Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

191: Chapter 191 A spirit pet? Touching and rubbing it is perfectly normal; it has nothing to do with being perverted.The blue sea stretched out endlessly, its vast waves shimmering.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye.

Behind the mountain of the Azure Wave Sect, two figures remained kneeling at the foot of the slope.

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix’s face grew increasingly pale, and his cultivation had fallen to the brink of the Early Stage of the Integration Stage.

Snow Abyss stayed by his side, never uttering a word.

On this day, the sky was slightly overcast.

The two knelt in their usual spot as per custom, leaning forward to kowtow.

The moment the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix’s forehead touched the ground, he suddenly felt his entire body lighten, and the scenery before his eyes twisted and spun as the world turned upside down.

By the time he regained his senses, he was already inside a pavilion atop the mountain peak.

Snow Abyss was also by his side, looking equally bewildered.

The pavilion was not large, and the furnishings were simple.

A figure sat with his back to the window, holding a teacup and sipping from it unhurriedly.

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix’s gaze fell upon that figure, and his heart jolted violently.

The person set down the teacup and said indifferently, ”This seat is Youhun.”

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix had knelt for five years, waiting for this very moment.

Suppressing the agitation in his heart, he leaned forward and bowed low. ”Junior Nine Nether Ice Phoenix pays respects to Senior.”

Youhun asked calmly, ”How did you know that a glimmer of survival could be found here with me?”

Not daring to hide anything, the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix recounted the matter of the peeking heaven mark and his dreams from the beginning.

He spoke in detail, from the time he used Ice Heart Heaven Peeping to deduce the heavenly secrets, to the Heavenly Dao’s backlash that left the peeking heaven mark, and finally to the dreams that gradually emerged during his slumber.

Until he dreamed of the Azure Wave Sect in the Eastern Continent, the pavilion on the back mountain, and the aura within that pavilion.

”Junior did not know that the person in the dream was Senior,” the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix said in a low voice.

”I only knew that the glimmer of survival was right here.”

Youhun nodded, thinking to himself.

This Nine Nether Ice Phoenix was indeed somewhat extraordinary.

With the peeking heaven mark upon him, he was actually able to perceive the life force here within a dream; this mysterious guidance was by no means ordinary.

He pondered for a moment and asked again, ”In your dream, did you ever see my face?”

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix was startled and answered truthfully, ”I did not. Junior only perceived a trace of Senior’s aura. Your face was always blurred; I never saw it clearly.”

Hearing this, Youhun felt slightly more at ease.

Although he was only an External Incarnation of True Body Gu Yan, formed from the evil body, he still enjoyed a portion of the effects from the top-tier trait, Form of No-Self and No-Form · Red.

If his face had been clearly seen by this Nine Nether Ice Phoenix in a dream, then the waters behind this would be very deep indeed.

He couldn’t help but wonder if someone was secretly setting a trap.

Looking at it now, it seemed that was not the case.

Even if it were, it wouldn’t matter.

With the True Body’s current cultivation and strength, combined with the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven being his home turf, even if an Immortal Emperor went there, they would have to be obediently suppressed.

Still, there was no harm in being cautious.

Youhun transmitted this matter via mental thought to the True Body within the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven.

Gu Yan was currently cultivating within the Grotto-Heaven. Upon receiving Youhun’s transmission, he used the haotian mirror to deduce the heavenly secrets, carefully sorting through the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix’s history.

The result of the deduction came out quickly.

There was no mastermind behind the scenes.

That Nine Nether Ice Phoenix had indeed stumbled upon him by chance.

Even though there was no mastermind, after some careful consideration, Gu Yan still did not plan to take the two demons into the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven.

Safety first.

He currently had a Dragon and a Qilin in his Grotto-Heaven; he was indeed missing a Phoenix.

It would be interesting to complete the set, but that was a side thought.

If he were to let the two demons in, he would have to wait until he reached the Immortal King Realm.

By then, even if there really were an Immortal Emperor plotting behind the two demons, they wouldn’t be able to stir up any waves.

For now, he would let the two demons stay at the Azure Wave Sect.

Staying by Youhun’s side, nothing could go wrong.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan rummaged through his belongings and took out a low-grade innate spirit treasure.

This treasure was called the Heaven-Veiling Curtain. It looked like a plain-colored handkerchief, and its effect was to conceal heavenly secrets.

Once worn, the Heavenly Dao would not easily detect the wearer’s existence, and the backlash of the peeking heaven mark would naturally slow down.

He had no use for this thing.

He might as well give it to Youhun for the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix to use for now.

...

In the pavilion on the back mountain of the Azure Wave Sect.

Youhun received the intent sent by the True Body, and an object appeared in his hand out of thin air.

It was a plain white, gauze-like Magic Treasure, light as nothing, shimmering with spiritual light, and shaped like a handkerchief.

The low-grade innate spirit treasure, the Heaven-Veiling Curtain.

Youhun tossed it casually, and the Magic Treasure drifted toward the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix.

”Take it.”

