"Alright, that's enough fooling around."
Fang Yu reached up and grabbed the little Flame Belle, who was clinging to the top of his head.
"Ling!"
The little fellow pouted in dissatisfaction.
Twisting her tiny body, she wriggled free from Fang Yu's grasp.
Then, clearly unhappy, she gave him a little kick.
The very next moment, she suddenly vanished.
At the same time, Fang Yu clearly sensed that, within his second Contract Space, the little Flame Belle was happily bouncing around the Totem Feather.
So that was it.
She had sensed the aura of the Totem Feather and instinctively used her innate spatial ability to forcefully return to the Contract Space.
As expected of an Elemental Holy Spirit.
She had only just been born, yet she was already this extraordinary.
Ignoring the little Flame Belle for the moment, Fang Yu turned to the Flame Women and extended an invitation.
"The Flame Belle has already been born. Your mission is complete now. Would you like to leave with me and come to the human world?"
"Ling!"
The Flame Women shook her head in refusal.
Having become a demon, how could she ever return?
In the end, she was no longer human.
There was no longer any place for her in human society.
"Alright then."
Fang Yu didn't try to persuade her any further.
Now wasn't the right time.
Once he established his own faction and built a territory that belonged to him, he would invite her again.
By then, the Flame Women's identity as a demon wouldn't seem so out of place.
After that, Fang Yu bid farewell to the Flame Women.
Calculating the time, he had wandered and trained alone in the Northern Corner of the Scorching Plains for nearly an entire month.
It was time to leave.
Across the boundless desert, Fang Yu stepped back into the outside world, breathing in the scorching air.
After the eruption of the Heavenly Flame Calamity, the Scorching Plains had become even hotter.
However, its resources had also become far more abundant.
The little Flame Belle popped out again, restlessly squirming about.
Perhaps because she had only just been born, she became tired after flying around for only a couple of laps.
She landed on top of Fang Yu's head, poking her little head out as she curiously looked around.
Everything about this land fascinated her.
Next, Fang Yu traveled across the Scorching Plains with the little Flame Belle.
Along the way, he either killed any demons that blocked his path or gathered valuable resources.
By nightfall, he found a cave to rest in.
The following morning.
"Ling~"
While Fang Yu was meditating to recover his magic energy, he was interrupted by the little Flame Belle.
The little troublemaker was overflowing with energy. It was one thing for her to be restless all day long, but she had even disturbed his meditation before dawn had fully broken.
Even worse, the Snow Maiden was standing nearby, watching the whole scene unfold!
She was laughing quite happily.
If Fang Yu didn't already know just how powerful these two little ancestors were, he would have kicked the pair of them without hesitation.
Every single day, the resources they consumed had already surpassed his own!
And they still loved causing trouble.
Ignoring the two little ancestors, Fang Yu walked out of the cave.
He continued making his way through the endless sea of yellow sand.
Three days later, Fang Yu finally left the Northern Corner of the Scorching Plains.
The journey had been a difficult one.
He was constantly attacked by demons along the way.
Fortunately, the rewards had been plentiful.
He had harvested an enormous amount of resources.
The little Flame Belle's "milk powder money" was secured for quite a long time.
The next day, since he hadn't returned to his residence until the middle of the night, Fang Yu slept until noon.
"Ling, Ling~~~"
The little Flame Belle had gotten up earlier than Fang Yu. She paced back and forth on the headboard, occasionally stepping right across his face.
The tiny flaming footprints she left behind on his cheeks instantly woke him from his drowsy state.
Fang Yu grabbed the mischievous little Flame Belle and flicked her lightly on the forehead.
She immediately flew backward, her tiny arms and legs flailing helplessly in midair.
Her little head buzzed from the flick, and the little Flame Belle let out a pitiful cry.
She looked ready to burst into tears if he said even one more word.
"Don't look so wronged. How about I give you something delicious to eat?"
Fang Yu could only coax the little Flame Belle.
"Ling?"
The little Flame Belle blinked her big, jet-black eyes.
Her expression clearly said, You'd better not be trying to fool me!
Fang Yu was speechless.
This level of trust?
Was there no love left between them?
With an exasperated sigh, Fang Yu took out a Spirit Seed Fragment and handed it to her.
Afterward, he summoned the Snow Maiden as well.
"You've behaved pretty well. No causing trouble. Keep it up, and I'll give you even more."
