When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Zhu Chongjiu jumped towards the monster, stopping when he was about six or seven hundred meters away.

Before my eyes were two people, each wielding a pair of giant axes, attacking each other. Thirty meters away lay a...? A Snow Crystal Fox, level two at that!

In the past few days, Zhu Chongjiu not only hunted ferocious beasts, but also read the Complete Record of Rare and Exotic Beasts when he stopped to rest.

This kind of monster is considered a rare beast, and it is extremely rare to see it in the vast ice and snowfields.

They are not large, only about the size of a normal domestic wolfhound. When they are born, their fur is normal and soft. As they progress, the fur of the Snow Crystal Fox will gradually turn into a crystalline substance.

The Complete Record of Rare and Exotic Beasts describes how, after this kind of monster cultivates to the Emperor level, all the fur on its body turns into crystals, and five-colored light flows through its body, making it extremely beautiful!

It is said that a powerful force once captured a royal-level Snow Crystal Fox with great manpower, resources, and wealth, and then controlled it with secret methods, making it available for the viewing of some top figures!

However, there is one thing: after this kind of monster dies, its colorful radiance will disappear, and it will become like a fine crystal sculpture.

This kind of monster is not strong in combat; its main skills are illusion and charm.

They attack people by producing a colorless and odorless gas. Once you inhale this gas, you will experience hallucinations created by the gas, and then they will kill you while you are in a hallucination.

Or it may use illusions to control your gaze, and once you look into its eyes, you may become its puppet!

Whether you can become a puppet depends on your willpower and its strength.

A level two demon beast can't control a royal-level mage, let alone a king-level mage, but it can completely control someone of the same level, unless you have an extraordinary will!

Because Zhu Chongjiu concealed all his aura, Xuejing Meihu did not notice him. He sat on the snow and watched for a long time, and found that the two people fighting with giant axes looked like twins, they looked exactly alike!

Since the two are twins, and they seem to have been taught by the same master, they can't determine a winner or loser in their back-and-forth exchanges.

The Snow Crystal Fox next to them also got a little anxious and stood up, circling around the two of them.

As for why Xuejing Meihu didn't use illusion magic to look the two people in the eye, according to Zhu Chongjiu's analysis, it's probably because Xuejing Meihu was afraid of losing control of the two people and being backfired!

Both of them are close to the King level in strength, and judging from their fighting style and martial arts techniques, they are probably the elite of the elite, clearly trained by famous masters.

Zhu Chongjiu watched the fight between the two for a while longer, hoping to learn something, when he noticed that Xue Jingmeihu seemed to be leaving.

It truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most intelligent monsters. Seeing that it couldn't subdue the two for a long time, and considering how close they were to the town of Hefeng, it was dangerous if their fight attracted others!

Zhu Chongjiu couldn't let her leave like that.

With a small leap, he appeared directly in front of Mei Hu, startling her with Zhu Chongjiu's sudden appearance.

Upon seeing Zhu Chongjiu, Meihu turned and ran in the opposite direction.

The fox raised its front paws, but before it could even step out with its hind paws, its tail was grabbed, leaving it only able to hop on the spot.

The seductive fox immediately released gas, then stared at Zhu Chongjiu with her eyes.

When Zhu Chongjiu saw that Meihu was about to use a skill on him, he quickly moved his little head close to Meihu's head, making eye contact with its eyes, and said: "Ninth Brother has never lost a match when we make eye contact before!"

The two remained locked in a stalemate for nearly a minute. Zhu Chongjiu said, "Give up." Then, Zhu Chongjiu unleashed his full aura, turned around, and shouted to the two fighting men, "You two idiots, stop fighting and take a break!"

Upon sensing Zhu Chongjiu's imposing aura, Meihu's body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground, letting out a mournful cry!

The two were fighting when Zhu Chongjiu used his aura to disperse the gas released by Meihu, which also brought them back to their senses. They were stunned for a moment, and then both looked at Zhu Chongjiu.

A short man sat on the ground, with the Snow Crystal Fox, a demonic beast that had left the two of them in such a sorry state, lying in front of him.

Upon closer inspection, Snow Crystal Fox noticed that the little creature was shedding tears, looking utterly pitiful!

At this moment, both of them wanted to ask Zhu Chongjiu if he had done something shady to the demon beast.

Zhu Chongjiu looked at the two men who were staring at him with an inexplicable and strange gaze. "Hey, you two idiots, what are you looking at? Aren't you going to thank your savior?"

Only then did the two realize what was happening and quickly thanked Zhu Chongjiu.

Are you two brothers? Twins?

Yes, we are twins. This is my younger brother, Hawu, and I am his older brother, Hawen.

May I ask your name?

Just call me Ninth Brother. Are you two here for this seductive fox spirit?

