Even if there is no ten thousand year Thousand Illusion Jade in the mine, it could still be fused using his special ability.

The troublesome parts are the Wind Eye Stone and ten thousand year Profound Ice.

Both of these appeared in the original story.

The Wind Eye Stone mine is located outside Crimson Dusk City, within the Wailing Ghost Valley under the control of the League of Independent Cultivators.

The ten thousand year Profound Ice is in the far north of the Endless Sea.

Either of these places is a near certain death zone for ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

The ten thousand year Profound Ice is even one of Xiao Ran’s major opportunities.

It was a treasure that allows her ice spiritual energy to evolve into profound ice energy.

If he were to take this opportunity, it might create karmic entanglements.

However, Xiao Ran had already been teleported to the Spirit Realm, so she could not obtain the ten thousand year profound ice anymore.

That meant it would conveniently fall into his hands.

As for the danger there, he would deal with it when the time came.

Fortunately, he was no longer an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

With a life-bound artifact, he should be able to handle it.

Xiao Shou who was unexpectedly optimistic thought this, while ignoring the fact that he had not yet sent away Xiao Ran and Yu Lin to the Spirit Realm because of his own disciple.

"Thousand Illusion Jade mine?" Fu Young immediately said seriously. "I will go with Master, and then we can go together to find the Wind Eye Stone and the ten thousand year Profound Ice."

Xiao Shou shook his head firmly. "No. You must stay here and properly awaken your bloodline divine ability. Leave everything else to me. I have already planned it. The Thousand Illusion Jade mine is in the mortal realm and has no danger at all. The Wind Eye Stone is slightly difficult, but with my cultivation technique combined with my life-bound artifact, it is not a problem. As for the ten thousand year Profound Ice, you will come with me then. Without an ice spiritual root, it cannot be collected anyway. So you must behave."

Xiao Shou whose rarely showing such earnest concern spoke with great seriousness.

Fu Young leaning close to him and stubbornly said, "I don’t care what Master plans. Wherever Master goes, I go. I do not want to be separated from Master."

"I said no means no. You stay here and cultivate properly. Only come out after you awaken your bloodline divine ability and restore your spiritual energy color. Otherwise, if you go out like this, you will be mistaken for a demonic cultivator and eliminated."

Xiao Shou tapped his forehead in frustration and looked at him with a firm and serious expression.

Seeing that his master was truly angry for the first time, Fu Young’s heart trembled.

He did not dare to persist anymore and reluctantly muttered, "Awaken my bloodline and restore my spiritual energy color, right? Then why not wait until I finish awakening and we go together?"

"The difference is huge. Just stay here and focus on your cultivation. Awaken your bloodline ability, become proficient in your current techniques and secret arts, and stabilize your realm. Your cultivation has advanced too quickly, all of this takes time."

Xiao Shou was genuinely worried.

Without the ability to adjust his state like within Yaoyao’s flower space, continuing like this, with no inner demons, no bottlenecks, and such rapid growth, could make him restless and unstable.

It might ultimately ruin him.

As for bloodline abilities, they could be awakened at any time.

Fu Young simply hated the Ao family blood flowing in him, which was why he had always refused to awaken it.

The techniques and secret arts did not even need practice for him.

One glance was enough for him to master them.

As for cultivation, it was already perfectly stable.

Anything he destroyed with his divine eye could be transformed into the most suitable power for himself at any time without any drawbacks.

But none of this could be told to his master.

He did not want to talk about the Ao family.

The techniques and abilities were tied to personal talent and might discourage his master, so he could not mention them.

As for the divine eye, that was even more impossible to reveal.

Fu Young lowered his head in frustration.

The strand of hair that always stood up on his forehead drooped weakly as he said softly, "This disciple understands."

Was I too harsh just now?

Watching his disciple’s dejected back as he left, Xiao Shou felt a bit concerned.

However, he did not soften his stance or change his decision.

Instead, he decided to comfort him a little and called out, "Young’er, wait."

Fu Young immediately turned around and ran back to Xiao Shou, his eyes shining with anticipation.

"Master, have you changed your mind?"

"No."

Seeing his bright eyes dim again, Xiao Shou’s gaze softened.

He removed the bracelet from his left wrist and handed it to him.

"This is a storage bracelet specially prepared for you. Inside are daily necessities I prepared, along with gifts for your advancement to Golden Core and Nascent Soul. I should have given it to you earlier, but the spirit vein evolution disrupted everything and I nearly forgot. Unfortunately, our sect has just been established, so we cannot hold a proper Nascent Soul celebration for you."

Feeling the lingering warmth from his master on the bracelet and sensing the abundant resources stored within, especially the large amount of demonic beast cores and Tier 5 Spirit Sand, Fu Young’s eyes lit up even more brightly than before.

He happily held Xiao Shou’s hand and said, "A Nascent Soul celebration does not matter. I do not care about that at all. Having Master is enough."

"Not upset anymore, I see."

Xiao Shou felt secretly pleased.

His disciple was still so easy to comfort.