The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 522 A whole bunch came at once
When Wu Du's eyes finally lost their luster, the last high-ranking member of the Ming Cult completely disappeared from this world.

It has to be said that Wu Du's trump card is very powerful. With tens of thousands of venomous snakes gathered together, even if the Five Greats came in, the Western Poison might be able to escape, but the others would probably only face defeat and death. It's just a pity that Wu Chengyu can be considered the supreme among snakes.

So although Wu Du died unwillingly, he wasn't entirely wronged; he was just unlucky and chose the wrong target.

Now, if we count the old leader Fang Yu, the former Right Envoy of Light Yang Xu, the White-browed Tiger King, the Red-haired Bear King, and the former Green-eyed Snake King Wu Du, they all died at the hands of Wu Chengyu. Only the Left Envoy of Light Nangong Luan and the Golden-faced Fox King Zhou Xuancheng died in infighting among their own people.

Even the White-browed Tiger King and the Red-haired Bear King didn't deserve to have names until their deaths. Wu Chengyu's transmigration to this world truly brought annihilation to the Ming Cult, which could have been passed down until the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

All the high-ranking members of the Ming Cult are dead. The Five Wanderers are temporary positions and have not yet appeared in this life. After the Five Elements Flag is completely restored to the Five Elements Camp, the Ming Cult will no longer exist in the world of metal-themed martial arts, and its descendants will be completely wiped out.

Wu Du fared even worse; he was truly devoured by ten thousand snakes and died without a burial place.

Snakes are cannibalistic creatures. While Wu Du was alive, he could control these white snakes, but after he died, they became his food. His body was gradually dragged into the depths of the valley by the white snakes and disappeared from Wu Chengyu's sight.

Wu Chengyu strolled into the depths of the valley. Originally, the valley was obscured by clouds, but now that he had gone in, he found that it was hundreds of meters deep inside. The small space was teeming with white snakes. If the snakes hadn't retreated on their own, he wouldn't have had a place to stand.

Most importantly, there are countless white bones inside, some of which are the bones of cattle and sheep, but there are also many human bones. This shows that the Wu family tried to feed the white snake with people back then, or perhaps they lured a powerful enemy into the valley like they did today, and were eventually devoured by the white snake.

These snakes should make a delicious and nutritious snake soup, but Wu Chengyu, who was originally very interested in these snakes, has now lost his appetite. He loves snake soup, but he doesn't want to eat these venomous snakes that were raised on human flesh.

In the past, no one would specifically feed the snakes we ate. Very few venomous snakes in the mountains and fields have actually eaten people, but these white snakes are clearly not among them, or perhaps they shouldn't have appeared in the first place.

At the end of the valley, there is a spring that forms a small pool. The hot spring water gurgles continuously, and there is a hint of sulfur in the air.

This hot spring water is hotter than ordinary hot springs, hot enough to boil a person. It is precisely because of this hot spring that these venomous snakes can continue to multiply in this cold and gloomy Jade Peak, turning it into a snake valley.

However, there was nothing in the valley except snakes. They could only devour each other and needed Wu Du to feed them constantly, but these snakes could not leave the deep valley.

There are no seasons in Hanyu Peak. It is cold all year round, even in summer. Once these white snakes leave the area of ​​the hot spring, they will be frozen by the cold of Hanyu Peak and will be trapped in the deep valley for the rest of their lives.

If no one feeds them and they can't get out, they will starve and can only devour each other, ultimately leading to their complete extinction, which is not far off.

Wu Chengyu thought this was a good idea. If these snakes could leave, countless people passing through this mountain range would likely die without knowing why.

After observing the valley, Wu Chengyu determined that although the white snakes here posed a great threat, they would not cause any danger to Kunlun Mountain if they did not leave the valley. He turned around and left, while the white snakes were still lined up to see him off.

Once outside the valley, Wu Chengyu immediately used his internal energy to knock down the rocks on both sides of the valley, until the valley entrance was partially covered, thus preventing any unlucky souls from accidentally crawling in.

Once everything was settled, Wu Chengyu looked up at the summit of Hanyu Peak, finally ready to investigate.

A sudden inspiration struck Wu Chengyu, relating to a martial art he had obtained from bamboo slips but had never been able to cultivate: Gang Shou.

