Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Aupin looked around and saw that everyone’s emotions had stabilized. A light of hope flashed in his eyes and he felt a little relieved.

He ordered Yellowteres to command the people and start rebuilding the camp, and at the same time set up a barrier and lay defensive traps.

Inside the tent, Aupin, Palebeard, Violette, and Blueteres gathered together.

Palebeard spoke first, he was ashamed and began confessing, “It’s all my fault! I didn’t expect the goat’s flesh to be poisonous. I was blinded in the sight of potential benefits. When I saw that the herd was large, I should have noticed the strangeness and been aware of the possible dangers!”

Aupin shook his head slightly and said, “This island is dangerous and weird, we all wanted to get more food. This is not your fault, Palebeard. As the leader, I am even more to blame. However, there is no point in thinking about these mistakes now. Think about it carefully, how can we solve this problem?”

Palebeard sighed and expressed his own opinion, “Everyone is suffering from this freeze poison, which is a strange poison indeed. On the surface, it seems like if you leave a certain distance from here, the freeze poison effects will occur. But in fact, I think the reason is the temperature.

“We are close to the snow mountain peak, so the temperature here is low and the freeze poison does not show its effects. After we walk away from the snowy mountain peak, the farther we go, the higher the temperature. After reaching a certain temperature, the freeze poison in our bodies will be triggered.

“The most direct evidence for this is the goat fur clothing! When we take off our fur jackets, the temperature of our body drops rapidly and the symptoms of the freeze poison are alleviated a lot.

“This is everything I know about this freeze poison.”

After Palebeard finished speaking, he cast his eyes on Violette.

Not only him, but Aupin and Blueteres were all looking at Violette.

In fact, everyone knew that the problem involved a toxin. As a potioneer, Violette was the one who had the most authority.

Ever since Violette regained her strength, she started medicine experiments with the goat meat and her own blood.

She held a glass test tube in her hand and was carefully pouring some kind of particle into it.

The test tube was filled with blood-like liquid. After the particles were poured in, it suddenly looked like boiling water as a ton of bubbles appeared.

Finally, the entire test tube burst open with a soft bang.

The bright red liquid inside was spilled on the tent carpet.

Violette didn’t care about the liquid. She leaned down and stared with her bright purple eyes, carefully rubbing the small particles on the carpet with her fingers.

After taking a few breaths, she collected some particles and gathered them in the palm of her hand.

She looked carefully at these small particles.

Immediately, she sharply noticed that various cracks appeared on these small particles. These cracks were not normal cracks, but they were grey in color.

Violette’s eyes lit up. “Everyone, I think I found the real reason.”

“Oh? What kind of freezing poison is it?” Aupin asked.

Violette shook her head slightly and said, “In fact, the goat meat does not have any freeze poison. Before eating meat, I tested it in a variety of ways for safety. The results were correct, the goat is indeed non-toxic.”

Everyone was surprised. “Then what happened? Could it be that something else had poisoned us?”

Violette shook her head again. “The problem comes from the goat meat.”

The hesitation and uncertainty on Blueteres and Aupin’s face grew stronger.

But Palebeard had a flash of thought in his mind and he blurted out, “Is it an imbalance of magical power?”

“Yes, that’s the reason.” Violette sighed, then explained in detail.

“We are close to the snow mountain peak, so the concentration of frost elements in the surrounding environment is high.

“Goats live and breed here. The frost elements in the air penetrate into their bodies. If these goats were natural creations, their bodies could conform with magical powers and accumulate magic. When this stable magical power accumulates more and more, it will qualitatively change and condense, forming a magicite.

“But like we guessed before, these goats are all man-made. Although the flesh and bone structure is stable, they do not have the function of magic conformity. They have always been protected by the forbidden environment.

“The frost elements in the goats’ body cannot be naturally digested and absorbed. Although it can be converted into magic power, this magic power is chaotic and contradictory. Not only can it not form magicite, but it also has a characteristic. Which is, when the temperature is low, it is relatively stable and remains quietly latent in the body, but when the temperature reaches a certain level, it will burst out suddenly, forming symptoms similar to a freeze poison.

“I thought I was suffering from freeze poison, so I took a detoxification potion made of fire element materials. The magic power of the fire attributes in the potion stimulated the ice attributes even more. The two conflicted and I passed out on the spot.”

Violette paused for a second and continued, “After we took off our wool jackets, our body temperature dropped rapidly, so the ice attribute magic powers became stable and restrained, thus our condition improved quickly.”

