King of Creation
Chapter 155 - 153 Ice Spirit Crystal (Second Update)

Chapter 155: Chapter 153 Ice Spirit Crystal (Second Update)

"Wow, I am freezing to death!"

Merely twenty to thirty breaths after diving into the Cold Pool, Han Shi burst out of the water like a startled fish. The Protective Gang Qi he had upon entering the water had already shattered, and he was shivering uncontrollably, his face turning an ashen blue.

"No way, it’s too cold... The cold current here, even my Protective... Gang Qi can’t withstand it..." Han Shi’s teeth were chattering nonstop as he climbed ashore.

"How about I give it a try? I have a mental method that can activate Fire Force, which might resist the cold," Ren Xihua suggested.

After Ye Zhen and Han Shi nodded, Ren Xihua’s Spiritual Power surged around him, gradually generating a scorching heat. The next moment, when Ren Xihua dived into the Cold Pool, he was like a red-hot iron block dropped into water, sizzling audibly!

But within just ten breaths, Ren Xihua burst out from the Cold Pool even faster than Han Shi, looking even more distressed.

"This is deadly... this Cold Pool can definitely... kill! Even if... there are treasures... there’s no... life to retrieve them!"

The shivering forms of Han Shi and Ren Xihua completely disheartened Ye Zhen.

Was the Cold Pool really so terrifying?

However, Ye Zhen had personally heard the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool mention treasures. He would not be content without exploring it himself.

"Let me give it a try..."

Taking a deep breath, Ye Zhen’s Hundred Stacked True Qi rapidly flickered around his body, and in an instant, he layered ten levels of Protective Gang Qi around himself.

With a grave determination, Ye Zhen jumped into the Cold Pool. The moment he submerged, he immediately switched to Inner Breath mode, with his True Essence Spiritual Power circulating ceaselessly within. As long as his True Essence was not exhausted, Ye Zhen was bound not to drown.

The moment he hit the water, Ye Zhen was shocked by the temperature.

It wasn’t too cold!

It wasn’t cold at all!

With just a slight intention, Ye Zhen could distinctly feel the temperature of the pool water.

Were Han Shi and Ren Xihua deceiving him?

That couldn’t be! The appearances of them being frozen into ghastly figures were definitely not something they could fake.

Could it be that they weren’t deep enough?

With his True Essence stirring, Ye Zhen sank towards the bottom of the Cold Pool. In less than ten breaths, he almost reached the bottom.

The temperature at the bottom of the Cold Pool was indeed lower, but it was certainly within an endurable range. Ye Zhen estimated that even if he dispelled his Protective Gang Qi, he could still withstand the temperature at the bottom of the Cold Pool.

"Strange!"

Numerous question marks flashed across Ye Zhen’s forehead.

"Is this the bottom?"

The Cold Pool was like a massive bucket, its bottom filled with bizarre rocks and sparkling Spirit Light!

Spirit Light?

Surprise instantly flitted across Ye Zhen’s cheeks.

He flipped over, and the entire scene at the bottom of the Cold Pool came into full view before Ye Zhen’s eyes.

Spirit Crystals!

Ghostly white Spirit Crystals!

The bottom of the Cold Pool was scattered with about a hundred pieces of ghostly white Spirit Crystals, vaguely emitting a chill.

"Could these be the extremely rare Ice Attribute Spirit Crystals?"

Instinctively, Ye Zhen reached out to pick one up.

Hiss!

The moment his fingertips touched an Ice Spirit Crystal, a soul-deep icy coldness transmitted from Ye Zhen’s fingertips.

In that instant, Ye Zhen felt his Divine Soul almost getting frozen, that coldness was bone-chilling, starting from his fingertips extending to his flesh and blood, giving an immediate sensation of being encased in ice.

Instinctively, Ye Zhen furiously prompted his Divine Sense, his abundant True Essence mixed with Spiritual Power burst forth in time to counteract this deadly chill.

With lingering fear, he withdrew his frostbitten fingers, Ye Zhen then carefully examined the hundred pieces of Ice Spirit Crystals on the bottom of the Cold Pool.

Indeed, these Attribute Spirit Crystals were even more formidable than described in the books.

Attribute Spirit Crystals were extremely rare treasures, and Ye Zhen hadn’t expected to discover hundreds of them here.

Wait, something wasn’t right!

A very serious issue suddenly occurred to Ye Zhen.

This chillingly powerful Ice Spirit Crystal was in the pool water, which should have made the water icy to the extreme. If he was in the middle of the Cold Pool, he should be experiencing cold like Han Shi and Ren Xihua, which would be normal.

But eerily, Ye Zhen felt no cold at all!

This discovery instantly threw Ye Zhen into a panic.

Something was definitely wrong!

Upon further observation, Ye Zhen also noticed that there was no other passage at the bottom of the Cold Pool, and while descending he had not seen the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool.

Moreover, there wasn’t a trace of blood in the Cold Pool; Ye Zhen was certain that Luv Congfei’s sword had not killed the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool.

So where did the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool go?

Ye Zhen’s scalp tingled instantly.

A ridiculous conjecture suddenly surfaced in Ye Zhen’s mind—the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool must be an extremely terrifying entity. Not to mention, those clear and pure eyes could definitely not belong to a mere old tortoise.

"Junior Brother Ye, are you alright!"

Suddenly, Han Shi’s figure rushed down from above, concerned about Ye Zhen being underwater for too long, he had dived back into the Cold Pool to look for him.

"Senior Brother Han, I’m fine!"

"Ah, it’s too cold, I can’t stand it!"

Almost as soon as Ye Zhen replied, Han Shi shouted loudly and fled from the Cold Pool as if his life depended on it.

