Chapter 2676 - 2652: The Mystery of the Myriad Ice Water Springs

Chapter 2676: Chapter 2652: The Mystery of the Myriad Ice Water Springs

Chapter 2652: The Mystery of the Myriad Ice Water Springs

Ma Biaohu stepped forward and asked, really feeling it was unbearably boring staying here. If he followed the Boss, maybe he could run into something fun. Staying in Snow City every day, he was about to grow mold. "Boss! Take us with you this time."

Lin Feng looked at Ao Lin. He didn’t know if these two places were far or dangerous, so he asked, "Clan Leader, are those two places also Extreme Cold Lands?"

"The temperature at the Myriad Ice Water Springs isn’t as cold as the Extreme Cold Ice Cave, but it’s extremely dangerous. Some clansmen accidentally fell into the spring before and were all frozen to death, while Ice Flower Valley is just relatively far away," Ao Lin explained to Lin Feng. Although he had never been there himself, these three places were legendary forbidden grounds within the Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan, so he knew a bit about them.

"Frozen to death!" Ma Biaohu suddenly shouted. He was most interested in these bizarre things. He really wanted to see what was so strange about that Myriad Ice Water Springs, then said, "I’m going, I’m going!"

Lin Feng nodded, looking helpless. Seeing him agree to Ma Biaohu, the Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon and the Ming Lei Heaven-Eroding Tiger also clamored to go, so he could only bring Tangyuan and the others along.

Three days later, led by Ao Lin, Lin Feng took Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and the two Great Demon Venerables and set off toward the Myriad Ice Water Springs. Along the way it was still a pure white world covered in ice and snow, but the closer they got to the Myriad Ice Water Springs, the more they noticed the temperature rising. Ma Biaohu, having gotten used to staying here, also felt it wasn’t that cold anymore.

The road to the Myriad Ice Water Springs first passed through an ice field. The entire surface of the ice field was transparent ice. Ao Lin said that hundreds of millions of years ago, this used to be a lake on the island, and over time it completely froze. From afar, it looked like a crystal-clear mirror, clearly reflecting people’s shadows. A thin layer of snow covered the top, making the ice surface even more slippery.

Past the ice field was an Ice Crystal Pine Forest. The scenery here was like something out of a fairy tale. All the trees were pure white, and the ice crystals hanging on them were like wind chimes. When the cold wind blew, they produced a melodious clinking sound—ding ding dong dong—very pleasant to hear.

"Huh? Where did trees come from in this world of ice and snow!" In this Southern Region sea area, Ma Biaohu had really seen too many strange things. It was snowy all year round, so how could there be trees! And each tree was dozens of zhang tall, with the forest stretching for dozens of li. It was truly unbelievable.

"Haha." Ao Lin glanced at Ma Biaohu, feeling he was just a curious young man. As they walked, he explained, "These are called Ice Pines, unique to our Snow Peak Ice Field. They’ve been here for hundreds of millions of years."

"Can you stop asking such stupid questions all the time!" Tangyuan flew off from Lin Feng’s shoulder, darting around on its own among the Ice Pines. The scenery here was just too beautiful. It felt the Snow Peak Ice Field was really magical, full of all kinds of unexpected things.

After walking for four hours, they finally exited the pine forest. Ahead of them was a wide open area, but in the middle of this open space there was actually a giant ice platform dozens of zhang high, extremely eye-catching, with layers of mist rising from it.

Ao Lin pointed at the giant ice and said to everyone, "That is the Myriad Ice Water Springs."

What!

Everyone stared in shock at the mist billowing up from the top of the giant ice. They really hadn’t expected the Myriad Ice Water Springs to be in such a high place. Lin Feng then looked at Ao Lin and asked, "Where’s the Barrier?"

"There’s no Barrier here, but we Fox Clan are strictly forbidden from entering. It’s extremely dangerous," Ao Lin said with a helpless smile. Previously, some clansmen had accidentally strayed into the Myriad Ice Water Springs and fell into the water, and they were immediately frozen into ice. So the Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan had designated this place as a forbidden ground.

Lin Feng and the others walked to the base of the ice platform and could clearly feel that the temperature from above was already different from that of the surroundings. It showed that the spring water’s temperature was also extremely low. He then said to everyone, "I’ll go up first. You wait a bit."

Lin Feng leaped up, flying into the air, and in the blink of an eye reached the side of the Myriad Ice Water Springs. The scene above completely exceeded his expectations. There was nothing dangerous here. On top of the ice platform, there was nothing at all—only an ice pit, roughly over ten zhang across, with a trickling stream of water flowing inside. He could faintly hear the sound of running water.

He looked around. Besides feeling that the temperature was extremely low, there was nothing unusual, so he called Ma Biaohu and the others up as well.

"What’s so special about this place?" Ma Biaohu said as he walked, circling around the ice pit, and was about to crouch down to touch the spring water with his hand as he spoke.

"Hold it!"

Lin Feng suddenly shouted. Ma Biaohu instantly withdrew his outstretched hand. Lin Feng had already felt that the white mist rising from this ice platform was very strange, and after coming up, everything around seemed normal, but it was precisely this water that made him feel something was off.

After that, he casually took out a Yuan Stone from his storage space and tossed it into the spring, but a scene that left everyone stunned occurred. The moment that Yuan Stone touched the water of the Myriad Ice Water Springs, it immediately froze into an ice block, a layer of transparent ice wrapping around the stone. What was even more shocking was that the spring water was still flowing; only that Yuan Stone seemed to be suspended above the spring, neither rising nor falling, nor sinking to the bottom.

