Fortunately, Li Yan had hunted a large number of Vicious Souls in the North Abyss Demon-Suppressing Pagoda back then. It should be enough for the little Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant to recover, but it seemed like it would all be consumed.
Watching as the purple glow on the little Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant faded after a period of time, it would subconsciously suck in a nearby trembling Vicious Soul.
Li Yan's illusory figure stood there silently for a long while before flashing out of the cave.
He then sealed the entrance of the cave again. He had already imprinted the matter of reconstructing a physical body for the little Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant in his mind.
Without a physical body, even if the little Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant recovered again, the name of an ancient ferocious beast would no longer be worthy of it.
Relying on soul power alone, the little Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant was unable to exert its combat power at all.
After Li Yan's Divine Sense withdrew from the "Earthen Patch," a white light flashed, and the dazed-looking Snow Mosquito King also appeared in the cave.
At this time, on the Snow Mosquito King's crystal-clear back, there was a jet-black pattern, making it look somewhat demonic.
Just a moment ago, it was still cultivating the "Thousand Beasts Devouring the Dao," and suddenly it was brought here by Li Yan. The Snow Mosquito King had not reacted for a moment.
Li Yan sensed the aura on the Snow Mosquito King and nodded slightly. Although the Snow Mosquito King could not cultivate the "Thousand Beasts Devouring the Dao" to a deep level in a short period of time, it had already entered the threshold.
Now, the potent poison on its body was probably enough to kill an initial-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator without any problem. Against mid-to-late stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, it would also greatly reduce their strength.
After all, he had personally refined this poison. In this world, there should be no antidote. One could only rely on one's own cultivation to resist and expel it, but that would require someone at least two major realms higher than Li Yan to be possible.
"Master, where is this? Hey, what about that little remnant soul elephant? I seem to have sensed its aura in the space. Is it in seclusion again?"
"What did you let this little one out for? I'm making rapid progress in my cultivation right now."
The Snow Mosquito King's voice came. Li Yan looked up at it. The Snow Mosquito King was looking at him with a dissatisfied expression.
It was just that its eyes were evasive. It was obvious that even it felt guilty about what it had just said.
Although it had entered the threshold of cultivating the "Thousand Beasts Devouring the Dao," each cultivation session was extremely painful. Every inch of progress required great hardship. How could it be as rapid as it had claimed?
Li Yan pondered for a moment, then selectively told it some of the recent events. This demonic beast had a somewhat unreliable personality, so he had to give it some instructions.
"...The situation is roughly like this. The Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant is seriously injured and needs to recover."
"Now, I also need to recover my strength as soon as possible. Although the 'Great Dragon-Elephant Formation' is not bad, without the Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant presiding over it, its power is already greatly reduced."
"It's still fine for defending against ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. If a strong enemy comes, if things go wrong, it might be broken through in one go. You will guard the cave for the next few days."
Li Yan said faintly at the end.
At this time, the Snow Mosquito King was already in a daze, muttering to itself in its heart.
"I only cultivated for a while, and I'm no longer on the Desolate Moon Continent? But in the Demon Realm? This is too... too absurd..."
Seeing that the Snow Mosquito King did not react after he finished speaking, Li Yan couldn't help but frown.
The dazed Snow Mosquito King suddenly felt a chill wash over it. It shivered and immediately came to its senses.
Only then did it discover that Li Yan was staring at it coldly.
It was startled and hurriedly forced a dry, fawning smile.
"Hehe, hehe, to be able to serve you, master, is this little one's fortune."
"Master, please cultivate without worry. If anyone dares to break in here, however many come, this little one will kill however many die, and I will not disturb master's cultivation in the slightest."
"This little one's recent cultivation has been very effective. Although I can't change the color of the sun and moon with a single breath, I can still suppress a region, with black clouds rolling, and the heavens and earth..."
Just as the Snow Mosquito King was getting excited, it saw Li Yan's just-relaxed brow gradually furrow again.
