85: Cold Pond Tempering

A Level 9 Qi Refining Yao Beast.

No wonder it was so fast.

Mu Feng nodded.

This Han Tan Crocodile was considered quite strong in the outer layer.

However, it was a bit underwhelming for him.

With a flick of his sleeve, a Verdant Sword Mang flew towards its neck.

Only a ‘Puchi!’ sound was heard.

The still dizzy Han Tan Crocodile was instantly decapitated.

Hot blood gurgled into the cold pond, emitting wisps of steam.

Its remaining body kicked once.

And then fell with a crash into the water.

Splashing cold water everywhere.

Mu Feng quickly went to collect the spoils.

[System Notification: Soul x1]

[System Notification: Han Tan Crocodile Meat x4]

[System Notification: Han Tan Crocodile Skin x1]

[System Notification: han tan crocodile blood x200ml]

While collecting the Han Tan Crocodile's Materials, Mu Feng also conveniently pulled out the Spiritual Plant nearby.

[System Notification: han tan grass x5]

[System Notification: han tan grass Seedling x3]

Besides the five Spiritual Plants, there were also three immature Seedlings.

Mu Feng plucked them all.

He didn't need to look at the Soul, Mu Feng skipped it directly.

[Han Tan Crocodile Meat: The meat of the Han Tan Crocodile, sour and astringent with a strange smell, but rich in nutrients. Consuming it cooked can increase Satiety by 150.]

Mediocre.

Mu Feng shook his head.

Meat wasn't selling very well right now.

As the number of exploration days increased.

Few people were starving anymore.

Therefore, food on the market now, unless it had special effects or was convenient to eat.

Otherwise, the prices were very low.

This was the general trend.

It might get lower and lower in the future.

And then it would stabilize.

Most daily necessities were like this.

However, even a mosquito's leg is still meat.

He put away the Han Tan Crocodile Meat.

Mu Feng looked at the next item.

[Han Tan Crocodile Skin: Ice-attribute Yao Beast Material, a top-grade Material for refining ice-type defensive Magical Artifacts.]

Not bad.

Yao Beast Materials that could be used to refine Magical Artifacts, Mu Feng estimated that after this Great Secret Realm ended, their prices might see a small increase.

The reason was simple.

Everyone would definitely have some savings after leaving this Great Secret Realm.

At that time, they would all think about buying convenient Magical Artifacts or crafting their own.

So, the prices of Yao Beast Materials that could refine Magical Artifacts would definitely experience a small surge.

This was also one of the reasons why he hadn't sold off the Yao Beast Materials in his possession before.

He put away the Han Tan Crocodile Skin.

Mu Feng picked up the Han Tan Crocodile's blood.

Yao Beast blood had always been a good thing.

So Mu Feng was quite looking forward to it.

[han tan crocodile blood: The hot heart blood of the Han Tan Crocodile. Drink while hot, then jump into the cold pond to Body Tempering and increase the body's cold resistance. The effect is better when consumed with han tan grass!]

“As expected, it’s good!”

Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

As expected of the Yao Beast blood he was most optimistic about, it didn't disappoint him.

“Gugugu!”

He drank the han tan crocodile blood in one gulp.

Mu Feng wiped his mouth.

A bit fishy.

But not difficult to drink.

After 200ml of han tan crocodile blood went down, Mu Feng only felt heat all over his body.

He had an urge to jump into the cold pond for a bath.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to go down.

The red prompt just said that consuming it with han tan grass before going in would yield the best effect.

Since he was going to Body Tempering.

Then naturally, the stronger the effect, the better.

He took out all the han tan grass he had just gathered and chewed it vigorously in his mouth.

The taste was a bit bitter.

But it was within his acceptable range.

If he couldn't even endure this bit of bitterness, how could he become stronger!

After chewing and swallowing all the han tan grass.

Some of the heat in Mu Feng's stomach was neutralized.

But it was still uncomfortably hot.

After telling the Little Lizard to stand guard for him, Mu Feng stripped off his clothes and jumped directly into the cold pond.

“Refreshing!”

When his burning hot body touched the cold pond water, steam gurgled out.

Neutralizing the excess heat on his body and transforming his body cells.

Under the stimulation of ice and fire.

Mu Feng felt incredibly refreshed.

He soaked for half an hour.

Only when all the heat in his body was neutralized did Mu Feng stretch and walk out of the cold pond.

“I feel like my body strength has increased a bit again.”

Mu Feng pinched his skin.

It felt firmer than before.

It seemed that this han tan crocodile blood, besides improving cold resistance, also had a hidden attribute of increasing body strength.

It seemed normal.

After the Body Tempering of ice and fire, it would be difficult for his body strength not to improve.

He swung his fist, and Mu Feng felt like he could punch a cow to death.

He should have the Body Refining strength of Qi Refining Level 1.

Not bad.

