Chapter 9: The Secret Gate (Part 1)

  Miao Ling said in a low voice: "This is the secret door, without sufficient strength, it can't be opened at all."

  Lei Xingfeng was completely baffled. This four-sided hollow door frame had the shape of a door, but strictly speaking, this thing was just a black frame placed on the ground. What kind of secret door was this?

  Wu Yang smiled and said: "Is Ah Feng seeing the secret door for the first time?"

  Lei Xingfeng said: "This is too strange, how can this empty frame be a secret door?"

  Wu Yang said: "This secret gate is mine... Your master also has his own secret gate. When you cross the nine-ring true body and advance to the true monarch, you can establish your own secret gate. At that time, you can enter various large and small worlds."

  Lei Xingfeng was suddenly stunned, this is too magical, he asked: "Ancestor, are you saying that if I can advance to the True Monarch and establish my own secret gate, I can enter other worlds?"

  "Wu Yang said: 'That's right, of course there are many secrets to it. Just having the secret door doesn't mean you can enter any world. You need a lot of preparation, especially refining the secret door, which requires a large amount of resources. Hehe, before that, you need someone to lead you in, someone to help you, like your master, haha.'"

  Lei Xingfeng said: "If... I mean, if, if one doesn't advance to True Lord, then the Secret Gate can't be established?"

  "Of course," Wu Yang smiled and said, "the true body of the Ninth Ring is nothing, it's just a minimum requirement. If you can't reach this requirement, everything else is empty."

  Lei Xingfeng smiled wryly and said: "No wonder..."

  "Alright, your cultivation is still low now, hurry up and cultivate."

  Lei Xingfeng was extremely excited in his heart, he suddenly discovered a new world, relying on the cultivation method given by Ah Ye, he believed that he would definitely be able to reach the True Lord level.

  Xin Zhaolun said: "The time has come."

  Wu Yang nodded and said, "Alright, I'm going to open the secret door now. A Feng, pay attention, first, opening the secret door requires a seal ring, two rings at a time." As he spoke, he took out two golden seal rings that looked like gold hoops.

  Lei Xingfeng's heart skipped a beat, up until now, he had never seen the Yin Ring, he possessed the Lun Ring and the Lun Yin Ring, but did not obtain the Yin Ring. However, when he saw the Yin Ring that Wu Yang took out, he felt an extremely familiar feeling, it was very strange, he thought to himself: "Huh, I seem to have seen...seen the Yin Ring before, where did I see it?" In an instant, a flash of insight appeared in his mind, and he suddenly remembered something, that being the ancient golden ring obtained from the distant ancient Lun Cang. Could it be that thing wasn't a golden ring, but rather a Yin Ring?

  He flipped his wrist and took out an ancient gold ring, saying: "Ancestor, have you seen this?"

  "Wah! Ancient Ring, where did you get this from? This is a great item!"

  Lei Xingfeng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't liked gold, he wouldn't have collected these ancient seal rings. At first, not only did Ah Ye not recognize them, but others probably didn't either, thinking they were gold rings from ancient times. No one could have imagined that they were actually ancient seal rings, with just one word difference, yet completely different concepts.

  At first, many ancient seal rings were collected, and Lei Xingfeng said: "They came from a remote ancient wheel storage."

  Wu Yang said: "It's hard to come by, Ah Feng, if you have a lot, exchange some with me."

  Lei Xingfeng wasn't a fool who didn't understand anything, he took out dozens of ancient seal rings and said: "Ancestor, no need to exchange, consider it my filial piety to the ancestor."

  Xin Zhaolun felt a little jealous and said: "Tsk tsk, this flattery is really good, heh heh."

  The old monk smiled and said: "Good boy, good boy. If you have any troubles in the future, come to me, Master, and I'll take care of it for you!"

  He took over the ancient seal ring, and at noon, Yang stretched out his hand to pick up one of them. His fingers lightly wiped the surface of the ancient seal ring, and instantly a golden light flashed by. Instantly, the entire ancient seal ring was completely different, emitting a faint glow. He said: "This is the sealed ancient seal ring. Hehe, if it's not unsealed, it's almost the same as a gold ring. If you're not an expert, it's easy to overlook it."

  Lei Xingfeng was stunned, there are such things, no wonder no one paid attention at first, if he wasn't greedy for wealth, he wouldn't have taken these ancient seal rings.

  Wu Yang said: "Alright, time is limited, I will start."

  He put away the ancient ring in his hand and pressed his own ring on the corner of the black door frame. As soon as one corner was pressed with a ring, the black door frame began to fluctuate, and a wave of fluctuations appeared inside the door frame, gradually forming a layer of silver light film. Wu Yang stretched out his hand and slapped it on the silver light film.

  Then came a very faint click sound.

  The silver light film suddenly turned into countless tiny light points and disappeared, but a painting appeared in the door frame. It was a snowy landscape, and Lei Xingfeng suddenly realized that it wasn't a painting, but a real enemy, and he could even feel the cold wind blowing from the door.

  "Stop dawdling and go in quickly!"

