After cultivating immortality, she devoted herself to becoming an ancestor

Chapter 122 There's a Knife There's a Knife
The water was icy cold, capable of freezing a person instantly. The surging water flow twisted into ice ropes, breaking through the bubbles of the water-repelling beads and coming towards them.

Despite having numerous fire talismans, Shen Suiren could not detonate them; instead, they increased the water speed, allowing the ice rope to travel even faster.

Fortunately, the three strange flames were obedient and followed into the water, diligently burning away the entangled ice ropes.

However, their bodies were as heavy as lead, constantly sinking downwards, unable to float to the surface for the time being. No matter how they circulated their spiritual power or internal energy, they could not make their bodies lighter and rise.

Lei Dun swam over with great effort to lift Shen Suiren to the surface first, and Juexing also came to help.

But she pointed to the bottom of the water and transmitted her thoughts: "Senior Uncle, I think I see ten-thousand-year-old ice crystals."

"I saw it too, but life is more important, and the strange fire won't last long."

"Our divine senses cannot see the water's surface, nor can they hear any sounds; it's very dangerous." Lei Dun, having been in the Core Formation stage for many years, possesses even sharper eyesight than her.

Shen Suiren insisted on her opinion: "We are here to break the formation and rescue people. The ice crystals below may be one of the formation's cores. Once they are removed, the ice water will no longer be so cold."

"Master Uncle, while the strange flames still have some strength left, pry out the ice crystals. I have Ice Silkworm Gloves to protect my hands."

Lei Dun glared at her irritably. "If we don't mention the Ice Silk Gloves, you're still a good junior disciple."

But then he thought about it again and agreed with her, saying that it would be good to pry out the ice crystals.

So the three of them deliberately sank down, and sent the strange fire with them.

The two flames were quite obedient, but the other Nine Netherworld Flame hesitated. It wanted to fly up but couldn't, and going down was too cold.

It's clear that as its two old friends have gone far away, it's unwilling to give up and follow.

Shen Suiren's attention was on the bottom of the water, so she didn't pay attention to it, but Jue Xing was watching it closely, thinking to herself that the object resembled its owner.

Meanwhile, its owner, Cheng Zhishun, along with Nie and Luo, were flying over the water searching for them.

The Little Dragon King was sitting in the magic room, looking out at the water. The night behind the ice field was even darker, and he could no longer see Sui Chu and the little monk.

"Cheng Zhishun, there's definitely something wrong with those white foxes that ran away."

I hadn't done anything; they just ran away on their own.

"I'm not blaming you." Cheng Zhishun's thoughts were completely different. If a pure thunder dragon suddenly chased a fourth-tier white fox, they would probably die if they didn't run.

"But you have to remember, we're a team, and you have to consider your teammates when you're doing things."

"Oh, I'll be more careful in the future. I hope Suichu and Juexing are safe and sound. It would be best if they could suddenly appear with some kind of treasure." The Little Dragon King rested his chin on his hand.

He didn't know that Shen Suiren had indeed unearthed a treasure; beneath the ten-thousand-year-old ice crystal lay a large piece of ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow.

But because it was so big, her hands would freeze and be unable to bend over if she got too close, making it difficult to even fully grasp the magic of controlling objects.

Juexing watched anxiously, wanting to help collect the food, but his hands were frozen even earlier than at the beginning of the year.

Lei Dun's foot was still locked, and he was dozens of feet away from them.

He saw that at the beginning of the year he couldn't make the incantation, so he "used a strange fire to divide it into small pieces."

However, the three strange flames were sealed and subdued by ice, and their remaining traces of intelligence prevented them from approaching the ice again.

Even when given an order from its master, it hesitates and doesn't try its best to get closer.

Shen Suiren was unwilling to leave without taking the ice marrow, especially since after collecting the ice crystals, there was no water flow to condense into ropes, and there was no need for the strange fire to resist anymore.

Everyone could see that this was the key point of the formation. If they gave up this opportunity, they didn't know if they would be able to land here accurately next time.

She thought for a moment, then took out several magic knives, all of which were high-end items she had exchanged at the Merit Hall. "I'll try one last time. If it doesn't work, I'll go up there."

