257: Blue fruit and Tuoyuan Dan

No sooner said than done.

After those Mystic Ice Beasts had gone far, Mu Feng stealthily made his way towards the Mystic Ice Beast lair he had seen earlier.

As he Advanced, he used his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings.

After the pack of Mystic Ice Beasts rushed out and found no trace of Mu Feng, they did not immediately return to their lair but continued searching forward.

Clearly, he had completely enraged them.

Seeing their reaction,

Mu Feng felt even more at ease and boldly approached their lair.

....

Mu Feng's speed was very fast.

Before long, he returned to the location where he had just scanned the Mystic Ice Beast lair.

Inside the lair,

apart from two sixth-tier Yao Beasts guarding the entrance, there were no other Mystic Ice Beasts.

Seeing this, Mu Feng

directly launched an attack from the snowy peak towards the two Mystic Ice Beasts in the Ice Valley below.

"Roar!"

These two Mystic Ice Beasts were very alert.

As soon as Mu Feng appeared, they discovered his presence.

Like the previous few Mystic Ice Beasts,

the moment they saw Mu Feng, they conjured large snowballs, sweeping them towards Mu Feng.

Mu Feng was already prepared for this.

The Treasure Dropping Flower Basket's radiant light gently swept,

easily breaking through the snowballs' attack.

Sometimes, one couldn't help but marvel at how truly useful this Treasure Dropping Flower Basket was.

Especially when dealing with enemies of the same Realm, or those slightly higher in Realm than himself,

it basically never failed.

The snowball attack was nullified.

The two Mystic Ice Beasts were stunned for a moment.

Clearly, they hadn't expected Mu Feng to use such a method to break their attack.

By the time they wanted to launch other attacks, Mu Feng no longer gave them the chance.

The Golden Lightning Arrow and the Five Elements Ring were simultaneously unleashed from within his body.

Boom!

Thud!

Two muffled sounds came at the same time.

One was the roar of the Mystic Ice Beast being pierced by the Golden Lightning Arrow's lightning.

The other was the icy thud caused by the Mystic Ice Beast being confined by the Five Elements Ring and falling to the ground.

"Go!"

The instant the Mystic Ice Beast was trapped, Mu Feng flicked his palm, and an enormous green Giant Sword immediately followed, slashing down.

This move was precisely the Giant Sword Technique that Mu Feng had only recently learned.

His current attack methods were not many.

The Mystic Ice Beasts had a tough Mystic Ice protective layer on their bodies, which ordinary attacks couldn't penetrate.

Only an Advanced Spell like the Giant Sword Technique could instantly kill a Mystic Ice Beast.

Boom!

The Giant Sword slashed down.

The Mystic Ice Beast's head immediately split into two pieces.

Having easily dealt with the two Mystic Ice Beasts,

Mu Feng reached out to recall the Five Elements Ring.

Then, he quickly began to collect Materials from the bodies of the two Mystic Ice Beasts.

[System Alert: cold pearl x1]

[System Alert: cold pearl x1]

...

"It seems these Mystic Ice Beasts only have cold pearls."

Just like the previous two Mystic Ice Beasts,

these two guarding the lair also only dropped cold pearls.

They didn't drop Primordial Spirit Inner Cores or anything like other Yao Beasts.

This made Mu Feng feel a bit regretful.

Otherwise, the corpses of these few sixth-tier Yao Beasts should have earned him quite a bit.

"It seems these Mystic Ice Beasts are not ordinary Yao Beasts, but rather special cold beasts nurtured by the icy environment here."

He shook his head.

Mu Feng no longer dwelled on it.

He directly placed the cold pearls into his Storage Ring and quickly walked towards the Mystic Ice Beast's lair.

He didn't know if those Mystic Ice Beasts had already discovered that their lair had been raided.

He had to finish taking things and leave quickly.

Otherwise, with the speed of those Mystic Ice Beasts, it would only be a matter of minutes before they returned.

Entering the Ice Valley,

he saw seven or eight white flowers emanating cold Qi.

Mu Feng looked around.

The information about these flowers appeared before his eyes.

[Name: mystic ice flower]

[Age: 800 years]

[Description: A type of flower that grows in Mystic Ice regions. It only blooms after five hundred years and emits cold Qi when mature.]

[Effect: A common auxiliary Material for refining ice-attributed Medicinal Pills.]

...

"mystic ice flower!"

After reading the flower's information, Mu Feng was overjoyed.

For no other reason.

Than that this mystic ice flower was a Material for refining snow soul pill.

Upon discovering that these flowers were mystic ice flowers,

Mu Feng immediately knelt down and quickly began to pluck them.

[System Alert: mystic ice flower x1]

...

[System Alert: mystic ice flower x1]

After a period of plucking, Mu Feng had eight small white flowers emanating cold Qi in his hands.

Time was pressing.

After harvesting the mystic ice flowers, Mu Feng continued to explore the Ice Valley.

[There is a spiritual fruit in the depths of the Ice Valley, but you must be quick; those Mystic Ice Beasts have already sensed something is wrong and are rushing back.]

