Chapter 473

Taking Dou Zhao as a disciple was one of his experiments.

After all, one hand alone cannot clap.

In the Ice Prison cultivation world, Nascent Souls and Spirit Transformation almost always gathered in groups. In the future, to break free from this realm’s cage, he would definitely need helpers.

With Yin Gui and his disciple Lian Yan, Yu Tangtang, Yan Ling, plus the trustworthy Dou Zhao, the forces he could command and unite around him were already quite substantial.

As for the Taiyin Nether Eyes as a backup plan, it was actually a form of sneaking ahead. Only he could attempt it, and there was no guarantee at all.

If there really was no other choice, he would try it.

But when there were other choices and opportunities, there was no need to pin hopes on the stability of a “random cross-world teleportation” eye technique. The uncontrollable risk was simply too great.

Moreover, whether it could even be derived was still unknown.

After all, according to common sense, only by reaching the sixth-rank Void Refinement realm would one widely employ spatial power. Whether the Taiyin Nether Eyes, which could be derived up to fifth rank in the future, could achieve this, could not be determined.

After receiving Wang Yu’s transmitted technique.

Dou Zhao said energetically: “Master, where are we going next?”

Wang Yu smiled lightly.

“Since the Azure Cloud Sect cultivators are looking for me, let them find me. Who is the hunter and who is the prey is still uncertain.

“Before that, let me introduce you to a new friend.”

Wang Yu patted the upgraded spirit beast bag at his waist. A pure-white seven-tailed snow fox with some ice-blue patterns suddenly leaped out.

It was none other than the little fox Snowjade.

Back when he left the Crimson Kite, Snowjade had taken the opportunity to swallow the Bloodline Treasure Pill and entered a metamorphosis state. Her original lower-grade Earth-rank bloodline had fully activated the maximum effect of the Demon Blood Reversal Origin Treasure Pill.

This caused Snowjade’s bloodline to rise by an entire major stage.

Directly ascending to lower-grade Heaven-rank!

From having chance of breaking through to Nascent Soul, it directly became hope of breaking through to Spirit Transformation as a Heaven-rank demon clan bloodline. The nine-tailed blood within her body had even been stimulated to seven tails.

If she could advance her bloodline further to above Heaven-rank, she could fully activate the power of the nine tails. The prospects were extremely promising.

Demon clan cultivation placed great emphasis on bloodline.

Often, bloodline determined the upper limit of cultivation. Breaking this restriction was even more difficult than human cultivators reversing their wasted spiritual roots to change their fate.

It was a true shackle existing within the bloodline.

Snowjade’s awakening had happened only in the past year. Introducing her to Dou Zhao was also to have Snowjade look after her in future operations.

“What a beautiful little fox.”

Seeing the fluffy and cute creature, as long as one wasn’t a psychopath or had special fetishes, one couldn’t help wanting to get close. Dou Zhao giggled and leaned over.

Something Wang Yu had not expected at all happened.

Snowjade raised her head high, walking with elegant steps around Dou Zhao in circles, with a scrutinizing expression.

She huffed: “Little girl, you should call me Lady Snowjade. This one is Master’s number one spiritual pet. Even if you are Master’s disciple, before your cultivation surpasses mine, you should call me Sister!

“Clumsy and reckless. Is ‘little fox’ something you can casually call?”

Dou Zhao was immediately frightened into covering her mouth. She couldn’t figure out Snowjade’s temperament and looked at Wang Yu with pitiful big eyes, saying softly.

“Master, is Sister Snowjade a third-rank spiritual pet?”

“Peak third-rank. This time, after her bloodline metamorphosis succeeds, she should smoothly break through to fourth-rank and take human form. She’ll be quite useful then.”

It had to be said, Dou Zhao’s appearance already leaned toward the seductive side. At first glance, she gave off the feeling of a scheming green-tea vixen.

In reality, it was only her looks. She was actually quite smart.

Knowing to borrow his influence, once Wang Yu spoke, Snowjade naturally had nothing more to say. She rolled into a ball and jumped onto Wang Yu’s shoulder, comfortably rubbing against his cheek.

In a coquettish voice: “Master, when will you help me break through? Yu Niang can’t wait to take human form and cultivate that bloodline secret art.”

[Note:- Yu Niang (“Jade Maiden”)]

The secret art she spoke of.

It was naturally one of the Beast God inheritances the Human Desire Art. In theory, its upper limit was lower-grade Heaven-rank, but for Wang Yu, advancing it another rank would not be difficult at all.

At that time, it might very well break through the secret art’s limit and help Snowjade achieve a bloodline grade above Heaven-rank, with extremely little cost.

At most it would consume some time. That was why he had told Snowjade about it long ago. She had followed him ever since she was a first-rank young fox.

She had no resistance toward the Human Desire Art — in fact, she was extremely eager.

After all, as long as she cultivated long enough, her path to becoming strong would be smooth sailing. Once again proving that choosing the right person was far more important than struggling alone.

As for the item Snowjade needed for her breakthrough, Wang Yu had prepared it long ago, the fourth-rank spiritual material he obtained in Eastern Extreme Capital: the Heavenly Yin Divine Pearl!

This treasure was condensed from the essence of a massive amount of Heavenly Yin Divine Water.

He had given one to Yin Gui, used one himself, and still had two left. They were perfectly suited as breakthrough items for water, ice, or yin-attribute cultivators.

With this pearl’s assistance, as long as Snowjade endured the lightning tribulation, she could smoothly take human form. The difficulty would not be too high.

Moreover, in the Human Emperor’s secret vault, Wang Yu had harvested a large pile of fourth-rank magic treasures suitable for women, the “spoils of war” of the young Human Emperor, including quite a few love tokens.

