Zhang Chen's skill had leveled up, and his heart brimmed with passion as he dug through the soil with renewed vigor.
"How strange. That Dragon Qi drew upon the moisture from an entire area, yet it could not do a thing to this Frozen Soil. Truly strange!" Zhang Chen carried out all the soil he had baked soft the previous night, then stared at the ice, which had not lost the slightest trace of moisture, a flicker of astonishment appearing in his eyes.
"Could it be that ice truly no longer belongs to water?" Zhang Chen touched the bone-piercing ice before him, a thought flashing through his mind. At the very least, his Water Control Technique could do nothing to ice.
Now that he saw even Dragon Qi could do nothing to the ice, Zhang Chen relaxed somewhat, his eyes thoughtful. "It seems it is not that my skill is lousy, but that this ice truly no longer falls within the scope of water."
After digging out the soil, Zhang Chen went outside to gather firewood, carried it into the cave, lit a fire there, and began baking the frost-frozen soil.
Zhang Chen walked out of the cave and looked at the wisps of bluish smoke slowly rising from within. He could not help shaking his head as he thought to himself, *I really want to seal this entrance with soil, so no one can spy on it. But that will not work either. Without oxygen, the fire in the cave will surely go out. The depths of the cave already lack oxygen; if it is sealed for too long, the flames will definitely be extinguished. What a pity I do not know how to dig a Smokeless Stove, or there would not be so much trouble. Fortunately, this place