117: Chapter 117 Ice Crevice

Tianshan Mountain.

It stretched out endlessly, its interior filled with a bone-chilling cold that had remained frozen for ten thousand years.

Layers upon layers of pristine white snow made the surrounding weather abnormally cold; even with the bright, blinding sunlight, it was still impossible for anyone to stay for long.

But for Ji Yebai, none of this had much of an impact.

Even the snow leopard beneath him had become unafraid of the bitter cold because Ji Yebai would feed it a little True Qi from time to time.

If an ordinary person were to come here.

Being deep within the mountains, they would likely have lost their way long ago.

However.

Ji Yebai's Divine Sense spread out, and the scenery for several kilometers in every direction was clear in his mind; naturally, there was no question of him getting lost.

Venturing deep into several mountains, stretching over three hundred kilometers, Ji Yebai finally found that ice crevice.

The ice crevice was only a few meters wide, hardly a rift valley.

The winding ice crevice was so deep that its bottom was completely invisible.

Ji Yebai's Divine Sense descended, and he only felt that the ice crevice below was filled with countless ice shards, standing tall like blades of steel.

This crevice was extremely deep, and in many places, it was so narrow that it could barely accommodate one person.

Most crucially, Ji Yebai's Divine Sense actually could not reach the bottom.

Ji Yebai's current Divine Sense, when fully extended, could stretch in a straight line for five thousand meters, but at this moment, it had failed to reach the bottom.

"It's so deep!"

Ji Yebai couldn't help but exclaim.

Below the deep pit, it was so cold that even his Divine Sense was being interfered with.

This was enough to show the power of nature.

Ji Yebai got off the big cat and peered downwards.

The upper layer was a sheet of icy blue, while below it was pitch black, impossible to see clearly.

A purring sound rumbled from its throat as the snow leopard's massive head also mimicked Ji Yebai, peering downwards.

Ji Yebai glanced sideways, looking at the snow leopard's dark, intelligent eyes, and said with a smile, "What are you looking at?!"

The snow leopard let out two low growls, seemingly answering Ji Yebai, then slowly shifted, found a comfortable spot, crouched down, and lay on the ground comfortably.

It licked the corner of its mouth with its blood-red tongue and tilted its head to look at Ji Yebai.

Ji Yebai looked at the snow leopard with amusement.

This guy was becoming increasingly intelligent.

Ji Yebai reached out and rubbed the snow leopard's big head.

"Little guy, you don't need to wait for me. I don't know how long I'll be down there, so you're free!"

Ji Yebai gave it a few more vigorous rubs, but a strand of True Qi gently seeped into the snow leopard's body.

That wasn't all.

Ji Yebai's Divine Sense expanded, manipulating the True Qi to circle a few times inside the snow leopard's body, unblocking some of its acupoints, and then hiding the Five Elements True Qi within its five organs.

This Five Elements True Qi could continuously strengthen the snow leopard's body and internal organs, and it could also burst forth when the snow leopard encountered danger.

Do not underestimate this small amount of True Qi; after all, it was Ji Yebai's True Qi.

If it were to explode, even a First-Class Martial Artist might not be able to withstand it.

Touching the five elements spirit beads at his waist, Ji Yebai looked back at the sky and leaped down into the ice crevice.

Roar!

The snow leopard was startled, rose with a low growl, walked to the edge of the ice crevice, and looked down.

But Ji Yebai's figure was nowhere to be seen.

The snow leopard paced anxiously.

Meanwhile, Ji Yebai was rapidly descending into the ice crevice.

His body was filled with True Qi; Ji Yebai's Five Elements Precious Body was already tough, and now it had an extra layer of defense.

He constantly adjusted his body, sliding down through one gap after another.

Towards the end, the gaps became very narrow; Ji Yebai paused, made some adjustments, and squeezed through.

Along the way, it was filled with countless bone-chilling ice shards, sharp as countless blades.

Ji Yebai simply shattered them and pushed through.

However, there were some larger ones that Ji Yebai generally avoided.

It wasn't that he couldn't shatter them, but Ji Yebai was worried about disrupting the overall balance of the ice crevice.

If he were trapped beneath this ice layer, even Ji Yebai would have to go to great lengths to escape.

Soon, an hour passed.

Ji Yebai was already very deep.

The ice here was incredibly crystalline, and beneath its thickness, it emitted a blue luster.

Knocking on it with his hand, the sensation was no different from steel.

"I fear the ice here has truly not melted for ten million years!"

Ji Yebai sighed with emotion.

Releasing his Divine Sense, he quickly reached the bottom this time.

"Seven hundred meters left!"

