Chapter 27: Obtaining the Ice Spirit Pearl

  The next morning, Qin Luoyi got up and tidied herself up. She was about to go find her master on the main peak to ask him to help her erase the mark on the puppet when Tong Mu Changqing arrived.

  He wore a black brocade robe, which made his already tall and slender figure even more majestic, with flowing dark patterns embroidered on it, cleverly crafted, exquisite and unparalleled.

  Qin Luoyi originally didn't want to bother with him, and directly thought of going around from one side to the main peak. Turning back, she saw the newly built cave mansion, and suddenly changed her mind again.

  Standing in front of him, Feng Rou narrowed her eyes: "Duānmù Chángqīng, what are you doing here again? I'm warning you, if you dare to destroy my cave once more, I'll make sure you can't lift a finger for the rest of your life!" Her words were filled with menace.

  Du Mu's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and a faint glimmer flashed in the depths of his eyes. His thin lips pursed tightly as he said lightly, "What's with all this fuss? You're just a young lady, yet you keep talking about these things every day, aren't you ashamed?"

  "What's there for me to be ashamed of?" Qin Luo slightly raised his chin, his dark eyes gleaming with a fierce light in the morning glow. He glanced at his abdomen and laughed: "If you hadn't tried to take my life time and again, would I have had to do this?"

  On the Holy Dragon Land, she had to stab him with a needle to save her life because of the location at that time, and naturally chose to stab his Rushing Gate Point. When they arrived at the Piaomiao Sect, she found out that he had become her Second Senior Brother, and she sincerely wanted to resolve their grudges. Who knew that this narrow-minded man would not cherish the relationship between senior brother and sister, destroyed her cave, and threw her into the Cold Pool, intentionally trying to kill her!

  She glared at him fiercely, then looked away, afraid that if she continued to look at his detestable face, thinking of his evil deeds, she would lose control and take action... Shiziya, she didn't want to go there now.

  She walked past him, continuing down the mountain. A strange light flashed in Du Mu Chang's dark eyes, and when she passed by his side, he suddenly reached out and grasped her wrist.

  "What else do you want?" Qin Luo Yi struggled and glared at him with great displeasure, "Let go quickly!"

  Du Mu's eyes were fixed on her bright and beautiful face, his expression was dazed for a moment, not only did he not let go, but instead tightened his grip on her wrist, as if afraid she would run away.

  She struggled a few times, but couldn't break free. Qin Luo's clothes were also stuck, so she gave up and smiled brightly, her face radiant with joy. She leaned in close to him, stretching out her other hand that wasn't being held to grab the front of his shirt, and said in a flirtatious and playful tone: "Second Brother, you're holding onto me like this and won't let go - are you trying to see if you really can't get it up or just pretending not to? I saw Master yesterday, he's already left seclusion. If he knew we were going to dual cultivate, who knows how happy he'd be?"

  Her warm breath brushed against Du Mu Changqing's face as she spoke, and the faint scent of fragrance emanating from her body made Du Mu Changqing feel electrified, quickly releasing his grip on her hand.

  Qin Luoyi couldn't help but let out a delighted laugh.

  A strange indulgence flashed across Du Mu Changqing's eyes, and he handed her the Ice Spirit Pearl: "Take this Ice Spirit Pearl, you can go to the top of the mountain to cultivate in the Cold Pool. You've already cultivated to Martial Sage, using diluted Cold Pool water for cultivation is too slow."

  Qin Luo took the Ice Spirit Pearl without hesitation, and a cool sensation emanated from it. Although it was cool, it didn't make people feel uncomfortable, but instead made them feel invigorated, refreshing their entire being.

  "Ah, so this is the Ice Spirit Pearl!" She looked at it with great interest, turning it over and over in her hands. Then, she smiled slyly and patted his shoulder: "Second Brother, you're doing just fine like this! Haha, as long as I can cultivate to the Azure Mansion soon and reach your level of cultivation, you'll never be able to bully me again, haha!"

  Du Mu Changqing stared at her pale face as white as jade, completely speechless, and with a flick of his sleeve, he suddenly disappeared.

  Qin took off her clothes without a care, happily putting the Ice Spirit Pearl into the space of her wristband, and continued to rush towards the main peak. In her heart, she thought that with the Ice Spirit Pearl, she would be able to cultivate to the peak of Martial Sage in no time.

  Ge Zhangmen saw the humanoid puppet she had obtained, and his expression was quite surprised. He didn't ask her where the puppet came from, but instead smiled and said: "You're a lucky girl, you really are. Your current cultivation isn't high, but with this puppet by your side, it's a powerful aid. It just consumes a bit too much crystal stone... however, with your pill-refining skills, buying those crystal stones shouldn't be a problem."

  Then, without saying another word, he helped her erase the marks left by the original owner on the puppet, and then let her cut her finger, dripping three drops of blood onto the puppet's brow. Some strange symbols instantly appeared on the puppet's body, faintly visible, and a golden light shot out from his hand, enveloping the puppet. After a moment, the symbols on the puppet subsided, and the three drops of blood that had dripped onto its brow also disappeared without a trace.

  "Alright, from now on, as long as you place a powerful crystal at his chest, he will completely follow your orders." Ge Zhangmen returned the puppet to Qin Luoyi.

  Qin Luoyi was overjoyed and laughed, her face beaming with delight: "Thank you, Master. Master, this puppet looks just like a real person, what do you think it's made of... could it be that it's made from the transformation of a real person?"

