Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
Ep. 94 - Kirin

Yao Han asked Meirong, Yutian, and Bolang to watch over from the Dimension of the Pagoda. He did not need an escort because if something suddenly attacked him, he could directly go to the Dimension Pagoda to take cover or hide.

With the Nine Star Body, Yao Han had quite a number of advantages in coping with the cold to a certain degree, so the cold in the region did not affect him too much.

However in order to prevent anything unwanted, Yao Han immediately flowed the earth element Qi and metal together to strengthen his body. Then forming the magic hand seal of the Fire Lantern, appeared small fireballs quite a lot that surrounded and warmed Yao Han's body.

Yao Han's preparations were very precise, as the further along he walked, the colder felt increasingly stronger and snowflakes fell more and more. As Bolang had said, even cultivators at the peak of the Foundation Realm had difficulty surviving in this place.

Feeling a little disappointed, Yao Han with his special eye strength had yet to find the Ice Soul Lotus.

"Actually I doubt a little there is an Ice Soul Lotus growing here, but I agree that the magic plant could cause this phenomenon." Yutian.

"Master She, if this cold region covers several kilometers, it's likely that the Ice Soul Lotus that grows here is many, isn't it?" sahut Bolang's.

"Yes, you have a point. The coldness of one thousand year old Ice Soul Lotus could be felt at most three hundred meters away. Another possibility, there was only one or two Ice Soul Lotuses growing up, but they were so old. Five thousand years? Ten thousand years? Given the older the plant is, the colder the chill it can let go."

"I've never known there was such an old magic plant. It is definitely a precious treasure and if sold it will be very expensive."

Yutian laughed as Bolang's remark indirectly showed the Night Wolf had a business spirit. Something that is almost never found in spirit animals.

"If you go to the Northern Ice Fortress region in the northernmost region of the Blue Cloud Country, it is not difficult to find ice-elemental magic plants that are that old. One day visiting there, I once found a five thousand year old Ice Soul Lotus and still remembered how cold the air it released was. When harvested though, it still feels a hundred meters cold and requires special storage." Yutian laughed softly recalling his experience several hundred years ago.

"Han'er, stop."

Meirong's brief cry halted Yao Han's footsteps, as well as Yutian and Bolang's conversation.

"What's up, Teacher Hong?"

"There is something blocking the vision of my Heavenly Sense, about seven hundred meters away from where you stand."

"Barrier formation?" muttered Yutian who was trying to check and felt the same way as Meirong.

Using the Heavenly Senses, the two teachers Yao Han and Bolang found something blocking their vision was in the form of a curved dome.

"Maybe someone put it up?" Bolang.

"While it is true that there are cultivators who install it, judging from the magnitude of this barrier, the practice is at least in the Core Realm" Meirong said.

Without asking the opinions of his two teachers, Yao Han continued on his way. While stepping faster, Yao Han continued to activate the power of his Penetrating Eyes and increased his vigilance, no matter the increasingly piercing chill.

Yao Han stopped about a hundred meters away from this so-called barrier.

"Hm, the barrier is not visible yes." murmured Meirong.

"It's weird..." Yao Han scratched his confused head, then steadied himself to step past the barrier.

"Hm?" Yao Han felt himself breaking through something. It turned out that the barrier other than invisibility could also be bypassed. Yao Han's vigilance was increasing while looking around.

'Something odd what causes this weirdness?' Yao Han no longer felt the extreme cold, because the cold within the barrier was just like the night chill in Flower Hill City, he said, while the ground was covered in snow but not as thick as Yao Han had gone through before.

The sound of slow footsteps could still be heard by Yao Han and made his attention focus there. Behind the trees, a figure appeared that made Yao Han's breath restrained for a moment. Other than the size of an adult elephant, Yao Han knew that this type of creature only existed in legends.

It is a mixture of several animals. Its main body was like a horse, scaly like a dragon, lion-headed, and a horn on its head was in the shape of a tapered spiral at the tip. The body is predominantly white, except for horns, lion hair, and a short tufted tail that is blue. There were also two long dark and young blue stripes, on the left and right sides of his body.

"H-The spirit animal is equivalent to the Phoenix and the Jade Snake... Kirin.." Bolang's voice trembled. His eyes widened in shock at the sight of one of the high-level spirit beasts. A similar reaction was shown by Meirong and Yutian.

The creature that walked slowly closer to Yao Han was indeed a Kirin. So stunned, Yao Han just silently stared, but did not fear or be aware of the creature because it did not emit an aura of hostility.

The white-colored Kirin stopped keeping a distance of about ten meters from Yao Han. A look at Kirin's sky blue eyes and Yao Han's gray eyes met each other. Yao Han then regained consciousness when he found out that Kirin's gaze felt different from other animals.

'This makhkuk used my Heavenly Senses...'

It was only then that Yao Han realized the spirit beast before him had a practice in the Core Realm, precisely the intermediate stage Core Realm and the type of core it formed was the Golden Core. Yao Han was amazed, but not too surprised as his two teachers also formed the same type of core.

"Young man, you have a unique aura, reminding me of someone I know close."

Yao Han held his breath for a moment then narrowed his eyes. It was not that Kirin could speak human language, it was only natural after the spirit beast reached the Core Realm, but rather because Kirin was referring to him as a 'young man', something that surprised him. Kirin's voice sounded calm and dignified.

"Who are you referring to?" yao Han asked in response to the speech of the creature in front of him.

"Actually I've lived for so long and to my knowledge, the only one who has a unique aura like you is someone named Feng Xian. You probably know him better as the East Wind."

Yao Han's forehead shriveled deeply and his gaze sharpened, "How can you know the full name of the East Wind? As I recall, only fellow cultivators of the Four Conferred Knights knew each other's full names. Who the hell are you?"

"Hm?" Kirin slightly tilted her head, "I should have asked that, young man. From your reaction, you seem to know quite deeply about the Four Guards. Who the hell are you?"

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Author's note:

The cool name of the creature Yao Han saw in this episode was Ice Frozen Kirin.