"Juexing, you and your master should step back a bit, and while you're at it, let the strange fire melt away your master's ice chains."

"Can a high-grade magic weapon-level knife cut through it? I have a magic treasure-level sword here, you can use it." Juexing wondered if this was too frivolous.

Shen Suiren swallowed a few pills to replenish his spiritual energy and dispel the cold: "With my current spiritual power, I can only activate two or three moves of a magic weapon-level sword."

"Here, I'm afraid my spiritual energy will be completely depleted after just one strike. You all must retreat."

Juexing heard Lei Dun's voice transmission: "Let her try once and she'll give up."

Without saying another word, he led the three strange flames to retreat to the side of the Thunder Shield and transformed into ropes.

Shen Suiren took a deep breath. In her life, she had encountered water the most and destroyed knives the most. Today, the two corresponded, and she would see if two negatives could make a positive.

In the blink of an eye, she drew the Five Elements Blade, channeling all her spiritual power into the blade, and swung it fiercely at the Ice Marrow without any fancy moves.

Unsurprisingly, the knife broke and the handle snapped.

In the distance, Juexing blinked and saw her use her metal magic knife to slash and cut again.

Immediately afterwards, wielding both fire and wood elemental magic swords, he was still defeated and his swords broke.

Shen Suiren hesitated for a moment, silently chanting "eighty, eighty," and felt a pang of heartache for a second as several mid-grade spirit stones of eighty were gone.

So she decided to put away her earth-elemental magic sword and decisively chose a water-elemental one. She closed her eyes, carefully felt the speed of the icy water flow, and used the momentum to swing it.

Click

She thought the knife had broken, but then her Uncle Lei's voice came: "What are you staring at? It's already cracked an inch, cut again."

"Yes." Shen Suiren did not open his eyes, and based on his previous feeling, he slashed three times in a row, and the huge piece of ice marrow cracked open by half a foot.

She wanted to increase her efforts, but unfortunately another eighty-point knife was ruined.

As she used her divine sense to retrieve another water-based magic knife from her storage ring, the millennia-old ice marrow before her automatically cracked open.

But before she could reach out and grab it, a terrifying force shot up from beneath the ice marrow.

Shen Suiren felt her body warm up instantly and was swept far away. She only managed to get two small pieces of the ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow before it completely vanished.

They were quick, not giving anyone a chance to turn back and grab another piece of the pie.

"It's an underwater volcano, let's go!" The ice ropes binding the lightning shield disappeared, and he grabbed the two little ones and flew out.

The three strange flames sensed the firepower, but instead rushed back in the opposite direction to the place where the ice marrow exploded.

Shen Suiren and Juexing forcefully retrieved the two plants, but they were powerless to summon the Nine Netherworld Fire.

Fortunately, as the temperature of the entire body of water rose, her spiritual senses were unimpeded above and below the water's surface. As soon as she spotted Cheng Zhishun, she immediately told him to put away the strange fire.

"That bastard won't listen to orders." When Cheng Zhishun couldn't get him back, he immediately jumped into the water.

However, Lei Dun forbade everyone to take any more risks, so he quickly grabbed him and dragged the three of them onto the flying boat released by Luo Ning.

Lei Dun scanned the area with his divine sense and directed the direction, saying, "I'll fly up and test if the anti-air barrier has disappeared."

"You all must immediately take to your swords to avoid any accidents."

"Yes." In this place where the rules are unclear, it's best to be cautious.

After watching him fly away, the group turned their attention back to the water.

Cheng Zhishun said, "The Nine Netherworld Fire seems a bit volatile; it appears it cannot find the entrance to the volcano."

Nie Chengzhang couldn't help but ask, "Have you not completely subdued your strange fire?"

The three looked at each other in bewilderment. Shen Suiren then unleashed his own fire, "Starfire, to say hello to everyone."

The purple flames swayed gently, as if nodding, before detaching from her fingertips and falling onto the water's surface, as if awaiting her approval.

"The moment they possess even a sliver of intelligence is when their need for fire is at its peak," Luo Ning commented.

