Chapter 374 Freezing and Killing Bandits in the Xuan Gu Mountain Underground Palace
A few days later.
After leaving Fengzhou Prefecture, Wang Yu's first destination was Xuan Gu Mountain. He should have come long ago, but he was always delayed by other things.
This gave him a strange feeling.
Just as the mysterious underground palace of Xuan Gu Mountain was forgotten, he had not heard of any further exploration of the underground palace by the Liu family of Gu Du Peak after he left.
Development of this area has only progressed to the Xuan Gu Mountain.
No matter how you look at it, it seems strange.
Moreover, he remembered that the development rights of the underground palace were contracted to the Liu family as the site of a Core Formation sect, and during this process, the two juniors, Gu Zhengshun and Situ Hong, profited from it.
Nowadays, apart from the Xuanjing Flower and Xuangu Wood being considered local specialties, almost no one pays any attention to them.
Only Wang Yu knew that this place was extraordinary.
The Xuan Gu Underground Palace has neither a special feng shui layout nor any array formations, yet it was able to give birth to a corpse demon that could only be conceived in an ancient site like Dongji Jing.
That's really weird.
He still hasn't fully unlocked the contents of the [Taiyin You Tong] inheritance jade slip that he obtained from the corpse demon.
However, things are different now.
After gaining more knowledge, I recounted the ancient sects and religions that existed in the ancient and prehistoric eras, including those involving the inheritance of Nascent Soul cultivation techniques and rare types of pupil arts.
Only a hegemon after the fall of the ancient immortal dynasty.
——【Taiyin Gate】!
It is possible that such a lineage exists. If we consider the Xuan Gu Underground Palace as a bridgehead built by the Taiyin Sect in the Endless Ice Plains, then it makes sense.
After all, the Xuan Gu Underground Palace is not large in scale, but rather refined and compact in structure, making it perfectly suitable as a temporary place to stay.
The main hall is also called Ningyue Hall, which is very likely related to Taiyin Gate. He left in too much of a hurry and didn't explore many places.
The black stone tablet in the library is even more crucial.
The text was written in a magical script that he didn't recognize, so his primary objective was the black stone tablet.
Xuan Gu Mountain is very close to the Endless Ice Plains.
Starting from Fengzhou Prefecture, it took Wang Yu nearly half a month to fly from east to west, traversing most of Fengzhou, before finally seeing the three Xuan Gu Mountains that resembled round, cylindrical buildings.
It was here that he accumulated his first advantage.
Having successfully semi-liquidized spiritual energy, he then traveled extensively, snowballing his advantage.
He spent over twenty years perfecting his Qi Refining stage.
He spent over fifty years perfecting the Foundation Building stage.
Having reached the Core Formation stage, it has now taken more than fifty years to touch the tip of the iceberg, and the overall cultivation speed is actually getting faster and faster.
Xuan Gu Mountain is a desolate place, uninhabited for thousands of miles.
The cold currents from the endless ice plains and the sea breezes from the chaotic ancient sea make this area cold and damp all year round.
It was completely unsuitable for ordinary people to live in, so the prefectural city had no intention of building a city there.
In recent years, after being occupied by the Xuan Gu Bandits, the area has become more lively. This group mainly focuses on Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, and there are also four or five people who have reached the Core Formation stage.
With a group of over a thousand people, they had become a considerable band of thieves and cultivators.
Wang Yu's arrival went unnoticed by anyone.
Considering that the underground palace had collapsed before, going directly underground would require clearing a large enough space to move around, and the noise might attract the attention of these people.
"Let's just kill them all."
After a brief moment of thought, Wang Yu made a decision, and his figure vanished into thin air as if he had never been there.
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An abandoned campsite located between three Xuan Gu Mountains.
This place was repurposed by Xuan Gu into a dwelling, and the materials used were mostly locally sourced, resulting in a rather simple and desolate place.
But the cultivators were always struggling to make ends meet.
Even if they succeed in plundering, they squander all the resources they have and then think about doing another heist, ultimately dying in the process of plundering. There are countless people like this.
At this time, it was a dark and windy night.
Several Core Formation leaders gathered together to discuss matters.
"Boss, we haven't heard from the Ice Demon Child, who's famous throughout Fengzhou, lately. Should we go to Qingyuan City and pull off a heist?"
"The brothers have all found out that there is only a Core Formation stage cultivator in charge there. If we storm into the city and plunder it, we'll definitely have a good time."
The speaker was an ugly man with a purple face, who clearly had a problem with his cultivation technique, which caused his face to become extremely ugly. His words immediately aroused dissatisfaction.
"snort--
"Fifth Brother, the reason you were wanted by the Hehuan Demon Sect back then was because you couldn't control that bastard down there and messed with the precious furnace that the big shot was raising."
"Nowadays, the entire Fengzhou is in a state of panic."
"How can you risk it for such a small thought? If that Ice Demon really comes knocking on your door, your stinking flesh won't even be enough to burn you."
The ugly man with the purple face glared angrily at what he was being said.
