After transmigrating, I made a name for myself through my culinary skills.

Sang Yu had a general idea of ​​the direction, so everyone just needed to follow him. They flew towards the center of Iceland, with Xiao Bai leading the way on the ground as usual, and the others following behind.

They flew on swords, very close to the ground, and Ye Lan felt as if she were skiing.

Iceland is like the end of the world, with no forests, no grasslands, and no other animals to be seen, only endless glaciers, making it extremely desolate.

Besides the white snow and dark brown stones, there were also some ice blocks on the ground, which refracted the sunlight and shone like diamonds.

After flying for some time, when the group was halfway through their journey, they finally discovered life forms other than themselves.

It was a snow fox, digging something in the snow, occasionally scraping off the snow and piling it on the other side.

This snow fox was pure white. It wasn't very big, and its color blended perfectly with the snow. If it hadn't looked up and seen this large group of people, and then dropped into the snow pit to run away and make a commotion, no one might have noticed it.

The white fox ran away very quickly, disappearing in a flash. Since its cultivation level wasn't high, and it probably hadn't even formed its demon core yet, the group of people were too lazy to chase after it. They were more curious about what it had been digging for, so they flew towards where it had been.

Upon first seeing it, Jiang Nan exclaimed in surprise, "In this icy and snowy place, there are actually spirit beasts living here. Can it really survive?"

This question was no problem for the friends on the Northern Continent. Su Ye explained to Jiang Nan, "Yes, they can. The spirit beasts in the snow have very thick fur and are very cold-resistant. Moreover, they have few natural enemies here and no humans hunt them, so they can often cultivate into high-level spirit beasts."

The Su family mainly made their fortune through mercenary groups, and they would also help capture beasts. Su Ye had also studied the beasts that could be encountered in the Northern Continent, which was something he had to learn before he even started cultivating.

"I see," everyone exclaimed in sudden realization.

But now that this is mentioned, it seems that the greatest natural enemy of spirit beasts is humans. Humans not only eat them, but also dig out their spirit cores or demon cores. The young people thought of this at the same time and looked at each other in bewilderment.

They all arrived at the spot where the snow fox had been. The snow fox had dug a snow pit in the snow. Su Ye squatted down and continued digging in the pit, revealing a small yellow flower.

Jiang Nan also leaned closer to take a look and asked him, "What is this?"

Su Ye thought for a moment before answering him: "This is the Ice Thorn Flower, which can be refined into pills to cure stomach aches and diarrhea. Animals can also have the same effect if they eat it directly."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nan asked again like a curious child, "So, it seems this snow fox has a stomachache?"

This time, it was Nangong Yue's turn to answer him: "It doesn't necessarily mean a stomachache. This Ice Thorn Flower can also improve the cultivation of spirit beasts, so it's not only something you can eat when you have a stomachache."

As an alchemist, Nangong Yue must memorize the effects of every spiritual plant, something she has been doing since childhood.

Jiang Nan was a little excited: "So, does that mean we can dig them up and eat them too?"

Nangong Yue rolled her eyes at him: "Sure, but do you need treatment for your stomachache? Or are you a spirit beast and can you eat it raw? This Ice Thorn Flower is slightly poisonous."

Jiang Nan scratched his head: "Then it seems like we don't really need it anymore."

Nangong Yue complained, "Don't just think about food. You dug up this ice thorn flower, so this snow fox will have to go hungry today."

The person next to them interrupted their conversation, "Let's go quickly, Senior Sang Yu is waiting ahead."

They looked up and saw Sang Yu standing motionless in the sky, arms crossed, watching them. Feeling embarrassed to linger any longer, they set off again. Seeing them move, Sang Yu continued flying forward.

Little White ran ahead, knowing that this trip was mainly to prepare for the resurrection of its mother, so it was very proactive, unlike the two little red foxes who were curious about this and that and could only rely on the big red fox to carry them.

For the rest of the journey, Xiaobai did not find any other rare spiritual plants worth picking, but it did find a spirit stone of a certain level on the road. It ran forward and carried it to Ye Lan.

Everyone was very envious of this, and it's no wonder that Ye Lan raised this spirit pet like a son. If they also had a spirit pet that could help them find treasures, they would spoil it too.

