High above the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake, Mu Xuanyin hovered among the clouds, gazing down at the lake for hours since Yun Wuji had entered.
"This man has too many secrets..." she muttered, narrowing her beautiful eyes as she crossed her arms over her chest, causing it to bounce slightly.
As she thought that, another voice echoed in her mind, a bewitching and sultry tone speaking to her. "Hmm, children these days are so frightening," it said, then added, "Are you planning to meet him and uncover more about him?"
"..." Mu Xuanyin remained silent.
"Or perhaps you'd prefer I meet him first?" the voice teased.
After a few hours, Yun Wuji swam back to the surface and stepped out of the lake. He got dressed and glanced around, but there was no one in sight. It seemed Mu Xuanyin still hadn't appeared, and Mu Bingyun hadn't returned yet either.
Just as he was considering exploring the area around the lake while waiting for her, he suddenly sensed the barrier being opened. Moments later, Mu Bingyun's figure came into view.
"Fairy Bingyun," Yun Wuji greeted her with a smile as he walked over.
Mu Bingyun nodded and, after taking a good look at him and finding no signs of him being injured or his profound energy being frozen, asked, "Do you want to leave right now?"
"Yes," he nodded. Since he spoke with the Ice Phoenix, the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake no longer held any purpose for him. Although it was an excellent place for cultivation, absorbing Profound Jades and Cores suited him much better.
Although, in theory, he could use his Law of Nothingness to directly absorb the energy from the Divine Vein inside, his grasp of the Law of Nothingness wasn't enough for now. Perhaps if he could obtain the second fragment, or if he continued 'practicing' with Xiao Lingxi for a longer time, he might be able to do it. However... even if he could absorb the energy from the Divine Vein, he wouldn't be foolish enough to do it.
This act would quickly drain the Divine Vein, which not only could harm the Ice Phoenix inside but would likely lead Mu Xuanyin to slap him to death.
However, he would keep returning until the end of the month; after all, he needed to keep up the act.
"How was it? Did you stay for a long time inside the lake?" Mu Bingyun asked curiously as they walked alongside each other.
Yun Wuji turned around, giving the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake a quick glance before replying, "This place is indeed a sacred place for ice cultivation. I managed to stay for a short while inside."
'Short while? Heh,' Mu Xuanyin, observing him from above, couldn't help but snicker at his shamelessness. This guy had stayed for hours, yet had the face to call it a 'short while.'
"Good. Although your talent is impressive, you need to take it slowly," Mu Bingyun nodded, advising him.
"I'll always keep Fairy Bingyun's words in mind," Yun Wuji replied seriously.
...
After returning to the Ice Phoenix Palace, Yun Wuji didn't go back to his room. Instead, he headed straight to the cultivation room.
This cultivation room had been unlocked by Yun Wuji's Ice Phoenix Engraved Jade and was now bound to its aura. From this point on, he was the only one who could access it. Other Ice Phoenix disciples weren't allowed in and couldn't forcibly enter, unless, of course, it was the Palace Master.
The interior was a world of ice, even colder than the outside. The ice element was more abundant here, and countless ice spirits and motes of light fluttered around.
Releasing his spiritual perception, he discovered that the room spanned one hundred fifty kilometers in width. It was much larger than the cultivation rooms he had created back in the Yun Palace.
"Hong'er!" After looking around for a few moments, Yun Wuji called out. The Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword appeared in his hand, and he gazed at the pearl on the sword's hilt, where Hong'er was curled up into a ball, sleeping.
'She is indeed cuter when she's quiet.'
Swoosh!
Gripping the sword with both hands, Yun Wuji slashed! The powerful strike produced a loud tearing sound, as the ice, wind, and mist were torn apart, creating powerful gusts of wind.
After eating countless swords, especially the Eternal Night Devil Sword, the weight of the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword had become over 5,000,000 kg.
Of course, the weight wasn't too difficult for him to wield. He was training with it now to get familiar with it. It had been more than two years since he had fought seriously, much less used his sword. As he thought about this, he muttered pretentiously, "Sigh, the sorrow of being invincible..."
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
He continued to swing his sword steadily. Each time he did, the icy wind would blow, and the howl of the wind filled the room.
