[Year of the Rooster, 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Minor New Year]
It has been more than thirteen years since I entered the Demon Realm. Today I suddenly remembered that the New Year's Eve has arrived on earth.
In the past, when I was with Xiaobai, she would always prepare some delicious food and wine, and spend the holidays with me, and it was rare for me to have a half-day rest.
But now, she has even forgotten about it.
Fortunately, there was still some aged wine in the storage ring, which was enough for her to have a drink with to celebrate the New Year.
…
Xiaobai said that the human race's spiritual wine tasted bad, even worse than the highly poisonous water from the Ca Nu Lake. He sprayed it all over the ground with just one sip.
I suddenly realized that her fairy-like appearance in front of others, drinking with her head tilted back, and her unrestrained appearance were all fake!
Looking back, she used to seem free and unrestrained, but how much of that was real
Bound by the morals and human relationships of the human race, one must always think twice before doing anything, and be concerned about the influence of teachers, relatives, friends, and the sect, and be restrained.
Therefore, she is the righteous genius Wangshu Fairy in front of people, and the bloody Yama Chenzhou Sanren behind people.
Now, perhaps this is Xiaobai’s most real and unrestrained appearance.
Good fortune and misfortune go hand in hand, which may not be a bad thing. I need to remind myself not to worry about Xiaobai's memory recovery.
Believe that everything has its destiny, let her be happy for a while longer, otherwise when her memory comes back, she will have to bind herself to the word "human" again.
The demonic energy here is dense, and the void is even filled with chaotic energy. The coldness in it is different from all the real water and spirit ice that I have come into contact with before.
We have decided to stay in Luoze Ice Palace to practice for the time being.
This training will surely be a long one, but fortunately Xiaobai is with me. I often recall the time when I was at the Kowloon ruins, and my heart is filled with warmth.
There are no powerful enemies or life-threatening situations this time, so I can cultivate slowly. However, I am afraid that when I reach the stage of spiritual transformation...
Forget it, let’s not talk about it!
I released Youmeng and asked it to guard the entrance to prevent the ice demons from the Holy Ancestor Lake from entering and interfering with our practice.
*
[Year of Yimao, April 8th]
When he woke up from his meditation, five years had passed and he had firmly entered the peak Nascent Soul stage.
Sure enough, with Xiaobai by my side, I was able to enter into a state of meditation and practice. My mind was calm and free of worries. I was able to stay in meditation for longer periods of time and my practice efficiency was higher.
The ancient practice methods of the Ice Demon Clan are truly powerful. Five years of practice here is equivalent to at least fifteen years of hard work for me elsewhere.
I suddenly felt a little conflicted, whether to continue like this or give up this method. However, if I wanted to escape from the Demon Realm, the higher my cultivation level, the better.
When I woke up, Xiaobai's real body was sitting cross-legged opposite me. The endless spring in the center of the Ice Palace was the boundary between her and me. She was in the east and I was in the west.
Five years ago, the freezing cold a hundred steps away from the Buxiquan Spring was already hard for the two of us to resist. After five years of practice, we can make another ten steps forward.
Suddenly I found that Xiaobai had hung the bell around his waist, and I also had one around my waist.
This bell was found in the gap of the warehouse that day. The name of the bell is "Jinlan", which means sworn brotherhood. It is an ancient treasure that can activate both demonic and spiritual energy.
Now it seems that those strange creatures in the warehouse that are neither demonic nor Taoist are probably practicing to refine this bell.
I don't know for whom the Ice Demon Saint was trained, and why he was abandoned in a corner. No matter how far apart the two bells are, they can even ignore the boundaries and space barriers and sense each other.
The sound of the bell is clear and crisp, refreshing the mind and can drive away inner demons. When fighting an enemy, it can also emit a thunderous sound, suddenly hitting the opponent's soul. If the opponent's soul is not strong, the soul will be shattered after the bell rings three times.
Xiaobai hung the bell around her waist. I guess her trust in me is still higher than that in her so-called 'brother'.
(smiley face)
*
[Year of Yimao, first day of May]
Xiaobai was the same as always, with his real body in meditation and practice, while his two clones were busy with their own things.
One clone was reading in the study, and the other clone was holding the rusty axe and hammering around.
She said that practicing in meditation and swallowing air and mist was not as satisfying as chewing food in the mouth. She unexpectedly discovered that the ice used to build the Luoze Ice Palace was extraordinary and very delicious.
Xiaobai knocked a bowl of crushed ice from the icicle for me to try, and it was indeed... not bad.
In just five years, she was almost able to completely demolish a passage. As a result, within thirty years, the Luoze Ice Palace would no longer exist.
I once tried it with my sword. The ice bricks used to build the ice palace were very hard. My sword could only leave faint marks. However, Xiaobai was able to chisel out pieces with that rusty axe.
I don't know if it's the rusty axe or her own power that's weird.
