Fourth Miss and the strange masked man left, leaving Wang Yan alone in the huge Ice Moon Wintry Pond. Apart from the occasional whisper of the cold wind that ruffled the branches in the distance, this place was quiet and lonely.
Wang Yan stood by the pond. He did not happily check the Precious Warm Sun Jade in his hand, nor did he immediately immerse himself in cultivation. He just stood there quietly, looking at the calm water in front of him, and the scene of falling into the cold pond appeared in his mind.
At that time, Wang Yan only had a trace of consciousness left. He desperately wanted to save himself, but his weak consciousness could not even move a finger. The moment he fell into the cold pond, he felt a huge force pressing down on his whole body, and even the last trace of consciousness was about to fall into chaos. It was the feeling of death. Suffocation, fear, and unwillingness intertwined together, but he could do nothing. There seemed to be an irresistible force pulling him towards the abyss of death.
However, just as Wang Yan was about to lose consciousness, he saw a huge white python coming towards him from the depths of the cold pond. The white python was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had wrapped around Wang Yan.
One lap, two laps, three laps …
The white python gradually wrapped around Wang Yan, but Wang Yan found that the white python was rapidly shrinking in the process. By the time the white python wrapped around his neck, the originally tens of meters long giant python had shrunk to the length of a finger. Just as Wang Yan completely lost consciousness, the shrunken white python drilled into Wang Yan's collar and disappeared.
The white python was like an absurd dream, but after Wang Yan was saved by Miss Four, this strange dream kept repeating in his mind. More importantly, Wang Yan vaguely felt that his dantian had formed an inexplicable connection with a certain place in the cold pond.
With this thought, Wang Yan opened his clothes and saw a circle of white marks on his belly button. The mark was very light and the color was very faint, but Wang Yan could tell at a glance that it was the white python that had disappeared.
"What's going on?"
Wang Yan didn't understand at all, but he couldn't feel anything wrong. As for the place where the white python's trace was connected to, Wang Yan didn't have the ability to explore it at all.
Wang Yan had no choice but to temporarily give up on searching for traces of the white python. He walked up to the white jade ice wall and sat down cross-legged. Then, he took out the items from his pouch one by one. The six silver ingots, the Vitality Strengthening Pills wrapped in oil paper, and the Understanding Powder were the only things he had left on him. As for the twenty pieces of fine iron ore and the remaining knockout drugs of the three-piece set, they had all been washed away after falling into the water. The Jade Water Sword had also fallen to an unknown place.
Looking at his remaining belongings, Wang Yan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He felt a burst of pain in his heart. He had really suffered a great loss in the battle of the iron chain bridge. Although he had killed two people, Wang Yan didn't even have the chance to collect the spoils of war in that situation. The most important thing was that he almost died.
But even so, if Wang Yan could do it all over again, he would make the same choice. Since he got rid of the muddle-headedness of the past and completely awakened, Wang Yan didn't want to wait passively anymore. He wanted to take the initiative to control his own fate, even if it meant risking his life.
"Let's look at the harvest."
With a turn of his mind, lines of data appeared in Wang Yan's mind. None of his martial arts had changed, but his experience value had increased by 580 points. But what Wang Yan didn't expect was that his comprehension had increased by a large margin.
"Martial Arts Aptitude: Below average (Comprehension: 65, Root Bone: 19, no special cultivation aptitude.)"
Wang Yan clearly remembered that when he checked his cultivation status after practicing the Sword Origin Heart Sutra in the morning, his comprehension was only 55 points. But now it had become 65 points, which was a full increase of 10 points. After the surprise, Wang Yan calmed down and couldn't help but think of the strange situation when he first met Zhang Xiaobao in the small market in the morning.
At that time, Zhang Xiaobao spoke too fast, and the amount of information in a short time was too much for Wang Yan's brain to process. He fell into a state like a computer crash. Later, after that strange situation, Wang Yan became much calmer. Now that he thought about it, it might also be a manifestation of the improvement of his comprehension.
Wang Yan didn't expect that this trip to the small market would have such an unexpected harvest. His mood, which had become gloomy due to the loss of the item, instantly improved, and he felt that his friendship with Zhang Xiaobao was extremely correct.
After this change, Wang Yan looked at the Precious Warm Yang Jade in his hand with great interest. This item must be a very good treasure, but unfortunately, Wang Yan couldn't see through it. In his mind, there wasn't any information about this item. The only thing he could feel was that when he held this item in his hand, he could clearly feel a warm current flowing into his body, making him feel warm all over.
"Since Miss Four said that I can cultivate on the Cold Jade Ice Wall with this item, the secret must be inside."
With this thought, Wang Yan didn't delay any longer. He focused his mind and began to cultivate the Sword Origin Heart Sutra. However, as soon as the inner force in his body began to circulate, he felt that the Cold Jade Wall beneath him suddenly produced countless thin cold currents. These cold currents drilled into Wang Yan's body through his skin, and then went straight to each of his meridians. In an instant, Wang Yan's whole body stiffened, and a pain like being pierced by needles spread throughout his body.
"Oh!"
Wang Yan let out a muffled groan and was about to disperse his stance. However, Miss Four's voice seemed to ring in his ear, "Wang Yan, although your aptitude isn't high, don't blame yourself. As long as you work hard, you will achieve great things in the future."
"Yes, if you want to stand out, how can you do it without suffering? Since Miss Four has instructed me to cultivate here, there must be a secret hidden within. If I can't even endure this little pain, how can I be a man? Miss Four has been in seclusion here for thirteen years! "
With this thought in mind, Wang Yan clenched his teeth and persevered, desperately urging his inner force to circulate according to the Sword Origin Heart Sutra. However, the pain brought by the thin cold currents was too great. Just as Wang Yan was about to give up, a warm feeling circulated throughout his body. Under the clash of cold and heat, Wang Yan didn't feel the slightest bit of pain. Instead, he felt a sense of carefreeness. In this carefreeness, the speed of the inner force circulating in his meridians increased, and in the blink of an eye, he had completed half a cycle.
Feeling this, Wang Yan was naturally delighted, but then the warm feeling receded, and his whole body felt as if it was being pierced by needles again.
Persist, persist, persist!!!
Wang Yan clenched his teeth and endured. After an unknown amount of time, the warm feeling once again circulated throughout his body. Wang Yan immediately focused on circulating his inner Qi, and when the warm feeling was about to recede, he completed one cycle of cultivation.
Wang Yan opened his eyes and let out a long breath. Only then did he realize that the back of his shirt was drenched in sweat, and his whole body was sticky. It seemed that the sweat was thicker than before, but Wang Yan ignored it and looked at his cultivation progress.
'Sword Origin Heart Sutra, Yellow Level Upper Level inner force, Current Progress — Tier 3 (20121/24000)'
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