Yun Wuji had learned the first style from Jasmine, but he rarely used it. Frankly, he never needed to. Over the past few years, he hadn't encountered anyone who could truly push him to use all his power.
He either faced opponents he could crush with a finger or those far stronger than him, like Qianye Ying'er.
Not to mention, the first style wasn't particularly outstanding among all his skills. Perhaps if he could learn the other styles, he would be able to unleash even greater power when wielding his sword.
More than 5 hours quickly passed as he continued training. Thanks to his vast energy pool and incredible recovery, he didn't need to rest.
At that moment, a current of frost aura flowed toward the main hall of the Thirty-sixth Ice Phoenix Palace. Though it only flashed by, it caused Yun Wuji, still in his cultivation room, to stop his sword mid-swing.
'Could it be her? Why is she so pretentious? Can't she just face me directly?' Yun Wuji narrowed his eyes, put away the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword, and walked out of the cultivation room.
He pushed open the doors of the cultivation room and made his way toward the main hall. As his eyes swept over to an ice pillar, he suddenly halted, his gaze locking onto the figure inside.
The main hall of the Ice Phoenix Palace was adorned with a variety of stunning ice crystals, their ethereal glow filling the space. Gentle light streamed in through two ice windows on either side. Beneath one of the windows sat an intricately carved ice chair in the shape of a graceful ice phoenix.
A captivating figure was lazily reclining on it. Her posture was relaxed as if she were lounging comfortably in her private chamber. Dressed in a snow-white gown, the hem of her skirt lifted slightly due to her casual seating, revealing a trace of her ankle.
Sitting on the chair, her big, round, and plump butt formed a very tempting shape.
Her long hair reached all the way to her waist, and it carried an icy color similar to the Ice Phoenix's. It wasn't pure white but a lustrous white, speckled with icy crystals and tinged with a hint of light blue.
When Yun Wuji looked at her, she had already turned her gaze toward him.
'So beautiful! Look at those dimensions, so big!' Yun Wuji exclaimed in his mind. Though he had met many beautiful women in his life, like Huan Caiyi and Xia Qingyue, this woman was just as beautiful, if not more. Her figure was devilishly captivating, evoking the kind of desire that could lead people to commit a crime.
None of his women could come close to this perfect figure. Not even Gong Yuxian's.
'Don't get stupified by every beautiful woman you see; you're not a Chinese MC... Wait, technically, I am a Chinese MC.' He quickly shifted his gaze from her figure to her face instead.
The seductive woman lazily rose from the icy chair, her soul-stirring, beautiful eyes locking onto Yun Wuji as she slowly walked toward him.
Each of her steps was slow, yet every stride caused her full chest to sway and bounce. Not only was her chest massively large, but it also seemed as soft as water, pulling Yun Wuji's gaze despite his resolve to look away. His eyes were drawn to the movement, as if magnetized.
'...It's been a long time since I did it,' Yun Wuji sighed, quickly regaining control over his urges as he averted his gaze. 'Devil Queen... This woman is dangerous. She's only using Mu Xuanyin's body, yet she exudes such a powerful charm.'
Fortunately, Yun Wuji had learned to control his emotions and urges. If it were before, he might have already lost control and pathetically popped a boner.
"Yun Wuji," 'Mu Xuanyin' stood before him, her eyes misty, and called his name softly, her pink lips parted slightly.
'Sigh, I miss Jasmine. She was a tsundere, but she wasn't such a pain to deal with,' Yun Wuji thought. Her voice was alluring, charming to the bone. However, since Yun Wuji had already made up his mind to control his emotions and urges, there was no way he would still be affected. He smiled slightly and asked, "You know my name? Who may you be, senior sister?"
'Oh? Strange... he isn't affected at all, is this the power of Light Profound Energy? No... I sense a powerful soul inside of him, could it be the cause? Or maybe both?' 'Mu Xuanyin' was surprised by his calm, and her smile froze for a split second. She didn't expect this narcissistic boy to be so calm when faced with her charm.
"Who doesn't know your name? Everyone in the sect knows about the genius who caused a big commotion and took Palace Master Bingyun as his master." Her crescent-shaped brows arched, and the corners of her mouth lifted slightly as she chuckled, moving closer until her massive chest was just a few centimeters from him.
