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Chapter 358: Jade Pearl Shows Power [Subscribe]

Thanks to the reminder from the female cultivator of Xuepo Palace, Zhou Chun ran to a nearby market directly under the Xuepo Palace in time and exchanged a foundation-building pill from a Purple Mansion Stage cultivator of Xuepo Palace.

Although the Xuepo Palace sent many people to purchase snow crystal insects from all over the snowfield, in fact, those people did not have any foundation-building pills in their hands. They were just using spirit coins or other treasures to purchase snow crystal insects.

If you want to exchange for a strategic treasure like the Foundation Establishment Pill, you only have to gather three snow crystal insects and go to the market to exchange them.

In fact, Zhou Chun also knew that the conflict between the female cultivator of the Snow Soul Palace and the Ice Armor Bear in the Snow Valley must be due to some rare treasure in the Snow Valley.

But now he only wanted to capture the Snow Crystal Worm King in exchange for the [Snow Soul Pill] and didn't want to cause any more trouble.

After all, this snowfield is the territory of the Xuepo Palace. One can tell at a glance that the female cultivator from the Xuepo Palace has some background in the Xuepo Palace. Zhou Chun doesn't want to lose the big picture for the small and get himself into trouble.

After he exchanged for the Foundation Establishment Pill, he immediately left the market and went to the snowfield to look for the ice cave.

Within a few days, the news that the bounty for exchanging snow crystal insects for foundation-building pills had been cancelled spread quickly across the snowfield.

After hearing the news, many cultivators who came here for this opportunity were so angry that they stamped their feet and sighed endlessly. Even more of them cursed the Xuepo Palace for deliberately playing tricks on them.

In fact, there was indeed an element of deliberate mischief in Xuepo Palace's move.

They deliberately used Foundation Establishment Pills to lure a large number of cultivators to help them capture snow crystal insects, and then when the number purchased was large enough, they unilaterally cancelled the reward like crossing a river and destroying the bridge.

But what can we do about it!

The Xuepo Palace is very powerful and they have the capital to play tricks on people.

As for the curses from the lower-level cultivators, who would care?
After a few decades, all these low-level cultivators will have died of old age. How many of the remaining cultivators will know about this matter?

People are all forgetful!

So even though they cursed, after knowing that it was impossible to change the decision of Xuepo Palace, more than 80% of the monks who came to the snowfield to catch snow crystal insects quickly left.

Only some monks who still want to capture snow crystal worms in exchange for spirit coins, or who like Zhou Chun want to capture the snow crystal worm king, are still drilling ice caves and exploring peaks on the snowfields, continuing to work towards their goals.

Without the interference of monks who were searching for snow crystal worms everywhere, Zhou Chun's cave exploration efficiency was also improved.

And he probably gained some experience in the process of going down the cave again and again.

According to his observation, it is highly unlikely that snow crystal worms would exist in such an unstable ice cave because it could collapse and disappear at any time.

However, snow crystal worms may appear in some semi-permanent ice caves.

Following this point, his efficiency in exploring caves increased again.

In the next four months, Zhou Chun, according to the experience he had summarized, actually discovered four snow crystal worms in the ice cave and caught two of them.

This result made him very excited, knowing that he had found the right target.

So he became more determined to find the Snow Crystal Worm King according to this method.

On this day, Zhou Chun encountered another collapse while exploring an ice cave.

But unlike the many collapse incidents he had encountered before, this time the ice under his feet fell and collapsed first, causing a chain of collapses.

In this collapse, Zhou Chun was forced to fall along with the ground. It was unknown how deep he fell before he was buried by countless ice.

In fact, the risk of ice surface collapse is not as great as that of mountain collapse.

Because the ice is very hard, and the older the ice is, the harder it is.

In this way, during the collapse, a cultivator like Zhou Chun, who has a strong spiritual awareness and agile body, can find some corners with space to hide, just like the survivors of earthquake collapse.

The cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage are already able to practice fasting, and they always have elixirs such as fasting pills in their storage bags. Even if they are buried under a glacier thousands of feet high, they don't have to worry about dying from hunger.

Zhou Chun had safely survived many ice cave collapses in the past.

Although this collapse was also unexpected, he was able to survive the collapse safely after taking the correct approach.

After the collapse was over, Zhou Chun used his spiritual sense to scan the surroundings as he did in the past.