Shen Suiren thought for a moment, then set the fire on the water. Jue Xing scratched his bald head and also set the Nanming off with the fire.

"Look, the underwater force is decreasing." Juexing made a hand seal and drew up a stream of water. Everyone tested the temperature; it was only slightly warmer than usual.

"The water wasn't very hot, which means the volcano didn't erupt."

"Is the core of this formation broken or not?" Shen Suiren felt that it was not completely broken, and gradually raised his flying sword to observe the terrain.

At that moment, Lei Dun flew back swiftly: "The air ban has been lifted. Demonic beasts within a hundred miles continue to migrate, and traces of cultivator activity have been discovered."

"Uncle Master, there is a city here with tens of thousands of people."

Several thousand of them were Qi Refining cultivators, trained gradually by my father and the other sixteen Foundation Establishment cultivators. Shen Suiren took out the jade slip written by his father, added another account of the appearance of the Dragon King, and handed it to his senior uncle for careful reading.

Lei Dun took the spell and quickly read it. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "The traces of the spell I just saw are definitely not from the Qi Refining stage. As for who it was, we'll investigate later."

My cultivation level is currently suppressed to the Foundation Establishment stage, and my divine sense cannot see very far, so I am unsure what kind of formation this place is.

However, since this place is related to the tower and the sparrow forest, it is inevitably subject to formations such as soul-sealing spells.

"If it is still the Dragon-Slaying and Soul-Sealing Formation, I don't know if it uses seventeen array eyes or nine array eyes. The two formations are very different."

But the Dragon King's skeleton must be one of the key points of the formation; it should be the easiest to destroy, but unfortunately, we can't do anything about the dragon bones." Shen Suiren was very disappointed; the local cultivators didn't have a complete map.

After finding her father, she did not check the terrain immediately.

Lei Dun waved his hand: "When the dragon bone is of too high a grade, even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot break through it."

Whether it's seventeen or nine, the ancient underwater ice marrow and volcanoes perfectly represent the extremes of Yin and Yang, and it's necessary to remove them.

"Volcano, how does the True Man intend to clear it?" That's a mountain, not a few meters of ice marrow. Can you do it with your current cultivation level? Ask from the bottom of your heart.

The Little Dragon King jumped out of the space room, raised his little hand and said, "I'll help you! Let's use lightning to split the volcano open."

Shen Suiren clasped his hands together, completely agreeing: "When a volcano erupts, lava will inevitably spray everywhere."

At that time, the three strange flames will be able to fully absorb the firepower.

She didn't have such a big wildfire; she only asked her senior brother and the Little Dragon King to cause a volcanic eruption.

"In that case, let's patrol the surrounding area, find a safe evacuation route in advance, and then we can start the operation." Luo Ning was a man of action.

The other three don't object; it's all about blindly breaking through, but breaking through the key point of the formation won't be wrong.

Of course, if you're wrong, you can just keep looking for the key point of the formation.

"Work in pairs to patrol the surrounding area, maintain constant contact, and avoid fighting with monsters."

"I'll go down and check first. You all return immediately after you've searched three hundred li." Lei Dun made the decision right away.

Shen Suiren naturally teamed up with her Uncle Luo. Even though the strange fire was unwilling to return, she didn't force it and used her flying sword to explore the terrain at top speed.

An hour later, the group regrouped and drew the terrain they had seen on a map.

As the sun rises, it illuminates the entire still water surface, with occasional chunks of ice that haven't completely melted drifting by, carrying with them the corpses of demons who haven't escaped their fate.

"Burn them, so they don't attract the bird race." Although his father said that he hadn't seen many flying monsters around the Dragon Bone area, Shen Suiren had seen bird races below the third rank while exploring the area.

"I'll do it." The little dragon king was bored and didn't want to miss any opportunity to unleash his lightning.

He sat on Cheng Zhishun's shoulder, blasting the drifting demon corpses into ashes with lightning and fire, having a great time.

Shen Suiren and the others continued studying the map until Lei Dun transmitted a message from underwater: "The entrance to the volcano has been found."

"Should the demon corpse still be burned?" The Little Dragon King had very sharp ears.

