I don't know if it's his delusion, Fang Nuo always felt that the phantom of the giant deer threw a complicated look at him.

But the phantom was an apparition after all, and it didn't say anything, but silently stepped into the waterhole under Fang Nuo's gaze.

As soon as the deer's hooves made of ice and snow touched the water, the surrounding environment became extremely silent in an instant, the sound of the waterfall disappeared, and the sound of the breeze blowing across the water no longer sounded...... It's like it's frozen.

Fang Nuo stood on the edge of the waterhole, watching the giant beast in his vision gradually dissolve into the water, or rather, become one with the pool.

A thin layer of frost quickly crept up the still water, and Fang Nuo recovered in time before everything could catch up, and before the phantom could freeze the entire pool, he ran and jumped into the middle of the pool.

The icy water poured into his nostrils, and at the same time, the ice particles and ice cubes floating on the surface of the water also showed a diswelcome side to the newcomer, crashing against his body, pressing on the back of his neck and preventing him from adapting to the water.

However, what even he did not expect was that the harsh underwater conditions did not burden him much, and he quickly mastered the rhythm of his actions in the water, and was able to flexibly avoid the thicker and thicker ice, and took the choice of "diving" and "floating" into his own hands.

Even, after opening his mouth by mistake, he was surprised to find that he could breathe freely in the water.

He didn't have to worry about swallowing the pool of water into his stomach, as there was an invisible barrier around him, and all this was not under his subjective control.

Is it because he has too much spiritual power in his body?

If the spiritual power stored in the body is far more than it should be, they may be able to influence the wielder in turn, and perform miracles that can be used to deal with the current crisis on the holder's behalf when the wielder has not noticed.

Fang Nuo was inherently water-sensitive, and this new technique was the icing on the cake for him, and if he couldn't stay in the water for long, he could think of other ways to escape it.

And when he accepted the new environment with his whole body and let himself dive into the bottom of the water that seemed clearly visible on the shore, he suddenly found that there was really a hole in the bottom of this pool!

The ice that floated on the surface of the water sank to the bottom of the water with him, reforming into the form of an ice crystal deer beside him.

The other party raised his front hooves, made a sprint preparatory action, and then rushed to the bottom of the hidden pool with all his might.

Rushed into an underwater cave.

It then smashed into the rock walls around the narrow hole.

"Huh...... Huh? The snow-white beast waved its limbs blankly from where the phantom had been, wondering whether to follow the other man's behavior and rush forward, or stay in the water to mourn the other.

After hesitating for a while, he believed that he was small enough not to repeat the mistakes of the giant deer phantom, so he aimed at the hole with a lot of ice slag suspended around him, took a deep breath, and mustered up the courage to swim over.

Looking down at the waterhole from above, the water was so clear that he could see the bottom of the pool at a glance, but it was only when he reached the underwater cave that Fang Nuo truly realized that the shore and the water were completely two worlds.

The cave was bottomless, and as he looked inside, he felt an inexplicable and deadly attraction that grabbed him by the body, trying to pull him into the cave.

The water in the cave is not turbid, but it gives divers a sense of unease.

When he swam into it, unleashing his spiritual power in the faint light of the water, trying to find a way out of the current scene, he found that the underwater cavern was like an intricate natural labyrinth, comparable to the dark forest of the same name.

Fang Nuo continued to dive, and he could sense that the guiding phantom that had been smashed at the entrance of the cave had followed again, but due to the cramped and cramped environment inside the cave, it could not swim in front of Fang Nuo and fulfill its role of guiding the way.

There are no other creatures in the cave except him, but there are many biological remains and other components in the rocks of the cave.

The stalactites hanging from the roof of the cave and the stalagmites that emerged from the surface of the cave wall beneath Fang Nuo caused some hindrance to his progress, but at the same time, they emitted a glowing glow for no apparent reason, which was an indispensable aid for Fang Nuo in his cave exploration.

A stream of water erupted from a crevice in the rock he happened to pass by, but fortunately the spiritual barrier that surrounded him was still working, otherwise this natural mechanism would most likely have injured him.

After swimming forward for a while, the cave became a little wider, the water around it was not as turbulent as before, and the chill in the water was gradually replaced by a warm feeling.

He swam into an underwater hot spring.

Fang Nuo felt that his knowledge on this trip had greatly increased, and the prejudice in his heart about the secret realm of Huangxian Ridge had also been reduced and eased a lot.

He spread his limbs and felt the warm current rushing in front of him, washing away his already numb body, his frozen joints gradually activated, and his eyes, which had been forced to squint because of the cold, were now open normally.

His vision has become wider again, and he can pay attention to more details than the road ahead.

A few splinters of ice caught up from behind him, trying to get closer in the current, barely forming the shape of a guiding arrow.

Fang Nuo smiled knowingly, first confirmed the safety of the target direction with the spiritual power that was emitted, and then continued to swim towards the path ahead following the "friendly prompt" of the secret realm creation.

Suddenly, his eyes met another pair of eyes!

The little beast hurriedly stopped, followed the strange feeling, and found that at some point, there were many more lives in this underwater cave.

Facing him was a large turtle with many arrows and a hooked net.

Fang Nuo subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and just wanted to get closer to the other party to take a closer look, who knew that in the next second, the figure of the underwater creature disappeared from his field of vision.

