12dz Chapter 92: An Unexpected Gain
Chapter 92: An Unexpected Gain
Yang Jiuli looked at the distant 'Hanlu Island' with his divine sense, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.
Since four years ago, on the day of Li Xian's wedding, Yang Jiuli learned that the Li family patriarch had begun to collect some of the medicinal materials for the "Replenishing Vitality and Correcting Self Pill," he had been planning to implement it, but he still needed to plan it slowly.
After all, if this matter were exposed, it would inevitably attract the pursuit of the entire Li family of Yunmeng Lake.
One must be careful and cautious.
Now that the Xuan Yu Python has broken through, he can complete this matter without anyone noticing!
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As night deepened...
On Snowfall Island, a small jade python burrowed into the lake from underground.
The little python was very cautious; even when it reached the bottom of the lake, it burrowed underground and made its way towards the 'Cold Dew Island' ahead.
Cold Dew Island is the final resting place of the Li family patriarch after his passing. Only those who have reached the Foundation Establishment level are qualified to be buried in the Cold Spirit Cave.
As a result, the entire Hanlu Island was shrouded in restrictions.
Except for ancestral worship, no one is allowed to set foot on this island.
Only a few Qi Refining cultivators remain on the entire island year-round.
Because of the restrictions, the cultivators guarding the ancestral land of Wanfu became rather lazy.
However, the so-called restriction can isolate the space above ground, but it cannot reach the depths of the earth.
Only a third-order grand formation can isolate the underground or even seal off a small space.
At this moment, a small python burrowed directly from the depths of the earth into Hanlu Island.
After sensing several times, the little python finally arrived at the area where a cold cave was located.
This is a cold cave filled with icy crystals.
The frost crystals on the ground were incredibly hard, and even ordinary low-grade magic weapons could not break them.
But at that moment, ripples appeared on the icy ground, and a small white jade snake, about the size of two thumbs, popped its head out.
The little snake peered around, sensed something, and then left.
This little snake is naturally Yang Jiuli's Xuanyu Python, Bingbing.
On Snowfall Island, dozens of miles away, Yang Jiuli connected with the Xuan Yu Python's vision and perception through bloodline markings.
Through the perspective of the Jade Python, he saw that there were rows of cold jade stone platforms inside the ice cave.
These jade stone platforms are arranged in a triangular pattern.
On that giant platform, a coffin made of Phoebe zhennan wood was placed.
A chill permeated the wooden coffin.
There is also a stone tablet in front with the name of the person in the coffin.
"Li Fengyue..." The little snake locked onto a spot at the very top of the cold cave.
The golden nanmu coffin was positioned at the top of all the coffins, like the apex of a pyramid.
There is also a memorial tablet in front of the coffin.
It was none other than Li Fengyue, the first Foundation Establishment Ancestor of the Li family, who laid the foundation for the clan's Yunmeng Lake.
In addition, there is an ancestral coffin below Li Fengyue.
He was none other than Li Menghu, the ancestor who revived the Li family.
The fact that a junior like him is placed in such an important position is enough to demonstrate the Li family's respect and affirmation of him.
In addition, there were nine other coffins.
The remaining empty Cold Jade Platforms were clearly reserved for the younger, Foundation Establishment ancestors.
"Eleven Foundation Establishment Ancestors!" Upon seeing this, Yang Jiuli murmured on Snowfall Island, "This Li family does have some foundation."
It should be noted that there are currently four Foundation Establishment experts working at Lijia Yunmeng Lake.
In addition, the Li family has a total of five Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Azure Flame Immortal Sect.
Twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators have emerged in just six hundred years; such a foundation is truly terrifying!
This was thanks to Li Menghu's later policy change, which began sending the clan's geniuses to the Azure Flame Immortal Sect.
Instead of sending in geniuses with mediocre talent.
After all, the Li family has limited resources, and some top geniuses would only be wasted if they stayed in the Li family.
However, going to the Azure Flame Immortal Sect would undoubtedly provide another way out.
This is why the Li family of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect has achieved the current status of having five Foundation Establishment cultivators.
There were even a few Foundation Establishment seeds among them.
