Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 236 Qin Hongmian becomes Tong Lao's disciple and heads to Kunlun Snow Mountain
Leng Feibai felt embarrassed upon hearing this; he had genuinely forgotten.

His embarrassment at this moment was comparable to that of Tang Sanzang when he saw the old tortoise again on the banks of the Tongtian River.

Qin Hongmian also noticed something from Leng Feibai's expression and said irritably, "If I hadn't overheard passing merchants mentioning Xiaoyao Valley and its white-haired master when I left, I really wouldn't know where to find you!"

"Feel sorry!"

Leng Feibai said apologetically, "There are too many things to do at Xiaoyao Valley, I really forgot! Miss Qin, you..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Qin Hongmian drew her twin swords from her waist and said, "Let me see if you can withstand my twin swords!"

After saying that, Qin Hongmian brandished her pair of silver curved blades and used the move "Subduing Elephant Overcoming Lion" from the Five Tigers Severing Gate Blade technique, charging towards Leng Feibai's location.

Looking at Qin Hongmian, Leng Feibai had to admit that she had made considerable progress compared to a year ago, but...

Then Leng Feibai waved his sleeve, and his powerful true qi stirred the air and turned into a gentle breeze.

Qin Hongmian was immediately thrown to the ground and fell directly to the ground.

"you"

A blush rose on Qin Hongmian's face, clearly from anger. She struggled to her feet and said, "What have you been doing this past year? How has your internal strength increased so much?"

After listening, Leng Feibai smiled slightly and told Qin Hongmian the part of the year that he could tell her.

Qin Hongmian was also quite helpless after hearing this. Why couldn't she encounter such a good thing as unexpectedly obtaining the lifelong power of a senior who had passed away?

"Miss Qin!"

Leng Feibai cupped his hands in greeting and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

After speaking, Leng Feibai took to the air and flew away into the distance. Qin
Seeing this, Hongmian stomped her foot in anger and said irritably, "Leng Feibai, I'll catch up with you sooner or later. Then, just wait and see how I deal with you."

Qin Hongmian's weakness is her strong competitive spirit; in the original novel, she and Duan Zhengchun end up together.

Besides Duan Zhengchun's sweet talk, it was also because when Qin Hongmian first met Duan Zhengchun, he defeated her in martial arts by a move or two.

Unwilling to admit defeat, Qin Hongmian kept picking fights with Duan Zhengchun, which eventually sparked a romance between them.

Just then, a deep, old-fashioned voice came from behind her.

"With your Five Tigers Severing Gate Blade, you're just dreaming if you think you can beat him."

Qin Hongmian turned around and saw a little girl in red with a topknot and pigtails looking at her with amusement.

"Little girl, what did you just say?"

As soon as Qin Hongmian finished speaking, Tianshan Tonglao jumped up and gave her a sharp rap on the head, scolding, "What little girl? I'm seventy-two years old now. I'm more than old enough to be your grandmother."

Qin Hongmian covered her head, her eyes filled with disbelief.

But the voice coming from the little girl's mouth was indeed the voice of an elderly woman.

“That kid Leng Feibai is my junior apprentice.”

Tianshan Tonglao calmly said, "That little brat has learned ninety percent of the unique skills of my Xiaoyao Sect. You little girl, it's wishful thinking to think you can defeat him."

Qin Hongmian was no fool. Upon hearing this, she immediately bowed and said, "Please teach me, senior?"

Seeing Qin Hongmian's understanding attitude, Tianshan Tonglao laughed and said, "Come with me. In less than three years, I will naturally have a way to help you beat that brat Leng Feibai."

In the battle with Tianshan Tonglao just now, Leng Feibai relied on the concealment techniques he had learned from the War God Manual, so that she could only sense the aura of the Beiming Divine Art and Xiaowuxiang Art, which were over forty years old.

As for his remaining cultivation level, if Leng Feibai doesn't want to, even the Sweeping Monk wouldn't be able to detect it at all.

After leaving Xiaoyao Valley, Leng Feibai headed straight for Luoyang City. After purchasing some supplies, he found a secluded spot and used the Wind and Fire Escape Talisman to fly towards Kunlun Snow Mountain.

Although the Kunlun Mountains are not close to Luoyang, fortunately they are not more than 30,000 li away.

Three-quarters of an hour later, a vast expanse of white snow stretched to the northwest, near a desolate mountain range devoid of human presence.

Leng Feibai descended from the sky and landed on a mountain range covered in ice and snow.

The Kunlun Mountains are located in the northern part of the plateau, towering majestically with a total length of about 5,000 meters.

This mountain holds an extremely high status in China. Since ancient times, it has been regarded by the Chinese people as the ancestor of mountains and rivers, the ancestor of dragon veins, and one of the legendary ancestral temples of Taoism.

