Qi Zhiheng stepped into the lightning domain. A bolt of lightning struck down, damaging his clothes. Most of the lightning was absorbed and refined by Qi Zhiheng using the Five Elements Body Forging Technique.
Years of practicing the Five Elements Body Forging Technique had conditioned his body to pain; the pain from this heavenly lightning was less than a tenth of what the medicinal soup he had prepared caused. Overall, the impact was minimal.
Yang Yitian was standing right beside him, neither too close nor too far.
As a bolt of lightning struck, Yang Yitian, sensing that the lightning was about to strike him, prepared his talisman brush to copy it.
At this moment, he was throwing out a talisman, which hung in mid-air.
He held the pen in his right hand and lightly tapped it in mid-air. Then, with a flick of his wrist, the pen moved like a dragon, and a talisman mark gradually formed in mid-air.
Yang Yitian's movements had a natural rhythm, which surprised Qi Zhiheng, who was standing to the side.
Just then, lightning struck, and as it was about to hit Yang Yitian, he flicked his talisman brush, moving the newly drawn rune to the spot where the lightning was about to strike. When the lightning encountered the rune, it was like raindrops falling into a lake; apart from the ripples that proved it had been there, there were no other traces.
Once the lightning had completely dissipated, Yang Yitian flipped over and flicked his wrist, sending the runes carrying the power of lightning directly onto the talisman paper. The two merged!
The entire set of movements was performed with such fluidity and naturalness that Qi Zhiheng almost thought he was seeing things. Was this really the wife he knew?
"It's finished!" Yang Yitian proudly picked up the talisman he had just completed and showed it to Qi Zhiheng: "This is a new drawing method I learned. Isn't it incredibly cool!"
Just then, a bolt of lightning struck Qi Zhiheng, and Yang Yitian, who was closer to him, was also affected, his hair standing on end.
Yang Yitian's face fell as if the sky had fallen: "Ah—my hair!"
Qi Zhiheng: "..." As expected, she is still his wife.
Yang Yitian put away the cultivation thunder talisman he had drawn, and then quickly drew a second and a third one...
As he traveled, Yang Yitian spent almost all his time drawing talismans.
Qi Zhiheng, on the other hand, would collect any useful spiritual items he saw.
It took the two three days to cross the Thunder Domain.
Besides a bunch of spiritual items, Qi Zhiheng's gains were a stronger body.
Yang Yitian's cultivation level increased, and he also obtained a large number of cultivation thunder talismans.
"I think I could sell these talismans for a good amount of spirit stones." They're cultivation talismans sealed with lightning! They're top-quality.
"Don't sell it, I might be able to use it." Qi Zhiheng also needed some pure lightning attribute energy for cultivation, and he needed to collect all ten elements of spiritual energy.
The two rushed back to the ice field.
After experiencing the benefits of cultivating spirit talismans, Yang Yitian began drawing more spirit talismans along the way.
The ice-attribute spiritual energy here is extremely pure. Both Yang Yitian and Qi Zhiheng have ice spiritual roots, so it's good to keep this cultivation talisman for future use.
Qi Zhiheng extended his soul power to search for the original location of the lake.
Half a day later, we arrived at our destination.
The two squatted by the lake, pondering what to do with the lake water.
Qi Zhiheng tried to extend his soul power downwards, but it became difficult to go any further when it reached a distance of about 700 meters. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that what was hindering his soul power from moving downwards seemed to be a very dense mass of creatures that appeared to be wriggling.
Qi Zhiheng's breath hitched.
"How is it?" Yang Yitian asked, seeing his reaction.
Qi Zhiheng pulled him back two steps: "I think we were lucky this time."
"Good luck? Then what are we going to do next?" Yang Yitian was pulled back, somewhat confused.
“There’s some danger in the water, let’s take a step back and talk,” Qi Zhiheng replied.
Yang Yitian glanced at the lake and asked, "Is there a demonic beast?"
“A kind of spirit insect, the Ice-Devouring Spirit Insect,” Qi Zhiheng explained the habits of the Ice-Devouring Spirit Insect.
The Ice-Eating Spirit Insect is an ice-attribute spirit insect that prefers to devour ice-attribute spiritual energy. It can also devour spiritual energy that is not ice-attribute, but it prefers ice-attribute spiritual energy the most.
When hunting, Ice-Eating Spirit Insects use their ice attributes to freeze their prey. While a single Ice-Eating Spirit Insect is not very powerful, they are social creatures, and the combined power of many Ice-Eating Spirit Insects is not to be underestimated.
Previously, when Yang Yitian and that female disciple touched the water in the lake, they were covered with frost, which must have been due to the presence of many invisible ice-devouring spirit insects.
The reason they were able to return to normal was simply because these Ice-Eating Spirit Insects were bursting under the transmission of spiritual energy.
Are these Ice-Eating Spirit Insects very expensive?
"No, they're worthless. They can only grow in ice fields, and even insect controllers wouldn't want them. Because ordinary living conditions are simply not suitable for the reproduction of this kind of insect, and the Ice-Eating Spirit Insect's attack power isn't strong either; it's just a bit annoying," Qi Zhiheng explained.
"Then what do you mean by 'good luck'? I thought this bug was a treasure!" Yang Yitian said, somewhat disappointed.
