Chapter 112: The World of Ice and Snow!

  In the distance, on a yellow spring road, a red-clothed girl was picking spiritual grass on the reef rocks. The surrounding river water was turbulent and looked very menacing. The girl didn't care at all, put away the spiritual grass, and then went back leisurely.

  "Brush!"

  A fish monster rushed up, and the girl's figure was dazed for a moment before she returned to the bridge, her red clothes fluttering.

  This girl is none other than Yu Lian.

  After several successful attempts, she also discovered the rules here. With a few light and easy moves, she picked the spiritual grass. Although her defense was not good and might not be able to withstand the fish monster's attack, as a disciple of Yinyang Mountain, her physical skills were absolutely top-notch, elusive and invisible, and the fish monster couldn't catch up with her.

  "Coagulant grass, three grains."

  Yu Lian silently counted and put away the spiritual grass, continuing to move forward. However, a moment later, she was stunned because what appeared in front of her was actually the Dream Spirit!

  "This kind of thing..."

  Yuè Lián's eyes sparkled with realization, and she understood that everything under the mountain was actually from the Huang Quan secret realm. She recalled the last time they were in the Zhōng Rǔ Cave, when Yuè Lián's eyes had flashed with a warm light. On that day, they had relied on each other for survival, and Xià Lín had tightly grasped her hand as they faced danger together. Neither of them had given up, and it was actually a beautiful memory.

  "Moon Lotus murmured to herself, 'Fantasy Dream Spirit...' A faint smile appeared on her face, adding a touch of brightness to the entire Netherworld Road."

  "Beautiful things are ultimately too dangerous."

  "Brush!"

  A curved knife flashed, cutting through a strand of black flax, and was inserted into the rocky reef. A four-product spiritual grass that could shock, covet, and drive people crazy was easily cut off by Moon Lotus.

  That's how Yu Lian handles things.

  She is not Xia Lin, without Xia Lin's terrifying defensive power, so she walks her own best route. Very self-aware, what can be taken and what cannot be taken, she is crystal clear.

  The Phantom Dream Spirit was cut off and there was no more threat from the Illusory Realm.

  Moon lotus effortlessly jumped past. Picked up two stalks of coagulated blood grass and turned back to dodge the fish monster's attack with ease.

  "The four spiritual herbs have appeared, it should be soon, right?" Yu Lian said lightly, and with a flash of movement, she continued walking forward.

  ……

  The same situation was encountered by Xia Lin and others, but also by everyone who entered the Huangquan Secret Realm.

  The first checkpoint of the Yellow Spring Secret Realm, the Yellow Spring Road!

  Endless spiritual grass!

  In the past, it was rare to see two-product spiritual grass, but here it is countless, and those with good luck can also encounter three-product spiritual grass, top-grade coagulating blood grass, which can make a warrior's body even more solid. It's an extremely rare and precious find! And apart from this, at the end of the Yellow Spring Road, there will also be the legendary four-product spiritual grass, Phantom Dream Spirit Grass!

  Every end of the Yellow Spring Road can be met, this is a rich spiritual grass banquet!

  But unfortunately. Generally, they coexist with crises, and these spiritual herbs are not easy to obtain. Many people jumped off the bridge and were killed by the fish monsters that ambushed them.

  The azure terror, the giant fish monster, its massive body alone is enough to rival the power of the Condensed Sea Peak. Even so, no one dares to confront it on the reef. If you're not careful and get pushed into the water, you'll die without knowing how.

  Two spiritual grasses, Xuanling Grass and Ling Grass, were obtained by many cyclones with good luck and strength. The third spiritual grass, Ningxue Grass, can only be obtained by the old and powerful Conghai Peak!

  As for the Four Spirit Grass, Dreamy Illusion Spirit, no one dares to try it!

  Even with Miren's current terrifying strength, she doesn't dare touch it, let alone others?

  Several people who passed by the Yuanyuan boundary frowned slightly and left directly.

  The danger of the Illusory Spirit is clearer to them than to others! They dare not try even more, and more importantly, this thing has no help for them at present. It's useless to keep it, but a pity to abandon it, just like a chicken rib, it's really not worth taking risks.

  Only Xia Lin and Green who didn't know the danger dared to make a move on him.

  Finally got it successfully.

  Upon entering the Yellow Spring Secret Realm, this path is the most comfortable.

  As long as you stay safely on the bridge, there will be no danger at all! The bridge is the safest place, and if you understand this point, it's not a problem to walk through the Yellow Spring Road with ease.

  The premise is that you must be able to resist the temptation of countless spiritual grasses around you.

  Few people can achieve this point.

  Knowing that there are countless spiritual herbs around, why not take them? If it's for safety reasons, then don't come back here! Those who dare to venture into the secret realm are mostly ruthless characters. They also know clearly that if they can't even pass the first hurdle, then forget about walking further!

