Gu Yifeng got up and tidied himself up again. Then he waved to the two surprised people, and they finally realized what was happening. Chi Liancheng immediately clasped his hands in a fist salute to Murong Hu. Next, the two of them should leave the prison.
After all, the imperial princes' competition was just around the corner, and he needed to lead the imperial guards to maintain order in the palace and prevent spies from infiltrating the inner palace.
Gu Yifeng also needs a good rest. He has been cultivating in this fifth-level prison for a month and needs to digest his experiences. Simply focusing on cultivation will not bring any particularly effective improvement.
Chi Liancheng quickly returned to the first level of the Heavenly Prison with Gu Yifeng and the other person. After taking his leave, Chi Liancheng focused his mind on the system to check the gains of the past month.
Since I had been inside the cave the whole time, the rewards I received after checking in with the system were directly put into my spatial ring. Only talents and cultivation techniques were directly transferred into my physical body.
During these thirty days, the system's rewards were mostly related to the ice attribute. There were three martial arts skills alone: Xuanbing Armor, Shattering Ice Palm, and Ice Explosion.
The first skill is a defensive skill. After mastering it, one can condense a layer of ice armor on the body surface by consuming spiritual power with just a thought. This armor can resist a killing move from the same realm, reduce pain, and increase the speed of blood clotting.
The Ice Shattering Palm and Ice Explosion each have their own characteristics, and at least for Gu Yifeng, they can crush all the Opening Mansion Realm beings in the Great Qian.
The rest of the sign-in rewards are mostly rare and precious materials with the attribute of ice. Before learning alchemy, these rare and precious materials are not useful for the time being.
Soon, Gu Yifeng's gaze fell on a round crystal bead. The bead was ice blue all over, only the size of a thumb, and looked quite inconspicuous.
The system records show that this bead is called the Ice Point Bead. As long as someone activates it with spiritual power, everything can be transformed into ice. If one swallows it, one can awaken an ice spirit body and obtain ice-attribute spiritual power.
Looking at the description, Gu Yifeng was somewhat suspicious, and then took it out of his spatial ring.
"System, is this stuff poisonous?"
Gu Yifeng asked the system directly.
"It's not poisonous. If you eat it, you'll just experience the storm on the ice field that day."
The system downplayed it.
"What I'm saying is, isn't there any easy way to obtain an Ice Spirit Body?"
Gu Yifeng's forehead veins bulged, then he suppressed his anger and asked.
"No, if you don't want to waste your talent for blending ice and fire, then hurry up and eat."
The system's disdainful voice, its indifferent attitude, only made things more infuriating.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yifeng could only give up in frustration. He swallowed the ice bead instantly, and a chilling sensation spread down his esophagus and quickly entered his stomach, seemingly without any sign of melting.
However, there was no chance to react now. After the ice bead entered his stomach, it rolled around in his stomach, then slipped out along his meridians. After a short while, it had circulated throughout his body.
When he came to his senses, the Ice Bead had vanished, and a chilling sensation emanated from his entire body. Gu Yifeng could only passively enter a state of cultivation, drawing out the spiritual energy from his dantian in an attempt to refine it.
Stimulated by spiritual energy, he soon saw blue light flickering in his inner vision, and it continued to spread. Under the blue light, his whole body felt an icy chill.
It felt as if I had been thrown naked into the snow. The biting cold spread continuously, and when it reached its extreme, it turned into waves of stinging pain that went straight into my internal organs and I could not resist it at all.
Gu Yifeng couldn't even maintain his cultivation state. He instinctively curled up and couldn't sit cross-legged at all. He could only let the cold invade him, and finally, starting from his limbs, it gradually turned into pure ice blue from the inside out.
He was about to be turned into an ice sculpture.
In less than three breaths, the five fingers of both hands had turned ice blue, making it impossible to see blood vessels, meridians, or bones; only an ice blue finger could be seen.
The ice melted extremely quickly, in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Gu Yifeng was transformed into an ice sculpture curled up on the ground. Fortunately, he did not feel the pain of death.
In his perception, he still had thoughts and could faintly feel the fluctuations in his dantian. In other words, this step was also a necessary operation for the Ice Bead to awaken the Frost Spirit Body.
The ice sculpture lasted for a full hour before slowly melting away. The icy blue color on his body did not fade, but Gu Yifeng was able to move freely and the biting cold was gone.
After taking a deep breath, he looked inward at his dantian and discovered that the Ice Pearl had been swallowed by the Crimson Fire Phoenix within his dantian, transforming into a pure purple phoenix that looked both eerie and beautiful.
After finding himself unharmed, he opened his eyes with relief. With a thought, the icy blue color on his body faded away, and the spiritual energy surging out from within him turned purple.
After sensing the time, Gu Yifeng activated his Concealed Eye, lowering his aura to the mid-stage of the Fixed Origin Realm. He then changed his clothes, walked out of the Heavenly Prison, and headed straight for the martial arts arena in the center of the palace.
Today is the day of the princes' grand competition!
When Gu Yifeng arrived, the area was already packed with people. In addition to the civil and military officials, the old emperor had specially granted permission for the officials' families to enter the palace to watch the spectacle. Furthermore, there were also relatives and friends of the royal family members, making the number of people quite large.
Upon seeing Gu Yifeng arrive, the crowd quickly parted to make way for him. On the high platform, Gu Ran and Gu Cheng, clad in golden armor, stood calmly on the dueling stage.
"Oh, elder brother has finally arrived? I thought you weren't coming. After all, being the regent is truly exhilarating; no one would want to give it up."
Gu Ran spoke first, his tone full of sarcasm, seemingly convinced that Gu Yifeng would lose.
"Second brother, you flatter me. How could you be this kind of person? You know, I have been called a cultivation genius since I was a child, and now I have even reached the mid-stage of the Dingyuan Realm. If it were an ordinary person, they would be overjoyed, hahaha."
Gu Cheng chimed in from the side, but his tone was far more hurtful than Gu Ran's.
These words struck even the civil and military officials who were listening in as somewhat cruel.
After all, what Gu Cheng said was true. When Gu Yifeng's predecessor first started cultivating, his advancement speed far exceeded that of others. He entered the Dingyuan Realm at the age of ten.
In contrast, the brothers Gu Ran and Gu Cheng were much slower, only reaching the mid-stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
Such a genius was naturally used as a source of pride by the old emperor. Little did he know that this would be the last chance for his predecessor to show his face. After that, his cultivation stagnated and made no further progress.
Hearing the brothers' provocation, Gu Yifeng was not annoyed. He glanced at the memories in his mind, then put them aside. He jumped onto the high platform and looked at the silent crowd around him with a calm expression.
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