Chapter 266: Five-Tailed Spirit Fox Bai Ning

Splash—

The cold pool broke open again.

Yunhe, stepping on the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's head, left the cold pool together; as Yunhe cast a spell, they flew straight out of the seal.

However, the moment they left the seal, an intense cold air suddenly surged from the opened gap, causing the already frost-filled cave to once again condense a thick layer of ice.

Yunhe tapped his foot, and in a flash he arrived beside the seal pillar.

He unhesitatingly poured his mana into it.

With a hum, the seal that had become insubstantial solidified again.

The temperature inside the cave also partially recovered.

Afterward.

Yunhe then continuously poured mana into the seal pillar here until the seal solidified again, and the cold air bursting from the cold pool could no longer affect the cave.

The entire process of reinforcing the seal lasted three days.

To be honest.

Given the seal's demand for mana, a cultivator at the early Golden Core stage might not necessarily be able to endure it, but for Yunhe now, it's certainly no trouble.

After the seal reinforcement was completed, Bing Gui Xianzi had not yet returned with the disciples of the Ice Immortal Pavilion, so Yunhe brought the Cold Chant Flood Dragon back to his Ice Heart Cave.

He originally intended to inform Bing Gui Xianzi that he had subdued the Cold Chant Flood Dragon, after all he had encountered it in the Abyssal Cold Pool of the Ice Immortal Pavilion, and as the true master of the Ice Immortal Pavilion, he should let her know.

But since she hadn't returned yet, Yunhe thought telling her later would be just as good.

After returning to the Ice Heart Cave.

Yunhe then placed the Cold Chant Flood Dragon in the small cold pool outside the cave.

"By the way, you haven't cultivated any technique, have you?"

During the previous duel, Yunhe felt that although the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's demonic power was strong, it was due to its deep foundation; having lived who knows how many years in the cold pool, it drew on the place's rich frigid spiritual energy, plus its own flood dragon bloodline, gradually accumulating to attain this level of cultivation and strength.

Although the Cold Chant Flood Dragon possesses a faint trace of true dragon bloodline, its concentration is clearly insufficient to awaken inherited memories, so naturally it has no demonic cultivation technique to practice.

Upon hearing this, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon indeed nodded.

"Then practice this set for now; if you later obtain a more suitable demonic technique, specializing in it won't be too late."

While saying this, Yunhe transmitted the Mysterious Beast Technique, the demonic technique he himself created, via his divine sense.

The current Mysterious Beast Technique has been developed to the intermediate third-level demon beast stage; although it is one realm lower than the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's cultivation, for the Cold Chant Flood Dragon that has never practiced a demonic technique, it is sufficient for it to train for a period to fully transmute its demonic power into Mysterious Beast power.

Moreover, after practicing the Mysterious Beast Technique, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon's strength should still be able to increase significantly.

The Cold Chant Flood Dragon that received the Mysterious Beast Technique was somewhat taken aback.

It never expected that its human master would also possess a demonic technique, and that this technique appeared quite impressive.

"Alright, study the technique diligently and don't run around recklessly; if you encounter any problems or don't understand something while cultivating, you may ask me at any time."

Having said that, Yunhe then entered the cave dwelling.

Preparing to concoct pills.

He still had two inner cores of late third-level demon beasts; as his pill-concocting skill improved, he could now boldly refine the Spirit Grain Pill using those late third-level demon beast inner cores as the main ingredient.

Although this is not enough to raise his cultivation to Golden Core perfection, even a little improvement is still an improvement, especially since he currently faces no bottleneck in cultivation before Nascent Soul.

While watching Yunhe disappear into the cave dwelling, the Cold Chant Flood Dragon blinked its eyes.

"My master... seems rather formidable."

Not only does it know the demonic technique, but it also allows him to ask questions directly while cultivating, which ordinary human cultivators cannot do.

Yao Shou Shijie

Accompanied by a crackling sound.

The demon beast body's aura surged violently, directly entering the late third-level demon beast realm!

Because it possesses three demon cores, and because the demon beast body's cultivation speed is naturally much slower than that of human cultivators, its cultivation now relies almost entirely on being pulled up by the cultivator body.

"Finally, it's late third-level."

Yunhe estimated that if the demon beast body wanted to break through to the fourth-level tier, it might still need to rely on the cultivator body to drive it.

Although the three demon cores grant him endless demonic power in battle, they also make his already slow cultivation progress even slower, like a turtle crawling.

"It feels like breaking through to the fourth level will become a major problem."

But Yunhe also had no other way.