  Of course... there are always exceptions, such as now, on a certain road, a young man is savoring the scenery around him.

  "Wow, what a wonderful spirit grass!"

  "Wow, Bloodgrass!"

  "Wow, iris!"

  "Wow, fish monster!"

  Innumerable exclamations of surprise emerged from the young people's mouths, as if everything was filled with novelty, like a martial artist encountering a spiritual herb for the first time, then... nothing.

  The young man's face was flushed with excitement, his mouth uttering exclamations one after another, but his body remained motionless, standing firmly on the iron chain bridge. One hand grasped the iron chain, slowly moving forward, seemingly only astonished by the countless spiritual grasses.

  This young man is Dongfang Xuan!

  After passing on the message to Hei Feng Zhai, he also shamelessly charged in... Although, he only had a four-layered tempered physique... Hmm, no, it was actually a five-layered tempered physique, and he had actually progressed by one layer! It was simply unbelievable for him.

  Although his strength was weak, he still came in without hesitation.

  The legendary Yellow Spring Secret Realm! Although I have no fate with the Yellow Spring and Green Falls, being able to experience the Yellow Spring Secret Realm is not a waste of this life.

  "It's indeed worthy of being the Netherworld Secret Realm. This single path to the Netherworld is fraught with danger, accompanied by countless spiritual herbs." Dongfang Xuan exclaimed in admiration, it was truly a natural treasure trove.

  "Wow, Phantom Spirit!"

  Dongfang Xuan looked at the few stalks of spiritual grass in the distance with surprise, "All four grades of spiritual grass have appeared? It's too unbelievable."

  "I'm actually getting more and more excited about what's coming next."

  After the surprise, Dongfang Xuan held onto the iron chain and walked slowly, not daring to let go. The coolness of the chain made him feel extremely safe. What was this Fantian Xianling thing? He had read about it in books before. Even if he were a Return to Origin cultivator, he wouldn't dare touch it. If he wasn't careful, he would end up dead and without a place to be buried!

  Dongfang Xuan left, among countless warriors desperately seeking spiritual grass. Very unusual, like a passing traveler.

  After passing through the trap of the Phantom Spirit, the seemingly endless iron chain bridge finally reached its end. On the other side of the bridge was a towering high mountain, and the bridge connected to a two-meter-high cave. It seemed like a passage, with a faint white light on the opposite side, which seemed very bright, in stark contrast to the darkness here.

  Xia's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise as he entered the cave, which seemed to be only five or six meters deep. Not very long, after walking through it easily, what was in front of him shocked him again.

  Snow!

  Endless snow!

  What suddenly appeared before one's eyes was a world of ice and snow!

  Only about ten meters apart, it's like heaven and earth, Xia Lin looked down at his feet, still the familiar Huangquan River water, but there was no bridge. Because it's not needed, all the river water is frozen, this is a complete ice plain!

  Xia Lin relied on her excellent hearing and listened carefully for a moment. The frozen river water was at least five meters thick! Five meters below, the turbulent Huangquan River water was flowing.

  What's even more astonishing is that the river water underfoot is a vast expanse of white, completely different from the light yellow color of the Yellow Spring River!

  "What kind of world is this?"

  Xia Lin exclaimed in surprise, taking a tentative step forward. He walked onto the icy tundra, unscathed!

  "Shall we proceed?"

  Xia furrowed his brow and retreated two steps, entering the mountain cave. He took out all of the Congxuecao. He didn't plan on advancing any further. The front was fraught with danger, and at this time, it was necessary to increase his strength a bit. Without a doubt, compared to the Huangquan River water before and the icy plains ahead, this mountain cave was the safest no matter how you looked at it!

  "Five Clotting Grass, let me see just how far I can go."

  Xia Lin swallowed a Cong Blood Grass directly, and instantly, endless medicinal power drilled into his body, continuously improving his physique. The Breaking Sky Formula's second layer was fully activated, and his originally extremely powerful physical body was further enhanced.

  "Crack! Crack!"

  The bones between them seemed to be constantly grinding, the bones became more transparent and whiter, and also seemed to have more power. Xia Lin was able to easily feel that the strength in his left arm was increasing, increasing, and increasing again!

  One skeleton, two skeletons, five skeletons, ten...

  It continued until the 20th piece, when the speed of transformation suddenly slowed down. Xia Lin's eyebrows rose, and he swallowed another Congxuecao!

  "Crack! Crack!"

  The transformation continued, and piece by piece the skeleton completed its transformation. Soon, with a soft click, Xia Lin's mind stirred, and the thirty-two upper limb bones had transformed!

  "Two stalks of Coagulant Grass, Body Tempering Third Stage Cultivation Complete!"

