Chapter 315: Snow Spirit
A moment later, Zhu Bing heard a soft whoosh and instinctively retreated a few metres.
At the same time, a sword appeared in his hand and a stream of icy qi flew out.
"Be careful." He shouted and everyone was startled.
Everything happened so fast that they didn’t react until they heard Zhu Bing’s call.
Now that they did, they realised that something was frozen by Zhu Bing’s previous attack.
However, the thing was only frozen momentarily.
In the blink of an eye, it broke the ice wall and its form appeared before everyone.
"A snow deer?" Someone asked.
"This deer is not simple." Another said.
"How can a deer that can break the young emperor’s ice wall be simple?"
"I can’t see its cultivation."
"I also can’t see it."
After this round of discussion, several people retreated and looked at the beast warily.
"It feels a little different from a demonic beast." Someone said with a little doubt in his voice.
"I also feel so. There is something..."
"It’s a snow spirit." Bing Mei said excitedly and looked at Zhu Bing.
Spirits were born from heaven and earth.
They could control the element in which they were born and their potential was limitless.
Unfortunately, spirits were incredibly rare. Even when they appeared, it was almost impossible for cultivators to successfully form a contract.
"Young emperor, how about ending our cooperation?" Bing asked and looked at Zhu Bing with narrowed eyes.
"I agree." Zhu Bing said and his eyes also narrowed.
In the face of a spirit, cooperation was unrealistic.
This was because a spirit was too precious and couldn’t be shared.
In such a situation, it was better to end the cooperation and rely on one’s means to subdue the spirit.
[Ignorant.] A voice reverberated in everyone’s minds.
The voice sounded like that of a young boy and was followed by a ferocious blizzard.
"Retreat." Zhu Bing and Bing Mei ordered their people.
Without delay, the two groups flew back and didn’t stop until they were one hundred metres away.
"Did it create the previous blizzard wall?" One of the princes of the Great Zhu empire asked.
"It probably did." Another answered and the group fell silent.
They wanted the snow spirit to fall to their Great Zhu empire.
However, they didn’t forget that it took the combined effort of the Great Zhu Empire and the Ice Palace to break the previous blizzard call.
"Its cultivation should not be lower than the fourth level." The fifth princess, Zhu Ya, said.
She then turned to Zhu Bing and saw the man staring at the snow spirit.
"If we were anywhere else, it’s possible to unite to subdue it. However, we are in the Snow Valley and this place is its domain." She continued, hoping to persuade the young emperor.
However, Zhu Bing was not willing to be persuaded.
He did not want to give up the snow spirit so he could only think of ways to handle the matter.
"There is also the Ice Palace sect." The seventh prince reminded.
"The Ice Palace sect is indeed a problem." Zhu Bing muttered and looked at Bing Mei.
Coincidentally, Bing Mei was also looking at him.
Her expression was thoughtful and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.
"What does the young emperor think?" She asked.
"The young palace master should know what I am thinking." Zhu Bing said and a trace of war entered his eyes.
"Resume the cooperation, subdue the snow spirit, and then fight to determine ownership."
"The young palace master is wise."
When she heard that, Bing Mei chuckled.
With her current strength, she couldn’t defeat the snow spirit.
However, she was confident she could deal with Zhu Bing.
In that case, there was no reason to reject the cooperation.
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After coming out of the abyss, Yu Nianzhen did not linger around.
He immediately retrieved the ancient palace and began walking towards the rendezvous point.
While walking, he hunted the soul beasts he came across but there weren’t many.
In this way, another month passed and Yu Nianzhen finally arrived at the meeting point.
"Brother Yu." Xuan Ke called as soon as he spotted Yu Nianzhen.
"Where is brother Jiang?"
"He is in retreat." Yu Nianzhen answered and looked around.
"My master hasn’t arrived?"
"I only arrived three days ago and no one else has come."
"I see." Yu Nianzhen said and settled.
Through the master-disciple connection, he knew his master was fine.
However, there was no way to communicate so they could only wait for Yang Xu to arrive.
"Do you want to enter the ancient palace to retreat?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
When he heard the question, Xuan Ke fell into thought but finally shook his head.
Although he got two core treasures in the soul beast forest, Xuan Ke was not in a hurry to refine them.
It was more urgent to find origin treasures so he planned to leave the soul treasures for later.
"What about brother Yu? I can hold the ancient palace while you retreat."
"It’s not necessarily." Yu Nianzhen answered and removed a map from his storage ring.
"When we leave the soul beasts forest, we will enter the space plane."
As he spoke, Yu Nianzhen pointed at an area on the map.
Unlike the soul beasts’ forest which hadn’t been recorded on the map, the space plane was clearly marked.
"The space plane is a forbidden place." Xuan Ke said and his brows creased.
From what he knew, the space plane had one hundred independent spaces. Each space had a core treasure but it wasn’t easy to get these treasures.
This was because most of the independent spaces were highly unstable.
If one made a mistake, they would be swallowed by a space crack and lose their life.
However, Yu Nianzhen was determined to enter.
When he was in the Black Wind Abyss, he comprehended an inkling of space swordsmanship.
Unfortunately, his understanding of space was limited and his space sword did not make progress over the years.
Now that he had a chance, Yu Nianzhen wasn’t willing to give up.
Most importantly, his sword intent was at the third level.
This third level of sword intent involved the creation of a sword domain.
From Yu Nianzhen’s understanding, the sword domain was a small world.
The more he knew about space, the more evolved and stable his sword domain would become.
"Brother Xuan doesn’t want to enter the space plane?" Yu Nianzhen interrupted his thoughts and asked.
"No, I want to enter." Xuan Ke immediately refuted.
It was rare to come across soul, space, and time treasures.
In that case, how could he be willing to give up such a rare opportunity?
However, he couldn’t ignore the danger of entering the space plane.
If they were unlucky, none of them would be able to leave the space plane and this was an outcome he didn’t want to see.
"I know what you mean." Yu Nianzhen said and sighed.
In fact, he wasn’t without fear.
As a person who had already died once, he didn’t want to die again.
However, he couldn’t allow his fear to dominate his heart.
Since he wanted to walk a legendary path, the dangers he needed to face could not be ordinary.
"We need to make plans before we enter." Xuan Ke said with a rare serious look on his face.
"En." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
From his point of view, the most troublesome thing was getting separated in the space plane.
If that happened, the likelihood that they wouldn’t meet again was very high.
"We need a way to stay together when we enter the space plane." He muttered and the ancient palace appeared on his palm.
"The ancient palace is an option but there are risks." He continued.
"If the space laws are too unstable, those in the ancient palace may not be able to come out." Xuan Ke nodded and said.
"It’s also possible for the space to become more unstable when more people are added."
"Unfortunately, there is no one among us who is proficient in space laws." Xuan Ke lamented.
"There isn’t anyone who knows space laws but we have someone who is good at divination." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said and a light entered his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Brother Li should wake up in a while."
After Yu Nianzhen left the abyss, he found an opportunity and gave the nine-turns soul herb to Hongzhu.
As Li Futian’s contract plant, Hongzhu could help her master refine the nine-turns soul herb.
However, the matter wasn’t easy and a month had already passed but Li Futian hadn’t woken up.
When Xuan Ke listened to Yu Nianzhen’s explanation, he couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
Li Futian’s matter weighted on their hearts and he was glad to hear that the other could temporarily wake up.
"You seem to have forgotten something." He suddenly said and a complex look coloured his features.
"What?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
