Chapter 025 Return with Full Load

  In this dimly quiet mountain cave, the soft and holy white light gently surrounds Ning Xuefeng on the "Lotus Platform", with a flowing but not dazzling light that makes her seem to be trapped in a layer of mysterious and hazy snow, like an ice and snow goddess descending into the mortal world...

  The part below the knee is transformed into a piece of dust-free, snow-white petals in a dreamy white light. The pure white petals, as large as palm leaves, extend and expand continuously in the soft halo, like a fast-growing plant under a quick lens, natural and dynamic, giving people a pleasant feeling.

  In the hazy soft light, a vivid lotus pedestal formed by snow-white flower petals appears in this ordinary dark mountain cave.

  This beautiful scenery and the surrounding unbearable environment form a strong contrast, is it that the ugly village has brought beauty, or is it that the gorgeous has highlighted the darkness?

  If it were Zhang Heng, he would definitely choose the former.

  The scenery before his eyes completely exceeded his imagination, and although he understood that this was an extraordinary world of immortality cultivation, when he saw such a scene that only existed in myths, he couldn't help but feel shocked and gasp.

  Ning Xue Rong's delicate body was like a lovely and agile elf, surrounded by a halo of light that encircled her slender figure, while the lotus pedestal below her was also radiating a soft and enchanting glow.

  Right after that, Ning Xueying's originally straight and beautiful figure gradually slumped downwards, her perfect posture weakly curving like a withered flower, desolate yet majestic...

  Another intense burst of white light erupted from her body, as if she had released all her vital energy, causing her to collapse softly onto the lotus platform.

  Then, the white lotus platform also suddenly emitted a dazzling white light. The pure white petals that made up the lotus platform quickly expanded and enlarged, doubling in area, wrapping Ning Xue Rong who had fallen softly on the lotus platform inside.

  Before long, Ning Xue's figure had completely disappeared from Zhang Heng's line of sight, and what appeared before his eyes was a huge snow lotus that was about to bloom!!

  In the dark cave, this giant snow lotus transformed by Ning Xuefeng sparkled with crystal light, and a faint icy air condensed in the air, majestic and solemn.

  Zhang Heng gazed at it for a long time and found that it was an unopened giant snow lotus, forming an irregular oval shape, which also looked like a ripe peach.

  At this moment, Zhang Heng had doubts about Ning Xue's identity, perhaps the other party was not even within the category of human beings, but only possessed a human body through embodiment.

  But as Zhang Heng knew, the demon beast with shape-shifting ability was capable of rivaling cultivators above the Yuan Ying stage, and was absolutely not something that a Qi Refining stage female cultivator like Ning Xue could compare to.

  Approached cautiously beside a snow lotus half as tall as Zhang Heng, gazing at the snow-white and crystal-like petals, without discovering any abnormalities.

  Zhang Heng tried again to reach out with his hand towards this snow lotus.

  Suddenly, Xue Lian shrank in an instant and became the size of a regular snow lotus, then flew towards Zhang Heng's hand.

  Zhang Heng was startled, and subconsciously used his hand to catch the snow lotus in his hand. A cold current suddenly passed from the petals to Zhang Heng's palm, carrying a thread of abnormal chill into his body.

  Staring blankly at the delicate and tender snow lotus in his hand, Zhang Heng still couldn't believe it - was this really the snow lotus transformed from Ning Xue Rong? A living, breathing beauty had turned into a snow lotus right before his eyes, and for someone like him, an otaku from Earth, it was still hard to accept.

  Moreover, this snow lotus seemed to have a spiritual nature and jumped into Zhang Heng's palm, making him understand that what he was holding in his hand was indeed "Ning Xue Rong", who was probably watching his every move at this moment.

  This made Zhang Heng think of Ning Xue's complex expression of helplessness and expectation when she was looking at herself before turning into a snow lotus.

  Perhaps the other party also hopes that they can treat this snow lotus well and wait for the day when she can regain her human body.

  However, as he held the snow lotus, Zhang Heng couldn't help but think that since this snow lotus could transform into a human form, it must be an extremely rare and precious treasure... If he used it to cultivate his Deviant Skill, he wondered what kind of astonishing effect it would have?