This has propelled the Li family to new heights, and they are poised to become the leading Foundation Establishment family under the Qingyan Immortal Sect.
Under Yang Jiuli's divine guidance, the little snake approached the coffins.
The coffin did not exhibit any unusual fluctuations.
"There are no restrictions on the coffin!" Upon seeing this, Yang Jiuli was overjoyed, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was completely relieved.
In this way, he can peacefully cultivate in the Li family for a few more years!
However, he did not act immediately.
Because the Li family comes here every year to worship their ancestors.
Taking action now would only arouse the Li family's suspicion and bring unnecessary trouble.
Subsequently, Yang Jiuli used his consciousness to make Bingbing leave the cold cave.
The Jade Python was quite docile; it burrowed underground and disappeared.
There wasn't a single trace left on the ground.
This is the mystery of the "Earth-遁术" (Earth-遁术).
Those who master such techniques can vaporize the soil wherever they go, as if they share the same origin as the caster.
It's like using the "wall-penetrating technique".
It passed through the wall without causing any damage or leaving any trace.
Bingbing disappeared underground.
Just as Yang Jiuli was about to withdraw his divine sense.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
However, Bingbing changed her underground escape trajectory and sped away into the depths of the earth.
The little guy seemed very excited, as if he had discovered some magical creature that had captured its heart.
"Could there be some treasure hidden beneath 'Cold Dew Island'?" Yang Jiuli's heart skipped a beat.
His divine sense, which he was about to withdraw, remained within the blood pact rune within Bingbing's body.
Through Bingbing's perspective, Yang Jiuli's divine sense was also sensing the fluctuations in the underground airflow.
The little black jade python continued to dive deeper into the earth's veins.
One hundred zhang deep:
Two hundred zhang deep:
Three hundred feet deep:
When they reached a depth of four hundred feet, Yang Jiuli's divine sense, which was integrated into the blood talisman, began to feel a tremendous pressure from the earth's core.
However, the little black jade python continued to sneak away.
Snakes and pythons are naturally adept at hiding in burrows.
They have an innate affinity with the earth.
It was precisely because of this that the Xuanyu Python was able to awaken its bloodline inheritance, the "Earth Escape Technique".
At this moment, through the sensory connection of the Xuan Yu Python, Yang Jiuli was able to sense an extremely dense cold air underground.
"It seems that the second-tier cold vein is located below," Yang Jiuli thought to himself.
The little Jade Python burrowed a full seven hundred feet underground. (On the island's surface, seven hundred feet below is already deep in the lakebed.)
Once you arrive here, without a special "earth-escaping technique" and a connection with the earth, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would feel their divine sense being crushed by the power of the earth's core. Therefore, very few people are able to escape into the depths of the earth to explore the earth veins.
The pressure at the Earth's core in the cultivation world is incomparable to that of Earth.
Seven hundred feet underground, the scene is completely different.
Because the Little Jade Python's "Earth Escape Technique" is in harmony with the earth.
Yang Jiuli's body seemed to merge with the earth's veins. Through the perspective of the little Xuanyu Python, he saw a vast earth vein underground. Dense cold air flowed within the vein, like a great river rushing about, its destination unknown and seemingly endless.
"If I cultivate in this ley line, I think I can advance a small realm in less than a year!" Yang Jiuli murmured.
The Jade Python mutated.
Having become the Ice Python, it usually cultivates by consuming cold energy.
No wonder the little guy was reluctant to leave and instead disappeared into the depths of the earth's veins.
It must have sensed the location of this cold vein back then.
Just as Yang Jiuli was pondering this, the Xuan Yu Python continued to descend.
It stopped when it had descended 720 feet underground.
It's not because this is its limit.
Instead, a cold cave suddenly appeared below.
Inside the icy cave, there was a massive, thousand-foot-deep icy pool.
Countless dense wisps of cold air surged forth from this frigid pool.
This seems to be one of the key points of this cold pulse.
"The pulse point...it's actually the pulse point!" Upon seeing this, Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened.
"That's the chilling aura!" In his delight, he noticed a patch of white-tinged, dark-colored chilling aura beside the cold pool.
This was none other than the chilling aura that Yang Jiuli had been longing for.