  She touched his skin, which was completely indistinguishable from human skin, full of elasticity, giving her a kind of creepy feeling.

  "Of course not. Using a real person to refine into a puppet, although it doesn't require the consumption of countless spiritual crystal stones to drive him, but the refiner will be jointly killed by the cultivators of the world and become the public enemy of the cultivation world. From ancient times to the present, this is forbidden. This puppet's outer layer of skin is made from the hide of a demon beast. Inside, it is composed of many extremely intricate components."

  So that's how it is.

  Qin let out a breath of relief, to be honest, she had suspected that this was the real person all along. Although his strength was not bad, but keeping a corpse by his side made her feel uneasy no matter how she thought about it.

  As I walked down the ninety-nine jade steps, a handsome black-clad man strolled up from below. His face was elegant and his posture straight, with a white-clad figure following closely behind him - the majestic Jian Yuyan.

  Qin's clothes moved slightly in her heart, guessing that this black-clothed person should be Wu Shifu. She stood sideways on the edge of the steps, letting out the middle path, waiting for them to go first.

  As he passed by her side, the man in black stopped and looked at her with a deep, dark gaze. He raised an eyebrow and smiled: "You are Qin Luoyi, the newly accepted disciple of the Sect Master?"

  Qin Luo's clothes fluttered slightly as she smiled faintly: "Yes."

  "I heard you can refine 11th-grade elixirs? How old are you?" Ou Shan's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness as he continued to ask.

  "Seventeen." Qin's smile remained unchanged on his face as he quickly stated his age.

  "At seventeen, you can already refine eleven-tiered elixirs... I've never heard of such a thing before. Girl, how old were you when you started refining elixirs?" Wu Shan stroked his chin, his face full of shock.

  Qin Luoyi blinked: "I've been practicing for several years." She was called "young lady" by someone who looked extremely young, and she really wasn't used to it. However, she knew that Wushan only looked young, but in fact, he had also lived for over a thousand years.

  Wu Shan's chin almost fell off: "Several years?" In just a few years, he was able to refine an 11th-grade elixir, what kind of freakish talent is this? Those who have been refining for thousands of years can only refine 5th or 6th grade elixirs, aren't they going to smash their heads against a tofu wall in frustration?

  "Haha, it seems that Master Brother has indeed brought back a treasure for me this time!" After the shock, he burst out laughing, his dark eyes filled with admiration. He took a deep look at her and then continued to walk towards the main peak with a swish of his cyan robe sleeve.

  Jian Yu Yan smiled and greeted her before following closely behind.

  Returning to the Jade Green Peak, Qin Luo Yi held the Ice Spirit Pearl for a while before deciding not to waste any more time and headed to the mountain top to cultivate. As for Duan Mu Chang Qing, she didn't trust him, so it was better to focus on increasing her own strength instead.

  In early March, the weather was warm and flowers were blooming at the foot of the mountain, but the top of the mountain was still a vast expanse of ice and snow. As I approached the edge of the icy pool, the water was deep and quiet, yet it seemed to emanate a power that made my heart skip a beat.

  Her clothes still on, she grasped the Ice Spirit Pearl and jumped in. As soon as she entered, she suddenly felt an extremely powerful force surging into her limbs from all over her body. That force was at least ten times stronger than the spiritual power she had diluted earlier.

  She didn't dare to be careless and hastily operated her heart method, refining that powerful spiritual energy and then directing it into the meridians.

  Half a short time later, even with the Ice Spirit Pearl in hand, she still felt her body start to heat up, as if it was about to burst.

  Splash!

  She didn't dare stay in the water any longer and jumped out of it. She sat cross-legged on the snowy ground, continuing to refine her skills.

  A faint layer of spiritual energy surrounded her body, that feeling of being on the verge of bursting, due to the Ice Spirit Pearl's influence, hadn't been as severe as when Tong Mu Changqing had tricked her into entering the Cold Spring. It was still within a tolerable range.

  A green and a white figure, both slender and elegant, flashed down from the mountain and landed in the distance, without disturbing Qin Luo Yi who was meditating.

  "Did you give her the Ice Spirit Pearl?" Feng Fei Liu raised an eyebrow, looking at the pearl in Qin Luo Yi's hand, and smiled.

  Du Mu's cold and indifferent lips curled up with a hint of a smile: "Mm, she is already at the Wu Sheng cultivation level. With the Ice Spirit Pearl, cultivating to the peak of Wu Sheng in this Cold Pond will not be a problem."

  Feng Fei glanced at him and smiled: "It's rare that you've finally come to your senses this time, willing to take out the pearl for her to use."

  Zongwu Changqing but smiled and did not speak.

  "She has only just entered the Wu Sheng for more than half a month, and this Cold Pool won't suddenly disappear, does she need to cultivate so desperately?" Feng Fei Liu sighed, his expression somewhat dissatisfied. He had returned to the Xiao Yao Sect again because of her, and now she was in closed-door cultivation, leaving him alone, how boring."

  Du Mu Changqing gazed at the Ice Spirit Pearl in her hand, smiling somewhat inscrutably. He could guess a few parts of Qin Luoyi's thoughts... She was afraid that she would change her mind and take back the Ice Spirit Pearl.

  Digression

  Thank you Lingling little ghost for the drill, thank you Tang Xiao Xiang for the flowers (3 flowers), thank you Cheng Tian online for the flowers.