Inside the Yishui City, at the residence of the Great Mage Baiyuan.
The window was open, and the bone-chilling winter wind from the north blew into the spacious and quiet room. Great Mage Baiyuan, dressed in a loose white robe and barefoot, sat cross-legged in the room, allowing the cold wind to blow, his face even turning red from the cold.
"What exactly doesn't fit?"
"How could the experimental subject's body collapse?"
Baiyuan kept pondering the problems encountered during the experiment the previous night.
Suddenly—
"Teacher, Teacher, the Lord of Xueying has come to visit!" A somewhat timid voice came from outside. Everyone knew that the Great Mage did not like to be disturbed during his morning contemplation.
Of course, it was just that he did not like it, not that it was impossible!
During experiments, any disturbance was absolutely forbidden! Unless something of great importance happened.
"Is it that young lord?" Baiyuan was slightly taken aback, somewhat puzzled. It hadn't been long since Dongbo Xueying's last visit. Could he have already obtained the heart of the Silver Moon Wolf King or the 50,000 gold coins?
"Please him in quickly!"
Baiyuan immediately got up and left the quiet room to welcome the visitor in the living room.
...
Great Mage Baiyuan stood at the door of the living room to greet the visitor. A young man in black, carrying a weapon case, approached. Great Mage Baiyuan was secretly wary. The aura of this young lord had become even more restrained, but with the Great Mage's powerful mental strength, he could keenly sense the more alarming aura, despite its apparent restraint.
"Great Mage." Dongbo Xueying smiled.
"Lord, please." Great Mage Baiyuan was also quite courteous.
The two sat down.
"Lord, why have you come to me this time?" Great Mage Baiyuan looked at Dongbo Xueying.
"Great Mage, please take a look." Dongbo Xueying flipped his hand, and a metal box appeared in his palm, emitting a faintly pungent smell. He handed the metal box over.
Baiyuan immediately guessed what it was, his body trembling with excitement as he reached out to take it.
He gently opened it.
Inside was the heart of the Silver Moon Wolf King, still very fresh! It had only been a day since the Silver Moon Wolf King was killed, and the heart had been stored in an airless storage pendant, maintaining its freshness.
"Silver Moon Heart? It feels like it was just picked less than an hour ago." Baiyuan was excited. Between the Silver Moon Heart and the 50,000 gold coins, he preferred the Silver Moon Heart. Even with 50,000 gold coins, he could only buy some materials... but the Silver Moon Heart could allow him to quickly complete a work he had long wanted to finish.
However, obtaining a fresh Silver Moon Heart was a rare and difficult task. It wasn't easy for someone to go to the Ruin Mountains and quickly kill the Silver Moon Wolf King. The other aspects of the experiment had been prepared long ago, but he had waited for the Silver Moon Heart for eight years without success.
If he were to hire experts to go to the Ruin Mountains to find and kill the Silver Moon Wolf King, the cost would be too high, beyond his means.
"Great Mage." Dongbo Xueying spoke.
Baiyuan suppressed his joy and looked up, saying, "Lord, rest assured. Since you have brought the Silver Moon Heart, I, Baiyuan, will do my utmost to teach your younger brother, taking him as my personal disciple. Once his mental strength reaches the threshold, I guarantee he will become a mage!"
Having received such a treasure, he naturally wanted to do his best.
"Then I will trouble you, Great Mage." Dongbo Xueying smiled. "When can my younger brother come?"
"Anytime." Baiyuan said, then took out a wooden token from his pocket, with the character 'Bai' on it. "This is a token. Your younger brother can come with this token."
Dongbo Xueying nodded.
He wasn't afraid that Baiyuan would renege!
Baiyuan also wouldn't dare to turn around and betray him after receiving such a treasure. After all, delivering a fresh Silver Moon Heart in such a short time was no small feat. Killing a Silver Moon Wolf King was as difficult as killing a Starflow Mage.
"After the New Year, I will bring my younger brother here. I will trouble you, Great Mage." Dongbo Xueying took the token and then got up. "I will take my leave."
Baiyuan also got up to see him off.
