Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 274 The Mysterious Ice Cave

Ji Lin knew that the ore in the cave explored by the ancestors of the Earth Dragon Gate was Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.

Beneath that icy spring lies the even more precious Mystic Ice Marrow, formed over ten thousand years.

When Ji Lin entered the Cold Spring, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Ice Emperor, and Snow Emperor, who were cultivating in the Sacred Mark Space, simultaneously sensed an extremely pure power of ice.

Under Ji Lin's mental detection, he quickly located the mechanism left by the Earth Dragon Gate—a small protrusion on the stone wall. Most people, even if they touched such a protrusion, would instinctively press it down. But the Earth Dragon Gate mechanism did the exact opposite.

Ji Lin pinched the protrusion and pulled upwards with force. Even with his strength, it was a bit difficult to pull out this mechanism.

Then he swam back to the other side of the stone wall and found an inconspicuous dent. This dent hadn't been there before; it only appeared after he pressed on the protrusion on this side.

He pressed hard on the indentation, and a faint "scratching" sound was heard. Ji Lin then returned to the protrusion and pressed it down hard until it was completely fitted into the stone wall.

The entire stone wall began to tremble slightly, and a portal, just large enough for one person to squeeze through, quietly opened.

Strangely, when the portal opened, a large amount of cold air surged out from the crack in the portal, and even Ji Lin, who possessed the ultimate ice martial soul, felt a chill.

The door slowly opened, and Ji Lin quickly stepped forward and slipped inside.

The spring outside was clearly icy cold, but there seemed to be a strange power within the portal that prevented even a drop of the icy spring water from seeping in. The icy spring water that had gotten on Ji Lin's body was completely filtered out by that strange power, and he instantly became dry.

At the same time, Ji Lin felt a strong chill.

Feeling the chill, Ji Lin's Snow Emperor Saint Mark, Ice Emperor Saint Mark, and soul power within him all became active simultaneously.

The cave wasn't very large, and it was filled with unknown minerals, with an extremely low temperature.

Inside the cave, there was an almost surreal beauty. Blue light shimmered, and the entire cave was formed entirely of various crystals. These crystals, which were blue in color, were everywhere—on the floor, walls, and ceiling. They were of all sizes and shapes, uneven and shimmering, and the varying shades of deep blue illuminated every detail of the cave.

Three holy marks shone on Ji Lin's body, and the figures of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Ice Emperor, and Snow Emperor appeared simultaneously in the cave.

The three of them stared blankly at everything around them.

"This...this seems to be...the legendary Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave? How is this possible? How could there be a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave here? My God! This is simply unbelievable."

Hyotei exclaimed in surprise, his expression filled with shock.

"No, that's not right. This isn't the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave. This is the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal that comes with the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave. With so many Ice Extreme Divine Crystals, there must be a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave here. This...this is simply unbelievable. How could such a place exist in your human world? How is this possible? How is this even possible?!"

Ji Lin breathed in the cold air, feeling that the temperature here was even colder than his ultimate ice, almost reaching absolute zero.

Ji Lin could understand why the Ice Emperor was so excited. For ice-attribute soul masters and soul beasts, the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave was a treasure land no less than the Lake of Life in the center of the Star Dou Great Forest. If the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor had found the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave earlier, they would not have needed to fear the Heavenly Tribulation and could have reached the current level of Emperor Tian.

It is important to know that the Lake of Life contains a large amount of living gold, which is almost the place where the life force of the entire Star Dou Great Forest is concentrated.

Even the Silver Dragon King needs the life force of the Lake of Life to heal his injuries.

Ji Lin possessed only a piece of living gold the size of a carving knife, which granted him almost immortality.

This also allowed Electrox, whose consciousness was almost completely dissipated, to continue to live and gradually recover.

One can imagine the immense value of the Lake of Life, which possesses a vast amount of living gold, and the Mysterious Ice Cave is a comparable entity to the Lake of Life.

It's quite normal for Hyotei to lose their composure.

There was originally a ten-thousand-year-old ice cave in the core area of ​​the far north, but it was eaten by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which allowed it to grow from an ordinary ice silkworm into a million-year-old soul beast.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm exclaimed in surprise, "It really is the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Cave! It's so similar to the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Cave I encountered before!"

Both the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor looked at the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm with strange expressions.

The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Ice Cave, which even the two overlords of the far north core circle couldn't find, was ruined by Tianmeng Ice Silkworm alone. This was also the main reason why Ice Emperor chased after Tianmeng Ice Silkworm on the spot.

It's all about timing, fate, and destiny!

If the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress had obtained the Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice Cave, they would now have at least a million years of cultivation, and might even have been able to surpass Emperor Tian and become the new Beast God.

They are not like the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, a soul beast race without combat power; on the contrary, their combat power is off the charts.

The Snow Empress exclaimed, "I never expected there would be a second Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Ice Cave! Your luck is incredible! You're not some protagonist from a novel, are you? You seem like it!"

"Meow meow meow?"

Ji Lin was completely bewildered. What did the Snow Maiden just say? The protagonist of a novel? The Snow Maiden was reading a novel? Who gave it to her?

Seeing the strange look in Ji Lin's eyes, Xue Di blushed. Had she just revealed something?

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm circled the cave and said, "This is a little different from the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave I encountered before. The Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave I encountered back then did not have the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal."

Ice Emperor said irritably, "Of course it's different! The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave you encountered contained a large amount of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. That stuff is an absolute tonic for us ice-attribute soul beasts; it's a true treasure. This Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave is accompanied by so many Ice Extreme Divine Crystals, so its energy is relatively dispersed. As for how much Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow it can produce, it's hard to say."

Ji Lin laughed and said, "There is only the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal here. The Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow should be at the bottom of that cold spring."

The Snow Emperor said, "No matter how much ancient ice marrow is here, it will be of great benefit to Ji Lin."

The Ice Emperor said, "This Ice Extreme Divine Crystal is also a good thing. Although it's not as good as the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, it's the hardest ice-attribute metal, and also the most flexible ice-attribute metal. It looks like a crystal, but it already has the ductility of a metal. In your human terms, it's a top-tier rare metal."

Ji Lin remembered that this Ice Extreme Divine Crystal required the use of the ultimate Ice Soul Power to mine.

Although the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal is not of much use to him personally, it is a valuable asset for a sect.

(End of this chapter)