Chapter One Hundred: Cold River

  Ning Cheng ignored the white-haired old woman who was chattering incessantly on one side, and quietly followed Meng Yu Jing from behind.

  Half an hour later, the two had already left Mozec City and arrived at a mountain village. The village was not very big, with about ten or more households.

  There are many such mountain villages around Moz City, some of which are adventurers or businessmen who often go to Moz City for business, and a small number are local residents.

  Just as Ning Cheng didn't know what Meng Yu Jing and that man were going to do, she and the man entered a house at the edge of the mountain village.

  Ning Cheng quickly arrived at the window of this house, and his divine sense carefully probed inside.

  The house was fully equipped with everything, not only a living room but also a bedroom. Judging from the actions of Meng Yu and the man, it was clear that they often came to this room.

  "Yu Jing, has he come looking for you yet?" The man asked somewhat absent-mindedly.

  "No, I think he's looking for his brother now. When he has the chance, he'll definitely come find me." Meng Yu Jing's voice was very low, as if she had drifted off into thought.

  "Yu Jie sister..." The man suddenly stuck to Meng Yu Jie's face, one hand wrapped around Meng Yu Jie's waist, and the other hand had already climbed onto Meng Yu Jie's chest.

  Ning Cheng felt a sense of sorrow for Kou Hong, who was still thinking about his fiancée before he died and wanted to send things to her. However, he didn't know that his fiancée had already changed her heart. If Kou Hong knew what kind of person his fiancée was, he probably wouldn't have continued to send things over.

  Ning Cheng was still guessing whether this small house was a secret meeting place for Meng Yu Jing and her new lover, when he suddenly felt a tightness in the back of his neck, and the next moment he was involuntarily led away from there.

  An old white-haired woman threw Ning City to the ground, "At such a young age, you're not afraid of having a long fight with chicken eyes. What's so good about this thing? Hurry up and go with me to Luolei River."

  Although Ning didn't say anything out loud, she cursed in her heart. If everyone who looked at this had a "chicken eye" (a Chinese idiom for someone who is jealous or resentful), then in places where certain V ( likely referring to a popular video platform) was rampant, there would be "chicken eyes" everywhere. This old lady really has no vision. Besides, if she didn't look herself, how would she know what he was looking at?

  ……

  The white-haired old woman was indeed not bragging, she brought Ning Cheng and in less than half a day they had already arrived at the Leirui River.

  In Ning Cheng's view, from Leiyin River to Mozhe City was even farther than when he first came out of the Leiyin Desert to Mozhe City. This white-haired old woman used a very ordinary flying treasure to bring him here in a short period of time, which showed how formidable she was, and Ning Cheng suspected that she hadn't even used her full strength.

  Looking down from the flying treasure, the lightning-baked river is a boundless expanse of water. The fine ripples on the surface make it feel like a warm and gentle great river. But the extremely deep color of the water makes Ning City involuntarily think of the River of Flowing Sand in Journey to the West.

  Eight hundred miles of shifting sands, three thousand feet of treacherous waters deep. Goose feathers float but cannot rise, reed flowers settle and sink to the bottom.

  "How can it be so cold here?" Ning Cheng exclaimed as soon as he stepped out of his flight treasure.

  The name "Boluo River" implies that the water temperature of this river is definitely very high, at least it's not lower than ordinary rivers. It's absolutely impossible to call a place so icy and bone-chilling "Boluo River".

  Still by the river, Ning Cheng felt a chill run down his spine. If he were to enter the river, would he still want to live? He was a cultivator with a condensed layer of true essence, and even if he didn't circulate his true essence, he shouldn't be this afraid of the cold.

  "This river has another name, the Cold River Forbidden Land. The name I mentioned, Leirui River, is a name from countless years ago, and now there are not many people who know this name. Most people only know that this is one of the two major ice-cold forbidden lands on the continent of Yixing, the Cold River Forbidden Land. Many people say that the true ice-cold forbidden land on the continent of Yixing is the Sick Wood Cold Cave, but they are all wrong, the truly icy place on the continent of Yixing is here, the Cold River Forbidden Land."

  The old woman with white hair seemed to be explaining to Ning Cheng, and also seemed to be talking to herself.

  Ning Cheng didn't think the old woman was wrong. He still stood by the river, and just feeling the chill to his bones, how frightening would it be if he were to enter the river?

  "I stayed in Nan Yuan City because I was poisoned by the cold toxin here. Originally, I thought I would never come back to this place again, but unexpectedly, you brought me the materials for the single-horned fire dragon turtle. I think it might be fate that lets me enter the Cold River Forbidden Land once more." The old woman sighed and surprisingly revealed all these things that Ning City hadn't asked about.

  "Why must it be a solitary dragon?" Ning Cheng asked in puzzlement.