He couldn't just waste the huge advantage of having three demon cores, could he?

After successfully breaking through to late third-level, Yunhe's courage also grew.

Although the Land Mountain Turtle never came to cause him trouble for some reasons, he didn't believe the Land Mountain Turtle would forget this matter.

He had always been on guard, because on Huanhu Dao he held an absolute advantage, relying on formations, techniques, and Nascent Soul Corpse Refinement, perhaps he could still tangle with that old turtle for a round or two.

But now.

His cultivation broke through to late third-level, his mana surged greatly, and the three inner cores at this point became his confidence.

Moreover.

After he successfully cultivated the Thousand Poisons Myriad Insects Technique to the fourth layer, his demon sense became comparable to that of a weak divine sense Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator.

Thus, facing a fourth-level early-stage demon beast whose demon sense is not particularly advantageous, he would not be at a disadvantage, and combined with the Seek Immortal Fall Divine Bestowal, in pure demon sense he could even have an edge against the Land Mountain Turtle.

Furthermore, during this time the Corpse Soul Gu kept breeding and growing, his mastery of Nascent Soul Corpse Refinement became ever more adept, and Yunhe conceived the idea that perhaps he could bump into the Land Mountain Turtle.

Of course.

This idea was quickly nipped by him.

It's still not a good idea to act foolishly by confronting a fourth-level early-stage demon beast with a late third-level demon beast body.

However, not confronting the Land Mountain Turtle head-on doesn't mean he can't go take a look at its territory.

Yunhe actually wanted to see just how this Lord Land Mountain managed his territory.

With Instant Shift and Mysterious Demon Phantom Body at his side, he still had the confidence to investigate thoroughly.

During this time, although he was staying on Huanhu Dao, he also sent out some demon beasts to learn about the situation in the Land Mountain Turtle's territory, and thus gained a certain understanding of that place.

Just as Yunhe was secretly pondering,

The spiritual energy on Huanhu Dao suddenly became active again.

He spread out his Demon Sense with a sweep; Yunhe froze slightly, then immediately showed joy.

He only saw.

Dark clouds filled the sky, surging demonic energy rose wildly, and various scenes like mirages suddenly appeared in the sky above Huanhu Dao, as if illusions had descended.

Immediately, within that illusory shadow, spiritual energy formed a vortex.

Yunhe's figure flashed.

Upon reappearing, he was already near the sunbathing platform familiar to Yunhe.

He saw a fox with snow-white fur all over its body, raising its head, with three fluffy tails swaying in the wind behind it; all the illusory shadows came from it.

The little fox.

It was breaking through to the third level!

The phenomena in the sky were the celestial signs produced by its breakthrough to the third level.

This shows the little fox's talent is certainly not lacking, and the 'Eight Revolutions Spirit Fox Technique' it cultivates is also a respectable demon clan cultivation method.

Soon.

The celestial phenomena triggered by the little fox's breakthrough to the third level attracted many demon beasts on Huanhu Dao.

Strictly speaking, this is the first demon beast on Huanhu Dao, aside from Yunhe, to break through to the third level.

This is closely related to the large amount of 'Breeding Pills' Yunhe has invested.

Wu wu!!

After an unknown amount of time, a clear, lingering chant was heard.

Countless spiritual energy gathered, forming clusters of spiritual liquid, which were then completely absorbed by a snow-white inner pellet, like a whale sucking it in.

This inner pellet was crystal clear like jade, pure white like snow, carrying a hazy illusory feeling, and suddenly transformed into a stream of light that fell back into the little fox's mouth.

Hum—

Immediately, a faint tremor sounded; the little fox's body grew at a visible speed, while its original three tails behind gradually blurred.

Between the vague outlines, the original three tails seemed to become longer, the fur more crystalline, and most importantly, the number of tails appeared to change, gradually increasing from three to five!

Lively spiritual energy emanated from the little fox's body.

Until now, it was considered to have completed this breakthrough in cultivation base and the leap in its species, further stimulating the trace of Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox bloodline within its body, evolving from an original Three-Tailed Spirit Fox to a Five-Tailed Spirit Fox!

Ao wu—

Its body became even more slender, and as the five tails swayed, the whole presented a lively sense of beauty.

Gradually, the surging spiritual energy slowly subsided.

The little fox's tails also merged back into one.

Wu!

It soon saw Yunhe standing nearby, and immediately leapt lightly, landing happily beside Yunhe.

"Your breakthrough to the third level is really sudden, and you didn't even give a heads‑up. Although our Huanhu Dao is safe, we still need a Dharma Protector." Yunhe didn't hesitate, raising his paw to press on its head.