Because of Xiaobai's enthusiasm, everyone moved forward quickly, and they actually found Xinghu Island before dark.

When Sang Yu stopped, what appeared before them was a lake. This lake was quite large, and you couldn't see the end of it at a glance. Ye Lan looked around and saw icebergs and boulders all around. On the shore of the lake, he also saw some stones piled up into strange shapes.

To get a clear view of how big Star Lake Island was, Ye Lan flew high into the sky and saw its entirety.

The most distinctive feature of Xinghu Island is the lake right in the center. From a high vantage point, the lake looks like a sapphire embedded in the white expanse of the island.

Meltwater from the icebergs flows into the lakes, but some of it freezes again near the lakes, forming long ice pillars where it connects to the lake surface.

The lake water was not frozen, and they could even see some white steam rising from the surface of the water, making the lake water look as if it had a temperature.

Just now, not only Ye Lan, but everyone else also flew into the sky. Now that Senior Sang Yu is landing by the lake, the others have followed and flown to the edge of the lake to see what's so special about this place that makes it the coldest place in the Northern Continent.

Being the coldest place in the North, it also means that it is the coldest place in the world.

As Ye Lan approached the lake, she noticed that the water was very clear, which meant that the blue color of the lakeshore was due to its depth.

He also noticed some movement at the edge of the lake, so he went over to take a look and found that it was a bunch of small shrimp. There were so many of them, they covered the entire lakeside.

They are smaller than a little finger, completely transparent, and seem to have no internal organs, only two black eyes. They look rather delicious.

Ye Lan took a wooden bucket from her spatial storage and scooped up the transparent shrimp along the lake shore. As soon as the bucket left the lake, it froze into ice, and the transparent shrimp inside were also frozen solid.

Jiang Ning was also beside him and witnessed the process. So Jiang Ning transferred some of his fire elemental energy into the bucket, and soon the bucket of ice water melted again. The transparent shrimp were still alive and continued to swim in the bucket.

But in less than two minutes, the bucket of water froze again, and the transparent shrimp could no longer swim.

Seeing this, Ye Lan assumed that the water was hot, like a hot spring in a snow-capped mountain.

So he withdrew some of his spiritual energy and felt the temperature in the air. Then he put his hand into the lake. As soon as he put it in, his hand froze. Ye Lan quickly used his spiritual energy to shatter the ice covering his hand and formed a protective barrier.

Fortunately, he hadn't completely withdrawn his spiritual power, otherwise his hand would have been ruined.

The lake water is much colder than outside, but why isn't it frozen over and is still steaming? Like when they first arrived at the Icelandic coast, where everything was covered in thin ice.

Ye Lan couldn't understand it.

Jiang Nan was still asking Senior Sang Yu from behind, "Senior, is this really the coldest place?"

They used their spiritual energy to isolate themselves from the outside temperature, so they didn't feel much of the temperature change. Sang Yu glanced at him and asked him to extend one hand and remove all the protective barriers on his hand.

Jiang Nan obediently followed instructions, but her hand, which had no spiritual energy to protect it, instantly stiffened and lost all feeling. A layer of white frost appeared to have formed on her hand, which frightened Jiang Nan so much that she quickly used her spiritual energy to cover it again and insulate it from the cold air.

“These young people need to learn from their mistakes,” Sang Yu said casually. “Now you know how cold it is here, right?”

Having felt the chill, Jiang Nan nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice, and replied, "I understand."

Ye Lan carried the bucket of water—or rather, the bucket of ice—from the lakeside and walked up to Sang Yu, asking, "Senior, why did the water freeze after we took it out?"

Sang Yu shook her head: "I don't know either. The lake water is very cold. I even dived down there before. This lake is connected to the seabed."

The lake water is freezing cold; without spiritual energy to protect you, it can freeze you solid. That's why the streams freeze into ice the closer they get to the lake.

When he once dived to the bottom of the lake, he thought it would be at most a hundred feet deep, but it turned out to be bottomless and colder the deeper he went. Even with his spiritual energy protecting him, he could still feel the cold, so he had no choice but to come back up.

