LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 29: Chapter 29
Chapter 29: Ten Thousand Years of Cold Marrow
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It seems that this underground ice cave is located on the coast of the Far North.
Xia Liang then remembered that he and the Shui family's soul hunting team had taken a boat north along the coast from Silves City to the Far North.
North and south are opposite in direction.
In other words, if you drift down along this ocean, you will be south of the continent.
Xia Liang's hair stood on end as if he had thought of something. An underground ice cave that collapsed into a huge hole, and also went down the sea from the far north to the mainland?
In the Unrivaled Tang Sect, the million-year-old soul beast Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed to have experienced something similar, right?
Could this underground ice cave be the home of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm?
Scanning his surroundings, Xia Liang did not find any ice silkworm-like soul beasts.
Before entering the ice cave, the four Gastlys and the black and purple Will-O-W-O had already conducted a carpet search and found no soul beasts at all.
If there were soul beasts, the four Gastlys and the black and purple Will-O-Won would have been scattered long ago, and it would be impossible for them to come back safely and report the news.
"What is that?"
Xia Liang suddenly discovered that there were traces of heavy objects on the ice ground just in front of his left.
When we got closer, we found that the traces on the ice were four meters wide and seven meters long.
This seven-meter-long trace has a shallow line every one meter, which looks like the shape of bamboo sections.
This seven-meter-long mark should be the body outline of some soul beast pressed on the ground.
If the previous judgments are correct, then the length of this soul beast is at least seven meters.
The width of the traces of the body outline corresponds exactly to the width of the countless holes in the ice cave just now. It seems that those holes were dug by this soul beast.
The knowledge of soul beasts accumulated during three years of training in the mercenary group finally came in handy. Xia Liang was almost certain that the soul beast that left marks on the ice must be a centipede or an ice silkworm.
It is possible that he lay in the same position for a long time, so a clear body outline was formed on the ice.
Combined with the previous speculations and the evidence of the soul beast's form, the traces of this body outline are most likely left by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's sleep.
Xia Liang looked at the ten-meter-wide hole formed by the collapse of the rock wall in front of him. If this underground ice cave was the nest of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, then the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm would have already moved south along the coast from the big hole.
The original novel said that the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm fled south to the mainland because it was hunted by the Ice Emperor. After arriving at the Xingdou Great Forest, it was unfortunately used as a tonic by ferocious beasts.
Thinking of this, a gleam of greed flashed in Xia Liang's eyes. This Tianmeng Ice Silkworm is a million-year-old soul beast with dual attributes of ice and spirit. If a soul bone could be exploded from it, it would most likely be a million-year-old spiritual head soul bone.
Unfortunately, my strength is still too weak now, so I dare not enter the Star Dou Great Forest to compete with the ferocious beasts for the opportunity to obtain this million-year-old soul beast.
It's better to keep your feet on the ground and take the opportunities you can get first.
Led by the four Gastlys, Xia Liang returned to the place where he first entered the ice cave.
Here, strips and blocks of cryolite are piled up under the surrounding rock walls.
If this ice cave is the nest of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, then these ice crystal stones may not be some special ice-attribute forging materials, but ten thousand year old cold marrow.
According to the description in the original book, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm achieved such a high level of cultivation by eating a large amount of ten thousand year old cold marrow in the ice cave, eating and sleeping at the same time.
Those cave entrances were dug by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in its search for the ten thousand year old cold marrow.
Judging from the appearance, the ice crystals piled under the rock wall here all appear to be brand new. It is possible that they have only recently been condensed from the extremely cold energy accumulated over tens of thousands of years, so they have not been eaten up by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Walking to the bottom of the rock wall and picking up a piece of stone that was glowing, Xia Liang could feel a strong force of ice.
If it weren't for the effect of the hot milk, my hands would have been frostbitten the moment I touched the stone.
Among the large amount of ice crystal stones piled in front of you, the one emitting extremely strong cold air should be the ten thousand year old cold marrow.
It is said that the ice energy contained in the Ten Thousand Years Cold Marrow makes even Huo Yuhao, who has the ultimate martial spirit, have to be careful. The pile of Ten Thousand Years Cold Marrow that has just formed in front of him is not as overbearing as the legend says, and it seems that the effect will be weaker.