A large fish silently swam past him, opening its jawed mouth at him, and Fang Nuo, sensing the danger, turned back sharply and swung his claws, but failed to catch anything.

The strange fish is gone.

"All phantoms?" Fang Nuo quickly summed up the answers to these strange phenomena in his mind.

In the warm water, different colors of algae swayed their bodies, and colorful small fish swam and swam in them, but every time Fang Nuo swam close and tried to take a closer look at them, they all disappeared like the creatures in front of them.

Without warning, the scarlet, foul-smelling liquid merged into the clean water around him, and Fang Nuo was propelled forward by the filthy liquid, feeling that the hair on his back was stained with a lot of slimy and unclean things, and he couldn't wash them off even in the deep water.

The crimson liquid was followed by an unspeakable animal corpse, which had been thrown into the water from an unknown place above his head.

Of course, all this is a phantom.

He had been diving for a long time, and had changed his direction several times, and even if he threw animal remains into the pool from the shore, they would not have been able to reach such depths.

Away from the strange waters, he swam a little further, and suddenly a heavy carpet appeared in front of him, stretching in front of him from an unknown distance.

Fang Nuo just wanted to get closer, but there was a sudden surge in his mind, making him realize that the "carpet" in front of him was anything but a good thing.

Is it the resentment of the dead, or is it an aggregate of poisonous gases released from animal remains? Or both?

He constructed a variety of herbs to disperse, neutralize, and purify poisonous gases and resentments, and scattered them all over the surrounding waters, regardless of whether they were visions or not.

"Plants are also a part of nature, and even if they are not useful, they will return to the earth over time without causing environmental pollution."

Fang Nuo turned around, grabbed his back, carefully brushed off the dirt on it, and then waved his hand to summon a clean water source and clean himself in the water.

"I just saw it...... It can't have anything to do with the war in the human realm, right? ”

"Can you answer that for me?" He grabbed the ice chips floating beside him, causing them to spin and jump on his flesh pad, "Will all the Secret Realm practitioners who have reached this level see those scenes?" ”

Under the influence of the warm water and the body temperature of the little beast, the tiny ice particles gradually melted into a miniature fawn, which sprinkled joy on Fang Nuo's claws.

As for Fang Nuo's question, which he didn't expect to get a reply, it didn't live up to Fang Nuo's expectations, and used silence to show that "he really can't speak".

Fang Nuo carried several deer transformed into ice grains all the way forward, through the almost purified carpet of poison gas, through the complex terrain of the cavern and the intertwined corridors that could easily disorient the intruder, and finally, his vision became wider than ever, as if he had returned to the shore.

The glimmer of light emitted by the stone forest in the water was replaced by a more intense ambient light, and Fang Nuo's pupils shrank, taking a moment to adjust to the greatly changing light source.

Then, he looked around, found an angle, and rushed straight out of the water.

The whining sound of the wind came from the cracks in the rocks around him, he was still underground, but he had come to a waterless underwater space, the surrounding rock walls blocked the flow of water, and the cracks connected to the outside world, pouring fresh air into this space, even ordinary creatures and humans who were not psychic could easily live here.

The premise is that they have access to food or energy.

The Ice Crystal Deer jumped off the tip of Fang Nuo's hair, smashed to the ground, and turned back into a cloud of ice chips.

Immediately after, under Fang Nuo's wordless gaze, they reunited into the original giant deer image, opened their mouths, showed a friendly smile, and their complicated eyes also changed to a single compliment.

There was no need for words to communicate, and Fang Nuo already knew what he was trying to say.

"It's amazing." The little beast stretched out its front paws, and the Ice Crystal Deer leaned down in great cooperation, bringing its head and thick neck to Fang Nuo so that he could caress its body.

The body surface of the giant deer is smooth, as it should be, after all, it is a "phantom" created by ice cubes.

"You can't be a phantom anymore, are you?" Fang Nuo couldn't hold back for a while, and accidentally said the words in his heart, "When did you go from an illusion that could not be touched to a collection of ice and snow?" ”

As soon as the question was asked, it dawned on him: Oh, it was the moment it stepped into the pool.

The phantom created by the secret realm borrowed the spiritual power and elements in the water to construct a real body for itself.

However, Fang Nuo didn't understand the reason and purpose of doing this, was it to help the cultivators guide the way?

But if it hadn't materialized, it wouldn't have smashed into the rock wall at the beginning of its underwater adventure.

The giant deer with the entity rubbed Fang Nuo's small palm affectionately, and its behavior provided Fang Nuo with new ideas.

At the same time, it is also an idea that the little beast can't believe:

"Is it possible, do you want to ...... Let me touch you? ”

"Nope." The little beast touched the smooth skin of the ice crystal giant deer, "You want to touch me." ”

Where the flesh pads of his palms were covered, the ice cubes that had not been consolidated by pure spiritual power began to melt again.

The Ice Crystal Deer opened its mouth as if it was making a sound, however, its vocal cords were also made of ice and snow, and it was a "pseudo-object" that could not make it make a sound.

Fang Nuo pursed his lips, and after being silent for a while, he sighed deeply as if he had made up his mind.

He pressed the sides of the giant deer's head, closed his eyes, and let the excess spiritual power in his body be poured into the other party's body according to the newly built illusory path in his mind.

As a result, the body of the ice crystal giant deer, which is in a state of melting and re-freezing, gradually becomes strong, solid, radiant, and never melts in the process of this unilateral effort.