The harsh winter is over, the ice and snow have melted.

Time flies, and Kong Ju has been in seclusion for more than a month.

The cave where he was in seclusion was still frost-free and as cold as an ice cellar. The extremely cold ice showed no signs of melting despite the melting of ice and snow outside.

Shangguan Yuzhou, who had been on guard outside for more than a month, simply got a fur carpet and sat in front of the cave drinking alone, facing the spring scenery outside the gate with birds singing and flowers blooming, feeling very comfortable.

In high spirits, he picked up the sword and started dancing outside the cave. He was indeed a genius in swordsmanship. He sat there for a month, watching the snow melting and the grass growing outside, and he actually gained new insights into swordsmanship.

For a moment, the sword energy was everywhere, and the murderous intention enveloped the entrance of the cave, leaving dense sword marks on the rock wall.

"Haha, great!"

Shangguan Yuzhou laughed loudly, and suddenly he narrowed his eyes and looked towards the road outside the cave. He saw a hunched old man walking cautiously towards him.

When Shangguan Yuzhou saw the old man, the latter's slightly cloudy eyes also looked at him, with caution in his eyes, as if he had just witnessed the scene of Shangguan Yuzhou wielding sword energy.

"Senior brother, please don't come over here." Shangguan Yuzhou spoke loudly and waved his hand to signal the newcomer to leave.

The old man was not angry either. He put away the fear in his eyes and walked to a place where they were five meters apart. He stopped and explained with a smile: "I am Feng An, and I am here to find Junior Brother Kong Ju. Please inform this Junior Brother."

The visitor was Feng An, who had experienced life and death with Kong Ju at Frost Moon Altar. The former had told him about his own retreat place.

Now, with the abilities of Shangguan Yuzhou and Kong Ju, they are fully capable of guarding the spiritual spring, and there is no need for the previous cover-up.

"Oh, then you came at an inopportune time. He is in seclusion." After hearing Feng An's explanation, Shangguan Yuzhou still had no intention of giving way. Instead, his face showed alertness.

He didn't know the relationship between Feng An and Kong Ju, and was afraid that he would affect the latter.

at the same time.

In the cold and chilly cave.

Kong Ju, who had been sitting beside the spiritual spring for a month, suddenly moved.

Whoosh! A whistling sound of wind and snow suddenly burst out from his body, and even more terrifying extreme cold power gushed out from his body.

Visible ripples of cold energy swept out to the surroundings centered on where he was sitting.

The extreme cold spread, and the cave, which was already crystal clear and full of ice crystals, turned all the water into ice in an instant.

Even the spiritual spring that had never frozen and maintained its gushing posture was finally frozen into icicles.

The cold air seemed to be not limited to the cave. It roared out of the cave space and spread to the stone wall corridor outside the cave, covering it with white frost.

Finally, it even flowed out of the cave.

Shangguan Yuzhou, who was standing at the entrance of the cave and talking to the old man, was the first to be hit.

Fortunately, he noticed the movement behind him in advance. With a glance, he moved his feet and retreated to the side of the cave, avoiding the frost and cold air.

Feng An was not so lucky. He was caught off guard and hit head-on by the cold air that was rushing out of the cave.

The whole person was instantly covered with a layer of white frost.

Fortunately, after such a long distance, the cold air no longer had any lethality. In addition, Feng An's physical strength was comparable to that of a monster, so he just sneezed.

Shangguan Yuzhou looked at Feng An's embarrassed appearance and said with a smile: "You are lucky, he should have come out of confinement."

As soon as Shangguan Yuzhou finished speaking, the cold air that was raging and roaring the moment before suddenly subsided in the next moment.

The cave passage, along with the frost and ice inside the cave, melted in an instant.

It seemed that all the cold energy was absorbed by Kong Ji who was sitting cross-legged in the cave.

Coo! The spiritual spring gushed out again.

Kong Ju has completely absorbed the essence of frost and snow, and merged it with spiritual power, making it possible to control and release it freely without any trace of coldness leaking out.

At the same time, just now, he broke through the fifth level of Yanglun.

The spiritual power in his body is as pure as snow, and he can control it as easily as with his own arms, without any sense of difficulty at all.

Inside the Dantian, the spirit wheel that was floating in the icy lake was also shining brightly and pure as snow.

At this moment, he also opened his eyes which had been closed for a month.

I don't know if it was the influence of the spirit of frost and snow, but there was an inexplicable sense of cold and ethereal temperament in his pupils.

It's like a cedar tree standing proudly in the snow in the cold winter.

"The fifth realm of Yanglun!" Feeling the surging spiritual power coursing through the meridians of his body, Kong Ju spoke calmly.

Finally, he completely refined the essence of frost and snow absorbed in the assessment space according to the requirements of Word Twelve, and at the same time, he naturally entered the fifth realm of Yanglun.

Influenced by the essence of frost and snow, his spiritual power became even more miraculous.

He was also at the fifth level of Yanglun Realm, and ordinary opponents were no match for him.

"If Jiang Xingtian were still alive, I could kill him within ten moves." Sensing the changes in the spiritual power in his body, Kong Ju spoke confidently.

Not to mention Jiang Xingtian, he felt that he could deal with the fellow disciple Han Dong who blocked his way that day without much effort.

"It is truly worthy of being the essence of earth and heaven."

Muttering softly, Kong Ju's mind moved, and the spiritual power of the Taiyin Meridian suddenly condensed in his hands.

Finally, it condensed into a crystal clear black ice sword out of thin air. The tip of the sword was chilling and surrounded by the spiritual power of the Taiyin Sutra.

As his thoughts kept changing.

