Chapter 174: Isn't This Just Ridiculous

Yun Ruo's expression was extremely grave. As a disciple of the Nine Immortals Dao Palace, she already had some guesses about the Fourth Prince's purpose on this expedition.

The Fourth Prince's goal here was likely the same as Tong Yi's and his group.

"I'm not sure about that. It happened several hundred years ago..."

Cui Ying said in a small voice: "Please give me some wound medicine. I don't want to die here."

"Do you have the Beast-Taming Technique on you?"

Yang Ling asked casually.

Cui Ying's gaze instantly turned wary:

"No. Search me if you want."

"Then you're useless."

Yang Ling said.

Seeing this, Yun Ruo gently raised her wrist, and the Eighth-Rank Official Saber sliced off Cui Ying's head in an instant.

Cui Ying died with her eyes wide open, a trace of unwillingness lingering in them.

"The Beast-Taming Technique is too strange. If we let her live, she'll likely bring us more trouble."

Yun Ruo casually explained, then looked toward Frost-Mist Mountain with a grave expression:

"If the Fourth Prince's target is also that Second-Rank Human Immortal, we must warn him."

A pause. "Even if the Fourth Prince has other goals, we must stop the Heavenly Wolf Guard.

If they really dig up a living Second-Rank Human Immortal, it would be a massive blow to our Zhao State."

"We need to go to Frost-Mist Mountain?"

Yang Ling's mind churned, weighing the pros and cons.

This trip was far too dangerous. After some thought, he decided to refuse.

Even if the Heavenly Wolf Guard dug up a Second-Rank Human Immortal, it had nothing to do with him.

Zhao State still had Land Immortals and Second-Rank Human Immortals. Someone would naturally deal with it.

Just then, Li Huaiyi suddenly rushed out from the direction of Frost-Mist Mountain.

Seeing Yang Ling and Yun Ruo present, he was overjoyed.

He only gave Cui Ying's corpse on the ground a brief glance.

"Chief Constable Yang, Director Yun, the Fourth Prince orders you to proceed to Frost-Mist Mountain immediately. We've found the Water Bodhi seed!"

Li Huaiyi's voice was urgent:

"The Rong tribe spies are currently facing off against us. We must go all out to seize this Water Bodhi seed!"

Water Bodhi seed!?

Yang Ling immediately said: "Lead the way. Even if there were no Water Bodhi seed, we have important news to inform the Fourth Prince!"

Li Huaiyi was slightly startled but didn't dare ask further. He immediately led the way for Yang Ling and Yun Ruo.

Upon entering the territory of Frost-Mist Mountain, Yang Ling instantly felt the bone-piercing chill of the wind.

The temperature here was far colder than other areas of Calamity Valley.

Fortunately, after entering a cave at the foot of Frost-Mist Mountain, the temperature warmed up instantly, matching the other parts of Calamity Valley.

"The tunnels here are very winding. You two, stay close. If you get lost, it'll be very difficult to find your way out."

Li Huaiyi warned, pointing to the markers they had left along the way.

Yang Ling observed carefully as they walked, noticing that the paths here were indeed extremely convoluted, possibly dozens of times more complex than an ordinary mine shaft.

Before long, after twisting and turning countless times, the space before them suddenly opened up.

Before them lay a massive freezing pool.

In the center of the pool, a mass of white mist held aloft an ice-blue fruit!

Surrounding the area, the Zhao State martial artists, led by the Fourth Prince, were locked in a standoff with Tong Yi and his group.

Nangong Yue was among them. Seeing Yang Ling arrive, killing intent blazed in his eyes.

Yang Ling's attention was entirely on that ice-blue fruit.

「Water Bodhi seed - Consuming it increases cultivation」

Although the description was very simple, Yang Ling's heart was pounding wildly.

This was truly one of the Twelve Sacred Martial Medicines - the Water Bodhi seed!

"If I can get this Water Bodhi seed, my cultivation will definitely increase substantially in a short time!"

Thinking this, Yang Ling and Yun Ruo had already arrived beside the Fourth Prince.

