In the Ice-Drinking Chamber

(Chapter 92 is newly written; those who read it yesterday can go back and take a look. My apologies again!)

As one could see, the room that the Daoist Black Shoes had chosen to enter had been visited by others before.

It seems that more than one person has been here before. The place is quite clean, with no lamps or teacups left behind. Only a bare stone table with a chessboard engraved on it remains, waiting for the newlyweds.

"Heh, I've used up all my luck in this life on this treasure." The Daoist Black Shoes clutched his chest, a slight smirk playing on his lips, and chuckled self-deprecatingly before storing the stone table in his Storage Bag.

"My elder brother once told me that I should never return empty-handed, no matter what."

The Daoist Black Shoes showed no sign of dejection. He drew his sword, the light of Listening to the Spring Sword illuminated the room. The swordsman's eyes blazed. "Today I am fortunate to have the techniques left behind by Third Tier array master sharpen my sword. How could I not be pleased!"

Meanwhile, Yuan Feng, with a gloomy face, searched the already empty room again and again before finally giving up hope.

He put away the exquisitely crafted map in his hand, stared intently at the light screen at the room's exit, swung his short halberd fiercely, and his worry deepened. "It will probably take three days before we can barely get out."

"That won't do. The Mountain-Viewing Cave is only open for fifteen days each time. We can't waste all that time on this broken formation." The young master of the Yuan Household made a good decision. A perfectly round, dark-colored treasure shone out, and after a short while, the light barrier disappeared.

"Tsk, it's all because of that retainer in my family who claims to be a descendant of a cave-exploring cultivator. The map he provided was inaccurate, causing me to waste a Second Tier -Formation-Breaking Pearl! When I get back, I'll definitely skin him alive and humiliate him to death!"

Yuan Feng's face was full of rage. Even for someone of the Yuan Household's favor, this Second Tier -Formation-Breaking Pearl was a rare item. The entire Yuan Household, even with the approval of Yuan Buwen, the False Core Formation Ancestor, only provided him with four beads.

Now that one had been used for an empty room, Yuan Feng was naturally heartbroken.

After he left his room, he saw Lang Yi also coming out of another room. At this moment, the old man's expression was strange, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or worried.

Yuan Feng wasn't too surprised to see Lang Yi come out a step ahead of everyone else. After all, this fellow had lived for over two hundred years and had come to Mountain-Viewing Cave with great care. It would be difficult if he didn't have some means to break the restrictions.

Although Lang Yi's expression was not good, he immediately had an idea as soon as he saw Yuan Feng.

The old cultivator was in a difficult mood, forcing a smile as he asked, "Fellow Daoist Fellow Daoist Yuan, have you had a fruitful harvest?" Yuan Feng, having been touched on a sore spot, couldn't speak directly, and instead asked, "Senior Lang, have you had any gains?"

After pondering for a moment, Lang Yi took out a purple incense cake and presented it to Yuan Feng.

Yuan Feng immediately recognized what the object in front of him was. Lang Yi's actions startled him so much that his eyes widened instantly, and a murderous intent arose within him!

Then it was seen that the young master of the Yuan Household did not bother to say a single unnecessary word. He raised his short halberd and slashed a swift and sharp light fiercely towards Lang Yi.

"You old thief, give me the incense!"

Lang Yi was well-prepared. Seeing the sharpness of Yuan Feng's short halberd, the old cultivator suddenly sprouted countless vines from his long sleeves, which intertwined into a dense vine wall to protect him behind him.

The halberd's light left only a deep mark on the vine wall that Lang Yi had built. The vines were full of vitality and did not give up after being damaged. They sprouted countless tender leaves and branches to fill the deep mark again.

However, Yuan Feng was practicing the "Art of War by the Star Lord of the Wood Mansion", a family heirloom, and the "Slaughtering Blade" in his hand was a top-grade spiritual weapon that the fake alchemist had once personally used.

