After a year of traveling, Wang Lin chose a small town. Although he didn't like this country, he was very interested in the mysterious technique of turning ice into puppets.
Wang Lin made wood carvings. If he could learn this technique and use it on wood carvings, then wouldn't he have another way to save his life?
Aside from this, there was another important reason why Wang Lin didn't want to leave this place. The mortals here didn't have any life force or life energy. This was a very strange state. Wang Lin believed that in this state, he would be able to experience the will of death within the domain of life and death.
Wang Lin settled down in this small town near the northern border of Xue Yue. The town wasn't very big and there weren't many people. The person in charge of the town was a late stage Core Formation Cultivator.
On the second night after Wang Lin arrived, this cultivator disappeared without a trace. However, other than Wang Lin, no one else knew about his disappearance.
On the third day, Wang Lin disguised himself as this cultivator and walked out of the eleven story ice tower.
Wang Lin had already obtained all of the late stage Core Formation Cultivator's memories through his soul. Wang Lin didn't kill this person, but rather, kept him in the tower for future use.
Originally, with this person's cultivation level, he didn't have the qualifications to own an ice tower. However, this person had an uncle who had some prestige among the Xue Yue cultivators, so this small town was given to him. Because of this, he was given this eleven story ice tower.
Through this person's memories, Wang Lin found out that the genius of Xue Yue was named Red Butterfly. She left with the cultivators of Rosefinch a few years ago.
Along with her, aside from the seven head elders, was Shi San, who was even older than the head elder. Shi San went to Rosefinch for only one reason, and that was to accept the bestowment from Rosefinch. Red Butterfly's requirement for joining the country of Rosefinch was for Xue Yue to become a rank 5 cultivation country and for it to have a new location. Now that the second requirement had been met, only the first was left.
All of the cultivators of Xue Yue knew a bit about this. The Core Formation cultivator in this small town knew a bit more because of his uncle.
In order for a rank 4 cultivation country to become a rank 5 cultivation country, they must have a Soul Transformation cultivator.
The bestowment is a very powerful heaven-defying technique. Everyone only has one chance, so there is a high chance of failure. However, if they succeed, they will immediately reach the Soul Transformation stage. However, there is a downside, and that is that their lifespan, no matter if they have more or less, will always be 100 years.
Also, their cultivation level will be stuck at the early stage of Soul Transformation and will never be able to break through.
There is no way to change this. The cycle of life and death only lasts 100 years. After 100 years, they will without a doubt die.
As such, for those who were about to reach the end of their lifespans, this might be an opportunity. That was why the top cultivators were willing to take the risk. After all, they did not have much lifespan left.
As long as one of Shi San's people succeeds, Xue Yue will have 100 more years to become a rank 5 cultivation country. During these 100 years, one of the seven head elders who left with Red Butterfly will reach the Soul Transformation stage.
As a result, Xue Yue's position as a rank 5 cultivation country will stabilize a bit.
This was something that Rosefinch agreed to, and it was also Xue Yue's condition in exchange for Red Butterfly.
So for Xue Yue, which is about to become a rank 5 cultivation country, all of the surrounding rank 4 cultivation countries are ready to become their vassal country.
This is a rule passed down from the Cultivation Alliance and not something that Rosefinch made. Any cultivator can resist, but they can't change it. The price of resisting is being erased.
Wang Lin walked out of the ice tower. There were two Foundation Establishment cultivators, one male and one female. When they saw Wang Lin, they respectfully called him teacher.
Wang Lin nodded but didn't say anything.
He knew that the person he had turned into had three disciples. The beautiful female disciple before him was the third. She was the one he liked the most, and they would sometimes do things like serving each other.
This kind of thing is very rare in other cultivation countries, and even if it does happen, they won't spread it around. It is a very secretive thing.
However, in the incredible country of Xue Yue, this kind of thing is very common. According to this Core Formation cultivator's memories, there are many other cultivators in Xue Yue who have disciples serving each other.
This has already become something that everyone knows, so no one condemns it.
Also, in this person's memories, he maliciously lamented that if it wasn't for the fact that Red Butterfly's teacher was a girl, she would also be serving her teacher.
Wang Lin bitterly smiled at this kind of thing. His impression of Xue Yue became even worse.
As for the man in front of him, although he didn't look young, he was the second oldest in the family. Normally, he respected his master, but secretly, he was jealous of the relationship between his master and Third Junior Sister.
Wang Lin learned all of this from the Core Formation cultivator's memories. Originally, this person was going to find an opportunity to send this disciple out so he wouldn't be annoyed.
