Chapter 311: Soul-Calming Book
In Hanpo Valley, bone-chilling cold air blew out from the valley, making people outside shudder.
"Go ahead."
An elder in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm raised his hand to open the forbidden area, frowning and saying, "Remember, the greatest opportunity in the Cold Soul Valley is the Ice Soul Divine Stone, but you must not be greedy. Your cultivation is too low, so don't go too deep into the forbidden area. Just search for the Ice Soul Divine Stone in the Linghan Mountains. If you go too deep, no one can save you!"
"Yes, please rest assured, uncle!"
All the disciples nodded in unison and immediately entered the Hanpo Valley against the cold wind.
Ning Daoran also mixed in with the crowd, keeping a very low profile. He showed an expression of unbearable pain and released 10% of the True Yang Furnace Technique aura to protect himself.
…
Not long after, the figures of the disciples disappeared in the cold wind and snowflakes. The Jindan elder looked indifferent. Even though he knew that not all of these people would come back this time, he remained indifferent. He had seen too much that outer disciples were consumables to the sect!
And not only the outer disciples, but even most of the inner disciples would enter the Hanpo Valley once every few years. They could explore a larger area and naturally bring back more Bingpo Divine Stones.
As for the Ice Soul Divine Stone, it is naturally used by the Palace Master, Deputy Palace Master, elders, protectors, true disciples and the like. These people will never set foot into the Frost Soul Valley. Staying in such a cold and gloomy place will cause great damage to the cultivation of the Nine Yang Furnace Divine Art.
This is probably the reason why even a Nascent Soul like Feng Yinghai is unwilling to step into the Hanpo Valley.
The cold wind was howling in the valley.
A group of outer disciples marched forward against the cold wind, but soon some of them could not hold on any longer. With low shouts, they activated the Nine Yang Furnace Secret and transformed their bodies into a furnace to resist the cold wind.
Soon after, almost all the disciples had performed the Crucible Divine Art, and their figures turned into candle flames in the gray and cold wind, swaying continuously, with pain on their faces.
"I must persevere... Mother is still waiting, waiting for me to become an immortal after a hundred trials and tribulations, and bring honor to our family..."
"I will never let others look down on my Zhou family again. This Hanpo Valley is my only chance..."
"Master said that it doesn't matter whether you can get the Ice Soul Divine Stone or not, but you must not risk your life. Otherwise... I will hide at the entrance of the valley for half a day, and then return safely?"
The disciples all had different expressions and thoughts, but none of them noticed that in the darkness, a figure had left the group.
…
Ning Daoran was too lazy to move forward with the others. He planned to make great efforts to improve himself, because the disciple who obtained the most Ice Soul Divine Stones in this trial would have the opportunity to enter the third floor of the library once! The library of Lieyang Taoist Palace only had three floors in total. Usually, only the Palace Master and the true disciples could enter the third floor. This time, probably because the Ice Soul Divine Stones in the Taoist Palace were in short supply, they actually took all three floors of the library as a reward.
The library of a top-level immortal sect is naturally not comparable to that of the Chaos Sect. What if there is a spell that suits me?
Then, he grinned and disappeared into the night in the valley.
Linghan Mountains.
Ning Daoran released his golden elixir consciousness and quickly discovered that there were scattered gems with extremely rich ice-attribute spiritual energy in the mountains. These were the so-called Ice Soul Divine Stones. In addition, there were also traces of demon beasts in the mountains.
It was an ice ape that had just run down the mountain after smelling the scent of a living being. Although these ice apes were only as tall as a person, they were extremely powerful and had a strong demonic aura. It was no problem for them to kill a Qi Refining Stage cultivator with one punch.
“Ohhhh~~~”
Not far away, an ice ape rushed over with its chest pounding, its body full of murderous aura. It opened its bloody mouth and punched Ning Daoran in the face at an extremely fast speed.
If it were any other disciple, this second-stage initial stage demon beast would most likely die! Unfortunately, the one it encountered was Ning Daoran.
Ning Daoran's punch was so fast that it was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye. After a "bang", the entire arm of the ice ape turned into blood rain in the cold wind, and condensed into ice chips in the blink of an eye. It was so horrified that it was about to turn around, but was pierced through the back of the head by a golden flying sword and killed on the spot!
Ning Daoran was too lazy to even look at it. He bent down and picked up a piece of Ice Soul Divine Stone that was about the size of a fingernail. It was very small, but he still put it in a storage bag that he had prepared in advance.
After that, he continued to move forward, constantly collecting the Ice Soul Divine Stones in the Linghan Mountains, and also killing the monsters that appeared one after another.
After just two hours, dozens of second-level monsters had been killed wherever Ning Daoran passed, and the strongest among them had even reached the mid-second-level level!
In an area where such monsters with combat power comparable to that of human cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage roam, they let disciples in the late Qi Refining stage search for the Ice Soul Divine Stone. The decision-makers at the Lieyang Taoist Palace are indeed cruel and do not take the lives of outer disciples seriously at all.
Not long after, when Ning Daoran climbed up a hillside, he saw several "statues" standing in front of him.
He frowned. In fact, that was not a statue, but the remains of several outer disciples who were frozen to death in the snow. The Linghan Mountains were too cold. These disciples had shallow magical powers and low cultivation. They were like a stove with all the charcoal burned out. When the fire went out, they were frozen to death in the depths of the Linghan Mountains.
