Living as a Mortal: Grinding Experience Starting from the Underworld

Therefore, the entire cave was a nest built by an ancient cultivator to incubate the Frost Dragon.

Zhang Feng showed a hint of surprise, but was also somewhat unwilling, so he searched again.

A moment later, a hint of surprise flashed in Zhang Feng's eyes.

He discovered a mysterious energy-gathering formation beneath the incubation platform.

The formation is directly connected to the spiritual veins of Suihan Island, continuously drawing spiritual energy from them and injecting it into the incubation platform.

The two frost dragons were able to hatch successfully thanks to the nourishment of this spiritual energy and the protection of the ice flames.

This formation is extremely well hidden; it is almost impossible to detect with divine sense.

In addition, the formation on the outer layer of the cave is used in conjunction with it, which almost doubles the concealment effect.

If these two formations were set up in a large spiritual vein, and one cultivated within it, it would certainly be able to deceive others.

Zhang Feng stroked the incubation platform, marveling at the ancient cultivator's grand vision, setting up such an array as an incubation platform for spirit pets.

He took out the map of the ancient cultivator's cave that Mei Lin had given him.

The map records match this location.

The Nascent Soul ancestor of the Mei family must have discovered this cave, and it's quite possible that he was the one who released these two cold dragons.

"Croak!"

A sharp cry interrupted Zhang Feng's thoughts.

Looking around, Zhang Feng saw that Xiao Qing was able to control and separate a wisp of ice flame, freezing Xiao Hong's tongue.

"Hey, you little rascal, you have no sense of proportion!"

Zhang Feng stepped forward and tapped Xiao Qing's unicorn horn, circulating extremely cold spiritual energy in his hand to extinguish the wisp of icy flame.

"Spit out the ice flames!"

Zhang Feng poked Xiao Qing's belly with his finger, signaling it to expel the icy flames trapped inside.

"Croak!"

Xiaoqing kept her mouth tightly shut, a hint of smugness flashing in her bulging eyes.

Zhang Feng didn't stand on ceremony. He pried open Xiao Qing's mouth with one hand and inserted his other hand, which was wrapped in extremely cold spiritual energy, directly into her mouth.

The extreme cold penetrated her body, causing Xiaoqing's mouth to bulge and her tongue to twitch uncontrollably.

A moment later, Zhang Feng pulled out his arm, and a ball of dark blue ice flame, which had been restrained by spiritual power, was pulled out of Xiao Qing's mouth.

The extreme cold disappeared, and Xiao Qing turned over and sat cross-legged, jumping onto Zhang Feng's shoulder without making a sound, her rear end facing Zhang Feng.

Xiao Hong jumped onto Zhang Feng's shoulder and stuck out her tongue, which had just been frozen, and kept showing it off to Zhang Feng.

The two beasts are currently at the peak of level five, and are in the stage of awakening their intelligence, making them somewhat lively and active.

"You've eaten so much good food, let's go back and rest!"

Zhang Feng recalled the two frogs that wanted to fight again.

Looking at the ice flame in his hand, it was a dark blue color, with a dark blue dragon shadow slowly swimming inside. Although it was burning, he could not feel any heat.

If you try to touch it with spiritual power alone, it will freeze instantly. Even the spiritual power of a Core Formation stage cultivator cannot stop it.

Zhang Feng can currently control some of it using the extreme cold power of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow; after refining it, he should be able to control it more flexibly.

This icy flame, combined with the extreme cold of one's own natal magic weapon, would definitely be a powerful weapon against cultivators of the same level.

After refining it, I'll find an opportunity to test its power.

The ancient cultivator's cave here did not disappoint Zhang Feng.

Both formations and cold flames have many uses.

Zhang Feng was slightly pleased and walked out of the ancient cultivator's cave.

After leaving a message for Liu Qingfeng, he returned to his cave.

With only a few years left before the Void Heaven Palace opens, he still needs to improve his body and soul refinement, and in addition, he needs to hurry up and refine this Frost Dragon Flame.

There was also the matter of the family genealogy token, which the master repeatedly reminded him of before his passing.

Emerging from the grief of his master's passing, Zhang Feng's mind began to gradually become more active.

He took out the box his mother had left behind.

He had seen it the first time he received it: a cold iron token engraved with the character "青" and a family genealogy book.

Zhang Feng didn't pay much attention at first, after all, it was a family genealogy left by a mortal family, so there couldn't possibly be any immortals in it.

But the master reminded him again, suggesting that it might indeed contain some secrets.