The collapse of the ice layer will still leave many gaps, which will increase the detection depth of his spiritual sense scanning.

He can also use this scanning detection to find a suitable digging point and dig a passage upwards to the ground.

But this time, after Zhou Chun released his spiritual sense to scan, his expression changed slightly and he let out a surprised sound.

It turned out that during Zhou Chun's scanning detection, he actually discovered the existence of the stone.

"Is it because of the series of collapses that caused us to sink to the bottom of the valley?"

Zhou Chun thought to himself and felt somewhat happy.

Because for him, digging a passage through the mud and rock ground was obviously easier than digging a passage through the hard but fragile collapsed ice layer.

So he immediately used his magic weapon to attack forward, and soon opened up a path forward for himself.

Not long after, Zhou Chun appeared in an underground ice cave passage.

Yes, a brand new underground ice cave passage.

He originally wanted to dig an escape passage through the mud and stone ground, but he unexpectedly discovered that the mud and stone ground should actually be a deep cliff, and there was a natural ice cave passage not far from the collapse site.

This discovery made Zhou Chun immediately give up the idea of ​​escaping and instead began to explore this new underground ice cave.

This underground ice cave passage was probably created by the impact of melting ice water. Below it is frozen soil that has solidified into blocks with mud and rocks, and above it is hard blue ice. The heights are not the same, but the difference is not too big.

The temperature in here is also very low, but because there is no new water vapor coming in, more ice cannot condense here to block the passage.

Zhou Chun walked along the passage for about two or three hours, and then the road ahead was suddenly blocked.

At this moment, he was probably at the edge of a cliff, and in front of him was thick ice of unknown depth.

If the underground ice cave passage was created by the impact of melting ice water, then the ice water should have rushed into the bottom of the cliff when it flowed here, and then condensed into ice.

This result disappointed Zhou Chun a little, as he had thought he might find a natural permanent ice cave on the ground beneath his feet.

"But it should be easier to dig an escape passage if we dig upwards from here!"

Zhou Chun looked up at the solid ice above his head and thought with some comfort.

The excavated tunnel will definitely not collapse easily due to the solidified ice, no matter how deep it is.

But when Zhou Chun took out his magic weapon and started digging, his expression quickly changed.

Too hard! When he dug the passage upwards for about ten feet, the ice surface suddenly became extremely hard, and even the [Sun Shining Golden Wheel] could not easily cut through the ice there.

This discovery made Zhou Chun feel very heavy.

He already had a very bad guess.

If his guess was correct, the thickness of the ice above his head might be more than a thousand feet!
Generally speaking, only when the ice layer is this deep will the ice be as hard as it is now.

Even if you look at the entire snowfield, places where the ice thickness can reach a thousand feet are very rare.

"Could it be that I am now at the bottom of the Shenri Lake?"

Zhou Chun recalled the location of the entrance to the ice cave that he had explored at the beginning, and found that the place was indeed not too far from the famous Chenri Lake on the snowfield.

He had already walked in the ice cave for quite some time. After it collapsed and he was buried, he walked along the current ice cave for more than two hours.

According to the distance traveled, it is indeed possible that we entered Chenri Lake.

Speaking of Chenri Lake, there is also a legend.

Legend has it that Chenri Lake was once the largest unfrozen lake on the snowfield. The lake was a thousand feet deep and was home to many fish and shrimps. The lakeside was covered with lush vegetation. It was the largest human habitat on the snowfield and was considered a holy lake by the people of the snowfield.

At that time, standing on the mountains to the east of Chenri Lake, one could clearly see the sun sinking into the lake at dusk, hence the name "Chenri Lake".

But later for some unknown reason, the unfrozen Chenri Lake was also frozen. From then on, only the legend of "Chenri Lake" existed on the snowfield, and the legendary holy lake in the snowfield could no longer be seen.

After realizing that he was most likely at the bottom of Shenri Lake, Zhou Chun couldn't help but feel worried.

There is no doubt that if you want to get from the bottom of the lake to the surface of the lake, you must dig an integrated channel through the thousand-foot-thick ice layer above. That will be a very large project and it is estimated that it will take several months to complete.

Going back to the place where the collapse occurred previously and digging a passage upwards seems to be a good idea, but the ice layer in the collapsed place is unstable and it is likely to collapse again during digging.