But ahead, there are still a few dots, and some disciples who have entered the deeper part of the Hanpo Valley in order to find more Bingpo Divine Stones.
Ning Daoran felt helpless, as most of these people would never come back.
If you don't know how to act within your capabilities, you will end up in death.
Sure enough, not long after, the roar of monsters was heard in the distance. Then, in Ning Daoran's vision, the dozen or so disciples were like fireflies in the cold wind. They went out one after another, and in the end, none of them came back.
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Half an hour later, Ning Daoran felt that he had obtained enough Ice Soul Divine Stones, so he returned to the valley entrance and waited near it.
After a few hours, the training time ended.
Disciples continued to return, but their conditions were not good. Some had their hands and feet frozen off, while others had frostbite all over their bodies. They all looked tired and no longer had the spirit they had before.
In the end, after the Jindan Elder counted the people, only more than sixty people returned.
Almost half of the people stayed in the Hanpo Valley forever, and even their bodies could not be found. There was a high probability that those people would become the flesh and blood nutrients of the monsters in the forbidden area.
"So many people were killed..."
The elder frowned and asked, "Are all the people inside coming out?"
“They’re all out.”
"Okay, take out your Ice Soul Divine Stones and let Uncle Master have a look!"
"Yes, Uncle Master!"
A group of disciples took out their gains, the amounts varied, some took out more than ten Ice Soul Divine Stones of various sizes, some took out a small piece the size of a fingernail, and some disciples were so unlucky that they couldn't take out a single Ice Soul Divine Stone.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The moment Ning Daoran shook the storage bag, the eyes of the early Jindan elder lit up.
There are actually more than thirty pieces, which together are as big as two fists!
"Your name is Ning Cheng?"
Elder Jindan scanned his identity jade talisman with his divine sense and found that he was actually the disciple guarding the medicine garden. He couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "How did you get so many Ice Soul Divine Stones?"
Ning Daoran said, “Uncle Master, I didn’t have any at first, but then I accidentally broke into a monster’s lair. Probably because my fellow disciples entered the Linghan Mountains, the monsters in the lair all left, and I found so many Ice Soul Divine Stones. I was also scared, so I hid at the exit for a long time, and finally waited until the ban was reopened…”
“You…are pretty good!”
Elder Jindan looked at him, forcibly suppressed the words "You are so lucky" and said, "Ning Cheng, you have obtained the most Ice Soul Divine Stones in this training. This is the token for the third floor of the Library. You can enter the third floor of the Library once with the token, but don't be greedy. Many of the skills inside conflict with the Nine Suns Furnace Divine Art. Don't practice recklessly."
"Yes, thank you, uncle!"
…
Late at night, in the library of Lieyang Taoist Palace.
Ning Daoran, holding the token in his hand, came to the third floor under the guidance of an inner disciple who was guarding the library.
"Are you Ning Cheng?"
The one guarding the third floor of the library was an old monk with a head full of white hair and a mid-stage Jindan cultivation. He took a glance and was unable to see through Ning Daoran's soul disguise, and even the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra's tempering of the body shape-changing could not be seen through. He said, "I heard that you poked a monster's nest and got a lot of Ice Soul Divine Stones for no reason. You are really lucky. Put down the token and go. You can study on the third floor for half an hour."
"Thank you, uncle!"
Ning Daoran put down the token and secretly cursed the man for being stingy.
They could only watch for half an hour. If an ordinary Qi Refining disciple came here, they would be doomed to gain nothing. The memory ability of the Qi Refining stage was far inferior to that of the Golden Core stage. Moreover, many advanced skills were obscure and difficult to understand, and they could not be remembered by rote. Ordinary disciples would most likely return empty-handed, just like an elementary school student taking a walk around a top astronomy library.
However, this half an hour was enough for Ning Daoran! He quickly began to read various books, notes, and secret manuals one by one. Most of them were various insights, and there were not many real skills and secret manuals.
Soon, Ning Daoran found a martial arts method that he could use.
It turned out to be an upgraded version of the sound absorption technique, called...
Great sound absorption technique!
This technique has a better sound absorption effect. Once it is activated, it can make the area within dozens of feet silent. Moreover, it is of the upper grade of the Xuan grade, which is much stronger than the yellow grade sound absorption technique! Afterwards, Ning Daoran quickly patrolled and found another one that he could include.
The great art of virtual evolution!
The name of this technique sounds quite powerful. It is an enhanced version of the invisibility technique, and it is actually of the lower earth level. When it is practiced to perfection, one can completely hide one's body in the void and escape directly. This technique is extremely powerful, but unfortunately it is very difficult to practice. Probably all the big guys in the Lieyang Taoist Palace have practiced it, but they thought it was too useless, so they put it aside.
Ning Daoran calmly recorded it into his own martial arts library.
Then I continued searching and collected quite a few, but most of them were useless and there was no need to practice them.
Finally, just as the half-hour was about to expire, Ning Daoran's eyes were attracted by a rather tattered notebook. The notebook was very old and as thick as a finger. There were three words written crookedly on the cover:
The book of calming the soul.
(End of this chapter)