Yun Wuji took a step back, noticing that she had selectively ignored the part where he asked for her name. He didn't press the issue. Instead, he asked, "What brought you here, senior sister?"
Although her body was nearly pressed against his and he could even feel her breath on his skin, there was no way he would fall for her trap. Back then, Yun Che, who was her disciple, had accidentally touched her chest and she nearly killed him.
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The woman pursed her lips, stretched out two fingers, and lightly pushed forward a spatial ring. Supported by a gentle breeze, the ring landed in Yun Wuji's hands. "I came to deliver the Profound Jades and cores," she said.
Shifting her gaze, she said in a soft voice, "There's more than half of the sect's storage of jades and cores in it. I really wonder what you're planning to do with all of them."
"Thank you," Yun Wuji said, holding the ring in his hand. "I won't take any more of Senior Sister's time. Goodbye." With those words, he turned and walked away.
Seeing that he was about to leave right after receiving the ring, the woman called out, "Little brother, wait. Don't you want to chat more with this big sis?"
Chat with her? He would, but only if she were Mu Xuanyin. He wouldn't gain anything from this seductive demoness because she was here just to probe him, since she probably noticed something strange about him.
"Nah, I'll pass," Yun Wuji shook his head, a meaningful smile on his face. "See you later, Sect Master."
When he said those words, the woman blinked and, with her sultry and cottony voice, asked, "Hmm~ I'm sure you've never seen me before. How did you know?"
"Replying to Sect Master, I have never seen what the Sect Master looks like, but I can spot a Divine Master when I see one," Yun Wuji replied respectfully. "Since you are the only Divine Master in the whole Snow Song Realm, it wasn't that difficult for me to guess your identity."
'I am getting better and better at bullshiting.'
"Mm~ Little brother, you have penetrating eyes. You pierced right through me~" 'Mu Xuanyin' chuckled with a seductive voice, her soul-stealing eyes fluttering as she looked at him.
"...If Sect Master will excuse me, I still have matters to attend to," Yun Wuji said, ignoring her misleading words before turning around to leave.
"Sigh~ Kids these days are scary~" Watching him leave, the woman said, and with her sigh, her figure faded.
Once Yun Wuji returned to his cultivation room, he immediately took the storage ring and inspected the space inside. "Oh... I didn't expect her to be this generous. Perhaps I misjudged her," he murmured.
Inside the space was a vast amount of profound jades, crystals, and many profound beast cores!
The quantity was staggering, with more than five Divine King realm beast cores among them.
"Hehe, I feel like I am having a sugar mommy right now," Yun Wuji laughed excitedly as he held the ring with both hands. Everyone liked generous people. Suddenly, he thought of Luo Guxie. "Wait, I already do have a sugar mommy."
Immediately, Yun Wuji took out the beast core of a mid-level Divine Origin Beast and sat cross-legged, closing his eyes.
At the same time, right above the cultivation room, Mu Xuanyin looked down at it, her eyes narrowed.
The core in his hands contained countless times more energy than that of peak monarch cores. As he used the Law of Nothingness, profound energy from the core began flowing toward his body, entering his profound veins.
"...!!!" Mu Xuanyin, observing him from the outside, froze in place. Her body stiffened instantly, and her eyes widened in shock. Her aura fluctuated violently. It wasn't just her; the Devil Queen, sharing her senses, was even more shocked. She muttered absentmindedly, "What is this sorcery?!"
Clack!
Boom!
After nearly an hour, the profound core in Yun Wuji's hand shattered into ashes. In the next instant, profound energy leaked from his body, and with a loud thunderous boom, he broke through to the 6th level of the Divine Origin Realm.
Back in the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake, Yun Wuji refined the divine soul of the Ice Phoenix and broke through to the peak 5th level of the Divine Origin Realm. He was only a few inches away from reaching the 6th level.
Slowly, Yun Wuji opened his eyes and stood up. He extended his fist, and pure profound energy surged from it. In the next instant, it transformed into Ice, then Lightning, followed by Wind, Earth, Fire, and finally Light.
The process of changing from one element to another was extremely smooth and fast. If anyone were to witness this, they would not believe their eyes.
The main reason why most people cultivate only one Law is due to the conflict between different Laws. For example, if someone cultivates the Law of Fire, it is absolutely impossible for them to cultivate the Law of Water. In fact, it is already difficult for them to cultivate any other Law, like Earth or Lightning.