"You... I was a handsome man back in the day. If it weren't for that woman seducing me, I wouldn't be in this state today."
"Enough!"
The leader of the group, who was also the only cultivator at the sixth level of the Core Formation stage present, took out a secret letter and spoke.
"We have been ordered to bypass the Northern Broken Realm Mountains and take the smuggling route through the Endless Ice Plains to plunder the territory under the control of the Azure Cloud Sect."
These words immediately sparked controversy.
"Go to Taihu Lake? That's not a good idea. If we get trapped there, who would survive?"
"But there are tens of billions of mortals in Taihu alone. With such a large base, the number of cultivators will only be more, and we will have more targets to plunder."
Why stay in this bitterly cold place?
"That's not appropriate."
"This is an order from above; we have no choice but to obey."
Upon hearing this, the group fell silent.
In secret.
Wang Yu frowned. This conversation meant a lot, and such an order could not possibly have been issued by the people who maintained the rule of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect.
Although the Fengzhou Elders' Council is full of useless people.
However, as beneficiaries of the Holy Sect system, sending someone to provoke the Taihu Sect at this critical juncture is tantamount to giving them an excuse to start a war.
This is the right path.
Everything needs a legitimate reason to be done.
If you belong to the Demonic Sect, you are guilty if you are weak, and you deserve to be bullied. They don't even try to hide it, otherwise they wouldn't have been banished to the Demonic Path.
From Wang Yu's perspective, it feels like the work of the Yellow Springs Temple.
"Just a bunch of pawns."
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The north wind howled, and the cold wind of the night suddenly intensified.
Even the Qi Refining cultivators were shivering from the cold. The stars were hidden in the dark night sky, with only a frost-covered moon hanging in the sky, which looked extremely beautiful.
"The moon looks so close tonight."
"And the temperature suddenly dropped, it's so cold."
"Stop talking, I just took a dump and almost froze my bird. Hey you... why don't you gather a few fireballs and roast it?"
"I'm calling you! Didn't you hear me?!"
The cultivator on night duty was immediately annoyed and quickly walked over to push the man.
As a result, the fire elemental cultivator collapsed to the ground, his entire body frozen stiff, and he was already dead.
This person realized something was wrong. What kind of evil wind could freeze even cultivators to death? It wasn't an endless ice field. This had never happened since they occupied Xuan Gu Mountain.
"Brother Luo, something's wrong..."
Before he could finish speaking, he discovered that his companion, who had just been talking to him, had also frozen solid, and in the blink of an eye, all life had vanished.
Startled, it immediately emitted a sharp warning sound.
Despite the camp being brightly lit, there was not a sound at all. The man staggered toward the leaders' meeting room.
The door was pushed open with a bang.
A boy was standing in front of five pale white flame furnaces, giving him a horrified smile.
"Interesting, they didn't freeze to death."
This abandoned camp is practically a natural graveyard.
Being sandwiched between three Xuan Gu Mountains in the very center, if a large-scale attack is unleashed from above, its power will be exceptionally concentrated.
There is no moon tonight.
That frosty moon was Wang Yu's first test of his innate divine power—the Twelve Phases of the Moon!
This marks the second time he has used it in a formal setting.
The power did not disappoint him. The Guanghan Divine Power, which was approaching the Great Perfection realm, froze all the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators to death almost instantly.
Only these few Core Formation cultivators could still move.
If the power of the divine ability were condensed in the form of twelve phases, almost no Core Formation cultivator could withstand this move head-on. It would definitely reach the Nascent Soul level, which satisfied him.
This is the last one...
What exactly are you?
Reaching out, magic power materialized into an illusory arm that grabbed the person and brought them close to Wang Yu.
The person was trembling all over, their fear had reached its peak, and they had even temporarily lost the ability to speak, which did not seem to be an act.
It can survive in extreme cold, something even some ice-attribute monsters cannot do, since it involves supernatural power and cannot be equated with natural low temperatures.
The divine consciousness invaded this person's body.
Wang Yu's pupils contracted.
This person's flesh, blood, meridians, and bones are all fine, but his dantian is an icy blue color, and that power is the residual cold energy of the twelve phases of Guanghan.
It seems to have activated some kind of talent in him.
"A born spirit body? No... more like a change resulting from the awakening of the demon race's bloodline."
He muttered to himself about this sudden situation.
This surprised him greatly.
Using the Soul-Slaying Evil Boat Curse to delve into this person's memories, all the way into infancy, they finally found some useful information.
In my memory, this person was born in a snowy, icy place.
They were placed on a wooden tub and carried along an unfrozen river from the icy lands to Fengzhou. Judging from the direction, the source should be in the endless ice plains.
The river that never freezes...
Wang Yu's lips curled up; he had more or less figured out the reason.
The endless ice plains are home to a large number of ice-attribute monsters, as well as intelligent monster tribes, which can be considered one of the native forces.
In addition, there is a creature formed from ice crystals.
They exist in human, animal, and bird forms, and a few of them awaken intelligence, hence the name—the Ice Clan!
