Ruoqing

In the quiet room, Yang Tianyou gently moved his body, and immediately, a deep, resonant sound, like the thunderous roar of a tiger, echoed throughout, just like the legendary thunderous roar of tigers and leopards.

Then, he threw a punch.

Boom!

With a muffled sonic boom, without using any Spiritual Power, transparent ripples emanated, leaving a deep fist-shaped imprint on the stone wall in front of them.

It should be noted that this is a stone wall reinforced by Formation, and its hardness is far beyond that of ordinary stone walls.

"The increased bone strength has enhanced his explosive power and significantly improved his defensive capabilities."

Yang Tianyou murmured to himself, carefully sensing the changes taking place throughout his body.

After a long while, he assessed his own strength and found that he was about 30% stronger than before, which was a very considerable improvement.

"Hmm? The Old Ancestor sent me a message?"

Yang Tianyou took out Communication Talisman, scanned it with his Spiritual Awareness, and his expression changed slightly.

"The Communication Talisman was sent to me three days ago. I was at a crucial moment then, no wonder I didn't sense it."

Yang Tianyou stroked his chin. "Now that the Cultivation Method has been completed, let's head back ahead of time. We also need to make some preparations to intercept and kill the Zhao Household Remnants."

As he pondered this, he stepped out of the quiet room.

After explaining the situation to Yunhua, Yang Tianyou began to summon the two Spirit Beasts.

Generally speaking, when Yang Tianyou goes into seclusion, he releases Fengling and Yuan Ba from the Spirit Beast Bag, and this time is no exception.

However, Fengling has gone off to have some fun somewhere and hasn't come back yet.

It wasn't until evening that this guy leisurely trotted back from outside, carrying an ice-blue bird-like Demon Beast in his beak.

Seeing its master's ambiguous smile and Yuan Ba's malicious gaze, Fengling's tail trembled, and it realized that it seemed to have ignored its master's summons.

"Awooo..." (Master, let me explain, no, let me clarify...)

The Fengling pawed at the ground with its four claws and retreated slightly.

"Come here." Yang Tianyou gently beckoned.

Helpless, Fengling could only hang her head and approach Yang Tianyou.

Yang Tianyou rolled his eyes at it but did not punish Fengling. He would not forget that this Spirit Beast, which had accompanied him through his growth, had saved him from danger several times and risked its life for him.

It was just a small mistake, how could I be angry about it? I was just putting on that act to scare Fengling, just kidding.

"What is this thing? Your prey?" Yang Tianyou turned his gaze to the half-dead, ice-blue Demon Beast on the ground.

This is a Demon Beast that resembles a five-colored golden pheasant, but its color and attributes don't match up, and Yang Tianyou isn't sure what kind of creature it is.

"Awoo..." Fengling explained.

Yang Tianyou nodded after listening.

According to Fengling, she encountered this Demon Beast while out for a feast.

At that time, the ice-blue pheasant fought another feline Demon Beast to a standstill. Strangely, the former's cultivation level was only First-Tier Middle-Grade, while the latter's was First-Tier Superior-Grade.

In other words, this ice-blue pheasant is actually a genius Demon Beast capable of fighting across ranks?

That's why, after killing the cat-like Demon Beast, Fengling didn't kill the pheasant. Instead, she brought it back to Yang Tianyou to see if it was some kind of rare Demon Beast, which might be worth a lot of Spirit Stones.

Our Fengling is a diligent and thrifty wolf.

"I've never seen this Demon Beast before. Let's wait a bit. Your Mistress went to take care of some things. When she comes back, let her see what kind of Demon Beast this golden pheasant is."

Yang Tianyou patted Fengling's big head and said with a smile.

Half an hour later, Yunhua returned and, upon seeing Fengling, smiled and said, "You little rascal, you went out to play and didn't even heed your master's call?"

"Awoo..." Fengling drooped her head.

"Alright, alright, I'm not blaming you. Remember to respond to your master's summons promptly in the future, okay? What if he urgently needs your help?" Yunhua stroked Fengling's head, her voice gentle.

"Yunhua, come and see what kind of Demon Beast Fengling brought back. It can even Realm War. Does it have some powerful bloodline?"

Yang Tianyou held Yunhua's hand and pointed at the ice-blue pheasant.

"Oh? A cross- Realm War? Let me see."

With curiosity on her face, Yunhua waved her hand, and the ice-blue pheasant took flight. Then, strands of extremely cold magic Law Power were injected into its body.

"I see..." Half an hour later, Yunhua withdrew her Law Power.

"What? Did you see something?" Yang Tianyou asked curiously after hearing her words.

"I can see that this Demon Beast possesses a powerful bloodline, but it wasn't born that way. It ate some kind of precious ice-attribute Spirit Items, which caused it to mutate Acquired, transforming it from its original five-colored golden pheasant into its current form."

After hearing Yunhua's explanation, Yang Tianyou suddenly understood, "So that's how it is. Then, can the Spirit Items inside its body be removed?"

"No, this Spirit Items has completely fused with its Fleshly Body. Even if we kill it, we won't get any treasures, only a mid-grade First-Tier Middle-Grade Demon Beast corpse."

Yunhua shook her head, rejecting Yang Tianyou's idea.

"I see. So what is the potential of this Demon Beast?" Yang Tianyou's expression changed as he thought of another possibility.

"Its potential is naturally extremely strong. It has devoured some unknown Spirit Items, which has greatly enhanced its potential. It is at least no worse than Yuan Ba Fengling."

After Yunhua finished speaking, her expression shifted, as if she had remembered something. "You don't mean to make it your Bonded Spirit Beast, do you?"

"I have this idea. This golden pheasant should be considered a 'pheasant,' right?" Yang Tianyou stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"Of course it counts, aren't pheasants and chickens the same thing?" Yunhua rolled her eyes dramatically.

"That's fine then. I happen to be missing five Bonded Spirit Beasts, so I'll use this to fill the 'pheasant' position!"

"You don't intend to use the method recorded in 'The White Tiger Constellation Exposition'?" Yunhua's expression hardened.

"No, that method isn't suitable for me, and one sword is enough for me. What would I need so many Law Artifacts for?" Yang Tianyou waved his hand and laughed.

"As long as you have confidence, that's good. Modifying a Cultivation Method is no easy task," Yunhua reminded him.

"I know what I'm doing, don't worry."

"So what name do you plan to give this Demon Beast?" Yunhua changed the subject and asked softly.

"Hmm... its entire body is ice blue, its bloodline mutated due to the Cold Tide, so let's call its race the Mysterious Ice Pheasant. As for its name, 'A heart as clear as ice remains undisturbed Ruoqing, how about that?"

Yang Tianyou pondered for a moment and then gave his answer.

"Mysterious Ice Pheasant, Ruoqing, what a good name! I didn't expect you to be so good at naming things," Yunhua teased.

"That's right, I've already thought of names for our future children."

"Get out of here, you're so irresponsible! I'm going back now, you... hurry back to Purple Moon Mountain!" Yunhua glared at him, her face flushed as she ran back to the inner hall.