Not long after Leng Feibai landed, he sensed an extremely rich spiritual energy of water and ice, as well as a small amount of spiritual energy of earth and stone contained within the mountain range.

Su Xinghe once mentioned in a casual conversation with Leng Feibai that there are countless top-grade and precious medicinal herbs in the Kunlun Mountains. Every year, countless martial arts masters secretly travel to the depths of Kunlun to cultivate, hoping to break through the limits of martial arts and achieve the possibility of ascension to immortality.

In addition, the Kunlun Mountains are home to countless strange insects and beasts, such as snow eagles, snow snakes, and Leng Feibai's target this time, the ice silkworm.

According to the records in the Xiaoyao Cave, ice silkworms are distributed near snow mulberry trees in the extremely cold mountain valleys of the Kunlun Mountains.

Leng Feibai carefully recalled the events, then activated the Cloud Stepping Technique once more, soaring into the air and searching for traces of the Snow Mulberry Tree throughout the mountains.

But all around was a vast expanse of white. Leng Feibai circled around for a long time, but he couldn't find any snow mulberry trees, or even any ordinary trees.

"If that doesn't work, we'll have to try this."

Leng Feibai muttered to himself, then returned to the ground, took out the Divine Wood King Cauldron from the Twelve-Story Tower, and took out a piece of top-grade incense from his bosom. After lighting it with his internal energy, he held it in his hand.

In an instant, a delicate and elegant fragrance spread from the cauldron, wafting outwards.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Leng Feibai activated the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique, carefully examining the surroundings for any traces of poisonous insects.

A moment later, a faint sound came from the surrounding snow.

Leng Feibai was overjoyed. In that instant, he released his golden true qi, and one after another, snow snakes, scorpions, seven-colored poisonous spiders and other venomous insects appeared in his eyes.

Looking at the poisonous creatures before him, Leng Feibai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. However, he didn't expect to be able to lure out such a strange insect as the Ice Silkworm in such a short time.

Looking at the poisonous insects around him, Leng Feibai raised his hand and snapped his fingers. All the poisonous insects enveloped in true qi were instantly devoured by the raging fire and turned into ashes.

After waiting a while, Leng Feibai looked around and, seeing that no new poisonous insects had emerged, put away the Divine Wood King Cauldron.

Since there's no trace of the Ice Silkworm here, let's look elsewhere.

Just as Leng Feibai was about to leave, a mournful wolf howl came from all around.

"Um"

Leng Feibai frowned and looked around. He saw dozens of snow-white wolves gathered on a small mound about 500 meters away.

The snow wolves in the Kunlun Mountains are far superior to ordinary wolf packs in every aspect of physical fitness. Living in the icy and snowy land year-round, they can even climb ice walls.

Looking at the white wolf pack in the distance, a hint of amusement flashed in Leng Feibai's eyes.

Although these guys look fierce, they're actually quite cute when you look closely!
Just then, a giant wolf, about five times the size of a normal snow wolf, emerged from the pack.

On the giant wolf's forehead was a silver crescent-shaped mark.

The next moment, the giant wolf let out a furious roar, and the pack of wolves surrounding it pounced on Leng Feibai's location. Seeing this, Leng Feibai found it laughable, but a sudden inspiration struck him, and he decided to take the opportunity to test out the other three unique techniques he had created over the past year.

At this moment, the wolf pack was only two hundred paces away from Leng Feibai when a burst of golden energy erupted.

Chaotic Blades Piercing Clouds
True Qi scattered and condensed in mid-air into hundreds of golden moon blades, which, under Leng Feibai's control, flew in unison towards the charging wolf pack.

Even though the snow wolf's hide and flesh are much thicker than those of an ordinary wolf, it was still instantly cut in half the moment it came into contact with the moon blade.

In just a few breaths, the snow-covered mountains were littered with the severed limbs and remains of snow wolves.

Seeing his people decimated, the leading Snow Wolf King's eyes blazed with fury. He roared and charged towards Leng Feibai's location.
Upon seeing this, Fei Bai raised his hand and sketched in the air. A deep blue talisman, faintly radiating a dragon's might, appeared in front of him in an instant.

Tongtian Talisman - Dragon's Roar Shaking the Heavens Talisman
The talisman flew out into the sky and disappeared into the heavens, causing the wind and clouds to change color in an instant, and making people tremble with fear at the mere mention of it.

Upon seeing this, the Snow Wolf King lay down on the ground and began to struggle violently.

The next moment, a blue storm vortex appeared in the sky, and a golden five-clawed dragon poked its head out of the vortex and roared at the Snow Wolf King who was lying on the ground below.

"Roar"

A deafening dragon roar echoed across the entire snow mountain. Under the attack of the roar, the Snow Wolf King exploded and turned into a pile of minced meat.

"This is the power of the Heaven-Shaking Dragon Roar Talisman!"

