Moreover, part of the reason was because of him.

“Daoist Wang, Jiang Mingxin is dead.”

Wang Yu raised his brows slightly.

“Does Your Highness mean that I did it?”

“No.”

Yan Ling shook her head with a bitter smile. Her beautiful eyes quietly stared at him, as if observing the changes in his emotions.

“The day before yesterday, Wei Hao, a true disciple of Heavenly Corpse Peak, admitted that he was responsible. The news has already spread throughout the Blood Abyss.

“Even the Blood Evil One Origin Gourd, which only direct disciples can obtain, was found in his possession. This shows that the matter is indeed connected to him.”

“Truly impressive.”

Wang Yu replied perfunctorily and said no more.

Yan Ling blinked and continued.

“Whether he lives or dies does not concern me. I wonder if Daoist Wang still remembers that you once entrusted Alchemist Tantai to deliver a secret letter to Jiang Mingxin.”

“That did happen.”

Yan Ling turned around.

She walked to the edge of the viewing platform, looked at the howling wind and snow outside, and said.

“After that letter, I established contact with Jiang Mingxin and cooperated with him on one matter. Daoist Wang should know Wei Hao, right.”

At this point, Wang Yu more or less understood Yan Ling’s meaning and immediately smiled.

“I know him. Back when the Chasing Moon Prefecture conflict broke out on the border of Cloud Ridge Prefecture, Daoist Wei Hao stayed briefly at my Jade Spirit territory and gathered intelligence about the surrounding area.”

“That is good.”

Yan Ling turned back around and once again looked into his eyes, curving them playfully.

“In Jiang Mingxin’s storage ring, there is a platinum colored token engraved with the character [Holy]. If Daoist Wang can retrieve it, Yan Ling will naturally have an opportunity waiting for you.”

“Oh.”

Wang Yu asked curiously.

“Is that part of what you two were cooperating on before?”

“Yes.”

“Then let us discuss it after it is obtained.”

Watching her leave, Wang Yu stroked his chin in thought.

Back then, Jiang Mingxin was willing to pay a price and actively seek out Yan Ling. This meant that Yan Ling possessed an indispensable attribute. This matter could not be done without her.

Otherwise, there was no need to go so far out of his way. The Jiang family itself had plenty of capable people.

This time, Yan Ling took the initiative to find Wang Yu. It was likely not something that absolutely required him. Combined with the clue involving Wei Hao, the problem was probably with that Holy token.

Yet she was not afraid that he would kill her and take it for himself. That alone was worth pondering.

After a brief consideration, Wang Yu decided to look for Wei Hao after leaving the Blood Abyss. This cooperation was currently optional and not something that needed to be finalized in a hurry.

He found a deserted corner on Crimson Snow Mountain, replenished the Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet to its peak condition, then hurried back down the mountain.

This time, he was searching for traces of the demonic thralls.

This round of slaughter and the collection of Myriad Spirit Blood Essence took him more than a month. He only returned after filling the Blood Evil One Origin Gourd. This was followed by another round of cultivation.

Ever since Yan Ling returned, there had been one more person near the summit of Crimson Snow Mountain. She often sat cross legged with Wang Yu at the peak, cultivating by absorbing the Freezing Soul Wind. The distance between them was neither too close nor too far.

Occasionally, after cultivation, they would exchange a few words.

Or engage in small sparring sessions to verify their personal growth. Life was relatively peaceful, and this continued for nearly two years.

Until someone Wang Yu had long pushed to the back of his mind, almost forgotten, appeared before him. It was Xue Ying.

Before coming in, he had even thought of taking the opportunity to resolve this matter.

After all, someone who deliberately approached him while carrying old grudges was truly unsettling. If Xue Ying had not stayed on Cold Blood Peak all year round, he would have long since found an opportunity to strike.

After all, Wang was never one to care about evidence. Once he sensed malice, killing on the spot was the creed he followed.

In addition.

It was also true that he coveted Xue Ying’s Heavenly Ice Spirit Root. Under all these factors, it was inevitable that some thoughts would arise.

She came to see Wang Yu together with Yan Ling.

The moment she saw him, Xue Ying approached with “surprise,” grabbed Wang Yu’s arm, and pressed it tightly between those soft and elastic indecent things.

Her voice was also soft and weak.

“Brother Wang, Xue Ying finally found you.”

Yan Ling’s eye twitched. She clearly had not expected this junior sister Xue Ying to have such a side to her. A hint of confusion appeared in her eyes.

Wang Yu deliberately leaned inward. The immense pressure immediately made Xue Ying’s breathing difficult, and her neck was dyed with a blush of pink.

Yan Ling had clearly misunderstood their relationship.

Helplessly rubbing her forehead, she forgot everything she meant to say and quietly walked away. She was not needed here. On matters like this, she had good sense.

In an instant, only the two of them remained in this remote place.

Wang Yu turned his head and saw a trace of shyness and bashfulness in her delicate, moist eyes. He sneered inwardly.

Still pretending.

He leaned his head over and pressed it against her icy cold cheek.

He whispered into her ear.

“Xue Ying, there is no one here now.”