Another clone of Xiaobai was found in the study. After learning the ancient magic code, this clone had been reading in the three study rooms, except for going out to comprehend the Dao Eclipse Code on the central platform of the Ice Palace.
Even though he lost his memory and became a demon, Xiaobai remained the same as before, full of curiosity about everything in the world.
As for me, I pay more attention to my own cultivation. Most of the affairs of the world have nothing to do with me, so I will not waste my energy thinking about them.
*
[Gengshen Year, August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival]
Another five years have passed, and everything in the Ice Palace remains the same. Xiaobai and I are now seventy-five steps away from the Never-Ending Spring, and our practice is getting closer to perfection.
My heart is wavering and afraid. I am afraid that the moment I become a god, I will turn into a demon.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every festive occasion makes me miss my family more. I wonder what the situation is like in the Tianyan Sect today. Is everyone still being troubled by the people from the Star Alliance
Xiaobai is still carefree as always. Today, I don’t know if he was thinking of something or if he had some feelings, but he suddenly asked me for a drink.
Xiaobai gave me a book, which contained some stories about the cultivation written down by the Ice Demon Saint.
After watching it, I truly began to understand the Ice Demon Saint.
She mentioned in her notes that she had someone whom she admired very much, but because that person was a woman, she later often appeared in front of everyone in the form of a woman.
She also mentioned that it was that person who told her to "learn from the barbarians in order to defeat them".
So, she began to travel secretly among the human race and learn everything about them.
The man also told her, 'Seeking peace should be the compassion of the strong, not the pleading of the weak'.
So, she wants to conquer the three realms.
However, she conquered the three realms not to allow the demons to become the masters of the world, but to allow all living things to coexist equally.
The pair of Golden Bridal Bells were made by her for that person.
It's a pity that they finally went their separate ways and failed to be together, otherwise why would the bell be abandoned in the corner
I suddenly realized that what they said was right. Only the strong are qualified to seek peace, while the weak can only kneel down and beg for survival.
I have decided that no matter what the outcome is, I must first make myself strong!
*
[Yichou Year, July 20th]
Another five years passed and they were fifty-five steps away from the Buxiquan Spring.
Xiaobai is still practicing, reading books, dismantling the ice palace, and comprehending the Great Dao Eclipse Text.
During this period, he also sneaked out with the intention of capturing the six real demons practicing by the Holy Ancestor Pond, but unfortunately he did not get any results.
You Meng fell to the ground and laughed, his four hooves facing the sky.
In anger, Xiaobai rolled over and fought with Youmeng in the form of a mirage monster.
In the end, she was scratched on the face by Youmeng and burst into tears.
Youmeng seems to be a little unusual.
*
[Gengwu year, June 6th]
Five years later, they were thirty steps away from the Buxiquan Spring.
My body began to change.
When Xiaobai was fifty steps away from the Buxiquan Spring, he was excluded and could not go any further.
Only I can continue to get closer.
The ice in the spring is the first ice born between heaven and earth, so let's call it 'source ice'.
As I continued to absorb the cold air from the spring into my body, my practice made rapid progress, no slower than Xiaobai who dismantled the ice palace, ate ice bricks, and absorbed the chaotic energy of the void.
However, my body was also gradually melting into ice, and the demonic bones that had been reshaped in the Earth Spirit World had already turned into black ice.
I have a feeling that when I become a spirit and combine my soul, sword heart, and Nascent Soul, that will be the time when I will be completely transformed into a demon.
It doesn’t matter, just keep going and see. Even if I become possessed by a demon, I am still Lu Nanzhi who no one can control!
*
[Year of the Pig, October 30th]
Another five years passed, and we were five steps away from the Never-ending Spring.
I have seen clearly that the thing under the spring is a sword. It is like a lover to the Ice Soul Sword in my hand, and they have a sense of each other.
Take the sword, the time is not right yet, don't be hasty.
Xiaobai has begun to prepare for her transformation into a spirit. Although she looks unreliable, she is actually very shrewd. When she was digging everywhere, she deliberately left two east-west passages.
With the Never-ending Spring as the boundary, she will transform into a spirit at the easternmost part, and I will stay at the westernmost part to transform into a spirit.
She also used the high-quality ice she dug up from everywhere to set up layers of formations to block the influence between us.
But she said she was unsure, and always felt that her transformation into a spirit would be very dangerous, and every time she thought about it, she couldn't eat.
She also said that whether she was a human or a demon would be revealed once the catastrophe of transformation came.
If it was a heavenly calamity, then she was a human, which meant her brother lied to her.
If it was an earth calamity, she would be a demon, which means... I lied to her.
No matter what, I just hope Xiaobai can become a god peacefully!
*
[Year of the Tiger, first day of the first lunar month, New Year]
Three years later, I finally arrived at the spring.
Today, take the sword!
I don’t know when the next chapter will be released, maybe 4 or 5 o’clock, or maybe 9 or 10 o’clock…
(End of this chapter)