An extraordinarily eerie expression suddenly surfaced on Ye Zhen’s face.

The same water, why could he almost not feel the cold?

"Senior Tortoise?"

"Senior Tortoise, is that you?" Ye Zhen knew that this time he might really have met a formidable expert.

Unfortunately, there was no response!

After calling out several times with no reply, Ye Zhen started to carefully use his Divine Sense to activate the True Essence and clumsily, with great effort, began collecting pieces of Ice Spirit Crystals into his Storage Bracelet.

You wouldn’t believe it, but it was only because Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense had reached the Capturing Realm, and his ability to control True Essence was quite powerful, otherwise, he wouldn’t even know how to collect these Ice Spirit Crystals.

Even so, it took Ye Zhen half an hour to collect all 103 pieces of Ice Spirit Crystals. During this time, Han Shi and Ren Xihua had come down several times to check on him.

The moment he collected the last Ice Spirit Crystal, a palm-sized Jade Scroll suddenly appeared at the bottom of the Cold Pool.

"A Jade Scroll?"

Ye Zhen’s heart throbbed violently, and he quickly stowed away the Jade Scroll.

Ye Zhen had heard of such things as Jade Scrolls; it was said that some high-level Cultivation Technique Manuals were recorded on them.

That is to say, the Jade Scroll Ye Zhen picked up from the bottom of the Cold Pool could possibly be a high-level Cultivation Technique Manual.

However, at this moment, even if Ye Zhen was curious, he had no time to look at it.

"Senior Tortoise, I know you are secretly helping me, Junior Ye Zhen thanks you deeply!"

With utmost respect, he performed a formal gesture in all four directions and floated upward suddenly, breaking through the water like a swordfish.

When Ye Zhen surfaced from the Cold Pool looking completely normal, both Han Shi and Ren Xihua stared at him as if they had seen a ghost.

"Junior Brother Ye, I couldn’t even last thirty breaths inside, yet you stayed there for half an hour." Han Shi started with a wry smile.

"I have learned an Ice Force method from Instructor Liao..."

"Right, Senior Brother Ye, did you find any treasures?" Ren Xihua asked with a hopeful look.

In the end, Ye Zhen shook his head and fumbled his way out using the excuse of looking for the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool.

Since neither Ren Xihua nor Han Shi had found the Ice Spirit Crystals, yet he could treat the Cold Pool as if it were nothing and easily stay there for half an hour.

It seemed certain that the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool had intentionally given him, Ye Zhen, this opportunity, and he was not inclined to share it casually.

However, Ye Zhen was somewhat perplexed as to why the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool would give him this opportunity.

Could it be because of the Cloud Winged Tiger, Little White?

At this moment, Ye Zhen was full of question marks.

"Senior Brother Han, Junior Brother Ren, since there are no treasures, let’s hurry up and leave! If we delay too long, Luv Congfei might play some tricks!"

"Okay!"

Responding to him, Han Shi’s face showed a flush of embarrassment, "Junior Brother Ye, Junior Brother Ren, this time, I have wronged you two. If it weren’t for you, Ye Zhen, Ren Xihua and I would have been completely trapped by Luv Congfei."

"Haha, no worries, Senior Brother Han, if it weren’t for you, where would we have gotten such a great haul this time?"

"Yeah! Low Grade Artifacts, ah! When we get back, I guess Changsun Ran and the others, and even a few True Inheritors, are going to be green with envy!" Ren Xihua laughed.

Laughing, the three of them headed back the way they had come.

Passing by the stele that marked the Black Water Legacy Mansion, confusion rose again in Ye Zhen’s mind—this Black Water Legacy Mansion was definitely not merely a simple Cultivation residence of a predecessor.

Luckily, Luv Congfei didn’t mess with them on the way back.

Actually, he didn’t dare to, nor could he really, unless he no longer wanted to live.

Using the old method, Ye Zhen and the others climbed several miles of cave walls without any incidents, passing through the dense Black Gold Python clusters.

"Everyone be careful, I have the highest Cultivation, I’ll go first!"

In front of the vortex’s torrents, Han Shi’s Spiritual Power burst forth as he voluntarily took the lead going upstream to confront any potential dangers.

Just as Ye Zhen and the others were ascending against the turbulent whirlpool, the previously invisible figure of the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool once again appeared out of nowhere.

An ancient, age-old voice began to echo inside the Black Water Legacy Mansion.

"This time... I wonder what hope... it might bring to me..."

The moment the echoing voice vanished, the figure of the Old Tortoise of the Cold Pool sharply sank into the Cold Pool, disappearing without a trace, along with the entire pool of water.

Only a dry well was left in its place.

"Good thing, Luv Congfan didn’t pull any tricks!" The three of them safely breached the surface without any ambush, and Han Shi sighed in relief.

"Thankfully..."

At that very moment, a figure suddenly emerged from the reeds, blocking the path of Ye Zhen and the others. The figure, a Martial Artist in green clothes and a blood-stained bandage, stepped forward.

The long sword in his hand trembled, sending out Sword Gang in all directions.

"Just came out of the Secret Realm, huh? Hand over your Storage Bracelets, and you will be spared!"

Han Shi paused, then suddenly laughed, "Just you alone, yet you think to rob the three of us..."

Hmph!

Four ear-splittingly sharp sounds instantly rang out.

"What about us four brothers?"

From the directions of front, back, left, and right, four Martial Artists similarly dressed in green clothes and blood-stained bandages instantly appeared.

The moment they appeared, Ren Xihua cried out in alarm, "You guys are the Green-clothed Five Killers?"