Wang Lin had his hands behind his back. It was impossible to tell if he was happy or angry as he slowly said, "Are there any new ice embryos?"
Ice embryos were what the cultivators of Xue Yue called ice sculptures.
The second disciple quickly and respectfully said, "Master, two Snow Celestial Ice Embryos just arrived."
Wang Lin nodded and said, "Take them out. Let me see if your techniques have improved."
In Wang Lin's memories, there was a detailed description of how to make an ice sculpture puppet. However, this method involved a special technique of Xue Yue called the Pure Ice Method.
From Wang Lin's point of view, this method was very exquisite.
When Xue Yue cultivators cultivate, not only do they absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth, but they also absorb a type of cold energy. It is this cold energy that gradually changes the body of a Nascent Soul cultivator. This allows them to turn into an ice giant after their Nascent Soul leaves their body.
However, this method was clearly graded. The person that Wang Lin turned into could only learn the first four levels of the method. This was secretly given to him by his uncle. Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to learn the first four levels of the method.
The second disciple quickly nodded and slapped his storage pouch. Immediately, two ice sculptures that were ten meters tall appeared on the ground. The ice sculptures depicted a beast with the head of a human and the body of a bird. They gave off a ferocious appearance.
In his one year of travel, Wang Lin naturally knew that these ice sculptures were of one of Xue Yue's guardian beasts … the Snow Celestial!
The second disciple's expression was serious. He sat down cross-legged and cultivated for a while. Then, his left hand formed a seal and formed a ball of black snow. At the same time, he moved his right hand and pulled out some black snow from the ball of snow. Then, he pressed his finger against the ice sculpture.
Suddenly, a gust of black gas flowed from his fingertip into the ice sculpture, forming a trace that looked like a meridian.
The second disciple's forehead was covered in sweat. He took a deep breath and pulled out some more black snow. Then, he pressed his finger against the ice sculpture. Suddenly, another meridian appeared on the ice sculpture.
At this moment, the ball of snow in the second disciple's hand silently disappeared. His face became even paler and he quickly sat down cross-legged to cultivate.
Wang Lin's expression was the same as usual, but in his heart, he understood something. According to the Core Formation Cultivator's memories, a Snow Celestial needed nine snow meridians to complete the first step.
As he was thinking, the female disciple walked over with light steps. With a hint of seduction in her eyes, she said softly, "Master, you haven't answered my questions for several days. My cultivation has changed again. Tonight, I hope Master can give me some guidance."
Wang Lin was thinking about the effect of the snow meridians on the ice sculpture. When he heard the female disciple's words, he nodded and casually said,
"Tell me, what happened?"
The female disciple was startled. She looked around and blushed. She said, "Master, can we talk here?"
Wang Lin nodded, but then he suddenly remembered that in the Core Formation cultivator's memories, when this female disciple spoke like this, it didn't just mean what she said; there was a deeper meaning behind her words.
Just as he was about to speak, the blush on the female disciple's face deepened. She glanced at Wang Lin in a flirtatious manner and then slapped herself, causing her clothes to fall off.
Wang Lin frowned and waved his sleeve. The female disciple's clothes returned to normal. His face grew cold as he looked at the female disciple.
The female disciple immediately felt a chill in her body. Her beautiful face changed as she knelt down on the ground in fear.
After a long time, she carefully stood up. She was panicking, unsure of how she had provoked her master.
At this point, the second disciple had finished healing himself. He opened his eyes and looked at the female disciple. He didn't say anything, but his left hand once again formed an incantation. He condensed more black snow and began to create snow meridians.
It took the second disciple several hours to create the nine snow meridians. Most of the time, he was adjusting his breathing.
From this, it could be seen that creating the ice sculpture was a big burden on him.
After the nine snow meridians were created, the second disciple took a deep breath and knelt down in front of the ice sculpture. His face was filled with sincerity as he muttered a prayer. Then he clenched his teeth and placed his hand on the ice sculpture where the nine snow meridians converged.
With a bang, the second disciple coughed out a mouthful of blood and flew back more than 30 meters before landing on the ground. As for the ice sculpture, the nine snow meridians moved like snakes. Finally, with a bang, two of the snow meridians collided with each other. The entire ice sculpture exploded into pieces of ice.
The second disciple's face was pale. He shamefully said, "Disciple failed again …"
Wang Lin ignored him. His eyes lit up as he pondered for a bit. Combining the memories of the Core Formation Cultivator, he began to understand the key to creating the ice sculpture.
Just at this moment, Wang Lin's heart trembled. He looked off into the distance and saw a ray of sword energy flying toward him.