Snow Demon Heavenly Ape
On the top floor of the Medicinal Cauldron building, Lin Ming, having finished his seclusion at the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, returned to his room.
After his senior graduated from the academy, this top floor became Lin Ming's residence, while the others lived on the floors below.
It has been a month since my senior, Xu Shilin, graduated.
During this month, Lin Ming completely organized and streamlined all affairs of the Medicine Gang.
In reality, there wasn't much Lin Ming needed to do. Aside from providing the Medicine Gang members with Fire Energy Points each month, the only other task Lin Ming needed was refining high-grade pills.
Everything else was handled by the appropriate people, so Lin Ming continued as usual. After taking over as the leader of the Medicine Gang, Lin Ming continued his routine of five days of secluded cultivation followed by two days of rest.
During this month of cultivation, Lin Ming completely resolved the problem of weakened Dou Qi caused by consuming pills to enhance his cultivation.
Under the scorching heat of the Fallen Heart Flame, Lin Ming not only refined his Dou Qi completely once again, but also improved his cultivation level slightly.
Lin Ming's cultivation has now reached the Nine-star Dou Grandmaster stage. The next step is to break through the barrier between Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling, and advance to Dou Ling.
The transition from Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling represents a significant qualitative change.
Once you reach the Dou Ling cultivation level, you will be able to release your Dou Qi and reveal the characteristics of your Dou Qi Attribute.
For example, a person with the Fire Attribute, after reaching the Dou Ling, can summon flames using only their own Fire Attribute Dou Qi. Furthermore, they can control the flames to attack and cause damage.
Those with the corresponding Ice Attribute, upon reaching the Dou Ling, can condense ice using their Ice Attribute Dou Qi for attack or defense.
Once one reaches the Dou Ling level, one can use one's own attributes as a medium to create spiritual abilities and characteristics that exist in nature with the corresponding attributes.
This is precisely why the cultivation stage of Dou Ling is called Dou Ling.
Therefore, to break through from Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling and undergo a qualitative change, a massive amount of energy is required.
The energy required for an ordinary person to advance from Nine-star Dou Grandmaster to the Dou Ling level is definitely several stars more than the energy required to advance from Da Dou Shi.
When it came to Lin Ming, it became even more outrageous.
Not only does it possess the immense energy required for ordinary people to advance, but Lin Ming's cultivation Cultivation Method, the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique, allows him to cultivate the second level of the Cultivation Method after reaching the Dou Ling.
According to Lin Ming's estimation, the second level of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique> is at least comparable to Profound Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Method.
Lin Ming didn't know how much energy was needed to upgrade from Yellow Tier Cultivation Technique to Xuan Tier Cultivation Method. But even without thinking, he knew it would require an extremely large amount of energy.
Therefore, the energy Lin Ming needs to break through from Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling is much greater than that of others.
During his month of cultivation, Lin Ming's progress was still rapid, but the amount of energy he needed was simply too much!
This is similar to how, before entering the Inner Academy, without the blessing of the Fallen Heart Flame, Lin Ming's cultivation was like taking a long bus ride. After entering the Inner Academy, with the blessing of the Fallen Heart Flame, Lin Ming's cultivation speed was like switching from a bus to a high-speed train, showing a significant improvement.
Lin Ming's cultivation is still like traveling on a high-speed train, but even at the speed of a high-speed train, the distance from the starting point to the destination is no longer just from one city to another. It's equivalent to the distance from the South Pole to the North Pole.
Even traveling at high speeds, such a long distance would take a very long time.
In Lin Ming's estimation, relying solely on the accelerated cultivation of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to break through from Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling would be impossible in less than half a year.
Even if it takes half a year, Lin Ming felt that he might not be able to successfully break through and advance to the Dou Ling.
So after returning to his room, Lin Ming pondered what methods he could use to accelerate his cultivation breakthrough.
While pondering how to break through to the Da Dou Shi level, Lin Ming suddenly thought of the method Xiao Yan used to break through in the original novel.
Since Lin Ming arrived at the Jia Nan Academy before Xiao Yan, that thing hasn't been used by Xiao Yan yet.
Having come up with an idea, Lin Ming secluded himself for five days, and, quite exhausted, collapsed onto the bed. Before long, he began to snore.
Since arriving at the Inner Academy, this is the longest Lin Ming has been able to sleep through the night since he started cultivating.
While meditation can indeed help cultivate inner peace, if one isn't aiming to improve their spiritual level, why would they choose meditation when they can simply lie down and sleep to do so?
Early in the morning, Lin Ming woke up, got out of bed, and went to the lobby to eat his breakfast.
"Lin Ming, I've come to find you."
Just as Lin Ming sat down, ready to start eating, Zi Yan's voice came from outside the door. Then, Zi Yan skipped and hopped into the lobby.
"Zi Yan, come and have breakfast together," Lin Ming said.
"Hehe!" Zi Yan sat down next to Lin Ming with a smile, her little hand reaching for the pastries on the table.
