Bait!

The medicinal potency of the Jade Snow Red Lotus was extraordinarily fierce. A spiritual treasure of heaven and earth that had existed only in ancient times—its significance in this present era was obvious. No wonder those ferocious beasts had guarded the Jade Snow Red Lotus so relentlessly. Yet now, Li had gained the advantage. Once he swallowed it, its medicinal power immediately spread through his body. Blood-red energy surged through his eight extraordinary meridians, like water held back by a barrier suddenly released, violent and overwhelming.

Li circulated the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art, desperately guiding that energy to temper his body. Fortunately, he had constantly cultivated the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art, so his physical body was dozens of times stronger than an ordinary person's. Otherwise, with merely his Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation, he could never have suppressed such powerful energy.

The Jade Snow Red Lotus possessed two kinds of energy: fire and water. After the burning heat came, Li soon felt as though someone had thrown him into an ice cellar. Even with his physical strength, the cold made his entire body stiff. His skin felt as though it were being sliced by knives, and even the meridians within him seemed frozen, making the circulation of his magical power increasingly difficult. The two extreme powers of the Jade Snow Red Lotus seemed to treat the human body like a piece of iron—first heating it, then cooling it, thereby increasing its hardness and sharpness. Without personally experiencing it, no one could understand this kind of pain. Li had always believed his endurance was strong enough, but now even he wanted to give up. It was too painful. What did it feel like to strip naked and roll in the snow in temperatures dozens of degrees below zero? Li had never tried