A lingering aura of destruction remained within the deep crevices of the vine wall. The tender leaves and branches sprouted by the vines tried to fill the gaps, but they were crushed and annihilated by that aura as soon as they got close.

"This old cultivator comes from a humble background Green Leaf Foundation Establishment, yet his wood magic is extraordinary. I wonder where he inherited it from?" Yuan Feng may have a bad temper, but his eyesight is remarkable.

Although they had already witnessed most of the old cultivator's abilities along the way, they still couldn't hide their astonishment upon seeing Lang Yi Wood again.

Generally speaking, no one would deliberately provoke Foundation Establishment cultivator whose lifespan is about to end. After all, the most desperate and ruthless people in the cultivation world are not those lone rogue Rogue Cultivator, but old cultivators like Lang Yi who don't even have much time left to live.

If such an old cultivator also has the added advantage of being a rogue Rogue Cultivator, then he would be even more unburdened and without any worries.

However, although their magic is powerful and they spare no expense, once they survive the initial three blows, their weakened physical bodies will inevitably become exhausted and they will be at the mercy of others.

However, Lang Yi was different from ordinary old cultivators who were about to die. In the two places of the Puppet Covered Bridge and the Dao Soldier Palace, he did not necessarily put in much less effort than the other four. The fact that he still had such ability after all this time was really beyond Yuan Feng's expectations.

After Lang Yi used his wooden magic to force back the "Slaughter and Extermination" from Yuan Feng's hand, he showed no smugness on his face. He only pleaded, "Fellow Daoist Yuan, please don't be impatient. This Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance is a treasure in your eyes, but it is useless to my Lang Yi body. If you want it, you can exchange it for something else."

"Evergreen Vine?" Yuan Feng asked casually. What cultivator would complain about having too much lifespan? But as long as he could get the Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance from Lang Yi, it wouldn't be a bad deal for the young master of the Yuan Household.

"Exactly," Lang Yi said without hesitation, retracting the vine wall, and countless vines returned to the old man's sleeve. The evil energy that Yuan Feng had created with the Slaughter and Extermination had lost its support and fell into empty space, creating a deep pit in the ground.

"This old man cannot compare to Fellow Daoist Yuan 'Dao Path. Apart from the Evergreen Vine and the Life-Giving Longevity Pill, this old man desires nothing else. Not only this Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance, but all the treasures obtained on this journey, this old man is willing to exchange."

Lang Yi lowered his eyes and spoke sincerely, bowing deeply to Yuan Feng, which showed his sincerity.

"Senior Lang, you're too kind," Yuan Feng the Slaughter and Extermination. Although he hadn't given up the idea of fighting for it, Lang was a difficult character to deal with. Fighting for it now would only benefit others, which wouldn't be ideal.

"If I do find two longevity-promoting spiritual items, I'll exchange them for them first. After I leave the Mountain-Viewing cave abode and replenish my energy with either my elder sister, Chu Yanran, or Little Darling, I can slowly reclaim the treasures that the others obtained."

The murderous intent in Yuan Feng's eyes gradually subsided, while Lang Yi remained expressionless, showing neither joy nor sorrow. After a brief standoff, the two dispersed.

After bidding farewell to Lang Yi, Yuan Feng entered a quiet room. Soon after, a string of curses came from inside. "You son of a bitch!" The young master of the Yuan Household refused to believe that his luck was so bad, and still stubbornly searched the room.

At that very moment, Sect Leader Kang Da and his entourage were also passing through the perilous Puppet Covered Bridge and the Dao Soldier Palace with a group of water beasts.

With the Daoist Black Shoes and others leading the way, Kang Dabao and his group traveled smoothly. However, the atmosphere among the four was somewhat strange.

Beforehand, Zhang Qingran had her cinnabar broken by the talisman water that Yuan Xiyue had painstakingly prepared, and she immediately swallowed the remaining talisman water, which was full of yang energy, with embarrassment.

