Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow

However, such a curse was nothing in front of Old Tang.

Golden light bloomed from Mu Chen's right hand, then rapidly surged into the carving knife.

Mu Chen watched the carving knife in his hand intently as it underwent a rapid transformation.

As if a lamp of life had been ignited, that sickly dark green color was quickly turning into the emerald green that symbolized life.

The Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife was about to transform into the Life Blade.

In just a few breaths, the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife had taken on a new appearance.

Its entire body radiated an emerald green glow, brimming with vitality; how could one still feel even a shred of the curse?

This was how this carving knife was truly meant to look.

"Thank you, Old Tang."

"It was merely a small effort."

"By the way, Old Tang, can you help me integrate this thing into my body?" Wasn't the ultimate goal of Mu Chen obtaining the Life Blade to fuse with it?

He certainly couldn't act rashly like the Golden Hawksbill; asking Old Tang, he surely had a way.

"This object possesses surging life force; integrating it will undoubtedly bring infinite benefits. Leave it to me."

Mu Chen felt a secret joy; with Old Tang's help, fusing with this Life Blade would be a breeze.

"Now, press its tip against the center of your forehead."

Following Old Tang's instructions, Mu Chen aimed the tip of the Life Blade at his brow.

A slight stinging sensation arrived—the pain of the Life Blade piercing his skin.

A soft golden light lit up at the center of Mu Chen's forehead, and the stinging sensation vanished instantly.

Like an arrow released from its string, the Life Blade instantly merged into Mu Chen's forehead.

In Mu Chen's spiritual sea, Old Tang looked at the Life Blade before him and waved his hand, wrapping it in golden light before it transformed into a green orb of light.

"Xiao Chen, you can go to Shrek Academy now; time is running short."

"No rush." Mu Chen took the map he had bought earlier out of his Soul Tool and cast his gaze toward a location on it: Heaven Dou Empire, Earth Dragon Sect.

Mu Chen wanted to seize all the opportunities available in the original work before school started.

His next target was the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow of the Earth Dragon Sect.

This item might not be of much use to him, but it would surely have miraculous effects when he later vied for the opportunity of the Ice and Snow Emperors.

With little time left, Mu Chen did not delay and set off immediately for the Heaven Dou Empire.

The Earth Dragon Sect was in the northern part of the Heaven Dou Empire, and it would take some time to travel there from the Star Luo Empire.

Mu Chen traveled at full speed and finally entered Dragon City, where the Earth Dragon Sect was located, at noon a few days later.

The sect master of the Earth Dragon Sect was a powerhouse at the Soul Douluo level; if Mu Chen wanted to sneak in, he had to scout the location in advance.

If necessary, Mu Chen could also ask Old Tang for help.

There was no time to waste; after half a day of scouting, Mu Chen set out that very night.

He bought a set of night-traveling clothes, firmly memorized the information he had scouted, and quickly planned his route.

Stepping with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mu Chen entered the Earth Dragon Sect with great ease.

To prevent being detected by spiritual power, Mu Chen specifically had Old Tang cast a layer of protection on him. With Old Tang's help, let alone a Soul Douluo, even a Titled Douluo could not detect him with spiritual power.

According to the descriptions in the original work and the information gained from scouting, Mu Chen delved deeper step by step until he found the well.

The well was covered by a large stone, and wisps of white mist were emanating from the gap between the stone and the well mouth.

Upon reaching the well, the surrounding temperature dropped significantly.

"Old Tang, the temperature down there is extremely low. Can you protect me?"

Mu Chen didn't think he could withstand the Ultimate Ice.

As soon as he finished speaking, his body was wrapped in a layer of golden light, and a warm feeling surged through his entire being.

Subsequently, the Life Blade flew out from Mu Chen's forehead and came to his side, providing life force at all times.

Mu Chen moved the stone aside and jumped straight in.

The bone-chilling well water enveloped him, and the coldness made Mu Chen tremble all over.

Fortunately, protected by the layer of golden light released by Old Tang, Mu Chen only felt cold, and this chill had not yet caused him any substantial harm.

As he continued to swim downward, the bottom of this well proved to be a world of its own.

Mu Chen found the cave entrance and walked straight in.

The scene inside the cave entrance shocked him the moment he entered.

The stone walls inside the cave were covered with ice-blue crystals.

If Mu Chen remembered correctly, these should be the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.

A flow of light seemed to circulate within some of the crystals; presumably, that was the portion containing spirituality.

However, the original work stated that one required soul power with the attribute of Ultimate Ice to remove these crystals.

Mu Chen's martial soul did not possess the Ultimate Ice attribute, so what was he to do?

"Old Tang, this thing requires Ultimate Ice to be removed. Do you have any way to do it?"

"Just use your trident."

The companion trident in Mu Chen's possession was an unawakened divine artifact; with a divine artifact in hand, it did not matter if he lacked the Ultimate Ice attribute.

Mu Chen released his martial soul, and the trident appeared in his hands.

Mu Chen gripped the trident with both hands and struck a piece of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal with a fierce blow.

Unexpectedly, it actually came loose.

The entire process was incredibly effortless; Mu Chen barely used any strength, finding it as easy as digging through mud.

Seeing that it was effective, Mu Chen immediately turned his target toward the other Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.

With the trident in his hand, he was like a fish in water, gathering these crystals with unbelievable ease.

In just a few minutes, he had packed all the crystals into his Soul Tool.

This type of crystal was a rare and precious material.

If Mu Chen were to become interested in involving himself with Soul Tools in the future, this would be an excellent material for crafting them.

Even if he did not use them for crafting, selling them would fetch an astronomical price.

Especially those pieces of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal that contained spiritual essence; selling them to those high-level Soul Masters who were wealthier than nations would allow him to rake in a fortune.

"Now then, next is the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow."

Mu Chen continued to venture deeper inside.

At the very back of the cave, Mu Chen finally discovered the target of his trip.

Stalactite-like objects hung from the stone walls one after another.

Even from a distance of ten meters away, he could still feel the extremely dense ice-attribute heaven and earth energy contained within them.

"Finally found it!"

Mu Chen took a rough look; there were dozens of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow here. Taking them all would be more than enough to seize the opportunity of the Ice and Snow Emperors later on.

This time, he didn't even need Old Tang to say anything; Mu Chen picked up the trident in his hand and started digging away.

It was just as easy as digging for the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals earlier.

One by one, the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow were tucked away into his pockets.

Looking at the pile of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow accumulating in his Soul Tool, Mu Chen revealed a satisfied smile, much like a farmer during a bountiful harvest.

"Done, time to pack up!"

Seeing that the people from the Earth Dragon Sect had yet to discover him, he had to retreat quickly.