Zhang Yunfan followed behind, his movements were heartfelt, he didn't dare to follow too closely, and he didn't dare to make any sound, until his vision suddenly opened up and he found that he had reached the end of the forest, and a huge lake with white smoke appeared in front of him.

According to Zhang Yunfan's observation, these flashes of fire flickered very regularly, and it was obvious that the patrol team was patrolling along the coast.

When Zheng Gangfu came to the lake, he stopped, glanced vigilantly behind him, and then continued along the riverbank, and came to a shore guarded by soldiers, where a boat was docked, and a wind lantern was lit on the boat, which reflected the whole ship very clearly.

After a conversation, Mr. Zheng got on the boat, sat at the head of the bed, and the boatman sat on the other end and rocked the oars, and the boat slowly sailed into the vast night shrouded in heavy mist.

Looking along the direction of the boat, it was heading towards the center of the lake, but the dense fog on the lake was rolling, and it was impossible to see what was in the center of the lake at all, only the ice lotus floating on the lake was faintly visible.

The situation in front of him has already understood everything, Zhang Yunfan can be sure of one thing, Zheng Gangfu must be going to deliver food to someone, and this person must be the son of Mingxi, apart from him, Zhang Yunfan can't think of anyone else who will have this kind of treatment, which also indirectly proves that there must be a place for anchoring in the middle of the lake, such as an island, and people are trapped on this island.

Just when Zhang Yunfan was in reverie, the boat had sailed into the depths of the lake, due to the thick fog, the wind lantern light gradually became blurred, he immediately made a decision, planning to dive into the lake and touch it. Thinking of this, he glanced around, and only after making sure that it was safe did he bend his waist and rush to the shore of the lake, stretching his hand into the lake, but unexpectedly, a cold cold rushed up his head along his fingers, so cold that he almost didn't scream.

"Damn, this lake is too fucking icy!" It wasn't until Zhang Yunfan carefully examined his fingers that he found that the fingers that had just been put into the water had formed a layer of ice, and if he pulled out his hand a little later, this hand would definitely be scrapped.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunfan was full of awe of the entire ice lake, and he didn't dare to be as careless as before, squatting on the shore and pondering countermeasures, and finally he thought of the pill he had refined at the Danwang Tournament before-the Purple Fire Pill.

The purple fire is transformed by the purple qi from the east, and it is a kind of divine fire that is the purest and strongest in the world, and it is refined into a purple fire pill, which can not only be used for self-defense, but also can be used as an attack with fire attribute exercises, which is an elixir that has both offense and defense. Sun Da asked for medicine before, and Zhang Yunfan refined a lot of Purple Fire Pills for this purpose, and now it just came in handy, he took out a Purple Fire Pill and swallowed it, and a fiery breath spread down his throat and into his stomach.

His whole body was enveloped by a warm air current, and the cold air that constantly disturbed Zhang Yunfan around him disappeared without a trace, and when he put his hand into the ice lake again, the cold and biting feeling weakened a lot, but he could sense that the cold in his body was slowly passing.

It stands to reason that the Purple Fire Pill belongs to the category of Wupin Pill, and the medicinal effect should be able to last for a long time, and it is impossible to swallow it, and there will be symptoms of the passing of the medicinal effect, but in fact, this kind of thing has happened, and the consumption of the medicinal effect by the cold qi in the Ming Ice Lake has reached a very terrifying level.

Zhang Yunfan didn't know how big this ice lake was, so in order to prevent accidents, he took out another pill and put it in his mouth, pressed it under the tongue coating, and then took a deep breath and escaped into the lake, swimming in the direction of the previous boat......

The environment in the ice lake is far worse than Zhang Yunfan imagined, the lake is full of ice lotus, the rhizomes of the ice lotus are hidden in the lake, thousands of rhizomes are intertwined, each one exudes a cold and bone-chilling coolness, swim in it must be avoided, if you don't care, you will be entangled hands and feet, if you struggle, the ice lotus floating on the lake will be pulled, stirring up ripples.

Fortunately, there is a purple fire pill that can resist the cold, and Zhang Yunfan is agile enough, every time he is entangled in the rhizome of the ice lotus, he can deal with it heartily, and cut off the ice lotus with a dagger, but even so, it is still inconvenient, because the deeper he goes into the center of the lake, the denser the rhizome of the ice lotus under the water becomes, and finally it almost reaches a point where it is impermeable.

In such a harsh environment, if you come here as a second person, you will definitely have to return in vain, or choose another way to enter the ice lake, but in this way, the probability of exposing yourself will increase infinitely, and when the time comes, you will not be able to save people, but will put yourself in it.

And Zhang Yunfan's luck is not bad, after withstanding the cold and the entanglement of the rhizome of the ice lotus, he found an area with relatively sparse rhizomes, this area extends in a straight line towards the center of the lake, with a width of about five or six meters, the rhizomes of the ice lotus in this area are much more sparse than other places, and it looks like it has been opened by something huge.

Along the waterway where the rhizomes of the ice lotus are relatively sparse, he swam underwater for a distance, and finally caught up with the boat that left first.