The cultivation techniques provided by the bamboo slips are generally passive skills, mainly focused on body refinement. Wu Chengyu was able to overpower the veteran master Fang Yu with the same top-level cultivation because of the enhancements to his body from various body refinement techniques.

Although Wu Chengyu had his personal weapon, the Black and White Impermanence, he mostly used it to bully weaker opponents or in group battles. All his skills were concentrated in his two bare hands.

The effect of Gang Shou (罡手) is also body tempering, mainly targeting the palms and forearms. After mastering it, the arms will have their own Gang Qi (罡气), and they will no longer fear any divine weapons.

The white scales on Wu Chengyu's body that he currently uses for defense can only deal with ordinary weapons. He will still get injured when he encounters extremely sharp divine weapons. Once he masters the Gang Hand technique, apart from developing his chest muscles, his hands will become true weapons, with no weaknesses.

However, Gang Shou is the only technique among the bamboo slips that cannot be cultivated independently and must rely on external force. This external force is the Ice Silkworm that appeared in Tianlong. Only by absorbing the Ice Silkworm's icy power can one achieve mastery.

However, the Ice Silkworm is a true natural treasure, extremely rare in the world. Unlike the Bodhi Snake, which can be found in large broods in the valleys outside Xiangyang with a little effort, the Ice Silkworm is not like that.

Only one Ice Silkworm appeared in Tianlong, and it was that Shaolin outcast. I've forgotten his Buddhist name; he was just a minor Kalami and not worth remembering at all.

But Wu Chengyu knew that this guy had spent many years finding this treasure in the Tianshan Mountains. Putting aside the time cost, the Tianshan Mountains were so vast that finding the rare Ice Silkworm in the Tianshan Mountains was no less than finding a needle in a haystack. From the beginning, Wu Chengyu had no hope.

Besides the Ice Silkworm, the bamboo slip also provides another option: the Cold Jade Bed in the Tomb of the Living Dead. However, it also indicates that the quality of the Cold Jade Bed's cold energy is insufficient, and even if used for cultivation, the effect would be extremely poor, failing to meet expectations at all.

Therefore, Wu Chengyu had given up. He could find the Cold Jade Bed, but since it wasn't effective, he decided to prefer quality over quantity.

Who would have thought that when he went to the Ming Cult headquarters in Kunlun Mountain to cause trouble, he actually found the origin of this cold jade. The cold jade alone was still not ideal, but for some reason, this Cold Jade Peak was getting colder and colder, completely changing the climate of the mountain. The temperature at the place where the cold jade gathered at the top of the mountain actually reached minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius.

It's important to know that the cold jade in the Tomb of the Living Dead doesn't have this effect. If the stone bed under your buttocks could reach minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius, how could the women of the Ancient Tomb Sect practice their skills? The entire Tomb of the Living Dead would probably become uninhabitable.

When Wu Chengyu first heard about Hanyu Peak, he didn't think much of it. But when he learned that the temperature on Hanyu Peak was dropping, he had a flash of inspiration. He instinctively felt that finding the reason for the temperature drop on Hanyu Peak might be the key to mastering the Gang Hand technique.

Nature is truly amazing. In the Kunlun Mountains, there is a hot spring in a deep valley halfway up the mountain, but the summit is like an icy hell. Fortunately, with Wu Chengyu's cultivation level, he can withstand temperatures as low as minus fifty degrees Celsius.

He used his lightness skill to quickly climb the mountain, reaching the summit in about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The mountaintop is covered in snow that never melts, creating a vast expanse of white as far as the eye can see. Apart from this, not a single blade of grass grows, and it is impossible for any living creature to survive. The occasional exposed rocks are made of cold jade, and their temperature is much lower than that of the cold jade box from before.

Wu Chengyu placed his right hand on a piece of cold jade, feeling the coldness within the stone. At the same time, he circulated his internal energy, inhaling a stream of cold air following the energy flow path of the Gang Hand technique.

As he expected, the coldness within the jade stone had reached the cultivation standard of a Gang Hand, unlike the barely adequate coldness of the jade bed in the Tomb of the Living Dead. The coldness of the coldness far exceeded his imagination.

However, Wu Chengyu soon discovered that the cold aura emanating from this cold jade actually had two types: one was the cold aura of the cold jade itself, which was not actually that strong.

