Chapter 66: Hanshan! Collapse!
Ruan Xing couldn't help but shiver and exhaled white breath.
Looking around, there are crystal clear ice carvings all around, covered with a thick layer of sand-like snowflakes.
It was almost dusk, but the reflection from the ice and snow still made the entire cliff as bright as a hall.
Judging from the sky, she roughly estimated that she had been climbing for about six or seven hours. As a martial artist, she had excellent physical fitness and she hardly felt particularly tired. Ruan Xing guessed that her current location was probably the top of Hanshan Peak.
So she just climbed up little by little from the interior of Hanshan Peak?
That black water lake and underground river are also in the center of Hanshan Peak?
She thought that Hanshan Peak was solid. The last time she simulated, she flew around Hanshan Peak in a full circle in order to find the Black Water Lake, but she didn't see any opening.
But Wang Zhi was able to bring her in, probably because there was some special method of entering and exiting the barrier.
Ruan Xing covered his body with spiritual power to resist the cold, and walked towards the source of the trickle in the middle. He frowned after just one look.
The top of Hanshan Peak is a huge snow-capped ice platform. Except for the gap where Ruan Xing climbed up, where the water flows and is not completely blocked by ice, the rest of the place is completely covered with ice.
The source of the water flow is just a circular pool that is half a person's height and two meters wide.
At most, it's slightly bigger than a bathtub.
The water inside was not frozen. There was a gap at the edge of the pool, and water was dripping from it little by little, forming a trickle.
Ruan Xing was a little disappointed. Such a thin flow of water could not possibly be the cause of the flooding of the underground river.
Moreover, although this water is cold but not frozen, it is extremely clean and is by no means comparable to the dark and turbid water in the underground river.
However, there would not be a pool of water that would not freeze on the top of Hanshan Peak for no reason. This place must be special. But she has not yet discovered which thing here is the unknown treasure.
This is how the disadvantages of not having seen the world are revealed.
She only knew some low-grade materials for making elixirs and talismans. She wouldn't recognize high-grade materials even if they were placed in front of her unless there were particularly strong visions and fluctuations of spiritual power.
Then again, if there was an unusual phenomenon, it probably wouldn't be her turn as a small fry to take advantage of it.
We can only check it out first.
Ruan Xing extended his spiritual sense to the bottom of the pool, wanting to see if there was anything inside that was invisible to the naked eye.
The pool was not deep and looked to be only one meter high. The pool was clear and empty.
But when the spiritual consciousness probed in, it seemed to encounter a layer of blocking film, soft yet tough, and could not penetrate deeply into it.
Its ability to hinder spiritual consciousness is even stronger than black water.
Ruan Xing thought for a moment, then boldly reached out to touch the water in the pool.
It's just a simulation, so there's nothing to be afraid of. Besides, the water in the pool just flowed into the gap, and she just climbed out of the gap. Although she was protected by the water-repellent talisman, she didn't think the water was special.
As soon as she touched it, Ruan Xing's hands were frozen and turned blue and bloodless, but she didn't have time to practice her skills to resist the ice water. She just felt happy in her heart.
The icy water in the pool actually contains rich spiritual energy!
That thin film not only blocks the entry of spiritual consciousness, but also blocks the leakage of spiritual energy. It protects the ice water tightly.
But that’s not right…Why doesn’t the water flowing out of the crack contain spiritual energy?
There must be something in the water.
It is not the water that contains the spiritual energy, but that thing that does not want to be touched by the spiritual consciousness and is invisible to the naked eye.
Ruan Xing endured the biting cold and reached out to scoop up the bottom, but she didn't feel anything. However, her hand had been in the water for several seconds and was almost frozen numb. She had to take it out and wait for a while before looking again.
But something unexpected happened. As soon as Ruan Xing's hands left the water, a layer of white frost quickly formed, and it was visibly turning into ice with the naked eye.
Ruan Xing was startled and subconsciously put his hand back into the pool.
What the hell... She seemed to be controlled by this pool. It was freezing cold when she put it in, and it would freeze when she took it out. If she couldn't think of a good solution, she would probably turn into an ice sculpture here.
No wonder there is ice and snow all around, only the pond is not frozen.
Are we just going to end the simulation and go back?
Ruan Xing was a little unwilling as she still hadn't figured out what treasure was on the top of the mountain.
It was only in there for less than ten seconds and Ruan Xing could no longer feel his hand.
No, at least we need to know what's in the pool, otherwise this trip will be a complete loss.
Ruan Xing gritted her teeth and reached both hands into the pool to feel around. Because her arms were short, she couldn't reach the center of the pool. She made up her mind and simply turned over and climbed in, and her whole body entered the icy pool.
