Chapter 10: The Fiendish Pet

In a moment, the female turtle dragon broke free from the Storm Sand Formation.
“You two humans must have exhausted all your vital energy. Good—first, I’ll kill you two, then deal with that strange fiendish beast,” the female turtle dragon snarled as soon as it was free.
In an instant, it rushed at Qu Yi.
But just as the female turtle dragon, full of confidence and believing it could end everything with one strike, exhaled a blast of cold energy to kill Qu Yi and Bai Man, they both disappeared without leaving even a trace of low-grade spirit stones.
“How is this possible? Where have these two human cultivators gone?” The female turtle dragon was utterly confused, yet a chill spread through its heart.
Qu Yi and Bai Man had naturally entered the Inch Realm Sphere.
On the other side, Wu Yuan kept pressing down on the male turtle dragon, using his exceptional speed to rapidly change positions. The four horse hooves kicked fiercely, the dragon’s head emitted golden vital energy, and its phoenix tail sent out fiery vital energy, forcing the male turtle dragon to curl up and barely defend itself.
“You vile fiend! How dare you ally with human cultivators? I’ll kill you now!” the female turtle dragon roared viciously.
Of course, at this point, it hadn’t even thought that using its innate secret technique had drained much of its vital energy, leaving it far weaker than Wu Yuan.
Seeing the female turtle dragon flying over, Wu Yuan laughed merrily. As it approached, he suddenly darted away and delivered a series of fierce kicks at the male turtle dragon.
The female turtle dragon was furious—its mate was being beaten by a strange fiendish beast without any chance to fight back. Filled with rage, it pursued Wu Yuan aggressively.
But Wu Yuan was quite clever. As soon as the female turtle dragon came, he changed direction using his speed while also kicking the male turtle dragon.
Above the pond, there was only one scene: the female turtle dragon chasing Wu Yuan, while Wu Yuan dodged her and continued to torment the male turtle dragon.
The two young turtle dragons clung to their parents, chirping happily at the sight, thinking their parents were playing games with Wu Yuan to amuse them.
After a while, the female turtle dragon ran out of strength, and the male turtle dragon had lost many of its scales due to Wu Yuan’s kicks. Only then did the two turtle dragons realize that Qu Yi and Bai Man had been gone for some time—long enough for them to replenish their vital energy.
“Run!”
The male and female turtle dragons shouted at the same time, trying to get away from Wu Yuan and leave the Hidden Dust Formation.
“Do you still want to escape?” Qu Yi suddenly appeared, holding the Wind Binding Formation in his hand.

Bai Man was also by his side, holding up the Storm Sand Formation while smiling at the two turtle dragons.
“Bad! How could I forget to destroy their formation disk?” The female turtle dragon woke up in panic, filled with regret, and wanted to escape even more.
Wuyuan cheered loudly, speeding up suddenly. While kicking the male turtle dragon, it also kicked the female one. In an instant, the bodies of both turtle dragons froze in mid-air.
“Wind Binding Formation!”
“Storm Sand Formation!”
Qu Yi and Bai Man shouted simultaneously, activating the two formations.
In an instant, a tornado enveloped the male turtle dragon, while the Storm Sand Formation trapped the female one again.
The male and female turtle dragons were shocked. They realized now that they no longer had enough vital energy to use their innate skill, “Turtle Spirit Waves.” Left trapped by the two formations, they could only keep consuming all their vital energy, leaving them powerless to resist and doomed to be slaughtered.
Quickly, the two turtle dragons communicated through their spiritual senses and discussed their situation.
“Humans, your husband and I are willing to become your demon pets. Could you spare our lives?” The male turtle dragon suddenly spoke up.
Qu Yi was stunned. After a fierce battle, the two turtle dragons were willing to become his demon pets.
Bai Man’s eyes shone brightly; clearly moved by this request, she thought that having a late-stage Golden Core demon pet would add another layer of security for the future.
“Instrument God, should I take these two turtle dragons?” Qu Yi originally planned to seize their demon cores but, after sensing their strength, considered keeping them for himself. He hesitated and asked the Instrument God for advice.
“Of course you can. Think ahead—these two turtle dragons only have two demon cores, which isn’t enough to help you reach mid-stage Golden Core. Besides, most of the monsters in this Laoshan area have already been killed by you. You’ll have to go to another place to hunt more monsters. Which place has the most monsters?” the Instrument God laughed.
Qu Yi blinked, then his eyes sparkled as he said, “Of course, it’s the sea monsters.”
The Instrument God laughed heartily and immediately replied, “This time, you’ve finally figured it out. That’s right—go hunt sea monsters. With these two turtle dragons as cover, things will be much smoother for us, without all the trouble.”
Qu Yi nodded repeatedly. Sea monsters considered human cultivators targets to be killed. Although he had the Dimension Sphere to ensure his safety, constant interference would be troublesome. With these two turtle dragons, things would be different—they could pretend to be sea monsters, ensuring smooth progress along the way.

