Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

A piece of material, about the size of a baby’s head and golden-yellow, appeared in front of Chu Ning.

This object had nine faces, each incredibly smooth, emitting a golden light from within.

It was precisely the Nine Rites Gold that Chu Ning had been longing for!

Chu Ning held the Nine Rites Gold in his hand, examining it carefully, and soon a smile appeared on his face.

"This piece of Nine Rites Gold is not only large but of extremely high quality, enough to refine the Golden Spirit Sword!"

After storing it in the Storage Bag, Chu Ning looked at the rich Gold Attribute Spiritual Qi in front and pondered slightly.

At this moment, he had two options: continue exploring westward,

to see if he could find the rumored Spiritual Clarity Fruit, or head to the far west to see the place where Di Yan claimed there was an Origin Stone.

The other option was to absorb and refine some Qi of Geng Metal here before quickly leaving Snow Mist Valley.

With these two thoughts in mind, Chu Ning quickly made up his mind to head deeper into the cave.

He had been in Snow Mist Valley for six days, leaving only four days before the blizzard reappeared at the valley entrance.

To ensure enough time to exit, he only had about half a day left.

Whether the Spiritual Clarity Fruit existed, he wasn’t sure. Even if it did, Chu Ning didn’t know where to find it within such a short time.

As for the cave with the Origin Stone, it was uncertain if it was still at the far west after the geographical changes.

From here, Chu Ning didn’t know how far to go, and though curious, he decided not to take the risk after some thought.

He continued walking deeper into the cave.

Inside the cave, aside from the rich Gold Spiritual Qi, there was nothing unusual.

Chu Ning released two Golden Thunder Eagles to absorb the Gold Spiritual Qi.

He sat cross-legged, continuously making grabbing gestures with his hands, drawing strands of Qi of Geng Metal into his body, preparing for refinement after leaving.

This lasted for half a day, and Chu Ning left the valley without any hesitation.

Despite the seemingly endless Qi of Geng Metal in the cave, Chu Ning had absorbed enough for now.

The way out of the valley was full of unknowns, prompting him to act cautiously.

After exiting the cave, Chu Ning no longer continued westward but plunged directly into the blizzard, heading towards the periphery.

"The Ice Cold Power and Power of Space within the blizzard have both increased in intensity."

Feeling a slight chill in his heart, Chu Ning immediately used Thunder Shock Step, swiftly dashing forward.

It wasn’t until he broke through the blizzard that Chu Ning realized the area affected by the blizzard was noticeably larger than before.

Previously, it was only ten miles, but now it stretched nearly fifteen or sixteen miles.

"Hmm?"

Just as he emerged from the blizzard area, Chu Ning keenly sensed a powerful Divine Sense sweep over him.

Although Chu Ning had already used the Forbidden God Technique to shield against such Divine Sense,

the intensity of this particular Divine Sense still shocked Chu Ning.

"Such powerful Divine Sense must be at the level of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, otherwise even my Divine Sense, comparable to a Golden Core Late Stage Peak Cultivator, wouldn’t have almost failed to shield entirely against it."

"But the sweep of the Divine Sense just now seemed more like... a Demon Beast!"

Greatly alarmed, Chu Ning, recalling the blizzard’s ability to somewhat conceal Divine Sense, retreated into the blizzard almost instantly.

With his expression fluctuating, Chu Ning pondered.

If his guess was correct, then the Demon Beast was comparable to an Eighth Level Great Demon!

"A Nascent Soul Cultivator appearing in Snow Mist Valley isn’t surprising, but an Eighth Level Great Demon? What’s going on?"

Filled with doubt, Chu Ning dared not extend his Divine Sense directly.

After contemplating, Chu Ning once again used the Forbidden God Technique and exited the blizzard, placing an item on the ground, then swiftly concealed his aura, utilizing the Spirit Earth Shadow Escape Technique to burrow underground.

The next moment, a remarkably lifelike Puppet Bird took flight from the ground.

It was the same Puppet Bird that Chu Ning had possessed since his time at the Cyan Creek Sect.

However, compared to before, after being re-refined through Chu Ning’s study of the Artifact Refining Technique at Jiuhua Sect, this Puppet Bird was even more lifelike, with a control range nearing a thousand zhang.

Additionally, Chu Ning had added some concealment and shielding arrays to it.

Even a Golden Core Cultivator might not be able to easily detect the presence of this Puppet Bird without direct visual contact.

As Chu Ning hid underground, using the Puppet Bird to observe the scene above, he suddenly widened his eyes.

The Puppet Bird had only flown eight or nine hundred zhang when within its line of sight appeared a shape-shifting demon with a human body and bear legs!