The small body couldn't help shivering in the pool, and the coldness seeped into her meridians. Ruan Xing rubbed the bottom of the pool while using her spiritual power to resist. However, the thick and sharp spiritual energy in the pool seemed to resonate with the spiritual power circulating in her meridians.
It actually penetrated into her body bit by bit.
The spiritual bones storing spiritual power were invaded and unable to resist, and gradually became entangled. That trace of sharp spiritual energy traveled along the meridians in her body, and actually circulated together with her spiritual power for a whole cycle and merged together.
There were bursts of stabbing pain in the meridians and spiritual bones.
Can such a strong offensive spiritual energy be used for cultivation?
Ruan Xing suddenly became enlightened. She no longer resisted the icy spiritual energy entering her body. Instead, she actively absorbed it and began to practice while sitting in the pool.
This overbearing spiritual energy caused great pain as it circulated in her body. Ruan Xing couldn't help but bite her lower lip until it bleeds to prevent herself from fainting.
Thanks to this spiritual energy, Ruan Xing finally found the source of this vigorous spiritual energy. She reached out her hand with some difficulty and touched a somewhat round object at the bottom of the pool. She held it in her palm and took it out to look at it.
This time, her hands were not covered with frost, and the transparent ball in her hands turned snow-white after coming out of the water.
"You... what are you?" Ruan Xing stared at it absentmindedly, muttering, "It should be a good thing, but I don't know what it is, and is this the correct way to use it... It's too cold and painful..."
From the falling of night to the gradually brightening of day.
Ruan Xing had finally absorbed all the water in the pool, and the empty gaps in the pool no longer leaked water. Ruan Xing stretched his muscles and stood up.
Although this night was torture, the benefits it brought were also obvious. She had reached the ninth level of Qi training.
Of course, the spiritual energy in the pool has more than just these effects. The most important thing is that her spiritual bones and meridians have been widened a lot by being washed and cleaned by the overbearing spiritual energy over and over again.
If her meridians were as thin as a piece of wool before, now they should be as thick as a straw for drinking milk tea. This has brought a huge improvement to Ruan Xing. When she practices the exercises, she recovers her spiritual power faster.
If spiritual power is her mana bar, then spiritual bones are the upper limit of her mana storage, and meridians are the mana recovery rate per second.
Originally, her spiritual bones were obtained by taking the Luoqi Pill to break through her innate state, which was the lowest aptitude in the world of immortal cultivation. But after this accident, although it was unknown how much it had improved, Ruan Xing could be sure that her spiritual bone aptitude had been improved.
The peak was still covered with snow, but Ruan Xing didn't feel as cold as yesterday. Putting the snow-white ball into the storage bag, Ruan Xing began to check if there were any special things around the pool, but unfortunately, he didn't find anything.
Anyway, the time to end the simulation has already passed, and the one point for the second day has been spent. Ruan Xing is not in a hurry to leave, but summons his flying sword, wanting to try to fly down from the top of the peak to see if he can reach a normal secret realm and meet other cultivators.
When I walked to the edge of the peak, all I saw was a vast expanse of white, like smoke or fog, deep and shallow. I guess it was the clouds surrounding the peak.
The flying sword was hovering in the air. Ruan Xing jumped down and flew towards one direction.
After only flying for half a quarter of an hour, we still couldn't get through the clouds and the distance seemed to have not changed.
She looked back and saw the peak not far behind her. She could even feel the chill brought by the ice and snow.
After thinking about it, Ruan Xing took out the snow-white ball and held it in his palm. He mobilized his spiritual power and tried to fly the sword again.
This time they passed through the clouds very smoothly. Ruan Xing could already see the dense greenery below from afar. She put the ball away and found a place to land on the outskirts of the forest.
Then he took out the wooden sign issued by the Xuanbing Sect and input spiritual power into it.
Although the landing point when entering the light gate is random, there is a fixed exit when exiting. You only need to use spiritual power to activate the wooden sign, and the sign will point out the direction of the exit.
She wanted to wait at the exit to see if Wang Zhi would go out and trick someone else in.
However, he is a magic cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. It should not be difficult for him to kill the foundation building snake alone. He just needs someone to take the blame for him and does not want to use his magic power to attract attention.
There are still more than two months left before the opening of the Hanshan Secret Realm. The demon cultivator seems to be quite patient and may not do it himself. Once he finds out that he has been deceived by Ruan Xing, he will be furious and come out to look for a new target.
Thinking of this, Ruan Xing couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
There are many low-level monks at the exit.
It is highly likely that independent cultivators without a sect would not be willing to buy storage bags with larger spaces. A two-cubic-meter storage bag cannot hold much stuff, so they would not stay in the secret realm for ten days. They might go out two or three times to sell the spoils in their storage bags.
