Chapter 10

"Father, is he the old ancestor of the Gai family, the peak Tianwu Realm Iron Hat Old Qingzhou King 'Gai Tiancheng'?" Ye Jun Tian asked after standing up.

"That's right, it's him. A generation of Iron Hat King, his martial arts were unparalleled, causing a stir in the court and the wild. However, the result was his death, which is a tragedy for our Zhao Kingdom." Ye Qing Xiao nodded, his face filled with sorrow.

"What about my adoptive father?" Ye Jun Tian asked.

"He went to find the old king, but ended up missing. The old king was severely injured and found us, and he perished here." Ye Qing Xiao sighed, his eyes blazing as if they were about to spout fire. He then glanced at Ye Jun Tian, his expression particularly solemn, and said, "You should first bathe in the stone tub in the corner and then properly pay your respects to the old king. After all, he is the ancestor of your adoptive father."

Ye Jun Tian was puzzled. Why didn't his father wash before paying respects, but now it was his turn to wash? It was as if he was unclean. However, he thought his father wouldn't think that way.

Is there some deeper meaning to this? Ye Jun Tian became even more curious.

He then walked to the corner of the stone room and found a stone water tank standing there, more than half a person's height, about one meter wide. The entire stone tank was intricately carved with fierce animal totems. Inside, there was a large amount of clear, pure water.

Ye Jun Tian looked at his father, who nodded at him and then sat down to meditate.

Ye Jun Tian took off his robe and reached into the water. Immediately, he pulled his hand back with a start. He asked in surprise, "Father, the water is too cold, what's going on?"

"Sky Cold Water, do you think it's not cold?" Ye Qing Xiao replied.

"Sky Cold Water, isn't that the holy water that drops from the legendary celestial ice? It's an extremely cold substance. A single drop can freeze a pond several meters in diameter. With such a large tank, if it were poured into a lake, it could freeze the entire small lake. It's said that a drop as thick as a thumb can be exchanged for 10 medium-grade blood crystal coins, and it's in high demand. This tank is incredible. And why hasn't such extremely cold water frozen?" Ye Jun Tian was amazed.

"Can blood crystal coins be compared to it? As for why it hasn't frozen, it's because of this tank. Enough talk, get in the tank. If you can't handle it, you're not my son." Ye Qing Xiao said coldly.

Ye Jun Tian began to activate his bloodline vibrations and circulated the 'Positive and Negative Qi Flow.' For this strange method of circulating positive and negative qi, Ye Jun Tian didn't know what it should be called. It was definitely different from the Ye family's 'Green Wood Technique.'

After warming up, Ye Jun Tian slowly sat down in the water tank.

Ah...

Despite being well-prepared, Ye Jun Tian still let out a loud cry from the cold.

Oh...

When his entire body sank in, Ye Jun Tian shivered uncontrollably, as if he had suddenly fallen into a pool of ten-thousand-year-old ice. The cold was bone-chilling, as if his soul was about to freeze. Ye Jun Tian fully activated the 'Positive and Negative Qi Flow,' but it was still unbearably cold.

Soon, Ye Jun Tian felt his body was almost numb, turning into a human ice block. If he continued, he would definitely freeze to death. But he remembered his father's words, and the old man was meditating with his eyes closed, ignoring everything.

Ye Jun Tian was a strong-willed person, so he gritted his teeth and persisted, vigorously vibrating his bloodline to absorb the cold from the Sky Cold Water. His idea was to absorb some of it and refine it into blood qi, at least to reduce the cold.

The icy coldness penetrated from his skin to his muscles, then to his internal organs, and finally to his bone marrow and brain...

It was a destructive force.

In the end, even his heart was frozen.

Damn it, I finally managed to reincarnate, and I'm going to freeze to death like this?

No, I can't die!

I must live a more splendid life this time!

Ye Jun Tian struggled desperately in his mind, but his consciousness was gradually fading, and he was about to lose consciousness. Just as he was helplessly fighting and struggling, there was a sudden sound from his stomach.