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix instinctively reached out to catch it. The moment the gauze fell into his palm, a gentle power enveloped his entire being.

The peeking heaven marks within his body had originally been like a hole in a roof, leaking his cultivation day and night.

But now, that gauze was like a layer of oil paper pasted over the hole; although it didn’t fully mend the gap, it caused the leakage to decrease sharply.

His magic power no longer dissipated.

His cultivation stopped falling.

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix froze for a moment, and then his eyes turned red.

Over these past few centuries, he had watched helplessly as he fell all the way from the Tribulation Crossing Peak. That sense of powerlessness was more painful than any sword or blade against his body.

And now, it had finally stopped.

”Thank you for the treasure, Senior!” the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix’s voice trembled slightly.

Youhun waved his hand, his tone casual. ”From now on, you shall open an Immortal Cave and live here on the back mountain. This treasure will only exert its maximum effect when near me.”

He didn’t say this because he was afraid the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix would run off with the treasure.

This Heaven-Veiling Curtain was an object refined by the True Body, with a Divine Soul imprint firmly embedded; even if an Immortal Emperor came, they couldn’t take it away.

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix was overjoyed and immediately leaned forward to kneel and kowtow again.

Snow Abyss watched from the side, also feeling happy for her former master.

Five years of kneeling had finally yielded a result. She followed suit, about to kneel down and give thanks.

However, Youhun raised a hand to stop them, an invisible force holding the two demons up.

”There is no need to kneel.”

”This seat does not like others kneeling and kowtowing. Making you kneel for five years earlier was merely to see if you, little Phoenix, were worth helping.”

”As it stands now, your Heart-Nature is resilient, and you are grateful and polite. You are indeed worthy.”

Hearing this, the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix felt even more grateful.

He said solemnly, ”Junior’s Daoist title is Ice Phoenix Bing Chen. From now on, I am willing to take Senior as my master and will go through fire and water without hesitation.”

Youhun nodded and did not refuse.

Snow Abyss, however, was slightly startled and fell silent.

She watched Ice Phoenix Bing Chen bow his head in submission, her heart filled with a mixture of emotions.

This former regional hegemon was now actively acknowledging someone else as his master.

Although the situation forced his hand, watching this scene was ultimately bittersweet.

But she said nothing.

It was her master’s own choice; she had no right to interfere.

Youhun didn’t care about Snow Abyss’s silence.

His gaze was now fixed on Ice Phoenix Bing Chen, looking him up and down.

”Transform into your true form and let me see. Control your size; don’t make it too large,” Youhun said.

Ice Phoenix Bing Chen didn’t understand why, but the Senior... the Master had given an order, and he didn’t dare to disobey.

His body shifted, ice-blue light flowing around him, and in an instant, he transformed into a small ice Phoenix.

The ice Phoenix was pure white, its wings seemingly carved from ice crystals.

Every feather shimmered with a pale blue, cold light.

He was about the size of a small rooster, with long, elegant tail feathers and eyes as clear as a cold pool.

He was truly beautiful.

Youhun’s eyes immediately lit up, and he reached out to scoop the little ice Phoenix from the air, examining it closely.

Then, he couldn’t help but start petting it with both hands.

The texture of Ice Phoenix Bing Chen’s true form’s wings was excellent—icy, smooth, and sleek, like touching a piece of warm, cold jade.

Youhun stroked from the head to the tail feathers, then from the tail feathers back to the head, his fingertips running over those crystal-like feathers one by one, unable to put it down.

Ice Phoenix Bing Chen froze in place.

He was the dignified Nine Nether Ice Phoenix, an ancient variant species, the former lord of the Northern Plains.

He had lived for countless tens of thousands of years and had never been played with like this.

Yet, the one doing it was the Senior who had just saved his life, his current Master.

He didn’t dare move, let alone say anything.

He could only allow that hand to touch him all over, so ashamed he wished he could just die on the spot.

Snow Abyss watched from the side, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly.

How proud and reserved her master used to be.

Let alone being touched by someone, if anyone even came within three feet of him, they would be glared at until they retreated.

Now...

Snow Abyss silently looked away.

Whatever.

As long as he’s alive.

After playing for a while, Youhun finally withdrew his hand reluctantly.

Back when he was first split off by the True Body to travel the Spirit Realm, he hadn’t yet developed elegant hobbies like playing the zither or flute. Back then, his greatest pleasure was collecting exotic beasts from all over the world.

Three-legged Golden Toads, Six-winged Centipedes, Nine-headed Snakes—as long as it was rare, he wanted one. Once he had played with them enough, he would use his mental connection to teleport them to the Taiyi Dao Sect where True Body Gu Yan was.

Later, after teleporting too many and disturbing the True Body’s cultivation, he was scolded and reined himself in significantly.

Now, seeing this crystal-clear little Phoenix, that old habit he had suppressed for countless years flared up again.

In Youhun’s eyes, what former lord of the Northern Plains or ancient bird of prey? This was clearly just a very beautiful little spirit pet.

It’s just a spirit pet; touching and petting it is perfectly normal.

It has nothing to do with being a pervert.