Chapter 107: Descending into the Abyss of Cold Darkness

  Facing Green Willow's inquiry, Qin Yun couldn't help but scratch his head: "I have a use..."

  He didn't want to tell the truth for fear of worrying the other person, nor did he want to deliberately lie, so he could only respond vaguely.

  However, what Qin Yun did not expect was that Lü Liu did not ask further questions, but instead directly handed the spiritual symbol over to him.

  "This is something Miss has put a lot of thought into refining, you mustn't waste it carelessly!"

  This top-grade spiritual symbol is made of the finest quality ice spirit jade, with a fine and lustrous texture that feels cool to the touch. The entire surface of the jade is engraved with countless intricate symbolic characters, densely packed and complex, making one's head spin after just a few glances.

  The material is expensive and of high quality, the Ice Seal Thousand Miles Spirit Symbol is absolutely one of Shui Wan Rong's most outstanding works, so after refining it, she placed it in the shop as a decoration, and has been reluctant to sell it ever since.

  Because she understood Shui Wan's thoughts, even when Danfu Fang was having the most difficult time, Lvyu never thought of selling it.

  But this time when Qin Yun spoke up, she took it out without any hesitation.

  This is undoubtedly the greatest trust in Qin Yun.

  Having obtained the Ling symbol, Qin Yun's heart was greatly settled.

  This piece of Ice Seal Thousand Mile Ling Symbol was what he had prepared for his re-descent into the Cold Abyssal Prison, and even if it couldn't give that Black Water Python a good look, he still had to collect all the Congealed Ice Beads back in order to make a profit.

  Three days later, Qin Yun came to Han Ming Cave again.

  It was probably because they arrived too early that the entrance of the cave was cold and deserted with only two guarding warriors present.

  After entering winter, the cold and dark cave will become even colder, so many sword sect disciples are more willing to go to the hot Fire Dragon Cave to mine spiritual jade and hunt for demons.

  "Ha! Qin Yun, how did you get here?"

  "A guard warrior enthusiastically greeted: 'You won't be here just to see old Yue, will you?'"

  This rough and bold warrior was Yue Shan, whom Qin Yun had met for the first time when he descended into the Cold Abyss Cave. They had run into each other twice at the Tianji Palace later on, and Yue Shan had even invited him to a tavern for a drink.

  "Yueshan big brother, look what I've brought for you..." Qin Yun swung the wine jug in his hand back and forth.

  "Fire Spirit Wine?" Yue Shan's eyes lit up instantly, and he reached out without hesitation to take the wine jug.

  Huǒ Líng Jiǔ is a specialty wine of Xuán Wǔ City, made from the Huǒ Lóng Dòng's Huǒ Líng paste. The wine is strong and full of fiery energy, making it most suitable for warming the body and dispelling coldness.

  Yue Shan has been guarding the cold and dark cave for many years, how could he not understand the benefits of Huo Ling wine? It's just that a jar of Huo Ling wine is very valuable, and he usually can't bear to drink it.

  He slapped open the mud seal on the wine jar with one palm, tilted his head and gulped down several big mouthfuls, handing it to his companion beside him: "Old Five, you come have a few mouthfuls too!"

  The other party had already swallowed his saliva and accepted it with a hearty laugh, drinking big mouthfuls to his heart's content. Afterwards, the look in his eyes towards Qin Yun was much kinder.

  Yue Shan said to Qin Yun, "I know you're not here specifically to see me, but going down to the Cold Abyss recently isn't a good choice. The cold tide in the depths of the cave is about to rise, and the demonic beasts are extremely active and much more ferocious."

  Qin Yun knew that Yue Shan was kindly advising him not to take risks, but he had made up his mind and was fully prepared, there was no reason for him to give up halfway: "Brother Yue, don't worry, I'll be careful."

  Yue Shan nodded and didn't say anything more: "Then you can go, it's best to take the main road, in case of danger, you can also ask for help from fellow disciples."

  The so-called main road refers to the passage explored in the cold and dark cave, and many disciples enter and exit through it. The rule of the Sword Sect is that fellow disciples should help each other, and when encountering a fellow disciple in danger, unless they are really powerless, few people will ignore them and let them die.

  Farewell to Yue Shan, Qin Yun entered the cold and dark cave alone.

  A chill ran down to the bone, this time the cold air was much stronger than when I came here last time, and it seemed like an invisible tide was surging, making it even harder to resist.

  This is the characteristic of the cold tide rising from the Cold Abyss, when it's coldest, the cold tide surging out from the depths of the Cold Abyss will freeze everything, and demons and spirit beasts will hide in their burrows to hibernate, not many people can venture deep into the cave at that time.

  So if Qin Yun can't make it in time to collect the Ice Condensing Beads before the cold wave arrives, he'll have to wait until next spring to go down into the cave again.

  He reached into his bosom and took out a jade token, infusing it with true energy.

  The jade token suddenly shone brightly, and then returned to normal. However, Qin Yun could clearly feel a warm aura enveloping himself, isolating the invading cold energy from the outside.

  This is a Yang Fire Jade Token, although it's an upper-grade Cloud Token that's one level lower than a Spirit Token, the materials used are actually from the common Fire Spirit Jade in the Fire Dragon Cave, and five White Spirit Jades are needed to buy it.

  With this piece of Yang Huo Jade Amulet on his body, he could effectively resist the severe cold. In this way, when descending into the Cold Abyssal Cave, he didn't need to constantly circulate his Qi to protect his body, greatly reducing the consumption of his true energy, which was equivalent to extending his stay inside.