After a while, Qu Yi saw that the two turtle dragons had lost most of their vital energy due to the formation, so he stopped the two formations and then went over to them.
“As you wish, I’ll take you under my control,” Qu Yi said with glee.
The two turtle dragons exchanged glances, seemingly discussing whether to resist violently, but upon thinking of their own vital energy and the wailing Wu Yuan nearby, their expressions immediately dimmed.
Qu Yi drew a blood circle on the male turtle dragon’s forehead and recited an incantation for the “Spirit Binding Mark,” turning the male turtle dragon into his own demon pet. Bai Man did the same, turning the female turtle dragon into her own demon pet.
As for the two young turtle dragons, they were released back into the pond to grow on their own.
“Oh, by the way, Qu Yi, when I went to the bottom of the pond, I found some cold iron. Should we mine it?” Bai Man suddenly said.
Qu Yi glanced at the male turtle dragon, seeing its gloomy expression, and laughed heartily before jumping into the pond.
The bottom of the pond was bone-chilling cold.
Qu Yi reached the bottom, using his vital energy to protect himself as he began to examine the minerals there.
“Haha, Qu Yi, you’re really lucky. This isn’t ordinary cold iron ore—it’s Heavenly Yin Cold Iron ore, a material used to craft precious weapons. If you want to forge weapons yourself in the future, this material will be enough for you to practice with,” the Voice of the Artifact God suddenly rang out.
Qu Yi already knew that ordinary cold iron, whether it was a hundred years old, a thousand years old, or ten thousand years old, was only suitable for crafting ordinary weapons and was naturally not as good as this Heavenly Yin Cold Iron.
“Oh, by the way, Voice of the Artifact God, I’m already at the early stage of the Golden Dan realm. Why doesn’t the Combined Golden Dan in my dantian have the Triple Truth Fire?” Qu Yi immediately asked the question he wanted to know the most.
Since Qu Yi had reached the early stage of the Golden Dan realm, only the five Golden Dans in his internal organs possessed the Triple Truth Fire, while the Combined Golden Dan in his dantian did not. This had puzzled Qu Yi for some time.
The Voice of the Artifact God hesitated for a while before saying, “Qu Yi, the Five Energies and Three Flowers you’ve cultivated are somewhat unique. According to Xia Hou Si’s speculation, you won’t have true fire until the middle stage of the Golden Dan realm. By then, the true fire won’t be the Triple Truth Fire but the Five Elements True Fire, which is formed when the true fires from the five internal organs converge into the Combined Golden Dan.”
Qu Yi was stunned. So that was the case. Then, the Five Elements True Fire formed by the convergence of the true fires from the five Golden Dans must be even stronger than the Triple Truth Fire.
“Good, as long as there’s true fire, that’s fine. Otherwise, your most proud art of forging weapons won’t have anyone to inherit it,” Qu Yi said proudly.
“Ah!”

As soon as Qu Yi finished speaking, the big head in his spiritual body was poked by the Artifact God, causing such intense pain that it felt like a hole was about to form—pain so severe it made him want to die.
“Kid, stop showing off so much in the future, or I’ll take turns poking each of your six heads in your spiritual body every day,” the Artifact God said angrily.
Qu Yi’s spiritual body took the form of a six-headed creature, and no matter which head was poked, the pain was beyond what Qu Yi could bear.
“Alright, Artifact God, please don’t be angry. I definitely won’t disappoint you—I’ll surely promote your art of crafting to even greater heights,” Qu Yi quickly pleaded, truly fearing the Artifact God’s peculiar temper.
“Fine, I’ll help you collect all this Dark Cold Iron,” the Artifact God said calmly, with no trace of anger left in his voice.
After saying that, the Dimensional Sphere flew out and circled at the bottom of the pool. The Dark Cold Iron was sucked into the sphere like by a tornado. Once all the Dark Cold Iron had been collected, the bottom of the pool had expanded to about a mile wide. The Artifact God had exhausted this abundant supply of cold iron in one go.
“Alright, all the Dark Cold Iron here has been collected. Let’s keep moving and head to the top of Fanglu Mountain,” the Artifact God reminded him.
Qu Yi calmed down from his excitement and immediately flew out of the pool.
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While Qu Yi and the other two were fighting, a bright light suddenly appeared from the spatial teleportation array at the top of Fanglu Mountain, and a young man in black stepped out.
The young man was tall and slender, with a lean face but fair skin, making him extremely handsome. His eyes especially exuded a fierce killing intent, as if there was nothing but slaughter in his gaze. The aura he emitted was thick with murderous intent, as if he had just come out of a massacre, making people want to stay away.
However, as soon as the young man in black stepped out of the spatial teleportation array, his expression became listless, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth—likely due to severe internal injuries.
Ignoring the blood, he fixed his eyes on a direction and plunged into Fanglu Mountain like an eagle, disappearing instantly.
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Qu Yi, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan continued moving forward. The top of Fanglu Mountain could now be faintly seen ahead. Just as the three of them prepared to fly over immediately, a powerful aura suddenly appeared ahead, as if emerging from the ground, creating loud echoes throughout the mountain.
“Qu Yi, be careful! There’s a Thousand-Legged Spider ahead—it’s already at the early Yuan Ying stage,” the Artifact God warned suddenly.