111: Chapter 111 The Lesser Golden Body Technique is in hand!

"I want it! Why wouldn't I!" Jiang Feng replied immediately without a second thought. "Having something is better than nothing! I'll make do with it for now. As for a High Grade True Art, you can take your time to find a way."

Even a mosquito's leg is meat; he'd get his hands on it first and talk later.

"You still want a High Grade True Art..." The Purple-skirted Woman almost flew into a rage again, but she forced herself to swallow the words.

The Purple-skirted Woman was speechless. This Jiang Feng was simply a rogue. Saying one more word to this rogue was nothing but self-torture. At this moment, she somewhat regretted choosing Jiang Feng as her vessel.

"Catch!"

As her voice fell, a brilliant golden light shot out from the depths of the darkness, instantly sinking into the forehead of Jiang Feng's consciousness.

Boom!

A vast torrent of information instantly flooded into Jiang Feng's mind.

The Small Golden Body Art was divided into three stages.

The first stage: Entry. One needed to draw upon the four most rigid and fierce powers of heaven and earth—wind, fire, water, and lightning—to temper the Physical Body. Only after passing through four life-and-death hurdles could one begin to grasp the basics.

The second stage: Minor Achievement. One needed to brew a medicinal liquid with Iron-line Grass, supplemented by red fire crystals. Through the method of medicinal bathing, the power of the golden body would be integrated into the bone marrow.

The third stage: Major Achievement. One needed to find the essence blood of the ancient variant, the Iron-Armored Golden Turtle. Through the method of blood refinement, the Physical Body could be tempered to be indestructible, possessing the strength to move mountains!

Jiang Feng quickly digested this information, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

How was this a Medium Grade True Art? This power was barely different from a High Grade True Art!

This woman sounded stingy, but the things she gave were actually quite good.

However...

The Cultivation Technique only explained how to Cultivate to Major Achievement, but did not mention the path beyond that.

"What about after Major Achievement? That's it?" Jiang Feng immediately followed up.

"It's a Medium Grade True Art, do you expect to achieve Immortal Ascension with it?!" The Purple-skirted Woman's voice was full of fatigue and impatience.

"This seat has consumed too much energy and needs to sleep. You're on your own. Don't go and get yourself killed before I recover!"

After saying that, her aura quickly went silent. No matter how Jiang Feng called out, there was no further response.

Jiang Feng curled his lip, not minding it.

The Cultivation Technique was in hand; his goal had been achieved.

His consciousness returned to his body. He slowly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing through them briefly.

Wind, fire, water, lightning.

He began to calculate how to find locations that met the cultivation conditions.

Just then, a series of light footsteps came from outside the ruins of the wooden house.

A young woman dressed in simple hemp clothes approached tremulously, carrying a wooden tray.

The woman looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old with a clean, delicate face, but her head was bowed and her expression was full of fear. She was the maid Young Mistress Shangguan Wulei had sent to serve him.

It had to be said that Young Mistress Shangguan Wulei's efficiency was indeed high. Jiang Feng had just said he didn't like being served by male slaves, and she immediately sent a woman.

"Lo... Lord, this servant is Xiao Mei."

Xiao Mei walked up to Jiang Feng and fell to her knees with a thud, holding the wooden tray high above her head, her voice trembling.

"The Young Mistress ordered me to bring healing ointment and food."

Jiang Feng's gaze landed on the tray: a jar of ointment emitting a cool scent, a few pieces of charred yellow beast meat, and a skin of clear water.

He glanced at the maid named Xiao Mei.

She was called a servant, but there was likely more surveillance involved.

But it didn't matter; she would serve perfectly as a guide.

"Get up," Jiang Feng said flatly.

"Th... Thank you, Lord." Xiao Mei scrambled up tremulously, her head still bowed, not daring to look at him.

Jiang Feng reached out, took a piece of beast meat, and began to tear into it. As he ate, he asked nonchalantly, "In the tribe or nearby, is there a place where the wind is exceptionally strong, or somewhere particularly hot, particularly cold, or where lightning strikes frequently?"

