Chapter 105: Black Water Snake!

  Although the ice beast that appeared in the cave passage was killed by Qin Yun, his dantian true energy was also consumed by more than half. If he encountered a similar battle again, it would be difficult for him to hold on.

  Should we continue to move forward in depth, or turn back in time?

  Since entering the Cold Abyss Cave, Qin Yun felt hesitant for the first time.

  If he were in a different place, he could find a safe place to recover his true strength, but inside the cold and dark cave, the cold energy was pressing down on him, requiring him to use his true energy to protect himself at all times, how could he possibly sit down to cultivate his energy.

  In his mind, he repeatedly pondered, but Qin Yun's actions did not slow down. He broke open the corpse of the Ice Beast and obtained nine demon beast internal elixirs.

  The inner elixir of the Ice Beast is as small as a dragon eye, slightly larger than an egg, round and soft with a pale blue color. When held in one's hand, it gives off a chilling aura that seeps into the bones, making it impossible to hold for long.

  Qin Yun knew that the inner elixirs of similar demonic beasts also had upper and lower grades, and with five inner elixirs in hand, the next task at the Zong Shi Institute was smoothly completed.

  However, Qin Yun's trip to the Cold Abyss this time was only a secondary task of the Zong Shi Yuan, and not his main purpose.

  After some thought, he decided to continue forward and penetrate a little deeper.

  Treading over the corpse of the ice beast, the cave ahead grew increasingly dark and profound, with the faint sound of a cold spring gurgling in the distance.

  Inside the icy cave, there were countless cold springs and dark rivers. Qin Yun discovered many on his way, so he followed the direction of the sound to walk.

  Because ice pearls often grow beside cold springs and rely on the icy water to take shape, whenever he found a cold spring, he would necessarily have to check it out.

  In front of the cave, a vast and open space suddenly appeared, with a huge cave that was dozens of feet in diameter standing right before Qin Yun.

  This is the end of the passage, and there are no more forks in the path leading to other places. On the precipitous rock wall, a cold spring waterfall falls from ten feet high to the water pool below.

  The Shui Tang is adjacent to the rock wall in a crescent shape, with an area of about two mu, and it is dark and unfathomable.

  The chill here is even more intense and terrifying. Qin Yun must mobilize at least 50% of his true strength to ensure that he is not invaded, and it is absolutely not a place where he can stay for long.

  But his attention was suddenly caught, and his gaze could no longer be moved away.

  Only on the rocky walls on both sides of the Cold Spring Waterfall, there are scattered silver-white pearls of various sizes, all emitting soft and bright light, more dazzling than the stars in the night sky!

  Ice Bead!

  Qin Yun's heart couldn't help but feel a wave of excitement, he hadn't expected that his first time descending into the Cold Abyss would result in him accidentally stumbling upon a large batch of Congealed Ice Beads!

  The road is smooth!

  To know that the Cold Abyss has been explored for hundreds of years, many places can be said to have no grass growing, no monsters or minerals, and everything valuable has been plundered by the Sword Sect disciples.

  This cave should be extremely secretive and difficult to find, so it has not been invaded by humans until now, and hundreds of ice seals can be preserved.

  It's not easy for Qin Yun to collect the Condensed Ice Beads, and the icy river stretches out in front of him, with a distance of nearly twenty steps from the shore to the opposite rock wall.

  He took a deep breath of the icy cold air, and with all his might, he urged on the Nine Yang True Qi. The true fire in his dantian suddenly surged violently, spreading throughout his body along the meridians.

  The chill that had entered his body was instantly dispelled, and Qin Yun's figure shot forward like an arrow leaving a bowstring. Just as he was about to reach the edge of the icy pond, his right foot suddenly stomped downward.

  Crack!

  The stone slab where the leather boots fell shattered into powder, while Qin Yun borrowed strength and suddenly leaped up, pouncing towards the rocky wall on the opposite bank!

  With the help of his refined Floating Light Shadow Step, he had the ability to leap over the water pool and directly obtain the Congealed Ice Bead. Even if he could only collect a small part of it, it was enough to fulfill Shui Wancong's request.

  But just as Qin Yun was about to jump into the air, a sudden change occurred!

  Pffft! Pffft!

  Dozens of water arrows shot out from the icy pool, their speed as fast as lightning. Qin Yun was caught off guard and didn't have time to dodge, his right leg, back, and waist were hit simultaneously!

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The water arrow exploded on his body at the same time, and the powerful impact force made Qin Yun suddenly lose his balance. The terrible cold power contained in the water also pierced through the protective true energy and invaded his body!

  Fortunately, Qin Yun had approached the rock wall at this time. In the midst of danger, he didn't lose his composure and thrust the Qinghua sword fiercely towards the rock wall.

  Crack!

  The sword blade containing true energy pierced into the hard rock without any stagnation, and Qin Yun used this to steady his body and not fall down.

  There is no doubt that in this small cold pool there must be some hidden danger, and if one falls into the water it will be extremely perilous.

  Wow!

  Before Qin Yun could catch his breath, the surface of the cold pond suddenly exploded, and a huge black python tail broke through the water, like a whip, fiercely lashing towards him, with an extremely shocking momentum.

  Qin Yun could hardly imagine what the consequences of being sucked in would be like. Seeing that things were not going well, he immediately shook his long sword violently, and a large piece of rock on the ground was suddenly shaken off.

  He kicked his foot against the rock wall, and the Qinggang sword was drawn out to slash towards the python's tail that had come to attack him. He emptied his left hand to grab a falling rock.