  At that very moment when Zhang Heng had this idea, he clearly felt the Snow Lotus in his hand tremble slightly. It seemed to be able to sense the thoughts in Zhang Heng's heart.

  A drop of crystal clear, dew-like icy liquid flowed out from the gap between the petals of the Snow Lotus flower and seeped into Zhang Heng's palm, passing through his skin and entering his body. In an instant, a refreshing cold current flowed to his limbs and bones, as if it had made some improvements to his body.

  Zhang Heng could feel that his body had undergone some kind of change, but because he had previously entered the door of transformation with nine transformations, this change was not obvious.

  A faint sense of emotion arose in his heart, and Zhang Heng understood that this Snow Lotus must be using the essence of its own body to help him improve his physique, as a reward for taking care of it in the future, and also because it didn't want him to use it to practice the Deviant Skill.

  After using this drop of icy dew, Zhang Heng found that the luster on the surface of the Snow Lotus in his hand had weakened by more than half, and the petals seemed to have wilted a bit.

  He let out a faint sigh, and Zhang Heng couldn't help but feel a pang of regret. Such precious Snow Lotus essence had been wasted on himself. If it were used on an ordinary cultivator, it would surely have a transformative effect, but for him, the results weren't very noticeable.

  "Alright, don't worry, I won't take you to refine medicine." Zhang Heng said to the Snow Lotus in his hand, as if comforting a little girl.

  The crystal petals outside Xue Lian immediately opened and closed several times, seemingly very delighted, with a faint halo flowing around.

  Zhang Heng thought to himself that perhaps this Snow Lotus really did possess intelligence comparable to that of humans, and might even be Ning Xuefeng from before, only in a different form.

  After a moment's thought, Zhang Heng put the snow lotus into his storage bag and used his divine sense to inspect it again, but found no abnormalities.

  Then, Zhang Heng found on the ground Ning Xue's broken clothes, fabric scraps, embroidered shoes, thin silk stockings and a storage bag, as well as that pale red hairpin.

  He picked up the storage bag on the ground and the hairpin, all of which belonged to Ning Xuefeng. Zhang Heng first put away the storage bag and began to examine the hairpin in his hand.

  This pink hairpin is the key to Ning Xuefeng's rebellion against Li Hong, and Zhang Heng cannot determine the specific grade of this hairpin, but guesses that it is at least an auxiliary-type spiritual instrument.

  In the category of spiritual artifacts, attack-type and control-type are relatively common, but auxiliary-type and defensive-type are rarely seen.

  The materials needed for auxiliary spiritual instruments are relatively rare, and the materials required for defensive spiritual instruments are several times more than those of ordinary attack spiritual instruments, so these two types of spiritual instruments are relatively scarce.

  However, as for this spiritual instrument, Zhang Heng didn't put it in his heart because its effect was nothing more than to remove some poisonous substances, mesmerizing incense, and mesmerizing soul negative attacks.

  But Zhang Heng, who was cultivating the Deviant Body Refining Technique, could even directly ignore these attacks later on. In front of his physique that was comparable to a demonic beast's, everything else was useless.

  With a skilled hand, he conjured up a fireball and incinerated all the clothes Ning Xuefeng had left behind. Then, he turned around to examine Li Hong, who was still in a coma.

  Should he kill him? Another thought emerged in Zhang Heng's mind.

  Even if Zhang Heng kills Li Hong now, it won't have much impact on himself. If he doesn't kill him, the other party won't even know of his existence and might still vent their anger on Ning Xuefeng who has already "disappeared".

  So, killing or not killing has no effect on Zhang Heng. As for the opponent's storage bag? Sorry, everything inside will be used to cultivate his own perverted skills.

  He walked out of the cave, used the dust removal technique to "sweep" the mountain cave again, and his divine sense scanned around, finding no flaws left behind. Only then did Zhang Heng comfortably drive his spiritual device to fly towards Iron Ridge Peak.

  This time can be said to have returned with a full load, should be enough for himself to officially enter the first layer of transformation? Zhang Heng's face showed a satisfied expression and a sense of eager anticipation.