"Also, he'll help you develop the abilities of your Black Dragon Martial Soul."
Xuan Ming nodded slightly upon hearing the Ice Dragon King's words, his gaze falling on Di Tian. "Thank you."
"No need." Di Tian's expression was serious, and his gaze towards Xuan Ming was less guarded and more strange compared to last night.
"Nothing? Have you forgotten what I said?" The Ice Dragon King glared at Di Tian.
He's my brother, you should call him uncle!
Di Tian's eye twitched slightly. "Aunt Bing, I think it's best if each party discusses their own case."
Given the Ice Dragon King's personality, he could already foresee the scene where she would become the big sister of Zi JI and the others.
If this uncle were to shout it out loud, a whole bunch of aunties would pop up on his head next.
Chapter 215 Ice and Snow Paradise
Months later, at Lake of Life, sunlight shines through the clear water, casting golden spots on the lakebed, resembling a dreamlike galaxy.
The lake surface shimmered, and a gentle breeze rippled across it.
Xuan Ming sat cross-legged on a huge blue stone by the lake, his eyes closed, his body radiating a soft and mysterious light.
The Yin-Yang Soul Core operated steadily within his body, like two stars echoing each other, releasing a vast and balanced power.
"Auntie, he's been sitting there for almost half a month, when will he wake up?"
Not far away, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was nestled in Bi Ji's arms, watching Xuan Ming sitting on the rock with boredom.
"I don't know, what's wrong?" Bi Ji touched the head of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
"How boring! I was waiting for him to take me out to play," said the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Bi Ji smiled gently, her eyes full of affection. " Xuan Ming is currently in a crucial period of cultivation, so you mustn't disturb him. Once he wakes up, he'll naturally take you to play."
"Could he be like you, sleeping for hundreds or even thousands of years at a time?" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked with some doubt.
The cultivation of Soul Beast is extremely tedious and lengthy, and the cultivation of Ferocious Beast is even more so, with periods of seclusion lasting hundreds of years. It is quite normal for them to sleep for thousands of years at a time. Usually, the Scarlet King accompanies her on walks in the forest, which is incredibly boring.
She has lived for over five thousand years, but so far, the time she has actually spent playing with Bi Ji and the others has been at most a few years. The rest of the time, everyone is in seclusion cultivating.
As for the other Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, they are not very intelligent and cannot get along with her.
Bi Ji gently stroked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's soft fur and whispered, "No, he's human. He'll wake up soon."
"Humans... can I go with him to see the human world?" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly asked.
"No way." Bi Ji refused without even thinking.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion carries the destiny of the Star Dou Great Forest; it must not be harmed under any circumstances!
"Why? He can come here to play, so why can't I go out to play with him?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said, sounding aggrieved.
Bi Ji sighed softly, hugging the Three-Eyed Golden Lion tighter, and explained gently, "It's different. This is our territory. We can guarantee his safety if he comes here, but if you go to human territory, he can't guarantee your safety."
"He is our friend, but humans may not be his friends. Moreover, there are many malicious people among humans. If they find out about your special identity, they will definitely try every means to capture you, and then we'll be in big trouble."
"Oh..." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was still somewhat unwilling, but it understood that Bi Ji was doing it for its own good, so it could only nod helplessly.
Just as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion finished speaking, the light on Xuan Ming's body suddenly intensified, Yin-Yang Soul Core, which had been flowing smoothly, burst forth with even more dazzling brilliance. A powerful aura spread outwards from him.
Bi Ji and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion were both drawn by the sudden commotion, their gazes immediately turning to Xuan Ming.
Xuan Ming took a deep breath, and the power of the Yin-Yang Soul Core within his body quickly receded. The light around him gradually dimmed, returning to normal.
"You succeeded?" Bi Ji asked in disbelief.
The Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores —as far as she knew, only Di Tian had successfully condensed and controlled this thing. How could Xuan Ming have stabilized his control over it in such a short time?
"It's basically stable now." Xuan Ming jumped to the ground.
With Di Tian's guidance and after several months of training and mastery, he can now skillfully stabilize the Ice-Fire Soul Core. When he takes action, he no longer needs the Ice Dragon King to help him stabilize one of them, as he did before.
"Have you found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?" Xuan Ming asked.
In the past few months, his Soul Power has increased very rapidly. The Thunder Core energy he absorbed earlier is slowly being fed back into his body. In just four months, he has increased his level by two, and has now reached level fifty-nine.