Whether it's the Cold Jade Box or the Cold Jade Bed in the Tomb of the Living Dead, their temperature is actually around zero degrees Celsius. Young Yang Guo could withstand lying on the Cold Jade Bed for a while.

The cold jade here may be huge, and the cold air is a bit lower than that of the cold jade bed, about minus ten degrees Celsius, which is cold enough, but not cold enough to completely change the climate of the entire mountain.

It can only be said that the coldness in the cold jade stone is divided into two layers. One is the coldness of the cold jade stone itself, and the other is of unknown origin. Its coldness can make the cold jade stone even colder, and this coldness is more condensed, almost like a substance.

Wu Chengyu immediately communicated with the bamboo slip and confirmed that this cold energy was sufficient for cultivating the Gang Hand technique, and that the effect was excellent. Although he was secretly pleased, he was also even more curious about what secrets were hidden in this Cold Jade Peak.

Wu Chengyu opened the three-dimensional dynamic image. The mountaintop was not large and was quickly completely covered, but there was no living creature in the dynamic image except for himself.

Apart from the wind that raged across the mountaintop but couldn't take anything away, the silent, isolated cold jade stone, and the seemingly soft but actually solidified snow, there was nothing there, and even time seemed to stand still.

At a mountaintop where temperatures were minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius, even with his cultivation level, Wu Chengyu couldn't stay for long; the still scene before him would only make him feel colder.

As the saying goes, stillness is not as good as movement. After searching for a while without finding anything, Wu Chengyu suddenly moved. He stood in the middle of the mountaintop and first performed a set of Yan Qing Fist.

This was the first set of boxing techniques his predecessor had learned before he transmigrated. Wu Chengyu had already mastered it to perfection. After Yan Qing Fist came the Gale Leg Technique, in which the wind kicked out by his legs countered the surrounding mountain winds, creating sonic booms.

Next came the Raging Tide Palm Technique. Back then, Deng Baichuan's palm power was known as the second strongest in Jiangnan. When the Raging Tide Palm Technique was unleashed, the sound of the tide rising and falling gradually arose on the mountaintop.

Next are the Great Subduing Demon Fist, the Nine Yin Divine Claw, and the Tianshan Six Yang Palm, as well as the other three new freestyle techniques introduced by Wu Chengyu, except for the Groin Kick.

These are all martial arts skills that Wu Chengyu is most proficient in. With his current martial arts skills, when he goes all out, what power he can unleash! He immediately sent the thick snow that had accumulated over many years and was actually incredibly hard flying everywhere.

At that moment, an anomaly appeared on his three-dimensional dynamic image; it turned out that there was a living creature hidden under the snow.

Not just one or two, but a whole nest of seven or eight, pure white, each about the thickness of a finger and three inches long, completely inconspicuous in the snow, their very life force buried beneath the snow, barely noticeable even in a three-dimensional image.

Although Wu Chengyu had never seen the picture, he immediately knew that this must be the Ice Silkworm, a true rare and precious treasure.

There was only one in Tian Long Ba Bu, which created the master You Tanzhi. However, considering that the martial arts in Tian Long Ba Bu were somewhat downgraded in Legend of the Condor Heroes, it's worth noting that the martial arts in the novel were downgraded in the modern era.

If we consider Yu Tanzhi's skill level, he would definitely be considered a top-tier master by today's standards. This guy has profound skill, and his internal energy contains a cold poison. He can even go toe-to-toe with Qiao Feng.

However, in terms of temperament, martial arts skills, and combat experience, You Tanzhi was utterly useless. His martial arts cultivation was entirely achieved through the Ice Silkworm and the Divine Foot Scripture, placing him at the bottom among top masters. Wu Chengyu could easily defeat him.

But just because You Tanzhi couldn't do it doesn't mean the Ice Silkworms couldn't. Moreover, Wu Chengyu didn't just have one Ice Silkworm in front of him; he had an entire brood of them.

These ice silkworms probably also felt that the peak covered with icy jade was the best place for them to live. I don't know how they came here. Their own icy poison, combined with the icy jade covering the mountain, makes it no wonder that the icy jade peak is getting colder and colder, and even directly changes the climate.

But when Wu Chengyu saw these treasures, he felt reassured. Not only could he master the Gang Shou technique, but his own skill would also be greatly improved.

(End of this chapter)