The moon beast separated a clone, which transformed into human form and was sitting on a tree branch.
Qi Zhiheng asked, "Senior Moon Goddess, is there anything I can help you with?"
The moon beast said, "I sensed something familiar; it must be from the same small world as me."
"You mean... things from the cultivation world?" Qi Zhiheng became somewhat interested in what the moon beast was saying.
The Moon Beast nodded and said, "After I arrived at Xuanling Continent, I have been in the Full Moon Well. Besides the fact that I cannot expose myself, there is another reason. Originally, there should have been a passage to the cultivation world in that spatial rift, but I have never seen that passage since I came here. I guess it may be because the guide stone broke."
The term "boundary guide stone" was new to Qi Zhiheng. The moon beast explained, "Boundary guide stones are materials that stabilize the passage between two worlds. Perhaps my existence was not allowed to exist in the first place, so when I entered this world, it caused spatial instability, and the boundary guide stone shattered."
The Moon Beast spoke frankly, but Qi Zhiheng was speechless. So the passage between the two realms was closed because this small temple couldn't accommodate such a great Buddha as you?
"So, senior, do you mean to go find the Boundary Stone?" Qi Zhiheng was also somewhat tempted.
The moon beast nodded and said, "Aren't you going to the cultivation world? How will you get there if the passage isn't open?"
Qi Zhiheng asked, "Then where should we find this boundary stone?"
"I don't know either," the Moon Beast answered frankly, leaving Qi Zhiheng speechless.
The moon beast also felt that this seemed a bit unreasonable, and added, "Just walk around outside more. If I can sense the location, I'll tell you." He had become quite familiar with the aura of the guide stone.
So, what he means now is that he's just wandering around outside, and if he gets any news, the Moon Beast will point him in the right direction.
Qi Zhiheng's soul returned to reality.
Seeing that no one was around, he explained the matter of the Boundary Stone to Yang Yitian.
After Yang Yitian nodded to indicate that he understood, the two began to take out the mission scroll and check if there were any targets listed in the mission scroll.
Yang Yitian said, "This place is strange. I clearly have an ice-attribute spiritual root, but I actually felt cold just now."
Qi Zhiheng explained, "This might be a good thing. It just means that there might be ice-attribute spiritual objects here with purer spiritual roots than yours."
"Should we do some treasure hunting while we're looking for quest items?" Yang Yitian rubbed his hands together inwardly.
Qi Zhiheng said, "It won't be that easy to find, but we can look for it while we're at it."
The two had a total of thirty-seven items that matched the ice attribute, which was enough to prove that the outer area of this ice field was quite large.
Qi Zhiheng took out a flying artifact, and the two slowly moved forward.
Qi Zhiheng's soul power spread outwards, searching for any possible hidden mission items.
The two traveled for half a day, and all they could see was a blanket of white snow.
As night approached, Qi Zhiheng's soul power faintly detected a lake a few miles away. This was the only unusual place in the vast expanse of white, so he decided to go and investigate.
When the flying artifact arrived at the lake, night had already fallen and the moon had appeared.
Judging from the shimmering moonlight on the lake, the water shouldn't be frozen. Yang Yitian asked curiously, "It's so cold here, how come the water hasn't frozen?"
Qi Zhiheng shook his head, saying he had not heard of any related information.
Yang Yitian walked to the lakeside, looking at the water surface where mist was faintly rising, and expressed his opinion: "Could this be a hot spring?" As he spoke, he put his hand into the water, but as soon as his fingers touched the water, he quickly pulled it back.
Qi Zhiheng asked somewhat nervously, "What's wrong?"
Yang Yitian pinched his fingers that had just touched the lake water and said, "It's so cold!" A thin layer of ice had formed on the part of his fingers that had touched the water.
Yang Yitian quickly used his spiritual energy to dispel the cold and restore his fingers.
"Be more careful next time. Don't be so curious about everything. It would be bad if the water was poisonous." Qi Zhiheng grabbed his hand.
The two traveled for a day without finding any trace of monsters.
Yang Yitian said disappointedly, "I was hoping to see if there were any fish in the water, but it's so cold, even if there are fish, they'll freeze to death."
After arriving in this snowy area, Qi Zhiheng began to look through books about ice-attribute spiritual objects to avoid missing out on a treasure due to his ignorance.
Qi Zhiheng said, "If you want to eat fish, I'll catch some for you in my space."
Yang Yitian said listlessly, "I wasn't thinking about eating, I was just saying."
His attention returned to the lake, and he said, "Do you think there might be treasure in the lake? Places with such unusual phenomena are often where treasures gather!"
“It is indeed a treasure trove. There are quite a few treasures near this lake. I found several quest items from quest scrolls, and the score calculation was pretty good.” Qi Zhiheng said as he walked along the lakeside, where there were indeed quite a few miscellaneous spiritual items.
