Wild Dogs

After speaking, Xue Ming put his hands behind his back and stared intently ahead.

Xuan Yang also knew he should be patient.

He nodded.

"Alright, since you've put it that way, I'll listen to you."

"But let's get this straight: I'll listen to you, you can't lie to me."

Xue Ming laughed.

"Don't worry about that, I mean what I say, I would never lie to you."

After speaking, Xue Ming patiently pointed forward.

"Wait a minute, wait until there are a few more snow beasts, then you'll see how I deal with them."

Xuan Yang stopped talking and waited patiently.

After a while, more and more snow beasts gathered around.

Yang Fan noticed that some snow beasts were knocked down by their companions from behind.

Just as these snow beasts were scattered, Xue Ming made his move.

He took out a strange bead from his pocket, then gently tapped around the bead several times before dripping a drop of his blood onto it.

"Drip your own blood and essence onto it as well."

Xue Ming spoke calmly.

Xuan Yang hesitated for a moment.

Xue Ming glanced at him.

"Whether I've tampered with these beads or not, you can tell at a glance, so why hesitate?"

Hearing this, Xuan Yang chuckled.

"There's no way around it, we both know what kind of person the other is, no need to keep us in suspense."

"There's really nothing wrong with what you've got, but you need to explain clearly what you want to do."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have dripped my semen onto it."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming smiled.

"It's simple, this bead can disguise itself as our aura."

"If you drip your blood essence into it, these snow beasts will think that the bead contains the essence of the three of us."

"I'll throw the bead out quickly, and the snow beast will chase after it, thus breaking our encirclement."

Hearing this, Yang Fan roughly understood.

Instead of confronting them head-on, we should lure the snow beast away in this way.

"I see. But how did you manage to conceal our presence?"

"These snow beasts aren't stupid."

Xuan Yang asked.

Xue Ming smiled.

"Don't worry, I have a way. Just drip your essence blood down first."

Xuan Yang thought for a moment and nodded.

He bit his fingertip and dripped a drop of his own blood into it.

Seeing this, Yang Fan also dripped his own blood essence onto it.

When three drops of blood essence were dripped into the bead, the bead immediately turned blood red.

Then Xue Ming snapped his fingers.

A moment later, a layer of ice crystals gathered from all around.

These ice crystals then coalesced into three ice garments.

"This is the ice suit I prepared in advance. After putting on this ice suit..."

"We will be almost exactly the same as the surrounding ice fields."

As he spoke, he handed the ice coat to the two of them.

Yang Fan and Xuan Yang took the ice robe and put it on.

After putting on the ice robe, Xue Ming threw the bead far away.

The bead was extremely fast and quickly flew to a very far place.

Upon seeing this, the snow beast immediately followed with a rumble.

Before long, all the snow beasts around disappeared.

Only then did Xue Ming remove his ice armor.

Seeing this, Xuan Yang, who was standing to the side, was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Why didn't you take out the ice armor sooner? We wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."

Hearing this, Xue Ming laughed.

"What do you know? This ice armor has a time limit; it doesn't last long enough."

"If we take out the ice armor too early, it will disappear prematurely."

"It would be troublesome if we encountered a herd of snow beasts at that time."

"Let's go, there are dangers ahead besides this herd of snow beasts."

"We'll take it one step at a time. I've prepared in advance this time, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Hearing this, Yang Fan nodded slightly and followed behind Xue Ming.

Seeing this, Xuan Yang was very dissatisfied with Xue Ming's secretive approach.

But he obediently followed along.

And so, the group walked away into the distance.

As he moved forward, Yang Fan looked around carefully, observing the situation closely, fearing any unusual activity.

After the snow beast incident, he was now extremely vigilant.

After a while, Xuan Yang stopped.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem again?"

Xuan Yang said to Xue Ming in an annoyed tone.

"If something like this happens again, please make it clear in advance so we can be prepared."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming smiled.

"What's the point of preparing in advance? I've already made all the necessary preparations."

Then, he gazed into the distance, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

"Alright, we're about to reach the most dangerous part of this ice field."

"We need to be careful from now on. I'll tell you what to do in a bit."

"Of course, this is both a danger and an opportunity; if the opportunity is right, we can make a fortune."

"Make a fortune, what do you mean?"

Xuan Yang immediately became interested.

Xue Ming didn't speak, but simply led him forward.

Although Xuan Yang was furious, he could only obediently follow along.

After walking for another half an hour, the group stopped.

A small hill appeared not far ahead of them.

Looking at the mountain peak, Xue Ming chuckled softly.

This time, he took out a bead again and dripped his blood essence onto it.

Seeing this, Xuan Yang raised his eyebrows.

"Unless you explain clearly, I will not shed my semen."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming shook his head helplessly.

"You're just too cautious; you always think I have malicious intentions."

"But I'm telling you, I really meant no harm."

Xuan Yang would never believe Xue Ming's words.

He gave a cold laugh and just stared blankly ahead.

Seeing this, Xue Ming began to explain seriously.

"Alright, then I'll tell you, there's an ice crystal toad hiding on that iceberg over there."

"This toad is very powerful, equivalent to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator."

"The last time I came here, I had a huge battle with it before I barely got through."

"We can't fight head-on this time; we need to find a way to lure that thing away, so I prepared this bead in advance."

"This bead can lure away the ice crystal toad."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yang's eyes lit up.

"In that case, we can head straight ahead while the toad is being lured away."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming smiled.

"What's the point of just letting it pass by like this?"

"We can go to the ice toad's lair and find some good stuff."

"What good things could be found in the Ice Toad's lair, the den of spirit beasts?"

Xuan Yang shook his head.

But Xue Ming chuckled softly.

"Do you really think it's just an ordinary animal's den?"

"Let me tell you, that place is not only a den of beasts, but also the burial ground of many cultivators."

"Do you think this ice toad, guarding this place for so many years, hasn't killed any other cultivators?"

"I can tell you with certainty that it has killed countless cultivators over the years."

"The cultivators' storage bags, along with all sorts of valuables, were left in the lair."

"Don't you think this is a great opportunity to make a fortune?"