In the Volcanic Mountain City, in a room of an inn, Chu Mu sat cross-legged on the bed. He closed his eyes and slowly exhaled. From his nostrils, there were two faint white frost mist spurting out like smoke. The temperature of the surrounding air suddenly dropped slowly.
This white frost mist was the release of the frost power from the [Icy Soul Frost Technique]. The frost mist from the nose indicated that Chu Mu had cultivated the [Icy Soul Frost Technique] to the Minor Accomplishment level.
The [Icy Soul Frost Technique] was only separated from the [Dacheng]. At the Minor Accomplishment level, the frost power would circulate in the body along with the Sky Desolation Sword Qi. It could fundamentally reduce the temperature from the deepest part of the body. It could weaken ice type attacks to a certain extent and offset fire type attacks to a certain extent.
In the [Dacheng] [Icy Soul Frost Technique], the frost power could spread out of the body and integrate into the sword body, causing the sword to carry the frost power and possess ice type attacks to a certain extent.
In a full ten days, all the normal quality and excellent quality Ice Spirit Pills were consumed. Chu Mu had cultivated the [Icy Soul Frost Technique] to the Minor Accomplishment level. If he wanted to cultivate to the Dacheng level, although there was no bottleneck, he would need to consume more auxiliary pills like the Ice Spirit Pill.
In the next ten days, in addition to normal cultivation, he cultivated the [Icy Soul Frost Technique]. Every day, Chu Mu would take out an hour to enter the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley to check it out.
After being injured, the Earth Core Desolate Flame did not appear again, nor did the Earth Core Desolate Fire Qi. However, Chu Mu did find some desolate fire type elixirs in the depths of the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley. If he brought them back to the Outer Palace, he could exchange them for a lot of contribution points.
After a long breath, the frost air outside his nostrils was immediately sucked back in. Chu Mu opened his eyes and a touch of frost flashed across his eyes. In an instant, it was as if winter had arrived.
Today's cultivation was over. Chu Mu also left the inn and set off for the Sky Desolate God Mountain.
He had not returned for more than ten days, and nothing had changed in the Outer Palace. Chu Mu first went to the Exchange Office to exchange the various Wildfire Spirit Herbs he had obtained during this period of time for contribution points.
Among them, the Earthly Fire Lotus was the most valuable. Although the other elixirs were not as valuable as the Earthly Fire Lotus, they still gave Chu Mu more than 4000 contribution points. Adding the few hundred contribution points that he had saved, he now had close to 5000 contribution points.
He took out four thousand contribution points and exchanged them for eighty sets of medicinal herbs to refine the Ice Spirit Pill. Then, he rented a high-grade alchemy room in the Outer Palace and began to extract the medicinal herb essence.
With his previous experience, he was able to extract 90% purity. This time, he was able to extract 90% purity, with the highest being 93% purity.
He rested to recover his spiritual will and physical strength. Then, he began to refine the pills.
For someone like Chu Mu, who had a monstrous level of comprehension and a very strong spiritual force, as well as inherited the memories of a great grandmaster, he would be very familiar with what he did the second time he did it.
The speed was faster and the efficiency was higher.
The eighty sets of medicinal herb essence were all refined into pills. One set was one furnace. Eighty furnaces, each furnace produced six pills. There were a total of 480 pills, all of which were of flawless quality.
"I wonder if these Ice Spirit Pills can help the Ice Spirit Frost Technique reach the level of Dacheng's?" Chu Mu thought to himself. He put all the pills into ten bottles, making a total of forty-eight bottles.
As soon as he left the alchemy room and went outside, Chu Mu realized that something big had happened.
The registration for the centennial competition of the Outer Palace had begun. The registration period was seven days, and only three days had passed.
Chu Mu asked someone to find out. The centennial competition was held once every hundred years. It was very grand. It started from the end of the registration period and was divided into two stages.
The first stage lasted for a year. Every Outer Palace disciple who registered would receive a Scarlet Barren Star. During this period, the participating disciples could challenge other participating disciples. The winner would receive a Scarlet Barren Star from the other disciple.
At the end of the year, the results would be calculated. The disciples who did not have a Scarlet Barren Star would be eliminated. The disciples who kept at least one Scarlet Barren Star would enter the second stage.
At the end of the first stage, the number of Scarlet Barren Stars one had was related to the priority of the second stage. It was very important.
Therefore, the first stage was the most important for the disciples to compete for. It was related to the final ranking of the second stage, so it was a must.
It was said that the disciples who finished in the top ten would receive a corresponding reward. The top three would receive more generous rewards, and the reward for the first place was the most generous.
Chu Mu would not miss out on such a beneficial opportunity.
Therefore, he went to the registration office and signed up to participate in the centennial competition of the Outer Palace.
The Scarlet Barren Star was a red seven-pointed star. It was about the size of a fingernail. It was heavy, hard, and cold to the touch.
Not all Outer Palace disciples would sign up. Once the registration period was over, the name list of those who had signed up for the Outer Palace Tournament would be announced. Those disciples who had missed the registration period due to their training outside would have a chance to apply and challenge other disciples who had signed up once they returned to the Outer Palace within one year.
If they won, they would be qualified to participate in the competition and receive the Scarlet Barren Star of the other party. If they lost, they would have to pay a certain price, such as treasures or barren stones.