So it stopped its words and said embarrassedly, "Oh... of course, cultivators above Foundation Establishment still need master to act personally. This little one still can't kill them in one blow."
"But if master acts, so what if a Golden Core comes? After master recovers to his peak state this time, hmph, what can a Nascent Soul do if one comes..."
"Shut up!"
Li Yan finally couldn't take it anymore and directly scolded it.
This demonic beast had always been diligent in its work, but it could never change its habit of talking big, giving people an unreliable feeling.
The Snow Mosquito King was so scared by this sentence that it trembled, immediately shut its mouth, and carefully looked up at Li Yan's face.
Seeing that Li Yan did not seem angry, it couldn't help but feel proud in its heart.
'No matter how fierce you are, Li Yan, no matter how resourceful you are, so what? You still can't resist your Mosquito Lord's heaven-shaking grand art.'
Li Yan ignored it. With a wave of his hand, a pile of spirit stones had appeared on the ground in front of him, and then he quietly closed his eyes.
Seeing that Li Yan was ignoring it, the Snow Mosquito King walked to the side on its own, its eyes flashing with a bright light.
'This baleful star looks seriously injured. Should I take advantage of his serious injury to launch a sneak attack on him again, and then force him to dissolve the master-servant contract?'
'Uh... he probably isn't on guard against me, right? Probably, oh, it can only be probably...'
'Still no, I don't think I've ever seen anyone get the better of him. Maybe he left some kind of countermeasure on me that I don't even know about.'
'For example, the potent poison he had me cultivate, and the 'Thousand Beasts Devouring the Dao' mantra, will it become uncontrollable at the last moment and directly backlash against me...'
'Damn it, why didn't I think of it before? Is there something wrong with that poison? Could Li Yan's heart be that good...'
Thinking of this, the Snow Mosquito King felt its mouth go dry. It quickly and carefully stole a glance at Li Yan. Seeing that he was always meditating with his eyes closed, it relaxed a little.
'No, no, I must not have such thoughts again. I... why did I cultivate the technique he gave me again?'
'I... a king of a generation as smart as me, actually...'
The Snow Mosquito King was complaining to itself on the side, its thoughts running wild. The more it thought, the more afraid it became. In the end, it obediently took on the task of protection.
But after a short while, it actually began to feel a sense of pride in this matter.
Although it was only protecting Li Yan now, if Li Yan was fine, then the injured remnant soul elephant would be fine.
In that case, it was simultaneously protecting two cultivators. In the future, if that remnant soul elephant did not acknowledge its favor, it would be ungrateful and devoid of conscience.
No matter where it went in the future, it would be its life-saving benefactor...
How could Li Yan know about the Snow Mosquito King's messy thoughts? Even if he knew, he could probably only roll his eyes in his heart.
As for the Snow Mosquito King's ill intentions, even if he had only recovered a few tenths of his strength, the Snow Mosquito King was still no match for him.
His meridians had not yet recovered, so he could not easily operate the "Five Elements Return to Primordial Genesis" and could not deal with cultivators above the Pseudo-Core realm.
There were no years in cultivation; time passed in the space of a breath. In a flash, more than five months had passed.
On this day, just as the Snow Mosquito King was bored out of its mind and was considering whether to deliberately release some of the cave's aura to attract some cultivators, so that it could show off its power and intimidate them, it suddenly sensed that Li Yan's body, who was beside it, moved slightly. This was the first time Li Yan had moved since he had entered meditation.
Then, Li Yan, who had been like an old tree with tangled roots, slowly opened his eyes.
The moment his eyes opened, the Snow Mosquito King felt as if two bolts of lightning had flashed in them, piercing its own eyes with a sharp pain, and it couldn't help but immediately close them.
Immediately after, Li Yan let out a long breath, directly blowing the pile of two or three thousand spirit stones in front of him some distance away.
