North Sea ice field, inside the black city.
After walking for about a stick of incense, the two finally arrived at the central area of the city.
This is a very lively street, with people coming and going, and the flow is endless. It is completely different from the streets they saw before.
In this street, there is an inn or restaurant every ten meters, and there are various stalls outside the door.
"Ozawa, are these people also trialists?" Jiuge couldn't help but ask.
Hearing Jiu Ge's question, Nangong Yueze shook his head, "No, some of them were transformed by Yaoji Divine Lord using immortal magic, and some of them were mortal monks who had entered the ice city for trials. They were due to various reasons. Because I didn’t want to leave, I stayed here, but I don’t know exactly which people were transformed and which ones were real monks.”
"Oh, that's it." Jiuge nodded as if he understood.
After walking around, the two of them saw a dilapidated and ancient house in a remote corner. There was a mottled red paint plaque hanging on the house with the four characters "Wutong Inn" written on it.
"No way, this is the inn we are looking for?" Jiuge asked with a look of astonishment on his face, blinking his big eyes.
"Well, that's right, that's it." Nangong Yueze nodded, "Let's go in and take a look."
With that said, Nangong Yueze carried Jiuge to the door of the inn.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
After knocking on the door for a while, the door of the inn opened automatically, and a thin and stooped old woman appeared in the sight of the two of them.
The old woman was wearing a loose gray robe. Her figure was thin and her face was as pale as paper. After seeing the two of them, she asked lightly: "What do you two want?"
"Mother-in-law, we came from a place outside the Black City. The weather outside is too cold. We want to stay at the Wutong Inn for one night. I wonder if my mother-in-law can arrange two rooms for us?" Nangong Yueze put down Jiuge gently. He asked politely.
The old woman looked at the two of them, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Two rooms, two million gold leaves."
What? ? Two million gold leaves! ! !
Hearing this, Jiuge suddenly frowned. This Wutong Inn looked dilapidated, but the price was so expensive.
It can be said that a lion opens its mouth!
When Nangong Yueze heard this, he didn't hesitate much. He took out two spiritual power stones from the space storage ring and handed them to the old woman, "Mother-in-law, the golden leaves are not needed here anyway. It would be better to have these two spiritual power stones to be more practical." some."
The old woman glanced at the color of the spiritual power stone in Nangong Yueze's hand, and her eyes flashed for a moment. In order to prevent others from seeing her inner greed, she still tried her best to pretend to be impatient, waved her hand and said : "Forget it, two spiritual power stones are just two spiritual power stones. It's an advantage for both of you. Come with me."
After the old woman finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the inn.
When Jiuge saw this, he quickly pulled Nangong Yueze's sleeve and said, "Oze, this mother-in-law looks really strange, can we believe her?"
"I can't worry about that much anymore. Let's go in first and talk later." Nangong Yueze said in a low voice.
"Okay." Jiuge nodded, and followed the old woman into the inn with Nangong Yueze.
After walking for a long time, Jiu Ge was surprised to find that the entire inn was actually made of black ice. The black ice exuded a biting cold breath from the inside out.
"Ozawa, why do I feel that it's colder here than outside..." Jiuge shrank his neck and couldn't help but shiver a few times.
Nangong Yueze's eyes flickered for a few times, but he didn't say anything. He just tightened his arms holding Jiuge, trying to use his own body temperature to help her resist the cold air.
"Sir, girl, is this your first time here?" The old woman suddenly stopped and turned to look at Nangong Yueze and Jiuge and asked.
"Well, yes." Jiuge nodded.
"Haha," the old woman laughed dryly, "I think back then, when I first came to Ice City, I was only your age." At this point, the old woman seemed to have remembered something from the past, with a look of nostalgia on her face. , "At that time, I was just a yellow-haired girl like you, but now, I have a head full of white hair. Alas, time really makes people grow old."
Jiuge frowned, always feeling that there was something in the old woman's words, but he couldn't tell what it meant.
The old woman ignored Jiuge's expression and continued walking forward.
After walking through a long corridor, the three of them came to a counter.
"Shopkeeper, clean up the two upper rooms and make them clean." The old woman said to a man next to the counter.
"Okay, mother-in-law." The man raised his head and glanced at Jiuge and Nangong Yueze, then took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and started recording.
While he was immersed in his head, the old woman conjured two jade stones out of nowhere, then handed them to Jiuge and said slowly: "Although no guests have come to Wutong Inn for a long time, this rule cannot be broken. Every resident Customers of the store can get a piece of spiritual jade after entering."
"Spiritual jade? What is that?" Jiuge took the jade and asked in surprise.
"Lingyu is a special kind of spiritual stone that is of great help in cultivation. It can not only increase the speed of spiritual power cultivation, but also heal injuries and improve one's realm." Nangong Yueze explained at the side.
"Ah? So magical?" Jiu Ge heard this and his eyes widened in surprise.