Swimming a distance ahead of time, suddenly Zhang Yunfan saw an incredible scene, there was a faint light at the bottom of the lake in the distance, and after careful identification, he found that there seemed to be a huge building standing there, which was extraordinarily majestic and majestic, and revealed an unparalleled sense of mystery, which brought people a deep shock and attraction.

There was a palace ruins hidden at the bottom of the ice lake, which Zhang Yunfan never expected, but he immediately had a hunch that there was definitely something strange about this matter, but he knew too little information, and he couldn't think of what this strange thing was for a while.

"Could it be that the Sima family came here, I don't know if Si Sima Yuan came here for the relics of this ice lake?" Zhang Yunfan thought secretly, and at the same time had an inexplicable urge in his heart to go to the ruins to check it out.

But after thinking about it, he pressed his thoughts again, after all, he came here to save people, not to hunt for treasures, even if there are some peerless treasures hidden in the ruins, it has nothing to do with him, on the contrary, if he delays time, he will get into trouble if he doesn't do it, this account is not cost-effective, it is better to save people first, and wait until he goes out, if there is still a chance to come back to explore.

After making some trade-offs in his heart, and finally reason prevailed, Zhang Yunfan gave up the idea of treasure hunting, and slowly floated towards the top of the water, and when he narrowed the distance with the water, Zhang Yunfan's heart was shocked again.

Before, he guessed that there was an island hidden in the middle of the ice lake, and the prince of Mingxi should have been detained on this island in the middle of the lake, but now it seems that the situation is very different from what he imagined, and the island in his guess is actually a big ship, and the moment he saw this big wooden boat, Zhang Yunfan figured out one thing, in order to be in this water area at this time, the rhizome of the ice lotus will be much more sparse than in other places.

Obviously, the rhizomes of the ice lotus in this waterway should have been pulled away by the big wooden boat above.

After going around the big boat, Zhang Yunfan found a boat on one side, and there was a wind lantern on it, only the boatman sat on it, but Zheng Gangfu didn't know where to go.

Quietly surfaced, hiding in a clump of ice lotus not far away, only revealing a pair of eyes, and took a closer look at the situation on the big ship. There were several guards standing on the deck, because the environment here was too cold, the guards were a little unable to stand, some leaned on the side of the ship to drink, some bragged and noisy, told some yellow jokes to refresh themselves, the atmosphere was not as tense as imagined, on the contrary, it was very casual.

At this time, Zhang Yunfan only needs to do one thing, leave the ice lake as soon as possible and mix into the big boat, one is to save people, and the other is that the ice lake is too cold, and no one can bear it after staying for a long time, even if Zhang Yunfan has the Purple Fire Pill, it will be difficult to last.

Hiding in the lake, Zhang Yunfan waited for the opportunity, and I don't know how long it took, maybe it was ten minutes, or maybe half an hour, all in all, in the deep cold and biting ice lake, Zhang Yunfan had a sense of torment, time had no concept for him to come, even if it was just a minute, it would produce a feeling of living like a year.

Just when his nerves were almost numb from the cold, there was a movement on the boat, and Zheng Gangfu walked out of the cabin, carrying a lunch box in his hand, and walked towards the side of the boat ladder, greeting the ship's guards along the way, until he returned to the boat, the boatman shook the oars, and there was a sound of rushing water, and the boat sailed towards the way it came.

Not long after the boat left, another person came out of the cabin, and the moment he saw this person's face, Zhang Yunfan was stunned, it turned out to be Baili Zhanxiong, he actually appeared on this boat.

Zhang Yunfan was surprised and happy in his heart, before he was ordered to be in danger, promised Baili Zhanxiong to go to find Mingxi Gongzi, and later learned from Mingxi Gongzi that Baili Zhanxiong taught the waist card is to repay the determination to die, learned about this situation, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Baili Zhanxiong, and even thought that this person may have died, and now seeing him alive, his heart is naturally happy.

At this moment, Zhang Yunfan had an impulse in his heart, eager to meet Baili Zhanxiong, and then cooperate with the outside to rescue the person, but now the environment does not allow it, if he shows up rashly, even Baili Zhanxiong will be difficult to keep him.

Just when Zhang Yunfan was thinking about how to get in touch with Baili Zhanxiong, the guards on the ship shouted in unison, "Lord Baili......"

Baili Zhanxiong nodded and hummed, then looked around at the guards and asked, "Whose turn is it to go into the water this time?" ”

A guard walked out of the crowd with a bitter expression, "My lord, it's my turn." ”

Baili Zhanxiong took out a pill and handed it over, and said in a flat tone, "After going down, put it smartly, if there is a change, report it immediately, go!" ”

The guard swallowed the elixir, changed into an animal skin suit that resembled a diving suit, and stood on the deck for a moment, then climbed onto the side of the ship, took a deep breath, stretched his hands forward, and plunged his legs into the icy lake below.

Seeing this guard enter the water, Zhang Yunfan's eyes lit up, and he quietly dived into the water, hiding in the rhizome bush of the ice lotus, watching the guard dive into the bottom of the water and swim towards the ruins of the bottom of the lake that emitted a glowing white light, and then he took action and chased after him from behind.

