An endless expanse of dense forest, a gentle breeze blowing, branches swaying, creating waves of green in the forest, like surging tides.
This is the depths of the endless forest outside Jia Nan Academy, a forest with many powerful magical beasts, where even a Dou Spirit would easily encounter danger.
A shadow with purple wings swiftly cut across the sky, constantly traversing through the forest waves. It was Yan Qingshan, who had been studying at Jia Nan Academy for a while.
After entering Jia Nan Academy, Yan Qingshan voluntarily joined Ruo Lin's Yellow Class Two, making a prior agreement with Instructor Ruo Lin. He would join the class, but the instructor should not interfere with his daily cultivation, and he should also be given an auditing qualification for the Alchemy Department.
Yan Qingshan's alchemy skills were entirely self-taught, and he lacked in-depth knowledge of some fundamentals, which naturally caused problems in his alchemy.
Although it was strange why a cultivator with wood-attribute Dou Qi would be interested in alchemy, Instructor Ruo Lin agreed and used her connections to get Yan Qingshan a qualification.
However, she didn't expect that Yan Qingshan spent very little time in Yellow Class Two after enrolling. He mostly shuttled between the Alchemy Department and his own villa, only appearing in Yellow Class Two when he came to pick up Xue Lan and Xiao Yi Xian.
It had been almost a month since the start of school, and Yan Qingshan had not participated in any class activities or courses. Many classmates didn't even know he existed, and even she, as his instructor, rarely saw this problematic student.
Yan Qingshan, of course, didn't care about this. Coming to the academy was just to further his cultivation. Attending classes in Yellow Class Two was a waste of time for him.
As for his classmates, he would be in the Inner Academy in a few months, so there was no need to care too much about them.
However, he knew the names of the many beautiful girls in the class. It wasn't that he was lecherous, but most of them were friends of Xiao Yi Xian and Xue Lan, who often came to their villa, and they naturally became acquainted over time.
Yan Qingshan spent his days in the villa, attending classes in the Alchemy Department at fixed times, and spending more time improving his control over his power.
With the sudden increase of one level in his cultivation, his strength had more than doubled. He could now easily kill his former Dou Master self.
While his strength had skyrocketed, he also needed to familiarize himself with this change to maximize his combat power.
After a month, he believed his control over his power had reached a satisfactory level, and he began a new cultivation journey, going to the forest outside the academy to train with magical beasts.
"This is the place. If the information provided by the magical beast earlier is correct, the fifth-rank magical beast Snow Demon Sky Ape, which can speak human language, is here."
Yan Qingshan arrived at the edge of a forest and retracted his Purple Cloud Wings. This was a small valley near a mountain, with a gourd-shaped entrance.
He came to this valley for a magical beast, or rather, for the natural treasure guarded by this magical beast, the Core Quenching Body Milk.
The Core Quenching Body Milk is born deep underground, originally pure earth power compressed over time. After a hundred years, it forms a fog, known as Core Fog, which has a remarkable solidifying effect.
After a thousand years, it condenses into a liquid, and the highest quality is Core Quenching Body Milk, which has the miraculous effect of marrow cleansing and bone refining.
This Core Quenching Body Milk, with its extremely pure earth power, can help those who have reached the peak of their level break through the barrier between levels. Of course, this is limited to those below the sixth rank, and there is a significant chance of failure.
This kind of natural treasure is rarely discovered due to its harsh formation conditions.
Yan Qingshan knew about it because of his memories, and he was able to pinpoint this location because there was a Snow Demon Sky Ape here, a Snow Demon Sky Ape that could speak human language.
Generally speaking, fifth-rank magical beasts at the Dou King level, although possessing human-like intelligence, do not have the ability to speak.
Only sixth-rank magical beasts can speak human language. A fifth-rank magical beast that can speak is usually due to the effects of a natural treasure.
The Snow Demon Sky Ape is a relatively rare type of magical beast. Around Jia Nan Academy, there was only one fifth-rank Snow Demon Sky Ape that could speak human language, fulfilling all these conditions.
Yan Qingshan had inquired with many fourth-rank magical beasts along the way, and after Chi Lian had a "friendly chat" with them, he found his way here.
The fifth-rank magical beast Snow Demon Sky Ape is a rare variant magical beast. Once it reaches adulthood, its strength is enough to shatter gold and split mountains.
This magical beast has a violent bloodline flowing within it. Once the violent bloodline awakens and erupts, even a five-star Dou King expert can only temporarily retreat.
"Although the Two-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent has only broken through to the fifth rank a few months ago, its innate talent and combat power are rare among its peers.
With the guidance of the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, it can even entangle with a high-level Dou King. This Snow Demon Sky Ape should not be its opponent."
After analyzing the situation, Yan Qingshan decided to go and scout first. He spread his wings and stealthily entered the valley.
Yan Qingshan concealed his presence and headed towards the depths of the valley. The valley was deathly silent, with only a snoring sound coming from one direction. He headed in that direction.
Along the way, many magical beast skeletons were exposed on the ground, with piles of white bones forming small hills. This deathly scene was truly eerie.
At the end of the valley was a cave several dozen meters high, where a reclining white figure could be seen among the rocks.
A white giant ape, about ten meters tall, stood upright. The white ape exuded a faint chill, lying on the ground snoring loudly, its heavy breaths coming out of its huge nostrils like two white plumes of smoke.
Its arms were quite long, and its claws were like black iron, about the size of two adult heads. Perhaps annoyed by insects, it casually swatted, sending out several gusts of wind that shattered the nearby rocks.
"This is the Snow Demon Sky Ape, indeed unusually powerful!"
Yan Qingshan looked at the sleeping Snow Demon Sky Ape, pondering silently. But at this moment, the magical beast seemed to sense something.
Its thick nose twitched slightly, taking two deep breaths, and then a pair of blood-red eyes locked onto Yan Qingshan's position.
"Human, how dare you come to my territory."
The Snow Demon Sky Ape stood up, its tall body bursting with energy, its blood-red eyes filled with violence and killing intent, glaring fiercely at the low-flying Yan Qingshan.
"Roar~~"
The Snow Demon Sky Ape roared, its black iron-like claws heavily pounding on its white-haired chest, a visible ripple of energy spreading out. The energy rippled through the air, and the surrounding rocks cracked, many fissures appearing