Four days of flying, it was night and Wang Yue was fast asleep. They had just entered the Water Domain's borders and Wang Ling was thinking deeply about different matters.

[How do I take out that snake?]

The Serpent Turquoise is a spirit beast that came from the bloodline of the Black Turtle or otherwise known as the Black Tortoise.

The Black Turtle are two beings in one, a Turtle and a Serpent that wraps around its shell. Only those of the purest members from the descents of the Black Turtles can a pair appear.

The serpent and the turtle is one of the same, it came from one egg and will die as one. But as time flows, the bloodline thinned and variants of the Black Turtle divided.

There are now two variants of Black Turtles, First would be the Turtle Counterpart which has an incomparable defense, and the other would be the serpent which possesses speed and venomous attacks.

Wang Ling's goal this time was the serpentine counterpart of the Black Turtle. The Serpent Turquoise, a turquoise colored serpent that secretes a venom that is said to have the ability to kill a dominion realm cultivator.

In truth, the Serpent Turquoise was a True Saint Cultivator at its strongest, but with its venom and bloodline, it could stand at the peak of Saint Stage.

Wang Ling can take on any cultivator that is on Saint Phase, but there are exceptions to be made.

Spirit Beasts are at their core stronger than humans. A True Saint Stage Serpent Turquoise is going to be a hurdle.

This time's hunt will be more challenging than the last.

[I need to find a way to neutralize the venom of the Serpent Turquoise. There's the [Poison Purging Pill] that can neutralize most poison and even greatly weaken the Serpent Turquoise's venom, but what I want is something that will neutralize it completely.]

Wang Ling sighed as he then remembered a pill and that pill was already a grade-3 pill. The recipe in itself was not that hard, but if he fails, he would be wasting a lot of ingredients.

[I need to find a trustworthy alchemist. If I remember correctly, this is still the 6th month of the year, is Renhuo still in the Ancient Scripture Academy?

I'll have to stop by the Ancient Scripture Academy. Is it near the Tranquil Empire?]

Wang Ling took out a map and started browsing through the Water Domain. He only knew the Ancient Scripture Academy was in the Water Domain.

The East of the central regions has three of the Seven Great Academies. The Flame Domain has the Hundred Refinement Academy, Holy Domain Heaven's Will Academy, and the Water Domain have the Ancient Scripture Academy.

"It seems like you really do have plans of your own, Ling'er." Xiao Fei'er saw Wang Ling fiddling with the map and asked.

Wang Ling raised his head and nodded his head, "I need to go to the Ancient Scripture Academy and meet an acquaintance of mine."

"Is that matter of yours urgent?"

"Yes, I need to find an alchemist to concoct a pill for me. I am going to hunt some spirit beasts."

"Oh!? I want to help you in that matter, but I can't make a move right now else those people of the other clans will freak out. You should have asked Butler Sun to kill it for you. He will gladly kill it if it is not higher than Celestial God Stage." She commented.

Wang Ling shrugged his shoulders not saying anything.

"I won't pry into your secrets, my child. If you don't want to talk about it then I will not say anything. I'm going to head to Ancient Scripture Academy now."

"Thank you, mother."

Wang Ling just answered Xiao Fei'er when the qi surrounding Bai Xue shot up.

Her little body trembled in his hands and the Bai Xue's cultivation reached new heights. Her blood started to churn and her body began to heat up.

Bai Xue's body was convulsing and for a time, her white fur was slowly changing to a hue of red. She was in pain, she groaned as her qi began to rise.

Wang Ling noticed this and hurriedly circulated his angelic qi. Wang Ling's bloodline was still activated so his angelic qi was stronger than ever.

The winds started to wail and a minute later, Bai Xue's qi became calm and her white fur returned to its normal color. Slowly, her eyes opened and after blinking a couple of times, she managed to keep her head thoughts straight.

She yawned and saw Wang Ling's worried eyes, she grinned as she stated: "I'm alright."

Bai Xue stretched her back and then hopped on top of Wang Ling's head. She bowed towards Xiao Fei'er and showed her respect.

She knew that Xiao Fei'er was no longer a celestial and was someone with a higher cultivation level than she ever was. Being someone from the Heaven Realm, Bai Xue was rather used to greeting people of Xiao Fei'er's level of cultivation.

"Bai Xue greets Madam Xiao Fei'er!" Her voice was respectful. Even though she could hear Wang Ling's ramblings when she was cultivating and was aware of Xiao Fei'er's identity, she chose to be respectful.

She knew she was Wang Ling's mother and heard a lot of things from their conversations.

Xiao Fei'er raised a brow after seeing Bai Xue's actions, she laughed as she said, "No need to call me Madam Wang. I am after all the wife of the Wang Family's Master."

"Understood, Madam Wang." Bai Xue lowered her head once again.

Xiao Fei'er turned to look ahead and then didn't bother Wang Ling and Bai Xue. bai Xue was already wrapped with her qi, so she didn't have anything to do anymore.

Bai Xue got down from Wang Ling's head and then made herself smaller to enter Wang Ling's robes where it was comfy and warm. Only showing her head and keeping her body inside Wang Ling's clothes, Bai Xue showed a smile.

Wang Ling sighed and asked Bai Xue in a slightly hushed voice, "Do you know what is happening?"

"I get the main idea, we're in the Water Domain and you plan to head to the Ancient Scripture Academy. You want to ask for Yan Renhuo's help?" Bai Xue asked curiously.

"Yes I do, she's the brightest and strongest person I know and trust. She's also trying to marry me even before I gain strength and show my cultivation so she's kind of trustworthy with the recipe I'll use.

"I also want to gain access to the Ancient Records of the academy, the records of the academy spans for 200,000 years. If I can enter that place, I can find the truth of the Great War."

Bai Xue grew silent and retreated inside Wang Ling's bosom. Before long, the sounds of gentle breathing was heard as Bai Xue slept.

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Wang Ling and Bai Xue was dropped by Xiao Fei'er just near the Southern Gates of the Ancient Scriptures Academy.

Wang Ling saw Xiao Fei'er left him and turned around to face the giant gate that was looming over him. Wang Ling did not ask Xiao Fei'er to deliver him all the way to the gate because he had heard of the previous incident.

Entering the academy under heated gazes was not something he wanted. He wanted to move in a more low-key manner. But because he had asked Xiao Fei'er to drop him off a couple of kilometers away, he had to travel a couple of minutes before reaching the gate.

"Halt, only students can enter, if you have no business here leave or we will kill you." four guards appeared from behind above the gate and warned him.

Wang Ling had the urge to grab that guy from the air and beat him up for being disrespectful and being threatened. But he decided to just sigh it away and answer.

"My name is Wang Ling of the Wang Family, I am here for student Yan Renhuo!" Wang Ling took out a letter from his storage ring, "This is the letter of invitation handed to me by Yan Renhuo!"

Wang Ling threw the letter to the guard and the guard received the letter. The guard nodded his head and returned the letter to Wang Ling.

"You may enter, follow me, I will guide you to the [Successor of Flames]."

Wang Ling nodded his head followed the guard and entered the academy.

Disappearing from sight, Wang Ling became the topic of the guards.

"Wang Ling? Isn't that the Young Master of the Wang Family? For him to meet the Successor of Flames, are the rumors true about them being betrothed true?"

"I don't know if that is true, but the suitors of the Senior Sister Yan will surely go and pick a fight with that man. For a grand saint to be beaten up by a true saint, what a pitiful man."

"Alright, I will now be reporting this to the Elder Bo, after this, Xuan Wen will surely know of this event."