Time always slips by unnoticed. A month passed.
That evening, Fang Yu moved in and out of his residence, making sure everything was in order.
He sat down cross-legged.
He picked up an elemental energy fruit.
This was a Summoning Element resource he had purchased using the money from selling the Fire Elemental Spirit Seed. After a month of consumption, there was not much left.
However, after nourishing his Summoning Element stardust with resources for so long,
it had already reached the critical point for a breakthrough.
Moments later, Fang Yu absorbed the energy within the fruit.
Elemental energy continuously flowed in, influencing the Summoning Element stardust.
Inside the stardust, the star particles trembled in an orderly manner.
At this moment, the elemental energy poured into the Summoning Element star particles. The star particles shone with moonlight, trembling violently as they surged upward toward the barrier.
Striking the bottleneck.
Crack!
Boom!
Under the powerful impact, the star particles shattered the barrier.
The Summoning Element stardust became even larger.
The stardust transformed into a nebula.
The Summoning Element broke through to the Mid-Tier.
Everything happened naturally.
Only then did Fang Yu let out a sigh of relief, and he continued absorbing elemental energy, consolidating his cultivation.
The next day, Fang Yu closed his eyes, roaming within his spiritual world, observing the Summoning Element nebula. The powerful strength filled him with joy. In this magical world, only power could give him a sense of security.
Without strength here, one could only be at the mercy of others, with no ability to say "no."
Now, as a mage with three Mid-Tier elements, although he was not yet truly strong, he had taken another step closer.
In the following month, no one disturbed him.
During this month, he stayed almost entirely in his residence. While controlling the Summoning Element star particles, he also observed the condition of the Ice Elemental Holy Spirit embryo.
Magic City.
Fang Yu's residence.
His face was full of excitement.
He felt like his life had reached its peak.
Because today was finally the day the Ice Elemental Holy Spirit, the Snow Maiden would be born.
Elemental creatures were common, but Elemental Holy Spirits were not. Only elemental creatures with bloodlines reaching the Commander Level could be called Holy Spirits.
They were often born in regions where elemental energy was extremely dense and extreme.
Especially, Elemental Holy Spirits possessed a unique ability.
Because they were elemental beings, they could merge with humans, greatly enhancing control and power over the Ice Element.
The only drawback was the "milk powder" for an Ice Elemental Holy Spirit required fragments of Ice Elemental Spirit Seeds, Elemental Spirit Seeds, or Soul Seeds. The cost was extremely expensive.
However, Fang Yu had already accounted for this.
He believed that although the financial cost would be high, the returns would definitely be greater.
At this moment, in front of Fang Yu, there was an ice-blue sphere of energy, surrounded by floating ice crystals and filled with chilling air.
Suddenly, the energy sphere radiated light. At the same time, it shattered, and snowflakes scattered everywhere.
Inside the sphere, a small crystalline arm extended outward, followed by a body formed entirely of ice crystals.
The Snow Maiden was born.
She slowly opened her watery eyes, clearly eager to see the outside world.
After a short while, the little Snow Maiden walked out.
Tiny arms, tiny legs, and a round little body—delicate and miniature like a porcelain doll.
Having descended into the world, she was the purest spirit, a darling of nature.
Elemental darlings existed for every element, but very few people were lucky enough to encounter one.
Especially for a top-tier elemental darling like the little Snow Maiden, it seemed that no one had gained her favor for a hundred years.
It had to be said, Fang Yu was extremely lucky.
Ahead was the newly born Snow Maiden sneezed, and with it came strands of ice-blue frost.
Amid the swirling frost, Fang Yu watched in fascination.
Moments later, he heard a series of "crack, crack" sounds beside him.
Coming back to his senses, he realized the little Snow Maiden was putting the shattered pieces of the energy sphere into her mouth one by one.
As she consumed all the fragments, her aura steadily rose, becoming much stronger.
Fang Yu was surprised to find that although the Snow Maiden had just been born, her strength had already reached the level of an advanced Servant.
"As expected of an Elemental Holy Spirit. This is truly a huge gain."