Ji Yebai mobilized his True Qi; he had reached this level.

Even his powerful Five Elements Precious Body was somewhat frozen.

He had to constantly circulate his True Qi to resist this accumulated cold of ten thousand years.

Soon, he crossed this distance of several hundred meters.

This was a U-shaped bottom. Upon reaching here, the ice crevices on both sides connected, and beneath him was a thick layer of ice.

Thick, blue, icy layers stood on both sides like steel walls, pressing down so hard that it was difficult to breathe.

Ji Yebai exhaled; the moment the white mist appeared, it turned into ice shards and fell with a rustling sound.

Even Ji Yebai had to constantly circulate his True Qi, not daring to stop.

The attempt just now had nearly caused his Five Elements Precious Body to suffer frostbite.

Fortunately, the Spiritual Qi here was also quite dense.

Perhaps it was because no one had disturbed this place.

Pfft!

Ji Yebai extended his right hand, and a flame rose up.

Under the stimulation of the Five Elements Fire spiritual power, Ji Yebai pressed his hand against the cold ice beside him.

He prepared to break open a hole.

However, the cold ice here exceeded Ji Yebai's expectations.

After a full half-hour, he had barely managed to melt a concave indentation, at most twenty centimeters deep.

This made Ji Yebai somewhat dumbfounded.

Although he was afraid of damaging the ice structure and causing a collapse, and thus only used gentle methods to melt the ice.

The Five Elements generate and restrict each other; using flames to melt the ice was actually this slow, which truly exceeded Ji Yebai's expectations.

The recovery of Spiritual Qi seemed to have caused changes even in this ten-thousand-year-old ice.

Fortunately, the Spiritual Qi here was dense, and Ji Yebai's current cultivation had long since reached the stage of inedia.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to survive here for long.

Soon, a whole day passed.

With Ji Yebai giving his all, a cavity was broken open in this ten-thousand-year-old solid ice.

The space inside the cave was not large, barely four square meters.

Although it wasn't large, Ji Yebai was very satisfied.

After resting for a while, Ji Yebai sat down cross-legged.

He placed the five elements spirit beads around him and activated the spirit beads' cycle.

Instantly, a five-colored halo appeared around Ji Yebai, making him look like an immortal.

After the trip to the Tower of Heaven, the five elements spirit beads possessed the ability to construct a small circulating world.

Coupled with its own function of absorbing and storing Spiritual Qi.

It could be said that as long as the concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi did not drop to a certain level, this cycle would not be broken.

Instead, it would improve as the concentration of Spiritual Qi increased.

Ji Yebai held his breath and focused his mind.

His Divine Sense sank into his body.

His Divine Sense was vast, yet it took the Five Elements Divine Will as its cornerstone.

Hu!

Ji Yebai took a deep breath and emptied his mind.

Following his own conception, he began the separation of his Divine Will.

After a while.

Chirp!

A crimson light blazed, illuminating the entire ice cave.

A massive phoenix head rose from Ji Yebai's chest.

The huge Vermilion Bird was fully revealed, standing with its head raised, circling Ji Yebai once, before instantly rushing towards the top.

These ten-thousand-year-old solid ice blocks did not hinder it in the slightest.

The Vermilion Bird was originally an illusory object, without a physical form, so it directly submerged into the cold ice and soared into the sky.

Chirp!

A sharp phoenix cry resounded through heaven and earth.

On the mountaintop.

At the crevice.

The snow leopard, which had been lying there for a day, suddenly leaped up, its thick fur bristling.

Its body arched.

Its pupils shrank to pinpricks, and it bared its fangs, looking towards the crevice.

Danger.

Extreme danger.

The next moment.

The red light blazed.

A phoenix shadow, fully a hundred meters in size, soared into the sky from the red light.

The snow leopard, like a frightened big cat, instantly had its fur stand on end.

That was not all.

A blue light also began to surge.

A heavy pressure spread out.

Roar!

A heavy roar, like a growl from ten thousand years ago, resounded through heaven and earth.

Awoo!

The snow leopard shuddered all over, let out a low growl, and instantly tucked its tail and ran away without looking back.

Only when it was a hundred meters away did it dare to look back.

One look, and the snow leopard's legs nearly gave way.

A massive giant beast appeared, with a hundred-meter icy blue body, and a head as big as a house coiled upon its thick shell.

Black Tortoise.

If anyone were here, they would likely be able to tell what creature this was immediately.

But the snow leopard didn't know.

It only felt infinite pressure and danger.

Whoosh!

Its four limbs moving in unison, the snow leopard ran crazily into the distance.

This place was truly too dangerous.