Chapter 1724: Dry Blue Snow Crystal and Snow Ginseng Fruit

With three Underworld Moon Pearls, Wang Changsheng could now search for treasures deep within the Burial Devil Ice Field.

He put away the Underworld Moon Pearls and refining materials, then took out his communication disk to contact Wang Ruyan and Huang Fugui.

Before long, Wang Ruyan and Huang Fugui appeared before Wang Changsheng.

Considering the restrictions deep within the Burial Devil Ice Field, Wang Changsheng decided not to bring Wang Qiuming and others. The Tianlan Sect had suffered heavy losses deploying many cultivators to explore the Fallen Immortal Ice Field. Wang Qiuming and the others would only be a hindrance, not a help. Instead, he brought his incarnation, Wang Xin, who would be useful for treasure hunting.

"Let's go! We'll head to the Fallen Immortal Ice Field and see if we can find some good things."

With a wave of his sleeve, Wang Changsheng departed with the three of them.

With Huang Fugui leading the way, they encountered no trouble. There were only a few third-tier demonic beasts, and not a single fourth-tier one.

When Wang Changsheng broke through to the Soul Transformation Stage, his physical body had transformed into a sandalwood-like state, attracting numerous demonic beasts, mostly low-grade fourth-tier ones, which were no match for Wang Ruyan. Their journey thus far had been naturally easy.

Seven days later, they arrived atop a low snow mountain. Before them lay a vast snowfield, and in the distance, a towering snow peak reached into the clouds. Nearby, four similar snow peaks stood, resembling five fingers from afar.

"Senior Wang," Huang Fugui said, pointing to the central snow peak, a lingering fear on his face, "the Snow Apes are inside that mountain. There are dozens of them; I almost died by their hands."

Wang Changsheng's divine sense swept towards the central snow peak. He could sense the aura of dozens of demonic beasts, but none were high-grade fourth-tier.

With a thought, Wang Changsheng's incarnation, Wang Xin, transformed into a golden streak of light and flew towards the snow peak.

Wang Xin was in the early Nascent Soul stage, but his strength surpassed that of mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Dealing with the unintelligent Snow Apes would be no problem.

Huang Fugui let out a sigh of relief. He had truly been worried Wang Changsheng would send him.

Soon after, a deafening roar echoed, and a golden light shot out from the snow peak. Dozens of massive white snowballs rolled down the mountain, hurtling towards the golden light.

The golden light landed on the snow — it was Wang Xin. His expression was calm, and his entire body glowed with golden light. A miniature golden flood dragon coiled around his form, emitting loud dragon roars.

As dozens of massive white snowballs rolled down, Wang Xin opened his mouth and unleashed a deafening roar, sending out a wave of shimmering golden sound.

Lion's Roar!

The golden sound wave collided with the white snowballs, which burst apart, revealing the Snow Apes. There were seven fourth-tier Snow Apes, the strongest being mid-grade fourth-tier, with the rest being third-tier.

Dozens of Snow Apes roared in unison, each spewing a wave of white sound to meet the golden sound wave.

Boom!

The white sound waves clashed with the golden sound wave, unleashing a powerful shockwave. The golden sound wave overwhelmed more than twenty white sound waves before diminishing, allowing over ten white sound waves to surge towards Wang Xin.

The golden light around Wang Xin's body intensified, and the miniature flood dragon flew out, blurring as it transformed into a golden flood dragon over a hundred zhang long.

Mighty Heavenly Dragon!

The golden flood dragon swayed its head and tail, meeting the more than ten white sound waves.

Boom!

The more than ten white sound waves exploded one after another, generating powerful shockwaves.

The golden flood dragon charged directly towards the Snow Apes. With a sudden sweep of its tail, it struck two third-tier Snow Apes, sending them flying backward and causing them to vomit blood continuously.

Wang Changsheng's expression remained calm. He had no intention of killing this group of Snow Apes; instead, he planned to subdue them.

Compared to other demonic beasts, ape-type demonic beasts possess higher spiritual intelligence. Low-tier ape spirit beasts can manage cave dwellings, and high-tier ones are even more capable.