Based on his current speed, he should be able to reach level 60 before the Soul Master Tournament. If he can find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, he can go directly to the Slaughter City after the Soul Master Tournament ends.
"Not yet. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is very cautious. The Myriad Demon King and the others are helping to search, so it shouldn't be too long," Bi Ji said.
If it were any other Soul Beast, Di Tian would still need to consider the impact to some extent. After all, as the Beast God, he mobilized his beast horde to help humans find Soul Ring. But the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is different. Its existence is a great threat to the entire Soul Beast race.
Taking this opportunity to find that thing also eliminates a potential threat. Otherwise, she was somewhat worried that if the Three-Eyed Golden Lion accidentally encountered it while playing outside, it would be dangerous.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion jumped around excitedly, saying, " Xuan Ming, Xuan Ming, now that you've finished your cultivation, can we play together now?"
Xuan Ming looked at Bi Ji, Bi Ji glanced at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Xuan Ming sighed, "What do you want to play?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion tilted its head, thought for a moment, and then said, "Hmm... I don't know either. Anyway, I'll do anything as long as I can play with you!"
Looking at the excited Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Xuan Ming somewhat helpless. He really didn't know how to deal with children, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was just like Ning Rongrong back then, and the situation was even more troublesome now.
Back then, Ning Rongrong would drag him around to play, and all she needed was his company. But now, with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, he has to think about everything they do.
But this forest is full of trees and grass. Last time, he had to bite the bullet and play hide-and-seek with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion all day long, like he was playing with a fool!
Then, the Ice Dragon King laughed at him for three days!
Xuan Ming frowned slightly, and after a moment of thought, he slowly raised his hands, palms facing upwards, with the power of ice surging within them.
Sisi white, chilling air rose from his palm and drifted into the air.
As the cold air was released, the surrounding temperature dropped, and fine ice crystals appeared on the lake surface, making a "crackling" sound.
Xuan Ming waved his hands, and the cold air gathered towards the center of the lake.
Wherever it passed, the lake water froze instantly, and the ice layer spread in all directions. Soon, the vast lake surface became a huge, flat ice surface, shimmering in the sunlight.
"What is this for?" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked, puzzled.
Bi Ji also cast a curious glance. She had almost always lived deep within the Star Dou Great Forest and knew very little about the human world.
"I'll build you an amusement park." Xuan Ming closed his eyes and, based on his memory of amusement parks and the entertainment facilities in Seven Treasure City, manipulated the power of ice to create a concrete representation.
Ice pillars rise from the ice, intertwining and spiraling to outline the shape of a giant slide.
As Xuan Ming gestured, more cold air surged into the slide, making its surface smooth, sturdy, and gleaming with a ghostly blue luster.
On one side of the slide, icicles are stacked and merged to form a high jumping platform.
The diving platform has simple patterns along its edge, and below it is a huge ice pool with clear water and a thin layer of ice on the surface, allowing you to see the lake below.
Xuan Ming then created small igloos and various ice toys on the ice surface.
After completing these steps, Xuan Ming moved his hands in the air, and lines of ice intertwined and crisscrossed on the ice surface with his movements.
As the ice lines continue to extend and connect, a massive ice and snow maze gradually takes shape on one side of the amusement park.
Finally, Xuan Ming raised his hands, and countless ice flowers fell, scattering throughout the entire amusement park.
Ice flowers danced gracefully in the air, like dreamy elves, transforming the entire ice and snow amusement park into a fairytale world.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes widened in surprise and excitement. She cried out "Wow!" and eagerly broke free from Bi Ji's embrace, running towards the amusement park like a carefree Alaskan Malamute.
"Auntie! You're coming too!" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion shouted from the ice slide.
Bi Ji looked at Xuan Ming, "You..."
"Go play with her, I'll get something to eat first." Xuan Ming took out his camping gear.
The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King have been at the bottom of the lake for some time now, probably helping the Silver Dragon King recover. After explaining the details of the Yin-Yang Soul Core to him and teaching him some things, Di Tian also went down and came up to check on him about once a month.
Usually, it was Bi Ji who guarded him here. Originally, Zi JI was also quite curious about him, but that older sister especially liked to tease him. The Ice Dragon King seemed to be a little jealous, so he called Zi JI down to the bottom of the lake as well.
"Do you need my help?" Bi Ji asked, watching Xuan Ming fiddling with various bottles and jars.
