Origins of the Cold Pool
The Stinger Mother Beast had just blocked the Soul-Splitting Blade's attack and hadn't even had a chance to catch its breath.
The Ghost King then drew his sword and charged.
The greatsword exuded a chilling aura, like the deathly energy gushing forth from hell.
The Stinger Mother Beast's tentacles danced wildly, whipping up a raging storm as it crashed down upon the Ghost King.
At the same time, it moved its body and darted into the river.
"Bang, bang."
Two impact sounds rang out; two Copper Corpse had arrived.
Each of them entangled a tentacle and a pair of sharp claws, tearing wildly.
A silver afterimage flashed by, and taking advantage of the two corpses and the ghost attracting the attention of the Stinger Mother Beast, the Silver Corpse killed its way to the Stinger Mother Beast's side.
Like a raging beast charging at high speed, it crashed straight into the Stinger Mother Beast.
What followed was an extremely brutal close-quarters combat.
The attacks of the three corpses and one ghost rained down on the Stinger Mother Beast like a storm.
Chunks of meat flew everywhere.
The Stinger Mother Beast ultimately failed to return to the river. Under the siege of the three corpses and one ghost, its body was smashed to pieces, turning into a pile of minced flesh.
Six Sacred Beetle Gu swooped down and feasted.
The flesh and blood of Demon Beast are their best food.
Among the mangled internal organs, Song Wen discovered a broken skeleton.
On one of the skeleton's finger bones was a storage ring.
Song Wen raised his hand and took the storage ring into his hand.
Upon probing with his Divine Sense, he discovered it was a storage ring for Jie Se.
He found it among them, a jade bottle containing the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid.
The storage ring contains many Buddhist and Daoist Technique Method and Spirit Artifact.
Buddhist and Daoist Technique Method requires Buddha-nature to unleash its true power, and is therefore not suitable for Song Wen to cultivate.
After the Buddhist and Daoist Spirit Artifact were reforged, they could be used with difficulty, but Song Wen did not lack Spirit Artifact and did not intend to spend energy and spiritual materials to find someone to reforge them.
After quickly checking his storage ring, Song Wen turned and walked towards the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch.
The Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch was uprooted and placed into a jade box.
Song Wen arrived at the cold pool.
The icy pool was quite peculiar; simply standing on its edge, one felt a bone-chilling cold sweep over them.
Song Wen couldn't help but feel curious about what exactly created this icy pool.
Jie Hui's memories, as well as Rong Jingyun's account, both indicate that there are no Demon Beast lurking in the depths of the cold pool.
There's no need to worry about safety once you venture deep into the icy pool.
Song Wen retrieved the Crimson-Haired Ghost General and the two Copper Corpse, leaving behind the Ghost King and the Yin Corpse to protect him as he explored the Cold Pool.
When he recalled the Sacred Beetle Gu, the six Gu Worm, already full, were somewhat reluctant to part with them.
The Sting Mother Beast a powerful physical body and is imbued with rich Spiritual Qi.
The six Gu Worm ate only a small portion of it before they were full, and they were reluctant to abandon the remaining carcass of the Sting Mother Beast.
Song Wen took out an unused storage ring and carefully collected the scattered remains of the Sting Mother Beast.
The six Gu Worm then obediently returned to Song Wen's body.
"Thump, thump."
Two sounds, as clear as water.
Silver Corpse and Song Wen jumped into the icy pool one after the other.
The Ghost King followed at the back, entering the water without a sound, as if it had simply merged into it.
The water in the cold pool was icy cold to the bone.
It had little effect on the Silver Corpse and the Ghost King.
As the water flowed over his body, Song Wen felt as if countless sharp blades were constantly cutting into him, as if they wanted to slice him to pieces.
Song Wen activated the <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body> and the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, transforming into a zombie form, barely managing to withstand the chilling aura.
A corpse, a human, and a ghost dived ten miles underwater and arrived at the bottom of the icy pool.
The rocks deep in the icy pool, constantly battered by extreme cold, have become somewhat extraordinary, faintly gleaming with a metallic sheen.
The cold pool formed the shape of "", and Song Wen slowly searched for it in the deepest horizontal passage.
When he reached the middle of the transverse passage, he could clearly feel that the chill was even more intense there.
After passing through the middle section, the chill began to slowly subside.
Song Wen retreated to the middle of the passage and began a meticulous search, inch by inch.
Finally, he discovered that the chill emanating from a corner at the bottom of the passage was the strongest in the entire icy pool.
Song Wen raised his sharp claws and unleashed the Netherworld Claw, a technique he hadn't used in a long time.
A string of sparks suddenly appeared in the depths of the icy pool.
The rock's hardness was somewhat beyond Song Wen's expectations.
With a powerful claw strike, he left a claw mark less than three inches deep on the rock.
A sharp pain shot through Song Wen's palm, and he couldn't help but shake his hand.
The extreme cold at the bottom of the icy pool already gave him a pain that seemed to freeze to his very bones.
The recoil from the rocks further injured his hand.
Song Wen glanced at the Silver Corpse beside him and couldn't help but curse himself for being foolish.
Instead of using the Silver Corpse with its copper skin and iron bones, which has no sense of pain, he actually tried it himself; he was simply asking for trouble.
Song Wen commanded the Silver Corpse to begin digging into the rocks on the ground.
The Silver Corpse's physical body was far superior to Song Wen's.
It dug through the rocks with much more ease than Song Wen.
Hard rocks were continuously dug out by the Silver Corpse's sharp claws.
As the Silver Corpse continued to dig deeper, the rocks below became harder and the chilling aura it emitted grew stronger.
Before long, the Silver Corpse dug out a vertical well that was three zhang deep.
"Bang!"
The Silver Corpse's claws pierced the rock once more.
The rock beneath its feet suddenly split open.
The cracked rock, along with the Silver Corpse, fell down.
A deep, dark opening suddenly appeared.
A faint, greenish light shone from the cave entrance.
The water in the cold pool quickly poured into the cave below.
Song Wen jumped into the vertical shaft and followed the icy torrent towards the lower entrance.
Below is a cave that is less than half an acre in size.
The cave floor and walls are very smooth, making it immediately clear that this is a man-made structure.
In other words, this is an artificial stone chamber.
In the center of the stone chamber, there is a stone platform that is 10 feet high.
On the stone platform, there was an oil lamp the size of a large bowl.
Inside the oil lamp, a cluster of green candle flame flickered incessantly.
As soon as Song Wen entered the stone chamber, he felt a chilling coldness rush towards him.
It is several times colder than the ice in the pool.
Moreover, this chill also carried a strong aura of yin and evil.
At this moment, he felt that the flow of spiritual energy within his body had become sluggish.
It was as if this chill could freeze even spiritual energy.
Song Wen channeled his spiritual energy to the fullest extent to combat the chill that had invaded his body.
He flipped his hand, and a crimson spirit medicine appeared in his palm.
This spirit medicine is called 'Soul-Burning Grass'. It contains a potent fire poison; if taken directly, it is like being burned alive.
Those with insufficient cultivation who mistakenly ingest it may be consumed by the fire poison and burned to ashes.
The Soul-Burning Grass was used by Song Wen to cultivate the <Myriad Poisons Primordial Body>.
Song Wen opened his mouth and swallowed the Soul-Burning Grass.
A burning, searing pain rose from my abdomen.
Then, like a tidal wave, it quickly swept over Song Wen's entire body.
In the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, Song Wen had refined most of the toxicity of the Soul-Burning Grass.
The chill in his body was also partially dispelled.