The Zhenhai Apes possessed considerable supernatural abilities and were quite perceptive, but they were the Zhenhai Sect's sect-guarding spirit beasts, requiring beast-controlling rings to command. Wang Changsheng intended to subdue this group of Snow Apes, tame them slightly, and form a monkey guard. He was deeply impressed by the battle formations of the Ice Ape tribe.

If he wanted to kill this group of Snow Apes, Wang Ruyan could eliminate them with little effort.

A three-zhang-tall Snow Ape let out a low roar, and the other Snow Apes gathered around it. Simultaneously, they all spewed forth waves of white sound. Dozens of these white sound waves merged into a single white sound wave, three hundred zhang in diameter, which surged towards Wang Xin. As it passed, the void vibrated, and countless snowflakes were scattered.

"Battle formation!"

Wang Ruyan was somewhat surprised. Generally, demonic beasts did not understand battle formations; either they had been trained by someone, or they had figured it out themselves. If it was the latter, these Snow Apes possessed considerable intelligence, and it would be excellent if they could be utilized.

The golden flood dragon collided with the white sound wave, its body rapidly freezing and transforming into an ice sculpture at a visible speed.

When the white sound wave reached Wang Xin, he felt the void tighten, as if his body was restrained, and his breathing became difficult.

He took out a shimmering blue monastic staff and struck towards the white sound wave.

Boom!

A loud bang erupted, unleashing a powerful shockwave. Wang Xin flew backward. The moment he landed, dozens of white hurricanes swept towards him.

Wang Xin moved his arms, sending out dense golden fist-shadows that shattered the dozens of white hurricanes. Shockwaves rolled, and countless white snowflakes flew in all directions.

The Ape King spewed out a blast of white cold wind, stirring up countless white snowflakes. The snowflakes blurred and transformed into numerous white ice cones, which flew towards the golden fist-shadows.

The other Snow Apes followed suit, sending thousands of white ice cones towards the golden fist-shadows.

A series of massive explosions erupted as the golden fist-shadows and white ice cones destroyed each other.

Specks of blue light emerged in the void, revealing Wang Changsheng's figure.

He looked at the Ape King and said calmly, "You have some capability. If you are willing to submit, you can avoid death, and I can even help you cultivate."

An incomparably powerful spiritual pressure surged from Wang Changsheng, pressing down on the Snow Apes below.

Except for the Ape King, the other Snow Apes could not withstand this immense spiritual pressure. Their legs buckled, and they knelt down.

The Ape King let out a roar of defiance, its legs trembling, its face flushed red.

Wang Changsheng extended a finger and lightly tapped the void below. Countless blue water vapors emerged, enveloping the Ape King's body.

The Ape King was encased in a massive blue water sphere, struggling intensely.

The Snow Ape felt its body being torn apart. After resisting for a moment, it finally knelt and lowered its head, signifying submission.

Before absolute power, its pride was insignificant. It had painstakingly reached this stage and did not want to die.

Wang Changsheng planted restrictions on the fourth-tier Snow Apes, their lives now entirely at his command.

Seeing Wang Changsheng subdue these Snow Apes so effortlessly, Huang Fugui's face filled with envy, and his gaze grew even more respectful.

"Let's go," Wang Changsheng commanded, "show us your lair."

The Ape King obediently led the way.

After a while, they arrived in an ice cavern spanning a hundred mu. The rock wall on the left was pale blue, resembling a special crystal, emitting an astonishing chill.

"So many Azure Snow Crystals!"

Wang Changsheng nodded inwardly. These Azure Snow Crystals would be perfect for either refining artifacts or cultivation.

The Ape King continued to lead the way. After passing through a winding tunnel, another ice cavern, also a hundred mu in size, appeared before them. Inside this cavern was a five-zhang-tall white fruit tree, bearing over ten white fruits. The fruits resembled white ginseng, looking as if ginseng roots were hanging from the tree.

"Snow Ginseng Fruits! To think it's this rare fruit," Huang Fugui exclaimed. "It blooms every thousand years, bears fruit every thousand years, and takes another thousand years to ripen."

Huang Fugui said in surprise, his gaze fixed heatedly on the Snow Ginseng Fruit tree.