"No need, I can handle it. You go keep her company; you'll get bored playing alone soon," Xuan Ming said.
Bi Ji glanced at the unusually happy Three-Eyed Golden Lion and nodded, "Alright."
"Auntie! Come quick!"
Chapter 216 What if I could have another one?
"What's this?"
Hearing the commotion, Zi JI, who was cultivating at the bottom of the lake, came up to check the situation.
"Amusement park." Xuan Ming replied without looking up, engrossed in setting up the barbecue grill in front of him.
Ah Yin had mentioned to him before that the world of Soul Beast was monotonous and boring, so long that it had no end. For hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, nothing changed at all.
The vast majority of low-level Soul Beast have very low intelligence. All they think about every day is cultivating and running around to survive. They never think about the meaning of life.
As cultivation levels gradually increase, the intelligence of Soul Beast will also slowly grow.
However, most Soul Beast only truly possess intelligence comparable to humans after reaching a cultivation level of 100,000 years and successfully passing the first Heavenly Tribulation.
The saying "Troubles and suffering all stem from wisdom" is indeed true.
A fool would never know what trouble is; only a wise being can truly feel the joys and sorrows of life.
After reaching a cultivation level of 100,000 years, Ah Yin could no longer bear the emptiness and loneliness, so she resolutely chose to transform into human form and enter the human world.
Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast is like a prisoner released from prison, full of curiosity about the human world, just as humans are full of desire to explore the unknown world.
Once that impulse, suppressed for tens of thousands of years, erupted, even knowing that the human world was fraught with danger, they still couldn't suppress their inner desires and wanted to find out for themselves.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is a special auspicious Auspicious Beast that is born with intelligence, but the Soul Beast around her are not.
Only these Ferocious Beast possess the wisdom to communicate with her; however, these Ferocious Beast are all busy with their own cultivation and have their own matters to attend to.
Although the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is revered as Emperor Auspicious Beast, it is like a left-behind child, rarely seeing its closest companion, Bi Ji.
Despite having lived for over five thousand years, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's mind remains that of a child due to its unchanging environment.
Zi JI strolled around the ice and snow amusement park with great interest, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. "This looks quite interesting. I didn't know you had this skill."
"If you're interested, you can go in and play with them," Xuan Ming said while flipping the meat on the grill. "It's more fun with more people."
"Why aren't you going?" Zi JI sat down beside him, her gaze fixed on Xuan Ming.
Xuan Ming neatly arranged the sliced meat on the barbecue grill and said, "Hungry."
"This is so troublesome, can't we just eat it directly?" Zi JI frowned and said.
Xuan Ming took a small plate, placed a portion of roasted meat on it, carefully sliced it, added a small fork, and then handed it to Zi JI.
Zi JI took the plate with some skepticism, then used her fork to pick up a piece of meat and put it in her mouth to taste it.
"Hmm?" Zi JI's expression changed slightly.
"Having eaten this kind of thing, how could you still swallow those bloody things?" Xuan Ming asked.
Zi JI didn't speak, silently finishing the roasted meat on her plate, and then stared intently at Xuan Ming.
Xuan Ming's eye twitched slightly, and he prepared a few more portions for Zi JI.
All his seasonings were made from the finest natural plant and fruit ingredients, prepared for him by Tang Yuehua. He could simply sprinkle them on the meat when grilling.
It's hard to go from extravagance to frugality. Unless he's starving and has no other choice, his mouth simply can't handle eating those kinds of random things.
"Here's some dipping sauce." Xuan Ming placed the freshly prepared dipping sauce in front of Zi JI.
Use a fork, not your hands.
"What's it to you?" Zi JI stuck out her tongue, licked the sauce off her fingertips, and then glared at Xuan Ming threateningly.
Xuan Ming shrugged slightly and remained silent.
During this time, he also gained a general understanding of the situation of these Ferocious Beast. Bi Ji, Zi JI, and Xiong Jun were actually acquainted when they went to compete for the Auspicious Beast five thousand years ago, when the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was born. Before that, they all lived in their own territories and did not bother each other.
However, due to the birth of Auspicious Beast, Di Tian chose to gather these Ferocious Beast together, especially the group of Soul Beast led by Bi Ji.
Although Bi Ji herself is not strong in combat, she gathers a large number of powerful Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast through her healing abilities.
More than half of the ten- Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the southeast of the Star Dou Great Forest can form a beast tide to attack at any time if Bi Ji needs it!