"Damn, that was close." Seeing this, Ma Biaohu backed up two steps. Luckily the Boss had stopped him in time just now, otherwise he would have been frozen into an ice block. What the hell was going on here? It was terrifying.

Tangyuan was also dumbfounded by this scene. It really hadn’t expected the spring water to be this cold. Then it asked, "Boss, why doesn’t the water itself freeze?"

This was exactly what Lin Feng was wondering. This place could freeze objects solid, a scene almost identical to the Extreme Cold Ice Cave. But inside the Extreme Cold Ice Cave, the ice was caused by the light coming from the Ice Phoenix’s egg. So what was behind this Myriad Ice Water Springs? Could there be some secret hidden beneath the surface?

Thinking of this, Lin Feng also moved closer to the spring and began to carefully observe. He could clearly feel layers of Cold Qi emanating from the spring water. This Cold Qi rose into the air and turned into faint white mist, which spread out over the spring and did not disperse for a long time. The chilling wind around them cut to the bone, yet the mist remained so dense. There had to be a reason.

At this moment, Lin Feng finally noticed that there were actually fish in this extremely cold ice spring.

In the water, several fish over a foot long appeared, their entire bodies golden. These fish were very strange: completely golden with no scales, and two golden whiskers nearly two feet long grew from either side of their mouths, swaying in the water like antennae. Their eyes were even odder—not set on the sides of their heads, but on top, making them look extremely bizarre.

"Clan Leader!" Lin Feng called out to Ao Lin, who was standing in the distance, then waved at him to come over.

Ao Lin walked to Lin Feng’s side and squatted down, and was instantly incredibly shocked. He had come here several tens of thousands of years ago as well, but never discovered the existence of fish in this spring. Moreover, the water here was extremely cold; even their Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan would certainly be frozen to death upon contact with such a temperature. How were these fish surviving? And the fish were swimming at great speed, looking full of vitality.

Seeing Ao Lin’s expression, Lin Feng understood at once that Ao Lin had never seen these fish either, so he asked, "Has this Myriad Ice Water Springs always been like this for countless years?"

"Yes, but I really never examined it in detail, and I don’t know when these fish appeared. In the past, whenever a clansman accidentally stepped into the spring, they were instantly frozen into an ice block, so once it was designated a forbidden area we stopped coming altogether." Ao Lin nodded as he answered. He also wanted to know why these fish could live in this water. Could it be that beneath this spring there was still some earth-shattering secret unknown to the world?

Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and the two Demon Venerables saw Lin Feng and the old Clan Leader squatting by the spring for a long time without getting up, and all walked over, wanting to see what was happening.

"Good grief, are those really fish?" Ma Biaohu stood a bit farther back, craning his neck to look. After what had just happened, he definitely didn’t dare approach this terrifying place. But he suddenly remembered the Yuan Stone that had been frozen. With it this cold, how were those fish still alive? He then glanced toward where he had thrown the Yuan Stone earlier and found it had disappeared. He shouted in surprise, "The Yuan Stone that was frozen just now is gone!"

At his shout, everyone noticed that it really was gone. Tangyuan circled around and looked back and forth, then confirmed it was truly missing. It turned to Lin Feng and asked, "Boss, could it be that the fish ate it?"

Lin Feng also found it strange, but speculation alone would lead nowhere. He was wondering if there was some way to catch one of those fish to study it and figure out what was going on.

After pondering for a moment, he closed his eyes, and his Divine Sense returned to the Cave Heaven Mansion. He vaguely remembered having picked up a fishing rod before, and sure enough, he found it in a corner.

When Lin Feng opened his eyes again, there was already a silver-white fishing rod in his hand. Since Tangyuan had said maybe the fish could eat Yuan Stones, he might as well hang a Yuan Stone above the spring water and wait for the fish to bite. As long as the Yuan Stone didn’t touch the surface of the water, it shouldn’t freeze.

Then he tied a Yuan Stone to the fishing rod and flicked his wrist, casting the line toward the Myriad Ice Water Springs. But what he hadn’t expected was that even though the rod and the Yuan Stone hadn’t touched the water at all, in an instant an incomparably cold surge of Cold Qi froze the hook solid. The Cold Qi condensed into ice, and from the direction of the Yuan Stone, it slowly spread upward along the fishing line toward the rod. The gradual freezing process could be clearly seen.

Seeing this, Lin Feng immediately let go. Just like that, a transparent fishing rod was left floating above the surface of the water. Because the fishing line was too thin, it snapped after freezing, yet the rod still hung in the air, extremely eerie. And at that very instant, it was as if a flash of light flickered past.

What was that?

Lin Feng stared at that fleeting flash of light, and it seemed like only he had seen it. What on earth was it?

"What’s going on?" Tangyuan was utterly stupefied by this scene. It hadn’t expected that even avoiding contact with the ice surface wouldn’t work. Could it be that this temperature could spread through the surrounding Yuan Energy as well? What was the reason? What secret was hidden beneath this lake?

"What happened?" The Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon and the Nether Thunder Heaven Devouring Tiger had kept silent the whole time, but seeing this, they really couldn’t hold back anymore. They had never encountered such a bizarre event. Even the Boss’s method had failed, and they had no idea what other way could possibly work.