The Snow Maiden nodded happily with an "Ying Ying."
Compared to before, she had grown again.
Her eyes had become even deeper and colder.
Her beautiful hair, woven from icy blue and snowy white strands, flowed elegantly, while her delicate body shimmered with alternating hues of ice blue and pure white.
There was only one way to describe her.
Absolutely stunning.
She carried an air of cold elegance mixed with noble grace.
Ice crystals and drifting snowflakes adorned her naturally, making it obvious that she had matured once more.
After finishing the Spirit Seed Fragment,
the Snow Maiden and the Flame Belle, the two adorable little spirits, immediately gathered together to play.
The Snow Maiden was born with extreme frost.
Wherever she floated, the surrounding temperature dropped automatically, leaving snowflakes drifting in her wake.
The Flame Belle, surrounded by flames, happily followed her big sister everywhere.
Throughout the area, ice and fire intertwined and merged together, creating a breathtakingly beautiful and dreamlike scene.
"Not bad, not bad. Ice and fire together."
Fang Yu had just finished washing up when he happened to witness the scene before him.
"Hoo..."
The weather had already turned colder this season.
After all, winter had arrived, and temperatures were steadily dropping below ten degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, Fang Yu, as a Fire Element mage, was basically a walking heater.
He headed toward the university and went straight for the Three-Step Tower.
He still hadn't used this month's opportunity to cultivate inside the Three-Step Tower.
Upon reaching the top floor of the Three-Step Tower, Fang Yu sat down cross-legged.
He devoted himself completely to cultivation.
Absorbing elemental energy at a frantic pace as he meditated, a week later his Fire Element, now at the first level of the High Tier, advanced even further.
Afterward, Fang Yu also experimented with merging with the little Flame Belle.
Once the little Flame Belle fused with him, his control over fire reached an almost unbelievable level.
As a beloved child of the world's flames, the little Flame Belle wasn't restricted by the rigid magical framework that human mages followed.
She could shape flames however she wished.
To her, flames were nothing more than pliable clay that could be molded into any form.
After leaving his secluded cultivation in the Three-Step Tower, Fang Yu was in an exceptionally good mood.
Every Element had reached the first level of the High Tier, and even his Ice Element was showing signs of another breakthrough!
Haha!
He was a mage who frequently trained in the wild and often accepted bounty missions involving real combat.
Unlike those mages who spent all day shut away inside the academy cultivating in isolation, every visit he made to the Three-Step Tower produced extraordinary results.
It was rather like martial artists, the Three-Step Tower could be compared to soaking in medicinal wine.
Constantly soaking in medicinal wine could indeed improve one's physique, but it could never compare to someone who repeatedly experienced life-and-death battles, pushed themselves to their limits, and then soaked in medicinal wine afterward.
Only then would the body's true potential be fully stimulated.
That was why, every time Fang Yu entered the Three-Step Tower, his cultivation almost always improved.
Happily picking up his phone, he was just about to send Leng Qing a message.
Ever since returning last time, none of the messages he had sent had received a reply.
However, his phone suddenly rang.
Fang Yu answered the call.
The person on the other end spoke only a few brief sentences.
Yet Fang Yu's expression gradually became much more serious.
A chilling killing intent flashed across his sharp eyes.
[Leng Qing's team was tracking members of the Black Vatican. For unknown reasons, they have been surrounded on the Three Ponds Archipelago. Their survival is currently unknown.]
Fang Yu silently repeated the message he had just received.
After ending the call, he immediately rushed to the Tribunal.
The small bamboo grove on Lingyin Mountain served as the entrance to the Lingyin Tribunal.
By the time Fang Yu arrived, Tang Zhong was already waiting inside the grove.
Looking around, Fang Yu discovered that besides Tang Zhong, there was also someone he hadn't expected to see.
"Hey!"
Tang Yue was sitting inside a pavilion nearby, reading through a stack of documents.
When Fang Yu saw her, he couldn't resist walking over and giving her a light pat on the shoulder.
"You're here."
Tang Yue closed the file in her hands and stood up.
"Mm."
Fang Yu's expression remained solemn.
"Take a look at this first..."
Tang Yue handed him the document.
Fang Yu accepted it and opened it.
Inside was detailed information regarding the Three Ponds Archipelago, along with records of the demon species inhabiting the area.
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