Did my stomach freeze and burst?

Ye Jun Tian thought sadly and decided to take a look. When he saw it, he was stunned. His stomach had indeed burst, but after the explosion, a tiny black object formed.

He used his eyes to look more closely and almost shouted out loud. Because that 'speck of dust' looked very much like the terrifying black hole that had swallowed Dongfanghong 100 before his reincarnation.

When he probed the dust-sized black hole with his eyes, he immediately felt a sharp pain in his eyes. Ye Jun Tian quickly withdrew his gaze, and his frozen body suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, which somewhat alleviated the icy coldness.

Because he felt as if his eyes were about to be sucked into the 'black hole.' If he hadn't closed his eyes in time, his eyes would have been sucked in. Even though he only glanced for a moment, the black hole was unfathomably deep, and a mysterious and distant aura stimulated Ye Jun Tian.

And in that fleeting moment, the black hole seemed to suddenly erupt, and a gray energy burst out, rushing into Ye Jun Tian's entire body. It was a terrifying energy, and Ye Jun Tian, who was frozen like an ice stick, suddenly felt the ice on his body melting layer by layer. Soon, the Sky Cold Water began to steam, and this phenomenon even startled Ye Qing Xiao, who was meditating in another corner.

He stared dumbfounded at the steaming water tank.

He wondered how this was possible. Sky Cold Water, the coldest water in the world, was actually steaming. Wasn't this heat energy terrifying?

At this moment, Ye Jun Tian was in a meditative state, sitting cross-legged in the water as if he were enjoying it. His skin, which was almost black from the cold, gradually regained its vitality. It seemed as if a crack had suddenly appeared on the top of his head, and a stream of white steam rose.

This phenomenon left Ye Qing Xiao speechless, because such a phenomenon usually only appeared when a peak Diwu Realm strong practitioner vigorously vibrated thirty bloodlines and awakened their 'Blood Soul,' resulting in the 'One Flower Gathering at the Top, One Qi Returning to the Origin' phenomenon.

However, the white steam above Ye Jun Tian's head could only be called 'One Qi,' but not 'Returning to the Origin.' 'Returning to the Origin' meant gathering the blood qi into a single beam and then inhaling it through the mouth back into the body to be considered successful.

Moreover, the blood qi had to form a 'flower' shape on the top of the head, and the qi had to be directed toward the 'flower,' and both the flower and the qi had to be absorbed together to awaken the 'Blood Soul' and enter the Tianwu Realm.

What's going on? Ye Qing Xiao was also confused. Was it a half-finished project? It didn't look like a flower, nor did it look like qi.

However, no matter how you looked at it, Ye Jun Tian, who was only at the second level of 'Pulse Vibration,' was still far from the Tianwu Realm. How could he achieve 'One Qi Returning to the Origin, One Flower Gathering at the Top'?

"Focus and gather the white steam into a single beam!" Ye Qing Xiao urged, vibrating his bloodline to shout.

Actually, there was no need for him to say it. Ye Jun Tian had already done so. However, after two hours, the white steam dissipated, and the top of his head returned to normal. Ye Jun Tian still couldn't gather the white steam and inhale it through his mouth.

"Alas, what a pity." Ye Qing Xiao sighed inwardly. He then shook his head and laughed at himself for being too hasty. Breaking through from the Pulse Vibration Realm to the Tianwu Realm in one go was something that didn't even exist in myths and legends.

However, Ye Jun Tian could personally feel that after the white steam dissipated, his third bloodline actually appeared. Moreover, the third bloodline emitted a terrifying icy coldness.

Moreover, Ye Jun Tian was surprised to find that the three bloodlines he had successfully vibrated were all lying on the edge of the 'black hole,' as if they were blood vessels on the black hole, and more like they were guarding it. When he looked around, his eyesight had improved, and he could vaguely see through a half-foot-thick stone wall.