Hearing this, the little guy playfully stuck out its tongue.

"Besides, your timing is actually pretty good. If you had broken through when I did, the spiritual energy on Huanhu Dao wouldn't have been enough for us in the short term, and your breakthrough might then have encountered an accident."

Yunhe was also relieved about this.

"I didn't know I would break through either. Clearly I was just sleeping before, and suddenly, suddenly my demonic power became active, and then I broke through."

Listening to Yunhe's 'reprimand,' the little fox explained with a hint of grievance.

It truly didn't know it would break through; while sleeping, its cultivation base and realm inexplicably shattered the bottleneck.

Yunhe's eye corner twitched.

He also didn't know what to say.

Just sleeping and then breaking through?

Listen, what kind of talk is this.

But one cannot deny that the little fox's luck is good.

If its breakthrough had come half a day earlier and it clashed with Yunhe, then this little guy's breakthrough might really have failed due to Yunhe's influence causing insufficient spiritual energy.

But now the timing is just right.

Yunhe is preparing to go out, so Huanhu Dao will lose its protection; now that the little fox has broken through to the third level, if we add Yunhe's arrangements, as long as no fourth‑level demon beast comes knocking, safeguarding Huanhu Dao should be trouble‑free.

"Perfect, I'm about to go out for a trip; I have some things to entrust to you."

"I want to go too!"

But before Yunhe could finish speaking, the little fox directly interrupted.

"That won't do; if you go with me, what will happen to Huanhu Dao? Now that you've broken through to the third level, you'll need to guard our home while I'm away." Yunhe refused without hesitation.

"Wu" the little fox flattened its lips and let out a low whimper.

But soon it perked up.

Our home base?

Us?

"Wu wu!!" the little fox nodded its head repeatedly, and soon agreed.

Yunhe didn't know what the little guy was thinking, but seeing that it didn't object, he put away his lecture.

"By the way, after breaking through to the third level, have you gained any memories?" Yunhe asked again.

Hearing that, the little fox showed a thoughtful expression, then hesitated before nodding again.

Don't say.

This time it broke through the third stage, advancing from a three‑tailed spirit fox to a five‑tailed spirit fox; while its bloodline concentration was purified, it also actually obtained some inheritance memories.

Memories concerning the "Eight Turns Spirit Fox Technique".

That made Yunhe's eyes light up.

"Such a thing is indeed good; I happen to have some aspects of the 'Eight Turns Spirit Fox Technique' that I don't quite understand, especially regarding the 'spiritual eyes'. So go ahead and explain the memories about the 'spiritual eyes' to me thoroughly."

After a real‑world trial of the Cultivator Body's self‑created divine ability "Inverted Five Elements Capturing Spirit Divine Light", the first issue that surfaced was its high demand on the user's eyes. Yunhe's 'spiritual eyes' level was still low, so wielding this divine ability placed a considerable burden on him.

If a method to strengthen the 'spiritual eyes' could be obtained from the little fox, it would further perfect this divine ability.

And regarding the request Yunhe raised, the little fox naturally would not refuse.

It unreservedly transmitted all the acquired 'inheritance memories' to Yunhe, giving Yunhe a great gain and a vague sense of direction.

Regarding the 'Eight Turns Spirit Fox Technique', they also had further exchange.

Yunhe knew and understood far more cultivation methods than the little fox; in many aspects he offered the little fox good advice, allowing it to avoid many detours when cultivating the upcoming 'Eight Turns Spirit Fox Technique'.

"Little fellow, you don't have a name yet, do you?"

As they chatted, Yunhe suddenly thought of this matter.

"Huh?"

The little fox blinked its lively eyes, showing a hint of surprise.

"Are you going to give me a name?"

It had always envied Xiao Qingluan for having its own name Qing Yao; it too wanted to name itself but could never think of a suitable one. If Yunhe gave it a name, it would certainly not hesitate.

Seeing this, Yunhe smiled.

"How about calling it Line: Bai Ning?"

"Line: Bai Ning, Line: Bai Ning," it muttered silently, its eyes growing brighter, feeling more satisfied the more it repeated the name.

Finally its head was like a pounding garlic press, its mouth corners stretched toward its ears, an indescribable satisfaction.

Line: Bai Ning, good! It will be called Line: Bai Ning from now on!

Qing Yao and Line: Bai Ning—those two names actually match quite well.

"Then it's settled; next I'll teach you how to use some of Huanhu Dao's formations."

(End of chapter)