As Fang Yu spoke, the little Snow Maiden turned her head and looked at him, sensing his unique aura.
She vaguely remembered that while still inside the shell, it was by absorbing the special ice aura within this human that she had been able to be born successfully.
Driven by a sense of closeness, the little Snow Maiden leapt toward Fang Yu, bouncing around him playfully.
After a while, the floating little Snow Maiden,
having grown a bit tired from playing, drifted onto Fang Yu's head and began to rest.
After all, she was still just a newborn little one.
Moments later, Fang Yu held the little Snow Maiden in his arms and found that her delicate, porcelain doll-like body was as light as a kitten. The ice crystals covering her body were extremely faint, carrying almost no temperature.
Looking at the little Snow Maiden in his arms, he began to trace the Summoning Element star map.
Having reached the Mid-Tier in the Summoning Element, Fang Yu had yet to use Mid-Tier Summoning Magic. Not only was drawing it slow, he had also failed several times.
However, this did not have much impact. Slowly completing the contract star map, Fang Yu branded the contract mark onto the sleeping little Snow Maiden.
The little Snow Maiden showed no resistance to Fang Yu's power at all. She turned over, accepted it gladly, and then drifted back into a sweet sleep, looking like a pampered little baby who didn't want to be woken unless it was time to eat.
Seeing that the little Snow Maiden was resting, Fang Yu felt bored.
There was nothing to do.
Today was the day of the little Snow Maiden's birth, a joyous occasion so he didn't plan to cultivate.
After thinking for a while, Fang Yu moved a sofa into the courtyard.
He lay down flat.
Night fell.
Fang Yu was still lying leisurely on the sofa in the courtyard.
Wearing earphones, he was binge-watching shows.
Sure enough, watching shows really made people happy. Fang Yu had been lying there watching for half the day without even realizing it.
Of course, he wouldn't admit he was slacking off. He was simply trying to stimulate his imagination through various films and shows, laying the groundwork for developing new abilities for his Zero Domain Elemental Seed.
In this world, movies were mostly magic-themed, with very few focusing purely on ordinary people.
Magic was the ultimate trend and the hottest topic. As long as the magic in a work was eye-catching enough, the box office would never be low.
For example, the movie Fang Yu was currently watching told the story of a college student who met a beast-eared girl from another species in his dreams and searched for each other.
"Good grief."
Fang Yu couldn't help but exclaim was this an alternate-world version of Your Name?
With the male protagonist eventually contracting a mermaid princess and working together to stop a tsunami as the ending?
They really dared to make this!
Just as Fang Yu was wondering why he couldn't encounter something like that, he felt something poke his body.
He looked up and saw the little Snow Maiden staring at him.
"What is it?"
"Ying!"
The porcelain doll-like Snow Maiden widened her eyes and pointed at herself.
Meaning: she hadn't been fed her "milk" for the night yet, and as she needed energy, she was getting hungry.
Fang Yu had been too absorbed in watching and hadn't heard anything.
But he understood her meaning.
"Forgot, sorry."
Fang Yu apologized, feeling a bit embarrassed. He had been so focused on enjoying himself that he neglected feeding her.
Immediately, he put his phone aside and took out Elemental Seed fragments from his storage ring.
The little Snow Maiden snatched them, ignored Fang Yu, and happily began eating.
After this interruption, Fang Yu no longer had the mood to continue relaxing.
Looking at the sky, he realized it was already quite late.
He walked into the house, and after clearing his mind, Fang Yu carried the little Snow Maiden—who was still munching on her "milk powder" toward the bedroom.
After placing her to the side to continue eating the Elemental Seed fragments, Fang Yu turned over and lay on the bed, falling asleep.
After the little Snow Maiden finished eating, she came over to Fang Yu, lay in his arms, and imitated him, sleeping just like he did.
Since forming the contract, the little Snow Maiden had become very close to Fang Yu.
Not only because of the contract, nor just because he fed her, but mainly because Fang Yu possessed a special ice-element aura within him.
That was the energy that had allowed her to be born. Naturally, she felt close to him.