At that time, he also discovered that the waters of the island were all connected to the sea, but very few fish came here.

"Those little shrimp are really tenacious."

Upon hearing Ye Lan's words, Sang Yu noticed that there were quite a few transparent shrimp in the bucket of ice he was carrying. Looking at the shrimp, he said, "These shrimp taste pretty good, they're delicious even when eaten raw, but unfortunately they're too small, not enough to fill a tooth gap."

"Edible?" Ye Lan became interested when he heard this. He was worried that the lake water was too strange and that the shrimp in it were inedible.

"can."

Having received Sang Yu's affirmative answer, Ye Lan carried the bucket of ice to a stable spot and had Jiang Ning infuse spiritual energy into the water to warm it up. She then tried to scoop up a small, transparent shrimp and put it directly into her mouth to taste it. Ye Lan had previously eaten drunken shrimp, as well as raw marinated shrimp and sashimi, so she had no discomfort from eating such a live shrimp raw.

As soon as he scooped them out, these transparent shrimp turned completely red, as if they were cooked, and stopped moving.

Ye Lan looked at the change in surprise and cast a questioning glance at Senior Sang Yu.

Sang Yu shrugged and said, "That's how they are. They look cooked, but they taste just like fresh ones."

Hearing him describe it as so amazing, Ye Lan didn't hesitate and put it directly into her mouth. These transparent little shrimp did indeed taste very sweet and fresh, just like live shrimp, without any of the fishy smell of seafood. If they could be used to make drunken shrimp or raw marinated shrimp, they would definitely be top-notch ingredients.

Ye Lan even picked one up and let Jiang Ning try it to see if he could get used to it. Jiang Ning took the small, red shrimp from Ye Lan's hand and ate it directly.

"Not bad," was Jiang Ning's assessment of the shrimp.

Seeing them eating, Xiaobai also came over. Ye Lan scooped out the remaining transparent shrimp and put them in Xiaobai's bowl. He then set up a barrier to prevent the shrimp in the bowl from freezing before feeding them to Xiaobai.

Little White wasn't satisfied after finishing the bowl, so Ye Lan had to scoop out another bucket for it, without tasting much herself.

He plans to catch some himself tomorrow when he has time, and then take them back to try out the new dishes.

The others also heard Senior Sang Yu say that these transparent shrimp were edible, so they all found tools to catch the shrimp themselves. These transparent shrimp also contained spiritual energy, so it wouldn't be bad to taste them and replenish one's spiritual energy at the same time.

Su Bo was especially enthusiastic because he and Nangong Yue's spirit pets needed to eat, and these transparent little shrimp were just the right thing to fill their bellies.

When they arrived at Xinghu Island, it was already quite late. It was just past dusk, and the sun was beginning to set. As it set, the western sky turned pink, and even the white snow on the ground was tinged with pink.

Su Bo didn't leave the lakeside until it was almost dark. Ye Lan and the others found a flat spot nearby and decided to spend the night there.

As the sun completely disappeared behind the snow-capped mountains, and darkness fell, everyone noticed that the water at the edge of the lake had turned blue, as if a blue necklace had been placed over the lake.

Everyone was amazed by this spectacle. They hadn't been away from the lakeside for long before they all ran back to see what was going on. This time, even the mercenary groups were no exception, since it was their first time visiting Iceland.

Of those present, only Sang Yu had seen this scene before and wasn't particularly curious.

When they reached the lake, they discovered that the lake water had turned blue because of the transparent shrimp whose bodies emitted blue light.

Although they were small, when so many shrimp gathered together, they became enormous. Wherever they were, the lake water turned blue. Jiang Nan, being a bit careless, threw a stone into the water, and the shrimp that emitted the blue light scurried away. The section of lake water where the stone fell darkened again.

But after a short while, these transparent shrimp began to swim over again, completely surrounding the lake.

Ye Lan was also curious about these transparent shrimp. They turned red when they left the water and blue at night. What if they froze?

Thinking this, he used the bucket to scoop up the transparent shrimp again, only to find that the shrimp, which emitted blue light, could still emit blue light after being frozen, and the ice blocks that froze them also emitted blue light.