Chapter 2677 - 2653: Source of Cold Marrow

Chapter 2677: Chapter 2653: Source of Cold Marrow

Chapter 2653: Source of Cold Marrow

"We must find a way to empty the water." Lin Feng looked at everyone and said seriously. He knew it was difficult because they couldn’t come into contact with the water’s surface. However, if the spring water wasn’t emptied, they couldn’t discover what was at the lakebed.

"Huh?" Everyone’s jaws dropped as they looked at Lin Feng in surprise, and then they began to ponder solutions.

After thinking for a long time, Ma Biaohu’s eyes widened as he shouted, "Otherwise, how about the Boss wrap me in the Eternal Divine Flame, and I’ll jump down to try?"

He thought if the Eternal Divine Flame protected him, he might be able to jump into the water. Yet, he couldn’t help but shiver at the thought of such a temperature. He also worried whether the mysterious Demon Beasts in the water would bite him, and he soon regretted suggesting this idea.

"No way, you’ll be frozen to death before you even touch the water." Ao Lin shook his head to negate the idea. With such temperatures, no flame would help, and he couldn’t let Ma Biaohu take this risk. They needed a more reliable plan.

Tangyuan flew around and landed back on Lin Feng’s shoulder, saying, "How about refining a container that won’t freeze and trying to extract the water?"

The Boss was an Artifact Refiner, so crafting a low-temperature-resistant container might be useful. But the trick was that they previously believed only contact with the ice would freeze it; now, it froze upon contact with the Yuan Energy above. Crafting such a container seemed impossible, as even Yuan Energy could freeze; what couldn’t freeze then?

"No, that’s not feasible either," Ao Lin continued to shake his head. Although he couldn’t think of a better method, relying on external forces was bound to fail.

Just then, Lin Feng suddenly thought about using Divine Sense to probe the lakebed’s condition and see if there was any danger. If he could perceive the lakebed’s situation, they wouldn’t need to empty the spring water to understand the mystery.

Lin Feng closed his eyes, extending his Divine Sense outward. However, when his Divine Sense reached over the water spring, the water obstructed him, preventing him from probing the situation below.

He tried to use Divine Sense to extract the water from the spring, and to his surprise, he succeeded. More amazingly, the moment the spring water left, it condensed into an ice block, flying into Lin Feng’s hand through the influence of his Divine Sense.

Standing at the center of the group, Lin Feng held a square, light blue ice block in his hand, which emitted a faint cold light...

"What is this?" Ao Lin was the first to ask. It was liquid in the water but solidified in the air. The light blue ice block felt markedly different from ordinary water, with a faint mist of Yuan Energy emanating around it. The icy temperature was evident, yet how could water colder than the surrounding temperature freeze?

"My heavens, it’s amazing!" Ma Biaohu exclaimed, eyes wide as he touched the ice block. Instantly, a biting cold assaulted him, a chill so deep it defied description. What was the origin of this phenomenon?

Tangyuan began to flip through books, trying to find anything that could explain this mystery. After failing to find anything, it too looked to Lin Feng, its round eyes filled with curiosity about whether Lin Feng knew what this was.

Feeling everyone’s gazes, Lin Feng didn’t answer directly. Instead, he scrutinized the blue ice block meticulously. Upon observation, he discovered many transparent bubbles hidden inside it. Suddenly, he realized the spring water wasn’t true water but a rare ice-attribute treasure called Tears of Cold Marrow. This treasure, often used in alchemy, stabilizes elixirs. He never imagined encountering it here.

He had never seen it in solid form, but based on the material and his experience, there must be a Source of Cold Marrow at the spring’s bottom. This source created the spring water and was a rare treasure vital for both cultivators and Alchemists.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng smiled faintly. The pure ice-attribute treasure was often used in alchemy. By collecting these Tears of Cold Marrow, they could serve many purposes in the future. Once extracted, the Source of Cold Marrow would be revealed.

He then found a spot to sit down, closed his eyes, and used his Divine Sense to gradually freeze the Myriad Ice Water Springs into individual ice blocks, storing them directly in the Space Ring...

"What’s the Boss doing?" Ma Biaohu curiously watched Lin Feng as the water in the springs decreased bit by bit, perplexed about the Boss’s purpose in collecting this water.

"I have no idea..." Tangyuan helplessly replied to Ma Biaohu. It couldn’t comprehend the situation either. The Boss froze the Myriad Ice Water Springs water into ice blocks before they disappeared in a flash. What purpose did the Boss have for these ice blocks in the space?

"How peculiar, indeed?"

"Brother Lin, this..."

...

