The place where Ye Chen landed was a deep pond in the middle of the mountain. The pond was surrounded by a huge flat land with a radius of thousands of meters. The back of the flat land was covered by the steep mountain, while on the left and right sides of the pond were huge primordial forests. From time to time, some fierce beasts would jump out, preying on some of the weaker beasts.
The pond was covered in a thick fog, which made it hard for people to tell its exact size. They could only vaguely see some of its shapes.
"Hm? Cold Hell Grass, Ice Face Flower! "
After chasing away the beasts around the pond, Ye Chen saw two different kinds of plants growing in the cracks of the rocks on the shore. One was a dark green, wide-leaved plant, which was extremely cold, while the other was a pink flower with petals and leaves decorated with ice shards, looking like white diamonds.
Waving his hand, the two plants landed in his hand. Ye Chen smiled lightly before putting them into his storage ring.
The Cold Hell Grass and Ice Face Flower were both top rank plants. For warriors who trained ice element Zhen yuan, they were treasures that could increase their Zhen yuan. But for Ye Chen, they were not that useful. However, these two plants were quite valuable. If they were auctioned, one of them could be sold for thousands of top rank soul stones, which would be a small fortune.
The pond was not small, so it took Ye Chen a whole fifteen minutes to walk around the edge of the pond. But of course, this fifteen minutes was not wasted, as Ye Chen had gotten seven top rank plants, twenty-four mid rank plants, and dozens of ice soul stones.
The total value was more than one hundred thousand top rank soul stones, which turned a small fortune into a big one. After all, all of Ye Chen's wealth was only seven hundred thousand top rank soul stones.
After collecting all the plants, Ye Chen focused on the pond water.
"This pond is the source of the fog. The water is extremely cold, and contains a very pure ice element power. There should be something in there."
After spending ninety thousand top rank soul stones at the pavilion, Ye Chen knew that he was still not rich enough. The more powerful he became, the more soul stones he would need. Only by doing this could he ensure that he would be prepared at all times.
A wave appeared in his soul ocean as Ye Chen pushed his soul power into the pond.
"Yes! My soul power has been nullified! "
Ye Chen's brows furrowed. His soul force had only penetrated five hundred feet deep when it was neutralized by an invisible force.
After some thought, Ye Chen took out the swordsman puppet and controlled it to jump into the water.
Ka ka!
The coldness of the water exceeded Ye Chen's expectations. As soon as the swordsman puppet touched the water, a layer of frost formed where it came in contact with the water. The frost quickly spread and covered the swordsman puppet's body. In just a few blinks of an eye, the swordsman puppet was covered in a thin layer of white frost, causing its joints to stiffen and its movements to become sluggish. Fortunately, the frost did not corrode the swordsman puppet's insides and it could still be controlled.
When the swordsman puppet was about seven to eight feet deep, the 'pressure' in the water made Ye Chen shocked. He could feel that this was not the normal water pressure, but the power of some kind of treasure that was automatically preventing other things from getting close. Otherwise, this water pressure would be way too horrifying.
His pupils shone with a silver light as Ye Chen increased his control, making the swordsman puppet dive another three to four meters deep.
"Not good! This frost has invaded the internal power source of the swordsman puppet!"
Realizing that the swordsman puppet was losing control, Ye Chen's expression changed. He hurried to make the puppet float up to the surface and jumped out.
Dong!
The swordsman puppet that was covered in frost landed on the shore, making a heavy sound. It was obviously different from its usual lightness.
Pressing his palm on the swordsman puppet's back, Ye Chen's hand went numb for a second. That frost had been transmitted into his body through the puppet's back. However, he was a Sea of Souls Realm warrior after all, and his power was dozens of times more powerful than the swordsman puppet. He pushed out his Zhen yuan, and that frost disappeared immediately. Then, his powerful Zhen yuan poured into the swordsman puppet through the Laogong meridian in his palm.
Without a sound, the frost on the swordsman puppet's body melted. The moment the ice water touched the ground, it froze again, covering the ground.
Putting away the swordsman puppet, Ye Chen looked a bit serious.
From the probing just now, one could tell that the water contained an extremely horrifying cold qi. The deeper one went, the heavier the cold qi would be. Thirty meters deep, the cold qi would be able to corrode the insides of the sword puppets. Besides the cold qi, the pressure inside the deep pool was also extremely horrifying. Even without the cold qi, Astral Reaching Realm warriors would not be able to dive too deep. There seemed to be something releasing its power out there.
"It seems like I will have to do it myself."
Ye Chen would not give up on the exploration. He was sure that there must be something special at the bottom of the pool. If he missed it, it would be such a waste.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen bent his knees and jumped into the pool.
Ye Chen had the Sea of Souls Realm Zhen yuan after all. The frost qi was completely blocked out by his protective Zhen yuan, so he could not feel even a little bit of coldness.
Swoosh!
Activating his Zhen Yuan, Ye Chen's head continued to sink downwards.
Fifty meters!
Thirty meters!
Twenty meters!
Thirty meters!
Only after reaching thirty meters did Ye Chen feel a bit of coldness, as well as the pressure coming from the bottom of the pool.
