Ice Emperor

[By the way, I really admire the host's resilience. After seeing Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan's battle, you had a thirst for unparalleled strength, but you were still able to resist your inner desires and fight with yourself for five years, the host's mind and willpower is truly something to be admired.]

The system's androgynous voice sounded in Lu Yunxiao's mind.

Lu Yunxiao smiled slightly, stopped at a small stall, took fresh ingredients in his hand, and replied in his mind, 'It is precisely because I desire strength that I made this choice. What I want is not a small advance for Dou Zhe that would benefit me in the short term, but would end up limiting me in the future. I'd rather spend 5 years building my foundation and have my way to the top clear.'

'These 5 years served to establish a perfect foundation, and with that, sooner or later I will be at the top of the continent.'

Lu Yunxiao spoke softly, but his tone was full of determination, full of strong self-confidence, as if his being on top of the continent in the future was a fact.

[The host's trust is commendable.] Hearing Lu Yunxiao's words, the system responded still with its cold tone.

"Part of my confidence comes from you. My talent isn't bad, and with your help, why wouldn't I be the strongest?"

Lu Yunxiao stored the ingredients in his space ring and, after paying, started walking again and said in his head.

He has a strong physique and is knowledgeable about future events and where the greatest opportunities lie, plus he is an extremely rare type of person who has no set destiny. Give him a few years, and he will become the strongest on the continent.

But the road is still long, and the system can give him a great advantage, so that his ascension does not have many detours, not to mention that, if there was no system, he might not even have the opportunity to come to this world.

He's not a completely arrogant person. He sees reality very clearly. He and the system need each other, and no one can deny that. The system relies on him to get rid of his limitations and become an independent life form, and he also relies on the system to accelerate his growth, ultimately this is really a win-win thing.

[Hearing the host say this, this system is happy. Compared to previous hosts of this system, you are the best in every way.]

The system voice sounded again.

Hearing this, Lu Yunxiao couldn't help but smile as he slowly continued walking home.

After about a quarter of an hour, Lu Yunxiao stopped in front of a shop.

(EN: A Quarter of an Hour= 15 min)

[Native Land] was written at the entrance of the shop, this shop is recognized as the best map shop by the people of Mocheng.

This store is different from other stores. Although it is located in Mocheng, where the temperature is very hot, the atmosphere here is quite cool, and the place is a bit gloomy.

Lu Yunxiao directly entered the store.

There were several shelves full of maps. These maps are made in exquisite detail, and every route on them is depicted very clearly. You can see that they are first class jobs at a glance.

Across the store, at the counter, a man in a blue shirt and a white beard was looking at a map and drawing lines on the map with a pen, trace by trace.

"Are you back yet? So hurry up and make lunch, I'm starving."

Hearing footsteps outside the door, the old man did not raise his head and spoke in a distracted voice.

"You're so lazy." Hearing this, Lu Yunxiao frowned and said a little annoyed, but even so, he walked towards the back of the store already taking out some ingredients that he stored in his ring.

That damn old man, ever since he tried to cook once when he was eight, the old idiot never cooked again and left him all the food.

The reason is that he cooks better than the old man from the first try, so the old man made him cook all the time.

"By the way, what are we going to eat today?" the old man asked again in his distracted voice.

"I bought a few pounds of Level 2 Iron Armored Rhino meat, I'll marinate it with brandy and then roast it. It'll be ready by noon."

Lu Yunxiao said casually as he continued walking.

"Iron armored rhino meat, that's not bad, I like it."

The old man said, stopped with the pen in his right hand and asked, "Aren't you ready to advance to Dou Zhe? You've been in the same kingdom for five years. The base is extremely important, but I think this is too much."

"If you advanced earlier, with your talent, you would at least be a Da Dou Shi, maybe Dou Ling if you tried hard enough."

"I know, but what about Dou Ling? Old man, my goal is not as shallow as you think. Dou Huang and Dou Zong are not my pursuit, Dou Zun and Dou Sheng are not where I intend to stop either."

Lu Yunxiao shrugged and said bluntly.

"Such big words, wait at least until you break through to Dou Zhe before saying such grandiose things."

The old man raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully.

"Heh, I don't care if you don't believe it, but sooner or later, whether it's Dou Zun or Dou Sheng, I'm going to catch up with them, and then overtake them." Lu Yunxiao said calmly.

"Oh, and in the afternoon I will advance to Dou Zhe."

"Oh?" Hearing this, the old man put the pen on the table, stood up, and looked at Lu Yunxiao in surprise, "Are you finally going to advance?"

"Yes, my base is already perfect and I can move forward without any problems." Lu Yunxiao said calmly.

"Well, finally. I have a level 4 Qi Gathering Pill here. Take it." The old man turned his hand palm up and a small jade box suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Qi Gathering Pill?" Lu Yunxiao took two steps forward, took the jade box, opened it and a medicinal perfume spread through the store, inside the box was a transparent pill.

Pills aren't a rare thing for him, but it's in fact the first time he's seen a Qi-gathering pill.

Lu Yunxiao closed the jade box and placed it in her space ring.

"Although I don't need this thing for a breakthrough, but since you're kind, so I'll take it. I just bought a Space Ring. Now my money isn't abundant, this pill must be worth good money."

Lu Yunxiao said with a sly smile.

"Screw this!" Hearing Lu Yunxiao's words, the old man suddenly became angry and kicked his leg.

Lu Yunxiao laughed, turned around, walked quickly to the door at the back of the store and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

"Bloody brat." The old man grumbled, but he had a small smile on his face, and soon began drawing lines on the map again after he sat down and picked up his pen.

The old man who draws the lines on the map has only decent strength, and yet he could casually drop a level 4 pill. The old man's identity is really very obvious.

He was once the Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong, one of the top ten experts of the previous generation of the Jiama Empire. He had the exaggerated feat of freezing an entire city to his name. Once he was a Dou Huang.

Just a few decades ago, he was cursed by Queen Medusa in the Tagore Desert, and his strength was suppressed to the Dou Ling stage.

Only by breaking the seal can he restore his original strength.

And when he first met Lu Yunxiao, it was when he was collecting the herbs to refine the Destruction Pill, a level 6 pill used to break the snake's curse seal.