She didn't expect that such an inconspicuous stone would be of such great benefit to cultivation!
"Well, I think the color of this spiritual stone is good, just keep it well." Nangong Yueze added.
"Okay." Jiuge nodded and put the jade into the space storage bag he carried with him.
At this moment, the man in front of the counter also finished his work and walked out of the counter with two keys. "Your guest room is in the backyard. Please come with me."
The two of them responded and followed the man towards the backyard of Wutong Inn.
Along the way, Jiuge kept observing the surrounding environment, and soon she discovered that except for her and Nangong Yueze, there were no other guests staying in the Wutong Inn.
"Oze, where do you think the treasure pavilion of the inn will be?" Jiuge tugged on Nangong Yueze's sleeve and asked in a low voice.
"I don't know either. I'll ask the shopkeeper later." Nangong Yueze replied.
After walking for about a cup of tea, the three of them arrived at the backyard of the inn. There was an open field in the center of the backyard, with many ice houses built around the field.
Jiuge and Nangong Yueze were led by the man to the doors of the two rooms on the far right side of the backyard. "Two guests, this is your guest room." The man said as he handed the guest room keys to the two of them respectively.
Nangong Yueze did not take the key immediately, but put the spiritual jade that the old woman had given him before into the man's hand.
"Housekeeper, we are new here. Can you briefly introduce to us the layout of Wutong Inn, such as...where can we go and where can't we go?" Nangong Yueze said with a smile.
After listening, the man pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand and pointed to a wooden door near the east side of the backyard, "Through that door, there is an island in the middle of the lake. No one is allowed to set foot there, except anywhere else. , you all can go.”
Nangong Yueze nodded, indicating that he understood, "Thank you."
The man smiled, said nothing, turned and left the backyard.
After the man's figure disappeared completely, Nangong Yueze opened the door of one of the rooms and walked in holding Jiuge's hand.
"Ozawa, listen to the shopkeeper, the treasure house should be on the island in the middle of the lake." Jiuge said while lighting the oil lamp on the table.
"Yeah." Nangong Yueze nodded, "But before going to the island in the middle of the lake, I have to find a way to warm you up. Come on, sit on the bed first."
"Bed??" Jiuge was stunned and subconsciously covered his chest, "Oze, what do you want to do?"
"Cough...cough..." Nangong Yueze coughed awkwardly, "You stinky girl, what are you thinking about? I'll let you sit on the bed, and I'll tell you some ways to resist the cold."
Jiuge finally came to his senses and sat cross-legged in the middle of the bed with a red face.
Nangong Yueze pursed her lips and smiled, raised her feet to come to her side, transferred the power of the soul in her body to her wrist, and then gently pressed Jiu Ge's shoulders. Soon, a trace of divine power shone with light. It flowed into Jiu Ge's body along his palm.
"Ge'er, I believe your master should have told you that every cultivator has a soul in his body. Some people have a strong soul, some have a weak soul, and some people have never awakened their soul..." Nangong Yue Ze said unhurriedly, "The heart technique I am going to tell you next is called "Tian Yuan Xin Jue", which requires you to mobilize the power of the soul in your body to form a protective shield to isolate the cold air around your body. "
"The power of Yuan... Yuan Shen?" Hearing these words, Jiu Ge blinked in confusion.
"Yes, although our cultivation has been sealed, the power of the soul will not be sealed." Nangong Yueze explained.
"But I don't know how to mobilize the power of the soul..." Jiuge turned to look at Nangong Yueze.
"You don't have to worry about this, I'll just teach you." Nangong Yueze smiled, then leaned into Jiuge's ear and whispered softly: "You try to mobilize it with your mind, maybe it will take the initiative to be driven by you, after all , the power of the soul is the most primitive and fundamental existence in your body."
"Okay, let me try." Jiuge took a deep breath and tried to calm down his heart.
Then, she closed her eyes tightly and tried to concentrate on sensing the mysterious power in her body.
I don't know how long it took, but a golden light vaguely appeared in Jiu Ge's mind. This light was as dazzling as the sun, full of power that was hard to ignore.
"Ozawa, I remembered that I had used this power before to deal with the demon soldiers in Yueyu Kingdom." Jiuge said suddenly, "But later, I couldn't find a way to use this power. Well, it turns out that this is the power of the soul."
Nangong Yueze nodded, "Since you remembered something, then try to gather this power. If you can succeed, then you can rely on your own strength to resist the cold tonight."
Jiuge nodded, held his breath and continued to try to control the power.
Time passed minute by minute, and not long after, Jiu Ge felt that the power gradually began to spread throughout her body under her control.
Seeing this, Nangong Yueze stood up slowly.
He knew that this was his first step in helping Jiuge awaken the sleeping soul.
Just when Nangong Yueze was preparing to guard outside the guest room, the voice of Lord Qionghua suddenly came to his ears:
"Feng'er..."
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