Their cultivation system is similar to that of humans, but the Ice Clan seems unable to leave the Endless Ice Plains for their entire lives. The specific reason is unknown, but once an Ice Clan member perishes...
This would create a massive ice storm.
Legend has it that the natural disasters on the endless ice plains were caused by this accumulation over time, eventually forming a natural barrier that even Nascent Soul cultivators could not cross.
This top-secret information was only learned by Wang Yu from the secret archives after he became the seventh elder of Cold Blood Peak. He learned that the Cold Blood Mountain Lords of all generations had been on good terms with the Ice Clan.
The Frozen Demon Sealing Ground is also guarded by these creatures.
The lucky guy in front of him was most likely the product of the hybridization of the Ice Clan and the Human Clan. Wang Yu's cold energy helped him activate this talent hidden in his bloodline.
What Wang Yu found most remarkable was this ability to resist extreme cold, which was outrageously strong and practically the nemesis of ice cultivators.
He met one very easily.
This suggests that the Ice Clan, trapped in the Endless Ice Plains, must have already begun trying to use human bloodlines to escape the mysterious imprisonment of the Endless Ice Plains.
"Strange, so very strange!"
The situation in Fengzhou was already chaotic, riddled with problems, and now with this new development, Wang Yu could only sigh and lament, but there was nothing he could do.
He casually flicked an ice sword, killing the man instantly.
He sealed the body in an ice coffin for preservation and to use for research.
After the little incident passed.
He collected all the spoils of war. The corpses of low-level cultivators were no longer of much use to him, so he only collected the corpses of Foundation Establishment cultivators and put them all into the Nourishing Evil Coffin.
Leave it for the two corpses to eat.
They're all frozen solid, so they're definitely fresh.
He used the Golden Elixir Technique to refine several bandit leaders into pills that restored their magical power, then hastily disposed of them and headed to the underground palace at the foot of Xuan Gu Mountain.
The Purple Dragon Earth Travel Technique allows it to traverse mountains and rocks without hindrance.
The monstrous lions and swarms of venomous bees that lived underground posed no threat to him. After finding the collapsed area, he spent considerable effort cleaning up a corner of the underground palace.
The underground collapse was more severe than he had predicted.
Almost the entire underground palace was buried.
This contradicts the situation described by Liu Jinxian after she came out. According to the situation at that time, at most the passage and part of the underground palace were buried, far from being completely collapsed.
After he came down, if it weren't for his divine sense probing, he would have been able to escape.
They might have already mistaken this area for solid ground... Clearing it out would be a huge undertaking. Patting the seed bag, Xueyu poked her head out, completely bewildered.
Since she broke through to the third rank, her original spirit beast pouch was no longer sufficient.
The Human Race Bag is a high-grade third-tier magic treasure capable of storing living beings.
Not only can it capture and bind people, but it can also allow Xueyu to cultivate inside. Forget about the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; it's all provided by Wang Yu with spirit stones and pills.
This kind of extravagant behavior is not common and has only started recently. It's because Wang Yu used to always have the little fox by his side, but now he is the Ice Demon Child.
The methods are similar, and as long as the Yellow Springs Divine Power and the Killing Path Divine Power are not exposed, the probability of people making the connection is not high, after all, there is a huge difference in appearance.
The only existing supernatural powers and techniques are disguises of aura and appearance.
There is no secret method for growing from small to large. One of the legends about the Ice Demon Child is that he grew in reverse due to cultivating a special technique.
This was also deliberately spread by Wang Yu to create a discrepancy with the original source.
For the owner who has shrunk.
Xueyu was initially very excited, but after being disciplined by having her head rubbed and losing her freedom and the embrace of her master, she immediately became listless and lost interest.
They came out now, looking at each other with puzzled expressions.
"Ahem... Xueyu, remember that the main ability of your natal demon treasure [Snow Fox Robe] is transformation. The task of clearing this underground palace is entrusted to you."
The little fox widened its eyes and argued.
"Of the five magical artifacts that can transform, there is only a sword, a ribbon, a mirror, a ball, and a lamp; there is no shovel."
Wang Yu looked serious.
"Just do what I tell you to do. Look at you, all fat and bloated. You have no charm as a fox spirit at all. It's time for you to get some exercise."
That's all.
He then pulled out a few more storage rings from his pocket, strung them into a necklace, and hung it around the little fox's neck. These were the most he had on him.
"Put the excavated soil into the ring first, and remember to reinforce the structure here with ice crystals."
Xueyu: "...Sigh~"
This is the second update; there will be one more update tonight.
Following up on the comments from the previous chapter, I've noticed a problem. If I want to update three chapters in a row on a set schedule, wouldn't I have to write three chapters and save them on my days off?
—Like a rest?!
And after that, I have to set the timer for the third day the next day, and the timer for the fourth day the third day, which means I don't get any rest!
This is a bug.
Unless I can rest for two days, I'll still be grinding grain!
What do you think?
(End of this chapter)
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