Qi Zhiheng didn't take it seriously and began to rummage through the herbs on his body: "The Ice-Devouring Spirit Insects aren't exactly treasures, but they like treasures. There must be something good in this lake, otherwise it wouldn't be able to provide enough spiritual energy for so many Ice-Devouring Spirit Insects to survive, and for them to grow so well!"
"Are we going to go into the water? Won't we get frozen solid?" Yang Yitian thought of his fingers that had touched the lake water earlier.
The Ice-Eating Spirit Insect is indeed somewhat troublesome, but just as it likes things, it also dislikes things.
The Ice-Eating Spirit Insects loathe a certain scent, so Qi Zhiheng plans to concoct a potion with that scent and apply it to his body to keep the Ice-Eating Spirit Insects away.
After Qi Zhiheng finished refining the potion, he said to Yang Yitian, "Take off your clothes and lie on the bed."
Yang Yitian moved swiftly and in one go.
Qi Zhiheng was speechless, but still helped him apply the medicine all over his body, and sprayed some on his hair as well.
After the application was finished, Yang Yitian snatched the medicine and said eagerly, "My turn! Let me help you apply it!"
Qi Zhiheng tugged at Yang Yitian's lip: "Can you stop smiling so lewdly?"
"What do you mean?" Yang Yitian's eyes darted around, refusing to admit that he was associated with the word "sleazy." "My smile is as warm as a spring breeze and the sun, how could it be associated with sleazy?"
Qi Zhiheng ignored his nonsense and took off his clothes so that Yang Yitian could apply the medicine to him.
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After getting dressed, the two left the space, and Qi Zhiheng sprayed some medicine on their clothes.
The medicine smells normal to most people, but it smells different to the Ice-Eating Spirit Insect.
The effects of this medicine last for half a month, and its effectiveness is not affected even when soaked in water.
The two then jumped into the lake.
Qi Zhiheng's soul power revealed that as soon as they entered the water, the surrounding Ice-Devouring Spirit Insects all avoided them. This was enough to prove that the potion was effective.
The further down you go, the more you can feel the increasing density of the Ice-Eating Spirit Insects.
Yang Yitian asked, "Which way do we go?"
"Head to the area where the Ice-Eating Spirit Insects are most concentrated." The denser the Ice-Eating Spirit Insects are, the more likely it is that this is where their main food source is.
The two stealthily traveled through the countryside. When they reached a point about 100 meters from the territory, the water pressure became much stronger. Fortunately, cultivators are much stronger and more resilient than ordinary people, so this water pressure did not cause them any harm.
The bottom of the water should have been darker, but I saw some translucent light.
The closer you get, the brighter the light becomes.
After descending another thirty meters or so, we finally saw the source of the light source, which was a large patch of jade-white ice algae.
The ice jade algae is shaped like long, leafy leaves, much like kelp. It is entirely jade white and emits a soft light. When a whole patch of it gathers together, it forms a light source.
The entire expanse of ice jade algae stretches for a kilometer, which is due to the limited area of the lakebed.
Ice Jade Algae is an ice-attribute spiritual herb. It can be used to refine pills that improve the aptitude of ice spiritual roots, and it can also be used as food for cultivators with ice spiritual roots.
Besides being rich in spiritual energy, Ice Jade Algae is also known to improve the aptitude of Ice Spiritual Roots.
Rumor has it that the Ice Jade Algae has long been extinct in the cultivation world, and only one or two can be found in some small secret realms.
The fact that so many can be found here is probably because these Ice-Eating Spirit Insects have dominated this area of water for many years, making it difficult for other creatures that feed on Ice Jade Algae to get close, thus creating this large area of Ice Jade Algae.
Qi Zhiheng's heart pounded. Ice Jade Algae was a good spiritual object for both Yang Yitian and himself.
Qi Zhiheng plans to dig some up and put them into the space glacier lake for planting.
However, the Ice Jade Algae was covered with many Ice-Devouring Spirit Insects. He wanted the Ice Jade Algae, but he didn't intend to bring the Ice-Devouring Spirit Insects into the space as well.
Qi Zhiheng took out a bottle of potion, which was left over from the previous refining. He first used his spiritual power to control the jade bottle and threw it above the ice jade algae. The spiritual energy triggered it to explode! The potion splashed everywhere, and the ice-devouring spirit insects scattered in the waters it touched.
While the potion was still effective, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian quickly began digging for Ice Jade Algae.
In this area, Qi Zhiheng did not choose to completely strip the land bare. Instead, he dug out sections in between to ensure that the original growth of the Ice Jade Algae was not affected.
This area is vast, and even though Qi Zhiheng was digging from a distance, he and Yang Yitian managed to excavate over a thousand Ice Jade Algae.
The two then led Ice Jade Moss to the icy plains of the space.
After Qi Zhiheng planted the spiritual vein, the space and the spiritual vein complemented each other, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the entire space increased by a degree compared to before.
He arrived at the glacier and used his earth and ice attributes to create an ice lake more than 30 meters deep. As soon as the ice lake was formed, a thin layer of ice floated on the surface of the water.
This is understandable. The reason why the lake outside did not freeze in the snow and ice was because of the Ice-Devouring Spirit Insects. Since there were no Ice-Devouring Spirit Insects in his space, it was perfectly normal for the water to freeze.
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