Li Yun did not approach the pool of marrow fluid immediately.
She stood there, looking away from the water of the pool, scanning the cross-legged skeleton and the stone tablet next to it.
The storage ring flashed, and she took out three pale golden talismans and attached them to her waist, chest and back.
The talisman spontaneously ignited without fire, turning into three layers of light golden light that were superimposed on her body - Vajra Talisman, Evil-Warding Talisman, Spirit-Calming Talisman. She took out a thumb-sized cyan jade pendant from the storage ring and held it in her left hand.
This is an amulet given to her by her grandfather before she left home. It can withstand a Golden Core Late Stage level Divine Sense impact.
After doing this, she walked towards the stone tablet.
The stone tablet is not high, about four feet and two feet wide. It is made of a dark blue stone that she has never seen before. Its surface is as smooth as a mirror, and there are faint star-like light spots flowing inside.
There were several lines of characters engraved on the monument, with simple fonts and square strokes. They were neither the current common characters nor any ancient style she had ever seen. Li Yun squatted down and squinted her eyes to identify carefully - there was a unique sense of frustration at the turning point of the strokes of those characters.
Just when her eyes focused on the first character at the top, a faint blue light suddenly appeared on the surface of the stone tablet. Then, a thought appeared directly in her mind.
The idea came suddenly, but it was not rough, like a gentle wind blowing through the sea of consciousness. It did not force its way in, but just stayed at the door, waiting for her response.
Li Yun's body tensed slightly, and the fingers holding the cyan jade pendant tightened. She was silent for two breaths, sensing the nature of the thought - gentle, calm, with far-reaching fatigue, no aggression, no intention of forcible intrusion.
She slowly let go of the protection of the sea of consciousness.
In the sea of consciousness, a figure condenses and takes shape.
It was a young man who looked to be in his twenties. He was slender and wore a moon-white robe. His long hair was tied up casually with a hosta and fell behind his shoulders. His facial features were clear-cut, his brows were high, his eyes were narrow, and he had There was a natural sense of alienation, but the slightly upward curve of the corners of his mouth softened that sense of alienation, making him look graceful. He stood with his hands behind his back, without any spiritual fluctuations around his body, but he had a temperament that had been accumulated for a long time.
He looked at Li Yun, nodded slightly, and said in a gentle voice, "Don't be nervous, it's just a trace of obsession left here, not a living thing. The fact that you can find this place is enough to prove that you are extremely talented and have great fortuitous opportunity."
Li Yun did not relax his vigilance and bowed. "Junior Li Yun, I have no intention of disturbing the rest of my senior. I just stumbled here in pursuit of the essence of Profound Frost Crystal."
The young man waved his hand. "It doesn't matter, this place is fortuitous opportunity that I left to my descendants. It's your fate that you can find it."
He paused. "My name is Su Qiao. I come from Central Heaven Great Region."
Li Yun was slightly shocked. She had read records about Central Heaven Great Region in the sect's classics. It was the core area of this vast continent. The concentration of Spiritual Qi was far from comparable to that of Azure Xuan Region. It was said that only monks above Nascent Soul Realm had the ability to cross the chasm in that area.
Before she could think about it, Su Qiao asked, "What year is it now? Is Wind and Snow Pass still here?"
Li Yun gathered his thoughts and answered truthfully, "It has been a thousand years since Wind and Snow Pass was first built. The pass is still there, and the statue of True Lord Snow Wind still stands on the city wall, guarding the north."
She paused and then added, "This junior is a disciple of Azure Xuan Region Flowing Cloud Sect. This time I came to Wind and Snow Pass to be stationed on duty with the sect. The city is operating as usual. Although Devil Race has been intruded from time to time, it has never been able to break through the defense line."
Su Qiao was silent for a moment after listening.
The eyes formed by the condensed afterimages were filled with extremely deep emotions - relief, relief, nostalgia, sadness, which eventually settled down.
"It's good that she's still here." He said, his voice much softer, "She finally... wasn't in vain."
Li Yun stood in front of the stone tablet and waited quietly without urging.
After a while, Su Qiao spoke again, "Since you can find this place, it means that your talent and fortuitous opportunity are enough. I can leave this pool of Profound Ice Crystal Marrow Liquid to you - it is enough for your Spirit Root to generate ice attributes from water attributes and complete a transformation. Are you willing to listen to me tell a story and agree to my three requests?"
Li Yun almost did not hesitate. "Senior, please speak."