Picking a few for Snowjade to use during her tribulation was the most appropriate choice.

After giving these instructions.

Snowjade’s demeanor indeed relaxed significantly. She told Wang Yu about the changes brought by this bloodline metamorphosis. The first was her life-bound demon treasure.

The main ability of the Snow Fox Robe was illusionary transformation. From five tails representing five treasure forms, it had advanced to seven tails representing seven forms.

From sword, ribbon, mirror, orb, and lamp.

Two more were added: scissors and cauldron!

Combined with her life-bound divine ability [Heavenly Fox Five Transformations → Seven Transformations], she could display different demon clan divine abilities with varying effects. Her foundation had increased tremendously.

Her methods for dealing with different enemies were also much richer.

She had truly achieved a lifelong “service” system where one treasure served multiple uses. It was extremely convenient, and the power was very ferocious. Now that she could receive her bloodline power’s enhancement, the effect was even more extraordinary.

Wang Yu felt a bit envious.

In comparison, his magic treasures were quite ordinary. The only fifth-rank spirit treasure, the Coiling Dragon Ring, had power that was quite average among spirit treasures. Its true effect lay in the Human Emperor authority of the ancient Immortal Dynasty.

His combat strength exceeded the standard mainly through divine abilities. From beginning to end, only the Blood and Flesh Demonic Sword was truly useful and could amplify quite a bit of combat power.

After seclusion ended.

The usage of the Idle Slots would enter a new stage.

With Asura Dao intent and Aurora Escape Technique as the focus. Worth mentioning was that Dao intent could also be placed individually as an “Idle Item” to receive stable long-term improvement.

It was just that the efficiency was rather average.

The fifth-rank divine abilities he had practiced before had only reached the entry level. Being able to cast them was enough. To reach minor or major accomplishment would take centuries.

It was somewhat not worth it. It was better to turn to strengthening his own foundational combat power and first improve the long-delayed projects like the Aurora Escape Technique.

Especially the Aurora Dao intent. Once comprehended, it could directly enter the fifth-rank level, giving him unmatched speed under the heavens. For the current situation, it was exactly what he needed.

Returning to the main topic.

After arranging everything for Snowjade, he still needed to find a suitable fourth-rank spirit vein location for her breakthrough. Breaking through to Nascent Soul required heaven-and-earth spiritual energy.

Even with Wang Yu’s wealth, providing it all with supreme-grade spirit stones would be somewhat extravagant. Therefore, Snowjade’s breakthrough would be linked to his hunting plan.

“You two, come closer.”

“Master.”

“Master.”

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The first peak of the Ice Prison Realm — Kuangmei Mountain.

This place was not far from Ice River Pass, at the border between Crimson Kite and Taihu. It was a landmark giant peak like a boundary marker, with part of it belonging to the demon clan of the Northern Severed Boundary Mountain Range.

It was a tripartite contested area. The geographical advantage was too prominent, so in the past this mountain rarely had clear ownership.

The Blood Reversal Sect and the Nether Mountain Sect had set their sights on this mountain.

They were not wrong, but they had overlooked the power of the Northern Land demon clan.

On this day.

Around Kuangmei Mountain, Wang Yu and Dou Zhao rode the seven-tailed snow fox from the Northern Severed Boundary Mountain Range to the vicinity. If not for being blocked by the Blazing Sun Sect’s Fire Crow Army, they could have gotten much closer.

Descending from Snowjade, Wang Yu said.

“Snowjade, are you sure you don’t want to find a place inside the Northern Land demon clan to break through? Over there, your master still has some face.”

“No need.”

Snowjade shook her head decisively.

“Master’s hunting plan is more important. Besides, the snow fox clan also exists within the Northern Land demon clan. If they discover me, it would cause some trouble.”

The snow fox clan was born deep within the Endless Ice Plains and had a good relationship with the Ice Clan. This branch in the Northern Land demon clan split off long ago and had not even produced a Demon King.

It existed only as an “intelligence base station.”

Many ice-attribute demon clans had good relations with the Ice Clan. In the tribal era of ancient times, it was mostly in the form of demon clans attaching to the Ice Clan, forming stable hunting alliances.

Back then it was for survival. The current situation was completely different.

The Ice Clan had declined to only a few tribes remaining. The ones inheriting ancient traditions and culture were only the gatekeeper tribe of the Frost Demon Sealing Ground.

Additionally, on the Taihu side, one of the Seven Righteous Sects, the Northern Suppression Tower, also had an unclear relationship with the Endless Ice Plains and rarely appeared in the world. It had already missed participating in the righteous-demonic war three times.

Therefore.

Snowjade’s reasoning had some overly cautious logic.

“Since you’re not going, then we’ll take the Kuangmei Mountain route. This place is vast with many spiritual veins. The higher up, the higher the grade of the spirit veins.”

Being able to become the first peak of the Ice Prison Realm, the strength of its earth veins could also be called number one in the Ice Prison Realm, and it possessed relatively rare plateau terrain.

The elevation was about a thousand zhang higher than other places.

Fighting here would be a test for low-rank cultivators.

Wang Yu said.

“You two stay here for now. I will go up the mountain to scout the situation and return soon.”

Relying on the overbearing effect of the [Return-to-the-Void Concealing Heaven Incantation].

Wang Yu could hide in the spatial interlayer. Even if face-to-face and overlapping, under the effect of spatial secret power, it would be difficult to discover him.

The Void Dao Compendium was indeed a good thing. In the future he could try to collect more Void Dao Compendiums to study. Perhaps even after leaving the Ice Prison Realm, they could play a significant role.

While scouting alone for intelligence, Wang Yu also wanted to contact reliable people to compare information and plan the next actions. If the hunting of Nascent Souls had demonic path cooperation, it would naturally proceed more smoothly.