Her curvy, delicate body immediately stiffened slightly. She could tell that Wang Yu had ulterior meaning.

Her legs instinctively tightened together, one hand gently stroking her lower abdomen.

Her face flushed red as she said.

“You can do anything you want.”

“Then let us try.”

“Mmm.”

Wang Yu suddenly exerted force and grabbed her neck tightly. Dense ice chains extended from behind, pulling her limbs apart into a spread position.

He opened his mouth and spat out a mass of black fog, as if mixed with endless malicious intent, instantly pouring into Xue Ying’s body and forcing her to gasp heavily, eyes wide open.

“You. What are you trying to do.”

She clearly had not expected this outcome. As she struggled with all her strength, a shadow suddenly fell over her. She looked up.

She saw a nine tier glazed glass pagoda descending abruptly.

The powerful suppressive force, along with the soul binding runes on the ice chains, drained her strength completely. Her heart instantly sank to the bottom. This was serious trouble.

She secretly lamented again and again. After hearing the rumors of the Blood Demon Sea, she should never have thought of using Wang Yu’s strength. This time, she had truly delivered herself to him like a fool.

Inside the lowest level of the Glazed Iceheart Pagoda, Wang Yu stood in front of the woman. After a long silence, he finally spoke.

“Speak. Who exactly are you.”

Xue Ying wore an expression of grievance and betrayal as she stared blankly at him.

As if she had never expected him to be this kind of person. Her acting was truly masterful, but she lacked some understanding of human nature. Otherwise, he might really have fallen for it.

“Since you will not speak, then I can only look forcibly. Endure it.”

After speaking.

A pitch black vortex lit up behind Wang Yu. One after another black paper boats carrying fourth rank divine sense auras rapidly emerged. This was the perfected stage Soul Gouging Evil Vessel Curse.

Such terrifying aura almost made Xue Ying scream.

“Stop.

“I will talk. I will say everything. What do you want to know.”

A large number of black paper boats hovered near Xue Ying’s snow white and delicate body. Wang Yu strode forward, pinched her chin, and forcibly lifted her head.

He stared into her eyes and said.

“How did your Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root come to be?”

“It was innate. It was innate.”

“You are lying.”

Wang Yu’s brows and eyes turned cold. One black paper boat after another pierced straight through Xue Ying’s body without hesitation. The intense pain almost tore her soul apart.

Some of her memories even began to slip away.

In an instant, cold sweat poured out. Her body could not help but convulse, and her eyes rolled back over a large area.

“No.”

Fortunately, Wang Yu controlled the force of the Soul Gouging Evil Boat.

This made him realize that he might need a punishment type divine ability specialized for interrogation. Soul searching techniques were not omnipotent.

Weaknesses in a cultivator’s will were easier to break than restrictions planted in the mind. There were countless strategies, but attacking the heart came first.

The malicious impact of the Soul Gouging Evil Boat paused briefly.

The memories drawn out were all insignificant, so Wang Yu continued.

“Speak. How did your Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root come to be.”

“It was a rare treasure.”

Xue Ying gasped heavily for breath. Her pitiful appearance was enough to stir sympathy in most people. Unfortunately, Wang Yu had been a corpse for sixty years.

Other things aside, he was extremely good at controlling desire.

After all, he had once lost it. Control was easier than imagined.

“What rare treasure?”

“Heavenly Frost Qi. It was so dense that it even condensed into liquid. Just a single drop sublimated my original high grade Ice Spiritual Root and evolved it to the supreme-grade level.”

“Heavenly Frost Qi?”

Wang Yu frowned in thought. This was a legendary treasure, also known as Heavenly Frost Cold Qi. It was a divine object capable of helping cultivators with wasted spiritual roots establish their foundation.

In terms of rank, it was roughly on the same level as the Everlasting Vitality Treasure Branch that Jin Miaoshan had once showed. However, the treasure branch had greater significance, since it had a chance of growing into a Ancient Tree of Life.

Its value to a faction far exceeded its value to an individual.

Heavenly Frost Qi was slightly inferior, but it too was a heaven and earth rare treasure that had long gone extinct. Whether it could advance the quality of spiritual roots was unclear.

But there was indeed such a possibility, not to mention Heavenly Frost Qi condensed into liquid form. That was truly a rare treasure. Using it merely to advance spiritual roots was somewhat wasteful.

If used to enhance magic artifacts or divine abilities, its effect would be even greater.

With this in mind, Wang Yu immediately asked.

“Where did you obtain it? Is there any left?”

Xue Ying took several breaths and said.

“It is all used up. It was an opportunity my great ancestor discovered in the Endless Ice Plains, at a place called Eternal Frost Mountain. It is said to have existed since ancient times.”

“You are still not being honest.”

Seeing the deadly black paper boats about to strike again, Xue Ying grew frantic.

“What I said is all true. There is absolutely no falsehood.”

The atmosphere instantly turned silent. When she saw the black paper boats stop, she quietly let out a breath of relief.

“Change of question. Why did you want to harm me.”

“Me?”

Xue Ying looked incredulous. She even lowered her head to look at herself, as if to say, someone like me wants to harm you?