Su Qiao nodded slightly and looked into the distance, passing through thousands of years of time, looking at a person who was no longer here.
"I'm from Central Heaven Great Region Star Sect Frost Peak, ice attribute Heaven Spirit Root, Extreme Ice Physique. Thirty-year-old Core Formation, who gave birth at the age of eighty, was a slightly famous genius at the time." He said it very calmly, without any intention of showing off, "Thousands of years ago, I went here to perform a sect mission and met Jiang Yi at the Ice and Snow Pavilion."
Jiang Yi?? Li Yun was slightly shocked when he heard these two words. He heard True Person Jianyun say that True Lord Snow Wind's real name is Jiang Yi.
He didn't seem to notice Li Yun's astonishment, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and continued, "Not long after she was Core Formation, she became the youngest elder of the Ice and Snow Pavilion. Spirit Root is just ordinary, just Single Spirit Root, has no special physique, and her qualifications are not top-notch, but she is the kind of person... who will never look back once she sees something. At the beginning, I didn't get along well with her. She thought I was too casual in doing things, and I thought she was too rigid and stubborn, and we would argue a lot when we met."
"Later..." Su Qiao did not continue, but that look of reminiscence said everything.
He was silent for a while, and then continued, "She said that after she gave birth to a baby, she would come back to Central Heaven Great Region with me. I introduced her to the sect, and we officially became dao companion. After that, she successfully gave birth to a baby before she was a hundred years old. I am very happy that I sent a message back to the sect to prepare in advance, and the task is about to be completed. Everything is going in the direction we expected."
His voice paused here for a long time.
"But at that time, Devil Race launched a massive attack, led by a Devil King. Existences of that level rarely set foot on Northern Frontier, and they attacked Azure Xuan Region was caught off guard. Jiang Yi, as the strongest of the Ice and Snow Pavilion, disconnected from the teleportation array with Central Heaven Great Region, put on his armor, and walked to the north alone."
"I couldn't stop her. At that time, there was an agreement between Central Heaven Great Region and Bianyu. Without special permission, monk Central Heaven Great Region was not allowed to intervene in the war in Bianyu. I..." He lowered his head slightly, "I abided by that rule."
He looked at Li Yun: "She died later. She did kill the Devil King, but before she died, Devil King inspired a heavy treasure, which seriously injured her. She did not choose to retreat to the rear to heal her injuries. Instead, she used all her Qi and Blood and cultivation as a guide to pull this Wind and Snow Pass up from the ground and transform herself into this pass."
He raised his head and looked into the distance. "Her natal flying sword 'Snow Soul' screamed for nine days and finally turned into the statue on Guancheng. Her body could not be found."
Li Yun stood there, listening silently, without speaking. At this moment, she felt that she should not speak. This story was not told to her, he told it to himself.
Su Qiao continued, "When I arrived, it was already too late. I looked for her body like crazy and searched every inch of the ice field. I couldn't find it."
"But I found two Devil King and Ice Devil who were still lurking in the dark. They planned to take advantage of Wind and Snow Pass's initial formation and the human race's relaxation to attack and defeat this new creature in one fell swoop. line of defense. I killed them, used this cave as a tomb, and sealed them here together with my own Qi and Blood, turning them into this pool of Profound Ice Crystal Marrow Liquid, which can be considered as something I left for future generations."
He finished this sentence lightly, as if it was not important to him. He looked at Li Yun again and said calmly, "To find the younger monks here, talent and fortuitous opportunity are both indispensable. But I will not give you this fortuitous opportunity in vain. I need you to promise me three things."
He held up three fingers.
"First, take my body away and place it next to the Jiang Yi statue. There is no need to publicize it, there is no need to erect a monument, and there is no need to tell anyone who I am. Just put it there."
"Second, you keep this stone tablet. When you are able to go to Central Heaven Great Region in the future, deliver it to the Star Sect Frost Peak for me and give it to Peak Master. When they see this tablet, they will naturally know what happened."
He lowered his finger.
"Third." He paused, as if he was considering his words, and then said slowly, "I want you to promise me that after you leave here, you will protect Wind and Snow Pass for ten years. Within ten years, you are not allowed to leave."
He smiled, "It's not a bad thing for you. With your qualifications after refining this pool of marrow fluid, and ten years of hard work on the Wind and Snow Pass front line, your foundation will be very solid, and your practice will go further in the future."
"Do you agree to these three conditions?"