  Yang Huo Yu Fu can be used for six hours at a time, and after the spiritual power contained in it is exhausted, it can be replenished with fire-based true energy. Although the effect is not as good as the original spiritual power, it is valuable because it can be reused for up to seven or eight times.

  So Qin Yun later found out about this special talisman and bought one without hesitation.

  Qin Yun also understood why Shui Wanying wanted to learn how to refine talismans. In many cases, relying solely on one's own strength and swordsmanship was not enough to solve problems, and having another method would undoubtedly provide another option.

  Re-entering the cold and dark cave, Qin Yun, who was familiar with the situation, increased his speed by a lot compared to the first time he came. There were no demonic beasts in front of him, but instead, he met several mining disciples who were coming out from inside.

  Those disciples looked at Qin Yun with a somewhat strange gaze, roughly meaning that this guy was courting death, and actually still ventured into the Cold Abyssal Cave at this time. It's really unknown what the word "death" is written as!

  Qin Yun naturally wouldn't care about others' opinions and single-mindedly ventured deeper into the cave.

  Fortunately, the marks left at each fork in the road several months ago were still there, and it was these marks that kept him from losing his way.

  After turning in the winding and twisting cave passage for nearly two hours, the monster finally appeared.

  They are still low-level Frost Beasts, but there are a lot more of them and they are much fiercer.

  However, the current Qin Yun is different from the one a month ago. With his mastery of the Floating Light Shadow Step, he darts through the beast pack like lightning, every sword strike aimed at the Frostbite Beast's vitals.

  To conserve his true energy, Qin Yun deliberately provoked the Frostbite Beasts into pouncing on him, and then pierced their skulls with a single sword strike when they opened their mouths wide.

  In less than half a stick of incense time, more than 20 ice beasts were slaughtered by Qin Yun, and most of them were killed in one sword.

  From these frozen beast corpses, Qin Yun actually dug out a full seven inner elixirs, enough for him to complete one sect's collection task.

  Collecting the inner elixir of a demonic beast is a very common task in the Sect Affairs Hall, and this type of task often has no time limit. Moreover, it also divides different reward levels according to the grade of the inner elixir, so it is extremely popular among ordinary disciples.

  The last time he collected the Frost Beast's inner dan, Qin Yun had exchanged it for three sect contributions. Although it wasn't a lot, it was still a good start.

  This time Qin Yun's luck is undoubtedly better.

  But this is not Qin Yun's true goal!

  After continuing on for about half a time unit, he finally found that hidden cave where he almost lost his life.

  Inside the cave, it's quiet and still, with no signs of anyone else having been there. The icicles on the rocky walls beside the waterfall are all intact, and you can clearly see the spot where the rock fell off.

  The cold pool was still and deep, the surface of the water was covered with ripples caused by splashing water flowers, except for the sound of gurgling water, no other movement could be heard.

  Only Qin Yun was very clear that beneath this calm surface, a terrifying monster was lurking!

  He tightly grasped the Qinghua Longjian, and with all his might, urged on the Jiuyang Xuan Gong. The flow of Qi circulated through his meridians, and his pitch-black eyes were suddenly shrouded in a faint crimson mist.

  Qin Yun suddenly unfolded his Floating Light Flashing Body technique and leaped up from the edge of the cliff, flying towards the opposite rock wall.

  His speed is much faster than before, and the height of his leaps has also made new breakthroughs.

  Pffft! Pffft! Pffft!

  It was as if the situation that day had reappeared, with dozens of water arrows bursting out of the icy pool and shooting towards Qin Yun who had leaped into the air!

  But this time the black water snake's ambush tactics did not work, Qin Yun was well prepared for this.

  In the instant the water arrow flew up, his speed suddenly accelerated, and in the blink of an eye he jumped down onto the rock wall, avoiding all attacks.

  Boom!

  The black water snake lurking in the cold pool failed to ambush, suddenly becoming angry and repeatedly using its old trick, swinging its huge snake tail from bottom to top towards Qin Yun!

  Same old story!

  Qin Yun let out a cold snort, his legs pushing off the rock wall with a sudden burst of force, sending him flying back like an arrow leaving its string, avoiding the python's tail strike while steadily landing back at the edge of the icy pond.

  He quietly inserted his hand into his bosom and grasped a block of icy jade pendant.

  The black water snake's two attacks both fell through, it couldn't calm down and floated to the surface, its huge head shaking violently from side to side, sending cold ripples splashing everywhere, churning up the entire area.

  It's just at this moment!

  Qin Yun's eyes flashed with a hint of fierce light, and without hesitation, he slapped the jade token in his hand towards Han Tan.

  A thousand miles of ice!

  Talismans can be divided into defensive, offensive, protective, exorcising and healing types, such as the Yang Fire Talisman which is a protective talisman.

  And this ice seal of a thousand miles is purely an attacking talisman, containing immense power.

  Bang!

  The jade token exploded into powder as soon as it hit the water, and Qin Yun immediately retreated rapidly backwards.

  Ice Seal for a Thousand Miles! Just hearing the name tells you how wide the attack range of this talisman is. Shui Wanyin has told him many taboos about using talismans, so he wouldn't make such a mistake.

  At the moment when the jade symbol shattered, the chill that was everywhere in the cave suddenly surged violently and rushed towards Han Tan at an astonishing speed, as if it were a boundless and endless tidal wave of the ocean!

  Qin Yun, even with the protection of the Yang Fire Talisman, had to activate his Nine Yang True Qi to resist the surging cold energy around him.

  The surface of the lake instantly froze into a layer of pale blue ice, and it thickened at a speed visible to the naked eye, even affecting the waterfalls above which were also frozen!

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