As Yuan Xiyue said, although Yuan Feng put a lot of effort into applying the cinnabar mark to Zhang Qingran, it was indeed no match for her.

After taking the talisman water, Zhang Qingran felt her mind clear, as if she had been reborn.

However, she was not free from the shackles of having her life and death in the hands of others for long. Before her joy could even begin, Yuan Xiyue planted a Mingfei Seal on her, which was similar in effect to Yuan Feng's virginity Wisdom Consort Seal.

According to the eldest daughter of the Yuan Household family, "Even if Sect Leader Kang were to remove the Yang Blood Heart-Locking Incantation from me, I would not truly be free. It is better to proceed this way so that both of us can feel at ease."

It was only then that Sect Leader Kang Da realized the truth. No wonder Zhang Qingran, the female cultivator, was so open and fearless when she broke through the sand barrier, showing no fear of breaking his promise to lift the curse for her.

Kang Dabao initially thought it was his reputation for being trustworthy in Cloud Horn Prefecture that had an effect, but it turned out that the other party had their own reasons.

The joy that welled up in Zhang Qingran's heart didn't disappear into thin air; it simply shifted to the area under Yuan Xiyue's bulging nipple on the left.

Although she felt somewhat embarrassed because Kang Dabao had once again ripped open her clothes during the dispelling of the curse, leaving her completely exposed, Yuan Xiyue still felt incredibly happy to be free from these constraints.

Sect Leader Kang Da didn't feel he had suffered any loss, since Yuan Xiyue was right beside him, and if he could control her once, he could control her a second time.

As for Zhang Qingran, apart from replenishing her yang energy, she didn't seem to suffer any significant loss.

After all, in the cultivation world, no one ever offers handouts; why would anyone help you for no reason?

In this eerie atmosphere, Kang Dabao and the others followed a group of water beasts to the place where the Exalted Cultivator Guanyu had once stayed, and where the Star-Patterned Jade Spirit Turtle had played.

"Fellow Daoist Crocodile, how do we find that key?" With a single probe of his Divine Sense, he saw over a hundred houses. Sect Leader Kang Da, still clueless, asked softly.

E Yuan, however, seemed confident, saying in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist, rest assured. My Jade Lake Lineage has been waiting for this day for countless years; we will surely find it."

Kang Dabao didn't know what methods E Yuan had used, but he felt that after these water beasts entered the Ice-Drinking Chamber, they seemed to have gained supernatural eyes and knew the way well, as if they had returned to their hometown.

"Damn it," the group stopped in front of a room that seemed unremarkable to Sect Leader Kang Da. E Yuan's tone was low, and the water beasts became restless for the first time.

"Someone beat me to it," Kang Dabao muttered to himself.

E Yuan thought to himself, "According to the ancestral precepts, only the room in the Ice-Drinking Chamber that hides the key to the Spirit Turtle Stone Chamber never changes location; it always stays in the southeast corner of the Ice-Drinking Chamber. How could it be such a coincidence?"

"In that case, Fellow Daoist Crocodile, why don't we explore it ourselves first?" Yuan Xiyue suggested crisply, glancing at the room next door.

It wasn't surprising that the female cultivator made such a suggestion. She had come for the Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance, and now that she had the opportunity to explore the Ice-Drinking Chamber and escape the gaze of the Sect Leader Kang Da, who hadn't taken his eyes off her, she naturally wouldn't give it up.

E Yuan's gaze suddenly turned much colder. "Fellow Daoist Yuan E Yuan, I have already said before that the true essence of Mountain-Viewing cave abode is behind the Spirit Turtle Stone Chamber. Compared to it, the mundane things in the Ice-Drinking Chamber are nothing but grains of rice."

"Now, fellow Daoist, I urge you not to let a small matter cause you a greater loss, lest you regret it for the rest of your life. We will guard the cultivator who entered this room until they leave, and we must not go anywhere else."