Everyone looked at Lin Feng with confusion, completely unsure of why he was using the Myriad Ice Water Springs’ water to form ice blocks. However, observing the water gradually decreasing, they guessed that the secret at the bottom of the water would soon be unlocked.

Unconsciously, over two months had passed, and the water from the Myriad Ice Water Springs had decreased bit by bit. Meanwhile, Lin Feng’s Space Ring was stacked with layers of ice blocks, almost forming a small mountain. Only a thin layer remained at the bottom of the spring, and the few fish in the water looked sparse.

"Just these few?" Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon looked at the clear spring water’s bottom with the few swimming fish. Previously, they couldn’t see the bottom; now, realizing there were fewer than ten fish, it was surprising for such a large spring to house so few.

"Yeah, Boss, catch one and have a look." Nether Thunder Heaven Devouring Tiger suggested, unaware of the fish’s nature. But if it could survive in such a cold environment, it wasn’t an ordinary fish, so catching one for study was worthwhile.

Lin Feng used Divine Sense to lift a fish to the surface, but when the fish left the Tears of Cold Marrow, it transformed into a golden ice fish, emitting specks of golden light. At that moment, Lin Feng understood that the fish survived solely by relying on Tears of Cold Marrow, regardless of temperature.

To explore the bottom of the Myriad Ice Water Springs, he must catch all these fish. Lin Feng collected the few fish into his Space Ring, then continued to condense the Tears of Cold Marrow.

Sure enough, when the spring’s bottom was revealed to everyone, a few zhang of liquid glowed eerily with a faint blue light, reminiscent of the blue glow within the Extreme Cold Ice Cave. This was the Source of Cold Marrow.

"What is this!?" Ma Biaohu questioned in bewilderment, never expecting such results. Everyone assumed there would be a treasure beneath the Myriad Ice Water Springs, only to find a puddle of icy water.

"Boss..." Tangyuan didn’t know what this was either, but judging Lin Feng’s demeanor, it seemed he had anticipated this discovery, making him appear unsurprised.

"This is the Source of Cold Marrow." After Lin Feng spoke, he soared into the air, directly flying beside the Source of Cold Marrow, feeling unprecedented coolness. However, with the Nine Ice Divine Control Technique protecting him, he could withstand the temperature.

Lin Feng knew he couldn’t control the Source of Cold Marrow with Divine Sense; he had to find a way to solidify it first.

Everyone around the Myriad Ice Water Springs watched Lin Feng, unsure of his intentions. They were unaware of what the Source of Cold Marrow was, and Ao Lin had never seen this blue-glowing liquid at the spring’s bottom.

Suddenly, he had a lightbulb moment: the Source of Cold Marrow itself was Spiritual Medicine. Solidifying it into an Elixir would suffice.

Lin Feng thought for a moment, closed his eyes, and began recalling Alchemy Prescriptions. The Absolute Heaven Pill Emperor had once mentioned which Elixir required a substantial amount of the Source of Cold Marrow. Searching within the space for the required Elixir, he finally simulated the Alchemy process in his mind.

After an hour, Lin Feng opened his eyes, confident. Floating mid-air, he summoned the Eternal Divine Flame, releasing a strand of ice-blue flame onto his palm. The Extreme Cold Ice Fire slowly spread above the Source of Cold Marrow, Yuan Energy converged instantly, forming a massive blue fireball several zhang in radius, radiating dazzling blue light.

The cold qi emitted from the blue glow caused surrounding airflow to solidify into ice crystals. The Source of Cold Marrow was absorbed by the blue glow, flowing towards the blue fireball. Before long, the puddle at the spring’s bottom was drawn into the giant blue fireball.

Then Lin Feng retrieved eight kinds of Spiritual Medicine from his space, tossing them into the blue flame. These, combined with the Source of Cold Marrow, slowly melted within the Pill Furnace, clearly visible as the Source of Cold Marrow rotated and flowed, forming a whirlpool, rapidly moving...

"Is this Alchemy?" Ao Lin was at a loss for words, never witnessing such Alchemy methods before. Lin Feng possessing ice fire amazed him greatly, yet knowing Lin Feng could create the secret Elixir for Ao Xue Hiding Fox’s clan, it was no longer as surprising.

"Yes!" Tangyuan nodded, watching Lin Feng with closed eyes, acknowledging that there was nothing Boss couldn’t accomplish.

Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon and Nether Thunder Heaven Devouring Tiger, though accustomed to Boss’s methods, still deeply admired Lin Feng, as the world seemed to hold no insurmountable tasks for him.

Four hours later, within the giant colored flame, the Source of Cold Marrow had completely solidified into countless small Elixirs, jumping back and forth in the fire.