The two of them came to the bottom of the lake and arrived at the periphery of the ruins, and the scene in front of them caused a great shock to Zhang Yunfan, the ruins at the bottom of the lake were a huge palace. When the guards came to the palace, they did not rush in, but stopped, surveyed the whole palace, and then came to the edge of a pillar with both hands, and this pillar was carved with dragons and phoenixes, which looked extremely solemn.

The dragon and phoenix stone carvings are arranged on the left and right, with a big mouth, the dragon mouth holds a round round bead that emits white light, the guard reaches out to touch the bead, only to touch, the bead bursts out of a white light and bounces his hand away, followed by the white beads inside the red wisps of red like blood, the blood-colored silk thread instantly spreads inside the bead, like a spider, instantly covered with the whole bead, making the originally white and holy beads suddenly become evil.

Seeing this scene, the guard didn't dare to continue to stay, turned around and was about to leave, but when he swam out less than five meters, Zhang Yunfan, who was hiding in the ice lotus rhizome, suddenly appeared and strangled the person's neck, and the guard struggled for a moment before he lost his life, and only then did Zhang Yunfan let him go, and then took off the impermeable leather coat on this person's body, changed it to himself, and hid the guard's body in the dense rhizome bush in the distance.

Returning to the pillar where the guards had stayed before, Zhang Yunfan looked at the palace, carefully examined it and made a judgment, there is a layer of enchantment on the periphery of the palace here, and this enchantment is very powerful, not ordinary people can break it, and even ordinary monks will be killed by the enchantment as soon as they get close to the enchantment.

After figuring out the origin of the enchantment, Zhang Yunfan did not dare to plunder its edge, but hid far away, watching the blood beads in Shi Long's mouth slowly fade away, and gradually returned to its original pure and holy state.

"The blood color just now should be caused by the abnormality of its own energy after the enchantment was triggered, I don't know if there is a mysterious secret in it, why did Sima Yuan come here, is it really for this underwater palace?" Zhang Yunfan was full of suspicions in his heart, and he couldn't solve the secret with his random speculation, and now there is only one way to get the details, which is to go to Baili Zhanxiong to ask for clarification.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunfan didn't linger any longer, but floated towards the water, and his brain flew around while going up, thinking about how to get through the trick after getting on the boat......

When he was about to surface, Zhang Yunfan stopped, observed the situation above, and found no abnormality, so he splashed out of the water, showed his figure, and swam towards the big boat in a slow manner. The people on the deck hurriedly prepared to answer him when they saw him appear. In order to avoid being recognized, when he was about to approach the big boat, he urged the force in his body to compress the capillaries in his face, and blood immediately oozed from his pores, and under the divergence of the cold lake water, blood instantly filled his entire face.

"Give it to me!" One of the guards climbed down the ladder of the boat, reached out and grabbed Zhang Yunfan's hand and pulled it upward.

On the deck, everyone gathered around, Baili Zhanxiong was also in the crowd, on the deck Zhang Yunfan held the side of the boat and lowered his head to gasp, Baili Zhanxiong came to the front, and was just about to ask something, when he saw Zhang Yunfan raise his hand and wipe it on his face, that is, this action, let him see the storage ring on Zhang Yunfan's hand, he immediately looked stunned, turned around and said: "I have a cold elixir, you come with me!" ”

Baili Zhanxiong turned around and walked towards the cabin, Zhang Yunfan deliberately pretended to be staggering and unsteady and followed behind, and the guards next to him showed envy when they saw it, and watched the two enter the cabin one after the other......

Entering a cabin, Baili Zhanxiong waved his hand to create a temporary barrier, and then reached out to support Zhang Yunfan, but was unexpectedly refused, "Don't hold on, I'm fine, by the way, aren't you in charge of supervising the outside, why did you come here?" ”

Baili Zhanxiong sighed and explained, "It's all caused by the previous incident, Sima Yuan thought that our secret sentinels didn't work, so he changed to a patrol team, and then transferred our team here." ”

Zhang Yunfan took out a towel from the storage ring, first wiped off the blood on his face, and then urged the Shenlong Alchemy Recipe to convert the force in his body into heat energy to dry his body, and at the same time said: "After the previous separation, Master Duanmu and I went to find the prince of Mingxi, and finally found it in a deserted village, and met that Master Sato......"

He explained the matter as it was, and continued, "Later, I chased here overnight, and I found this place after a secret visit, if I hadn't seen you, I guess I would still be soaking in the water, it's so fucking cold." ”

Baili Zhanxiong was taken aback and asked, "Are you sure that Mingxi Gongzi was caught in the ice lake?" ”

Zhang Yunfan was suddenly puzzled, "What?" Isn't Mingxi Gongzi locked up here? I followed that Zheng guy to find this, don't you know anything? ”

Baili Zhanxiong sighed heavily and said, "Alas...... It's not the Prince of Mingxi who is being imprisoned here, but Princess Mingzhu, and I only know about it, they plan to use Princess Mingzhu's blood to open the Ice Emperor Mansion, and I'm anxious about this matter! ”

(End of chapter)