Chapter 985: The Edge of Shinto
Ding... Ding... Ding...
The sound of the water dripping from the Tianchi Lake made the passage of time elusive. On the still calm surface of the lake, the ice spirits that were originally startled gradually calmed down, and then one by one, under the gentle power of the effort, slowly approached different temple disciples in hesitation and curiosity.
It was easy for the temple disciples to attract and control low-level ice spirits, but the Tianchi ice spirits were too pure and their consciousness was too high. It was extremely difficult not to be rejected by them. Communicating with them and attracting them to their side, even if it was just one, was much more difficult than they expected.
A quarter of an hour passed... half an hour passed... a temple disciple in the middle stage of the Divine Tribulation Realm finally attracted another ice spirit to his side. So far, there were already two ice spirits flying and circling around him, but they were circling very slowly, and their trajectories were constantly floating, as if they could drift away at any time.
He took a long breath, relaxed a little, opened his eyes, and saw that the closest temple disciple had an ice spirit flying around him, and the person next to him had two like him. He looked around and saw that someone had three ice spirits on his head.
With a sudden thought in his heart, he saw Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue in the distance...
There were five ice spirits flying around each of them, and the flying ones were obviously more agile than the ice spirits around him, so that he could vaguely feel their joy.
The gap was too big... Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue were not only the top disciples in the Ice Phoenix Temple, but also the top ones were too outstanding. When people in the sect mentioned the Ice Phoenix Temple, they would instantly think of Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue, but would not think of a third person.
In this dispute over the direct disciples, people also only thought of Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue. The third most talented disciple in the temple... had never been included in the debate.
He sighed inwardly and finally gave up. The two ice spirits that were not easy to attract were dispersed by him. He ignored the ice spirits and focused his mind to temper his body and profound veins with the coldness of the water in the Tianchi Lake.
Nearly half of the disciples of the Temple gave up completely in about half an hour. They were already regretting wasting half an hour in the Tianchi Lake in pursuit of a slim hope.
After an hour, 80% of the disciples of the Temple gave up sadly, but there were still hundreds of disciples trying their best to fight for it.
The elders and palace masters were also concentrating their minds to absorb the coldness of the Tianchi Lake, but unlike the disciples who were fully committed, they all kept five points of their thoughts outside and kept an eye on the movements of the disciples under their seats at any time, especially the masters of the Ice Phoenix Palace. The disciples of the Ice Phoenix Palace were relatively weak, and as time passed, they would gradually not be able to hold on in the Tianchi Lake.
At the same time, they all paid attention to this unprecedented battle of ice spirits, and the focus of their attention was undoubtedly only on Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue.
The result was not surprising. The two of them attracted the most ice spirits. After an hour, they had ten ice spirits by their side, which was evenly matched. Although the other disciples tried their best, the one with the most ice spirits only had seven. The number of ice spirits below was very small, and the gap was huge.
Among the seventy-two elders, two were not in the Tianchi, but in the sky - Mu Huanzhi and Mu Yunzhi. Mu Feixue and Mu Hanyi were his granddaughter and his disciple, respectively, so they were of course very concerned and did not even enjoy the cold air of the Tianchi. Mu Huanzhi was still calm, but Mu Yunzhi's eyes were always flickering, and his aura was never quiet for a moment. His hands were sometimes clenched and sometimes loosened, and only his mouth was tightly closed, not daring to make any sound that would disturb Mu Hanyi.
"At present, apart from the Ice Phoenix bloodline, Han Yi is indeed not inferior to Fei Xue in terms of talent. It is rare for a man to reach this level in a thousand years." Mu Huanzhi said to himself with deep sigh. At present, the two seem to be evenly matched, but he knows very well that after three hours, if the two still have the same number of ice spirits, then the result will definitely be Mu Hanyi's victory... First, because he is a man, and second, because of his excellent reputation and extraordinary prestige.
A painful groan came from below. At the edge of the Tianchi, the body of an Ice Phoenix Palace disciple twitched violently, and his face was completely bloodless. The cold air that flowed into his body began to get out of his control and was on the verge of losing control.
The Palace Master of the Ice Phoenix Palace where he was located opened his eyes instantly, flew up from the Tianchi, grabbed him out, and threw him to the edge of the Tianchi. The face of the Ice Phoenix disciple suddenly eased. He stood up with guilt, without saying much, and sat down again by the pool.
Everyone's profound strength, talent, physique, and ability to control cold air are different. If they exceed the limits of their bodies and abilities, they can only leave. If they force themselves to enter the Tianchi again, they will only be hurt. However, the much more "gentle" cold air on the edge of the pool is still extremely precious to them, and they dare not waste even a breath.
After the first Ice Phoenix Palace disciple, as time went by, more and more disciples began to be unable to bear the cold air of the Tianchi, and could only leave the Tianchi and come to the edge of the pool to calmly refine and consolidate today's results.
Even the Ice Phoenix Palace disciple who spent the shortest time in the Tianchi, only one hour, clearly felt that he had been reborn.
The tempering of the pure cold air of the Minghan Tianchi is incomparable to thousands of elixirs.
