Chapter 168: Refining Tendons and Building Foundation in Cold Water

  "Bang." Du Fei suddenly fell to the ground, but a strange thing happened. Just as Du Fei had just come out of the water, the ice blocks on his body suddenly disappeared without a trace, and not a single drop of water was left on him. Du Fei suddenly stretched out, letting out a few deep breaths with a sense of relief, and the cold air that had been on his body earlier suddenly vanished without a trace. Feeling warm, Du Fei laughed as if he had been reborn.

  "It's only half a time, don't get too excited too early." Meng Wei said standing in front of Du Fei. Du Fei had his hands behind him and looked at Meng Wei, wanting to say something but didn't, after hearing Meng Wei's words, Du Fei clearly felt that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

  "What else do you want to do?" Du Fei asked with a displeased face.

  "Hmph, I said I'd give you special training, and it's only just begun." Meng Wei sneered.

  "Come again!?" Du Fei quickly scrambled to his feet, wanting to escape from here. But Meng Wei's speed was faster than Du Fei had imagined. As soon as he ran, he bumped into Meng Wei and was bounced back, falling to the ground with a thud.

  Want to run? Then just run, I won't force you to cultivate, do as you please. If you really escape, you're not worthy of being my disciple, Meng Wei, and will only become a laughing stock for others." Meng Wei turned his back on Du Fei.

  "You said who is a coward." Du Fei heard the two words "coward" and came up with energy, no matter how others scolded him, he would not be a coward, but now the situation was as Meng Wei said, if he really left, then he would definitely become a coward.

  "You're not a coward, who is?" Meng Wei replied.

  "It's just a cold and piercing gaze, I won't lose to you. Bring it on." Du Fei stared at Meng Wei with his eyes gleaming with spirit.

  "Alright, since you don't want to be a coward, you can cultivate properly by yourself here. I'll come pick you up at noon," Meng Wei said.

  "I'm alone here practicing, what am I practicing? Am I soaking in the lake water?" Du Fei asked doubtfully.

  "Your special training is simple, just soak in this icy cold pool and that's it." Meng Wei said.

  "Well, in that case, I'll just have to do it then. But can you at least tell me what the point of soaking in this stuff is?" Du Fei asked.

  "Now all you need to do is just that, no need to know so much, as long as you soak in it for a longer time, the better it will be for you. Alright, no more nonsense, I'm leaving now. You're on your own." Meng Wei said and disappeared instantly without a trace.

  "This old guy has vanished into thin air." Du Fei said with a bad tone. After carefully observing the surroundings again, he indeed didn't find any sign of anyone, so he took away the wordless heavenly book from Rong Jie's place.

  "Ah, is it there?" Du Fei looked at the wordless heavenly book.

  "If you have fart, let it go." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "Are you out of your mind? Look at me, I'll beat you to death." Du Fei said, clenching his fists with a ferocious look.

  "The one who speaks, calls me out for what reason." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Haha, actually nothing, just wanted to catch up with you. Can't I?" Du Fei said with a sly smile.

  "Look at your sinister look, I knew there was nothing good about it, speak up." Wrote the Wordless Heavenly Book.

  "Hey, don't think of me as that bad, okay? I just came out to ask you some things." Du Fei said somewhat unnaturally.

  "What's going on?" the wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "Look at this water, I feel it's very strange. I was frozen into an ice block in the water but remained clear-headed. The colder I got in the water, the more spirited I became. What's even stranger is that this cold energy can't even dispel my vital energy. And as soon as I leave the water surface, my body becomes dry, without a single drop of water on me. Isn't it strange?" Du Fei said, taking the Wordless Heavenly Book to the edge of the pool.

  "Oh, is it? You put me in water and see." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  Du Fei put the Wordless Heavenly Book into the water as required, originally thinking that the Wordless Heavenly Book would freeze in it, but contrary to his wishes, the Wordless Heavenly Book not only did not freeze, but also remained intact.

  Du Fei picked up the wordless heavenly book and asked: "Strange, how come nothing happened when you went down?"

  "Don't think it's strange anymore, you little brat are truly lucky, the cold water that trains the tendons and builds the foundation was all discovered by you." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Refine tendons and build foundation with cold water? What thing is that? I heard it's not bad, though." Du Fei looked at the Wordless Heavenly Book with a puzzled expression.