"No, if this is the bottom of Shenri Lake, then what's going on here?"

Suddenly, Zhou Chun seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but look at the ice surface in front of him that blocked the road.

After a brief hesitation, he used his magic weapon to attack the ice surface.

Sure enough, the ice surface was easily cut by the magic weapon, just as easy as cutting the ice underground on the snowy ground.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately started digging forward.

He dug wherever there was weakness, and when his magic power was exhausted he would sit in meditation on the spot to recover. With this tenacity, Zhou Chun managed to reappear in another ice cave after digging for three days and three nights.

The ice cave under my feet is similar to the previous one, both seem to have been washed out by water.

Zhou Chun kept walking forward along the ice cave. After walking for about half a day, a narrow cave entrance suddenly appeared in front of him.

He used his magic weapon to bombard the ice surface near the cave entrance, easily shattering all the ice. Then a stone cave more than ten feet high and several feet wide appeared in front of him.

This stone cave is exactly the permanent ice cave that Zhou Chun has been looking for!

Looking at the ice cave in front of him, Zhou Chun did not rush to enter, but first projected his spiritual sense into it to explore.

The detection results were as he expected. The ice cave was very deep and there was thick frost inside, but no signs of life activity were found.

So he rested outside the cave for half a day, and after adjusting himself to the best condition, he stepped into the ice cave and began to explore.

After walking like this for an unknown amount of time, Zhou Chun's expression suddenly changed, and there was obvious joy in his eyes.

Then his feet quickly lifted off the ground and glided forward silently.

Not long after, Zhou Chun raised his hand and a golden light flashed out, and a snow crystal worm was captured and brought in front of him.

The appearance of this snow crystal worm is just a good beginning.

In less than an hour, Zhou Chun caught three snow crystal worms in the ice cave.

This unprecedented gain made him excited.

He felt that this time he might finally meet what he had been searching for.

Not long after, Zhou Chun discovered another snow crystal worm. After quietly arriving nearby, he decided to catch it using the same method.

But just as he was about to make a move, suddenly a powerful aura burst out from several feet away from him, and before he could see clearly who the owner of that aura was, a torrent of white cold air fell on him, freezing him instantly.

At that time, the extremely cold air froze Zhou Chun inside, and the cold air went straight to his heart.

If his heart meridians were frozen, Zhou Chun would surely die even though he was already a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage!
But at this time Zhou Chun himself had no way out. His magic power was vulnerable to the cold air and he could not resist the invasion of the cold air at all.

An unprecedented feeling of despair appeared in his heart, and he thought he was going to die this time.

However, just when he was desperate and ready to die, a strong suction force suddenly appeared from his dantian, and then the cold air in various parts of his body was sucked into his dantian as if it was summoned by something.

In just a blink of an eye, the ice condensed on Zhou Chun's body shattered, and he instantly regained his ability to move.

At this time, he also discovered the thing that attacked him. It was a white monster like a salamander. The aura it exuded had reached the third level. It was very likely to be a third-level top-grade monster!
Such a powerful monster actually used this method to sneak attack him. Zhou Chun was really impressed by this old man.

Fortunately, the mysterious jade bead in his body that he obtained from the wilderness suddenly took effect and saved his life.

Otherwise, Zhou Chun would really die here today and become food for monsters.

But the danger was not over yet.

After freezing Zhou Chun, the salamander monster opened its huge mouth full of sharp teeth and bit towards Zhou Chun.

It originally wanted to swallow Zhou Chun, who was frozen by its cold air, directly, but it did not expect that Zhou Chun could remain unharmed by the cold air it exhaled.

So when the frost on Zhou Chun's body shattered, it was also very surprised, and even paused slightly before pouncing on him with its big mouth.

It was this pause that gave Zhou Chun the opportunity to escape.

He moved his body and quickly moved to the side several feet to avoid the bite of the big mouth, then wanted to raise his hand to pat the storage bag to summon the magic weapon.

But at this moment, a strange roar suddenly sounded from his body.

After hearing the roar, Zhou Chun and the salamander monster paused for a moment, their consciousness becoming dazed for a moment.

Then, just like the Vulcan Jackal and the Golden-winged Tiger who had heard the strange roar, the salamander monster was instantly frightened and flew away. Before Zhou Chun could react, it had turned into a white phantom and disappeared into the ice cave at an incredibly fast speed.

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