Not only did E Yuan Xiyue Yuan's statement, but even Kang Dabao didn't quite agree with it.

Who knows if what you, this four-legged beast covered in scales and armor, is true or false? There are so many rooms around and no one has entered. Who knows, you might just walk into one and find a Golden Core Formation Pill inside. With such an opportunity, who has the willpower to resist giving it up?

Just as Kang Dabao was about to start arguing with E Yuan while pulling Jiang Qing along, the barrier at the entrance of the room flickered, and a burly man carrying a sword walked out.

"Yue Lan?!" Kang Dabao exclaimed in surprise.

"Cultivator, leave your things behind!"

E Yuan and the other aquatic beasts could no longer contain themselves and surrounded Yue Lan.

"Kang Dabao? And so many water beasts?! Spirit Awakening water beasts?!" Yue Lan exclaimed in astonishment. "This Moonlight Palace has other entrances?"

With a "whoosh," the E Yuan's massive jaws opened wide, revealing sharp, serrated teeth, each as wide and long as a palm, comparable in power to a top-grade magical Law Artifact.

E Yuan's mouthful of sharp teeth emerged one after another, not randomly, but rather with a certain order. Counting them carefully, there were a total of 365 teeth, which was the number of stars in the sky. They formed an array that was extremely powerful.

This was a powerful Law Technique that had not been shown to Kang Dabao and the others before, and its use at this moment was truly impressive.

"Command!" Yue Lan formed a sword finger with his hand, and the flying sword behind him was swiftly drawn. In just a moment, the flying sword floated in mid-air, emanating eight colorless Sword Qi, just like the Cold Moon, first heading in all directions and then rushing to the four corners.

E Yuan's Serrated Teeth Grand Formation failed to achieve its goal in one move. In order to gain the upper hand, Yue Lan also used his signature move. Not a single one of the 365 sawtooths was missed. They were all sliced through by the eight Sword Qi, causing thousands of sparks to fly wildly.

Yue Lan was taken aback, thinking to himself, "This beast is only Second-Tier Upper-Grade, yet his methods are quite formidable."

However, what surprised Yue Lan was not the only thing that happened. After the E Yuan Serrated Teeth Grand Formation retreated, the Purple-Whiskered King Tuna, with its long whiskers like whips, swept over with a cold wind.

The clang of metal clashing reverberated throughout the universe. Yue Lan's face was ashen. "The two long whiskers of this fat fish are incredibly powerful; they're probably comparable to top-grade Spirit Artifact!"

The Purple-Whiskered King Tuna retreated first, followed by the Six Paths of Mysterious Light and the One-Horned Poison Pufferfish, who sacrificed himself for righteousness and followed closely behind. Yue Lan dared not hold back in the slightest. With a flick of his wrist, Half-Chi climbed out from his waist and roamed over his shoulders.

This Half-Chi truly lived up to its reputation as Yue Lan's greatest help in securing his position as a senior elder of a major sect. With a small opening of its mouth, a gentle breeze arose, and "whoosh!" a large ball of blue demonic flames devoured the Six-Eyed Sage Widower's profound light. Not stopping there, it continued to spray towards the gathering place of the water beasts!

The Cold Moon Sword did not pause either; its blade glowed with white moonlight as it slashed fiercely at the venomous pig's horn.

"Hiss! Die, cultivator!"

A sharp crack and the One-Horned Poison Pufferfish's cry of pain rang out simultaneously. Yue Lan's leopard eyes widened in shock, and he roared, "Another 'Spirit Awakening' Demon Beast?! Kang Dabao, do you know that you are colluding with Demon Cultivator? This is an unforgivable crime established by the founding emperor of this dynasty?!"

Unbeknownst to him, Sect Leader Kang Da was also astonished. "It seems my prediction was correct; these four leading beasts are indeed 'Spirit Awakening' demons. No wonder they treat ordinary Demon Beast as nothing!"

