Chapter Eighty-Seven: Violet Sun Elixir

"What? You actually got the Ice Lotus? Quickly, tell me how you obtained it! Even I would need to go to some lengths just to barely defeat those two wolves—how could you, a low-grade spirit beast, possibly have beaten them!" The moment he saw the Ice Lotus in Ice Howl's hand, Dan Chen's face was full of disbelief.

Dan Chen wore an expression that plainly said: if you do not explain yourself, I shall dissect you and study you piece by piece.

"What? Wasn't it you who told me to bring this Ice Lotus back? Now that I've brought it back, is there something wrong with that?" Ice Howl was instantly speechless, then roared at Dan Chen in irritation.

It was you who told me to fetch the Ice Lotus. So now that I've brought it back, why the hell are you, this crazy old man, still making trouble?

Why do you have so many damn issues? You are such a grown man—why can't you just be straightforward for once?

Always dragging things out and fussing over every little thing. Honestly, what an idiot.

At this moment, all talk of alchemy, of being the greatest alchemist in the Southern Domain, was cast aside by Ice Howl without a second thought.

When a tiger does not show its might, do you take me for some sickly cat? I am a mighty beast, a proper immortal beast! And you think you can humiliate me at will? If not for the fact that you are an alchemist, would I be this polite to you?

Of course, all of this was only what Ice Howl was thinking. With his current meager strength, trying to defeat Dan Chen was nothing more than wishful thinking.

"I don't mean that. What I meant was that you only needed to find the Ice Lotus's exact location, then come back and tell me, because I had once fought those two wolves. I had barely won before, but in a moment of carelessness I let them slip away again. I searched on and off for five more years and still never found them, until I met you." Seeing that Ice Howl had misunderstood him, Dan Chen wiped the sweat from his brow, sweat brought out by the sudden outburst.

He had not expected that Ice Howl, who had previously been flattering him nonstop, would suddenly fly into a rage at him.

"Uh..." Ice Howl went blank after hearing this, not knowing what to say.

He was practically on the verge of tears. Just moments ago he had called Dan Chen an idiot, but now it seemed that he was the real idiot of the highest order.

Pfft.

Watching Ice Howl and Dan Chen bicker, Lin Yanghao could not help laughing out loud. Dan Chen shot him a glare, and thinking of his own lapse just now, his face turned somewhat embarrassed. Rather than continue dealing with Ice Howl and Lin Yanghao, he simply went straight through the stone gate and paid them no more mind.

With that, the page turned.

"Could it be that you two were enemies in a past life? Why do you argue every time you meet?" Now that only Ice Howl and Lin Yanghao remained, Lin Yanghao chuckled softly at him.

After all, Dan Chen was still in the neighboring chamber, so Lin Yanghao naturally did not want his words overheard. Ice Howl felt the same.

"I and him? Impossible. It is not that I look down on him, but if it were the old days, I would not even let him kneel down to tie my shoes." Seeing Ice Howl glare as if to say that if Lin Yanghao dared call them sworn enemies again, he would truly be angry, Lin Yanghao decided to drop the matter.

His expression turning serious, Lin Yanghao asked, "Ice Howl, how did you lure that Sky Tiger away?"

Only now did Lin Yanghao finally have the chance to ask what he had long wanted to know.

"Oh, you mean that? Have you forgotten that I am also of the beast race? I used our beast clan's spirit-beast summoning technique then. Any spirit beast nearby that was of lower rank than me had to come and obey my command." Ice Howl's face was full of pride.

It turned out that after drawing the Sky Tiger away, Ice Howl had immediately fled and sent word to Lin Yanghao.

"Are you not a low-grade spirit beast now? How could it, being an upper-grade spirit beast, come and obey you?"

"You fool, I am a dignified immortal beast. Of course I am higher than it!" Ice Howl said with great disdain upon hearing that Lin Yanghao actually believed him to be weaker than the Sky Tiger.

"So that's how it is." After hearing this, Lin Yanghao understood everything.

"Then how did you obtain this Ice Lotus? According to what Master Dan Chen just said, there were two guardian spirit beasts there, and even with Master Dan Chen's cultivation at the Divine Transformation stage, he only barely won. How did you, with only the cultivation of a low-grade spirit beast, defeat them?" Lin Yanghao realized that Ice Howl was surely hiding many things from him, so he stared at him and questioned him sternly.

Being suddenly asked this, Ice Howl's old face flushed red.

How could he possibly tell Lin Yanghao that he had tricked them with an aphrodisiac?

"Ah, isn't that simple? Look at this face of mine. I wouldn't dare call it world-toppling beauty, but at least it's graceful and handsome, elegant and refined, isn't it?" Ice Howl once again employed his shameless tricks and answered without a shred of dignity.

"Ice Howl, can you have a little shame? Be serious." Hearing this, Lin Yanghao nearly coughed up a mouthful of old blood. By now he was completely overwhelmed by Ice Howl's shamelessness.

Face? What is face? Can it be eaten? Let me tell you, when those two wolves saw me, they were instantly enchanted by my looks. On top of that, I reasoned with them patiently and presented the facts, and so they immediately gave me the Ice Lotus. I conquered with beauty! I won with virtue!

Lin Yanghao's mouth twitched violently. If he were not still injured, he would have long since kicked Ice Howl flying.

As for why Ice Howl's attitude toward Lin Yanghao had suddenly changed so drastically, it all stemmed from the Chaos Ring and the origin of the Immortal Realm. The Chaos Ring had already recognized Lin Yanghao as its master, and with the support of the Immortal Realm's origin, the moment Ice Howl was thrown into the Chaos Ring, it had already begun to completely tame him, which was why he had become as he was now.

It turned out that the Chaos Ring also had the power to domesticate spirit beasts, something that had never been discovered before.

Naturally, Lin Yanghao did not know any of this at present. He only learned of it later, and could not help but praise how wise his actions had been back then.

At dawn, Lin Yanghao was awakened by a vast and powerful fire spiritual force, while Ice Howl was still fast asleep and snoring loudly.

"It is coming from inside." After some investigation, Lin Yanghao discovered that the disturbance was coming from behind Dan Chen's stone gate.

Could it be that Dan Chen was cultivating? Or had he broken through to a new realm? To make such a huge commotion...

"Boy, what are you staring at? Take this. I promised earlier to treat your meridians with it." Suddenly, the stone gate opened, and Dan Chen came out from within, tossing Lin Yanghao a blood-red pill named the Purple Sun Pill.

"And this as well. Give it to Ice Howl. Do not think I do not know what scheme he was plotting. Consider these as repayment for a favor. That way, we are even. This old man is taking his leave!" Dan Chen then threw Lin Yanghao a blue bottle as well; it seemed to contain pills too.

So all of Ice Howl's previous flattery and fawning had been for this thing in Dan Chen's hands!

As for the favor Dan Chen owed Ice Howl, it must have been about the Ice Lotus.