Chapter 67

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Ten minutes had passed!

The four cold snakes had glanced over a few times but never swam to the shore.

How could this be? The Ice Condensing Pearl should have a fatal attraction to ice-type beasts, almost as strong as the Blood Black Gold to gold-eating beasts. Why were these four snakes not very interested?

However, Yang Dingtian soon realized that for the four snakes, the unfrozen water pool already had enough icy mystic energy for them to absorb for countless years. Although the Ice Condensing Pearl was very rich in icy mystic energy, it was not very useful for low-level ice-type beasts.

This path was not working. Yang Dingtian put away the Ice Condensing Pearl and thought of another plan: to provoke one of the snakes.

So, Yang Dingtian dug out many stones and threw them at one of the four-legged cold snakes.

The snake dodged Yang Dingtian's stones and glared at him with anger, hissing threateningly.

Yang Dingtian ignored it and threw another stone. The snake dodged again, its small eyes fixed on Yang Dingtian, now completely enraged.

Yang Dingtian threw another stone.

"Whoosh!" The snake suddenly spat out an ice blade, cutting the stone in mid-air.

Yang Dingtian threw another stone, and the snake, enraged, spat out an ice blade at him. He waved his Flame Feather, and the ice blade turned into water before it could hit him.

Next, Yang Dingtian threw countless stones, provoking each of the four cold snakes, making them all spit ice blades at him, which he melted with his Flame Feather.

In the end, the four snakes used up all their icy mystic energy but still did not come ashore. When Yang Dingtian threw more stones, they simply dove into the water, leaving him at a loss.

Did he really have to go into the water? Yang Dingtian was puzzled. He couldn't just come here for nothing. If he had to go into the water, so be it, and the four snakes' icy mystic energy had been completely depleted.

Yang Dingtian clenched his teeth, looked at the chilling unfrozen water pool, held his breath, and jumped in.

"Plunk!" Yang Dingtian's body slammed into the calm unfrozen water.

"Hisss..." The bone-chilling cold made Yang Dingtian shudder violently, his body's heat rapidly dissipating.

He had imagined the cold of the unfrozen water, but when he actually jumped in, the cold was far beyond his expectations.

Suddenly, Yang Dingtian felt his body stiffen.

At this moment, the four snakes, seeing Yang Dingtian jump into the unfrozen water pool, immediately showed a fierce look. Their three to four-meter-long bodies charged at Yang Dingtian, opening their mouths to reveal their vicious fangs.

Before, Yang Dingtian had provoked them in various ways, but they had not been so angry. Now, their eyes were filled with a deadly determination. They considered the unfrozen water pool their territory, and with an intruder in their territory, they naturally wanted to kill Yang Dingtian.

The four snakes arrived instantly, and Yang Dingtian waved his Flame Feather, preparing to fight.

The problem was that his body was stiff, and in the water, his speed was much slower than before.

"Hisss hisss hisss..." Two of the snakes shot out of the water, opening their mouths to bite Yang Dingtian's head.

"Whoosh whoosh..." Yang Dingtian's Flame Feather shot out of the water, shaking wildly. Although his speed was much slower, his moves were still incredibly mysterious.

"Thud thud thud..." Instantly, the two snakes were cut into dozens of pieces in mid-air.

Then, his legs suddenly went numb and cold, bitten by the other two cold snakes. The cold poison spread rapidly, and his legs became completely numb and stiff, as if they were not his own. The two cold snakes continued to bite his ankles, their long bodies coiling around his legs, dragging him down.

He had to leave the water pool, or it would be dangerous.

Yang Dingtian did not have time to take the beast cores from the cold snakes in the water. He thrust his Flame Feather into the hard rock on the shore, used all his strength, and burst out of the water with a roar.

Bang!

Yang Dingtian used all his strength, grabbed his Flame Feather, rolled his body, and leaped out of the water, collapsing on the shore.

The water snakes that were coiled around his legs quickly loosened their grip, their bodies shooting back into the water.

Yang Dingtian swung his Flame Feather, and a flame shot out.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." Instantly, one of the snakes was cut into two pieces in mid-air and fell to the ground.

The Flame Feather circled in the air and returned to Yang Dingtian's hand.

Yang Dingtian quickly examined the wounds on his ankles. There were two deep holes, but they had already frozen solid. His entire leg was blue and stiff from the cold.

However, Yang Dingtian, with his incredibly powerful Nine Yang Mystic Vein, felt the cold poison gradually recede after leaving the unfrozen water pool. A warm energy slowly returned to his legs, and they gradually regained their temperature and movement.

