Chapter 39

The sentiment of coming to someone's aid, plus the bond formed through shared adversity.

Can this allow me to continue building a deep friendship with the girl?

The couple returns home together, gaining both wealth and a person, stepping onto the path of success, and then coming back to cause me trouble?

"Nice thinking, but why don't you go drink from the underground river instead?"

Yan Zhaoge sneered, immediately interrupting the process of absorbing the Ice Dragon Bone Spirit, and instead slapped the small iron plaque.

The small iron plaque shook violently, and the massive Ice Dragon skeleton also trembled intensely.

The Ice Dragon Bone Spirit immediately let out a deafening roar, the sound deafening.

When Yan Zhaoge's palm left the dragon bone, his communication with the Ice Dragon Bone Spirit was cut off.

On the other side, Ye Jing and Meng Wan could no longer sense the situation with Yan Zhaoge.

Just as they were stunned, the Ice Dragon Bone Spirit suddenly burst with great force, and the massive Ice Dragon skeleton wildly twisted its body.

A huge vortex reappeared in the cold pond, with violent water currents and collapsing stone walls scattering in all directions.

The Ice Dragon skeleton suddenly raised its head, colliding with Meng Wan's body. Meng Wan barely managed to resist, her whole body shaking, and she could no longer hold onto the white silk.

Ye Jing grunted, losing Meng Wan's support, he was swept into an underground river by the pond water, instantly disappearing.

The water was pitch black, with no light.

Ye Jing spun with the water, his body constantly colliding with the riverbank, feeling stars in his eyes and the world spinning.

"Yan... Zhao..."

Ye Jing roared again in a fit of rage, but no sound came out, only the icy, bone-chilling river water rushed into his mouth, blocking the rest of his words.

His body was once again covered in injuries, but what flew out was not flesh and blood, but streams of fire.

Unfortunately, the flames were immediately extinguished by the cold, surging river water.

Meng Wan came to her senses but was powerless to help.

In the chaotic pond water, it was difficult to even protect herself, and she could only barely stabilize her body, waiting for the water to calm before moving.

On the other side, in the icy river valley, Yan Zhaoge was at ease, placing his palm on the dragon tail bone again, reabsorbing the remaining Ice Dragon Bone Spirit in the dragon bone.

"What was supposed to be a beautiful first encounter has turned into this mess. I wonder how much psychological trauma a certain person is experiencing right now?"

Yan Zhaoge sneered, "Do you think this is it? Boy, we're just getting started."

"Go and search. Follow the earthquake's tremors, to the north of here, you should be able to find a cave, and at the bottom of the cave, there's a cold pond."

Yan Zhaoge instructed, "The Yin Girl of the Great Sun Holy Sect, Meng Wan, should be in that area."

"Although Ye Jing was swept into the underground river, he is also in that region. Search the surrounding area centered around that location."

Ahu nodded, "Yes, Master."

Yan Zhaoge remained at the bottom of the ice lake. As the Ice Dragon Bone Spirit was absorbed, the agitation of the Ice Dragon skeleton began to subside.

When all the Ice Dragon Bone Spirit was absorbed, Yan Zhaoge's palm finally left the dragon tail bone, and he pulled out the small iron plaque from the bone crevice.

"Ha, speaking of which, this thing still belongs to Ye Jing." Yan Zhaoge laughed indifferently, "I'll take it as interest first."

The ice-blue essence jade in his other hand had now turned pure white, with a faint dragon shadow undulating inside.

Dragon roars echoed from within, and the essence jade seemed to come to life, pulsating on its own.

Even with Yan Zhaoge's strength, he felt it was hard to hold onto it.

Yan Zhaoge emerged from the ice lake. Although Ahu had been ordered to search for the cold pond, several black-robed masters remained here to wait for him.

"Leave two people to guard this icy river valley, and send someone to inform the sect to come and collect the Ice Dragon skeleton."

One of the black-robed masters replied, "Yes, Master."

Although the most valuable Ice Dragon Bone Spirit was gone, the Ice Dragon skeleton still had high value.

Yan Zhaoge left the icy river valley and headed north to find the cold pond.

On the way, Yan Zhaoge held the essence jade, infusing it with his Inner Strength, stimulating the Ice Dragon Bone Spirit.

The Ice Dragon Bone Spirit, appearing as a white light, continuously moved within the essence jade, and under the stimulation of Yan Zhaoge's Inner Strength, it surged into his body.

The strength was so powerful that Yan Zhaoge's body temporarily felt numb.

However, Yan Zhaoge did not mind. He let out a low shout, and in his dantian, a clear energy was generated, the purest form of the Great Clear Qi Technique passed down by Guangcheng Mountain.

Unlike other Guangcheng Mountain martial artists, the clear energy in Yan Zhaoge's dantian had a faint appearance of chaos.

This was the foundation of Yan Zhaoge's martial path, derived from the supreme secret technique, the Wuji Heavenly Book, which he had cultivated before the Great Catastrophe.

All things return to the state of chaos and the Wuji.

From the state of chaos and the Wuji, all things can be born.

Stimulated by the cold energy of the Ice Dragon Bone Spirit, this mass of chaos immediately transformed into extremely hot energy, which, when combined with the cold energy, returned to chaos.

In this process, Yan Zhaoge's Inner Strength flowed more powerfully and dominantly!

In his major acupoints, faint ice-blue mist coiled, manifesting the image of an ice dragon.

In each acupoint, an ice dragon coiled.

The dragons roared together, their scales opening and closing, displaying surging power.

After practicing through thirty-six major cycles, Yan Zhaoge temporarily stopped, put away the ice dragon essence jade, and took out the small iron plaque again.

The patterns on the iron plaque were no longer broken, and the ancient text could be clearly understood.

"Stars gather, dragons enter the sea, ancient cold abyss, reverse scales shock the moon..."

"This Ice Dragon buried here is indeed related to the Ice Dragon Martial Saint, and that Ice Dragon Martial Saint seems to be involved in some secret of dragons entering the sea. Is this text a hint, a message, or a warning?"

Yan Zhaoge smiled and shook his head, "Interesting, interesting..."

Yan Zhaoge did not place much importance on the possible martial legacy left by the Ice Dragon Martial Saint, but the holy weapon of that saint, which was missing, was quite attractive to the current Yan Zhaoge.

However, the clues were still scarce, making it a rather distant matter.

What Yan Zhaoge was currently interested in was the whereabouts of Ye Jing and Meng Wan, who had also been in the cold pond.

"Yin Girl..." Yan Zhaoge smiled bitterly, "In such a vast sky domain, it's really bad luck for Guangcheng Mountain to not find a Yin Girl."

Yin Girls are extremely rare, and not every holy land has one.

So in the previous two Yin Trials, Guangcheng Mountain could only watch as other sects' Yin Girls competed, with the winner taking the Yin Crown.

This made Yan Zhaoge very sad.

Although Yan Zhaoge did not know much about the Yin Crown that appeared after the Great Catastrophe, the pre-catastrophe divine palace archives contained top-tier cultivation techniques and manuals that were exceptionally suitable for Yin Girls, far surpassing any existing in the current Eight Great Worlds.

If Guangcheng Mountain had such a disciple, even if her martial talent was mediocre apart from her Yin constitution, Yan Zhaoge had full confidence in cultivating her to compete for the Yin Crown.

But without the ingredients, even a skilled cook cannot cook a meal, and all talk would be in vain.

Yan Zhaoge rolled his eyes, feeling frustrated and tense.