Haven replied, "No, neither of us knew that the monster here was the Snow Crystal Fox."

I was just here to do a mission for the academy. They said that a monster had been suspected to have been discovered in this place and asked me to investigate. Little did I expect that I would fall into their trap as soon as I arrived!

Then he looked at Zhu Chongjiu and said, "I wonder what Ninth Brother intends to do with this seductive fox?"

Zhu Chongjiu glanced at the pitiful fox lying on the ground and said to it, "Go back to the vast icy snowfields and never come to human territory again!"

Upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's words, the Ha brothers hurriedly said to him, "No, either execute them on the spot or hand them over to the academy." As the two brothers were speaking, Zhu Chongjiu interrupted them, unleashing his imposing aura and glaring fiercely at them!

Do I need the two of you to teach me how to do things? What qualifications do you have?

Actually, when Zhu Chongjiu and Meihu made eye contact just now, Meihu realized that she could not control Zhu Chongjiu, so she used her innate abilities of charm and control to communicate with Zhu Chongjiu's will.

Meihu begged Zhu Chongjiu for mercy, saying that she had only been playing with most of the wild beasts and had accidentally entered human territory. She had no intention of harming humans and had never harmed a single one. She added that she was just a child and asked what wrong a child could have done.

Zhu Chongjiu was almost amused by the fox spirit's pleas for mercy, but indeed, he couldn't detect any bloody scent on the fox spirit, not even the scent of animal blood.

The fox spirit also promised Zhu Chongjiu that if he went to the vast ice and snow plains, it would treat him to a warm welcome and provide him with all kinds of rare and precious treasures.

Speaking of rare and precious herbs, we must mention the little white flower that Zhu Chongjiu drank in the vast snowy wilderness.

Zhu Chongjiu saw this little white flower in the Encyclopedia of Rare and Exotic Animals.

The little white flower is called the Tianshan Snow Lotus. It only blooms once every hundred years, and even then, only one petal grows from the stamen. The flower withers three days after it matures, and the stamen withers and the seeds fall out. It then blooms again after another hundred years, and two hundred years later, two petals will grow, and so on. Therefore, what Zhu Chongjiu drank was a six-hundred-year-old Tianshan Snow Lotus.

The effect of the Tian Shan snow lotus adding one petal every hundred years is not as simple as one plus one equals two!

The main effects of Tian Shan snow lotus are to cleanse the marrow and tendons, improve physical condition, and enhance the perception of ice properties.

At that time, Zhu Chongjiu had a question: Ice attribute perception? What ice attribute? Is it a cultivation method like that of a magician? I haven't seen a single magician in all this time, they've all been martial arts magicians.

Zhu Chongjiu couldn't find the floating ball of fire and the pool of water in the book, so he didn't know what they were or what their effects were!

Let's get back to the present. After Zhu Chongjiu suppressed the Ha Wen and Ha Wu brothers with his own aura, he explained: This seductive fox has never killed a single person, and I have some connection with this seductive fox. Don't ask me anything else. If you're not satisfied, you can go directly to the guardian, Old Man Zhao!

Upon hearing the words "Guardian," Ha Wu whispered to Ha Wen, "Big Brother, who is Old Man Zhao, the Guardian?" "Are you stupid? There are several Guardians with the surname Zhao."

Looking at Xue Jingmeihu who had already walked away, Zhu Chongjiu said again, "Are you two students of the Viter City Mage Academy?"

Yes, we are both students in the advanced class of the Martial Arts Department at the Viter City Mage Academy.

Oh, that's perfect. I'm also going to the Mage Academy. Lead the way, I need to meet your dean. By the way, what rank is your dean?

Hawu proudly raised his head and replied, "Our Viter City Mage Academy's Grand Dean is a mid-level Royal Rank, the Vice Dean and the Director of Studies are both low-level Royal Ranks, and the lecturers are all top-tier King Rank instructors. Our Viter City Mage Academy is also one of the best mage academies in the entire Snow Kingdom!"

"Oh! I understand. Let's hurry up and take me into the academy," Zhu Chongjiu urged the two brothers as they headed towards Viter City.

Since both brothers, Ha Wen and Ha Wu, were just one step away from reaching the King level, they traveled very quickly. What would normally be a six- or seven-day journey took them less than two days to reach the city gate.

Upon reaching the city gate, Haven produced the academy's token, and the three of them successfully entered Viter City.

After entering the city, Zhu Chongjiu took a quick look at the buildings in Viter City. Most of them were stone houses, the streets were several times wider than those in the town, and the population density was more than ten times that of the town. The streets were bustling with people and the sounds of vendors hawking their wares never stopped!

Zhu Chongjiu had no interest in appreciating anything, nor was there anything to appreciate, and headed straight for the academy with Ha Wen and Ha Wu.