Li Ye was quite surprised. He looked at the duck's rear end, which had at least dozens of multicolored tail feathers, and silently swallowed his saliva.

The fire seed of Phoenix Fire indeed.

No wonder they can lay eggs with Phoenix Fire. It turns out that the tail is the fire seed, and there are so many!

The poor duck quacked and covered its backside as it nestled deep into the group of ducks.

Its mates spontaneously surrounded it, with their tail feathers enveloping the duck and forming a multicolored egg.

It comfortably snuggled inside the egg, and very soon, it fell asleep.

The spiritual power on its body noticeably weakened excessively.

Obviously, pulling out a tail feather was a huge damage to its spiritual power.

Soon after, the lead duck quacked a few more times at Li Ye before it slowly returned to the group.

Snow piled up, covering them, erasing their presence and aura as if they vanished once more.

The meaning of those last calls was: Hurry up and give us something to eat.

Hmm.

Exchanging some food for a fire seed of Phoenix Fire was simply an incredible gain.

Li Ye was thinking about the many tail feathers on the Qingxue Phoenix-tailed Duck.

If he could get them all, he could even create fields of Phoenix Fire, empowering the Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants living there with Phoenix strength.

He imagined the scene for a moment and decisively pulled back his wandering thoughts.

Anyway, these ducks couldn't escape anymore.

He could take his time plotting slowly.

But now, he still had to go personally and see what this so-called Suike Realm was all about.

As long as he returned to the courtyard before the night ended, it was fine.

...

An Immortal was actually going to their village!

Upon hearing Li Ye mention wanting to take a look at their fields, Fu You was practically overwhelmed with excitement.

If they could get some guidance from the Immortal.

Wouldn't their life during the endless and long winter days be a bit more comfortable?

Would more children survive, progressing towards the cultivation path and continuing to protect their village?

With these thoughts in mind.

Fu You and the villagers, who were also cultivators, surrounded Li Ye sitting on the bear's shoulder and lit torches in the boundless darkness, heading beyond the snowy forest.

During this, Li Ye indirectly asked some questions.

Feeling somewhat worried in his heart.

The Immortal Dao lineages here were indeed bleak. Even foundational cultivation techniques that were easy to spread widely were scarce, and there were strict requirements on the Spirit Root, controlled by various villages and forces.

Qi Refining could already run rampant in a village. Foundation Establishment was as if a local emperor.

As for Golden Core?

Calling it the emperor of this world wouldn't be an exaggeration.

According to the young man named Fu You, Uncle Master Shenxue discovered only five Golden Core True Men in the entire world.

And they relied on pills barely to break through, estimating that a more capable Inner Sect Disciple from the Four Seasons Sect could easily defeat these "Half-Disabled Golden Core."

Here and the world where the Four Seasons Sect resided were like the Immortal Realm compared to the Mortal World, even the Mountain and River Realm created for mortals by the Four Seasons Sect was superior by far.

Moreover.

There was another troublesome matter.

Because this place was long-term covered by abnormal winter chill.

The pervasive white Demonic Qi had already merged into the Spiritual Qi, causing these cultivators, more or less, to walk on the Demon Path.

For example, when offering to the Seasonal Sky Monument, they used Demon Path rituals - offering via bone, blood, and soul, which is why Li Ye felt the spiritual power within the Earth Book was so chaotic.

The Road of Earth Immortals was originally meant to gather Spiritual Qi to nurture all things.

Yet it was eroded by various rituals containing Demonic Qi. If not dealt with timely, once the Earth Book is also fused with this region's white Demonic Qi, this world might truly become a domain of the Demon Path.

Li Ye's mood grew heavier.

Living in an environment like the Four Seasons Sect, though he wouldn't become so kind as to be a foolish good Samaritan, he still had a touch of goodwill.

He could feel the enthusiasm of these cultivators, but due to the environment, they could only fall further.

Moreover, Divine Snow True Man sent him here, likely to burn away the winter here and bring spring winds.

While resting on the bear's head, swaying to and fro, he already considered how he should proceed.

He might need to use some "Demon Path" methods.

At least allowing himself to quickly reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, so he could perform some Foundation Establishment divine techniques and magic spells.

With these thoughts, he had already made a decision.

He looked far ahead. At this moment, he had left the snowy forest, looking at an even deeper, ancient snowy landscape like a thousand-year frost.

White.

Endless stretches of white extending to the horizon.

However, within this snow, one could see some colossal shadows writhing. They looked like humanoid puppets made of snow, but their movements were more strange, sometimes using both hands and feet, sometimes leaping.

Such humanoid shapes doing these bizarre actions made one quite uncomfortable.

Even Li Ye felt an urge to unseal and burn them all to ashes with Tribulation Ash.

"What is that?"

Li Ye asked out loud.

"Hmm?"

Fu You was stunned, then his expression changed drastically.

The people around seemed to react like hearing something terrible.

All stopped.

Filled with fear.

"You…" Without saying a word, Fu You sliced his arm, letting blood spill immediately, and as he chanted a technique, it formed a giant blood circle around everyone.

And then.

On the originally empty snowy ground nearby, suddenly some humanoid monsters appeared, jumping on all fours towards here.

They sniffed around the blood circle.

Seemingly searching for something, but ultimately they left without finding anything.

Getting closer, Li Ye could clearly see these creatures' full appearance — like humans with their skin peeled off, exposing flesh, yet growing an icy human layer.

No facial features, just narrow slits where the eyes were.

Filled internally with cold and dreary light.

[Name]: Wu Nie White Demon

[Mood]: Yearning for flesh

[Status]: Transformed from human corpses soaked in Demonic Qi born of True Spirit "Phoenix" bones; existing only within chaotic Seasonal energies due to Phoenix's fall.

Li Ye had truly never seen such ugly monsters.

Almost moved to let them taste the power of Tribulation Fire but managed to hold back; turning the table feels good, but it shouldn't be done capriciously, right?

Uncle Master Shenxue probably sent him here, certain that he could rely on his current or future realm to resolve matters.

However.

So, these were the remains of a True Spirit Phoenix?

He seemed to understand the situation here.

Due to the Phoenix's fall, the Seasonal energy changed abnormally here.

True Spirit... A title given at least to Divine Beasts above Divinity Transformation.

This place indeed grew increasingly complicated.

"Phew."

After seeing those White Demons leave, Fu You breathed a sigh of relief, removing the blood circle boundary, instructing everyone to hurry up, and he came to Li Ye, saying.

"What you saw just now were the White Demons here. It's said that once seen, they will rush over immediately."

"Once they rush over, within several miles, no one will survive. Many villages suffered because children discovered them and brought disaster."

Li Ye nodded: "So children are more likely to see them?"

"Exactly."

Fu You answered with lingering fear: "And these children all have significant cultivation talent. Ordinary kids can't see them.

"So far, no teenagers or adults over ten years old have discovered them. How did you see them?"

Li Ye was also curious.

Was it due to the power within him?

Or perhaps...

He lowered his head, looking at the multicolored feather he had been holding.

If it was truly because of this feather.

Then the children here might bring him some pleasant surprises.

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