Within that icy pool, wisps of faint, chilling energy were taking shape, eventually coalescing into a cluster in the air.
This chilling aura was as big as an iron pot.
"Such a vast and powerful aura of coldness is enough to cultivate the 'Heavenly Fiend Body Refining Technique' to the first level of perfection!" Yang Jiuli was overjoyed.
Upon arriving at this place, the Jade Python began to devour the cold energy from the earth's veins.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye.
The Xuanyu Python devoured the food for three days and three nights before Yang Jiuli urged it to return to Luoxue Island.
As night deepened...
Carried by the Xuan Yu Python, Yang Jiuli used the "Earth Escape Technique" to create a halo around it, and together they burrowed underground, heading towards the depths of Hanlu Island in the distance.
Even with the Xuan Yu Python's earth-burrowing technique protecting him, Yang Jiuli still felt difficulty breathing when he went 500 feet underground.
After going 600 zhang deeper, he felt dizzy, his blood was churning and flowing backward.
Upon arriving at the underground pulse point, he felt as if his blood was about to burst.
Yang Jiuli also cultivated the "Heavenly Fiend Body Refining Technique" and also knew the Five Elements Escape Technique.
Otherwise, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would suffer a cracked bloodline and die if they came to this underground place.
Even Yang Jiuli only managed to maintain his sanity thanks to his powerful mental strength.
"This power of the earth's core is truly terrifying!" Yang Jiuli rubbed his forehead, his brows furrowed tightly.
When the Jade Python stopped, Yang Jiuli felt dizzy and could barely stand.
However, at that moment, a ripple appeared in his sea of consciousness on the Three Lives Stone, which then formed a light shield to protect him.
Under the protection of the Three Lives Qi, the pressure from the earth's core gradually weakened, and Yang Jiuli felt the pressure decrease sharply.
"Luckily I have the Three Lives Stone, otherwise I wouldn't be able to properly condense the 'Frosty Qi' here," Yang Jiuli murmured.
He moved and landed on the pulse point area that contained 'chilling energy'.
That's the edge of the pulse point.
Then, he sat cross-legged and began to circulate the "Heavenly Fiend Connecting Technique" to draw the cold fiend energy into his body to temper his muscles, bones, and skin.
The Jade Python, meanwhile, was happily absorbing the cold air nearby.
……
Time passed quietly.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, Yang Jiuli would sneak into the earth veins beneath "Cold Dew Island" every night to condense "Cold Fiend Qi".
Returning just before sunrise.
In this way, there's no fear of revealing a flaw.
After all, he had a first-tier high-grade array protecting him on Snowfall Island.
The first-order formation in the training room was also activated.
When the two are combined, even Foundation Establishment cultivators find it difficult to discern the truth within.
Unless we break through their formation.
He is a first-grade high-level alchemist, and is considered a talent in the Li family of Yunmeng Lake.
Naturally, no one would dare to offend them.
This day was the ninth day of the sixth lunar month.
Yang Jiuli and Bingbing returned to Snowfall Island before sunrise.
Yang Jiuli sat cross-legged in the cultivation room.
With a flick of his hand, wisps of white-tinged-black "chilling aura" appeared in his palm.
"Three years have passed, and my 'Heavenly Fiend Connecting Technique' has reached the first level of perfection... My combat power is comparable to the late-stage perfection of Qi Refining."
"It can even fight against those in the early stages of Foundation Establishment!" Yang Jiuli whispered.
Over the course of three years, he condensed all the chilling aura within that vein.
It not only tempered my physique.
Those chilling auras also became his chilling true energy, which can be considered as stepping into the Grandmaster realm in martial arts.
With this, he was already able to unleash the final few grandmaster-level martial arts moves of the "Snowflake Sword Technique".
Even the "Frostbite Palm" technique has been mastered to perfection. Yang Jiuli's martial arts skills are comparable to those of a grandmaster.
If he were to encounter those incompetent Foundation Establishment stage cultivators who had only achieved their initial stage through the use of elixirs, he would actually have a fighting chance.
The pure, cold, malevolent energy within him was far more powerful than any mixed or scattered magical energy when he used martial arts.
The two are not comparable.