  Xin Zhaolun said: "Follow me!" He rushed ahead and entered the secret door, with others closely following behind.

  Lei Xingfeng stepped into the doorway, and in an instant, a chill ran through his body. He turned around to look, but there was nothing behind him. Suddenly, the mad eagle and the fierce tiger appeared out of thin air, giving people a shocking feeling. Then he let out a loud cry: "So cold! So cold!" and began frantically putting on the prepared fur coat.

  Fortunately, Lei Xingfeng lived in Hu Yanbao this life, which was also a famous cold region. Although it wasn't as cold as here, he adapted quickly.

  The least adaptable person was Miao Ling, who had no experience living in cold regions. As soon as she came in, her feet were numb with cold, and before she could even put on a thick fur coat, her hands and feet were already stiff.

  Xin Zhaolun cursed: "How stupid! Activate defense, you think you can hold on for how long!"

  Miao Ling was scolded, but she didn't have a bit of temper. She immediately activated her defense, which made her feel slightly better. However, activating her defense consumed a lot of energy and couldn't be sustained for long. But in the short time it took to activate her defense, she could dress up properly.

  This time to Hanjia Fort, there were a total of eight people. Xin Zhaolun brought Xiao Diya, Miao Ling brought two guards, one called Hong Jie, who was actually a nine-ring true body, and another Wei Jian, also with seven-ring true body. Lei Xingfeng brought Fēng Yīng and Shì Hǔ.

  This time in Hanshui Castle, there were two 9th-rank cultivators, two 8th-rank cultivators, one 7th-rank cultivator, one 5th-rank cultivator, one 4th-rank cultivator, and even a 2nd-rank cultivator. In Lei Xingfeng's view, their strength was unprecedentedly powerful.

  It wasn't until Lei Xingfeng finished dressing that he had a chance to take in his surroundings.

  Everything in sight was trees, and the trees here were very unique. Each tree grew straight up, mostly as thick as a bucket, with few branches, and their leaves had all degenerated into needle-like shapes. Lei Xingfeng was puzzled: "Isn't there wood here? Can't we just cut it down and burn it?"

  "Ha! This is steel wood, it can't be burned, it's a cold-natured tree."

  Xin Zhaolun said, "This tree is a material for making weapons, and it can also be used to make some special boxes. Here, it's also an excellent building material that naturally emits a cold aura."

  Lei Xingfeng said: "If used for furniture making, it should be quite good in hot climates."

  Xin Zhaolun smiled and said: "That's not possible, someone has tried it before. Once in a hot area, these furniture will keep dripping water..."

  Others may not understand, but Lei Xingfeng understood as soon as he heard it. It was like taking a bowl out of the refrigerator on a summer day, and a lot of water vapor would condense quickly. He said, "This tree is special, by the way, Brother Shifu, where is Hanshao Fortress?"

  Xin Zhaolun said: "Through this forest, you can see it, very close."

  "Right, if it's too far away, that's dangerous. The weather here is very treacherous in the wilderness."

  Xin Zhaolun and the others all put on thick, sturdy leather coats, then said: "Let's go. The snow is very deep here. If we walk, it will be too strenuous. We who can fly should carry those who cannot."

  The mad eagle crouched down, carried Lei Xingfeng on its back, Hong Jie carried Miao Ling, Xin Zhaolun carried Xiao Diya, and they all flew up to the treetops together, flying forward.

  Lei Xingfeng noticed the gloomy sky, but on the ground was a layer of white snow, and countless icicles hung from the trees. He occasionally heard strange howls in his ears. Since they were flying, everyone's speed was incredibly fast, and in just an instant, they had flown over a mountain ridge. Lei Xingfeng then saw an extremely majestic and gigantic castle.

  Khanya Castle is a massive castle made of steel and ice.

  When this castle was first built, a steel frame was used and then poured with water. Due to the extreme cold here, the water cooled down quickly and froze into ice. The massive outer wall of this castle was built in this way. It is said that it took only a short time to build an icy wall over 100 meters high. After several hundred years of expansion, Castle Coldmoat expanded from a small castle to a giant castle covering hundreds of kilometers.

  It's just an ice wall, with nine layers, which means there are nine city walls. Each city wall encloses a large area of land. These city walls were not planned, but rather came about when a group of people arrived and, if they couldn't stand on their own, invited some people without land to join them in enclosing the land and building an ice wall. Since the land here is essentially free, as long as you have the ability, you can enclose as large an area as you want, and no one will bother you, as long as you have the ability to build the ice wall.

  The ice wall is easy to make, as long as there are enough steel bars and water, and enough fuel to melt the ice. An ice wall can be formed in no time, so the ice walls here often present a fish scale shape, expanding outward in circles.

  In the great castle, there were countless small city circles, one connected to another, forming a city like a maze.

  Beholding this castle of iron and ice, Lei Xingfeng was shocked speechless, it's too damn magnificent.

  Xin Zhaolun said: "I have a piece of land here, which has been enclosed with an ice wall, but the house has not been built yet. When we arrive, we will need to do it ourselves."

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