The north wind is howling, and goose-feather-like snow is falling. At this moment, on the fourth layer of the ice field, Bai Che, Jiu Tu and a group of five people are fighting on the ice field. Dozens of ice puppets surround Bai Che and the others.
An instant later, Bai Che and his group moved. They shuttled between the ice puppets like lightning, and each blow shattered the head of an ice puppet. After ten breaths, the ice puppets surrounding Bai Che and the others were all wiped out. wipe out.
Several people squatted and checked for a long time, all feeling annoyed. After killing so many ice puppets, they still didn't find the ice soul.
Bai Che was a little surprised. The explosion rate of this ice soul was a bit too low. It had been more than half a month since they entered the fourth level. They had eliminated countless ice puppets, but they did not find a single ice soul. This made Bai Che almost People can't help but feel a little irritable.
According to Piaoxue, these ice puppets are transformed from the souls of those who failed to pass the trial after entering the trial. The ice soul is the soul of the ice puppet. Therefore, it stands to reason that an ice puppet should Corresponds to one ice soul, but this is impossible. Some trialists have powerful souls and sometimes turn into several ice puppets. However, it is even rarer for Bai Che and the others to find the ice soul at all, as if these ice souls have disappeared out of thin air.
Bai Che looked at Piaoxue and asked: "Piaoxue, are you sure that the ice soul is produced from these ice puppets? Is there a possibility that you remember it wrong?"
Bai Che, who had eliminated no less than a thousand ice puppets but failed to find an ice soul, couldn't help but have some doubts. Does this ice soul really exist?
Hearing Bai Che's words, Piaoxue wanted to refute, but she swallowed the words as soon as they reached her lips. The successive failures made her self-doubt whether there was really something wrong with her memory.
Because in her memory, even if the probability of the ice puppets exploding the ice soul is not very high, after destroying so many ice puppets, it is impossible not to have one.
After being silent for a long time, Piaoxue shook her head and said: "The ice soul comes from the ice puppet. This is absolutely correct."
"It's just..." After a pause, Piaoxue added: "The ice puppets seem to be much weaker this time. In the past, even if we knew their weaknesses, it was not easy to eliminate the ice puppets. .”
"Because they are transformed from the souls of the testers, they will more or less retain some of their skills and cultivation in life, and they have a lot of spirituality, but this time the ice puppets seem to..."
"It seems like it has lost its soul." Bai Che said, "The ice puppet we eliminated this time was just a simple, moving ice sculpture without any spirituality."
Piaoxue nodded and continued: "It's as if their ice soul has been taken away by someone."
Bai Che nodded. He had a guess. These anomalies and changes were caused by the remnant souls of the demons sealed in the "Heaven Covering Blade". After entering the fourth level, he felt that there was something wrong with the fourth level. Normally, as he went deeper into the ice field and continued to eliminate the ice puppets, Bai Che's inner throbbing became more frequent, as if two forces were fighting.
Bai Che's brows furrowed even more tightly. Judging from the available clues, the influence of the remaining demon souls in the "Sky Covering Blade" was greater than imagined.
"It seems that we will have a big crisis ahead." Bai Che said slowly.
Seeing Bai Che's brows furrowing, the drunkard asked, "What are you going to do now?"
Bai Che didn't think too much and just said: "We went through hardships to get to the fourth level. Naturally, we can't just give up. So, I still plan to give it a try. Isn't it just ice soul? There is always a way to collect it. "
"It's just..." Bai Che looked at the drunkard, Liu Yu and the others solemnly, and said solemnly: "Mr. Jiu, Mr. Liu, and Lao Zhang, the place ahead is definitely not a good place, and there are unpredictable dangers, so , you don’t need to take risks with me.”
"The jade token given by Ancestor Hanxue should still be usable. You can crush it and go to a safe place..."
Before Bai Che could finish his words, he was interrupted by several people.
The drunkard patted Bai Che and said: "It doesn't matter, there is strength in numbers."
Liu Yu said: "Young Master, this is our mission to protect the family."
"I, Lao Zhang, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Even if there is an abyss and hell ahead, why should I be afraid?" Zhang Bei spoke loudly, with emotion.
...
Bai Che smiled and said nothing more. Since these guys made their choice, he should respect them.
"Keep moving forward, looking for Bingso." Bai Che said.
...
Another half month has passed, and Bai Che and his party have been on the fourth floor for a month. Adding the time on the first and second floors, they have been in the trial for several months. What is the situation in Shuofeng Village now? Are demons present? Is Han Xuefeng still alive? These issues need to be verified urgently.
Bai Che and the others knew that every time they delayed, there would be more uncertainty outside. They didn't have much time to waste, so Bai Che and the others accelerated their pace and no longer spent any more time looking for Bing Po. , after all, these ice puppets are all empty.
A few days later, Bai Che saw a line of powerful words engraved deep in the iceberg on an iceberg: May I ask what the meaning of the trial is?
Seeing this line of words, Bai Che also fell into thinking. To be able to reach the deepest part of the fourth level of trials and carve this line of powerful words, the person who originally carved the words must have a high level of cultivation, because Piaoxue He once told Bai Che that if Bai Che and the others hadn't been lucky enough to take the iceberg fruit, it would have been difficult for them to pass the second level based on their cultivation.
To be able to reach the fourth level, the cultivation level of this trialist is at least in the realm of divine connection in the late stage of the realm of gods. However, the "Heaven Covering Blade" is still there, and the trial still exists, so this trialist is not Unsuccessful.
Even such a strong person is asking what the meaning of the trial is. This trial is thought-provoking.
Bai Che asked Liu Yu, "Mr. Liu, do you know the significance of this trial?"
