Chapter 859: Seeing Each Other in a New Light

Li Qingyun said, and with a palm strike through the air he slammed the snow mountain, causing an avalanche that hurled a massive amount of snow down.

Aoo!

A tiger's roar sounded, and from the falling snow an Ice Demon Tiger leapt out.

The Ice Demon Tiger was pitch‑black all over, exuding rolling Demon Qi. The icy cold power on its body froze the surrounding air into frost.

"Sure enough, it's the Ice Demon Tiger of the Ninth Creation!" Ye Liuyun nodded in confirmation.

"Capture it quickly! Do you still want to wait for it to attack us?" Li Qingyun urged.

This Ice Demon Tiger's realm had already reached the Ninth Layer Summit, and its body was saturated with Demon Qi; Li Qingyun wasn't confident he could subdue it.

Ye Liuyun originally wanted to test invoking the power of Space World to fight it, to gauge his own strength gap.

But thinking that Ling Shuang was also present, he gave up.

This time he didn't even use a Ghost Butterfly; he simply threw a Sealing Demon Tablet, which instantly pinned the Ice Demon Tiger beneath it.

"I'll give you three breaths of time to sign a Master‑Servant Contract with me, or this tablet will absorb your energy, causing your realm to regress until all your power is drained."

Ye Liuyun directly sent a Transmission Voice to the Ice Demon Tiger.

The Ice Demon Tiger also felt the Sealing Demon Tablet wildly siphoning its power.

If it didn't decide quickly, its realm would truly regress. Yet it was a bit reluctant and wanted to stall a little. The subsequent Chinese characters are gibberish and have no meaning.

"Let me think—does that work?" it sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun, ready to bargain.

"One breath of time!" Ye Liuyun ignored its stalling and started the countdown.

At that moment the Sealing Demon Tablet increased its absorption, as if cooperating with Ye Liuyun.

"I agree, I agree!" the Ice Demon Tiger, startled, immediately shivered.

With the Sealing Demon Tablet absorbing like this, not even three breaths—another breath would cause its realm to drop.

"Sign the contract first." Ye Liuyun did not halt the Sealing Demon Tablet.

Because in his impression, the Sealing Demon Tablet never obeyed him.

"You quickly withdraw it!" the Ice Demon Tiger urged.

Though the Sealing Demon Tablet's absorption rate slowed a bit, it did not stop.

"You have no time to dawdle!" Ye Liuyun coldly reminded the Ice Demon Tiger, leaving no room for negotiation.

He directly drafted a Master‑Servant Contract for the Ice Demon Tiger to sign.

The Ice Demon Tiger dared not delay any longer and signed the contract at once.

The moment it finished signing, the Sealing Demon Tablet ceased absorption, and Ye Liuyun reclaimed it into the Sea of Consciousness.

Once the contract was sealed, the Sealing Demon Tablet recognized it as its own, so it could no longer attack it.

The Ice Demon Tiger exhaled, feeling the nearly drained True Essence with a hint of helplessness.

Reaching the Ninth Creation realm and replenishing True Essence requires a great amount of resources.

"Come in and cultivate!" Ye Liuyun said without hesitation, pulling it into his Storage Ring, then placing it inside the Xuan Kong Shi and giving it a Foreign Tribe Yuan Pill.

When the Ice Demon Tiger and Ghost Butterfly first arrived, they were very reluctant, but upon seeing the Xuan Kong Shi and the Foreign Tribe Yuan Pill, they instantly forgot their discontent.

Moreover, the Ghost Butterfly told it that it only broke through to Supreme Rank after being subjugated by Ye Liuyun, so it cultivated with greater peace of mind.

"You've already handled it?" Li Qingyun and Ling Shuang looked at Ye Liuyun with some puzzlement.

From the moment he flung the tablet to the Ice Demon Tiger being taken away, it only took a few breaths.

His communication and contract signing with the Ice Demon Tiger were mostly completed through Soul communication, so to outsiders the speed seemed extremely fast.

"Hmm, it's already captured. We can leave now!" Ye Liuyun replied cheerfully. Now facing attacks from Nether Hell, he was completely untroubled.

He already sensed that the pursuers from Nether Hell would need about a month and a half to catch up with him.

He knew the people of Nether Hell could not storm into Qian Long Academy to kill him, but he didn't want to leave such a menace outside the academy.

He intends to take the initiative and strike down those who hunt him.

A month and a half inside the Xuan Kong Shi is enough for the Ice Demon Tiger to break through to the Supreme Rank realm!

"What kind of artifact is that?" Ling Shuang asked curiously.

"Just a piece of stone. It just happens to be useful against Demon Beasts." Ye Liuyun didn't want to go into detail.

But in Ling Shuang's eyes, she now regarded Ye Liuyun with newfound respect.

Possessing artifacts and Supreme Rank pets are also parts of a Martial Cultivator's strength, which indirectly shows Ye Liuyun isn't simple.

Even Li Qingyun looked at Ye Liuyun with higher regard again.

"This kid certainly isn't ordinary!"

After they left, they met up with Chen Feng and headed straight back to their residence.

As for what pet they had subjugated, Chen Feng didn't ask, and they didn't volunteer to say.

Upon returning, the three of them kept the pets stored away, and none of them released a pet to show off.

Regarding this, Li Qingyun was quite satisfied. "These three youngsters all have a bit of scheming!"

Early the next morning, all training students gathered again in front of the arena.

Li Qingyun still stood on the arena and loudly said, "Up to today, your training is basically finished. Today we won't discuss martial cultivation, but will talk about the test you'll soon face."

Hearing this, everyone who had been about to cultivate stopped, perked up their ears, and listened attentively.

"Hahaha, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?" Li Qingyun saw their interest and deliberately teased them, holding back.

"Let's hear the bad news first! We're used to it anyway!" some disciples shouted from below.

"Alright, I'll satisfy you! Your test this year is a half‑month in the Dark Night Test Field!"

"Ah!"

As soon as Li Qingyun finished speaking, a disciple shouted in surprise.

"Heavens! I definitely won't pass!"

This is way too much! Can we even get into the Night Trial Ground?

Only half a month left? We're afraid we won't even last a day!

The crowd below instantly descended into chaos.

Ye Liuyun, Wei Pangzi, and the others had no idea what the Night Trial Ground was like, but Liang Xinyu's face instantly turned deathly pale as she bit her lip, not uttering a word.

"What's wrong? What kind of place is the Night Trial Ground?" Ye Liuyun and the others all asked Liang Xinyu.

Liang Xinyu took a moment to calm herself, drew a breath, and explained to them: "The Night Trial Ground also has another name, the Assassination Battlefield. Inside, there are many shadowless assassins who enjoy killing!"

"Is the only danger in there the assassins?" Ye Liuyun thought; if it were just assassins, there wouldn't be much to worry about.