchuan Ice Sea!"

Ye Fan spent three days getting everything ready, and then spent a large sum of money to rent a beast lord level three flying crane mount at the Beast Taming Pavilion in Canglan King City, and set off to fly to Yunchuan Kingdom.

Although Wuhou can also fly, his speed cannot be compared with the Flying Beast Hou.

This flying crane mount is not a war beast. It has a relatively docile temperament and can fly at very high altitudes and at high speeds. It is perfect for Wu Hou's long-distance flight.

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After fifteen days.

"call!"

Thousands of feet high in the sky, a huge flying crane spread its wings and flew over the ice field.

Its giant wings, which are more than ten feet long, allow it to soar easily among the blue sky and white clouds.

Ye Fan sat on its thick and soft back, and his cheeks were slightly stung by the strong wind howling high in the sky.

He looked down.

All I saw was an ice field below. There is very little vegetation on the ice sheet. They are all bare rocks, dark brown grass and earth. A few ice trees stand among the mountains, covered by snow. Occasionally, you can see snow deer galloping on the ice field.

On the ice sheet, a white sea of ice appeared, boundless and with no edge visible.

"This is it!"

Ye Fan slapped the flying crane, and the flying crane immediately fell to the ground.

The flying crane fell on the ice sea, and Ye Fan immediately jumped off its back.

"Go back!"

Ye Fan patted Fei He on the head. Fei He understood what he meant, flew into the sky again, cried to Ye Fan a few times, and headed towards Canglan Country.

There is almost no trace of human beings on the huge sea of ice. Only the howling cold wind cut through it like a knife.

"Big Hui, come out——!"

Ye Fan raised his hand and shouted, releasing Da Hui from the beast ring.

"Whoa~moo~!"

Big Hui landed on the thick ice, creating a half-foot deep hole in the ice.

It arched Ye Fan, then screamed excitedly and ran unscrupulously on the ice.

In Canglan King City, Ye Fan didn't dare to let it run around, so he could only let it stay in the small animal pen in the other courtyard, and almost suffocated it. Now that we're on this boundless ice field, we can't just play whatever we want.

"Come on, Big Hui, let's go to the depths of the ice sea!"

Ye Fan smiled and turned into a faint phantom, flying towards the depths of the ice sea at an astonishing speed.

Big Hui immediately took off his four legs and chased after him desperately.

Although it was at the peak of the ninth level of Beast Master, its speed was not slow, and it ran as fiercely as an army attacking.

This ice sea is boundless, and the sea is covered with thick ice.

All you have to do is dig a big hole in the ice, and below is a vast ocean of land tens of thousands of miles away. There are naturally a lot of ice fish and ice beasts of all kinds in the sea. Big Gray somersaulted into the sea with a "plop", and in a short time, a string of fresh and fat ice fish was skewered on its sharp spines. There are even low-level fish beasts that are extremely nutritious.

Set up a bonfire and grill the fat fish directly.

Ye Fan and Dahui have no worries about not having food here.

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In a blink of an eye, it has been effective for half a month when it reaches the ice sea.

Full moon.

Ye Fan took a third-level vitality pill and was meditating on the ice field, absorbing the ice vitality from the surrounding heaven and earth to cultivate the ice martial spirit. Suddenly he heard Da Hui absorbing the moonlight on a mountain peak near the edge of the ice sea. He looked up to the sky in excitement. Howl.

"Woo~——!"

The mammoth Big Gray kept shouting, his voice getting louder and louder and more excited.

"It has broken through the beast lord realm!?"

Ye Fan heard this unusual cry and quickly understood it. He couldn't help being a little surprised and a little dumbfounded.

The mammoth is indeed the number one land animal in the wilderness, a natural beast king race. For humans and even other low-level orcs, it is extremely difficult to become a lord, but for mammoths, it is easier than drinking water.

As long as you eat enough, drink enough, sleep, and reach your cultivation level, you will naturally break through to the beast lord realm.

Moreover, Dahui is an ice-earth dual-element beast race, so it is very suitable for him to practice on the ice field.

Ye Fan didn't care about it, let it practice, and continued to meditate to absorb the vitality of heaven and earth. The strong ice energy on the ice sheet formed a light layer of frost around him, almost enveloping him in it.

Ye Fan is quite satisfied with this ice sea.

It's very quiet, almost no one disturbs you. Very few people who have not reached the realm of Wuhou dare to come to this ice sea.

