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Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Snow Dust Heavenly Robe
Boom!
The giant ship opened its hull, and a torrent of silver-blue shrimps poured out like tidewater, the fishy smell churning in the air as they hopped and scurried about on the sea’s surface.
Is there something delicious?!
Below the surface, Ao Qing suddenly lifted his head with a jolt of alertness, no longer cultivating, leading his minions with utensils ready to rush towards the battlefield.
Ready to compete for the feast!
"Moo moo~"
"Moo!!"
A boat full of spiritual shrimps leaped about on the water surface, spreading out like a silver-blue tide, roaring and frothing, a spectacular sight indeed.
The Canghai Whale excitedly opened its large mouth, gulping down the shrimp with unrestrained zeal, emitting joyful cries.
It ate ravenously and quickly, its baleen ceaselessly filtering through the seawater, hurriedly swallowing shoals of shrimp, compelled by the fierce competition from a very strong rival!
It was Ao Qing!
He led over a thousand minions into the fray, competing for food voraciously, like a swarm of bamboo-green locusts passing through, savoring their meal to the fullest.
"I hadn’t noticed before, but when did this fellow grow so big?"
Li Quanqing stroked his chin, looking at Ao Qing who kept surfacing to eat, feeling a sense of surprise in his heart.
Because Ao Qing had always stayed submerged, rarely showing his entire figure, but now with the whale by his side for comparison.
Only then did the youth realize that the body of the Golden Pattern Jade Carp was equally massive, over six zhang long, its back ridge like an island of blue scales floating on the water.
However, compared to the enormous Canghai Whale, Ao Qing’s body appeared to be much more slender and well-proportioned, moving towards the sleekness of a python.
"Is it the Dragon Transformation for the carp, Ao Qing is indeed consistently resolute in following his original aspiration."
Li Quanqing was very pleased, he liked these kinds of diligent and disciplined young fish.
Having eaten their fill of the entire boatload of shrimp, the two massive creatures were finally sated, leisurely flicking their tails and diving deeper into the Fish-Dragon Pool to roam freely again.
"Let’s deliver a boat like this every day."
Li Quanqing spoke up.
These spiritual shrimps were cultivated by several small families, similar to the large green fish they were half-spiritual beasts, and their price was not high.
Moreover, Ao Qing and his gang had not eaten all of them, the leftovers could serve as a breeding stock, and in a few months’ time, they would suffice for the spiritual beasts’ daily consumption.
In the blink of an eye, nearly three months passed by, and all was calm and peaceful at the fish pond.
Li Quanqing had nearly assimilated half a bottle of Dragon-Snake True Evil, feeling a sense like surpassing the limits of Qi Refinement in his body, terrifyingly strong.
Besides that, his Water Escape Technique, with the reward from the Light Group, successfully reached Great Success, and his other spells were also very successfully cultivated.
"Ice Soul Cold Light!"
Li Quanqing sat cross-legged on the dam, holding an ice-blue feather in both hands; suddenly, with a crack!
The crystalline ice layer enveloping the feather shattered thunderously, turning into the purest coldness that he swallowed into his dantian, refining through his meridians into a strand of cold light.
Whoosh!!
Thirty-six strands of Ice Soul Cold Light burst from within him, suddenly merging together in front of him into a blue and white mystic light, as thick as a finger.
"This high-grade marvelous technique has finally been successfully cultivated!"
Li Quanqing looked at the strand of Ice Soul Cold Light, which kept exuding frost in between his fingers, and his eyebrows couldn’t help but show a trace of joy.
The Ice Feather lay silently in the palm of his hand, and though no longer emanating coldness to form frost, the hint of Golden Core Demon level coldness it contained was even more terrifying.
"Twelve strands combined into a truly complete strand of Ice Soul Cold Light; once I completely refine this Golden Core coldness, I should be successful."
"It’s just that the coldness invades the body, coupled with the will left by the Great Demon, I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until I truly reach Foundation Establishment."
At this moment, Li Quanqing truly realized the complexity and difficulty of a high-grade marvelous technique. At the same time, it could be said that its power was immense.
Like the Supreme Elder Li Kunlun, who had cultivated the high-grade wonderful technique, the Gui Water Divine Thunder, he was known for his formidable combat power, capable of fighting two at once.
"Roar-meow~"
By his side, the Cloud-Stepping Snow Leopard lazily snuggled up to him, lifting its furry large head, looking at the strand of Ice Soul Cold Light with a longing gaze in its pupils.
Pure and ultimate ice attribute mana was an irresistible temptation to it.
"This isn’t food, but it can be used to baptize your lineage."
Li Quanqing caressed the warm and thick fur of the big cat, the cold light at his fingertips suddenly dissipating, carefully controlled and turned into strands as fine as hairs, penetrating into each part of the leopard’s body.
Wherever the cold light passed, it cleansed impurities, as if fully activating the potential deep within its flesh and muscles, glowing with luminance.
After several consecutive days and nights, Li Quanqing finally succeeded in baptizing every part of the Cloud-Stepping Snow Leopard’s lineage.
