The third beam is deep.
Cold pool in the valley.
White mist floats on the indigo water all day long, and the water is calm and waveless, like a mirror. Only the ice flowers on the trees occasionally fall onto the water, causing short-lived small ripples.
With only more than ten days left before the mine tunnel opens, Liu Yuan returned to this extremely gloomy place alone.
Inferring from past experiences, he understood that only when the efficacy of the elixir really works, can he have the opportunity to learn some secrets. Therefore, he needed to solve the problem of cold resistance in the coldest place. This deep and icy pool, where few people usually come, was the most suitable place.
At present, the cold-resistant items he has collected are only a few pills and a few cold-proofing charms.
The mode of action of cold resistance is generally divided into two categories.
The first method is to enhance one's own ice attributes to resist the cold, such as Ice Soul Pill.
The second type is the opposite, fighting the cold by improving the fire attribute, such as Yanxin Dan.
Unfortunately, there is only one Liu Yuan of each kind, which makes it more difficult to comprehend.
After approaching the 100-meter range of Hantan, the temperature dropped sharply again. The breath he exhaled condensed into white mist. Even with the physique of a monk, Liu Yuan couldn't help but shiver.
He channeled his spiritual energy, and a fist-sized fireball appeared in his palm, rolling and suspended in the air, which somewhat relieved the coldness.
After the fusion of the Trinity, his mastery of magic has reached a higher level. The fireball technique, which was once only as big as a candle, has evolved and begun to have lethality.
However, the heat the fireball brought to the ant colony was limited after all, and he couldn't hold a fireball and run around in the mine tunnel for a long time. The more advanced Fire Shield Technique requires Dzogchen to be practiced.
The most ideal situation is to learn the properties of Ice Soul Pill or Yanxin Pill, and then he can release it to the ant colony through the spirit to provide protection against cold.
The fireball lost the supply of spiritual power and immediately went out, and the biting cold occupied every space again. Liu Yuan took out two pills and played with them, thinking about how to use these limited resources to maximize the chance of successful comprehension.
If the elixir is to be fully effective, it is best to follow the path of self-mutilation to stop bleeding last time. Liu Yuan decided to pay attention, it seemed that he was going to get cold this time.
Stepping on the broken ice on the ground, Liu Yuan approached the cold pool step by step. Since the ants were frozen like zombies, there was no point in putting them out for warning. He took back all the ant colonies and walked towards the water alone.
So icy!
As soon as he stepped into the water with one foot, he felt freezing to the bone. He even used a layer of air from his body to block the water, but he still felt the heat draining away rapidly. Judging from the body feeling, the water in this pool is already below freezing point, but the water surface is not frozen, which also adds a layer of mystery.
There won't be any mystery in the water, or there will be some large water monster.
Since he could not send out ant colonies to explore and patrol the water, and the deep water was pitch black and the visibility was only a few feet, he had to guard against potential dangers.
After walking half a circle along the pond, he found a small indented bay on the jagged shore. The towering rocks on the shore just cover this inlet, so it was not discovered before.
It was far away from the depths of the pool, so it must be safer, so he gritted his teeth, inflated his air film again, and lifted his feet into the water.
Although it was only during the Qi refining period, Liu Yuanwen could maintain his inner breath for half a day, so he simply held his breath and dived underwater so that he could detect abnormalities in the depths of the pool in time.
The chill quickly spread throughout his body. He gritted his teeth and persisted, his hands and feet feeling numb from the cold. Qi and blood circulation are also somewhat stagnant. Fortunately, another set of veins in the spirit body is also working at full capacity, and he can basically maintain the normal operation of his inner breath.
Liu Yuan opened his eyes. The underwater world was a deep blue. Occasionally, there were a few groups of thumb-sized silver fish swimming back and forth. They seemed not afraid of the cold. They were frightened at first and ran around, but after some testing, they quickly ignored it. Despite Liu Yuan's existence, he was still wandering around.
