The Bi Han Jiao, which had only recently grown its horns and entered the second level of demonic beast, finally stopped breathing under the joint attack of everyone.

  "What's going on? Didn't the Jade Annals say that there was only one high-level demon beast in the Cold Pool, how could a second-level dragon suddenly appear?" Zhao Di asked in confusion. At this time, his spiritual energy had already been reduced to only three tenths, and he was holding onto a mid-grade spirit stone, slowly absorbing its spiritual energy.

  Jin Ye Xianzi let out a deep breath, furrowed her brow and said: "We're not quite clear either. It was when we were searching for the Ice Spirit Stone in the Cold Pool that we unintentionally provoked this demon. This Jiao probably recently transformed from a python to a Jiao, evolving from a first-level demonic beast to a second-level one, or perhaps it migrated here from somewhere else in the Dragon Subduing Valley."

  "Are there other monsters at the bottom of the pond?" Zhao asked with concern.

  Jin Ye Xianzi smiled slightly and said, "Zhao Shidi, don't worry. If there are other Jiaolong, what's the point of us killing this demon after all our efforts? The Jiaolong is a proud creature by nature and doesn't like to live in groups. Even if it's a pair of male and female Jiaolong, after they mate, the male will leave the female and they'll go their separate ways."

  Jin Ye Xianzi paused for a moment, looking at the exhausted crowd, and said loudly: "Why don't everyone sit down here for a few hours, wait for their spiritual power to recover a bit, and then enter the bottom of the pool to search for treasure."

  Although the sentence sounds like a suggestion, it contains an irresistible majesty in its tone. Several monks from different schools sat down on the spot nearby.

  Zhao Di held a piece of medium-grade spirit stone in each hand and sat down on the ground.

  For cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, using a mid-grade spirit stone for meditation was already a luxury, but Zhao Di actually used two mid-grade spirit stones at once, which made several people, including Golden Leaf Fairy, cast sidelong glances.

  "Zhao, you indeed have a wealthy family background, but in this unpredictable place of Dragon Descending Valley, it's better for you to be more cautious. After all, the incidents of killing people and stealing treasures have frequently occurred in every session of the Dragon Descending Valley mission." Zhao heard the voice of Golden Leaf Immortal transmitted into his ear, reminding him with good intentions.

  This method, known as "transmitting sound into secrecy", is also a commonly used low-level magic technique. Unless there are cultivators with much higher magical powers or divine consciousness nearby, it is impossible to eavesdrop on the conversation between two people.

  "Thanks for the reminder, Senior Sister!" Zhao nodded and replied with Voice Transmission. He hadn't had much contact with this Golden Leaf Fairy, but from Jian Xiner he knew that she was a chivalrous woman with a strong sense of justice, which was extremely rare in the Cultivation world. Although he thought that such a personality was not suitable for the treacherous Cultivation world, he couldn't help but have some admiration for her.

  "The younger brother's jade seal technique just used, although the power is extremely strong, but the time spent on each sacrifice is too long, I'm afraid it's not suitable for ordinary fighting." Golden Leaf Fairy suddenly changed the subject and mentioned Zhao Di's Jade Mountain Seal Technique.

  Zhao Di slightly stunned and said: "Sister Shifu is right, so this top-grade artifact has become a chicken rib, and it's rarely used in daily life."

  "I heard that this is because the material used to refine the artifact is not of high quality, so the speed of infusing spiritual energy cannot be too fast, resulting in this. If Master Zhao can find some high-quality materials for refining artifacts and re-refine this seal, it may be possible to refine a powerful and flexible artifact." Golden Leaf Fairy unexpectedly said these words that made Zhao Di take a big surprise.

  Zhao's face revealed a look of surprise, and he said to her: "I didn't expect that Shifu would have such in-depth research on alchemy equipment, it makes me feel ashamed as a junior!"

  "Ha ha, Brother Zhao," Golden Leaf Fairy smiled faintly and said: "I just happened to obtain a jade slip that recorded some of the predecessors' experience in refining instruments. It's just empty talk on paper. And I heard Xiang'er Sister say that Brother Zhao is a rare talent in refining instruments, one that appears only once in a hundred years. This jade slip should be given to Brother Zhao, keeping it here would be a waste." After Golden Leaf Fairy finished speaking, her jade finger lightly pointed, and a red jade over two inches long slowly flew towards Zhao Di.

