From time to time, schools of fish swam by the bottom of the lake, causing ripples.

Although the ice was thin, it was very solid and there was nothing unusual about stepping on it. Sheng He steadied his body and began to observe it carefully with his head down.

The old man said that to find the "Taixu Land", you must first find a strange fish.

But since we have to find Taixu Land in the direction pointed by this strange fish, this fish will either stay still or swim in the same direction all the time.

Sheng He noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a golden-tailed carp in the school of fish that just passed by. While the school of fish was constantly looking for food, only this fish was always swimming towards the front right.

Moreover, golden-tailed carp are not common, and are even called koi in the human world. Sheng He immediately followed.

But before she could catch up with the golden-tailed carp, a red-tailed carp swam towards her.

One after another, Sheng He saw white-tailed carp, blue-tailed carp, finger-sized red crucian carp, and black carp that was bigger than her body...

Sheng He:.......

I bent over and searched for several days, and saw all kinds of fish. After comparing them with each other, I couldn't find the legendary "strange fish".

Sheng He was so tired that he collapsed on the ice and looked up at the sky.

Above the gray sky, a lake appeared that looked exactly like Mirror Lake.

The only difference is that all the positions on that lake are reversed.

Sheng He raised his hand and pointed to the east, and his reflection in the sky also raised his hand and pointed to the west.

She understood instantly that the so-called Mirror Lake, as its name suggests, everything is a mirror image. No wonder the old man found the strange fish, but what he dug up was not Taixu soil, but Biluo grass.

Sheng He became alert and was about to get up, but he saw in the reflection above the sky that the school of fish that had just gathered together suddenly fled in all directions as if they were frightened by something.

A loach that was pitch black and covered in mud slowly floated up from the bottom of the lake. Sheng He rubbed his eyes to make sure that he was not seeing things. The loach suddenly appeared from the bottom of the lake and then slowly floated up.

Sheng He immediately went over and saw a black fish that was as thick as a wrist and looked like a loach. It had six long whiskers around its mouth and its fins were small and round like shells.

Among a group of colorful and large fish, this fish is considered ordinary.

But it didn't move and continued to float up until it reached the surface of the water, when it was only a layer of ice away from Sheng He's palm. Then it turned over on its belly and fell on its back on the water.

Looks like dead.

There were no schools of fish approaching within a few feet, and the black fish's mouth was indeed pointing in the same direction.

If we say that this is the strange fish, it seems reasonable.

Sheng He stretched out his fingers and tapped the ice gently, and the black fish moved its tail symbolically, as if to prove that it was still alive and not dead.

Sheng He took out the compass again and smashed it against the ice. With a loud "bang", huge ripples appeared on the lake water and half of the fish in Mirror Lake were frightened and fled in all directions.

The wooden compass cracked a little, but the ice beneath her feet was not damaged at all, not even a speck of debris fell off.

The black fish closest to it was too lazy to move at all, its long whiskers swaying with the ripples of the lake, but all pointing to the same place.

Only then did Sheng He dare to confirm that this fish was the "strange fish". He put away the compass and walked in the direction the black fish pointed.

After reaching the shore, Sheng He took out a shovel and started digging without hesitation, digging up the top layer of snow and frozen soil, revealing fertile black soil underneath.

Rich spiritual energy rushed towards her. Sheng He picked up a small piece of black soil, and a small ball of spiritual energy flowed into her dantian through her fingertips. Sheng He suddenly felt comfortable all over, and the earth spiritual roots in her dantian seemed to be thicker.

This is indeed Taixu Land!

Sheng He sat cross-legged on the snow, took out a bottle of pills from the storage ring and swallowed them. She had no intention of refining the Taixu soil and tempering the earth spirit roots immediately.

She had been in seclusion for a year, and her cultivation was already unstable. When facing the assassins from the Seven Killing Pavilion, she forced herself to increase her cultivation, which caused damage to her meridians and a regression in her cultivation. If she were to force herself to refine the Taixu Soil now, she would probably suffer hidden injuries in her body, which would be detrimental to her future pill formation.

It is better to heal your wounds first and consolidate your cultivation before refining the Taixu Soil.

…

Five years later, by Mirror Lake.

Sheng He slowly opened her eyes. Because of the rich spiritual energy brought by the Taixu Soil here, her cultivation was twice as effective with half the effort. Not only did she successfully refine the Taixu Soil, but her cultivation level was also constantly improving.

Now, she has reached the great perfection of foundation building and is only one step away from the golden elixir.

Sheng He stood up and patted the light snow that had fallen on his body. Now, it was time to leave.

However, she had one important thing to do before leaving.

Sheng He took out a shovel from behind him and started digging the soil on the ground.

She still remembered that at the last Wanbao auction, just a small box of Taixu soil was sold at the high price of five thousand mid-grade spirit stones.

Although some of this was due to her provocation, it also shows that the Taixu soil is very valuable.

What she was standing on was not Taixu soil, but handfuls of spirit stones!

Sheng He put a full bag of Taixu soil into the storage bag, then took out the Ao Shuang Sword and left Jinghu with satisfaction.

She did not leave the Far North directly, but came to Snow Wind City.

In that familiar snowfield, Sheng He was waiting quietly with his sword on his back.

After a while, a huge city appeared in front of her.

The city lord still had a generous smile on his face, but his complexion looked inexplicably haggard.

"You're back. Have you changed your mind?"

"No, I'm here to repay the city lord for saving my life."

Sheng He stretched out her hand towards the city lord, and a seed of green grass lay quietly in the palm of her hand.

"Although the roots, stems and leaves of the Blue Sky Grass are all extremely poisonous, if they are taken together, they can remove the inner demons. I think maybe the city lord needs this."

"It's easy to grow. It will grow and bloom in less than an hour. But you'd better keep an eye on it. If it's a blue grass with intelligence, it will grow legs and run away."

Sheng He was talking on and on, and suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "Is Xiaozhi okay?"

The city lord's face turned even paler, as he thought of the fire again. In the blaze, Xiaozhi huddled in her grandma's arms with a look of pain on her face. The fire burned her body, and the black dog lay on her and her grandma's charred bodies, whimpering softly.

"good."

"Well, she's fine, and so is Grandma."

Sheng He stuffed the seeds into the city lord's hand and said with a smile: "That's good, city lord, take care of yourself."

The city lord nodded, looked at Sheng He's slowly leaving back, then lowered his head to look at the seeds of the blue grass in his hand.

"Daddy, don't you want to be at peace?"

"Are you going to kill An'an and Xiaozhi with this?"

"No, no."

The city lord quickly denied: "Daddy will never abandon An An again."

As if to show his determination, he clenched his right fist, exerted a little force, and the seeds of the blue grass turned into powder.