That's why the number of people who cultivate different Laws is extremely rare. Even then, most of them only cultivate two different Laws, such as Darkness and Wind.
As for three Laws, in the entire Eastern Divine Region, there had only been one person in this generation who managed to do that, and that person was Luo Changsheng, the 'number one genius' of the Eastern Divine Region.
Of course, Yun Wuji is an exception.
'I really want to see her face right now, hehe,' Yun Wuji thought, retracting his hand. Even thinking with his feet, he could easily predict that Mu Xuanyin would be spying on him.
After all, he had too many secrets. Just the fact that he could use Light Profound Energy or dive deeper than even her in the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake was enough to warrant her keeping an eye on him.
Naturally, Yun Wuji was purposely showing these things to her. Firstly, because since he had already met the Ice Phoenix, it meant that Mu Xuanyin would never harm him. Secondly, he was 'exposing' these things to make her lower her guard against him. After all, people always tend to believe in the things they discover themselves.
If he were to show her his skills and talk about other secrets like the Crimson Calamity, even if she believed him, she would still harbor some suspicion toward him. After all, she was over 10,000 years old, and he couldn't expect her to trust him easily.
He had already experienced that with Jasmine, who was only 13 years old. It took him a lot of effort to get her to open up to him, and even then, she still ended up leaving him.
After sorting out his thoughts, Yun Wuji held the ring in his hand and muttered softly, "Although the quantity is huge, it will probably only help me reach the Divine Soul Realm."
Although he indeed received half the storage of the entire sect, it was still impressive that he could reach the Divine Soul Realm with this quantity.
Back then, Yun Che used all the energy the Ice Phoenix gave him and plundered many sects and realms, including the Thousand Desolation Divine Sect, which was the realm king sect controlling an upper realm. He even used more than thirty Divine Master cores, yet after three whole years, he only managed to reach the 8th level of the Divine Sovereign Realm.
And it took him another year to break through to the 10th level of the Divine Sovereign Realm, even with the support of the three King Realms of the Northern Divine Region.
This, in itself, was an impressive achievement. The average person would never be able to reach that level, even in 10,000 years.
Yun Che needed countless times more energy than other people to break through a level or realm. Yun Wuji, on the other hand, required even more energy than him to break through, especially for the last three levels of each realm.
The resources of a middle-star realm were just not enough for him.
'But it's still pretty good,' Yun Wuji clenched the ring in his hand and thought.
...
The next day, after helping Mu Bingyun remove the poison from her body, Yun Wuji followed her into the core area to enter the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake again. Although he had no need for it, it was still better to keep up the act, even if Mu Xuanyin would eventually discover that he was just pretending.
After all, he couldn't let her know that he already knew she that knew.
This time, as Yun Wuji stepped into the core region, a graceful white figure stood silently by the lake's edge. As he approached, she turned to face him, her cold eyes locking onto his.
'Oh, so it's Mu Xuanyin this time,' Yun Wuji thought as he noted her icy demeanor. Bowing respectfully, he said, "Greetings, Sect Master!"
"Come here," Mu Xuanyin nodded lightly and motioned for him to step closer. When Yun Wuji approached, she gestured toward the lake and said, "Enter."
"Yes," Although he had no idea what she intended, he still complied with her command and stepped into the lake, this time fully clothed.
Mu Xuanyin waited until Yun Wuji was submerged in the water, leaving only his head visible. She stretched out her delicate, pale hand, and at the tip of her finger rested a drop of icy blue blood. "Refine this," she commanded.
"This... is this the blood of the Ice Phoenix?" Yun Wuji asked, his tone filled with surprise as he stared at the drop. Then, shifting his gaze to Mu Xuanyin, he added, "Sect Master, the origin blood of the Ice Phoenix is incredibly precious. Why would you want to give it to me?"
Honestly, he was taken aback. Why would she want to give this to him? He wasn't her disciple, nor did he share any close connection with her.
What did the Ice Phoenix do to her?
"Shut up and refine it," Mu Xuanyin ordered coldly, without answering, as she lightly thrust her finger forward. The icy blue blood immediately shot toward him and entered his body.
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