  Boom!

  The python tail first crashed onto the Qingguang sword, and at the same time as the blood splashed, the back part rolled over and heavily struck Qin Yun's body.

  An unstoppable force sent Qin Yun flying out.

  The force of this blow was too fierce, he only felt that his five internal organs seemed to have shifted, his blood and energy surged, his eyes turned black, and a bloody smell rushed up, spewing out fresh blood from his mouth!

  If it weren't for Qingfeng Sword blocking a part of the massive force, the situation would probably be even worse.

  However, countless trials of life and death had tempered Qin Yun's character, and despite his severe injuries, he remained clear-headed, exerting all his strength to manipulate the true energy to twist his body shape, using the force of the impact to propel himself even further away.

  Bang!

  He fell to the ground just a few steps away from Han Tan's side, dazed and confused, and spat out another mouthful of blood, adding insult to injury.

  Boom!

  A dark, massive python emerged from the rolling waves on the water's surface.

  Just exposing the python's body above the water surface exceeded ten feet, the surface of the bucket-thick python was covered with palm-sized scales, the flat and round python head bared its fangs, a pair of copper bell-sized scarlet eyes stared at Qin Yun.

  Black Water Snake!

  Intermediate demon beast, with the ability to ride water and drive ice, extremely powerful but brutal in nature.

  Heishui Mang is the overlord of the upper reaches of the Cold Abyss, and even three or five ordinary disciples of the Sword Sect would only have to flee in disarray when they encounter it.

  Moreover, the black water snake is very cunning. Once it encounters an opponent that is difficult to match, it will immediately hide in a cold pond or cave. Even with the power of the innate Five Elements, there is nothing that can be done about it.

  Qin Yun suffered a loss because it was his first time descending into the Cold Abyss, although he had made quite a few preparations beforehand, but his experience was still severely insufficient. When he discovered the Ice Crystal, he lost enough vigilance and was ambushed by the Black Water Python.

  He no longer had any luck in his heart, ignoring his injuries and immediately jumping up, fleeing quickly towards the original entrance.

  Hei Shui Mang apparently didn't expect Qin Yun to escape so quickly, and after a slight hesitation, he suddenly swung his snake tail and shot out water arrows to kill him.

  But in just a blink of an eye, Qin Yun successfully escaped into the passage, and all the water arrows shot down behind him.

  Despite that, Qin Yun's situation was also grim. The invading cold energy and the internal injuries mixed together, causing his strength to drop to less than a third of its original value.

  Fortunately, the black water snake did not chase after him. After escaping for about a hundred steps and feeling that there was no danger, he finally stopped.

  It wasn't until then that Qin Yun realized his left hand was still tightly grasping the rock fragment that had fallen off, on which seven or eight ice beads were inlaid and sparkling with light.

  This is really bought with one's life!

  Qin Yun smiled bitterly, put down the rock and took out a medicine bottle from his bosom, poured two pills of wound-healing dan and reviving qi dan respectively and swallowed them.

  These medicinal pellets were given to him by Shui Wan Rong as a meeting gift, and they were all top-grade medicines. Although Qin Yun did not usually rely on the power of medicinal pellets for his cultivation, he would definitely bring them along when going out for training.

  In times of danger, medicine can save lives.

  The pill entered the abdomen, and its medicinal properties quickly dissolved. The internal injuries were immediately alleviated, while the medicinal properties of the Revival Elixir all transformed into true Qi in the Dan Tian.

  Although this true energy is far inferior to the pure and powerful one obtained through self-cultivation, it allows Qin Yun to recover some of his strength and get up to leave this dangerous area.

  Heaven knows whether that black water snake will rush out and kill him, he can still clearly hear the angry hiss coming from the direction of the cave.

  Suppressing the injuries within his body, Qin Yun grasped the Seeking Traces Talisman and set foot on the return journey.

  On his way back, he left marks that only he could understand at conspicuous places near each fork in the road.

  This marking technique was learned by Qin Yun when he followed the old hunter in Shang Lie Village to hunt in the mountains, which can ensure that he will not get lost in the big mountain.

  The terrain in the icy cave was too complicated. If it weren't for these marks, Qin Yun would definitely not be able to find that cave again.

  He certainly wouldn't give up like this, after recovering from his injuries and making sufficient preparations, he would definitely come back to give that black water python a good show.

  Of course, those hundreds of condensed ice beads cannot be let go, not to mention Su Yan's needs, and putting them in the sect can exchange for a lot of contributions.

  All the way winding and stumbling, fortunately, on the way back, there were no more encounters with any monsters, and the tracking talisman was indeed very useful, holding it in hand, I could understand how to go.

  When Qin Yun returned to the entrance of the cave, it was already late afternoon.

  The warrior guarding the cold and dark cave didn't show any surprise at his tattered clothes and blood-stained body, instead he ordered a spiritual dog to sniff him for a few times, then waved his hand to let him pass.

  One of the guards sneered: "Come back in a few more years, don't lose your life inside!"

  Several outer disciples who had just come out laughed loudly beside him, laughing at Qin Yun's overestimation of his abilities.

  Qin Yun ignored their jeers and sat down cross-legged near the entrance of the cave to meditate and circulate his breath, forcing out three mouthfuls of dark congealed blood. After swallowing another healing pill, the stuffiness in his chest dissipated somewhat.

  Internal injuries can easily cause big trouble if they are not treated in time.

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