Gradually, after two hours, all 3,500 disciples of the Ice Phoenix Palace were forced to leave the Tianchi and move to the edge of the pool. Only the disciples of the Temple of the Gods were left in the Tianchi,
Under the huge advantage of Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue, the number of temple disciples who tried their best to attract ice spirits has become fewer and fewer, from hundreds to dozens, and then to just a few people... When the last temple disciple opened his eyes, Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue had twenty ice spirits flying around each of them. He looked up at the fourteen ice spirits around him, and finally became discouraged. He sighed lightly, waved his arms, and resigned himself to dispelling all the ice spirits in an instant.
There is never a lack of geniuses in the world, but there is a lack of top geniuses. In front of top geniuses, geniuses can only helplessly become supporting roles.
When this battle of ice spirits was two-thirds of the way through, it completely became a battle between Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue... This result was not surprising at all.
Yun Che knew nothing about all this. At this time, he had entered an extremely wonderful... or strange world.
The Great Dao Fu Tu Jue was in operation, and the cold air from the Tianchi Lake poured into every pore of Yun Che's body at a speed beyond the cognition of ordinary people. Other Ice Phoenix disciples used Xuan Qi to drive the cold air to circulate throughout their bodies to temper their bodies and Xuan Mai, but Yun Che directly introduced it into the Xuan Mai. More and more cold air poured in, and the speed of the Xuan Qi flowing in his Xuan Mai and body became faster and faster. Yun Che's consciousness completely sank, and he concentrated his mind to guide the fusion of the external cold air and his own Xuan Qi.
In this state, his consciousness sank deeper and deeper, and he could no longer feel the flow of time. After an unknown amount of time, the flow of Xuan Qi went through thousands of cycles, and suddenly it stopped completely. All the Xuan Qi stopped flowing, and it was as quiet as time suddenly stopped.
Yun Che's consciousness was stunned, but then, all the Xuan Qi around him suddenly rioted, like a torrent of rushing water, frantically gathering back and all flowing back into the Xuan Mai, and his consciousness also entered the Xuan Mai. Before he could see clearly what was wrong, a loud bang spread to every corner of his consciousness.
At the center of the Xuanmai, it was as if something exploded. The inner world of the Xuanmai became chaotic and filled with pale mist. The mist moved chaotically, constantly dispersing and gathering, sometimes flashing blue light, sometimes bursting with flames, sometimes flashing purple lightning, and sometimes becoming pitch black.
It was like a small world suddenly falling apart in a disaster...
Finally, it completely collapsed, and all the root Xuanqi in the Xuanmai dissipated and rushed away...
This shock was no small matter. The dissipation of the root Xuanqi... meant that all his cultivation would be wasted. This was undoubtedly a nightmare scene for any Xuan practitioner. In his horror, Yun Che suddenly found that in the center of the Xuanmai, which was quickly becoming empty, there were some strange stars flickering.
It was like a nebula in the endless night sky, flickering with a faint but extremely mysterious light.
An extremely mysterious feeling also came from the body and consciousness at this time. This feeling was so subtle that it was indescribable. It was like a feeling of... everything was sublimating, as if the whole person, from body to soul, was suddenly in another completely different world, feeling the breath of another world, hearing the voice of another world...
In the Xuanmai, the four lights of blue, red, purple, and black lit up again, and the strange nebula in the center was slowly rotating. Every rotation would grow a little, and the starlight became brighter. At the same time, the strange feeling from the body became stronger and stronger. The meridians, bones, blood, hair, and even every cell were throbbing strongly... Even his consciousness was constantly unfolding one picture after another.
These pictures began when he was sixteen, from the day he recast the Xuanmai, replaying every step he took on the Xuandao...
Every practice, every breakthrough, every adventure, every dangerous situation, every desperate situation, every life and death...
In these pictures, he seemed to have walked through his previous life again. Eight years... For the path of the profound way, eight years is just a very short period of time, but the encounters he has experienced, the life and death he has encountered, are better than thousands of lifetimes for others...
In the Dark Cold Heavenly Lake, above the icy dragon in the sky, a ray of light from behind the mist suddenly shot down and landed on Yun Che.
At this time, Mu Bingyun also turned around like lightning and looked at Yun Che...On his body, countless profound energy was released crazily, but it did not disperse, but was rapidly rotating around his body in a ring, driving the surrounding airflow to become turbulent.
At the same time, his body began to tremble violently, and the texture on the surface of his body appeared to fluctuate like water ripples.
Yun Che and Mu Xiaolan were very close, and the drastic change in the breath woke Mu Xiaolan from her meditation. She saw Yun Che's state at a glance, and just as she was about to speak, Mu Bingyun's voice came from her soul: "Don't make a sound... He is about to break through!"
Mu Xiaolan stretched out her hand fiercely, pressed heavily on her lips, and then stepped back carefully, staring at Yun Che with a pair of wide eyes.
Yun Che's transformation attracted the attention of all the Ice Phoenix Palace disciples at the poolside.
This was no ordinary breakthrough.
It was a leap from a mortal realm to a divine realm!
It was a true sublimation and a complete transformation!
Yun Che, who had been in the Snow Song Realm for three months, finally took the first step towards the divine realm at this moment, in a situation that he himself had not expected.