Xiao Mei was stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected this newly appointed, high-status 'Third War Slave' to ask such strange questions.

She carefully organized her words. "Reporting to Lord, there... there are."

"Thirty miles to the west of the tribe, there is a Hurricane Valley. A black wind that can blow a person's bones apart blows there all year round. It is one of the tribe's Forbidden Grounds."

"Fifty miles to the south, there is a Blazing Sun Mountain. The peak is bare, and the stones are so hot they can roast meat. It is said that earth fires burn there year-round."

"Twenty miles to the north, there is a Cold Ice Pool. The water is bone-chilling. Even the strongest female warriors in the tribe wouldn't last ten breaths before being frozen into a block of ice if they fell in."

"Forty miles to the east, there is a Purple Lightning Peak. Purple lightning flashes on the summit all year round. Passersby all avoid it like the plague."

As Xiao Mei spoke, her voice grew smaller and smaller, and fear surfaced on her face.

In the tribe, these places were all death zones that people spoke of with dread.

Hurricane Valley, Blazing Sun Mountain, Cold Ice Pool, Purple Lightning Peak.

Jiang Feng's eyes lit up. Weren't these the perfect Holy Lands for his cultivation, custom-made for him!

"Very good."

He finished the beast meat in a few bites, drained the water from the skin, and stood up.

"You, go prepare a map now, and bring enough dry rations for three days."

Jiang Feng looked down at Xiao Mei, commanding her in a tone that brooked no argument.

"Then, take me to the Cold Ice Pool immediately."

"Ah?" Xiao Mei looked up sharply, the color draining from her face. "Lo... Lord, you want to go to the Cold Ice Pool? That place... you cannot go there!"

"Did you not hear me?" Jiang Feng's gaze turned cold.

Xiao Mei felt her whole body shudder, as if she were being stared at by a prehistoric beast. Instantly, it felt like she had fallen into an ice cellar, and her teeth began to chatter.

"This... this servant obeys! I will go prepare right away!"

She didn't dare say another word, getting up and running out.

Her efficiency was indeed high.

In less than fifteen minutes, Xiao Mei reappeared before Jiang Feng with a crude animal-skin map and food.

"Lord, everything... everything is ready."

"Lead the way."

Jiang Feng dropped those three words and took the first step.

Xiao Mei didn't dare dally and hurriedly led the way ahead.

The two of them, one following the other, soon left the tribe.

Traveling twenty miles north was only a half-hour journey for the current Jiang Feng.

Soon, a bone-piercing chill permeated from ahead, and the plants in the forest were covered in a layer of white frost.

Pushing aside the last of the bushes.

A deep pool emitting thick white mist appeared before Jiang Feng's eyes.

The pool water was an eerie ink-black, seemingly bottomless. Just being near it, he felt his blood flow slow down, and his Divine Soul felt as if it were about to be frozen stiff.

"Lord, th... this is the Cold Ice Pool." Xiao Mei stopped a long distance away, shivering uncontrollably.

Jiang Feng ignored her and walked straight to the edge of the pool.

This place truly lived up to its reputation.

He took a deep breath, circulating the meager power within his body to protect his right hand, and slowly reached toward that ink-black pool water.

He wanted to test the depth of this water.

However, the very instant his fingertips touched the surface.

An indescribable, terrifying chill surged frantically into his body through his fingertips!

Crack! Crack!

In just a flash, a thick layer of profound ice began from his fingertips and spread upward at a speed visible to the naked eye, completely freezing his entire right arm in the blink of an eye!

Even more terrifying was that the chill ignored his Physical Body's defense and rushed straight into his Meridians and organs, as if it wanted to freeze his blood and even his Soul together!

Jiang Feng's expression changed drastically. He quickly pulled back and shattered the profound ice on his arm.

How the hell was he supposed to practice like this!

One step slower and he was afraid he would have turned into an ice sculpture on the spot!