As far as the eye could see, there were no large creatures. Apart from the swimming fish, only some swaying aquatic plants and pebbles on the bottom could be seen.
He sat cross-legged and kneaded the secrets, reuniting his soul, experiencing the movement of his true energy and blood in the cold environment, and gained some new insights on cultivation inspired by the spiritual seeds. The meridians of the physical body and the spiritual body are silently fighting against each other under the impact of the cold current, and they are also being subtly trained and become stronger.
He knew that even if the realization was not successful, this kind of practice of cold pool immersion would still be of great benefit.
Therefore, although he took out the elixir, he resisted taking it. Every moment you persist, you gain more confidence.
In this way, half a day passed.
Although his lips were bloodless and his face turned blue, Liu Yuan still remained silent and motionless, as if he had merged into the pool and become part of the pebbles at the bottom.
At this time, he suddenly became alert. There was a sound coming from far in the valley, getting closer and closer, and heading towards the cold pool.
The voice seemed to be that of a person. Although he was underwater, because the person did not hide it deliberately, Liu Yuan could still hear the footsteps becoming clearer, and he became more and more sure.
It is one person and one beast.
The man didn't seem to notice that there was a big living person hiding in this small inlet. She just sat down on the rock on the shore and started talking to herself. The voice turned out to be that of a girl:
"Yun'er, be good, come to mom."
Liu Yuan was confused when he heard it. Following the low murmur of an animal, he immediately understood that this woman was talking to this pet beast.
To avoid embarrassment, he had no choice but to remain still.
At this time, the cold fog filled the air, just covering the water surface. The two people and the beast were within a few feet of each other, but they did not collide. The situation was delicate.
A gust of cold wind blew, and a few clusters of ice flowers fell from the branches, stopping on the girl's hair, shining brightly. The girl didn't care, she just stroked the thick soft fur of a snow-white leopard thoughtfully.
"Yun'er, I heard that a mine tunnel mission is about to be opened." The woman held the snow leopard's furry head in her arms and let it caress it affectionately. "You said that this is my first time for Ren Tianqing to go out to practice. Do you want to join in the fun?"
Ren Tianqing? It turned out to be a disciple of the Ren family.
Liu Yuan has a good impression of the Ren family. It's just that I haven't heard this name among the trial disciples, and I don't seem to have heard this voice either.
"Forget it, it's better not to compete with those trial disciples for food..."
As expected, he was not the same trial disciple as them.
Liu Yuan thought to himself. However, her voice was clear and sweet, and she seemed not to be very old. Why would he appear alone in the depths of Sandao Liang? It should also have a great background. Liu Yuan thought of Ren Xiaowen, a disciple of the aristocratic family.
"By the way, I almost forgot the purpose of coming here, Yun'er, are you hungry?" Ren Tianqing gently scratched the back of the snow leopard's neck and took out a pair of bamboo poles from the storage ring, "Mom, I'll catch you some now." My favorite is whitebait.”
The snow leopard rubbed Ren Tianqing affectionately and made a comfortable purring sound. I don't know whether the cold affected the sense of smell, or whether the pool water and the air film blocked the smell. It didn't even notice Liu Yuan under the pool water.
With a pop, the fishhook fell into the water and happened to be hanging not far in front of Liu Yuan. Watching the whitebait test, peck and take the bait right in front of his eyes. It made him feel dumbfounded. He just wanted the girl to finish fishing and leave as soon as possible.
"The whitebait these days are so small," Ren Tianqing watched the snow leopard bite one by one without even bothering to open his mouth. He couldn't help but snorted: "Then I'll catch you all. Anyway, I have a lot of patience."
She threw a stone at random, and it sank into the water with a splash, slowly sinking just a few inches in front of Liu Yuan's eyes.
Ren Tianqing looked at the ripples on the water and the changing white mist, and murmured,
“Before, I could sit by the river and not fish all day.”