Watching Dongbo Xueying leave, Baiyuan held the metal box and thought, "This young lord said he would deliver the Silver Moon Heart or 50,000 gold coins within a month. Now he has delivered it so quickly, and the heart is still so fresh. Clearly, a Silver Moon Wolf King was just killed. Who killed it? Xueying doesn't seem to have such a powerful expert."
Zong Ling and Tong San were already well-known, but neither could kill a Silver Moon Wolf King.
"Was it this young lord?" Baiyuan guessed.
He had met Zong Ling before. Although Zong Ling, the six-armed snake demon, was an expert, he didn't pose a threat to Baiyuan.
Only this young lord was somewhat enigmatic to him.
...
Dongbo Xueying then went to repay the 10,000 gold coins he owed for the purchase of the Feixue Divine Spear and quickly returned to Xueying Manor with some of his subordinates.
Entering through the main gate of the castle.
Along the way, the soldiers and servants were extremely respectful.
"Brother, brother, you went to Yishui City this morning and didn't even take me." Qing Shi, on the third floor of the main building, leaned on the railing and looked down.
"When I left, you were still sleeping." Dongbo Xueying leaped and landed next to his brother on the third floor, taking out the token and handing it to him. "Qing Shi, look, what is this?"
Qing Shi held the wooden token in confusion. "A wooden token, what for? There's a 'Bai' character on it?"
"This is the token of Great Mage Baiyuan. After the New Year, you can go to him and become his personal disciple." Dongbo Xueying said.
"Ah, the Great Mage is willing to take me as a personal disciple? Ah, hahaha..." Qing Shi was so excited that he started to wiggle his hips. "So cool, so cool."
"But, brother, won't I not see you then?" Qing Shi was somewhat reluctant.
"Hahaha, Yishui City is not far from us. You can come back to see me anytime, and I can go to see you." Dongbo Xueying laughed.
"Okay." Qing Shi nodded vigorously. He had already read many books on mages left by his mother and was looking forward to a mage's life.
...
In the afternoon.
Snow was falling heavily from the sky. As the northernmost province of the empire, snow was very common.
Dongbo Xueying sat cross-legged in the room, watching the snow fall outside. After reaching the master level in spear techniques, although he still spent an hour practicing every day, the actual purpose of practice was more to stimulate the faster growth of his body and muscles. To improve his spear techniques, he needed to understand the natural world.
Taking the natural world as his teacher, he sought to comprehend it.
"Master, Master, there is someone outside who claims to be the Lord of Longshan Tower, wanting to meet you." A servant ran in, slightly out of breath.
"Longshan Tower?" Dongbo Xueying's eyes flashed with excitement.
He knew some information about Longshan Tower.
It was a very mysterious organization, spread throughout the empire. The Lord of Longshan Tower in Yishui City had a status no less than the city lord.
He immediately got up and hurried to the main gate of the castle to personally welcome the visitor.
"Open the gate, let the distinguished guest in." Dongbo Xueying arrived at the main gate.
A group of people were stopped outside, led by a distinguished-looking black-haired middle-aged man, accompanied by a white-haired old man, and followed by a group of Heaven-stage knights.
"Ha ha, I have heard of the great name of Spear Demon Dongbo Xueying. Today, I finally meet you, and you are indeed extraordinary." The black-haired middle-aged man smiled. "I am Si An, the Lord of Longshan Tower in Yishui City!"
"I have heard of Lord Si An." Dongbo Xueying was also quite courteous. "Lord Si An, please come in."
Dongbo Xueying and Lord Si An walked side by side, with the others following behind.
"Lord Si An, what brings you here in the snow?" Dongbo Xueying asked with a smile as they walked.
"Lord, you single-handedly eliminated the Crescent Blade Alliance. Could such a big event be kept secret? Yesterday, you carried the Silver Moon Wolf King's fur and flew over 900 miles. Many people saw it. Could the killing of the Silver Moon Wolf King be kept secret?" Lord Si An asked with a smile.
Dongbo Xueying was secretly surprised.
It seemed that Lord Si An knew everything he had done yesterday. Longshan Tower was indeed formidable.
"Of course, I came today for two reasons. First, to deliver the reward for killing the wanted criminal Gaibin! Second, and more importantly, to deliver the Black Iron Token of Longshan Tower." Lord Si An said.
"Black Iron Token?" Dongbo Xueying's heart trembled slightly.