"Congratulations to master on the complete recovery of your divine art!"
A fawning voice entered Li Yan's ears. Li Yan turned his head and looked at the Snow Mosquito King with a half-smile on his face.
Although he had been circulating his technique to heal his injuries, he was still a little worried about the unreliable Snow Mosquito King, so a wisp of his Divine Sense had always been lingering outside.
"Recently, you seem to have been very eager to go out and fight with others. It seems that you are the one whose divine art has reached great success!"
Li Yan said with an inscrutable smile. The Snow Mosquito King's heart immediately went cold.
'This baleful star really did leave a countermeasure. He even knows what I want to do. Fortunately, back then I...!'
The Snow Mosquito King was shocked and felt a little scared in its heart.
Although the place Li Yan had chosen was remote enough, in the past six months, cultivators or demonic beasts had occasionally passed by outside.
The Snow Mosquito King was extremely vigilant against those of a higher rank, but for those it felt were inferior to it, it wished that they would discover the abnormality of the illusion formation here.
Then they would come to investigate, and it could easily kill or capture them in one fell swoop. If it could watch them beg for mercy, it would definitely be a very pleasant thing for it. Being like this all day was already too boring.
But due to its fear of Li Yan, like a great mountain constantly hanging over its head, in the end, the Snow Mosquito King still did not dare to disobey Li Yan's instructions.
Now, seeing Li Yan say these words, the Snow Mosquito King was shocked. The other party was definitely not completely in a state of deep meditation. He was sleeping with one eye open. But the Snow Mosquito King's expression remained as usual.
"What is master talking about? How could I be like that remnant soul elephant, causing trouble whenever it has nothing to do?"
Li Yan couldn't be bothered to pay attention to it. Seeing that it had finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve and rolled up the Snow Mosquito King.
"Then you can continue your cultivation. Achieve great success in your 'divine art' soon, so you can truly share my burdens!"
The Snow Mosquito King was about to complain to Li Yan about how "hardworking" and "conscientious" it had been these past few months when it felt a blur before its eyes, and it was already flying.
Only then did Li Yan's words enter its ears. By the time it could see clearly again, its face was already full of misery.
It was already in a space surrounded by black fog. The moment this black fog touched its skin, the Snow Mosquito King immediately felt a long-lost, piercing pain that went deep into its marrow.
"You, Li Yan, you butcher who deserves a thousand cuts! You beat the cook after you've eaten your fill, and you're doing this again..."
This place was very familiar to it. It was precisely the place for cultivating the "Thousand Beasts Devouring the Dao."
After putting away the Snow Mosquito King, Li Yan probed his own body with his Divine Sense several times and finally confirmed that he had fully recovered.
In less than half a year, he had consumed about three thousand spirit stones, almost filling up a small half of the cave, and finally fully recovered his strength.
It was just that this time, Li Yan did not refine the "Undead Nether Phoenix" Essence Blood again. He could feel that if he refined it this time, it would probably take a very long time.
Li Yan still had a silver page on him, as well as a drop of silver blood in the blood river that was still more than eighty percent full. The "Undead Nether Phoenix" Essence Blood that Li Yan had refined the previous two times only added up to a little over ten percent of a single drop.
"Now I need to find Senior Sister's whereabouts as soon as possible. The matter of refining the Essence Blood can only be temporarily put aside."
Li Yan secretly pondered. Finding Zhao Min was the top priority. Other matters had to be put aside for now, otherwise, if time dragged on, changes might occur.
Li Yan thought for a moment, then extended the index finger of his left hand, while at the same time opening the palm of his right hand and completely dispersing the defensive power on his right hand.
His left hand moved its finger like the wind. The next moment, it poked into the palm of his right hand.
With a "pfft" sound, a bloody arrow shot out from the palm of his right hand, shooting towards the top of the cave.
At the same time, a small, bloody hole appeared in the palm of his right hand.