"Stop burning. The lava will burn faster than if it were burned alone." Cheng Zhishun turned around and together with his teammates activated the water-repelling beads, slowly descending into the water.

As soon as everyone reached the bottom of the water, three strange flames flew over, each nodding its head in front of its master, unable to enter the volcano.

Lei Dun followed closely: "The real crater is located between the other two pieces of ancient ice marrow."

Moreover, there are no longer any ice arrows or ice chains interfering with that area.

"And ice marrow!" The six pairs of eyes in the five-person group widened in surprise.

Lei Dun nodded and led them forward, saying, "At the beginning of the year, we'll rely on you to break through them."

The key question is, are there any water-based magic weapons left?

Shen Suiren was of course willing. She nodded emphatically: "Yes, yes, there are knives. At that time, I exchanged fifty high-grade magic knives."

Her teammates were surprised, but only Luo Ning had seen her use up several knives in just two days when they teamed up at sea.

Nie Chengzhang blurted out, "Why did you buy so many knives? It would be more useful to have some swords on hand."

"Eight thousand low-grade spirit stones per sword, fifty swords would be four hundred thousand. At the beginning of the year, you're really rich." Juexing was filled with envy.

Cheng Zhishun approached her water-repelling bubble: "Shen Sansui, you have too many spirit stones, I can help you spend them."

Little Dragon King raised his hand high: "I can also help you spend the money. Just buy the roast suckling pig from Xiankelou. It's so delicious."

"Hmph, you wish! I'm not giving you any flowers."

"Everyone must be quick and nimble to grab as much as possible before the ice marrow melts away." Shen Suiren felt a pang of heartache thinking about the ice marrow that had melted earlier.

So when facing the second piece, she gripped the hilt of her knife tightly, trying to draw upon more water elemental power to cut through the ice marrow at a faster speed.

As she thought this, she closed her eyes and recalled the direction in which Daoist Chen Chu wielded his sword, and with a slight lift of her right wrist, she began to perform a sword incantation.

Just as Cheng Zhishun was observing her luck for a while and was about to ask Luo Ning to urge her, he heard a voice: "Open!"

Whoosh, click click

The surrounding water elemental energy was instantly activated by Shen Suiren, acting synchronously with the magic blade on the large piece of ice marrow.

In the blink of an eye, countless ice marrow fragments shattered. Everyone quickly grabbed a portion and retreated dozens of feet away.

Upon closer inspection, the meltwater was bubbling and heating up after the volcano shook.

"Sui Chu, can you strike again?" Lei Dun hadn't expected that Sui Chu had mastered the sword technique so thoroughly in such a short time, and could even use the spiritual energy outside her body.

Shen Suiren grabbed a high-grade spirit stone to replenish her spiritual power. "That's about right. Wait for me for a quarter of an hour."

Fifteen minutes later, the third piece of ice marrow broke open perfectly, and the volcano shook even more violently.

At the same time, she also lost her strength and was sent to a space cabin, where she and her teammates on the flying boat watched from afar as her master and the Little Dragon King unleashed lightning.

The Little Dragon King was extremely excited. After bolts of lightning shattered the volcano's seal, he transformed back into his true form and flew to the crater that emerged from the water.

The perfect interplay of thunder and fire creates dazzling colors reflected on the water's surface.

"It seems like we didn't do anything, yet we got a piece of ice marrow for nothing."

"And you can even feed the strange fire to your heart's content." Juexing felt a little guilty.

Just as Nie Chengzhang was about to say something, he sensed an unfamiliar fluctuation of spiritual energy. He turned around and swung his sword in that direction.

Then a team of ten late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators appeared and attacked the group without saying a word.

Shen Suiren watched as his teammates were surrounded and attacked, and another team of Foundation Establishment cultivators entered the water behind them, heading straight for the crater where his senior uncle and the others were.

So she swallowed a handful of pills, and as she flashed out, a Core Formation sword energy ball shot out, annihilating 30% of the Foundation Establishment cultivators who were halfway into the water.

This action instantly enraged the attackers: "Kill this female cultivator!"

The words were spoken, and the sword energy arrived instantly...