Chapter 42: The Underground Grotto

It's been seven days since the thunder-patterned cloud-chasing leopard was forced into this narrow cave. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the past seven days, in addition to exploring this seemingly bottomless cave, Ye Jing has spent the rest of his time cultivating.

To be honest, if there was no thunder pattern chasing cloud leopard staring at it outside, this cave would be a good place to cultivate, not only was it full of spiritual energy, but also no one disturbed it, it was indeed a very suitable place for Ye Jing.

It's just that Ye Jing is still only in the condensation period after all, and he can't do it, and food and drinking water are indispensable.

Although Ye Jing has stored a lot of dry food and water in the Great Wilderness Ancient Scroll, it can still support more than half a month, but what will he do after that?

The adult thunder-patterned cloud-chasing leopard outside seemed to have set up a nest at the entrance of the cave, and had no intention of leaving.

Ye Jing himself roughly calculated, without using the life-saving technique, even if Ye Jing was lucky enough to break through to the fourth grade of Qi Condensation in the next time, he would definitely not be able to defeat this Thunder Pattern Chasing Cloud Leopard.

Could it be that in the end, I still have to use the life-saving technique?

Ye Jing hesitated a little, hesitated for a few days, and finally decided not to use the life-saving technique for the time being, but continued to explore the extremely deep cave.

In the past few days, Ye Jing has also explored this cave more than once, and the farthest one has walked for nearly a day, but he has never reached the end, and finally turned back again.

However, this time Ye Jing made up his mind, obviously not ready to give up easily.

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This naturally formed cave is winding, narrow and deep, up and down, left and right, I don't know how much distance it stretches, Ye Jing can still distinguish the direction at the first time, but after a day or two, he completely lost the sense of direction.

Fortunately, although there are many branches in this cave, the main vein that is enough for Ye Jing to pass through has never been interrupted, although Ye Jing could not explore the bottom of the cave for a while, but he did not go to a dead end, and there was still a glimmer of hope.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Jing had been exploring this cave for three days.

The cave was pitch black, and the deeper you went, the lower the temperature became, and after three days, ice crystals had appeared on the stone walls of the cave, which showed how low the temperature in the cave was. It's also thanks to Ye Jingnai's monk, and his body is no better than that of mortals, otherwise he may not be able to withstand this cold.

At this moment, Ye Jingqiang endured the cold, but he was not much nervous about this cave, but he became more and more curious about this cave in his heart.

This is because Ye Jing noticed that the sudden drop in temperature in this cave was not simply because it did not see the sun all year round, but because the air in this cave contained wisps of spiritual power with cold attributes, which made people feel so cold to the bone.

Previously, when Ye Jing first entered this Black Mist Gorge, he had already discovered the spiritual power with the violent attribute contained in the black mist, and at this moment, he had discovered the spiritual power with the cold attribute, it seemed that this Black Mist Gorge was really not simple.

Ye Jing was curious in his heart and continued to walk deeper into the cave.

As the temperature became lower and lower, the ice covered by the stone wall gradually thickened, that is, Ye Jing's physique was not comparable to that of mortals, and he also felt a little uncomfortable at this moment, only by taking out a few thicker clothes from the space of the ancient scroll and putting them on, this was a little cold.

Of course, what this mysterious cave brought to Ye Jing was not nothing except the cold.

As the temperature got lower and lower, Ye Jing was pleasantly surprised to find a few spiritual grasses named Yunling Ice Lotus in the cave.

This kind of ice lotus is recorded in the pharmacopoeia and the Great Wilderness Sutra, and generally grows in the extreme northern ice field of the Northern Wilderness, and is an extremely precious alchemy elixir medicinal material. Moreover, there is very pure spiritual power in this Spirit Ice Lotus, even if it is not used for alchemy, it is directly swallowed and refined, it also has the effect of enhancing cultivation for monks.

Ye Jing is still in the Qi Condensation Period, and the Spirit Gathering Period is not yet in time, so he doesn't need this Spirit Ice Lotus, but since he has encountered it at this moment, of course there is no reason to let it go.

Before coming to this Black Mist Gorge, I always heard that there were many spiritual materials in the Black Mist Gorge, but Ye Jing entered this Black Mist Gorge, but he was trapped in this cave after getting two ordinary spirit grasses, and he was trapped for more than ten days.

Although the cultivation of Tianye Jing in the past ten days has not been delayed, and even made great progress, but after a trip to the Black Mist Gorge, he didn't get anything good, and it was always a pity to say it.

At this moment, these few Yunling Ice Lotuses are finally a harvest for Ye Jing.

Moreover, since this is the Spirit Ice Lotus at this moment, then going deeper into the cave, maybe there are other benefits, at the moment, Ye Jing's heart is full of interest, endure the cold, and continue to explore the depths.

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After walking forward for a long time, Ye Jing picked a few more spirit grasses, but the temperature in the cave was getting lower and lower, and Ye Jing gradually became a little unbearable.