Before Cultivating Body Tempering Cultivation Technique, just relying on body strength could reach Qi Refining Level 1.

Mu Feng was already very satisfied.

However, his biggest improvement this time was his body's cold resistance.

This place was close to the cold pond.

The temperature should be close to zero degrees.

When he first came over, he always needed to use his Cultivation Technique to resist the invasion of cold Qi.

Now, he didn't need to at all.

Even naked, he still didn't feel any cold.

“Good, good!”

Mu Feng was very satisfied with the effect of this cold pond Body Tempering.

Yao Beast blood was still very much in line with his imagination.

Its efficacy was unparalleled!

Returning to the shore.

Mu Feng put on his clothes.

Although it is said that a gentleman is open and upright, and a villain hides his private parts.

But clothes still had to be worn.

Otherwise, wouldn't he become a hooligan?

“Little Lizard, let’s go!”

He called back the Little Lizard who was on lookout.

Mu Feng followed the edge of the cold pond towards the central area.

“Oh, right, I wonder how many points I’ve gained.”

Mu Feng curiously opened the points panel to check his points.

[Name: Mu Feng.186]

[Points: 14 points.]

[Ranking: 500 million+]

“14 points?”

“Seems a bit low.”

“The ranking is already over several hundred million.”

“I don’t know how these points are calculated.”

“It would be great if it were marked.”

Seeing that his ranking was over 500 million.

Mu Feng was somewhat curious about the point calculation method.

“Let’s try!”

Immediately, he focused his attention on his points.

Soon.

A red prompt appeared before him.

[Four pieces of Han Tan Crocodile Meat are one point each, one Soul is five points, one piece of Han Tan Crocodile Skin is five points, totaling fourteen points.]

“It really works!”

“Not bad.”

Seeing the calculation method actually appear before him, Mu Feng was excited.

With this, he would know how to maximize his points.

If his Storage Pouch was full then.

He would throw away the low-value items.

“Only the acquired items are calculated, and the consumed ones are not, which is quite humane.”

He looked at the source of the points.

Mu Feng nodded.

These fourteen points did not include han tan grass and han tan crocodile blood, and even the Seedlings were not counted.

It seemed that these Seedlings were not very valuable.

Indeed.

If Seedlings were not cultivated with essence of vegetation.

It would take many years for them to grow to maturity.

It was normal not to count them in the points.

“Let’s see who is in the top ten now.”

After checking his own score.

Mu Feng then clicked on the ranking list to view the scores of the current top ten.

[Tenth Place: Lei Xu, 163]

[Ninth Place: Zhang Jingjing, 167]

[Eighth Place: Fan Xinglei, 176]

[Seventh Place: Han Yue, 182]

[Sixth Place: Wang Yang, 185]

[Fifth Place: Han Yuyan, 195]

[Fourth Place: Zhang Jiasheng, 201]

[Third Place: Li Hengkong, 206 points]

[Second Place: Gu Ge, 209 points]

[First Place: Li Chenxi, 296 points]

“Around one hundred to two hundred points.”

“Not bad.”

Mu Feng nodded.

About two hours had passed now.

This score was considered normal.

The main reason his score was so low was that he was trapped in the fog as soon as he entered.

It took him a long time to find his way out.

After that, he spent over half an hour soaking in the cold pond for Body Tempering.

This led to his score lagging behind others.

However, Mu Feng was not flustered at all.

This ranking was only temporary.

The central area was where he would truly shine.

Below the ranking list, there was also a comment section.

“Goddess Li Chenxi is actually first, I’m in love!”

“Strange, I didn’t see Mu Feng in the top ten.”

“Top ten? Not even top hundred!”

“Fairy Han Yuyan, I love you!”

“Boiling sheep, stop licking, stop licking, do they even know you’re licking their stinky feet?”

“Stinky feet?! I love it even more, I just like this taste, let alone licking, even just smelling it can prolong life!”

“What stinky feet, those are jade feet!”

“Jade feet, where are the jade feet?”

“You guys are so perverted, I like it so much, hehehe!”

...

Mu Feng glanced at it.

It was still mostly people looking for fun.

Indeed, no matter the environment, there would always be plenty of people looking for fun.

He closed the points panel.

Mu Feng focused on his journey.

[There is a spiritual fruit fruit 300 meters ahead.]

Just a few steps.

The red prompt appeared again.

“A spiritual fruit fruit!”

Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

He quickly moved towards the direction indicated by the red prompt.

spiritual fruit fruits were rare and good things in the Cave World.

He had explored for so many days.

And had only obtained two types of spiritual fruit fruits in total.

Now that a spiritual fruit fruit had finally appeared again.

He naturally wouldn't let it go.

Even to prevent any accidents, Mu Feng activated his Cloud Stepping Boots.

In a few breaths.

Mu Feng arrived at a small valley.

Seeing this.

Mu Feng stopped.

And slowly crept in.

Although the System did not indicate danger.