Yang Yitian followed behind Qi Zhiheng and began digging up the spiritual herbs on the ground to plant in the ice field of Qi Zhiheng's space.
Looking at the lake, Qi Zhiheng felt a pang of reluctance: "I'd like to put some of this lake water into my spatial storage, but I'm not sure if it's feasible."
In the end, I decided to ask the Moon Beast if the lake water in this water was actually useful.
"It's useful, but not very effective. The fact that the water is so cold yet hasn't frozen shouldn't be due to the water itself. The reason might be underwater, but you can't go underwater anyway, so don't overthink it." The moon beast's words calmed Qi Zhiheng down considerably.
The two searched for ice-attribute items by the lake and planted them in their spatial storage.
“Someone’s coming. Let’s hide for a bit.” Qi Zhiheng didn’t want to have any contact with the people here for the time being. He disguised the traces around them as if they had left on a flying artifact, and then pulled Yang Yitian into the space.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were not familiar with the people on the Heroes Ranking. Whether it was the disciples who had not been eliminated from the Heroes Ranking in the past or the newly promoted disciples this time, none of them were people Qi Zhiheng knew. Since they were not familiar with each other, Qi Zhiheng chose to avoid them for the time being.
The space was well-stocked with food and at a comfortable temperature. Yang Yitian ate spiritual food while observing the situation of the group of people outside with Qi Zhiheng.
There were five people in total, three men and two women. They were probably traveling in a team, which was understandable, since everyone had different tasks. Traveling in a team would greatly reduce the risk, and with different objectives, the chances of them competing for tasks would be much smaller.
The group set up camp by the lake, discussing precautions for the hidden realm, and Qi Zhiheng overheard a bit of it.
Most importantly, these people even took out a map to discuss: "The Holy Light Stone you're looking for is here, and the Zero-One Grass Leaf I'm looking for happens to be nearby. Let's choose this place for our next location."
Upon hearing about the Holy Light Stone, Qi Zhiheng had an idea. The Holy Light Stone was a material with the attribute of light. He could refine it, and since he also had Buddhist beads, it should be able to better suppress the karmic obstacles on his body.
Qi Zhiheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go with them tomorrow." He didn't have a map, so finding the place would be a bit difficult.
Qi Zhiheng hadn't expected that these people were so well-prepared, even having prepared a map.
After discussing it for a while, the group dispersed.
Qi Zhiheng continued to examine the illustrations and information about the spirits, while Yang Yitian was drawing talismans.
At that moment, something happened outside the space.
"Ah! Senior Brother Lu, my hands are frozen!" a female voice cried out.
Lu Yuanhang frowned and said, "What's going on? Didn't I tell you not to touch things you're not familiar with?"
Mu Wei, looking like she was about to cry, kept saying, "I was wrong, Senior Brother Lu. I won't dare to do it again next time."
Her hands were frozen, and as she watched, the frost had spread across half of her arm, which had initially only been frozen in her palms, and was even spreading upwards. At this point, she panicked.
"Use spiritual power to dissolve it." Lu Yuanhang was somewhat impatient with these women.
Mu Wei said anxiously, "No, it can't be dispelled at all."
Lu Yuanhang then used his spiritual power to try to dispel the cold air from Mu Wei.
"What's going on with this lake? Why can't I see it on the map?" Other members of the team expressed their doubts.
Lu Yuanhang wasn't entirely sure about this, and reassured them, "Perhaps the lake is just too small for others to bother recording."
"Senior Brother Lu, are you all done?" The disciple asked, puzzled, noticing that the frost on Mu Wei's hands had only faded slightly.
Lu Yuanhang shook his head and said, "This ice attribute is too cold. Chang Fei, you have the fire attribute, why don't you try it?"
Once Chang Fei took over the task of dispelling the cold, the frost on Mu Wei's hands did indeed fade faster after he took over, but the overall process was still very slow.
Mu Wei didn't even dare to cry at this moment. She shouldn't have acted so quickly, which made her suffer now.
Qi Zhiheng, who was inside the space, asked with some doubt: "Was it difficult for you to dispel that cold energy just now?"
Yang Yitian shook his head: "It's not that difficult, probably because I have an ice-attribute spiritual root."
Qi Zhiheng pondered for a while, but ultimately said nothing, though his curiosity about the lake only grew stronger.
"Let's go find the Holy Light Stone first, and if we have time, we'll come back and take a look," Qi Zhiheng decided.
Yang Yitian naturally had no objections.
The five-person team set off the next day.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian followed quietly behind and soon circled out of the ice field.
Qi Zhiheng sighed inwardly, "It's really different when you have a map. I walked all day yesterday and made no progress, but I came out after walking all day today."
After leaving the snowfield, the area was initially a normal green zone, but after passing through this zone, we entered a desert.
Holy Light Stones appear where the light is most concentrated, and Qi Zhiheng guessed that this desert probably produces quite a few Holy Light Stones.
After entering the desert, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian quietly left the small group.
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