“I see, so that’s the reason…” After hearing this analysis, everyone finally understood.

This kind of situation was actually very common amongst supernaturals while practicing.

For example… When a mage makes a mistake while casting and the ice element was not successfully transformed into mana, their whole body becomes full of the freeze poison and their entire body becomes frozen.

Or if battle-aura practitioners, such as warriors, knights, and swordsmen, eat beast meat or take medicines, but they can’t digest the huge amount of magic power in them, creating negative side effects.

This phenomenon was also common in nature, not just in practitioners.

Murlocs who live near the sea for a long time, if they enter the desert during daytime, their skin dries up and even cracks. They feel malaise and dizziness. This is because the desert during the day is full of fire and light elements. The murlocs immersed in such an environment, would inevitably absorb the fire and light elements. Although these elements were not actively absorbed, they form magic power on the surface of their skin. This magic power conflicts with the magic power of the water element inside the murloc’s body, which causes the skin to dry up, making them feel weak and uneasy.

In the Northland, a lush parasol tree suddenly encounters a blizzard. After the blizzard, all of the tree leaves fall, leaving only its bare branches covered in frost damage. This is the magical erosion caused by a sudden rise of ice elements.

There were many ways to fight the erosion of nature.

For example, pine trees could maintain the stability of their wood magic power in an environment full of ice elements.

Or for example, in order to resist the scorching sun, the rhinos in the prairies often roll in the mud to build mud armor that withstands the blazing sun. It also prevents mosquito bites. This constructs a layer of soil magical power, replacing its own skin, using a war of attrition to defend against the magical erosion from the outside world.

“Wait, according to Violette’s explanation, isn’t the goat meat valuable then? These goats seem like normal animals, but they actually contain magical powers and can be regarded as magical beast meat. Magical beast meat is an expensive resource for cultivation!” As a Bronze-rank elite, Blueteres was knowledgeable on cultivation resources.

Indeed, there was a great demand for the flesh of magical beasts during the process of battle aura cultivation.

For example, people who practiced fire battle aura usually ate fire attribute magical beast meat.

On one hand, the meat of magical beasts were rich in nutrients, and long-term consumption would enhance the cultivation rank of the practitioner.

On the other hand, after the battle aura practitioner ate the beast meat, the magic power in the meat would also penetrate into the practitioner’s body. If left alone, these external magic powers could bring harm. But if the practitioner used fire battle spirit tactics, they could quickly absorb and transform these magic powers. This not only eliminates the dangers, but also allows his own battle aura to grow.

After hearing Blueteres’ words, Palebeard nodded slightly and agreed, “There is indeed such a possibility.

“The difference between magical beast meat and ordinary meat lies in whether it contains magical power.

“However, compared to most magical beast meat, the magic power contained in this goat meat is quite special. When the temperature is low, the magic power is quite restrained, hidden stably and deep in the body. But when the temperature reaches a certain level, the magic power bursts out its essence of chaos, which threatens the lives of the consumers.

“If someone had excellent ice type battle spirit and could withstand and transform these ice type magical powers, then this goat meat would be for them.”

“It’s just… There aren’t many people like that,” Aupin said thoughtfully.

Battle spirit was a form of battle aura, a way to balance and control the magical power in one’s body.

There were many types of battle spirit, with varying degrees of quality.

An excellent battle spirit required not only a talented pioneer, but also the perfection of generations. Those who were at the top of the ladder had the most outstanding battle spirit and were recognized by the public. The number of people that fit this description was small, and could be counted on one hand. For example, the Emperor Battle Aura practiced by Emperor Holy Brilliance, the Ice Blizzard Battle Aura from Duke of Ice Roar, and the Blazing Fire Battle Aura from Saint of Sword.

The more excellent the battle spirit, the more efficiently it could absorb and transform the magical powers in the beast meat.

Under normal circumstances, the magical power in the beast meat was relatively balanced and stable, so its speed of dissipation was slow after going through meat processing. These magical powers were easily detected, and could also be absorbed and transformed.

But the goat meat was obviously abnormal.

The goat itself was not a natural being. The richness of magical powers contained in their bodies far exceeded their life rank. The structure of the goat herd was also chaotic as most of them were ordinary beasts, but only a few were Bronze-rank life forms.

Once the magical power in the goat meat erupted, it could immobilize the Bronze-ranked Yellowteres and Blueteres. But if the powers remained latent and passive, neither Aupin, Violette, nor Blueteres could detect it.

All of this made it difficult to master ice type battle aura.