He now no longer needs the help of the Water-Diverting Technique to control the ice.

Just when Kong Ju was obsessed with his own growth and fiddling with the spiritual power of the Taiyin Meridian.

An old voice came into my ears from outside the cave along the cave corridor.

"Is Junior Brother Kong here? Feng An is here to visit!"

Hearing Feng An's name, Kong Ju waved his hand to remove the black ice that had turned into a round shield, and it turned into ice chips and disappeared into the air.

"Coming!" Kong Ju answered and walked out with a satisfied smile.

He reappeared in front of Shangguan Yuzhou and Feng An. When they saw Kong Ju, they subconsciously looked at the latter a few more times.

Kong Ju's temperament has changed greatly now. His appearance was not bad before, but maybe because he stayed in the miscellaneous book building for too long, he always seemed a little lazy.

Moreover, the way his eyes moved before made people feel that he was a deep-minded person.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

But now, all those things have become restrained, giving people a feeling of iceberg-like coldness.

"Good fellow, you have already reached the fifth realm of the Wheel of Life!" Shangguan Yuzhou looked at Kong Ju in amazement, but did not mention the Essence of Frost and Snow.

He is not Zhou Tingyu. Although he looks unconventional, he is smart. How could he possibly expose his junior fellow apprentice's past in front of outsiders?

On the other hand, Feng An looked surprised.

He had been paying attention to this young man since Kong Ju was still in the third realm of Yanglun.

From that time on, within less than a year, he had broken through two levels.

"This cultivation speed is too fast." Feng An's envy was barely concealed. He looked at Shangguan Yuzhou again and thought to himself, "As expected, geniuses always hang out together. Being able to have Shangguan Yuzhou help him during his retreat, Junior Brother Kong's talent is probably on par with his."

The relationship between Shangguan Yuzhou and Kong Ju is no secret in the outer sect.

Everyone knows that the sword-do genius Shangguan Yuzhou is close to an unknown disciple.

Feng An also used to wonder why a genius like Shangguan Yuzhou would stoop to make friends with Kong Ju.

Until he and Kong Ju experienced those misfortunes together, he could only say that it was Feng An himself who was blind.

"Alas, the Frost Moon Altar is a life-and-death struggle, which is much more dangerous than Senior Brother Shangguan's sparring with others in the outer sect." Kong Ju glanced at Shangguan Yuzhou and replied frankly: "If there is no progress, what's the point of practicing!"

"That makes sense!" Shangguan Yuzhou agreed deeply.

After responding to Shangguan Yuzhou, Kong Ju looked at Feng An with a smile and said jokingly, "Brother Feng, what brings you here?"

This old guy must have been doing well recently, his face is rosy, and it seems that the fire poison left in his body by Jiang Xingtian has been cleared away.

"What are you talking about, Junior Brother Kong? Actually, you should have come to visit me a long time ago. Didn't you give me the refining materials in Jiang Xingtian's bag? I've made some small gadgets these days and they are now with me. Junior Sister Zhou has already gone, and this trip is specially to invite you." Men who have experienced life and death together will always have a closer relationship.

Therefore, Feng An was casual when talking to Kong Ju, and was not as polite as he was with Shangguan Yuzhou.

"Oh, then I have to see Senior Brother Feng's skills." Kong Ju nodded with a smile.

It’s not that he is interested in the little gadgets refined by Feng An. He has no shortage of magical weapons now.

The main reason was that Feng An invited Zhou Tingyu over as well.

It's a good opportunity to ask about the situation of Twin Ice Zhi. I think Feng An means the same thing.

Thinking about this, Kong Ju secretly laughed and cursed: "This old fox acts cautiously."

"That's great. You guys can go now. My bones are itchy after sitting for a month. I've had some enlightenment recently and I need to find someone to practice swordsmanship with." Shangguan Yuzhou waved his hand and left without looking back.

He hurried along the way and disappeared from Kong Ju's sight after a few jumps.

Seeing how impatient he is, I wonder which senior brother will be annoyed by him.

"Junior Brother Shangguan is indeed the genius that the rumors say he is. His talent in swordsmanship is truly extraordinary." Looking at Shangguan Yuzhou's disappearing back, Feng An sighed sincerely.

Kong Ju just smiled and patted the old man's shoulder, urging him, "Let's go, stop looking, and don't let Junior Sister Zhou wait anxiously."

Feng An's residence was built between two mountains behind Lingyu Pavilion, less than an incense stick of time's walk away from Lingyu Pavilion.

In Feng An's words, being closer to Lingyu Pavilion makes it easier to get information and get a glimpse of the sect's latest developments.

This made Kong Ju give him a thumbs up. He was just young and had injured his origin. If it weren't for that disaster, Feng An would definitely have a place in the first echelon of the outer sect.

Although Feng An himself is unkempt, his residence is quite elegant, with a courtyard built with blue bricks and black tiles and backed by a mountain wall.

There was a clear spring in the yard that he brought down from the mountain, and there were also some black carps in the pond.

There are some green plants around the courtyard. Since it is early spring, the flowers have sprouted many new buds, which is quite unique.

It’s just that the forging furnace in the courtyard somewhat destroys the beauty. I guess it is used by Feng An when he studies refining equipment.

When Kong Ju and Feng An walked into the courtyard, Zhou Tingyu was already waiting there.

She was busy fiddling with something beside the forge and was completely unaware of the arrival of Kong Ju and the other man.

"Junior Sister Zhou!"

Kong Ju greeted them first, and Zhou Tingyu finally responded. She turned around and smiled sweetly at the two of them: "Senior Brother Kong is here."

(End of this chapter)