  The increase in power left Xia Lin somewhat surprised, but soon he discovered a sad thing, that is... the imbalance of power.

  The strength of his left arm has increased too quickly, while his right arm is still as it was before the upgrade.

  This has also led to an imbalance in Xia Lin's power!

  It takes at least a few days to get used to it in everyday life, and the change brought by this unbalanced force is quite short, just a few days.

  What a wonderful time!

  Xia Lin slightly shook her head and without hesitation swallowed a Congxuecao, starting to boost again!

  "Crack! Crack!"

  The skeleton transforms again, this time it's his right arm!

  There are sixty-four upper limb bones, with thirty-two in each arm. The change now is in the thirty-two upper limb bones of the right arm.

  With the terrifying physique-enhancing herb, Congxuecao, Shali's strength continued to rise, but compared to last time, this time's enhancement seemed much more difficult.

  The skeleton evolved into the twelfth piece, and a Congealing Blood Grass was actually consumed!

  "Come again!"

  Xia Lin swallowed another coagulant grass again.

  "Boom!"

  The medicine was potent and wreaked havoc inside his body, once again altering his physique.

  The changing skeleton is also increasing, the twelfth piece, the thirteenth piece, the fifteenth piece, the twentieth piece...

  Summer silently counted, when the skeletal transformation reached the twenty-second piece, it stopped again!

  "Twenty-two..."

  Xia took a deep breath, "Still short of 10! The last Blood Coagulation Grass!"

  "Crack!"

  Summer arrived cleanly and neatly in one bite.

  One more time, charge!

  "Crack!"

  Twenty-five, twenty-eight, thirty!

  Thirty-one!

  Thirty-two!

  The last bone is undergoing its final fusion, although the medicinal power has been declining and gradually disappearing into nothingness. However, this last bit of medicinal power will still transform this bone completely!

  Quenching body fourth stage, complete!

  Xia Lin opened her eyes and clenched her fists tightly, feeling the surging power within.

  Double whammy!

  Now Xia Lin has stably broken through the fourth layer of Quan Ti, and is waiting at the boundary of Quan Ti's fifth layer. The fifth layer of Quan Ti refines the skeletal structure of his left leg, unfortunately... there is no longer any power to make a breakthrough.

  Xia Lin's mind stirred, and he checked the power of his Ben Ming star in the sea of consciousness.

  Power, Second Order Ninth Degree.

  Defense, third rank fifth stage.

  Speed, second-order three-stage.

  Second-order three-stage reaction

  Spiritual Power, Zero Rank Zero Stage.

  "Strength has reached 2nd rank 9th stage! Defense has reached 3rd rank 5th stage! This is absolutely a comprehensive upgrade! Speed and reaction have also reached 2nd rank 3rd stage, not falling behind at all." Xia Lin exclaimed.

  "Rivers and streams, such a defense should be enough to block your one move, shouldn't it?!"

  "Defense is already strong enough! Increasing it further would be pointless, to truly counter the rivers, a stronger power is needed! A stronger martial skill! And footwork!"

  After shouting out that heroic line, Xia Lin thought for a moment and realized that it seemed like he needed to comprehensively upgrade... even if his defense was stronger, he still had to bring it out in order for it to be useful!

  Having an empty body with defensive power is useless if there are no strong martial skills.

  Attack martial skills are temporarily sufficient, but defensive martial skills... there is only one fully cultivated Blood Golden Body, and due to the special nature of this skill and some reason, it was modified into a passive type. Although the increase in strength is welcome, having just one defensive martial skill would be perfect.

  As for footwork, let alone rivers and streams, Xia Lin seems to be unable to catch up with Yue Lian.

  All along, Xia Lin's speed has been relying on short-distance bursts! The only time he had to make a long-distance escape, he used the "Tiger Down the Mountain" move, and almost got himself blown to smithereens. If it weren't for Old Lady Yao passing by, he probably wouldn't be seen again now.

  The footwork and martial skills of Yinyang Mountain are indeed powerful.

  Xia Lin had once subtly expressed to Old Lady Yao his desire to learn the footwork martial skill, and Old Lady Yao also subtly told him that due to the special nature of the skill, he could only study it after cutting off his little brother below, which made him regretful.

  "A good martial art is hard to come by in a hundred years." Xia Lin sighed, "Ah...martial art, that's right! Secret skill, the second layer of Breaking Heaven Technique also has a secret skill, which I couldn't cultivate before, I don't know how it is now."

  Xia Lin tried to enter and took a look, only to find that Mo Zun's avatar was still in a gray state.

  "Tempering the body five times is still not enough to cultivate this secret technique. How many more times will it take?" Xia Lin was somewhat perplexed.

  "Never mind, no need to think so much. Since the cultivation is already complete, it's time to set off. I'd like to see what secrets this snowy plain hides."