There are many Wuhou in the Yunchuan Kingdom, but the Yunchuan Kingdom is located in an ice field. There are many ice-cold training places, and there are many colder places than this ice sea. They may not come to this ice sea.

The only advantage of this ice sea is that it is empty and large enough, and there is no one to disturb the vast ice sea for thousands of miles.

Ye Fan took Da Hui with him and practiced peacefully on the ice sea.

This stay lasted more than a year.

"Ice Martial Soul, the peak of the ninth level!"

The divine light in Ye Fan's eyes was flowing, as if there was a faint icy smoke.

The ice martial spirit in his body has been cultivated to the extreme. From the aerosol-like ice martial spirit in the early stage of the ice martial spirit, it has condensed into the solid ice crystal-like ice martial spirit in the late stage of the ice martial spirit. It is extremely hard and filled with cold air.

The solidified ice martial soul is unimaginably powerful.

As soon as his spiritual thought moved, an incomparable coldness enveloped wherever the thought went, covering thousands of feet with frost.

Not only him, but also the mammoth Big Gray is growing rapidly.

Ye Fan allowed it to move around on the ice sea. Every day it was excited and unbridled and furious. When it got tired of running, it would dig a big ice hole, jump into the sea to catch fat fish to eat, and then run back to Ye Fan after eating. sleep.

At dawn the next day, it ran out and played around on the ice and sea again.

There are some powerful sea beasts deep in the sea. Large whale beasts and crocodile beasts are found in the sea. It is not afraid and dares to provoke and tease them.

In the carefree days, its huge beast body continued to soar, growing strong and strong, like a hill with copper walls and iron walls. Naturally, its combat experience has also increased sharply. Even in the sea, it can fight against the powerful Sea Beast Lord.

On nights of full moon, it runs up to the peaks on the ice sheet to absorb the abundant moonlight.

A year later, Dahui had already become a mid-stage beast lord, and even hunted a large whale beast that was no less than ten times bigger than it.

Ye Fan also had some doubts about Da Hui's rapid growth.

According to the records in the memorial book he read, it was not easy for the mammoth family to grow up. They need the strict protection of the female mammoth, otherwise they will die young, die, and be killed by other ancient beasts. It takes at least several decades for a mammoth to grow to the level of a beast lord, and a hundred years to become a beast king.

But in fact, it only took a few years for Dahui to reach the middle stage of Beast Lord from his birth.

Ye Fan thought for a while and suddenly figured it out.

In the barbaric era, this Shenwu Continent was far more cruel than it is now, not to mention the harsh natural environment. There are almost no humans or animals on the land, and there is not much vegetation and food. Other wild ancient beasts are also very powerful, and their competition for training places and food is many times more cruel than it is now.

In that kind of cruel environment, it is very difficult for the mammoth tribe to grow up.

But this is no longer the barbaric era when food was scarce. There is inexhaustible food in this ice sea alone. In this land of Dongzhou, ruled by human warriors, there are almost no natural enemies of mammoths. As long as the humans don't kill it, it can freely absorb the moonlight on the snowy peak without worrying about being hunted by other natural enemies.

If you eat and drink enough every day and bask in the moonlight every month, you will naturally grow very fast.

"How happy it is to be resurrected in the age of divine martial arts!"

Ye Fan touched the big gray head lying next to him and smiled faintly.

Time passes very quickly. One year in this ice sea is much shorter than three years of trial in the Star Tower, so it naturally goes by faster.

In the blink of an eye, he has been practicing on this vast white ice field for more than a year, and has cultivated his ice martial soul to the peak of the ninth level of Wu Houqi. A large amount of the cultivation materials brought were also consumed, and not much was left.

There are only two months left before the Canglan Kingdom's ten-year imperial examination.

It's almost time to go back!

In the Canglan Palace Examination, the most outstanding Wuhou in the past ten years will participate in this fierce competition. Even the Wuhou who failed to win the exam in the previous two years will also participate, attracting countless people from the entire Canglan Kingdom, from high-level officials to civilians. people's attention.

In terms of cultivation during the Wuhou period, he was ready to compete with the other Wuhou who were preparing to take part in the palace examination.

The only thing missing was a policy essay for the palace examination. He had not yet decided what policy essay he should write.

The essay for the palace examination must be a summary of a supervisor's highest experience in the nine major categories of the Shenwu Human Race, or the study of one's own martial arts training, or other things.

However, he had only been a Marquis of Wu for more than a year and had no unique experience in martial arts training.

"That's all, there are still two months left, go back and think about it slowly!"

Ye Fan secretly thought.