He had just taken a few steps.

A red alert appeared before his eyes.

"spiritual fruit?!"

Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

It seemed this was probably the reason why these Mystic Ice Beasts had gathered here.

Seeing this,

Mu Feng quickly rushed towards the interior of the valley.

He had to pick and take away that spiritual fruit before the Mystic Ice Beasts returned.

Because all the Mystic Ice Beasts here had already gone out,

Mu Feng reached the interior of the Ice Valley without any hindrance.

After several scans with his Spiritual Eye Divine Ability, he immediately discovered a blue spiritual fruit tree hidden behind a giant ice block.

Needless to say,

it must be the spiritual fruit the System mentioned.

As Mu Feng rushed over, he focused his attention on investigating the spiritual fruit's information.

[Name: azure blue fruit Tree]

[Age: 3000 years]

[Description: A spiritual fruit tree that grows in Mystic Ice regions. Its fruits contain immense ice-elemental energy and are the favorite of all ice-elemental Spirit Beasts.]

...

"azure blue fruit."

Time was urgent, so Mu Feng only glanced at it generally, then reached out to pluck it and put it into his Storage Pouch.

Having done so,

he immediately turned and fled the Ice Valley.

Because within the range of his Divine Sense scan,

those Mystic Ice Beasts were already rushing back to their lair like mad.

Needless to say, they must have discovered that their lair had been stolen by him.

The Mystic Ice Beasts' speed was incredibly fast.

The leading Mystic Ice Beast, nearly at Dragon Transformation, even sacrificed its internal Origin Qi to exhale a blue cold wind.

All the Mystic Ice Beasts, propelled by this cold wind, doubled their speed.

In a few flashes, they had already reached the location where he had initially killed the two beasts.

This discovery greatly alarmed Mu Feng.

He dared not hold back any longer.

He immediately activated Dragon Transformation and the Blood Magic Robe, beginning his escape.

Looking at the enraged appearance of those Mystic Ice Beasts,

if he were caught, he would surely be tortured to death.

Without any reservations, Mu Feng's speed was incredibly fast.

With a whoosh, he dashed out of the valley.

As he ran, he used his Divine Sense to monitor the movements of those Mystic Ice Beasts.

After observing the moving speeds of both sides,

Mu Feng discovered that he was still slightly superior.

However, it wouldn't be easy to completely shake off their pursuit at once.

Clearly, this would be a prolonged chase.

For Mu Feng, this was not good news.

The reason was that his current speed was not his normal speed, but was boosted by the Blood Magic Robe and the Transforming Dragon Divine Power.

And both of these had some limitations.

Dragon Transformation was fine.

He still had plenty of ten thousand year spirit liquid in his possession.

Maintaining the Dragon Transformation state wouldn't be a problem.

What troubled him was that the Blood Magic Robe was an item tainted with Devilish Qi.

Every use came with side effects.

With his current Qi and blood strength, he could at most run for ten minutes before having to stop.

Otherwise, it would harm his body's Origin.

Ten minutes.

Mu Feng was not confident whether he could completely shake off these Mystic Ice Beasts within that time.

"It seems I can only resort to the same old trick again."

"I just don't know if I can fool them all this time."

Mu Feng pulled out the spirit concealing poison wall's skin from his Storage Ring.

However, he was not in a hurry to go invisible.

At the very least, he needed to put enough distance between them.

Otherwise, if the range was too small,

they would easily find him.

"Go!"

As Mu Feng fled, he casually released Azure Origin Sword Light, attacking the surrounding snowy scenery at random.

His purpose was simple.

It was to create noise to confuse the enemy.

This way, when he went invisible later, the enemy wouldn't be able to pinpoint his true location.

Boom boom boom!

Thus, Mu Feng swiftly ran while attacking the surrounding snow-covered ground.

When the distance was sufficient,

he directly pulled out the spirit concealing poison wall's skin and put it on himself.

Having done everything,

Mu Feng then burrowed into the solid ice he had already broken.

The advantage of doing this was that if those Mystic Ice Beasts came over later and found him missing and attacked randomly, hiding under the Mystic Ice would be safer than being outside.

At least he wouldn't have to worry about snow splashing onto him and revealing him if the Mystic Ice Beasts attacked later.

"Hiss, it's really cold in here!"

As soon as he entered beneath the Mystic Ice, Mu Feng shivered from the biting cold.

However, the Mystic Ice Beast pack had already arrived.

No matter how cold it was, he could only hide inside.

"Roar, roar, roar!!!"

The approaching Mystic Ice Beasts, upon discovering that Mu Feng's trace had inexplicably vanished again, all roared in fury.

And they began to relentlessly attack in all directions,

seemingly trying to force him out with this method.

Unfortunately,

Mu Feng had already considered this problem before choosing to go invisible again.

After putting on the invisibility robe, he did not immediately stop.

Instead, he ran a few circles while wearing it.