Xia Liang took out a three-color ring from his thick cotton coat and placed the stones with lower temperatures into the three-color ring one by one based on his feeling.
The Skeleton Martial Soul does not have the ice attribute, and perhaps cannot absorb the ten thousand year old cold marrow to increase its cultivation like the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
However, if one takes the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass and obtains a physique that is immune to both ice and fire, it should be enough to withstand the icy power of the Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow and refine it into one's own energy.
If we practice according to the current plan and achieve the expected results, the undead attribute will definitely be promoted to the ultimate attribute in the future, and the skeleton martial soul will also become the ultimate martial soul.
In the original setting, the ultimate martial soul is between level 30 and level 70 of soul power, and the cultivation is as slow as a turtle.
These ten thousand year old cold marrows may be an excellent resource to help me quickly break through the level of soul power in the future.
Half an hour later.
In order to avoid missing anything, Xia Liang simply put all the surrounding stones into the small green grids of the three-color ring. The number was not counted, and it was unknown how many pieces of ten thousand year old cold marrow were among these stones.
No matter what, being able to pick up a left arm bone, a top-grade ring soul guide, and so many ten-thousand-year-old cold marrows, the expedition to the Far North was worthwhile.
Hiding the tricolor ring in his cotton coat, Xia Liang came to the edge of the cliff. He found that there was another cliff fifty meters to the left of the cliff? He
asked four Gastlys to fly down the bottomless cliff to explore the way. After about five minutes, the four Gastlys were corroded by the cold air and died during the falling process.
Xia Liang discovered that he was still enjoying the effect of hot milk at this time, and logically speaking, the four Gastlys should also be able to keep out the cold.
However, they were frozen to death.
This is obviously because the air under the cliff is too cold and the ice energy it contains is too strong.
Gazing down at the bottomless cliff, Xia Liang had an illusion that there was an abyss beneath the cliff, and who knows what treasures or ancient relics were hidden there.
There is a legend about the Ice God in the Far North.
The three kings of the Far North might all be descendants of certain soul beasts favored by the ancient ice god.
Unfortunately, with our current strength, it is too dangerous to explore under this cliff.
The remaining milk and hot drinks were no longer enough to sustain my consumption.
It's better to leave as soon as possible.
After making the decision, Xia Liang summoned four new Gastlys and flew out of the ice cave with their help.
When he returned to the Ice Castle, it was already six o'clock in the morning.
The sun rose, the wind and snow stopped, the bright sunshine shone, and dawn came in the far north.
All Gastlys and black and purple will-o'-the-wisp were reduced to ashes by the first ray of sunlight in the morning.
There is no need to worry about being searched by the Shui family. The three-color ring has been hidden in a narrow gap that only Gastly's ghost characteristics can get through. He can just find a chance to get it back later.
Xia Liang pulled up his trousers and pretended that he had just come back from peeing. He said hello to the Shui family soul master who was on guard outside, then went into the ice castle to continue sleeping.
I have previously stated to the Shui family's soul masters that in order to summon higher quality ghost fires to help find soul beasts, and also for the privacy of their own soul skills, they will go out at night to perform ghost fire summoning rituals and chant soul spells.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Shui family soul master who was on night watch, Xia Liang's coming back from outside was actually performing his work outside at the risk of being attacked by soul beasts.
This soul master of the Speed Mercenary Group is really dedicated.
"＼(`Δ')／."
A few days later.
night.
Outside the ice castle, heavy snow was falling.
"Found it!" Xia Liang suddenly shouted to everyone in the Shui family.
Upon hearing the good news, the Shui family's Patriarch was even more anxious than Shui Bing'er herself, and asked, "Is it the Ice Scorpion King? How many years of cultivation has he had? Where was he found?"
"I'm sorry. This is the first time I've come across a soul beast like the Ice Scorpion King. It's hard for me to infer its cultivation level just by looking at its appearance. Master Shui, you need to confirm this yourself. There is only one Ice Scorpion King found so far, and it seems to be alone. This ball of black and purple will-o'-the-wisp will lead you to its location. If you think its cultivation level is suitable, capture it. If not, I will look for it in other areas of the ice field."
After saying that, Xia Liang let the black and purple ghost fire fly to the side of the head of the Shui family.
In front of others, he did not upgrade the black and purple will-o'-the-wisp into Gastly.