Leng Feibai looked at the wolf king's corpse in the distance, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

But just then, the sound of ice and snow collapsing came from behind him.

Leng Feibai was taken aback. He turned his head and saw that the ice and snow on the mountain range not far from him were rushing towards him like a waterfall.

"avalanche!"

Leng Feibai's eyes changed slightly. He transformed into a streak of light and soared into the air, standing in mid-air as the avalanche swept past him.

"It seems the avalanche was triggered by the Heaven-Shaking Dragon Roar Talisman!"

Leng Feibai sighed and said, "Luckily, there's no one around, otherwise it would have been a disaster. Hmm..."

Just then, Leng Feibai suddenly sensed a rich fire-attribute spiritual energy within the avalanche below.

"This... could it be a volcano?!"

Although Leng Feibai was not particularly familiar with the topography of the Kunlun Mountains, he did know that there were volcanoes in the mountain range.

For some unknown reason, Leng Feibai suddenly had a sudden inspiration, as if he were attracted by something.

"The last time someone reacted like this was with Sang Wen..."

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai had a thought and turned back into the Twelve-Story Tower.

Inside the Garden of Flowers, Leng Feibai looked at the three people who were still rebuilding their bodies and couldn't help but sigh.

He had assumed that his sudden whim meant that Haitang Duoduo and the others had already completed the reconstruction of their bodies, but when he came in, he realized that he had been overthinking it.

Left with no other choice, Leng Feibai turned around and went back to his room. He then sat down cross-legged and used the Feng Hou Qi Men technique to enter the inner world.

Upon entering, Leng Feibai immediately raised his question.

When will Haitang and the others finally wake up?

As soon as the question was asked, a fireball the size of Mount Tai appeared before Leng Feibai's eyes.

Left with no other option, Leng Feibai had to change the question.

"Is there anything inside that volcano that we just discovered that could be of good to me?"

The fireball instantly transformed into a ball of light the size of a regular Fuji apple.

Once Leng Feibai shattered the light sphere, a picture of underground volcanic magma immediately appeared before his eyes.

On a piece of lava in the magma, a bright red Ganoderma lucidum the size of a plate is growing quietly.

Beneath the Ganoderma lucidum, a crimson python lay resting quietly on another piece of lava.

Leng Feibai stared at the things on the screen without saying a word, and then asked a third question.

"Where exactly is the ice silkworm in the Kunlun Mountains? Please be more specific about its location."

The ball of light reappeared, twice the size of the second fireball.

This time, the answer was a map, which thoughtfully marked the locations of Leng Feibai and Bingcan.

Having found the answer, Leng Feibai withdrew from the Twelve-Story Tower and returned to the outside world.

The avalanche had stopped, and the place where the fiery spiritual energy had appeared had disappeared.

However, before entering the Twelve-Story Tower, Leng Feibai had already used the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique to pinpoint the location and then raised his hand to press down on the snow below.

In an instant, Leng Feibai unleashed his true qi, condensing it into a palm print five zhang in size, which he then pressed down onto the snow below.

The palm print landed, burying all the snow on the ground. A dark cave came into Leng Feibai's view, and a dense fire-attribute spiritual energy reappeared in Leng Feibai's perception.

Looking at the cave in front of him, Leng Feibai flew inside.

The cave was pitch black, but what greeted us was intense heat.

Although Leng Feibai was not afraid of the high temperature, the water in his body was being lost at an accelerated rate under the influence of the high temperature. Helpless, Leng Feibai used his internal energy to resist the heat and swallowed the Xuan Shui Pill to prevent the water in his body from being evaporated by the volcano.

After walking for a while in the dark cave, a crimson light appeared before Leng Feibai's eyes.

When Leng Feibai arrived at the end of the cave, he saw countless streams of lava flowing down from the top of the cave like waterfalls, although the flow was very slow.

Beside Leng Feibai was a narrow path jutting out from the mountainside.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai raised his hand and began to sketch again.

Tongtianlu (Heavenly Register) - Tianyan Tongmingfu (Heavenly Eye Enlightenment Talisman)

Golden talismans flew out and merged into Leng Feibai's eyes, bringing everything within the mountain path into his view.

This is the effect of the Heavenly Eye Enlightenment Talisman. It allows one to see everything within a thousand miles, and even to see the spirits of the underworld that are difficult to see with the naked eye, as well as the hidden mechanisms and fine lines.

A moment later, the scene at the end of the path was exactly what Leng Feibai had seen in the interior.

Just as Leng Feibai was about to take action, he couldn't help but glance at the lava.

The next moment, a look of shock appeared on Leng Feibai's face, because behind the lava there was actually a natural cave.

Deep within the cave, pieces of amethyst radiating a rich fire-attribute spiritual energy filled the entire cave.

(End of this chapter)