What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

Three days later.

Lin Feilu severed the last cycle of true qi circulation within the meridians and exhaled a breath of cold white mist.

She opened her eyes; her face was still slightly pale, but her gaze had regained its usual coldness and sharpness.

The wound on his shoulder had completely healed, his skin was smooth, and his depleted Qi Sea had been replenished.

She stood up and straightened her slightly disheveled skirt.

Take a step and walk down the sloping passage.

The soles of my boots made a soft, crunching sound as I stepped on the broken ice.

These three days felt incredibly long to her. Besides healing, the noises coming from below constantly seeped into her ears.

The further down you go, the stronger the damp, cold air from the cold pool becomes, along with a peculiar smell.

After turning past a large and thick stalactite forest, the view widens.

Below, a relatively flat rocky area appeared.

A large, thick red tiger skin blanket was laid on the ground, insulating it from the cold air.

Lin Yuan lay comfortably on the blanket with his hands behind his head. He wore a loose long robe with the lapels half open, and was extremely relaxed, showing no signs of the tension one would feel in the perilous Blood Forbidden Zone.

Jiang Huaiyue knelt on the edge of the blanket.

She changed into a clean, bright red dress, and her long hair was casually tied up.

Jiang Huaiyue held a jade plate in her hands. Her slender, fair fingers picked up a red spiritual fruit, skillfully peeled off the skin, and gently fed the crystal-clear flesh into Lin Yuan's mouth.

Lin Feilu's lips involuntarily pursed into a line. Her gaze lingered for a moment on Jiang Huaiyue's two fingers holding the spirit fruit before shifting to the stone wall beside her.

Lin Yuan swallowed the fruit and sat up, supporting himself with one hand on the blanket.

"Are you healed?" He straightened his clothes.

"Hmm," Lin Feilu replied, her voice flat and cool as always.

Jiang Huaiyue put down the jade plate and stood up.

She glanced at Lin Feilu. The two had been mortal enemies before, but now she had become Lin Yuan's slave, while Lin Feilu seemed to be in a cooperative relationship with Lin Yuan.

Her own status was far lower than the other person's, which stirred up a complex mix of emotions within her.

"Alright, let's get started." Lin Yuan took out several array flags from his storage bag and stood up.

He walked to the edge of the rock and pointed downwards.

A hundred feet away, the surface of the deep blue, icy pool was shrouded in a chilling white mist.

"There's a second-grade dragon python down there," Lin Yuan cut to the chase. "It's at the peak of the second tier, extremely powerful, and it occupies the icy pool as its home ground. If the three of us join forces, we can defeat it in a head-on confrontation."

"But if this beast finds itself outmatched, it will retreat to the bottom of the icy pool," Lin Yuan continued. "The water temperature is extremely low, and fighting in the water would be tantamount to wasting most of your magical power. It guards the spiritual herbs at the bottom of the pool, and we have no way to deal with it."

"I'll do as you say," Lin Feilu said.

Lin Yuan turned around, his gaze fixed on Lin Feilu. "You cultivate water-based techniques, which are the same as this dragon's. Your pure water-attribute mana, at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, is fatally attractive to it. It's more effective than any elixir."

"Pretend to go gather medicinal herbs. Lure them to the surface, then run towards the passage. I've already set up a trap here."

He pointed to the narrow area under his feet.

"As long as you lure it into the formation, I will control the formation to trap it." Lin Yuan turned to look at the woman in red behind him. "Jiang Huaiyue, after the formation is activated, you take the opportunity to retrieve the Frost Marrow Lotus at full speed."

"Okay," Jiang Huaiyue agreed.

"I'm fine," Lin Feilu nodded.

Once the agreement was reached, the three of them immediately took action.

Lin Yuan moved quickly through the narrow passage and took out the Six Yin Soul Locking Array that he had obtained from Chu Tianhan. In the past three days, he had roughly figured out how to set up the array.

This formation is extremely powerful, far superior to the trash formation he obtained from Li Yang at the Pill Treasure Pavilion.