"My soul power still cannot reach fifty meters deep. It seems like it is not the problem of the pool."
If it was the problem of the pool, then Ye Chen should be able to reach eighty meters deep with his soul power. After all, when he was on the shore, he could reach fifty meters deep.
He continued to sink down.
Forty meters!
Fifty meters!
"My soul power cannot spread out anymore!"
Ye Chen felt that there was an invisible power locking him down, making it impossible for his soul power to come out. Fortunately, his Zhen yuan was fine.
Sixty meters!
Eighty meters!
One hundred meters!
The protective Zhen yuan layer outside Ye Chen's body started to freeze. There was an invisible frost qi going through the protective Zhen yuan and into Ye Chen's body. However, the Zhen yuan inside Ye Chen's body was even richer. The frost qi went in and was immediately destroyed, not even causing a ripple.
"It is indeed deep! I have already dived to one hundred and fifty meters deep. "
In the deepest part of the pool, there was an oval-shaped ice crystal sinking down. Inside the ice crystal was a human figure. It turned out that as the depth increased, the frost qi would form a thick layer of ice on the surface of the protective Zhen yuan, making it look like a whole ice crystal.
Crack!
The ice crystal shattered, unable to handle the pressure first.
Ye Chen's protective Zhen yuan had also shrunk by one size.
"I have reached the bottom!"
As far as his eyes could see, Ye Chen could see the bottom of the pool. It was a hard rock, and some parts of it were silver black, releasing a light silver light. It was this light silver light that was blocking Ye Chen's soul power.
"It is a soul stone! A whole piece of soul stone!"
Ye Chen's pupils shrank as he could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
The soul stone was a kind of stone that contained soul power, which was extremely valuable. It was the most needed item for the super martial institutions. Thinking about it, no matter how big a martial institution was, it would not be infinitely big. Once one reached Sea of Souls Realm, one's soul power would be able to scan within a hundred miles radius. If there was nothing blocking the soul power, then the whole martial institution would be exposed right in front of everyone's eyes. Although no one would dare to use their soul power to scan other people's martial institutions on purpose, once a big battle broke out, no one would care about it.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that a fist-sized soul stone could be sold for at least five thousand top rank spirit stones in the market. And, the soul stone at the bottom of the lake was estimated to be one hundred times the size of a fist, which would be worth five million top rank spirit stones. It would be enough to make any Sea of Soul Realm master level warrior go crazy.
The visibility of the pool was very low. After knowing the reason why the soul power could not spread out, Ye Chen started to dig out the silver black soul stones.
The first one was dug out, which was the size of a basin.
The second one was smaller, which was also the size of a head.
The third one was the biggest, which was the size of a bathtub.
After digging out the three soul stones, Ye Chen released his soul power. This time, his soul power finally spread out without any hindrance. The whole pool had no secrets at all.
What Ye Chen did not know was that in the tunnel at the bottom of the pool, there was a pair of white gold pupils staring at him. Ye Chen tried to search with his soul power, but found nothing. Plus, the two were hundreds of meters apart, so the white gold pupils could still see Ye Chen.
The white gold pupils slowly came out of the tunnel and approached Ye Chen without a sound.
"The reason why the soul power could not spread out is clear now. But, where is the pressure coming from? What is going on? The pressure is increasing at an insane rate."
Ye Chen felt that something was not right, and his hair stood up.
Boom!
Right at that moment …
A huge wriggling black shadow shot out toward Ye Chen at an unbelievable speed, as if there was no resistance from the pool at all.
"A demonic beast!"
Ye Chen stomped on the ground and jumped up. On the way, he turned in the air and looked at the place where the vibration was the most intense. What he saw made his scalp go numb. In his sight, a huge white python was swimming towards him. It was unclear how long the python was, but its body was thicker than a water tank. The scales on its body were only the size of a wine cup, but they were very dense.
On the belly of the python, there were four claws. These claws were extremely sharp, just like the claws of a dragon.
This was a Flood Dragon, a pure Flood Dragon.
Roar!
The Flood Dragon roared, and the pressure suddenly increased. The whole pool started to boil, as if there was an active volcano at the bottom of the pool, and it was about to erupt.
Ye Chen's speed was fast, but in the water, how could he compete with the Flood Dragon? This white Flood Dragon was swimming like a white ghost. In a blink of an eye, it was only ten meters away from Ye Chen. It opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Ye Chen.
"Thunder Lion Transformation!"
There was no time to take out his sword. Ye Chen clenched his right hand into a fist, and the thunder lion took shape. He then punched at the head of the white Flood Dragon.
There was a loud bang!
Ye Chen was flipped over. Under the violent power of the white Flood Dragon, his fist power could not even make it pause for a second.
The difference in power was too great!
"Is this the power of a Flood Dragon? It's like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. "
Ye Chen was shaken by the Flood Dragon's power, and he felt dizzy. His shoulder smashed into the wall on the side of the pool, creating a huge hole.
The white Flood Dragon did not stop at all. It dashed towards Ye Chen's location, showing its fangs and claws, roaring like thunder.
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