Although the spirit concealing poison wall's skin would lose its invisibility effect as soon as True Qi was used,

that was a visual manifestation.

Its effect of blocking the opponent's Divine Sense detection still existed.

This way,

Mu Feng could use this method to take a few more steps,

expanding the area the opponent would have to search.

The larger the search area, the more room he had for maneuver.

Indeed,

after searching for a long time without finding any trace of Mu Feng,

those Mystic Ice Beasts became even more agitated.

All sorts of chaotic attacks were relentlessly unleashed in the vicinity.

Several times, those abilities flew past Mu Feng's body, narrowly missing him.

This greatly frightened him.

Fortunately, his luck was good.

Under a barrage of furious attacks,

the Mystic Ice beneath where he was hiding actually remained intact.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

After a period of venting, still without seeing any trace of Mu Feng,

the leading Mystic Ice Beast roared a few times.

More than half of the Mystic Ice Beasts immediately followed it back the way they came.

Clearly, it was also afraid that Mu Feng would try another sneak attack.

The remaining small portion stayed in place, continuing their search for Mu Feng,

showing a determination to fight to the death.

"Hehe, you can search all you want."

"I shall remain unmoving!"

Seeing the majority of the Mystic Ice Beasts leave,

Mu Feng's tense mood relaxed considerably.

Having nothing to do,

Mu Feng took out the cold pearls he had just acquired and began to examine them.

The cold pearls were about the size of a ping-pong ball.

Faint wisps of cold Qi emanated from them.

[cold pearl: A pearl formed within the Mystic Ice Beast's body. Absorbing the cold Qi within it can enhance the body's cold resistance.]

He now had four in total.

After taking them out and examining them for a few moments, finding no issues, Mu Feng put them all back into his Storage Ring.

He was not in a hurry to absorb the cold Qi within them.

After all, it wasn't completely safe here yet.

Having put away the cold pearls,

Mu Feng then took out the blue spiritual fruit he had just picked.

Earlier, he had only given it a cursory glance.

He hadn't even looked at its effects.

[Name: azure blue fruit]

[Age: 3000]

[Description: A deep blue spiritual fruit fruit containing powerful ice-elemental energy, it is the favorite food of all ice-elemental Spirit Beasts.]

[Effect: An important Material for refining tuoyuan pill.]

(tuoyuan pill: A Medicinal Pill that can increase the capacity of the Golden Core within the body)

...

"tuoyuan pill, increases Golden Core capacity!"

"Holy crap, that's amazing!"

Mu Feng, who was initially somewhat indifferent, became agitated after seeing the Medicinal Pill annotation behind the red alert.

The size of the Golden Core capacity was directly related to how much True Qi could be stored.

The larger the Golden Core capacity in the body, the more True Qi could be stored.

If he could refine it,

it would definitely be a huge improvement for him!

"Roar!"

Being overly excited almost exposed Mu Feng.

Fortunately, he reacted in time.

He suppressed the joy in his heart.

Those few Mystic Ice Beasts, seeing this, swept and bombed a few times.

Still, they did not discover Mu Feng's presence.

They could only leave dejectedly.

Even after the Mystic Ice Beasts left, Mu Feng did not rush out.

Instead, he continued to wait for half an hour.

Only after confirming that the other party had not returned to kill him,

did he climb out from under the Mystic Ice.

"Hiss, it's really cold!"

Mu Feng shook his hands and feet, which had become somewhat numb from the cold.

He had stayed too long.

He felt as if the blood in his body was not circulating properly.

After moving around a bit,

Mu Feng felt a little better.

Then, he chose a direction and flew away from the Mystic Ice Beasts' lair.

"I've been flying for half an hour; those Mystic Ice Beasts shouldn't be able to find me now."

"I'll absorb the cold pearls here."

After ensuring he had flown far enough,

Mu Feng once again took out the four cold pearls from his Storage Ring and began to absorb them directly.

The method for absorbing cold pearls was very simple.

He just needed to hold them and then circulate his Cultivation Technique to absorb them.

Mu Feng was no stranger to this method.

Without needing any prompts, he immediately began to absorb.

"Hiss, so refreshing!"

As the Cultivation Technique circulated, the cold True Qi from the cold pearls was drawn into Mu Feng's body.

The cool sensation was so refreshing it made him shiver.

Under the stimulation of the cold Qi,

the skin on his body began to crystallize.

However, this did not worsen his body's coldness.

Instead, it made his body develop a considerable resistance to the cold temperature.

After one cold pearl was absorbed,

Mu Feng immediately felt that his body was no longer as cold.

And the Cold Ice True Energy that originally flowed within his body had grown considerably after absorbing the cold Qi from the cold pearl.

This discovery greatly pleased Mu Feng.

He picked up the remaining cold pearls.

And continued to absorb them.

...

Ten minutes later,

Mu Feng had absorbed all three cold pearls.

His body, which had been feeling a bit cold, was no longer affected by the cold Qi after absorbing these cold pearls.

However, the biggest change was not his body's cold resistance,

but the Cold Ice True Energy within his body.