"There is still a year left. My cultivation will definitely be restored to the Primary Realm, and my Sword Essence will be unsealed," Chu Mu said to himself as he held a Scarlet Barren Star in his hand. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
The centennial competition of the Outer Palace disciples was grand and significant. There would definitely be many disciples and countless experts participating. Even if they could not get into the top ten, they would still be able to participate in the competition, fight with experts, and experience their sword arts and battle techniques. It was a reward in and of itself.
There were more than thirty thousand disciples of the Outer Palace. Excluding the ten thousand new disciples who had yet to mature, Chu Mu had seen some of the remaining twenty thousand old disciples. However, there was still a very powerful group that Chu Mu had not seen yet. They did not know of Chu Mu's existence.
After returning to his room and resting, Chu Mu added another item to his daily training the next day: Using the Ice Spirit Elixir to cultivate the Ice Spirit Frost Technique.
Every day, after training, he would go to the Outer Palace Martial Arts Practice Field to cultivate the Sky Barren Sword Art. His mastery of the sword art was constantly improving, and his strength was also increasing bit by bit.
Time flew by, and Chu Mu returned to the Outer Palace of the Sky Barren Earth Palace. Another two months had passed.
His cultivation had broken through from the peak of the Fourth Revolution to the Fifth Revolution. After continuously tempering, he broke through again and reached the Sixth Revolution.
His sword arts had also broken through from the mid-stage of Level Seven to the late stage, and was heading towards the peak. Within this year, he was 100% confident that he could break through to Level Eight.
As for the Ice Spirit Frost Technique …
He opened his mouth slightly, and a cloud of frosty white mist slowly spewed out. It was thick and strong, and it spread everywhere. Everywhere it passed, the air froze, and ice particles were suspended in mid-air. They were thin and crystal clear.
If one were to zoom in, one would discover that the ice particles were in a regular twelve-sided prism. They were very delicate, complete, and beautiful.
Chu Mu inhaled again, and the thick frosty white mist was immediately inhaled into his body through his nostrils.
He exhaled from his mouth and inhaled through his nostrils. Between the exhalation and inhalation, it was like the beating of a pulse, full of rhythm.
As Chu Mu exhaled, the temperature of the surrounding air gradually dropped. Ice particles floated around his body, and the temperature of the entire room began to drop rapidly. Soon, it was as if it had entered the twelfth lunar month. The temperature was still dropping, and it continued to drop. Patches of white frost spread across the walls of the room. The bed, table, and cabinet were also covered with layers of frost.
In an instant, the entire room seemed to have turned into a world of ice and snow. It was extremely cold.
Within Chu Mu's body, a white light of frost power gathered and dispersed. It followed the Sky Desolate Sword Qi in his meridians and circulated at high speed.
Snowflakes began to condense around his body, appearing and disappearing.
This was the sign that the [Ice Spirit Frost Technique] had reached the Dacheng level.
After a month of continuous effort, and eight hours of daily consumption of [Flawless Ice Spirit Pills], he had finally reached the Dacheng level of the [Ice Spirit Frost Technique].
Dacheng's [Ice Spirit Frost Technique], compared to the small success stage, was even colder, the temperature was lower, and the power was more powerful. Not only could it lower the body temperature, it could also be attached to the sword to attack and increase the power.
"[Ice Spirit Frost Technique] Dacheng, it is time to enter the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley." Chu Mu stood up and said.
He wondered how the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley had been in the past two months.
Would the heavily damaged Earth Core Desolate Flame continue to produce Earth Core Desolate Fire Qi?
There were still ten months before the outer palace disciples competition. The [God-Sealing Blood Curse] on the sword intent was getting weaker and weaker. Chu Mu estimated that in about half a year's time, it would be completely unsealed.
The eighth revolution sword intent was about to release its power once again. The peerless sharpness would shock the world.
At the sixth revolution, the amount of [Sky Desolate Sword Qi] had increased by a lot. Using his movement technique, his speed was even faster. He quickly left the Sky Desolate Divine Mountain and headed towards the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley.
Half a day later, after crossing thousands of miles, the temperature of the air gradually rose. Chu Mu once again arrived outside the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley and felt the familiar high temperature.
Even if Dacheng did not circulate the [Ice Spirit Frost Technique], Chu Mu's body would naturally contain traces of ice cold aura. It could resist the invasion of the high temperature and expel the high temperature from the body.
Without stopping, Chu Mu directly entered the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley. He did not immediately take the [Ice Spirit Pill]. He quickly entered the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley and quickly went deeper.
Compared to before, Chu Mu could clearly feel the difference. It was as if he had taken an [Ice Spirit Pill]. Waves of ice cold aura spread throughout his body.
As he went deeper, Chu Mu met many teams. Some were just about to enter the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley and some were about to leave the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley.
At the depth of three hundred miles, Chu Mu still did not take the [Ice Spirit Pill]. He circulated the [Ice Spirit Frost Technique] and the temperature in his body dropped rapidly. It was as if he had taken a [Flawless] [Ice Spirit Pill]. A wave of ice cold enveloped him as he gradually entered the depths of the Earth Core Desolate Fire Valley. In his ears, he could intermittently hear the conversations of the team members flying by not far away.
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