It can be sold directly to the Xuanbing Sect, or it can be sold to cultivators setting up stalls outside.
Ruan Xing had just flown to the door and was trying to identify Wang Zhi among the crowd when suddenly the ground shook and she staggered and nearly fell.
What's going on? Why is it so noisy when a mechanism is activated? The last time she activated a mechanism, she was right next to it and it didn't make such a big noise.
Ruan Xing was confused.
The monks around were also confused.
"Did the earth shake?"
"There are earthquakes in secret realms? This is the first time I've heard of this."
"Let's get out quickly. It feels too dangerous to stay here."
Several monks immediately rushed towards the direction of the light gate, jumped forward and tried to pass through the light gate, but were bounced back by the light gate, flew a few steps away and sat down on the ground.
Suddenly the monks began to panic.
"what happened?"
"Why is the portal suddenly not working?"
"Are we going to be trapped in a secret place!?"
"Does the Xuanbing Sect have any conspiracy to harm us?"
Gathered at the exit were not only independent cultivators and cultivators from other sects, but also many outer disciples of Xuanbing Sect. Upon hearing this, they quickly argued, "Absolutely not! The sect has been in charge of Hanshan Secret Realm for thousands of years and has never encountered such a thing. This is an accident. The sect will never give up on us!"
Just as the monks were about to start arguing, someone suddenly shouted in fear: "Hanshan! Look! Hanshan has fallen!"
Hearing this, everyone looked towards the direction of Hanshan Peak.
Ruan Xing was extremely surprised. The towering Hanshan Peak, which had been straight out of the sheath and reached into the clouds, was now slowly tilting to one side.
Some trees, rocks, ice and snow on the mountain could not bear the pressure and began to fall down.
"Oh my God...what on earth did that guy do..." Ruan Xing muttered to himself.
However, as Hanshan collapsed, clouds of black smoke accompanied by shrill screams, as dark as ink, swirled in the air as if fleeing, and gradually approached the exit.
They are densely packed, blocking out the sky and the sun, and there are tens of thousands of them.
When they got closer, the monks realized what it was. They were so shocked that they all picked up their weapons.
And in front of the black smoke.
Not knowing whether it was the leader of the black smoke or the person they were chasing and fleeing, Ruan Xing finally saw that familiar figure.
It was the extremely embarrassed Wang Zhi.
He also saw Ruan Xing in the crowd. As the only short person among so many tall people, he was naturally very conspicuous. He rushed over with his sword, his eyes cold, and whispered to Ruan Xing viciously: "You little bastard, you tricked me, hand over Hanshan Xuesui!"
"What is Hanshan Snow Marrow? I don't know." Being in the simulation, Ruan Xing felt fearless.
Wang Zhi growled anxiously, "Stop pretending. You must have taken the Hanshan Snow Marrow away, which is why Hanshan Peak collapsed. Take it out quickly. Do you want to die here? "
Ruan Xing guessed that the Hanshan Snow Marrow Wang Zhi mentioned was the snow-white ball in her storage bag, but she still pretended to be dumb and said, "How can I know what Hanshan Snow Marrow is if you don't explain it to me clearly? Why don't you tell me what it looks like and what it does?"
The black smoke had surrounded the monks and launched an attack. Ruan Xing could hear the shrill screams and feel the pure yin energy.
But she is not the one who is most worried and anxious now.
Wang Zhi took a deep breath to calm himself, and said quickly: "Han Qianjun, the Immortal Lord of Hanshan, once suppressed the clear and turbid qi, but until his death, no one knew where the clear and turbid qi were sealed. So some people said that the clear and turbid qi had never been sealed, but had always been on Hanshan Immortal Lord, and turned into a secret realm with him. I have information from special channels that the clear and turbid qi were refined and integrated into Hanshan Immortal Lord's weapon, the stone stick. After the stone stick turned into Hanshan Peak, the clear qi turned into Hanshan Snow Marrow, and the turbid qi turned into Hanshan Ink Marrow. The two are interdependent, and the Hanshan Secret Realm can be maintained for thousands of years. They are the foundation of the Hanshan Secret Realm."
"Now, can you give me the Hanshan Snow Marrow? If you don't, when the secret realm collapses, all of us will die in the turbulence of space!" Wang Zhi said gritting his teeth.
Ruan Xing insisted: "What's the effect?"
Wang Zhi didn't have time to hesitate. He said briefly, "You can refine a spiritual weapon!"
Spiritual weapons are of a higher level than magic weapons. Generally, only the big guys in the Nascent Soul stage may have one or two spiritual weapons.
"You swear to return it to me after you use it, and not to kill me."
"I swear! After I open the secret realm and teleport, I will return the original Hanshan Snow Marrow to you, and I will never kill you. If you break this oath, you will die!"
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