Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

After leaving the cave, Gou An and Xue Yin boarded a flying boat together.

The flying boat slowly flew towards the edge of the snowy region.

"No, you're really leaving?" Gou An asked curiously. The Snowfield Demon King, she just said she wouldn't give up the position?

Xueyin simply nodded slightly after hearing this: "I have been here for decades, and my purpose has always been to search for wild beasts."

"Now that we have obtained the blood of the wild beast, there is no reason for us to stay here any longer," Xueyin replied calmly, as if the throne she had relinquished was utterly insignificant.

"But not long ago, didn't you use the Transformation Pill to create a lot of laborers again?" Gou An asked, even more puzzled.

"Speaking of which!" Xueyin glanced at Gou An and said, "Thanks to your Transformation Pill, I was able to expand the search area further. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to find that snow valley so quickly."

"I wonder what the use of this beast's blood is?" Gou An asked curiously.

"To extend life!" Yukine simply replied without going into details.

Seeing this, Gou An didn't press the matter further, but instead asked another question: "Who exactly are you? You're not a monster."

Xueyin stood at the bow of the flying boat, gazing into the distance: "You saved my life, so I'll tell you the truth. I am actually an elder of the Myriad Spirits Sect!"

"Huh?" Gou An was somewhat surprised.

I had heard Master Jiulu mention this when we were drinking together before: the foundations of different sects within the cultivation realm vary.

Based on their strength, they can actually be divided into four major Heavenly Sects and twelve Dao Sects.

Among them, the Wanling Sect is one of the four great celestial sects, while the Tianxing Sect that Gou An encountered before was only one of the twelve Dao sects.

The reason for this distinction is that only the four major sects have produced individuals who have transcended tribulations and ascended to immortality throughout their history, thus possessing a more profound foundation.

"These are the spirit stones and flying boat I promised you!" Xueyin took out a storage bag full of spirit stones and a delicate flying boat the size of a palm.

"I need to return to my sect now, but the route isn't on the same as the Monster Beast Mountain Range, so I'll say goodbye here!"

Gou An took the storage bag and the flying boat, and asked curiously, "But I heard there are arrays interfering with the outer perimeter of the snowy region. How should I get there?"

"There's no formation!" Xueyin shook her head gently. "That was just a way to make those lesser demons give up on escaping. To set up such a formation in such a vast snowfield would be too massive; it's not that easy to do."

"So that's how it is!" Gou An nodded.

"Furthermore!" Xueyin added, "If you encounter any problems that you can't solve in the future, you can come to the Wanling Sect for help, and I will definitely help you."

After saying that, she flipped her hand and took out a golden token, placing it in Gou An's hand.

Gou An took the token and glanced at it; indeed, the three large characters "Wanling Sect" were engraved on it.

"But I'm a monster!" Gou An asked with some worry, "Will they really help me if something happens?"

"Yes, we will!" Xueyin nodded. "The biggest difference between our sect and other sects is that we have demon cultivator elders within our sect!"

"The name 'Wanling Sect' is derived from the idea that all things have a spirit."

"In our eyes, humans and demons are all sentient beings, plants and animals. As long as they are born with intelligence, they are qualified to cultivate the Tao and can also attain the Great Tao."

"So that's how it is!" Gou An said thoughtfully after hearing this.

"Alright, farewell then, see you again someday!" Xueyin said again.

Gou An nodded, flew off Xueyin's flying boat and into the air, releasing the flying boat that Xueyin had given him.

Although this flying boat is not very large, it is extremely exquisite and glows with spiritual light, clearly not an ordinary object.

"Let's go!" Xueyin said again, and the flying boat she was piloting transformed into a streak of light and shot away into the distance.

Gou An then boarded his own flying boat, also preparing to leave the snowy region.

However, before leaving, Gou An had other things to do.

On the other side of the snowy region, in a cave.

Pig Old Nine and Liu Dayong were looking at the snow falling from the sky at the cave entrance, their faces full of worry.

"Hey, how much food is left?" Pig Ninth suddenly asked.

"There's not much left, but if we eat sparingly, we can last another half month!" Liu Dayong replied slowly.

"More than a month has passed, and I wonder how Fellow Daoist Dog is doing." Pig Ninth sighed unconsciously.

"Before he left, he said he would let us enter the world depicted in the picture when he returned!" Liu Dayong shook his head at this point: "But so much time has passed, he's either been murdered or he's probably already gone!"

"It's all your fault!" Pig Ninth rolled his eyes at Liu Dayong and said with dissatisfaction, "I offered to go together, but you wouldn't let me!"

"My fault?" Liu Dayong said irritably, "If I hadn't stopped them, we might be dead too."

"A quick and painless death is better than a half-dead state!" Pig Ninth sighed. "Once the snow stops, we'll have to go digging for spirit herbs again. This life is so boring."

"So what kind of life do you want to live?" Liu Dayong asked.

"I'll have no worries about food and drink, just a warm place, and a few pretty sows to give me lots of piglets!" Pig Old Nine chuckled, his tone full of longing.

"Forget about it, we don't have that opportunity!" Liu Dayong shook his head helplessly.

But just then, a voice suddenly came from outside the cave: "Who said there's no chance?"

Upon hearing the sound, Liu Dayong and Zhu Laojiu both looked outside.

A flying boat cut through the wind and snow and slowly came to a stop outside the cave entrance. Then a figure jumped down; it was Gou An.

Upon seeing Gou An, Uncle Pig was overjoyed and rushed forward to greet him: "Fellow Daoist Gou, you're not dead!"

"Of course he's not dead!" Gou An nodded to the two of them and casually put the flying boat back. "Let's go inside and talk. It's rather cold in here."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Dayong nodded hurriedly and led Gou An into the cave.

Pig Ninth immediately set out to start a fire and roast meat, preparing to treat Gou An to a meal.

Liu Dayong made room for Gou An in the warmest spot, then asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist, you've been gone for over a month. What happened? We thought something had happened to you, and we almost came to Great Snow Peak to look for you."

"Don't listen to his bragging!" Pig Ninth, who was in charge of grilling the meat, immediately debunked him: "I said I wanted to come find you, but he stopped me."

Liu Dayong gave an awkward smile: "Didn't I say it was almost true? I was a little hesitant too, wasn't I?"

"I was just kept by the Demon King to refine pills!" Gou An explained casually, then said, "I've already got the flying boat to leave, and I came back to ask you if you'd like to come with me."

"Of course I'd love to! Of course I'd love to!" Pig Ninth immediately agreed. "I don't want to stay in this awful place for another second."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Dayong nodded quickly. "We are willing to enter the paradise depicted in the picture, at your command, fellow Daoist."

Gou An smiled slightly and continued, "I want you to enter the Heavenly Diagram in my hands, to help me cultivate the land and nurture spiritual herbs!"

"Is it just the two of us?" Liu Dayong asked curiously.

"Of course not!" Gou An shook his head: "I plan to take all the laborers in this snowy region who are just like you with me."

"Then you can manage everything and cultivate the spiritual herbs in a unified manner. Is that feasible?"