  Zhao Di took the jade tablet and inserted part of his divine consciousness into it. The graphic information inside the jade tablet was indeed detailed records of the methods and experiences of refining several rare artifacts, including seals, mirrors, and clocks. Moreover, from the content of the records, the person who wrote this jade tablet was a master refiner in the stage of forming elixirs, not only having many top-grade artifact refinement methods but also recording the refinement process and experience of several magical treasures.

  Like the secret recipe left by the Jiedan cultivator, these things are all secretly passed down from generation to generation in various family sects and are extremely difficult to buy on the market. But this Golden Leaf Fairy actually gave it directly to Zhao Di without saying a word, which made Zhao Di feel quite moved.

  He reached into his bosom and suddenly had an extra jade box in his hand. With a light tap, the jade box slowly flew towards Golden Leaf Immortal, while he also transmitted a message: "Thank you, Senior Sister, for gifting me the Jade Slate! This Jade Slate is indeed very useful to me. Inside this jade box is a pair of Mandarin Duck Shield artifacts that I personally refined, consisting of two shields with different attributes - one large and one small, one yin and one yang - which can be used together as a set to defend against attacks in the Dragon Subduing Valley."

  Jin Ye Xianzi was taken aback, and gently opened the jade box in her hand. Inside, there were two small oval shields, one gold and one silver, both of which were high-quality magical instruments from a spiritual perspective.

  "Thank you, young master! I didn't expect your refining skills to be even better than the rumors!" Golden Leaf Fairy put the jade box into her storage bag and smiled at Zhao Di.

  Because Zhao Di and the other person had been using transmission to communicate, the several cultivators sitting in meditation at the edge of the cold pool didn't know what they were saying. Although they saw the two exchange jade slips and boxes, they felt very curious but also didn't dare ask anything.

  Three or four hours later, most of the cultivators had recovered more than half of their spiritual power and were preparing to enter the Cold Pond again in search of treasure.

  "This Jiaolong corpse is still intact, and can be used to refine equipment. How about this: I don't want the demon core in the Jiaolong's brain, but I hope to keep its scales, skeleton, and tendons for myself. In return, I'll add three mid-grade spirit stones as compensation for everyone. What do you all think?" Zhao Di said loudly, looking at the Jiaolong corpse on the ground.

  "This time we killed this demon beast, Zhao Shidi originally took the lead, so these dragon materials will naturally be left to Shidi." Golden Leaf Fairy said.

  Although others also coveted the rare demon beast materials, they did not dare to openly provoke Golden Leaf Immortal and Zhao Di. The two strongest people among them could only nod in agreement and quickly came up with a "division of spoils" plan.

  Yao Dan returned to Jin Ye Xian Zi, and the demon beast materials went to Zhao Di. Both of them took out three pieces of mid-grade spirit stones and distributed one piece each to the remaining cultivators.

  Then a line of people rushed forward, each holding up various protective light shields, and jumped into the icy pool.

  The water temperature of this cold pool is extremely low, and anyone who touches it will be frozen stiff immediately. Cultivators have spiritual energy to protect their bodies, so they won't get frostbite, but they can still clearly feel the chill.

  The outermost layer of Zhao Di's attire was a water curtain shield, which was a water attribute protective spell, and also the weakest defensive spell among the five elements. However, it had a special effect of separating water but not air, making it most suitable for underwater stealth.

  But Zhao Di soon felt that the temperature was getting lower and lower, so he had to add a layer of red fire attribute shield inside the blue water curtain shield, raising the temperature around his body.

  Although they were united in eliminating demons on land, when searching for treasure, everyone dispersed and no one wanted to squeeze together with others.

  In this cold water, even the divine sense can't reach far, only covering a dozen or so yards around him, which makes Zhao Di very uncomfortable, his right hand secretly grasping a golden shield.

  After diving dozens of feet down, the light was very weak. Zhao took out two moonstones the size of chicken eggs and floated them to his left and right in front of him for illumination.

  The deeper he dived, the denser the water became, and the buoyancy grew stronger. Finally, Zhao Di had to apply a gravity spell on himself in order to continue diving down.

  After penetrating hundreds of feet, he finally stepped onto the bottom of the pool. With the light from the moonstone, Zhao Di discovered that the bottom of the pool was piled high with various white stone blocks. Moreover, a faint icy spiritual energy could be felt emanating from the chaotic pile of rocks at the bottom of the pool.

  "No wonder the Jade Annals didn't specify the location of the Ice Spirit Stone vein. This entire pool bottom is clearly scattered with Ice Spirit Stone veins, but the spiritual energy is so thin that I'm afraid the spirit stones are also extremely sparse. I can only rely on the faint, almost imperceptible spiritual power to slowly search for them." Zhao muttered to himself.

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