But according to his experience.

Places with Heaven And Earth Treasure usually had accompanying Yao Beasts.

It made sense, actually.

After all, places where Heaven And Earth Treasure could grow had high Spiritual Qi.

Cultivating in such places yields twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

There were also some Yao Beasts that simply wanted to rely on Spirit Treasure to attract prey, and then kill them to prove their Dao.

Bringing the Little Lizard, Mu Feng sneaked through the valley.

Soon, a vine full of small red fruits appeared before his eyes.

Mu Feng focused his attention.

Soon.

The information of the spiritual fruit fruit appeared before him.

[Name: Vermilion Fruit]

[Age: Hundred Years]

[Description: A fruit containing a large amount of fire attribute. Consuming one while Cultivating fire attribute Cultivation Technique will double the Cultivation progress.]

[Characteristic: None]

“Vermilion Fruit?”

“So this is a Vermilion Fruit, it looks quite similar to a Saintess Fruit.”

The Vermilion Fruit was elongated oval, thumb-sized.

It looked very much like the Saintess Fruit, also known as cherry tomato, that Mu Feng had seen before.

Under the Vermilion Fruit vine.

A fiery red wild cat was lazily basking in the sun.

Completely unaware of Mu Feng who was peeking at it.

[Name: Chi Yan Meow]

[Realm: Qi Refining Level 10]

[Description: A fire-attribute Yao Beast, likes to bask in the sun, has a fiery temper, and can spit out scorching flames from its mouth.]

[Skills: Fireball, Bite]

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[Fireball: The Chi Yan Meow can spit out powerful Fireballs. Fireballs will explode upon contact with objects, so try to keep your distance.]

[Bite: The Chi Yan Meow is agile, and its sharp claws can easily tear apart a prey's body.]

[Weakness: Afraid of water.]

....

“A Qi Refining Level 10 Yao Beast.”

Mu Feng nodded.

Indeed, in places with Heaven And Earth Treasure, the Yao Beasts' strength was not low.

Sometimes Mu Feng didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky.

The two Yao Beasts he encountered consecutively were both top-tier existences in the outer layer.

Seriously speaking.

It should be considered good luck, right?

After all, Yao Beasts below Peak Qi Refining made no difference to him.

They were all instant kills.

And the higher the Yao Beast's Realm.

The more valuable the Materials.

So, it was good luck no matter how you looked at it.

After checking the Chi Yan Meow's information.

Mu Feng swaggered out.

A Qi Refining Level 10 Yao Beast.

He couldn't even be bothered to sneak attack.

Anyway, it was an instant kill.

“Meow!”

Discovering someone had intruded into its territory.

The Chi Yan Meow suddenly jumped up, its fur bristling.

Anyone who has raised cats knows this is a cat's sign of attacking.

“Whoosh!”

Before it could jump.

Mu Feng flicked his hand.

Five Azure Origin Sword Light circled to attack.

“Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff!”

The angles of the Sword Light were tricky, completely sealing off the Chi Yan Meow's position.

It hadn't even reacted to what had happened.

And was already decapitated.

Instant kill!

Ever since the Azure Origin Sword Light Cultivated to the third level.

The power of the Sword Light had grown stronger and stronger.

Yao Beasts of a lower Realm than him.

Simply couldn't resist the Sword Light attack.

Mu Feng went to collect.

[System Notification: Soul x1]

[System Notification: Chi Yan Meow Meat x4]

[System Notification: Chi Yan Meow Fur x1]

[System Notification: chi yan meow bone x4]

[System Notification: Chi Yan Meow Claw x4]

A total of five Materials.

All familiar items.

Except for the chi yan meow bone.

Mu Feng couldn't be bothered to look at the others.

He put them all into his Storage Pouch.

Then he picked up the not-so-common chi yan meow bone to examine it.

[chi yan meow bone: The bone of the Chi Yan Meow, can be used to brew wine, has the effect of strengthening Yang.]

Strengthening Yang?

Isn't that trash?

Mu Feng had absolutely no need for this stuff!

After all, he had always been the Ming Cult Leader—Yang Dingtian.

Forget it, better than nothing.

He would go back and find some wine to soak it in.

Whether it strengthened Yang or not didn't matter.

Mainly, he just wanted to drink some wine.

After collecting the Chi Yan Meow Materials.

Mu Feng was about to go collect the Vermilion Fruit.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the valley.

A voice came in.

“Big brother, that spiritual fruit fruit is inside!”

“But there’s a very powerful Yao Beast guarding it.”

“We didn’t dare to get close.”

Another voice rang out.

“Everyone, pay attention to your formation, slowly wear it down!”

“Okay!”

As they spoke.

More than a dozen figures appeared before Mu Feng's eyes.

Their eyes met.

Seeing that there were actually people in the valley.

The two leaders were stunned.

They seemed not to have expected someone to have gotten there first.