Kang Dabao's response to Yue Lan's reprimand was quite simple: Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes, causing the Cold Moon Sword, which was resisting the E Yuan Serrated Teeth Grand Formation in mid-air, to tremble, and most of the moonlight wrapped around it dissipated.

"Which of the ninety-one unpardonable crimes committed by our founding emperor haven't your Two Instruments Sect committed? And now you're still arguing with your father!?" Kang Dabao was indignant, and the power of his pupil technique naturally increased by three points.

With this help, E Yuan took advantage of the gap, with most of the fang array still dealing with Cold Moon Sword, while a small portion of it darted out to aim at Yue Lan's Dharma body, intending to cut it into mincemeat.

The Half-Chi, which was burning the flesh of the water beasts to a crisp, refused to allow it. It jumped off Yue Lan's shoulder, swept its tail, and the fine scales and serrated teeth collided and intertwined. The Half-Chi was at a disadvantage.

Blood falls like threads, landing as plum blossoms.

The Purple-Whiskered King Tuna did not stand idly by. Its two long whiskers, as thick as large bowls and extremely tough, lashed out at the slender body of the Half-Chi. The muffled sound made the few First Tier water beasts in the arena roll their eyes and almost faint.

Unexpectedly, although this Half-Chi was small, it was not as weak as it appeared. Even after such a heavy blow, it only had some cuts on its skin and flesh. It was in so much pain that its ears drooped down, and it roared angrily.

Blue flames swept over accompanied by a sharp whistle.

Yue Lan's spirit beast, capable of overwhelming even Chu Yanran, who possessed a treasured Law Treasure, was indeed extraordinary. Under its might, apart from the four leading beasts and Kang and Jiang, who were largely unaffected, even Yuan Xiyue and Zhang Qingran, both Foundation Establishment True Cultivator, could barely protect themselves.

Jiang Qing circulated the White Dew in his hand at lightning speed, his eyes flashing with light. He had been practicing the Chongming Sect, the sect's most Cultivation Method, Three Yang Scripture many years and was no stranger to fire magic, but the grand scene before him was something he had never seen before in his life.

He was, after all, a genius who had only appeared once every two hundred years in the Chongming Sect. Seeing this scene, as he defended with his flying sword, he also had some unique insights.

"It was only because of my lingering misfortunes that I encountered such a calamity!" Yue Lan lamented inwardly. The fire magic of the Half-Chi could only buy him some breathing time, but it was absolutely impossible to force the opposing human-beast alliance to retreat with it.

As expected, after Half-Chi caught his breath, the four beasts, led by E Yuan, relied on their strong physiques to break through the Blue Flame, which was already somewhat exhausted, and rushed over.

To Yue Lan's slight surprise, the seemingly plump and bloated Double Brightness Sect Leader also rushed over!

"If only I had killed this bastard with one sword back in Quarry Mountain!" Yue Lan wondered how much good fortune Kang Dabao had gained in just twenty years to rise from a worthless, lowly ant to such a level!

The Purple-Whiskered King Tuna, along with the One-Horned Poison Pufferfish and the Six-Eyed Sage Widower, separated the Half-Chi from Yue Lan's side, leaving the latter to fight E Yuan and Sect Leader Kang Da alone.

"Give me everything in the room!!" E Yuan's eyes were bloodshot. Although they had just met, he harbored a deep-seated hatred for Yue Lan!

The Serrated Teeth Grand Formation again. This time, Yue Lan was unable to go far. He felt the fierce aura above him so intense that he could barely open his eyes. The Cold Moon Sword flashed, finally blocking the sawtooth formation. Then, two Golden Light pierced through from the front.

"You're courting death!" Yue Lan sneered, summoning a high-grade square mirror Spirit Artifact to block the attack.

It's important to understand that not every early-stage cultivator can compare to the Daoist Black Shoes!