That would be a joke.

“You deliberately approached me. Was it not to harm me?”

Xue Ying said pitifully.

“Wang Yu, you misunderstood. I simply like you. Your reaction is too extreme.”

Although she said this aloud, she was very clear in her heart.

If she truly spoke the truth, she would definitely die today. No matter how beautiful she was, she could not survive in this man’s hands.

Demonic path cultivators had always treated enemies by cutting the grass and uprooting the roots, leaving no future trouble.

Her purpose in approaching Wang Yu was very simple.

Back then, the peak of her branch of the bloodline, her great grandfather True Personage Flying Snow, unexpectedly passed away in meditation at the entrance of the Cold Pool. As his direct inheritor, she rushed over immediately.

She soon sensed that something was amiss. The death qi within her great grandfather’s body was far too dense. The time since death was clearly not long, yet the body had already stiffened. The rate of decay was also extremely fast.

This did not conform to common sense.

Careful and meticulous, Xue Ying secretly began to investigate. The person with the greatest suspicion was Wang Yu, who had entered the Cold Pool at the time. This information was very easy to find.

However, when the two first met, there was neither grudge nor enmity between them.

In addition, True Personage Flying Snow had indeed reached the age at which one would normally pass away in meditation. No one harbored any doubts, making the matter appear to be nothing more than a minor accident.

She inherited her great grandfather’s storage ring and obtained from it a portion of liquid Heavenly Frost Qi. He had not even had time to hand this inheritance to her.

This indicated that True Personage Flying Snow believed he still had time before his passing.

After realizing this, her doubts deepened greatly.

Many years passed.

In the end, the trail still led back to City Lord Wang. Thus, after he returned to the sect, she deliberately went to create a chance encounter outside the Cold Blood Dao Field.

Revenge was her goal.

But it was by no means the entirety of it.

This matter absolutely could not be spoken of. Therefore, even if she were subjected to even more painful torment, she could not open her mouth. Yet Wang Yu’s next sentence sent a chill down her spine.

“It seems you already guessed that Flying Snow died by my hand.”

Xue Ying spoke with difficulty.

“I do not know what you are talking about. Great grandfather passed away naturally.”

“No.”

Wang Yu shook his head.

“I guessed that you guessed it. No evidence is needed. This suspicion alone is enough.

“Back then, your grandfather coveted the Cold Pool Token in my possession. He was probably asking for it on your behalf. If that Heavenly Frost Qi were used within the Cold Pool, its effects could be brought to their maximum.

“You kill me, I kill you. When will such cycles of vengeance ever end.”

As his words fell, an Asura Sea of Blood unfolded beside Wang Yu. Terrifying killing intent surged skyward, and a blood red fist imprint blasted toward Xue Ying’s mind.

On her incomparably beautiful face, a single tear fell.

There was nothing more to say.

The descending Asura Killing Fist paused for an instant, yet still fell in the end. An invisible shattering sound rang out as Xue Ying’s mind was completely destroyed.

The demonic seed planted within her body rapidly absorbed these fragments of mind, growing at extreme speed. In just a few breaths, it fully matured, reaching the standard at which it could be devoured by the Demonic Embryo.

Wang Yu gently inhaled. Vast amounts of life essence, along with the Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root, were completely devoured by him.

Within the Demonic Embryo, the mutated Water Spiritual Root, its ice attribute radiance rapidly extending, fused together with the black Heavenly Yin Spiritual Root, becoming indistinguishable from one another.

In an instant, Wang Yu’s affinity toward ice attribute power between heaven and earth skyrocketed. The might of ice path divine abilities and techniques in his hands underwent a qualitative transformation.

Ice, yin, metal, and fire had all reached the level of Heavenly Spiritual Roots.

Only the wood and earth spiritual roots were lacking. Though these two were rare, they were not nonexistent within the Blood Reversal Sect. Among the nine peaks, there were generally one or two individuals with Heavenly Spiritual Roots.

If he truly could not find them, or if it was inconvenient to make a move.

Fu Xiao had accumulated far more years than he had. Perhaps he had already obtained Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitudes of other attributes. That was also a harvest worth anticipating.

Looking again at Xue Ying’s withered corpse, her soul gradually dissipated.

After some thought, Wang Yu did not further search her soul to extract every last bit of value.

This was enough.

Leaving her soul a chance at reincarnation was the last trace of goodwill he could offer.

After putting away the Glazed Iceheart Pagoda, Wang Yu’s expression froze.

Because Yan Ling was standing on a small hillside in the distance, quietly staring at him.

“Ahem.

“Your Highness Yan Ling, she had an old grudge with me and deliberately approached Wang here…”

“There is no need to explain to me.”

This matter was difficult to clarify. After all, the fact that he cultivated the Demonic Embryo Secret Curse was common knowledge. What Yan Ling thought of it was known only to herself.

“So be it.”

Xue Ying’s storage ring was taken by Wang Yu. Her withered corpse, amid the burning of the Ice Chi Pill Flame, gradually turned into fine ash and scattered with the wind.

Another old matter was settled.