  An old woman with white hair stared at the rippling river water in front of her and said in a soft voice, "No matter how high your cultivation is, even if you are a powerful body cultivator, you cannot withstand the icy chill of this cold river. Only by using the materials of the single-horned fire dragon turtle to refine the Water Ship Treasure can you enter the Cold River and reduce the invasion of cold poison to a minimum. Moreover, the single horn of the single-horned fire dragon turtle is used to refine the bow of the ship, which is also the fastest in the Cold River."

  Ning Cheng suddenly understood, no wonder this white-haired old woman's cultivation was so high, and she still attached such importance to his fourth-grade solitary horned dragon turtle. It turned out that it was for the sake of exploring the Cold River, but he didn't know what kind of treasure was inside the Cold River, which made this old woman so concerned.

  "In the past, I had found materials for two Unihorned Fire Dragon Turtles. The first one was a level 7 demonic beast, and its materials made me search almost the entire Cold River. Unfortunately, just as I was about to find what I needed, the Water Ship Treasure that the Unihorned Fire Dragon Turtle had refined was also corroded by the cold poison. Later, after many years, I obtained materials for another level 5 Unihorned Fire Dragon Turtle..."

  Ning Cheng's heart was racing as he listened to the white-haired old woman, wondering how terrifying her cultivation must be if she could obtain materials for a seventh-grade solo-horned fire dragon turtle. She must have at least reached the Shaping God Realm! No wonder she could sneak into his room without making a sound.

  The white-haired old woman didn't know that Ning Cheng was thinking about her terrifying cultivation, and continued to say, "That five-level solo-horned fire dragon turtle material-made water boat is far inferior to the seven-level fire dragon turtle material-made water boat. On my third trip into the Cold River, the water boat started to break apart. Luckily, at that time, I found what I was looking for. I thought that even if the water boat broke apart, with my abilities, holding on for one or two hours shouldn't be a problem..."

  Ning Cheng's heart sank again. The white-haired old woman had used a fifth-grade solo-horned fire dragon turtle to refine the water boat, but it only lasted three times under the Han River before shattering. Then wouldn't the fourth-grade solo-horned fire dragon turtle he gave to the white-haired old woman be unable to last even one trip? Once the water boat shattered, wouldn't he be unable to last even a few breaths?

  As expected, the white-haired old woman continued, "But I overestimated my ability. I didn't even last for an hour before being poisoned by a severe cold toxin. Helpless, I had to retreat from the Cold River and hide in a small place in Nan Yuan City to recover from my injuries. If it weren't for meeting you, I thought I would never be able to come back here again."

  "Senior, even the fifth-level Fire Dragon Tortoise can't last three rounds. The single-horned Fire Dragon Tortoise I gave you is only fourth level, isn't it even more..."

  Ning Cheng's words were not finished, but the white-haired old woman had already understood his meaning. She said in a light tone: "You don't have to worry, my equipment refining skills have also improved a lot. Besides, this time we only need one trip. And I know the path this time, so we will reach the bottom of the river where I want to go in the shortest time. Of course, if you are too slow when calculating the entrance and the watercraft breaks, I can do nothing about it. At most, I'll accompany you to die at the bottom of the Han River."

  Ning Cheng cursed inwardly, who wants an old woman like you to accompany him in death, but in the end he still couldn't find a reason to resist.

  The white-haired old woman didn't care about Ning City's silent resistance and directly took out a black, pointed, crescent-shaped boat. At the same time, she slapped the hull of the half-moon boat, and in the middle section, a hatch opened up, just like an escape pod.

  The old woman entered the cabin first and then said to Ning Cheng, "Come in quickly."

  Ning Cheng had no choice but to also crawl into the cabin entrance.

  The cabin was extremely small, barely enough for two people to squeeze in. Fortunately, one was an old white-haired woman and the other was less than twenty years old, so it wasn't too awkward.

  After Ning City was deceived into the cabin by the old woman, the white-haired old woman immediately closed the hatch and took out several spiritual stones embedded in the recesses in front of the two seats, while controlling the water boat to enter the river.

  Even in the cabin of the boat, after entering the cold river, a chill ran down Ning Cheng's spine.

  Ning Cheng's heart skipped a beat at the same time, extremely shocked.

  The white-haired old woman thought that Ning Cheng was surprised because of the icy coldness, and said somewhat disdainfully, "This is just the beginning of the Cold River, inside it's many times colder than this."

  Only Ning City knew that he was not shocked by the icy coldness of the river. Just now, when the old woman took out the Ling Stone inlaid on the concave slot, Ning City clearly saw that the back of the white-haired old woman's wrist was smooth and white, which absolutely did not belong to an old woman's wrist. Even Ji Luo Fei's wrist wasn't so smooth.