Once he had stabilized the four-legged beast before him and gained some space, Yue Lan figured that a few casual sword strikes would be enough to kill the oblivious Kang Dabao!

However, E Yuan was much more troublesome than Yue Lan had imagined. Although the Serrated Teeth Grand Formation was indeed ineffective against the Cold Moon Sword, Yue Lan would find it difficult to concentrate if he wanted to use the Cold Moon Sword to completely suppress E Yuan's methods.

Moreover, Kang Dabao, who wields the great banner, is not as weak as Yue Lan expected. He has an extraordinary physique and is not inferior to the One-Horned Poison Pufferfish, which is ranked last among the four beasts!

That pupil technique has improved so much since Yue Lan first saw it that it is now far more advanced and not easily defeated.

If that were all, Yue Lan wouldn't be afraid of E Yuan and Kang Dabao joining forces. How could that old lecher who dared to covet Chu Yanran's body only have this much ability?!

However, as the Half-Chi was entangled by the three beasts and lost its ability to control the fire, the remaining dozen or so Second Tier water beasts and Jiang Qing and the other two bypassed the uncontrolled blue flames and joined the battle.

"Roar!" Half-Chi was even angrier than Yue Lan. It withstood the three types of profound light from the Six-Eyed Sage Widower and rushed out first, tearing the Snow-Patterned Water Python that was charging towards it into pieces!

"Clang clang," Yue Lan pointed at the Cold Moon Sword, which unleashed a chilling sword Sword Qi that deflected all three of Jiang Qing's fierce beams of fire.

"There's something special about him!" Yue Lan had lost count of how many times she had been surprised today. How old was Jiang Qing? His Swordsmanship had already improved to such a level?!

"If he had agreed to become a disciple of Sect Leader Li Yun back then, who knows how amazing he would be now!" Yue Lan thought to himself, laughing at Jiang Qing's foolishness and ignorance in rejecting this opportunity to rise to the top.

Although Jiang Qing's all-out attack was ineffective, Yue Lan and Half-Chi were now surrounded by nearly twenty Foundation Establishment warriors, making the battle even more intense.

Half-Chi, confident in its noble bloodline, even when it Golden Core alongside Yue Lan, was still regarded with higher regard by the cultivators than Half-Chi Yue Lan, its master who Foundation Establishment Peak.

Now, being besieged by a bunch of lowly beasts, Half-Chi was naturally furious.

Enraged, the Purple-Whiskered King Tuna and its pack of aquatic beasts took advantage of the situation. As for the loss of the Second Tier aquatic beasts, they were worthless consumables in the eyes of these "Spirit Awakening" Demon Beast.

The fact that such a small price could leave the Half-Chi covered in wounds made the three beasts, led by the Purple-Whiskered King Tuna, quite happy.

Just as his own spirit beast had cracked open the skull of another Second Tier Jade Crocodile, E Yuan seized the opportunity and spewed out a water spear that pierced through the right chest of the Half-Chi. Meanwhile, Yue Lan's Sword Qi, which he had managed to unleash during the opening, was blocked by Kang and Jiang working together, and his efforts were in vain.

Yue Lan finally felt a sense of retreat. Just then, he felt a seductive melody beside him, and the Golden Light and Sword Qi around him seemed to turn into pink and red miasma.

Before him stood a stunningly beautiful female cultivator, completely naked, smiling sweetly at him.

"Yanran."

"Wait a minute!!" Yue Lan suddenly realized, narrowly dodging Kang Dabao's pupil technique. A chill ran down her spine. "This is the Wisdom Consort Form?! Why is that female cultivator from the Yuan Household helping them?!"

"Give me back the treasures in the room!" Hearing E Yuan's furious shout again, Yue Lan was enraged. "You motherfucker! The restrictions on the items in that room are so strong that even a public array -Formation-Breaking Pearl couldn't break them! Come out empty-handed and give them back to me!!"