Hearing this, Liu Yu was stunned, and after thinking for a moment he replied: "It should be to find the most suitable holder for the 'Heaven Covering Blade'. The one who can pass the trial in the end must be the best. Only such a person is worthy of holding it." 'Heaven-covering Blade'..."
Hearing this, Bai Che just smiled and shook his head. Everyone knew this statement, so why did the strong man who wrote the words ask such a question? Is it because of boredom or deliberate entertainment?
Not long after, Bai Che saw another line of inscriptions on another iceberg: The fall of the strong, the nourishment of blood, the resurrection...
There is another paragraph after that: "I am Han Xuexuan, the 367th generation descendant and clan leader of the Shuofeng Guardian Family. I would like to use my body to warn future generations that the trial is a conspiracy..."
The words were broken at this point, as if someone had deliberately erased them.
But the more this happened, the more frightened Bai Che and the others became. With the broken words and Han Xuexuan's words, Bai Che probably had a connection in his mind: the purpose of this trial was to kill the strong human race. , and nourish the sealed demons with the blood of the strong human race, hoping to one day break the seal.
Thinking of this, Bai Che frowned, while Liu Yu and Zhang Bei on the side were trying to recall whether the 367th generation descendant had handed over to Han Xuexuan, but there was a trace of doubt in their eyes, which seemed to express the 360th generation. Is this the seventh generation?
Seeing the doubtful looks in their eyes, Bai Che asked, "Is there anything wrong with this person named Han Xuexuan?"
Hearing Bai Che's words, Liu Yu replied: "Three hundred and sixty-seven generations are about 20,000 years ago, but among the patriarchs of the past generations, there seems to be no one named Han Xuexuan. I think it was a certain person at that time. It’s the tester’s joke. He knew he couldn’t pass the test and said such words on purpose.”
Hearing this, Bai Che nodded. It was indeed strange that there was no such person, but Liu Yu's answer was a joke, so this was no reason.
There is no such person, either he has not been deliberately erased, or there really is no such person. It may be true as Liu Yu said, but Bai Che believes the first one more.
Bai Che looked at Liu Yu and asked calmly: "Mr. Liu, what generation are you now?"
"Back to the young master, we are now the 467th generation." Liu Yu replied.
Bai Che nodded and said, "Keep moving forward."
...
At the foot of an iceberg, Bai Che accidentally stepped on a hard object, dug up the snow, and found a curled-up corpse in front of Bai Che and others.
The corpse's attire was almost the same as that of Shuofeng Village, and one could tell at a glance that it was a trialist.
But the trialist still had a complete body, which surprised a few people.
After some inspection, this person was like an ice sculpture, faintly emitting a slight golden light.
"He must have practiced some kind of body refining technique." Bai Che looked at the corpse and said, "His body is as hard as metal. I think that's why he retained his physical body."
"Do you know what kind of body refining technique this is?" Bai Che raised his head and asked Liu Yu and Zhang Bei.
The two men narrowed their eyes and looked at the corpse carefully. After a moment, Liu Yu's pupils shrank and his expression changed instantly.
"Mr. Liu, did you remember anything?" Bai Che asked, noticing the change in Liu Yu's expression.
"Back to Young Master, if I'm not mistaken, this person should practice the 'Infinite Golden Body'." Liu Yu replied.
"'Immortal golden body?'" Bai Che looked suspicious, "The golden body should only be cultivated by those who practice Buddhism."
"Young Master is right." Liu Yu nodded, and then explained: "But according to records, before Emperor Tianfu became the great emperor of the human race, he was a practitioner of Buddhism. Therefore, Shuofeng Village also inherited part of the emperor's Buddhism. This 'Immortal Golden Body' is one of them."
Hearing this, Bai Che and Jiu Du were stunned. So Shuofeng Village still has such a connection? But this doesn't seem to have much to do with the corpse.
Liu Yu seemed to have seen Bai Che's thoughts, and explained with a smile: "Young Master, the 'Invincible Golden Body' has been lost for a long time. According to the ancient records of Shuofeng Village, in the past, a man betrayed Shuofeng Village for unknown reasons and took away the whole family. The version of the 'Infinite Golden Body' disappeared. Therefore, the 'Infinite Golden Body' was lost. I can tell that this person practiced the 'Infinite Golden Body' because of the eyebrows of the person who practiced this body refining technique. There will be a slight hint of the word 'tribulation' in my heart."
Bai Che and others took a look and found that it was indeed the case.
"What's that person's name?" Bai Che's eyes suddenly moved.
"I don't know what the name is. It is recorded in ancient books as Bei Xuan." Liu Yu spoke slowly, and suddenly, he seemed to remember something.
Bai Che smiled and said, "The time when Tie Xuan and Tie Li broke out was roughly..."
Bai Che was about to speak but stopped.
Liu Yu's eyes moved and he said: "Back to Young Master, it was probably 20,000 years ago."
"Young Master, could it be that he is..."
Bai Che smiled and said: "If what Mr. Liu just said is correct, then he is a traitor to Xuan, or Han Xuexuan, the one who carved words on the iceberg to remind those who came after him. The seventh-generation heir and clan leader.”
"But why would he betray Shuofeng Village?" Liu Yu and Zhang Bei were shocked. They did not expect that the patriarch of Shuofeng Village and the heir of the guardian family would betray Shuofeng Village.
"You don't know, how could I know?" Bai Che smiled, paused, and said, "I think he must have discovered something."
"Young Master, do you mean what he said is true?" Liu Yu frowned.
"It's probably true." Bai Che's eyes moved slightly, and then he said, "But I don't know either. If I want to know the answer, I can only keep moving forward."