In front of Lin Ming, Zi Yan completely revealed her adorable side. So she grabbed a pastry, made one, and stuffed it into her mouth. Her little mouth puffed up and then puffed out.
After getting used to Zi Yan's way of eating, it had no effect on Zi Yan Lin Ming, so Lin Ming continued eating his own food.
After breakfast, Lin Ming took Zi Yan to the top floor, to his own residence.
"Bring it here!" Lin Ming said after entering the room.
Lin Ming Zi Yan almost immediately that Zi Yan had run out of Medicinal Pill and had come to Lin Ming to make Medicinal Pill.
"Hehe!" Zi Yan laughed as she handed a Storage Ring to Lin Ming.
After receiving Zi Yan's Storage Ring, Lin Ming took out the Medicinal Cauldron and began to refine Medicinal Pill for Zi Yan with practiced ease.
Several hours later, Lin Ming put away the Medicinal Cauldron and then returned the Storage Ring to Zi Yan.
Upon receiving the Storage Ring, Zi Yan took out a Jade Bottle, pulled out a Medicinal Pill, and put it in her mouth. The delicious taste made Zi Yan's eyes narrow into slits.
Seeing Zi Yan's happy expression, Lin Ming also smiled.
After a while, Zi Yan opened her eyes with a smile on her face, as if she was satisfied.
After seeing that Zi Yan had finished tasting it, Lin Ming said to Zi Yan, "Zi Yan, there's a valley in the forest where there's a Fifth Order Snow Demon Sky Ape. I wonder if you've ever encountered it?"
In the original novel, Han Yue and her group's attack on the Snow Demon Sky Ape caused a great commotion, which alerted Xiao Yan, who was cultivating his Dou Technique nearby. He came to investigate, which led to the events that followed.
Han Yue and the others came to besiege the Snow Demon Sky Ape, and it was Zi Yan who told Han Yue that the Snow Demon Sky Ape was guarding a treasure.
However, the corresponding time in the original work is several years later.
Lin Ming was at a certain point in time. Lin Ming didn't know if Zi Yan had encountered the Snow Demon Sky Ape, so Lin Ming asked Zi Yan.
"Lin Ming, you also encountered that big monkey? Let me tell you, that big monkey is definitely guarding some treasure, but I went twice and was chased back by that damned monkey both times." Hearing Lin Ming ask about her Snow Demon Sky Ape, and recalling her two unsuccessful attempts, Zi Yan was furious and said angrily.
"Oh, it seems my guess was right."
"Once, I heard this Snow Demon Sky Ape speaking human language outside the valley, and I guessed that it must have obtained some kind of fortuitous opportunity."
"Now that you're saying this, Zi Yan, then the opportunity must be the treasure it's been guarding."
"Zi Yan, what do you think about the two of us going to pull off a stunt?" Lin Ming said to Zi Yan with a smile after finishing his analysis.
"Okay!" Zi Yan readily agreed. Afterwards, Zi Yan discussed the battle plan with Lin Ming.
"Lin Ming, I'll lure that damned monkey out, and you can take the opportunity to retrieve the treasures inside. Remember, you must take all the treasures; this grandma is going to infuriate that monkey!" Zi Yan said, hands on her hips. From her tone, it was clear that Zi Yan had likely suffered a loss at the hands of the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
"Zi Yan, just follow my instructions. We're determined to take the treasure guarded by the Snow Demon Sky Ape," Lin Ming replied to Zi Yan.
After discussing it with Zi Yan, Lin Ming and Zi Yan left the Medicine Gang and arrived at a secluded place. The two of them spread their wings at the same time and flew into the sky, heading towards the valley where the Snow Demon Sky Ape was.
After flying for nearly an hour, Lin Ming and Zi Yan landed in front of a small valley outside the forest.
The entrance to this valley is shaped like a gourd, narrow on the outside and wide on the inside. Deep within the valley lies a huge cave.
"You stupid monkey, get out here right now!" Zi Yan shouted impatiently as soon as she landed at the mouth of the valley.
In the valley of Hulukou, Zi Yan's voice was amplified rapidly and carried into the valley.
"Roar~!"
Just as Lin Ming was about to cover his face in exasperation, a tremendous roar came from a cave deep in the valley. Immediately afterward, a giant ape, three or four zhang in size and covered in snow, emerged from the cave.
After emerging from the cave, the white Giant Ape stood upright, pounding its chest with fists larger than casserole dishes, while roaring and creating plumes of white smoke.
The enormous white ape that appeared in their field of vision, radiating a sharp, icy aura, was none other than the overlord of this valley— the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
Having vented its anger, the Snow Demon Sky Ape stared intently at Zi Yan at the valley entrance with its eyes, which were larger than a human fist.
The Snow Demon Sky Ape was fully aware of the immense strength of the tiny purple-haired creature in front of it, which it could easily grasp with one hand.
The Snow Demon Sky Ape only managed to drive the little guy away after activating its berserk state the previous two times.
Before activating its berserk state, facing the immense strength of this tiny creature, the Snow Demon Sky Ape's only thought was, "This is beyond scientific explanation, so I can't withstand it!"