In just five minutes, a blue cold poison was forced out of his body through the wounds, and Yang Dingtian's legs were back to normal.

Yang Dingtian walked to the bodies of the four-legged cold snakes and dug out the beast cores. They were very beautiful, crystal-clear like ice crystals, with unique patterns, truly beautiful.

"Got the fourth beast core, only one more left." Yang Dingtian held the ice-type beast core in front of his eyes, feeling a sense of satisfaction.

Although some unexpected events occurred, and he even faced life-threatening situations, he still successfully obtained the metal-type and ice-type beast cores.

It was time to leave; perhaps Ninging was already worried. Yang Dingtian reluctantly looked at the unfrozen water pool, as there might be treasures beneath it.

"The most important thing now is the Five Elements Yin-Yang Array; everything else must be set aside. I must not let anything else interfere." Yang Dingtian thought, then put the ice-type beast core in a box and prepared to leave the mine.

Suddenly, an old man's voice echoed in the cave, his throat seemingly burned, making the sound very harsh and unpleasant.

"Little brother, I've been watching for a long time, and there are a few things that are very strange. Can you help me understand?"

Yang Dingtian was startled. Someone was here? Who? Clearly, he had been here for a long time, but Yang Dingtian had not noticed.

"Is Ninging in danger?" Yang Dingtian immediately thought of another crucial matter.

"Who are you, senior? Why don't you show yourself?" Yang Dingtian tried to calm his rapid breathing and asked slowly, but his body hair still stood on end.

"You are full of treasures, yet you are only a martial enlightenment practitioner. When injured, you took a Fifth Rank Marvelous Spirit Pill. You used Blood Black Gold to attract low-level gold-eating beasts and the Ice Condensing Pearl to attract low-level ice-type beasts. In the end, you even used your own body to attract the cold snakes, all for a mere First Rank beast core." The old man said, "This is very strange. Any one of the things you have could be exchanged for tens of thousands of beast cores. Why risk your life for these beast cores?"

"Only what I hunt myself truly belongs to me." Yang Dingtian replied.

"Very well said." The old man said, "But you are lying. I think you want to use these beast cores to form some array and then break through your mystic energy, right?"

Yang Dingtian was startled. The Pig Slaughtering Sword Technique was an absolute secret. How did he know?

"It's not hard to guess. Many arrays in this world require beast cores, and they must be hunted by the user. You are only an enlightenment practitioner, so you can't use arrays to refine souls or create puppets. The only thing left is to break through your mystic energy." The old man said, "Each mystic energy absorption array is extremely mysterious. Can you tell me?"

The Five Elements Yin-Yang Array requires five beast cores and a pentagram array. These two things are not rare, but what is rare is the mystic energy circulation mantra and the Yin-Yang Festival, when the two moons block the two suns.

The Yin-Yang Festival is a natural phenomenon, a cosmic opportunity, and is hard to come by. Therefore, the most important part of the Five Elements Yin-Yang Array is the mystic energy circulation mantra. Without the mantra, the array is useless.

"Senior, this is just a method I, a beginner, am trying to break through. It has no use for someone of your level." Yang Dingtian said.

"I have juniors too. This array is extremely rare, so I must know about it." The old man said slowly.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, an incredibly powerful force sucked the box from Yang Dingtian's chest, which contained three beast cores: two metal-type and one ice-type.

This was an absolute expert, taking things from a distance without any resistance from Yang Dingtian.

"You went through great lengths to get these three beast cores, even risking your life. So, these beast cores must be very important to you." The old man said slowly, "So, tell me about the array and the mantra, or I will destroy these three beast cores."

Yang Dingtian suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Senior, you are a great expert, yet you are so disrespectful to a junior, taking things by force?"

"Dignity? I never care about dignity." The old man said slowly.

"Bang!" Suddenly, the cave wall exploded, and a thick layer of ice shattered. A disheveled old man with gray hair emerged from the hole.

A very thin old man, with deep-set eyes and a crooked nose, looking very extreme and sinister.

The old man took the ice-type beast core in his hand and said slowly, "Speak, or I will destroy it."

Yang Dingtian gritted his teeth and glared at him, saying nothing.

"Thud..." The old man squeezed his hand, and the ice-type beast core exploded, making Yang Dingtian's heart wrench.

Then, the old man held the remaining two metal-type beast cores and said coldly to Yang Dingtian, "Speak, or I will destroy these two beast cores too."

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