"Chief Constable Yang, you've come at just the right time."

The Fourth Prince's eyes lit up slightly as he explained:

"This freezing pool freezes solid at a certain moment. We've calculated it - the cycle is one quarter of an hour."

"I need you to retrieve the Water Bodhi seed in that instant when it freezes!"

Tong Yi, however, laughed: "Chief Constable Yang, you'd better think carefully. There's a monster under the freezing pool. When it freezes, it can't break through the ice. But the moment the ice melts, that monster will kill any martial artist who approaches the Water Bodhi seed."

"Your Ironclad Department has already lost experts to that monster."

"There's a monster underwater?"

Yang Ling's expression shifted as he looked at the freezing pool.

The pool seemed bottomless, pitch-black and completely impenetrable to the eye.

But he quickly counted heads. The Ironclad Department had originally brought thirty people. One spy had died earlier, leaving twenty-nine.

Yet now, counting himself and Yun Ruo, only twenty-two were present.

Had the remaining few already died?

"Tong Yi, since your people don't have the skill to take this Water Bodhi seed, don't use words to scare Chief Constable Yang."

"Everyone has seen Chief Constable Yang's movement technique."

The Fourth Prince chuckled lightly, then turned to Yang Ling with a serious expression:

"Several of your colleagues have been killed by the monster beneath the freezing pool, but they didn't die in vain."

"At the very least, they've shown us the danger of this pool."

"This freezing pool takes only one breath from freezing to melting. You must make a round trip within that single breath!"

Only one breath!?

Yang Ling was momentarily stunned, his expression somewhat peculiar. He was currently at least fifty meters away from the Water Bodhi seed.

"One breath is at most three seconds. I need to run a hundred meters in three seconds, and on ice at that..."

Yang Ling took a deep breath. This task was a bit troublesome.

He didn't have complete confidence.

Yun Ruo's expression was grave. Just as she was about to speak, a chill surged toward them.

In an instant, the freezing pool suddenly solidified.

This bizarre scene left Chi Qingyao and the others present in shock.

Even though they had witnessed similar sights before.

At that moment, a Rong tribe spy suddenly burst out of the crowd and dashed toward the Water Bodhi seed.

This person was short and squat, crawling along the ground like a gecko, moving with incredible speed and agility.

In the blink of an eye, he had already arrived before the Water Bodhi seed.

But by then, one breath had already passed.

Before he could reach for the Water Bodhi seed, the freezing pool melted instantly. A black tentacle shot up from the water, pierced through the Seventh-Rank Rong tribesman's chest, and dragged him into the pool before disappearing.

On the water's surface, a few droplets of blood slowly spread and dissolved, merging with the freezing pool.

This scene plunged the martial artists present into silence.

Huikong and Chen Zuo exchanged glances, then looked at Chi Qingyao and Dongfang Haojie.

As upper Seventh-Rank experts, they understood that the Rong tribe spy's speed was not inferior to theirs.

To unleash such speed in these conditions was truly top-tier among upper Seventh-Rank martial artists.

Yet even he couldn't grab the Water Bodhi seed in time.

"Isn't this just ridiculous."

Yang Ling cursed inwardly, then said seriously:

"Fourth Prince, the Water Bodhi seed can wait. I have an important matter to report!"

The Fourth Prince's expression shifted: "What is it?"

"The Heavenly Wolf Guard's target on this trip is a Second-Rank Human Immortal."

"This senior went missing in the Water Qilin Cave two hundred and forty years ago."

"They plan to dig him out and revive him."

A flicker of shock passed through the Fourth Prince's eyes, and he immediately looked at Chi Qingyao.

Chi Qingyao was also stunned.

"Only a Second-Rank Human Immortal from the Nine Immortals Dao Palace went missing here two hundred and forty years ago. Was he also one of your Rong tribe spies?"

The Fourth Prince looked at Tong Yi, his eyes narrowing, killing surging within them.

"Happy New Year everyone, please send some encouragement ^.^"

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