No calendar in the mountains; when the cold ended, one knew not the year.
Since the cold wave had sealed off the mountain, the temperature atop Heaven Pillar Mountain had dropped lower by the day.
On the shadowed side, the sea of mist often scattered ice crystals across the sky. Blown by the freezing wind against the mountain walls, they accumulated day after day until Heaven Pillar Mountain lay blanketed in white snow.
Inside Earth Dragon Cave, Zhao Sheng, who sat cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze full of frustration.
He savagely pounded the Mountain Dragon Remains behind him several times, then sprang to his feet.
What did it feel like to enter a treasure mountain and return empty-handed? He truly understood it now! The spiritual energy in Mountain Dragon Cave was clearly so abundant, so why... "Ah, why is it all earth-element spiritual energy?" Zhao Sheng shouted in near madness.
When someone spent too long alone, it was inevitable that their emotions would slip out of control.
Zhao Sheng was so furious he nearly went berserk. He pulled the Flood Dragon Claw Knife from his Storage Bag and hacked wildly at the Mountain Dragon Remains.
Only after venting most of his frustration did Zhao Sheng put away the claw knife. Stepping forward, he bent down and gathered the chunks of remnant soil he had chopped off into a pile, then carried them to a stone vat nearby.
After countless years, the remains of this Mountain Dragon had turned into earth and stone, with most of their spiritual essence long since drained away.
Yet Zhao Sheng had discovered in surprise that this "earth and stone" could actually be used as medicinal soil. Though several grades inferior to Medicinal Mud, it was still comparable to spiritual loam.
Thus, after repeatedly