At this moment, Ye Jing's face was pale, of course, it was not because Ye Jing had any hatred in his heart, it was purely because he was frozen, and in the end he could only stop and rest for a while.

Summoning a few fireballs with the Fire Initiation Spell, Ye Jing roasted his body slightly, recovered some body temperature, and his face looked a little better.

In today's wilderness, there are almost no monks who can use spells, and it is even less common to use spells to summon fireballs to warm up the body. It's like a monk using magic to cook with real fire, and if it gets out, it is estimated that it will become a joke again.

It's just that at this moment, Ye Jing can't care about this much, looking at the cave that still can't see the end, he can't help but hesitate a little.

The food and water you have stored can last for a few days even if you count the circuit, but if the temperature drops, whether you can explore the bottom of the cave or not, I'm afraid your body will not be able to hold it first.

Although monks are more resistant to cold and heat than mortals, there is a limit to this. After all, Ye Jing is only a minor monk in the condensation stage, and he is not one of those special physiques with ice spirit attributes, so how can he withstand this low temperature?

"Well, explore for another half a day, and if you don't find anything else, turn around and go back!" After pondering for a moment, Ye Jing finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Ye Jing also knew in his heart that turning around meant that he had no other choice than to use the life-saving spell and the adult thunder pattern to chase the clouded leopard desperately.

It's just that, no matter whether you are reluctant or not, if you really get to that point, you have no choice but to do it.

Thinking in his heart, Ye Jing gritted his teeth and released another fireball, and after warming his body, he leaned forward again.

Thinking that Ye Jing's luck was not bad, this time he didn't go forward for half a day, and he noticed that there was a new change in this cave.

The temperature in the cave did not continue to drop, which was naturally a good thing for Ye Jing, which meant that Ye Jing was likely to reach the end of this cave.

It's just that, in addition to this temperature, Ye Jing found another problem.

Originally, there was only icy cold spiritual power in the cave, but at this moment, Ye Jing suddenly discovered the yin and evil qi that he had seen in the black fog of the Black Mist Gorge before, although it was extremely subtle, it was still keenly captured by Ye Jing.

What is the reason for this, and what is the connection between the two?

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Ye Jing's heart was full of doubts and curiosity, and he took a few quick steps at the moment.

About half an hour, the originally narrow cave suddenly became brighter, and a deep underground cave finally appeared in front of Ye Jing.

It was still pitch black in the cave, and in order to observe the situation in the cave, Ye Jing summoned another fireball.

It's just that Ye Jing just used a spell to summon the fireball, but when he saw a soft pop of the fireball, it suddenly exploded, which startled Ye Jing.

"What's the situation!"

Ye Jing immediately became alert, but saw that the wisps of flames that exploded did not go out, but flew away one by one, falling into the brazier on the surrounding stone walls, and the darkness was immediately dispelled, and Ye Jing's eyes also brightened.

"What kind of trick is this, what kind of spell is it?"

Muttering in a low voice, Ye Jing also realized that the previous cave may have been formed naturally, but this grotto should have something to do with the monk.

"Is it the monk's cave?" Ye Jing was puzzled, took his attention away from the stone brazier, and took a serious look at the underground grotto.

The space of this grotto is not small, the length and width are more than ten zhang, and the height is more than seven or eight zhang.

On the stone walls around the grotto, in addition to the cave that Ye Jing entered, there were three other caves, all of which were also extremely deep, and they didn't know where they led.

Looking at the three caves that he didn't know if he could take himself out, Ye Jing couldn't help but feel a little headache.

However, Ye Jing didn't have time to think about it, and his eyes were attracted by a cold pool in the middle of the grotto. The cold air that filled the whole cave was a cave, and it was from this cold pool that came out, and it was obviously unusual.

"What is the origin of this cold pool, it has such spiritual power?" Ye Jing only felt that the spiritual power of the cold pool was compelling, and thought that if the monk came for this cold pool, it would be possible.

Looking away from Hantan, Ye Jing looked down and found that the entire grotto was completely empty, and there was nothing else. Except for the dozen braziers on the surrounding stone walls, there was no trace of the monks at all.

That's a little weird.

If there were really monks practicing here, it would not be possible to leave no trace of it.

Ye Jing didn't have any greed in his heart, after all, he had been to Emperor Jun's Divine Mansion, even if it was really a monk's cultivation place, could it be compared to Shen Jun's Divine Mansion?

Ye Jing was just puzzled in his heart.

After thinking about it, Ye Jing took a few steps forward and came to the edge of the cold pool, endured the bone-chilling cold, and looked at the pool.

The fact that the water did not freeze at such a low temperature is obviously not ordinary.

Ye Jing walked to the edge of the pool, only to see that the water surface was faintly cold, but it was crystal clear. At the bottom of the pool, there were some crystal clear ice crystals scattered scattered, Ye Jing looked at it carefully, and suddenly was surprised, "These...... Could it be the Ice Spirit Stone? ”