Zhang Feng opened the family genealogy and looked through it; it contained records of the family members, and he found nothing unusual.

I looked at it several times from left to right, but found nothing unusual.

After sitting quietly for a moment, Zhang Feng suddenly had various methods for finding the secret techniques hidden in the books come to mind.

The most common method is: burning.

Zhang Feng hesitated, fearing that burning the family genealogy might be a grave offense.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Feng first copied the entire document, and then summoned a spiritual fire.

"Please forgive me, ancestors, I have offended you."

Zhang Feng muttered to himself as he threw the family tree into the fire.

A moment later, a golden jade slip appeared in front of Zhang Feng.

There really is a secret.

Zhang Feng took the golden jade slip with one hand and examined it carefully.

This is a jade slip with a restriction on divine consciousness.

Judging from its strength, it would take at least a Core Formation stage spiritual sense to break through it.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Feng used his divine sense to probe inside and slowly erase the divine sense restriction above the jade slip.

hum!

The jade slip trembled.

A cultivator clad in a green robe appeared, his features kind yet with a hint of determination:

"Descendants of the Qing family, the fact that you were able to open this scroll indicates that your cultivation has at least reached the Core Formation stage."

"My name is Qingyi, a rogue cultivator from Nanhe Island."

"If you have nowhere else to go, come find me on Nanhe Island!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished, and the golden jade slip gradually disappeared, turning into a cyan needle talisman.

Zhang Feng held the needle talisman, stunned for a moment, somewhat incredulous.

This is the natal magic weapon of Nascent Soul cultivator Qing Yi, a talisman crafted from the Azure Nether Needle.

On Nanhe Island, it turned out that Qingyi Jushi was an elder from his mother's lineage.

It's a bit surreal.

But the Azure Needle Talisman in his hand reminded him that this was real.

In an instant, a multitude of thoughts flashed through Zhang Feng's mind.

If he had a Nascent Soul cultivator behind him, the journey to the Void Heaven Palace would be much easier.

At least there's no need to worry about not having a chance to enter the inner sanctuary.

Zhang Feng even possesses a method to retrieve the cauldron; if he were to cooperate with Qing Yi, there might be a chance of successfully retrieving it.

A glint appeared in Zhang Feng's eyes.

Should we head straight to Nanhe Island?

Zhang Feng fell into deep thought, and after a while, he decided to improve himself first.

He couldn't be sure if Qingyi was currently on Nanhe Island.

Given Qingyi's personality, he's probably traveling around some treasure land right now.

The wandering cultivators have no fixed abode; if they go to Nanhe Island to search, they will most likely not find them.

It's better to wait for the Void Heaven Palace to open, since old man Qingyi will definitely go there anyway.

Another reason is that Qingyi left behind a jade slip that can only be opened by Core Formation cultivators; he must have been afraid of trouble.

He didn't want to leave any weaknesses.

This behavior is most in line with Qing Yi's style as a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Zhang Feng quietly put the Azure Needle Talisman into his storage bag.

The Shadow Needle, a magical artifact brought from the Netherworld, was self-destructed by Zhang Feng during his battle with Wen Tianren.

Now there just happens to be a replacement needle-shaped treasure.

Afterwards, Zhang Feng prepared to use the extreme cold power of his natal magic weapon to refine the Frost Dragon's Ice Flame.

Once the ice flame is refined, its power can be used to improve one's physical body.

During the Foundation Establishment stage, Zhang Feng relied on the Netherworld Body Refining Technique to refine his body without any assistance.

After entering the Core Formation stage, Zhang Feng obtained the complete "Netherworld King's Manual" in the Netherworld Land, and then relied on the Core Formation Pill Fire to refine his body.

Now, one can use the Frost Dragon's Ice Flame, the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and the Inner Elixir Fire to assist in body refinement.

As for soul refining, Zhang Feng has no need to worry, as he still has half of the soul beads extracted from the Netherworld.

……

Three years later, a message was delivered by Liu Qingfeng to Zhang Feng's cave.

Zhang Feng opened the message and saw a message from Jin Qing. He and Hu Yue had discovered an ancient cultivator's cave and wanted to invite Zhang Feng to explore it together.

Is it finally here? Zhang Feng packed his belongings and prepared to set off.

Since their master has passed away, Jin Qing and Hu Yue are the only remaining close friends they have, and it is only right and proper that they should go to pay their respects.

Moreover, he was eager to test his strength in simultaneously cultivating his cultivation, soul, and body to the late stage of Core Formation.