112: Chapter 112 Frozen Pool

Jiang Feng shook his slightly numb arm, staring at the deep pool in front of him that was emitting a chilling white mist, his brows furrowed tightly.

The cold Qi in this godforsaken place was even more overbearing than he had anticipated.

His fingertips had only just touched it, and that Yin cold power capable of freezing the Divine Soul had nearly crippled his entire arm.

If he were to jump in entirely, he would likely turn into an ice sculpture in an instant.

"M-Master... let's... let's just go back!"

Xiaomei was already so frightened that her pretty face had turned deathly pale, and her voice was trembling.

"The elders in the tribe all say that no one who falls into the Cold Ice Pool ever comes back up alive! You... you mustn't take such a risk!"

She saw it clearly; this master had only touched the pool water, and his arm had nearly been crippled. This pool water was too terrifying.

"Go back?"

Jiang Feng looked back at her and suddenly grinned.

"Since I'm already here, wouldn't it be a wasted trip if I didn't go down for a bath?"

Xiaomei's mouth hung wide open, thinking she had misheard him.

A bath?

Was this master crazy?

Jiang Feng ignored her.

He knew that while this Cold Ice Pool was a dead end for others, for him, it was a tremendous Opportunity!

The first level of the Small Golden Body Art required drawing upon the most rigid and fierce powers of heaven and earth to perform Body Tempering.

Wasn't the extreme cold power of this Cold Ice Pool a divine object tailor-made for him?

The greater the risk, the higher the reward. If he wanted to survive in the Yunmeng Marsh, the Small Golden Body Art had to be Cultivated to Major Achievement.

This was only a Medium Grade true technique; if he were to truly encounter the Dragon-Elephant Tyrant Body Technique one day, the difficulty of Cultivating it would surely be even higher.

However, he couldn't just brute-force it right now.

Jiang Feng's consciousness sank into his Dantian.

The Taiji Diagram, formed by the Origin of Blazing Flames and the Origin of Profound Ice, was slowly rotating.

Origin of Blazing Flames... that's it!

A bold plan took shape in his mind.

Within his body, water and fire shared the same source, endlessly generating one another!

It was perfect to use this extremely cold pool water to temper his Physical Body, and then use the Origin of Blazing Flames to protect his heart meridians and Divine Soul.

Ice and fire, the dual heavens—perfect!

Jiang Feng hesitated no longer.

With a thought, the crimson power of the Origin of Blazing Flames within the Taiji Diagram in his Dantian was instantly mobilized.

A scorching, warm current rose from his Dantian, rapidly flowing through his limbs and bones, and finally forming a solid barrier around his heart meridians and Sea of Consciousness.

His Qi and blood, which had become somewhat sluggish from the invasion of the cold Qi, instantly grew boiling hot once again.

"Little girl."

Jiang Feng turned his head and raised an eyebrow at the trembling Xiaomei.

"Turn around."

"Huh?" Xiaomei was stunned.

"Your Old Ancestor has such a great physique that I'm afraid you won't be able to control yourself if you see it," Jiang Feng said with a straight face. "Don't look at what you shouldn't, understand?"

Xiaomei's face flushed bright red in an instant. Forgetting her fear, she hurriedly turned around in a panic, muttering under her breath, "Shameless old man..."

Jiang Feng laughed heartily.

He quickly stripped off his upper garment, revealing a physique that, while not appearing overly robust, contained explosive power.

He took a deep breath, and within the peripheral vision of the terrified Xiaomei, he leapt.

Splash!

Water sprayed everywhere.

The moment he entered the water, a terrifying cold Qi frantically burrowed in through every pore of his body!

"Damn it!"

Jiang Feng cursed inwardly.

Even with the Origin of Blazing Flames protecting his body, this chill still caused his Divine Soul to stagnate.

Crack! Crack!

A thick layer of Profound Ice rapidly condensed and spread across the surface of the pool with him at the center. In the blink of an eye, he was completely frozen into a human-shaped ice sculpture, maintaining the posture he had before entering the water.

"Ah!"

Hearing the commotion, Xiaomei gathered her courage and turned around, just in time to see this scene. She let out a shriek and collapsed onto the ground.

"It's... it's over..." Her eyes were hollow. "The master has been frozen to death... The young mistress will kill me..."

Beneath the ice, Jiang Feng's consciousness was perfectly clear.

His body was frozen, but the Origin of Blazing Flames firmly guarded his vitality, allowing his Divine Soul and mind to continue functioning.

"Rotate for me!"

Jiang Feng gritted his teeth and frantically urged the operation method of the Small Golden Body Art!

He no longer viewed the extreme cold power invading his body as poison, but as supreme divine water for tempering his body!

He guided this power, following the unique path of the Small Golden Body Art, to wash over his sinews, bones, flesh, and internal organs over and over again!

Every wash brought with it excruciating pain, as if his bones were being scraped and his marrow removed.

But Jiang Feng held on!

Outside the ice, there was Xiaomei's desperate crying.

Inside the ice, Jiang Feng's will was roaring!

He didn't know how much time had passed, but just as Jiang Feng felt his Physical Body was about to be torn apart, the Origin of Blazing Flames within the Taiji Diagram in his Dantian suddenly trembled!

A power even more scorching and overbearing than before erupted with a boom!

One cold, one hot—the two extreme powers collided within his body. This was the true fusion of water and fire.

Immediately after, the balance was broken!

"Break for me!"

Jiang Feng roared in his heart!

Crack!

A tiny crack appeared on the seemingly indestructible Profound Ice.

Crack! Crack!

The cracks instantly crawled all over the entire ice sculpture!

Boom!!!

The next second, the entire block of Profound Ice shattered with a bang!

Amidst the flying ice shards, a figure soared into the sky and landed steadily on the edge of the pool, his whole body steaming with white heat.

Through her tear-blurred eyes, Xiaomei only saw the man she thought was surely dead standing alive before her once again!

She rubbed her eyes, completely dumbfounded.

Jiang Feng didn't pay her any mind at all, looking down to examine his own body.

A gentle luster shimmered on his skin; he could clearly feel that the strength of his Physical Body was more than a notch stronger than before!

This Small Golden Body Art was truly overbearing!

"Not enough!"

A sharp light shot from Jiang Feng's eyes. Instead of going ashore, he turned around and walked back into the Cold Ice Pool step by step.

Gurgle... gurgle...

The pool water submerged him once again, and the cycle of freezing and thawing played out once more.

Once, twice, three times...

From the initial difficult resistance to later ease.

Jiang Feng's Physical Body was growing stronger at a terrifying speed amidst the tempering of the fusion of ice and fire!

Gradually, he no longer even needed to wait passively.

The Taiji Diagram in his Dantian began to rotate crazily, actively drawing in the power of the Cold Ice Pool!

With him as the center, the water of the entire Cold Ice Pool began to rotate slowly, forming a huge vortex.

Three days later.

"Hoo..."

Jiang Feng let out a long breath and walked out of the pool.

The Body Tempering effect of the Cold Ice Pool on him had reached its limit.

It was time to go to the next place.

He grabbed the animal skin map that Xiaomei had dropped on the ground, his gaze locking directly onto a mountain peak to the south.

"The next one, Blazing Flame Mountain."

Jiang Feng shoved the map back into the arms of the dumbstruck Xiaomei.

"Lead the way."