This formation was originally intended by Chu Tianhan to trap and kill Lin Feilu, but now it's benefited Lin Yuan.

After setting up the formation, Lin Yuan concealed his aura, pressed himself against the stone wall, and hid in the shadow of a boulder to the side, gripping the formation plate tightly in his hand.

Jiang Huaiyue used a concealment technique, her figure transforming into a dark red afterimage. She moved along the inverted stone pillars on the cave ceiling, circled around to a blind spot on the right side of the cold pool, and lay in ambush, ready to gather herbs at any moment.

After an incense stick has burned.

Lin Feilu stood at the edge of the passage exit.

She closed her eyes, and her internal energy cultivation began to operate at full speed.

Blue water-attribute spiritual light erupted from her body, and the powerful spiritual pressure of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator was released without restraint in this cold underground cavern.

Then, she planted her toes heavily on the rock.

He transformed into a streak of blue light, soaring through the air and heading straight for the Cold Marrow Lotus, which emitted a milky-white halo, in the center of the icy pool.

The surface of the cold pool was calm and still.

Just as Lin Feilu was less than ten feet away from the Cold Marrow Lotus.

The once still, deep blue water surface suddenly shattered.

Water spray shot into the sky.

A massive, jet-black python burst from the water. Its body was covered in black scales the size of a fingernail, and a single horn about a foot long bulged from its head.

The dark yellow vertical pupils locked onto Lin Feilu in mid-air as soon as they emerged from the water.

Its gaping maw opened to a terrifying angle, revealing two pale, sharp fangs that emitted a pungent, fishy stench as it lunged to bite at Lin Feilu's waist.

Lin Feilu, who was already on guard, swayed slightly.

A blue flying sword appeared out of thin air and caught her feet. She forcefully rose three zhang into the air, her body turning to the side with an extremely slight movement, narrowly avoiding the ferocious attack.

The attack missed its mark.

Lin Feilu immediately turned his sword around, showing no interest in fighting, and flew at full speed toward the entrance of the passage where Lin Yuan had set up an array.

"roar!"

The python let out a deafening roar.

Its thick tail lashed heavily against the surface of the pool, and the enormous reaction force propelled its massive body into the air, where it continued its pursuit of Lin Feilu.

The distance between the two sides quickly closed.

Ten feet, eight feet, five feet.

Lin Feilu could even feel the cold, fishy breath from the python penetrating his back.

But the entrance to the passage is already within reach. Once you cross that invisible boundary, you can lure it into the trap.

Just now.

The python that was relentlessly pursuing them suddenly let out a low hiss.

Its black scales suddenly stood on end, followed by an extremely dazzling ring of dark blue light erupting from its body. The single horn on its head shone with a dark light.

The water elemental energy in the surrounding air was forcibly extracted and condensed.

The area ten feet in front of the passage entrance instantly turned into an icy, frigid domain.

Lin Feilu, who was in mid-air, felt the air around her become stagnant, and a terrifying pressure was squeezing in from all directions.

Even more fatally, the water-based magic within her body was directly interfered with by the extreme cold outside, causing its circulation to become sluggish.

Lin Feilu's flight speed plummeted to less than 30% of its original speed.

There were still three zhang (approximately 10 meters) to the entrance of the passage.

But it has become an insurmountable barrier.

The enormous body of the serpent was completely unaffected by the extreme cold domain. Taking advantage of this brief moment of stagnation, it instantly crossed the last few feet and directly attacked Lin Feilu from behind.

A shadow loomed overhead.

A gaping maw, filled with a nauseating stench, loomed overhead.

The changes happened too quickly.

Lin Feilu's meridians were blocked, and his defensive magic artifacts could not be activated at all.

The aura of death completely engulfed it.

It’s over.

The thought flashed through her mind.

At this critical moment.

From the silent shadows to the side, a figure suddenly sprang up.

Lin Feilu felt a sudden tightening around his waist.

A warm, strong arm wrapped around her slender waist like an iron hoop.