"Roar... Meow!"
The Cloud-Treading Snow Leopard let out a comfortable whistling sound from its throat and blinked its ice-blue pupils, its body suddenly surging with demon energy.
Breakthrough!
A layer of cold qi mixed with demon energy uncontrollably burst forth from within the leopard, transforming into frost that slowly spread across the embankment, chilling to the bone.
Li Quanqing had foreseen this, pulling out small flags from his Storage Bag and tossing them onto the beach, changing the flow of nature’s spiritual energy.
Spirit Gathering Array!
This was a basic array that he had learned from his knowledge of formations, crafted in his spare time for practice.
With the Spirit Gathering Array activated, essence qi from all directions was drawn in, with a slightly better than negligible effect.
Li Quanqing shook his head and still retrieved dozens of Spirit Stones to place inside the array to serve as nourishment for the leopard’s cultivation breakthrough.
"Roar~"
The Cloud-Treading Snow Leopard stood on the stone embankment, howling towards the sky; the silver-white fur all over its body flitted uncontrollably as the demon energy rose to the heavens.
Demon energy mixed with coldness burst forth, stirring up the wind and clouds, transforming into scattered snowflakes and hail, pitter-pattering down.
This breakthrough was quite smooth. After over two hours, the snow leopard finally broke through that barrier, exhausted and steaming with heat.
Qi Refining Seventh Layer!
"My very own, hand-raised second Qi Refining Late Stage Spiritual Beast!"
Li Quanqing chuckled with delight, looking at the light group that manifested above the leopard’s head, pride involuntarily rose in his heart.
A full sense of achievement!
[You have gained a Qi Refining Late Stage Cloud-Treading Snow Leopard, awarded with the Space Treasure "Snow Dust Heavenly Robe"!]
The light group shattered, transforming into an ancient, refined snow-white Daoist robe with a smooth texture as though woven from high-grade silk, depicting the majestic, undulating Snow Dust Mountain.
[Snow Dust Heavenly Robe: A Second-Order Space Treasure, refined from a Snow Mountain by a great Artifact Master, transformed into the Snow Dust Mountain Spirit Realm, capable of capturing and suppressing enemies within the vestment robe.]
Snow Dust Mountain Realm?
Li Quanqing’s interest was piqued; he put on the vestment robe, immediately exuding a cool temperament with spiritual energy between his brows and eyes.
Buzz!!
Infusing it with mana, those snow mountains painted upon the robe began to glow as if they came to life, with winds and snow howling loudly.
"Such a powerful suction force!"
Even with Li Quanqing’s cultivation, it felt quite difficult to handle, just barely able to activate it.
He looked around and eventually set his sights on "Leopard," the only living creature around.
"Go in!"
The vestment robe flapped like a flag being raised and directly enveloped the Spiritual Beast, then sent it into the Spirit Realm.
Li Quanqing’s soul spread out, and in the depths of the robe, he glimpsed the actual scene.
Caught amidst the howling winds and snow, a Cloud-Treading Snow Leopard descended from the sky, landing in a thick, soft snow layer.
He, akin to the heavenly dao, possessed an overlooking perspective, freely probing every corner of this spirit realm.
"Roar-meow?"
The snow leopard, gazing at the towering snow mountains before it, almost thought it was back in its joyous homeland, excitedly sprinting atop the snow peaks.
Its large paws left no trace on the snow; from afar, it indeed seemed as though it was treading on clouds, pristine and holy.
Alas, the leopard was ultimately disappointed; the mountain before its eyes was merely hundreds of meters tall with snowfields extending only three to four miles.
It was as if an invisible boundary prevented any further steps, making it impossible to venture beyond.
Additionally, within this Spirit Realm, other than snow, there was more snow, extremely cold temperatures, and a total lack of vitality, making it entirely unsuitable for ordinary beings. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
"There really is a Snow Dust Mountain!"
Li Quanqing watched the snow leopard running freely in the vestment robe’s spirit realm, stunned with amazement.
He could feel that he could, by leveraging the power of the robe, manipulate this space of several miles to suppress enemies, unstoppable.
However, the consumption was immense, probably requiring Foundation Establishment Level mana to activate even a part of the spirit realm’s power.
Even so, it was still astounding. What grade of Spiritual Artifact could this be?
Li Quanqing scrutinized the details of the Snow Dust Heavenly Robe again, realizing that it wasn’t a Spiritual Artifact, but a Strange Treasure!
He had seen the records of Strange Treasures in ancient tomes; during the ancient era with abundant resources, many Artifact Refiners would practice with materials for Golden Core.
Although due to limited Artifact Refining Techniques, they couldn’t produce a Third-Order Magical Treasure, they possessed certain characteristics that nonetheless exceeded Second-Order Spirit Artifacts.
This was the existence of Strange Treasures.
"And this is even a space Strange Treasure, even more precious!"
Li Quanqing watched the Cloud-Treading Snow Leopard running wildly on Snow Dust Mountain, deciding that from now on, this would be the leopard’s snowy paradise.