  "Nonsense, let me tell you, the water in this lake is all tempered tendon foundation cold water. This tempered tendon foundation cold water is produced in places where thousand-year-old ice has condensed, and its shape remains liquid, looking no different from ordinary water. However, its temperature is even lower than that of the thousand-year-old ice. The cold air in this cold water is truly formidable, and it can't be dispersed by the primordial energy, nor can it be evaporated by fierce fire. If you soak your body in it, it will help improve your tendons and bones, and consolidate your foundation. After soaking in this cold water, your cultivation will achieve twice the effect with half the effort." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "This can't be right, this water is incredibly cold, soaking in it would be fatal." Du Fei said with an incredulous expression.

  "Nonsense, do you think you can get benefits without putting in effort? This cold water is icy, and the colder it is, the better it is for improving one's physique. Moreover, this kind of cold water usually only exists in extremely cold regions, and even then, there's very little of it. A lake as large as the one before you, entirely filled with cold water, must have been created using some incredibly powerful method. I think your current location should be within a separate, independent space; otherwise, this cold water wouldn't be able to be preserved." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "You're saying this is an independent space, which means it was opened up by a master of the Tianzong boundary. Everything in here is his doing?" Du Fei looked at the Wordless Heavenly Book in surprise.

  "That's right, otherwise where did you get so much cold water to soak in." The wordless heavenly book wrote.

  "My goodness, this Hao Yuan Academy is too powerful, there are actually people with Tian Zong realm existing." Du Fei's expression at this time looked even more unbelievable.

  "It's not that others don't have it, but you young man have seen too little of the world. Don't waste words here, hurry up and soak in this lake water, remember, the more moonlight the better." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Your grandfather's, I'm going all out today, no matter what." Du Fei finished speaking and put away the wordless heavenly book. In an instant, he plunged into the lake water, and in a short while, Du Fei once again condensed into a block of ice floating on the surface of the lake. The chilling and terrifying cold air rampaged through Du Fei's body, and at this moment, Du Fei could do nothing but use his willpower to resist.

  Du Fei was soaking in the icy water, and although he had frozen into an ice block, his consciousness was extremely clear. He could detect even the slightest movement around him. Du Fei's mindset now was completely different from the first time. The first time, he didn't know the benefits of the cold water, so it was hard to endure. But now that he knew its advantages, he had relaxed a lot. He wished all the cold air in the lake would enter his body. The colder he felt, the happier he became. As long as it could help him cultivate, Du Fei was willing to accept it. With his new positive attitude, Du Fei quickly endured for an hour. Just then, Du Fei's body began to reach its limit. He really couldn't endure anymore and wanted to leave the cold pool. But a problem immediately arose - he was alone here, Meng Wei wasn't around, and he had already frozen into an ice block, unable to move even half a step. How could he get ashore? Thinking of this, Du Fei suddenly panicked. Even if he wanted to go out now, there was no way. He could only soak in the water, waiting for Meng Wei to come at noon and pull him up.

  "My goodness, what should I do? No one is helping me. Save my life!" Du Fei shouted in his heart. But around him was a dead silence.

  Wait, Du Fei had been waiting in the cold pool for another hour, and Meng Wei also appeared on time. Seeing Du Fei turned into an ice block floating on the lake water, his eyes also showed joy, but his face was still unchanged, still with a cold and icy expression.

  Meng Wei waved his hand, and Du Fei suddenly flew out of the lake water. As he emerged from the water, the ice blocks on his body instantly disappeared without a trace, not even leaving a single drop of water behind. Du Fei landed back on the ground, quickly regained consciousness, and looked at Meng Wei with a big smile: "Ah, you came just in time. If you hadn't come, I'm afraid we wouldn't have met again. It's really great."

  "How long have you been waiting?" Meng Wei asked Du Fei.

  Du Fei didn't have any strength to respond at this time, and only made a "peace" gesture with his hand.

  "Two hours?" Meng Wei frowned and asked.

  "En." Du Fei nodded with great difficulty.

  Meng Wei's eyes looked at Du Fei with some incredulity, but it was only for a moment. Du Fei was now gasping for air and didn't notice Meng Wei's expression. Meng Wei quickly grabbed Du Fei from the ground.

  Du Fei asked wearily: "What are you doing?"

  "Out you go, let's continue special training after dinner." With that, the two of them vanished beside the lake...